Quotes of September - somelinesforyou

“ Sept. 11 represented a terrorist attack aimed at destroying everything that America stands for our freedoms and our way of life. ”

- John Whitehead

“ Understand the causes of terror? Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this: nothing could ever justify the events of September 11 and it is to turn justice on its head to pretend it could. ”

- Tony Blair

“ September 11 was a wake-up call for Muslims. It is not about East versus West. It is a conflict within Islam. We are the next target for extremists. ”

- King Abdullah of Jordan

“ Now, 0 for 50 would be a historic achievement on any other team, but on the Cubs it is usually called September. ”

- Bernie Lincicome

“ Somebody gets into September with fifty, they have a shot down the stretch to either tie, break or get close to the record. ”

- Mark McGwire

“ September 11, 2001 began as a quiet workday. The quiet was shattered by explosion and fire and blood and terror. And, that quickly, we were at war. ”

- Bill Owens

“ On the third Tuesday of every September, floodgates are opened in a tall building on the East River in New York and a Niagara of rhetoric gushes forth for three months. ”

- Anthony Parsons

“ Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe. ”

- Bob Taft

“ October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Others are July, January, April, September, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. ”

- Mark Twain

“ October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February. ”

- Mark Twain

“ On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. ”

- Gore Vidal

“ The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of mass destruction, but with blades you can buy at a newsagent. ”

- Phillip Adams

“ September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for. ”

- Lamar Alexander

“ In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America. ”

- George Allen

“ The crack of a bat sounded amplified in cavernous Yankee Stadium, sprinkled lightly with fans on a cool September evening. ”

- William E. Geist

“ For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. ”

- George Washington Cable

“ It was in the Theatre St. Philippe in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803. ”

- George Washington Cable

“ Until the events of 11 September, we had all hoped, indeed almost expected that worldwide conflict might be a thing of the past. ”

- Silvia Cartwright

“ September tries its best to have us forget summer. ”

- Bern Williams

“ September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11. ”

- Bill Frist

“ I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online. ”

- Evan Hunter

“ The terrorist attacks of September 11th did far more than destroy the World Trade Center, damage the Pentagon, and leave a scar in the heartland of Pennsylvania.The terrorists struck at the heart of business and industry, and no industry was hit harder than the tourism industry, the lifeblood of Nevada. ”

- Kenny Guinn

“ To ask brave soldiers to go into the inferno of Afghanistan and Iraq and by virtue of their skill and courage, under the televised scrutiny of a global audience, end the rule of murderers was not easy. Nor was staying on to help the helpless. Yes, the truly frightening alternative was the blustering inaction that we have seen for the past 20 years that led to September 11 and the real quagmire in the Middle East. ”

- Victor Davis Hanson

“ The panic of 1837 interfered with the work, but in 1838 the state Legislature came forward with a construction loan of three million dollars, and the first section of line, extending from Piermont on the Hudson to Goshen, was put into operation in September, 1841. ”

- John Moody

“ I am not aware of any evidence showing that President Bush or members of his administration have personally profited from the attacks of 9-11. A complete investigation might reveal that to be the case… On the other hand, what is undeniable is that corporations close to the Administration, have directly benefited from the increased defense spending arising from the aftermath of September 11. ”

- Cynthia McKinney

“ We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been killed fighting the war on terrorism, by dedicating ourselves to building a free and peaceful world safe from the threat of terrorism. ”

- Jack Reed

“ Before September 11, 2001, our law enforcement officers caught criminals and locked them up, our firefighters put out fires and saved lives and property, and our emergency medical personnel cared for those injured in accidents. We now live in a new era… ”

- Mike Ross

“ I'm really keen to go back and do some theatre, but I can't afford to at the moment because we're getting married in September. And then I'm hoping to direct a film at the end of this year, and that means a year of your life without pay. ”

- Richard Roxburgh

“ If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter. ”

- Bob Uecker
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