#hostage

This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#defense #department #holding #hostage #idea

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#came #carter #crisis #did #down

Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#attacks #borders #civilians #furthering #goal

Simon Monjack had nothing to do with 'Factory Girl.' He filed a frivolous lawsuit against us... making bogus claims that we had stolen his script. He held us literally to hostage and we were forced to settle with him as he held our production over a barrel. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#barrel #bogus #claims #factory #filed

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#bad #because #complaining #confident #fail

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. ↗

— Lucan

#given #hostages #i #sons #them

You can't let your past hold your future hostage. ↗

— LL Cool J

#hold #hostage #past #you #your

We have good security. It's hard to get in here. Barring a tactical entry where terrorists come in and hold us hostage, that's about the only thing that could possibly warrant me carrying a gun in the clubhouse. That's highly unlikely, and I admit that. But my personal belief is I don't want to suffer from the poor choices of others. ↗

— Luke Scott

#admit #barring #belief #carrying #choices

Olivia sat back and propped her half-boots on the table. 'So far it's working. He has to return to me because I have his sister hostage.' She briefly put her fingertips to her lips. 'Did I just say that? I mean I'm protecting the baby sister and earning his trust ↗

— Kresley Cole

#humor #love #unrequited-love #love

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#hostage #i #i believe #marriage #negotiation