Quotes with battle-field

Quotes 181 till 200 of 254.

  • Carl Schmitt The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion.
    Political Theology (1922)
    Carl Schmitt
    German political philosopher and legal scholar (1888 - 1985)
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  • Henry James The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Earl Warren The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
    Earl Warren
    American jurist and politician (1891 - 1974)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith The first blow is half the battle.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Billy Barty The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.
    Billy Barty
    American actor and activist (1924 - 2000)
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  • Bill Goldberg The Georgia Dome was my home field, brother. There's no question about it. I played my first football game there as an Atlanta Falcon.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Franklin Field The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: I DID NOT HAVE TIME.
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  • Hubert Humphrey The heroes of the world community are not those who withdraw when difficulties ensue, not those who can envision neither the prospect of success nor the consequence of failure - but those who stand the heat of battle, the fight for world peace through the United Nations.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Franklin Field The house of Lords is a model on how to care for the elderly.
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  • Beth Henley The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Arthur Scargill The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day.
    Arthur Scargill
    British trade unionist (1938 - )
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  • Margaret Mead The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality or give up the battle in despair.
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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  • Sean O'Casey The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.
    Sean O'Casey
    Irish Dramatist (1880 - 1964)
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  • Bill Klem The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.
    Bill Klem
    American professional baseball umpire (1874 - 1951)
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  • Adrienne Rich The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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  • Tommy Lasorda The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.
    Tommy Lasorda
    American Baseball player (1927 - 2021)
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  • Vince Lombardi The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Cam Newton The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
    Cam Newton
    American football player (1989 - )
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  • Bud Grant The quarterback is the most vulnerable one on the field. He's in an awkward position a lot of times when he throws the ball. So he does have to be protected. You lose a quarterback, you're in trouble. I don't know if they can make it too safe. I think health becomes an issue.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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