But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity. John Abizaid American Soldier More John Abizaid Quotes 0
In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer. Lawrence Eagleburger American Diplomat More Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes 0
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else. John W. Gardner American Educator More John W. Gardner Quotes 0
As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player. Neil Innes British Writer More Neil Innes Quotes 0
There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place. Washington Irving American Writer More Washington Irving Quotes 0
We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom. Alfred Kastler More Alfred Kastler Quotes 0
We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift. Janis Karpinski American Soldier More Janis Karpinski Quotes 0
I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure. Allen Tate American Poet More Allen Tate Quotes 0
The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas. Daniel Yergin American Author More Daniel Yergin Quotes 0
In the 1970s we saw a massive shift of household savings from the banks to the brokerage firms. Ron Chernow American Author More Ron Chernow Quotes 0
All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies. David Attenborough British Journalist More David Attenborough Quotes 0
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field. Ty Cobb American Athlete More Ty Cobb Quotes 0
When I was 16 I was fortunate enough to get Cosby and move to New York and shift my whole life. that had been my dream all along, and it came true. Lisa Bonet American Actress More Lisa Bonet Quotes 0
Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. The shift from the one to the other was definitely related to when the takes started to get big. David Crosby American Musician More David Crosby Quotes 0
There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing. John Deacon British Musician More John Deacon Quotes 0
The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world. Jeffery Deaver American Writer More Jeffery Deaver Quotes 0
I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift! Nigel Dennis British Writer More Nigel Dennis Quotes 0
It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it. Clifford Geertz American Scientist More Clifford Geertz Quotes 0
With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food products declines. The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures. Ernst Engel German Economist More Ernst Engel Quotes 0
In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run. Toshihiko Fukui Japanese Public Servant More Toshihiko Fukui Quotes 0
Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers. Andrew Gould Businessman More Andrew Gould Quotes 0
The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we're not out of woods. Stephen Harper Canadian Politician More Stephen Harper Quotes 0
I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing. Paul Hawken Environmentalist More Paul Hawken Quotes 0
People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this next shift is not about technology - although obviously it will be influenced and in some cases expressed by technologies. Paul Hawken Environmentalist More Paul Hawken Quotes 0
It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth. John C. Hawkes American Novelist More John C. Hawkes Quotes 0