#armed

Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges. ↗

— David Suzuki

#arctic #armed #brain #deserts #flourish

Were British protesters, armed with little more than a frisbee and a bag of plastic toy soldiers, really in danger of being shot by the US military in Gloucestershire? ↗

— Mark Thomas

#bag #being #british #danger #frisbee

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger. ↗

— Kate Adie

#armed #contrary #danger #escort #even

But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices. ↗

— King Albert II

#betrayed #defend #duty #find #forced

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs. ↗

— Joe Baca

#care #consumers #cost #costs #however

When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;. ↗

— Veronica Franco

#convince #feet #hands #heart #like

What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded? ↗

— George Grosz

#first #first world #first world war #hated #i

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon. ↗

— David Lloyd

#armed #armed men #cannon #cannot #chariot

I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#charmed #clue #concept #earth #found

Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day. ↗

— Bess Truman

#alarmed #am #any #day #every