Quotes About Seize

The chance to profit from corruption is why many authoritarian leaders seize and cling to power.

My District is all too familiar with federal government attempts to seize control of private property and private water rights.

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat.

The EPA must be forbidden to seize or destroy the property of any person until and unless such person has been found guilty of a crime in a court of law.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it.

Police officers must act quickly to seize wrongdoers and obtain evidence while protecting themselves and bystanders. It is easy to second-guess their search-and-seizure decisions in a secure courtroom.

Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.

Le meilleurde la vie se passe à dire: Il est trop tôt, puis Il est trop tard. The better part of life is spent saying: It's too early, and then It's too late.

The supreme challenge of Labor is to recognise our 'revolutionary moment' when it arrives. And to have the courage to seize it - wholly, boldly, and completely.

You only live once, so why not try to take full advantage of everything?

A melting Arctic creates a more permissive environment for Russia and China to seize territory.

I'm prepared to say that law enforcement should be allowed to seize the guns of those who are suspected to be involved in domestic terrorism.

The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents.

en Italia? Le cito esto como una prueba de la eficacia del bastón en la espalda de los pueblos. La cuestión es apoderarse del alma de una generación... El resto se hace solo.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

you shouldn't miss opportunities to live life. It could always be your last chance.

Carpe Dium, I say. Seize the day. Grab it by the throat and rattle its bollocks

Hamilton believed that the United States should preemptively seize Spanish Florida and Louisiana, lest they fall into hostile French hands. To accomplish this, he directed General James Wilkinson to assemble an armada of seventy-five riverboats.

Carpe Scrotum. Seize life by the testicles

Don't waste a single moment of your precious life! Wake up now! And now! And now! 6.

How far removed in time must an event be for us to remember it? How far for memory's longing to be no longer able to seize it? Most people have a limit in this respect: what lies too near them in time they cannot remember, nor what lies too remote. I know no limit. What was experienced yesterday, I push back a thousand years in time, and remember as if it were yesterday. ?Johannes de Silentio, from_Either/Or_

El azar propicio aparece tan rara vez que cuando se presenta o se encuentra, hay que saberlo agarrar con toda la fuerza; el seducir a una muchacha no es un arte, pero sí lo es, ¡y cómo!, saber encontrar a una muchacha que merezca que se la seduzca.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.