22 Quotes by Terry Anderson

There is no money to pay any ransom, ... These were three nonpolitical missionaries working in an Indian village when they were taken. This was a mistake.

Selling public lands can help reduce the drain on the treasury and give us benchmarks to compare private with public management.

She was doomed from the start. I can't imagine Gale isn't tremendously disappointed.

Much of our argument is likely to be with the U.S. government, rather than the Iranian government,

If other parents understood the potential their children could gain from that school, it would make a huge difference.

I'm serious. It feels like my stomach is on fire. I'm not sure what's up.

We were halfway through the book when we read something that James Holloway, director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, had written, bemoaning the lack of contemporary faces in the gallery. With work already completed, we presented it to him and he was keen to go ahead with an exhibition.

We have nothing to offer (the kidnappers) other than a chance to end this terrible situation.

We're trying to get some movement going, to appeal to the kidnappers and make them understand there's nothing to be gained from this and the right thing to do is release (the hostages).