Porous Quotes

You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. - George Crane

Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring. - Dan Ryan

We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous. - Drew Bledsoe

We're completely opposed to ethnic quotas, in the sense it will push people to identify themselves to a particular community. One of the biggest strengths of France is the fact that issues of ethnicity and religiosity are extremely porous -- as you can see with the very mixed population that exists in France. - Dominique Sopo

We think he is in Afghanistan, ... He may not be. Afghanistan has long, porous borders. In the event he decides to flee, we will have to follow him where he flees. - Donald Rumsfeld

We have no reason to think that the Scottish Executive will not follow its stated aim of Scottish solutions to Scottish issues in its review, and I am sure nobody wants policy developments in England and Wales to influence those in Scotland. But Hadrian's Wall can be somewhat porous. Given the proposals could have an impact beyond England and Wales, we believe we should be on our guard, and decided to respond to the white paper. - Michael Clancy

Unfortunately this failure was a direct consequence of the government's chaotic asylum policy and its porous borders. - David Davis

These are very well-hidden leaks. The soil is so porous that it just goes away. - Tom McGee

There's no doubt that there has been a very porous border in the west (with Syria), and military operations have focussed on that over the past year. - Bryan Whitman