Mines Quotes

164 quotes by 138 authors

When you live in an alcoholic family or an abusive family, you tiptoe, you don't want to step on any mines. — Glenn Beck
My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together,… — Lewis Black
Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the… — Henry Ford
Mines are equal opportunity weapons. — Saddam Hussein
The goalie is like the guy on the minefield. He discovers the mines and destroys them. If you make a mistake, somebody gets blown up. — Arturs Irbe
One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in… — Diane Ackerman
If I define my neighbor as the one I must go out to look for, on the highways and byways, in the factories and slums,… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.' — John Fugelsang
I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the… — Robert Mueller
UNICEF is doing amazing things here. They're helping these groups of kids to be mine aware, and using drama and workshops to teach children in… — Ewan McGregor
Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are civilians, women and… — Jose Ramos-Horta
We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows… — Ronald Reagan
The Boer War occurred 37 years ago. Boer means farmer. Many criticized a great power like Britain for trying to wipe out the Boers. Upon… — Henry Hamilton Beamish
After the mines, what is fighting? Fighting is child's play — Tommy Farr
All of the younger actors keep coming up to me and asking me where all of the land mines are because they know I've stepped… — Burt Reynolds
The statistics of mines that need clearance are staggering but the truth is it's a challenge that is absolutely doable. — David Knopfler
It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled… — Herman Melville
The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than protect 'widows and… — Daniel Berrigan
In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining. — John Lescroart

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