C. F. Powell Quotes

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.

Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends.

I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.

So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.

The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly....So thank you SAC. Job well done. Enjoy your retirement.

A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer.

The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

The happiest and most glorious hours of my life with books have been with German books.

It so happens that I never talk about race. I do not know what race is.

Attitudes are capable of making the same experience either pleasant or painful.

Love demands that I learn how to focus my attention on the needs of those I love.

By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.

So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking up on you.

At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour.

Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders.

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

It's a funny thing no matter who you are when you purchase a flower or a plant, the first thing you ask is how do I keep this plant and keep it growing beautiful. People need the same concern.

What you have to be, you have to live whatever you do all day long. I always told the artists, every time you're on stage, it's nothing but a dress rehearsal.

All a singer needs is voice and expression anything else you have is an asset to your profession.

In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.

Treat any and all drugs with respect, for most of the time they are stronger than you are.

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

You can't find God before an altar if that is the only place you look for him.

Christian music has taken a turn towards worship music, which has turned into a lot of bands and those types of sounds. That's great. God is using that stuff and it's great.

Nothing is unattainable when America comes together around a common cause.

I don't want to describe the hate mail we've gotten. On why she was fearful of her husband running for president.

Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts.

It's the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.

Scouting is a man's job cut down to a boy's size.

The boy is not governed by don't, but is led by do.

If you like to run, you should keep running!

If you want to "tone and build," it is time to pick up some iron - that's the way we can get a muscle to grow.

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities before the invasion were inaccurate, wrong, and in some cases, deliberately misleading.

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.

For all the hardship, I was still excited to be on the trail, testing my endurance, feeling especially alive as strength and fatigue flowed alternately through my limbs.

Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.

The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world.

In order to play some sports there's quite a big cost implication, whereas football is relatively cheap. All you need is a ball and a couple of jumpers to practise.

It's hard and continuous dedication that brings lasting results.

We live in a society where manhood is all about conquering and violence. And what we don't realize is that ultimately that kind of manhood ultimately kills you.

In an effort to reclaim our humanity, let us find new motivation for living by opening our minds to broader concepts of spirituality.

In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.