“It's the same as in hostage negotiation, we never use the word 'gun.' Instead of saying, 'I need you to lower that gun,' you say, 'I need you to lower that thing.' Calling it a 'thing' diminishes the weapon's power.”
Christopher Curtis
“We are in touch not only with the hostage takers but with the hostages themselves.”
Remi Oyo
“Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we find our strength is.”
Ayad Allawi
“We have asked our youths to release the hostages while we start negotiating with the federal government. They've made their point and the whole world has listened.”
Chief Edwin Clark
“While fundamentals are tight in several of the metals, they cannot justify current valuations. Markets are, instead, held hostage by the growing amount of investment and speculative money out there that is increasingly finding its way into commodities.”
Edward Meir
“In Lowell, Indiana, there was a four-hour hostage standoff in a bank. The bank customers were made to line up and stand still for hours . . . just like in a regular visit.”
Bill Maher
“Did you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy coming out of Lebanon going: I was held hostage for seven months and I lost 175 pounds, I feel good and I look good and I learned self-discipline. That's the important thing.”
Denis Leary
