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Quotes About Supplies

In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.
~ George William Norris
Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.
~ Ed Pastor
You brought condoms on a training operation?" Harvard laughed as he opened one of the Velcro pockets of his vest. "Yeah. You did, too. You should have three or four in your combat vest. To put over our rifle barrels in case of heavy rain, remember?
~ Suzanne Brockmann
take a shower, and this morning my brain is not assembling lists of supplies for the wild, but trying to figure out how
~ Suzanne Collins
Our clothes are going to pieces fast. Send provisions as soon as possible.
~ William John Wills
How many kids are in the Graveyard? A bunch. Who sends your supplies? George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget. How often do you receive new arrivals? About as often as you beat your wife.
~ Neal Shusterman
Here is where they send in interrogators to ask her questions. "How many kids are in the Graveyard?" "A bunch." "Who sends your supplies?" "George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget." "How often do you receive new arrivals?" "About as often as you beat your wife.
~ Neal Shusterman
What about supplies and stuff we can't scavenge from other planes?" asks John, his leg bouncing more fiercely than usual. "If we can't get cash from the front office to buy it, we'll have to creatively find it." Creatively finding is Connor's euphemism for stealing.
~ Neal Shusterman
the world of 10 billion, water experts project, the demand for water could be 50 percent higher than it is now. Where will it all come from? New supplies will not be easy to find. Few lakes and rivers are unexploited, and aquifers are being depleted. Equally difficult would be stretching existing water supplies by reducing waste and encouraging thrifty use. Adding to the pressure, climate change is shrinking glaciers and drying streams.
~ Charles C. Mann
To Hubbert, this kind of thinking was sheer mysticism. Earth, being finite, contains a finite number of hydrocarbon molecules in a finite set of locations. Supplies are therefore limited
~ Charles C. Mann
This is a joke. Right?" I'm pointing at the green-screen terminal on the desk, and the huge dial-infested rotary phone beside it. "No sir." Bill clears his throat. "Unfortunately the NDO's office budget was misfiled years ago and nobody knows the correct code to requisition new supplies. At least it's warm in winter: you're right on top of the classified document incinerator room, and it's got the only chimney in the building.
~ Charles Stross
Antibiotics, viral tabs, painkillers, sterilisation spray," Kasyanov said. "Other stuff. Bandages, medicines, contraceptives. Hoop raised an eyebrow. "Hey. Forever is a long time.
~ Tim Lebbon
For that voyage, Frobisher packed one pound of biscuit and one gallon of beer per man per day, one pound of salt meat (beef or pork) per man for each "flesh" day, as well as one dried codfish for every four men on fast days. Each man was supplied with a quarter pound of butter daily, along with a half pound of cheese, as well as four bushels of peas (pease) per man during the voyage.
~ Kieran Doherty
O who will give me tears? Come, all ye springs, Dwell in my head and eyes; come, clouds and rain; My grief hath need of all the watery things That nature hath produced: let every vein Suck up a river to supply mine eyes, My weary weeping eyes, too dry for me, Unless they get new conduits, new supplies, To bear them out, and with my state agree.
~ George Herbert
A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.
~ George Washington
Got hoagies." With a grunt, she dropped back in the seat. "What, for the whole squad?" "And other provisions." "Because we're going on safari?
~ J.D. Robb
Ukraine must be permitted to bring their own relief supplies safely to areas in the east of the country that are controlled by the separatists.
~ Angela Merkel
Too often, I hear stories of teachers and parents spending part of their paychecks to ensure there are supplies in the classroom - even basic necessities like pens, pencils and paper. This is unacceptable.
~ Doug Ducey
The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war.
~ Walter Raleigh
All of Rommel's supplies and reinforcements come across those very straits from Italy, and land at Tunis or Bizerta. From there, Rommel can strike out east towards Egypt or west
~ Neal Stephenson
But whenever the War Department supplies the funding, part the curtains and you'll see the needs of conflict masquerading as the needs of science.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
For six hours, Isabelle sat at the table in the apartment on rue de Saint-Simon. They brought in others from the network and gave them tasks: to gather clothes for the pilots and stockpile supplies. They consulted maps and devised routes and began the long, uncertain process of setting up safe houses along the way. At some point, they began to see it as a reality instead of merely a bold and daring idea.
~ Kristin Hannah
guns, gas masks, arrows, ammunition. We're ready.
~ Kristin Hannah
The photo used on the news had been taken by a tourist passing through Sopchoppy—that was the actual name of the town near which their church compound stood—who, alerted by a local, had snapped a picture of "those angel-cult freaks" when they came in for supplies.
~ Laini Taylor