Casualty Quotations

But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really forgot about me.

We've all but abandoned soaps in our own culture. I lost my beloved 'Guiding Light' in 2009, and 'One Life to Live' was just the latest casualty to fall beneath the programming axes.

For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.

We are all hoping that the news does not get steadily worse as the day progresses but we are fearful that the casualty figures may mount and that international support may be needed.

The profits numbers will be mostly dismissed in the first quarter as a casualty of war. Now we'll see how much momentum we can pick up from the reverse of war negativity.

When you're a bad team, you don't get any benefit-of-the-doubt calls. You see it on TV, the media knows it, and we were a casualty of that tonight. We played as hard as they did. We deserved that one as much as they did.

One calculator was a casualty of the rain.

Furthermore, the Army regrets that the initial casualty report from the field was in error as well as the time that it has taken to correct the report and to inform his family,

We... are fearful that the casualty figures may mount,

Good disaster response planning requires broad involvement of several community groups. Pediatricians, local school officials, school nurses, public health officials, emergency officials and school physicians should work together to improve the preparedness of schools for the unwelcome possibility of a mass casualty event.

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification.

Road safety is of paramount importance and to have casualty numbers drop by 75 per cent shows overwhelmingly that the road closure has been the right move.

That's a very simple version of how you calculate casualty loss. One reason it's taking some people so long is that information is difficult to compile.

Most general casualty policies do not cover flood damage. Many require additional riders for windstorms. Consider adding coverage for likely perils, especially flood insurance.

You keep that in the back of your mind, but at the same time it's something you can't worry about as long as you prepare yourself properly every day, and the team does a great job of doing that. We're doing everything we can. It's just a casualty of hockey.

We are really very sorry for every casualty but the one who is responsible for that directly is Arafat, ... There is no reason to blame anybody else.

the only casualty was a helmet that got run over by the S.U.V.

Today's case demonstrates that the corrupt practices first laid bare in the Marsh suit are present in additional sectors of the industry, ... Secret payoffs and conflicts of interest that infected the market for property and casualty insurance have taken root in the employee benefits market as well.

We will follow federal guidelines on calculating casualty loss.

But reinsurance is treated differently than primary insurance under state insurance codes, and that's where people could see their rates go up for all lines of casualty insurance in the long term, whether its related to disaster or not.

This, there was no comparison. It was probably the largest mass casualty incident anybody had responded to.

During tsunamis the first casualty is power. So solar panels need to be used to broadcast data to a satellite. All the nations are changing their systems to record on real time.

Even after absorbing higher than normal catastrophe losses during the quarter, we were able to post an exceptional 91.2 percent property and casualty combined ratio. This compares to a combined ratio of 89 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004.

It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing.

Notwithstanding, the several unusual items that influenced our results the last three months demonstrate that the underlying performance of The Hartford's property and casualty and life operations was strong. This performance is a reflection of our efforts to sustain profitable growth in a competitive environment. Our return on equity of over 15 percent over the last twelve months has exceeded our stated long-term goals. Actions we have taken to broaden distribution and improve our products are driving our sales momentum.

That's got to be the biggest monetary shock of the new millennium. They've completely pulled the wool over the market's eyes. The first casualty has got to be their credibility. They've led the market into a blind alley.

They have a very fast growing variable annuity business that has not even been recognized in the market place, yet, ... It's just perceived as a stodgy property and casualty company.

There is no way of telling if there is going to be a mass casualty incident or if it is going to be a normal typical day when someone just needs to be transported to the hospital. If we have a car accident involving more than two patients, then we have a problem.

This legislation would act as a disincentive for insurers to innovate and create new insurance programs. In addition this bill could hurt small carriers in the market. There are over 200 insurers that write property and casualty insurance in Colorado and the vast majority of them are smaller companies. These restrictions to use only Colorado data could make it difficult for them to price their product competitively in our state.

They're a little malnourished. They seem to be in good health. They're kind of the forgotten casualty of the tragedy.

It is particularly troubling that the official who conducted these inspections and issued the orders is conveniently on vacation when the information became public. The Butte plant has been left in limbo, not knowing whether business can be conducted or not while the FSIS official in charge is on vacation. Meanwhile, Montana's 4-H program has been a casualty of the agency's actions. MCA will work feverishly to obtain the answers as to why USDA has undertaken this action.

It's over the top, it's a thrill a minute. ... The casualty list is horrendous. But it's exciting. And it keeps you going.

Then we could have not only a tsunami-style casualty rate as we have seen late last year, but we could see one hundred times that in a worst case.

It's ironic that of all the shows in the West End, this should be the first casualty of the bombings on July 7 and 21.

It was a mildly disappointing quarter. Operating earnings missed the analysts' target and the property and casualty side was worse than I thought.

The insurance market understandably appears a little unsettled by the massive hurricane losses of 2005. However, risk managers may experience further softening in the casualty market. Barring more major catastrophes, premiums should fall further this year.

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life -- people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

I'm beating myself up, but it just really came down to one minor, minor casualty and that was on 14. I mean, I can live and die with three-putting and some of the other stuff. But that really is a putt where it would have been a heck of a lot more fun to make and see what would have happened.

If people think we're exaggerating I would suggest they have a look at the casualty ward section in Big League ,

In the last 12 months alone, we've seen the largest insurance brokers in America, the largest property and casualty companies in America, the largest title insurance companies, the largest financial service firms and the largest disability insurers all engaged in flagrant violations of their most basic obligations to their customers, ... This is not just a UnumProvident problem; it's an insurance industry one.

Hopefully, the commission will identify additional methods to improve U.S. security but, forgive me for not being terribly optimistic, I feel the commission has lost sight of its goal and has become a political casualty of the electoral hunting season," ()

The damage and casualty situation right now looks as if we have had some good fortune in the midst of this misfortune,

All those things we do anyway, like mass casualty drills. We do stand prepared to handle emergencies as they come.

The funds are a casualty of the economy. We've been through the worst bear market in 50 years, maybe 100 years, ... In these times, small innovative companies don't always make it. Large companies that stay away from innovation are usually the ports in the storm.

The casualty was stuck deep in the mud and it took almost 15 minutes to dig him out.

The casualty figures that we have received from the enemy are somewhere about 10 times that amount, ... About civilian casualties, there is no authoritative figure out there.

The first casualty when war comes is the truth.