Col. Elisha Powell quote: "Most surgeons will see and do more here in four months than they will in the rest of their career. A lot of advances in medicine can come out of wars."

We can do immediate neurosurgical head trauma. If your brain is swelling from bleeding, you don't ha...
COL. ELISHA POWELL

We have to keep churning.
COL. ELISHA POWELL

Iraq is 50 yards outside this tent. We've never put highly skilled, sub-specialized surgeons this cl...
COL. ELISHA POWELL

A lot of our patients are on the edge of life and death. We don't have the time to go through protoc...
COL. ELISHA POWELL

Miracles really do happen here. It's not about the tents: It's what we do inside the tents.
COL. ELISHA POWELL

I was bitten by a brown recluse spider. It got me as I was coming out of the shower. I'd never s...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

There's nothing more romantic than Italian food.
ELISHA CUTHBERT

You're lucky enough in television to always be at it, to always be doing it. It's like you&#...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

As to

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles... its commercial...
ELISHA GRAY

I'm into eating salads and fish. I've always been a big fish eater. I like fruit. I have fri...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

The Word of God is the informing power of the revelation of God in the finite world. It is not, by a...
ELISHA MULFORD

Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case.
ELISHA POTTER

I'm at that age where I want to break away from them.
ELISHA PARRY

It's like our end-of-year performance; we're going to be assessed on our performance.
ELISHA PARRY

I'm one of those low-maintenance people - let's get it done and get going. It's not that...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I have lots of records, quite a collection, actually, that I stole from my mom. I have the original ...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have wa...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

It's very symbolic, with allusions to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
ELISHA PARRY

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I hav...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I feel like I'm one of the Simpson's' (referring to her having to wear the same clothes for an entir...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

We have a lot of throwbacks to, I think, the classic ideas of what horror film was all about, I thin...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the poi...
ELISHA GRAY

I don't think anything can prepare you for a crew to come in and actually film you as yourself. ...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast.
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it doesn...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I think that, back in the day, there used to be a lot of horror films that kind of had a checklist o...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

The pressure to be pretty? I set, you know, boundaries and goals for myself. I try not to compare my...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

The celebrity body I most admire is Madonna's. She has the most incredible physique - and the wo...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I just don't like showing everything I've got. I don't want to look like I'm trying ...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

You know, I've never been much of a method actor. I feel like, with every project I go in extrem...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopp...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I don't look in the mirror and think that I have flaws. I actually look in the mirror and see me...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

I go into every film not just wanting to play the hot girl in the movie. It kills me.
ELISHA CUTHBERT

Some of the things I've seen a lot of my female-actress friends who are relatively famous receiv...
ELISHA CUTHBERT

Candidates have to look and see if, realistically, there is a way to get there.
BILL COL

Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire...
BILL COL

We will expect that all radio and television advertisements paid in full or in part by soft money wi...
BILL COL

History is again repeating itself and has reached a new low.
BILL COL

We presume that more or less than 1,800 are feared dead.
COL. RAUL FARNACIO

The most important finding is that a large number of soldiers and Marines are using mental health se...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

As you might imagine, the institutional review board is a fairly sophisticated committee with experi...
COL. LEE CANCIO

We do cleanups nationwide. So, we're not rubes at this cleanup business.
COL. MICHAEL ROSSI

Once you get it to hover, you can actually feel the weight hanging under the aircraft, and the aircr...
COL. RANDY WARM

This incident shows the aggressiveness and lack of scruples of these smugglers who put the lives of ...
COL. JORGE SAMPER

Time spent folding T-shirts was time we didn't spend on learning how to use weapons or combat defens...
COL. GINA GROSSO

The drug trafficking through Cuba, especially by sea, has been controlled. The traffickers have gone...
COL. JORGE SAMPER

Candidates have to look and see if, realistically, there is a way to get there.
BILL DAL COL

Our job is only to take orders from the government and enact them. It will be a strange turn to see ...
COL. ADNAN DAMIRI

The military is a close-knit community and the loss of a brother in arms cuts deep, both to those of...
COL. STUART SHARPE

I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount o...
COL HARLAND SANDERS

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.
COL HARLAND SANDERS

We love our installation, and we like to keep it clean and tidy. We're going to stop for a few days ...
COL. SCOTT LARESE

After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on.
COL GEORGE DAY

Channel 6 is a wonderful tool, and I wanted to transform it to rein-force the command message and wh...
COL. SCOTT LARESE

You have written a new chapter in 1st Brigade history. It is a story of soldiers, men and women, who...
COL. DAVID ELICERIO

The enemy that we're dealing with is very adaptable and very smart, so we need to have realistic and...
COL. VERNON SEVIER

The injuries are typical for victims of improvised explosive devices. The next few days, the next fe...
COL. BRYAN GAMBLE

Intelligence on this case is evolving and we have leads and information that have directed us to occ...
COL. FERNANDO LEMOS

We came under fire and soldiers had to shoot back. Police did most of the shooting though.
COL. FERNANDO LEMOS

With a war ongoing, we need to be able to provide fast feedback for troops in the field as well as t...
COL. LEE CANCIO

With the implementation of [Residential Communities Initiative], the neighborhoods are starting to g...
COL. SCOTT LARESE

Most missions respond or are prepared to respond to 'troops in contact' situations where the precisi...
COL. AUDREY BAHLER

The Army's proposed heavy lift requirement to transport the Future Combat System greatly exceeds our...
COL. PAUL CROISETIERE

The Clinton administration has a long history of abusing federal authority and using government bure...
BILL DAL COL

Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire...
BILL DAL COL

We will expect that all radio and television advertisements paid in full or in part by soft money wi...
BILL DAL COL

History is again repeating itself and has reached a new low.
BILL DAL COL

In history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost . . . especially against the narrow and fu...
COL. THOMAS ASPINWALL

If your job is to fix trucks, the bottom line is how many trucks you fix. The combat Army has a tota...
COL HARRY SUMMERS

When a soldier's getting shot at, they don't take the time to brush and floss.
COL. DENNIS RUNYAN

This is an operation of indeterminate length. It will continue until we find the 10 rifles and the p...
COL. FERNANDO LEMOS

Two loving family men, two dedicated soldiers, two friends, and two brothers in arms have fallen in ...
COL. STUART SHARPE

I always get questions that people didn't know that the event was happening. The younger generation ...
COL. SCOTT LARESE

I couldn't guess. That's for the (Ministry of Defense) to push and build a system.
COL. REGIS CARDIFF

It's an Air Force lead for sure, but it will be a very teamwork-oriented approach.
COL. FREDERICK MARTIN

Absolutely, positively wrong. We're in the business of cleaning up -- we're not in the business of a...
COL. MICHAEL ROSSI

You know, we've been working on this for 10 years ... He's been looking at it for two months. We'd l...
COL. MICHAEL ROSSI

Now we're still seeing patients who are dying of hemorrhagic shock from penetrating torso injuries t...
COL. LEE CANCIO

There are a number of data sources that would have been irretrievably lost unless there were investi...
COL. LEE CANCIO

We don't give a damn. Cuba has shown that it has the will to cooperate with everyone, including its ...
COL. JORGE SAMPER

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing somethi...
COL. HARLAND SANDERS

I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount o...
COL. HARLAND SANDERS

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.
COL. HARLAND SANDERS

Don't be against things so much as for things.
COL. HARLAND SANDERS

In Air Force basic training we did not talk about the role of a warrior, we did not talk about weapo...
COL. GINA GROSSO

It was good that we added it. It just wasn't in the right place.
COL. GINA GROSSO

These young people that are serving our country are truly tremendous. Right now about 75 percent of ...
COL. GINA GROSSO

The eyes are on McGuire, Dix and Lakehurst. The future is bright for this base.
COL. FREDERICK MARTIN

I wish we could be all things to all people. That may not happen. There will be tough decisions as w...
COL. FREDERICK MARTIN

Aircraft flying overhead that will be one indication that things will change.
COL. FREDERICK MARTIN

It's in Iraq as we speak.
COL. DENNIS RUNYAN

You don't want soldiers carrying a bottle of Listerine into battle.
COL. DENNIS RUNYAN

You get soldiers in that environment, their dental health deteriorates very rapidly.
COL. DENNIS RUNYAN

No commander before me, no commander after me, will be more proud of his soldiers - his warriors - t...
COL. DAVID ELICERIO

This brigade comes from good stock. They're well prepared, they're well equipped and they're ready t...
COL. DAVID ELICERIO

War is associated with a range of mental health and psychosocial problems including mental disorders...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

There is no front line in Iraq. Individuals who are patrolling the streets will be at higher risk of...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

The hope is we won't have as high rates of mental-health consequences as we've seen in prior wars.
COL. CHARLES HOGE

We know that earlier treatment of mental health problems is the best way to prevent the long-term co...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

Just about everybody who is deployed to Iraq is affected in some way.
COL. CHARLES HOGE

There is no front line in Iraq.
COL. CHARLES HOGE

Those coming back from Iraq do have a greater need for mental health services. And we're pretty sure...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

The findings have important implications for estimating the level of mental health services that may...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

A higher percentage of those soldiers returning from Iraq report mental health concerns and use ment...
COL. CHARLES HOGE

They're both very seriously injured, but stable.
COL. BRYAN GAMBLE

We're answering the call. We're here training to go to war. We're trying to get our forces ready to ...
COL. VERNON SEVIER

He has another family. It's all the guys wearing this cap badge. All the guys proudly serving in thi...
COL. STUART SHARPE

All of the Sunnis are facilitating the terrorists. They have little influence compared with the Kurd...
COL. SABAR SALEEM

War is just another kind of political solution.
COL. SABAR SALEEM

There is no sign of life so far.
COL. RAUL FARNACIO

We can only focus on the surface. We cannot go too deep.
COL. RAUL FARNACIO

There's just too many of them dead. For now we're leaving the dead as they are because our main conc...
COL. RAUL FARNACIO

A lot of planning went into this on our side as well as the folks here in Anamosa that made this hap...
COL. RANDY WARM

We have to start now if we're going to have new CH-53Ks on the flight line ready for tasking when we...
COL. PAUL CROISETIERE

We intend that Iraqi ground forces will not have the authority to call in close-air support in suppo...
COL. AUDREY BAHLER

He was a friend, and a fellow student leader back in our university days.
COL. ADNAN DAMIRI

It's going to be a "come-as-you-are" war.
COL RALPH GAUER

Don't be against things so much as for things.
COL HARLAND SANDERS

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
COLIN POWELL

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight o...
COLIN POWELL

Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as...
LUCY POWELL

I'd love to have a proper sailing boat and go around the world.
JONATHAN POWELL

'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
NATE POWELL

Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.
NATE POWELL

Comics creators are generally screwed in life: Most of us who are fortunate enough to do comics full...
NATE POWELL

There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay ...
NATE POWELL

My narrative style centers around intimate, highly subjective depictions of personal experience and ...
NATE POWELL

We all accept the visual shorthand used throughout comics: if something's farther away, it'l...
NATE POWELL

The comics I made from 1990 to 1997 were largely based in vaguely urban, vaguely dystopic settings b...
NATE POWELL

There's nothing that compares with the time spent all by myself on a creation that is all my own...
NATE POWELL

Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
NATE POWELL

Kids have always play-fought, but I think my generation had a particularly privileged cultural fanta...
NATE POWELL

I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this w...
NATE POWELL

I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway,...
NATE POWELL

I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carr...
NATE POWELL

The books that stuck with me most as a child were 'A Wrinkle In Time', 'Dracula', &#...
NATE POWELL

As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between...
NATE POWELL

My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the undergr...
NATE POWELL

The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot ...
NATE POWELL

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, w...
COLIN POWELL

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for...
LUCY POWELL

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straig...
DAWN POWELL

No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far...
EDGAR POWELL

I want everybody to be scared to death of us. I don't say that in a bellicose way. I say that in a w...
COLIN POWELL

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
JOHN POWELL

The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.
ENOCH POWELL

The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have...
COLIN POWELL

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vi...
COLIN POWELL

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this count...
COLIN POWELL

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it...
COLIN POWELL

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your...
COLIN POWELL

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
COLIN POWELL

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
COLIN POWELL

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard...
COLIN POWELL

In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
POWELL CLAYTON

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
ANTHONY POWELL

The BBG may want to start numerous new broadcast services, or revive VOA (Voice of America) services...
ADAM POWELL

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.
ADAM POWELL

In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
ADAM POWELL

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
ADAM POWELL

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, th...
ADAM POWELL

Make your life a happy one. That is where success is possible to every man.
ROBERT POWELL

Either move or be moved.
COLIN POWELL

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field ...
COLIN POWELL

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
COLIN POWELL

Get mad, then get over it.
COLIN POWELL

Experts often possess more data than judgment.
COLIN POWELL

To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people.
JOHN POWELL

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of...
ANTHONY POWELL

Self-love seems so often unrequited.
ANTHONY POWELL

But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean l...
COLIN POWELL

Slowly, but very deliberately, the brooding edifice of seduction, creaking and incongruous, came int...
ANTHONY POWELL

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforti...
COLIN POWELL

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process i...
ANTHONY POWELL

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take...
E.P. POWELL

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained fai...
ANTHONY POWELL

Communication works for those who work at it.
JOHN POWELL

By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world t...
JOHN POWELL

Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough
COLIN POWELL

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
COLIN POWELL

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories o...
COLIN POWELL

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
ELEANOR POWELL

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.
JOHN POWELL

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failu...
COLIN POWELL

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.
COLIN POWELL

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that wou...
COLIN POWELL

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousan...
WILLIAM POWELL

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approac...
COLIN POWELL

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
COLIN POWELL

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
COLIN POWELL

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you hav...
COLIN POWELL

Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that ou...
JONATHAN POWELL

Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used...
LUCY POWELL

In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade e...
LUCY POWELL

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, ...
COLIN POWELL

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a p...
COLIN POWELL

Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they ...
DAWN POWELL

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winni...
COLIN POWELL

Most surgeons will see and do more here in four months than they will in the rest of their career. A lot of advances in medicine can come out of wars.

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Most surgeons will see and do more here in four months than they will in the rest of their career. A lot of advances in medicine can come out of wars.

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