Green Zone Quotes

#1. The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.

Russ Feingold

#2. In trying to imagine this world, I kept coming back to Michel Aflaq. He's a Christian Arab, a Syrian, who ends up finding his home in Iraq and is buried there - I was stunned to see his tomb is right smack down in the Green Zone.

Elliott Colla

#3. It's always sort of amazing, sitting in Baghdad, to watch visiting dignitaries being received in the Green Zone by politicians who have usually very little support and seldom go outside the Green Zone.

Patrick Cockburn

#4. The day that I can land at the airport in Baghdad and ride in an unarmed car down the highway to the Green Zone is the day that I'll start considering withdrawals from Iraq.

John McCain

#5. One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for President [Lindon] Johnson in Saigon. This book is about the inevitably of screwing up when a country takes on a war with so little understanding of the country they are fighting.

George Packer

#6. This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me.

Shirley Knight

#7. Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome!

Olivia Wilde

#8. My husband is the most brilliant father on the planet.

Angie Harmon

#9. Don't work for something in Exchange, Work on something for a Change.

Kevin Awad

#10. at just under fifteen miles over the speed limit. He knew from experience it was the safety zone, the

Marti Green

#11. People are always thinking that I'm the main character in my books, but each one has been different, and sometimes they've been men.

Sue Miller

#12. Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.

George S. Patton

#13. As far as the search for truth is concerned, 98% of our thinking is rubbish. The remaining 2% is garbage. Throw it all out and be empty! Truth cannot be caught by intellect alone - grace is needed.

Mooji

#14. I just figured out why someone would want to make the first mirror ... I think some lover wanted his beloved to see how she appeared to him. He wanted her to be able to see herself the way that he did.

Julia Hoban

#15. Because if you're gonna make someone choose, then you shouldn't be surprised when they don't choose you.

Alyson Noel

#16. I feel like at the end of the day, as entertaining as movies are, when you're part of them in a way, it's this beautiful art form and that's what it feels like for me. I'm not a painter, but I can express myself visually in a way that allows me to artistically create.

Shailene Woodley

#17. What is more powerful than the love of a mother? Perhaps only God's hand in answering her earnest pleadings on your behalf.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#18. Stories are a way to connect with others and realize we're not alone in our crazy, mixed-up thoughts. I think what you do is important. It keeps introverted people like me from going insane.

Linda Kage