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Quotes About Equipment

I need you, your boat and your equipment for a month, maybe two. I can't dive alone because I just don't know the waters well enough to risk it, and I don't have the time to waste. I have to be back in Connecticut by the end of August." "To get more chalk dust under your fingernails." She sat back slowly. "You have no right to criticize my profession." "I'm sure the chalk's very exclusive at Yale," Ky commented.
~ Nora Roberts
We will get growth and affordability in health care not by replicating the expertise of today's physicians in the form of new physicians. We will get it by embodying their expertise in devices and equipment, so expertise becomes widely available, more affordable, and much easier to obtain. This
~ Clayton M. Christensen
Is this a good time to raise the question of seat belts? asked Giordino with his feet raised and wedged against the dashboard of the L-29 Cord town car. Pitt shook his head. Not optional equipment in 1930.
~ Clive Cussler
I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.
~ Lars von Trier
Every airman was given a "Mae West" life vest,*3 but because some men stole the vests' carbon dioxide cartridges for use in carbonating drinks, some vests didn't inflate.
~ Laura Hillenbrand
I suppose I should make all the skis six foot and let Leif grow into them. That way we could all use them easy enough." He shook his head. "I know my wife would love to ski again. You ever seen anyone carry a baby in a sling or backpack while on skis?
~ Lauraine Snelling
This slender store of medical supplies and equipment would have to serve the needs of 260 men of the fleet in all climates and conditions for several years.
~ Laurence Bergreen
remained two days to furnish ourselves with pitch, which is a thing very necessary for ships.
~ Laurence Bergreen
China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.
~ Charles Foster Bass
The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.
~ Charles Foster Bass
January, month of empty pockets!... The tourist is ruined by his equipment before even reaching the mountain-slope; what use will they be, those deep, buttoned, leather-lined pockets? Let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead. With a diver's courage more than one woman this month plunges into some neglected chest, into wardrobes given over to darkness and camphor. The purse may be empty but one must nevertheless keep up with the spring fashions...
~ Colette (1873–1954)
Personal protective equipment is self-defense.
~ Author Unknown
You know you're a skydiver when you buy anything you calculate how many skydives it will cost.
~ Skydiving joke
He had had a habit throughout the twenty-seven years of making a narrow remark which, like a plumber's snake, could work its way through the ear down the throat, halfway to my heart. He would then disappear, leaving me choking with equipment. What I mean is, I sat down on the library steps and he went away.
~ Grace Paley
I wanted to be a pilot. I loved flying and I loved all the technology and the equipment and the sense of adventure that came with it. I think that feeling still bleeds over into everything I do today.
~ Graham Brown
Now then, young man," he cried in the nasal twang of the West Riding. "I'm Mr. Dinsdale's brother. I farm over in Listondale." I put down my equipment and nodded. "How do you do? My name is Herriot.
~ James Herriot
Angel felt their admiration, their crummy pleasure. They liked all the things wrong with her, all the ways she wasn't normal. And all those stupid long words added up to one thing: Angel was an experiment. To the whitecoats, she was a piece of science equipment, like a test tube. She was an it.
~ James Patterson
Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English.
~ Paul Watson
We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.
~ Joe Lieberman
I can't stress enough how unimportant the camera really is. Any brand of camera will do. For 95% of my shots, the lowest end DSLR will be just fine.
~ Tom Anderson
Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina.
~ Ike Skelton
From Picatinny Arsenal to our great universities, New Jersey is leading the way to ensure our nation is secure and our service members are protected with the best possible equipment.
~ Mikie Sherrill
The only inequalities that matter begin in the mind. It is not income levels but differences in mental equipment that keep people apart, breed feelings of inferiority.
~ Jacquetta Hawkes
I shot 'Fruitvale Station' on super-16, and then I shot a movie called 'The Harvest' on 35mm, and then I shot 'Little Accidents' on 2-perf 35.
~ Rachel Morrison