#casualty

We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope. ↗

— Barack Obama

#casualty #escalation #libya #limited #operation

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty. ↗

— Arthur Ponsonby

#declared #first #truth #truth is #war

I was being taken around by a press agent at the Venice Film Festival at age 18. Was it fun? Sure. But it was a dangerous path to be walking on as far as having a substantive life. Because the casualty rate at the Venice Film Festival for 18-year-olds? High. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#agent #around #as far as #because #being

But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really forgot about me. ↗

— Rick Allen

#back #casualty #drive #drum #forgot

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.' ↗

— Kevin Costner

#big #big fan #casualty #dreams #fan

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. ↗

— James Ellroy

#alone #casualty #early #focus #hurt

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#casualty #me #only #shot #sin

I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind. ↗

— George C. Marshall

#because #before #careful #casualties #casualty

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. ↗

— James Reston

#casualty #common #common sense #discussion #first

For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#another #casualty #love #must #sake