The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.
Lawrence Eagleburger

The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.
June Allyson

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Thomas Carlyle

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.
Manmohan Singh

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.
Frank Butler

The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually have tried to rid some of the extreme versions of abuse that we have read about.
Jane Mayer

The mob's not coming back in the Teamsters Union. We've gotten rid of them, and we're free to be free of government supervision.
James P. Hoffa

The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all.
Charles Horner

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
Alfred Hitchcock

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
Oscar Wilde

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
Dean Smith

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.
James Whistler

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
Demosthenes

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.
Bobby R. Inman

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
Bill Gates

The worst thing Spurs ever did was get rid of Keith Burkinshaw. They have never replaced him.
Graham Roberts

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?
Danny DeVito

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.
Les Aspin

There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on Social Security benefits. I believe it's time to get rid of a tax that punishes seniors and discourages work and retirement savings.
Rob Simmons

TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please.
Dick Wolf