Detectors Quotes

I think we're trying to reassure fans we've made every step possible to make sure every ballpark is secure. Using metal detectors, there's a thought it would instill almost a greater fear. - Pat Courtney

I really feel an obligation to the students for safety and well-being. For example, if it looks like students have been smoking - and it has to be pretty clear - [or] if it looks like they've tampered with safety equipment or have covered up the smoke detectors, at that point I think I take a pretty strong stance. - Patrick Biddix

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. - Graham Greene

All evacuees from North Texas come here first. We're letting them have a bathroom break, running them through metal detectors and going through belongings. - Don Peritz

[The U.S. homeland is better protected. America has become a land scoured, probed, patrolled and fenced by a web of informers, computers, guards, spies, tape recorders, detectors, sensors, Jersey barriers, concrete planters and bomb-sniffing dogs. It may have nipped some plots in the bud and deterred others.] We look differently as a country now to the terrorists... We have created security measures unlike the terrorists have seen before, and we continue to upgrade them. - Tom Ridge

[Ernie Els wants metal detectors used to prevent spectators carrying mobile phones and cameras onto the course. The problem is rife in new golfing destinations such as China, where the European Tour will spend five weeks this year. Els would like a strict line taken at all events, although the world No. 3 admits the cost could be too much for smaller tournaments.] I'm sure if you asked the players the majority would say yes, ... It would be great, but it will take a lot of manpower and money. - Ernie Els

[But Williams and zoo officials said devices such as metal detectors would not be added immediately to the zoo when it reopens Wednesday.] I don't think that's called for... It's certainly safe. This is a rare event. - Anthony Williams