Quotes About Toll

War would soon erode the facade of their building as though it had accelerated time itself, a day's toll outpacing that of a decade.

anything the war itself, along with its horrific death toll, made the standard messages of salvation all that more appealing.

The road to democracy is not a freeway. It is a toll road on which we pay by accepting and carrying out our civic responsibilities.

did not cost him anything—except the emotional drain.

She stayed with the Toll because deep down, she believed that Greyson Tolliver was the real thing. That he was divinely moved by the Tone, and that his humility about it was understandable. A humble nature was, after all, the hallmark of a true holy man. It made perfect sense that he would refuse to believe he was part of the Holy Triad, but just because he didn't believe it himself, didn't make it any less true.

Even the idea of contagion itself was novel. "We had no belief that one Man could give [a disease] to another," the Blackfoot raider remembered, "any more than a wounded Man could give his wound to another." Because they knew of no protective measures, the toll was even higher than it would have been.

Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up.

America tolerates a heavy toll from the flu on health and productivity. But if Covid becomes a twin risk, the heath-care system will struggle to fight both at once.

In Kerr's mind, the toll of 373 deaths due to supposed US government laxity was the moral equivalent of 70 million deaths at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.

It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.

The butcher's bill was too dear.

In World War II, 35,933 AAF planes were lost in combat and accidents. The surprise of the attrition rate is that only a fraction of the ill-fated planes were lost in combat. In 1943 in the Pacific Ocean Areas theater in which Phil's crew served, for every plane lost in combat, some six planes were lost in accidents. Over time, combat took a greater toll, but combat losses never overtook noncombat losses.

In 1943 in the Pacific Ocean Areas theater in which Phil's crew served, for every plane lost in combat, some six planes were lost in accidents. Over time, combat took a greater toll, but combat losses never overtook noncombat losses.

Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.

Love was a luxury you paid for with far too much pain.

I was glad to have the opportunity, but now I am glad to be rid of it. The constant violence, or the impending threat of it, and the toll of seeing so many casualties, over time, has enveloped me in an environment that weighs as heavily as a wool shroud even on pleasant days. To be the tiller at the wheel of man's hatred for man should be a tour of duty, not a career. - Ashley Crandall

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

Just like paying a toll to use a freeway, the token can be the pay-per-use rail for getting on the blockchain infrastructure or for using the product. This also ensures that users have skin in the game.

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

Deze Koude Oorlog, deze gestolde hysterie met haar wapenwedloop, haar spionagecultuur, haar wederzijdse voorspelbare propaganda, en alle gigantische kosten die dat met zich meebracht… Wat was daar uiteindelijk de tol van? En de zin? Hoeveel levens waren evengoed verwoest, hoeveel dromen onderdrukt, hoeveel landen op de rand van het bankroet gebracht?

Het volstaat iemand ernstig te horen praten over ideaal, toekomst, filosofie, hem zelfverzekerd 'wij' te horen zeggen, 'anderen' aan te roepen en zich hun tolk te wanen - om hem als mijn vijand te beschouwen. Ik herken in hem een mislukte tiran, een beul bijna, even verfoeilijk als de tirannen, als de beulen van groot formaat.

This is a very stressful profession. Not just coaching, but head coaching at this level with all of the variables that you have on your mind 24/7, it does take a toll on your health and you have to be very cognizant about what's going on with your body and listen to your body and make sure that you take care of your body.

With injuries, every match varies. The black eyes are accidents. The broken noses are accidents. But the bumps from when we land on the mat, they're hard. I think it looks easier, or the fans don't really understand what's happening, but it does take a toll.

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