Inception Quotations

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.

Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic age into the most mythologized event in American history.

I want to try it to see what it's like and see what my stuff looks like when I take it from inception to completion.

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.

Since the inception of E-911, the rates have not gone up, but the cost of business has gone up, ... ... We have to do something in order to secure the revenue stream for E-911.

Since its inception in 1976, the Charity Preview has raised over $58 million to help children throughout the Detroit area. For example, a single Charity Preview ticket provides free transportation to 16 women for prenatal care appointments and well-baby visits.

Philippine sovereignty is firm as we anticipate the issuance of the warrant of arrest against the suspects, which will mark the inception of the trial.

From inception we have placed the interests of our investors, customers and fellow partners (employees) first and foremost. We believe that aligned with Sprint Nextel we are poised to move to the next level. This is an across-the-board success. It results in an attractive price and provides certainty for all Nextel Partners shareholders.

From the inception of the alphabet organizations, they have been very, very selfish. It's never been about what's good for boxing. It's always been about what's good for them, specifically what's good for them financially.

We're pleased to have Foundry Networks as a founding member of the Ethernet Alliance. Foundry was a very active member in the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance, successfully promoting this important technology from its inception over five years ago. We look forward to their participation in the new Ethernet Alliance as we promote the acceptance and application of current and emerging Ethernet standards in a broad range of environments.

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in 'A Chorus Line.'

Relay for Life gets better and better each year and this year's event is the best one so far. We have been participating in it since its inception and we continue to do it for a good cause.

Upon learning of these accounting irregularities, I immediately requested that the trust undergo a full and complete audit from its June 2000 inception through 2004 to determine if any additional accountancy problems existed with the trust.

The gaming industry has been male-dominated ever since its inception.

This is my inception, I'm writing my dreams.

We've been aiming for this day for a long time since the inception of the program back in 1996-97. So nine years in, we're very proud of the fact that our program has reached a level in which our team is one of the last 16 competing in the nation. For us, that's a very big step.

We have added our numbers onto the old ARPA and NSF statistics, and it shows that growth has been steady since the inception of the Internet. Traffic has more than doubled every year,

This team has spent over 1,100 man days in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf since the programs' inception in January 2004.

When I started The Shins, it really was just me, alone, but it was still The Shins. I was totally recording stuff and writing songs as The Shins and all of that. So the beginning inception of the whole thing was some sort of a lie, I guess.

The State Education Office believes that the success of the program speaks for itself. Almost 5,000 students attending college, a 35 percent increase in the number of students attending college since inception . . . re-authorization should occur with no changes to the program's structure.

The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.

A Prairie Home Companion' has proudly had its roots in St. Paul since the inception of the show. They have scheduled road shows, yet it's important to maintain their place of operation. It's good news for the show and St. Paul.

You're in the news business and you're in the business of arresting the attention of people and prying them away from what they take for granted. They must read the next day's paper and so on. While the desire to gain attention is a dynamic in journalism, it's not the only one. The predominant dynamic since journalism's inception has been the desire to capture the attention of people. Another dynamic is the extension of democratic enlightenment.

It's the stuff that advocates have been complaining about since the inception of No Child Left Behind. I think it speaks to the attitude of administrators in Utah. It's always about their reputation, and it's not about our children. Hopefully this audit will help them to re-examine their motives and look at the education of low-income and ethnic minority children.

It wiped out every cent of capital the Allstate companies had realized since their inception in the state of Florida.

The intention is to build a young team which can be built on for the future. The team has achieved everything that we can possibly do in South Africa, and the future of the team is in Europe. There is therefore an obligation to purchase the best riders possible to fulfil all the sponsors' objectives regardless of nationality. David is an outstanding professional, who has been on the team since its inception and we hold him in high regard and thank him for the contribution he has made to the team.

These good works with Habitat for Humanity have already made a difference to families in the city of Philadelphia. Since the inception of the Philadelphia Soul, our mission was to give back to this community. With the help of our friends at Sprint, we will be able to continue fulfilling that goal.

The central message used to attract new recruits to the Marine Corps has not changed significantly since the inception of the all-volunteer force. Each tells the story of the grueling challenge one goes through to transform into a U.S. marine.

...Venice has been the living future of contemporary American history since its inception.