Toll Quotes

I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war?

We’ve got to accept that we’re going to lose people in this deal. How many, I don’t know. Could be a lot.

The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world.

It is very difficult to do one's duty. I was considered a barbarian because at the storming of the Praga, 7,000 people were killed. Europe says that I am a monster. I myself have read this in the papers, but I would have liked to talk to people about this and ask them: is it not better to finish a war with the death of 7,000 people rather than to drag it on and kill 100,000.

Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.

The question in my mind then is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.

We didn't lose as many lives as had been predicted although we're still in the process of finding those we lost.

But obviously captaincy is a long process. It takes its toll as time goes on.

Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, six years off your life.

St. Louis is more humid. But after a while, the heat started taking a toll on us, so we started rotating a little more up front trying to stay fresh out here.

I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn't go into it, because it's demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Anyone who has to be accountable in a time when resources are shrinking, where transparency is necessary, where the pressures are greater, is going to find that it takes a toll.

Sala-manda-stron, look out here we come, A thief a warrior and a mole. Though the quest may take its toll, We'll march until we reach our goal.

You wanna have laughs? Do what I do. When I go through a tollbooth, I keep going. I tell the guy, The car behind me is paying for two.

Forever only takes its toll on some

With the abuse, and wear and tear the body takes in this career, it's ridiculous to put in that time and effort and have nothing to show for it.

The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.