"I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman."

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"I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman."

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"Your shield must surpass your weaponry."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Security, Defense, Power, Protection, Wisdom

"Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Security, Fear, Threat, Terrorism

"We don't like security rules and laws, but without them men will be animals, perhaps the most dangerous animals."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Security, Rules, Animals, Danger

"Why is it that none of the things I construct ever make me feel safe? The answer lies in the fact that safety can't be created. It can only be found. And the only thing I've found that's never been created is God."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Security, Safety, Faith, Truth, Power

"Most people want security in this world, not liberty."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Security, People, Liberty, Want

"The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Security, War, Power, Delusion, Resolve

"Stop seeking security. There is none."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Security, Freedom

"Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Security, Risk, Life, Freedom

"Weaponry is a fear-raising idea."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Security, Fear, Weapon, Truth, Power

"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

Security, Will

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"I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to be horribly killed at the top of it, and to fall dramatically down to the bottom of it."

Favorite, World

"I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman."

Security,

"We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes."

Control, Hope, Day, Will

"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease."

Family, Cure, Disease

"On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny."

Funny, Truth, Acting, Trying

"Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong."

Wrong,

"I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well."

Time, Support

"Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens."

Funny,

"From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment."

Funny, Separation, Value

"I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had."

Death, Thought, End, Focus