This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.
I think Gadhafi is on the mark. And up until this point in time, I think they truly want to turn this around and become a positive player with the West after years and years of terrorism and stagnation.
When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.
I'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the work of other local leaders and the Missouri General Assembly - will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.
Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm interested in those complexities. But I want to address that in very forthright language and sometimes with images.
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.
I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.
I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.
Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around.
People frequently ask me if adverse criticism bothers me. I've had a lot of it, and I have been able to shrug most of it off.
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days.
The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.
If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.
I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.
During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years - 3 million.
I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit.
If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
