Michael Mullen Quotes

I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I kept with me was that there's an expectation globally that the U.S. will lead. Questions about that expectation have certainly risen in recent years. The fact that there's even a question about that is worrisome to me, and I think needs to be for a lot of people.

Michael Mullen

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PeopleMeThinkQuestionsPrinciples

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

Jimmy Carter

ThinkThoughtNowFalseUnjustThen

I choose to hunt, and I choose to fish. Everything I've done has been totally legal.

Jimmy John Liautaud

LegalFishChooseDoneEverything

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.

Jeremy Renner

BusinessMusicPeopleMeImpossible

A lot of times in Hollywood, when casting directors find out you're of Middle Eastern descent, they go, 'Oh, you're Iranian? Great. Can you say, 'I will kill you in the name of Allah?'' I could say that, but what if I were to say, 'Hello, I'm your doctor.'

Maz Jobrani

GreatDoctorNameYouFindGo

As a leader, you don't get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has probably equal amount of good luck or bad luck - or, you could argue, has good opportunities or challenges.

John T. Chambers

GoodLeaderTimeBalanceLuckYou

Each employed immigrant has his or her place of work. It is only the taxi driver, forever moving on wheels, who occupies no fixed space. He represents the immigrant condition.

Amitava Kumar

WorkMoving OnSpaceMovingPlace

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

Tommy Lasorda

BelieveYouLoseHandI Believe

As man now is, God once was; as God is now man may be.

Lorenzo Snow

GodManNowMayOnce

I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.

Jonathan Turley

YouImportantPresidentSystemAgree

I think corporations are a whole lot different than people. I mean, I don't know a corporation would be put in prison. I do know people would be put in prison.

Jon Tester

PeoplePrisonThinkKnowMeanWhole

It is easy to respect secular Americans who hold fast to the Constitution and to American values generally. And any one of us who believes in God can understand why some people, given all the unjust suffering in the world, just cannot believe that there is a Providential Being.

Dennis Prager

GodRespectPeopleSufferingWorld

I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust; they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.

Alicia Keys

FearTrustPeopleThinkFeelHold

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