Quotes About Conflict

There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying that.

My father worked for the Foreign Office, so he was away a lot of the time. We were a very volatile family. There was a lot of love and a lot of conflict. The conflict kicked in mostly during my adolescence.

Axl did sometimes have volatile actions, but I knew that guy as a whole - all the good stuff, too.

If I feel somebody is getting volatile and taking things in other way, I better stay away from that person.

There are no second chances in the volatile Middle East.

I always end up in these volatile situations.

Continuing to expose the children to my and Adrienne's dysfunctional and volatile relationship is causing harm to the children.

When I got to high school, I was going to do sports, but I got kicked off the volleyball team because I kept missing it for musical theater.

When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are degrading to women and offend me to my core. I am mortified by my music choices.

Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

Most people, when they meet me, one of the first things they say is, 'Why would you voluntarily subject yourself to war? Why would you go into these places where you know there's a risk of getting killed?'

Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war.

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.

I was sucked into this vortex of a very conservative upbringing.

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

In my line of work, the enemy gets a vote.

During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.

I didn't vote for Bush, and I'm not happy particularly that he's president. But I will say I'm impressed that he didn't start bombing Afghanistan the day after Sept. 11. The more time that passes without him bombing Afghanistan, the more I respect him.

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.

Vice presidents are at times tasked with issuing direct broadsides against enemies while the top guy stays above the fray. But never before has a vice president served as an attack dog against his own party's voters.

I mean, it just seems to me that everybody wants to get on each other, everybody wants to attack everybody.

It's one thing to say you're for the war; it's another thing to send your kid to war - your daughter or your son.

I tell people I won't vote to go to war unless I'm ready to go or send my kids.