#kel

Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so in isolated spots, as a chain of connection to a more fertile country; if such a country exist to the westward. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#chain #civilized #civilized man #connection #country

Critics might contend that putting former private-sector CEOs in the president's Cabinet places the fox in the henhouse. But it's unlikely such executives would expose themselves to the headaches if they weren't genuinely motivated by the call to service. ↗

— John Sununu

#call #ceos #contend #critics #executives

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#back #engagements #footing #future #getting

I think for Beecher specifically, Keller was with him when his wife died. Beecher had decided after he first got into prison that he had to shut off everybody. You can't let anybody in and you have to become like them and you have to be threatening and all that. ↗

— Lee Tergesen

#anybody #become #decided #died #everybody

A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#former #likely #materials #nuclear #seeking

We still have people in the active duty, and if people are feeling ill, if they're experiencing various symptoms and they're still in the active duty, they're less likely to come forward because that could result in their medical discharge. ↗

— Bernard Sanders

#because #come #could #discharge #duty

Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that the secret - if there is one being kept - will be revealed. ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#being #believe #governments #greater #kept

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#believe #china #enemy #i #i believe

I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#already #also #april #been #camp

The best thing about me is there are no skeletons. ↗

— David Cross

#best #me #skeletons #thing