John O. Brennan Quotes

Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas.

John O. Brennan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 22, 1955

Topics

PeopleCountryGoSometimesBeyond

In the post-war United States, you had this race to the suburbs. Cities shrank, the suburbs got bigger - and the notion of community changed drastically. You went from all being very close together to all being spaced apart and slightly suspicious of one another.

Joe Gebbia

CommunityTogetherYouRaceBigger

I had a vision of how basketball should be played. And the vision was the Knicks teams that won the championship in 1970 and 1973. I wanted a team that emphasized defense. I wanted a team that on offense had a system where players moved off the ball, and the ball moved.

Jerry Reinsdorf

VisionTeamBasketballBallSystem

I just don't sleep enough. But I have never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says 'I wish I slept more.'

Robert Herjavec

LifeSleepEndSomeoneWishEnough

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

Stephen Hopkins

SimpleMeProcessAbleRelyVery

Traveling the road can be quite tiresome.

Stephen Hough

RoadTravelingQuiteTiresome

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.

Steven Squyres

ScienceTryingOutJustLikeStuff

If being an advocate of peace, justice, and humanity toward all human beings is radical, then I'm glad to be called radical. And if it is radical to oppose the use of 70 percent of federal monies for destruction and war, then I am a radical.

Ron Dellums

JusticePeaceI AmWarHumanity

'I Drink' took me two years to write.

Mary Gauthier

MeDrinkWriteTwoYearsTook

People seem to think if you're successful, then you have some secret. The fact is, you've just managed to work your life a certain way.

Michael McKean

LifeWorkPeopleThinkYouWay

I drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso.

Domenico Dolce

DayDrinkMoreItalianTypicalLess

I like regular meals and restaurants that will adapt things to your taste. Not a place where they roll their eyes if you want the sauce on the side.

Bonnie Hunt

EyesYouPlaceAdaptWantWill

There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place.

Peter Mayle

PlaceMiserableOverMillionaires

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