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Quotes About Halt

Although the Trump administration cannot halt global progress on climate change, it can still hurt the U.S. economy and the United States' diplomatic standing by abandoning the Paris agreement.
~ Brian Deese
What we achieved was a nuclear pause, not a nuclear halt.
~ Jim Mattis
If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt.
~ Jose Ferreira
And sometimes the show can't go on.
~ Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftanOf tan with henna hackles, halt!
~ Wallace Stevens
The. bus stopped again.
~ David A. Adler
What a wonderfully exciting cough," said the little man, quite startled by it, "do you mind if I join you?" And with that he launched into the most extraordinary and spectacular fit of coughing that caught Arthur so much by surprise that he started to choke violently, discovered he was already doing it and got thoroughly confused. Together they performed a lung-busting duet that went on for fully two minutes before Arthur managed to cough and splutter to a halt.
~ Douglas Adams
In Waziristan people get really upset when there are no drone attacks. Their apprehension is that the US and Pakistani government might enter in an agreement to halt the attacks.
~ Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hunting party," Horace said Both Halt and Will looked at him sarcastically. "You think?" Will said. "Maybe they found the deer and brought him back to repair him.
~ John Flanagan
It was a curious sort of immortality. Everyone in the world would repeat one hour, forever, and never realize that time had come to a quivering halt at that point. And Myron Castleman would be permitted to live forever, piling up experiences and memories, but each of only an hour's duration, each resumed at 12:01 PM on this balmy spring day in Manhattan, standing outside near the Grand Central Tower.
~ Edward M. Lerner
My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.
~ Albright, Madeleine
It takes years to realize the multiple benefits of science; without adequate, sustained funding for research, the careers of many bright, young scientists may come to a screeching halt.
~ Carol W. Greider
We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.
~ Henry W. Kendall
You fat mountebank," he croaked. He wheeled and started for the door, found me in the way, blocking him, and stopped.
~ Rex Stout
Stall! Delay! Obfuscate! "Let's," said Flora.
~ Kate DiCamillo
But then as night inevitably goes after the day, my mood would crash, and my mind again would grind to a halt.
~ Kay Redfield Jamison
If you once cede to the Court the power to decide elections, let alone even the power to halt counting of the votes, then you have ceded it everything.
~ Renata Adler
No children, that is. Ernest, in the matter of posterity, had been a blind alley, a cul-de-sac. Strange and sad not to go on in any way, to come to a dead stop.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
Madam Speaker, it is time to halt illegal entry into this country. It is time to halt the flow of illegal drugs and weapons into this great Nation, and it is time to secure our borders.
~ Marsha Blackburn
Happy Birthday." Adrian came to a sudden halt. The words were soft and small, spoken tentatively, but easily discerned by vampire ears. Slowly, he turned around and found Jill Mastrano standing shyly before him.
~ Richelle Mead
Before long, my blood would not permit a halt of even a day or two. Something ceaselessly set me to work; my body could no longer tolerate indolence, but began instantly to thirst for violent action, forever urging me on. Thus for many a day I led a life that others might well dismiss as frenzied obsession.
~ Yukio Mishima
What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity?
~ zizek slavoj
I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.
~ Edward Grey
It won't be a volcano that ends man's existence on this planet. It'll be the no-win no-fee lawyers. They are the ones who brought Europe to a halt last week. They are the ones who made a simple trip from Berlin to London into a five-country, all-day hammer blow on your licence fee. They are the ones who must be stopped.
~ Jeremy Clarkson