12 Quotes by Jason Burke

The feel of the place was deep, the prehistoric heartbeat of the rocks complicating the music, the people bright, all different kinds of dancers, smilers, swayers, swirlers, smokers, beer-drinking boppers, tripsters, spinners. I looked back at the crowd...and saw the show for a moment as a jewel...like a gem in a bracelet: an ornament on the body of the country, glittering in the coming darkness.

Me and my big pork chop side burns and her and her bright orange hair. It was a match made in heaven. The rest is history.

I feel extremely fortunate to be able to lead this squadron, ... My oldest daughter was born in Meridian and my family just loves it here.

Four solid days of not eating and not sleeping. Just coffee. Lots of coffee.

His method for dealing with that was whenever he would find that he had gotten one he would just delete it.

I was unwilling at first. I had a lot going on, but eventually it just grew and grew.

This industry has been encumbered with paper since its inception, ridiculously large volumes of paper. Paper-oriented case report forms have to be sent from physicians to pharmaceutical companies and entered twice, for quality reasons, into a database. Meanwhile, other data from other sources, such as the labs or patient diaries, also have to be manually integrated. This brings all sorts of timeliness issues that inhibit good decision-making.

Al-Zarqawi is part of a broad movement of Islamic militancy that extends well beyond the influence and activities of any one man.

It's a one-trick-pony tactic because they know they've got a nag in the race. They're backing the wrong horse.