Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish. (Quote by - Bernard Cornwell)

It takes you through the Viking and the Norman invasions, the British occupation, the great famine in 1840 and the rising (for independence) of 1916. (Quote by - Michael Flatley)

If responsibility is not in the hands of the Iraqi government, then I consider the responsibility for this event lies with the occupation forces which should either leave immediately or according to a timetable. (Quote by - Muqtada al-Sadr)

The flight lieutenant's case is that Iraq was and remains under occupation. (Quote by - Philip Sapsford)

We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq, because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism. (Quote by - Din Syamsudin)

In our opinion, the problem is not in the position of the Palestinian people, but in the occupation. We are for peace in the region, which may become possible only after the end of the occupation. (Quote by - Khaled Meshal)

People have the right to defend themselves in the face of these acts by the occupation. (Quote by - Ismail Haniya)

There will be no recognition of Israel and there will be no security for the occupation and colonization forces. Resistance will remain our strategic option. (Quote by - Khaled Mashaal)

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. (Quote by - Madame de Stael)

We have an excellent list of speakers, but the spark will be provided by the crowd to turn talk into action. The Iraq occupation and the government's bumbling effort in New Orleans, has people wanting to act. (Quote by - Ed Garvey)

There is no way forward without ending the occupation. (Quote by - Jean Parker)

We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of occupation in all the Palestinian territories. (Quote by - Al Aqsa)

The massive aerial bombing of Iraqi towns yesterday - three years after the criminal 'shock and awe' assault on Iraq - shows that the war is about occupation not liberation. During this weekend, on the third anniversary of the start of the war, tens of thousands of anti-war protesters will take to the street in more than 400 local and regional protests. (Quote by - Brian Becker)

We still have the problem of the occupation of Iraq, which can be very uncertain and very dangerous. We still have North Korea, the potential for terrorism elsewhere and at home and SARS. (Quote by - Robert Hormats)

There is the constant fear of suicide bombers, which is prevalent on every street. And you see a hopelessness because they are being occupied and feel they will never be removed from the yoke of Israeli occupation, (Quote by - Paul Kennedy)

We're in a hazardous occupation, so safety's our first concern. We're taking sleeping bags and stuff. So if it's hotels, great. It could be tents. (Quote by - Mike Stringer)

The occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression. (Quote by - Ramman Kenoun)

It's a creature of the U.S. military occupation, its statute was drafted by the U.S. and rubber-stamped later by people in the U.S. and supported all the time. (Quote by - Ramsey Clark)

When you do an occupation war where you're patrolling neighborhoods, and your opponent isn't a tank division but it's a suicide bomber or a few people with small arms, air power cannot play the primary role. (Quote by - Steve Kosiak)

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. (Quote by - William Cowper)

But human occupation of the shorelines is at odds with the continuation of these natural processes. Here at VIMS, we've come to conclude that the least intrusive thing you can do on the shoreline is probably the best. (Quote by - Carl Hershner)

During the last months of the German Occupation in 1944, the young man who was to become France's most controversial contemporary philosopher and the woman who was to become its most controversial feminist met the professional criminal who was to become its most controversial playwright. (Quote by - Otto Friedrich)

The Israeli army is occupying the Palestinian territory, and the peace process has not resolved the problem yet. At the beginning of the 21st century we are still witnessing an Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. (Quote by - Mustafa Barghouti)

We are continuing to track down the information. We will be filing amendments to our report as soon as we conclusively determine the accurate occupation information. (Quote by - Terri Hickey)

We will not put our sons in prison for political membership or resisting occupation, because occupation is the reason for the problem. (Quote by - Said Siam)