70 Ransom Quotes
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In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages. — Alberto Fujimori
After all, kidnappers are just businessmen trying to get the best price. — Chris Voss
blackmail. The age-old path to the land of milk and honey. The one sure way of being paid for doing nothing. — Ursula Curtiss
Heck, what's a little extortion among friends? — Bill Watterson
The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. — Robert Louis Stevenson
In Syria, for some time, they have been trading hostages for a number of things: for weapons, for money, for political influence, and for favors. — Chris Voss
In my years as the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator, I learned an important fundamental lesson: Hostage negotiation is often nothing more than a business transaction. — Chris Voss
Take the money and run. — Woody Allen
For the sake of a dying, suffering world count the cost, pay the price and set the captives free — John G. Lake
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. — Ambrose Bierce
Blackmail is more effective than bribery. — John Le Carre
The destiny of money is to be encrypted. — Michael Saylor
To obtain something, something of equal value must be given. — Hiromu Arakawa
To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury. — Benjamin Tucker
There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us. — James Monroe
Short Ransom Quotes
- Alimony -- the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. — H. L. Mencken
- That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing. — Martin Luther
- Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated. — Alphonse De Lamartine
- Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS! — Mike Myers
- It was called a tribute before a battle and a ransom afterwards. — T. H. White
- Well,' said Ransom, 'if it is a delusion, it's a pretty stubborn one. — C. S. Lewis
- I'd like to be called Ransom Spunk or Spunk Ransom. — Robert Pattinson
- I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting — Ransom Riggs
- You're here for a reason and it's not to hoard a lot of physical stuff. — Wayne Dyer
- Will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy. — Barack Obama
People Writing About Ransom
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 Chris Voss |
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 Alberto Fujimori |
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 Bill Watterson |
333 | 2988 |
 Robert Louis Stevenson |
455 | 4638 |
 Woody Allen |
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 John G. Lake |
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More Ransom Quotes
I do not hold God ransom to my success; whatever is his will is my way. I stand by moments; I do not stand by time. — Akshay Kumar
I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was. — Ransom Riggs
I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes. — Phil Dusenberry
I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, 'Looks like you're writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, you'll get more money.' — Demetri Martin
One of the most ignored dimensions of the Iraqi insurgency are the Iraqis themselves who are regularly abducted, held for ransom and sometimes executed. — Bruce Hoffman
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents. — John Crowe Ransom
My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, amazing grace! — Chris Tomlin
Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). — Tony Dungy
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. — Mahatma Gandhi
To ignore or use silence is a cruel tool. Hence this quote: Silence is all we dread; there's ransom in a voice; but silence is infinity. — Emily Dickinson
Jesus Messiah, name above all names, blessed Redeemer, Emmanuel, the rescue for sinners, the ransom from Heaven, Jesus Messiah, Lord of all. — Chris Tomlin
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. — Tom Glavine
No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred. — Thomas Jefferson
The twentieth-century artist who uses symbols is alienated because the system of symbols is a private one. After you have dealt with the symbols you are still private, you are still lonely, because you are not sure anyone will understand it except yourself. The ransom of privacy is that you are alone. — Louise Bourgeois
I have just realized that the stakes are myself I have no other ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life — Diane di Prima
McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and more to the point, Viacom - is succeeding in extending a teenage life to twenty-nine or even thirty-one years old. It is about extending this market and removing any intelligent substance in the music. — Chuck D
Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.' — Ibn Ishaq
I just take this job very seriously. It's almost like you play a kid's game for a king's ransom. And if you don't take it serious enough, eventually, one day, you're going to say, 'Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that.' — Sean Taylor
Republicans in Congress have two choices here: They can act responsibly, and pay America’s bills; or they can act irresponsibly, and put America through another economic crisis. But they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy. — Barack Obama
I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this - it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done. — Mitch McConnell
You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps your cure: for you must be either mad or brave before it is ended. — C. S. Lewis
The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won. — J. C. Ryle
I rode in a gang. We robbed trains, banks, held people ransom. We killed people we didn't like. Bill Williamson was in that gang. If I don't capture my former brother-in-arms, great harm will befall my family. — John Marston
I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, And fight maliciously; for when mine hours Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives Of me for jests; but now I'll set my teeth And send to darkness all that stop me. — William Shakespeare
One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken. — William Safire
Books arent written on whim or promises. Books are written on years turned inside out by ideas that never let go until you get them in print, and even then writings a last resort, a desperate ransom you pay to get your life back. — Richard Bach
What I believe when it comes to big things in life, there are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason. You are here for a reason - and it's not to fail and die. — Ransom Riggs
What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell. — Isaac Watts
Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel. — George Bernard Shaw
Pity was meant to be a spur that drives joy to help misery. But it can be used the wrong way round. It can be used for a kind of blackmailing. Those who choose misery can hold joy up to ransom, by pity. — C. S. Lewis
Well, you won't unless you come to lunch with me," Cal said. "I'm holding it for ransom. There's a gun to its heel right now." "I have lunch at my desk," Min began, and thought,Oh, for crying out loud, could I beany more pathetic ? "Emilio is experimenting with a lunch menu. He needs you. I need you. — Jennifer Crusie
What needs to be discharged is the intolerable tenderness of the past, the past gone and grieved over and never made sense of. Music ransoms us from the past, declares an amnesty, brackets and sets aside the old puzzles. Start a new life, get a girl, look into her shadowy eyes, smile. Fix me a toddy, Lola, and we'll sit on the gallery of Tara and you play a tune and we'll watch evening fall and lightning bugs wink in the purple meadow. — Walker Percy
In 1975, when my students were kidnapped by rebels, I was accused of hiding instead of trying to save them, and of not giving enough money for their ransom. I wasn't believed. — Jane Goodall
Identity theft, financial laundering, as well as ransom and ransomware - I mean, think of it - all involving extortion of a hacked institution are becoming increasingly common. — Donald Trump
The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor. — Elliott Abrams
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