Quotes About Operative

Bannon should never have had a permanent seat on the NSC, as he is a political operative, and the NSC has traditionally been a place where American interests are considered rather than narrow Republican or Democratic interests.

Corridan rarely elaborated in detail on his church's social teachings. His approach was grounded in part in a Catholic understanding of natural law as universally operative and not dependent for its validation on the claims of any particular theological tradition.

You want me to spy on a National Colour operative?''Wow, ' she said, 'you got it. I thought I was going to have to explain that one for a lot longer.

There is no struggle here: life is a circuitous route to death, and conservative instincts are the pavement of this route, they are one with it, indistinguishable from it. They don't "want" anything, they don't "struggle" with death, they simply do their job of making this particular circuitous path to the inanimate operative. Strictly speaking, they work at maintaining this path, and not simply at "maintaining life.

The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether it is effective at masking the internal lie detectors of fifteen-year-old boys.

When Zach said, "Im going to kill Dr. Steve." It wasn't the angered threat of a worried boy; it was the calm, cool statement of an operative trained to do exactly that. And that, I think, is why it scared me. But it wasn't as terrifying as the look in Bex's eyes when she said, "Not if I find him first.

Every good operative knows that the world is small, but the planet is big.

Three g's, and an r: Get in, get the info, get out, relocate.

Nothing that works is silly.

Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.

Being extra cautious is just part of the covert operative instruction manual." "Good," said Allie. "Caution is just the quality I'm looking for in the man handling my personal security." The commander laughed. "I'm even willing to sleep in the same bed with you for added protection. Now that's going the extra mile.

should be clear by now that this making-right, or rectification, is not a process. It is already true, in Christ; but it is true eschatologically, from the perspective of the End. The now–not yet dynamic is operative here, as always.

This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative.

In every era, law and grace are operative and unchanging.

If you were a member of Jesse James's band and people asked you what you were, you wouldn't say, "Well, I'm a desperado." You'd say something like, "I work in banks," or "I've done some railroad work." It took me a long time just to say, "I'm a writer." It's really embarrassing.

The Spirit is as operative today in communicating the gospel to all who seek the truth as it was on the day of Pentecost anciently.

When in "this place," though, a visit to the sauna is all but mandatory. Both a Finnish invention and something of a national pastime, the sauna is "the number one thing people tell you to do around here." In Cold War times, it was a way to ensure that confidential conversations remained so, since it's impossible to wire a nude politician or secret operative

For Clinton, I don't see redemption. She is a corrupt political operative of the worst kind.

Part of the mystique of blogs is their protean quality: They work both sides of the divide between politics and media, further blurring the already fuzzy distinctions between reporter, pundit, political operative, activist, and citizen.

activity. Every cubicle held a desk operative, furtively

I was always a writer - working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV - that was always my goal.

The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama.

He carried no electronics. No laptop, no cell phone, no walkie-talkie. He carried no ID. Beside his large-caliber Glock, spare magazines, and a knife, there was nothing on his person that could connect him to anything, anyone, or anywhere. That was how professionals worked.

they supposed to do once they got him there?" The CIA operative asked the mobster and then replied, "Apparently, he had his own people there who would get him the rest of the way into Europe.