Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lawrence Wilkerson

Katrina gives us no confidence, ... I am 10 times more worried about what happens to civil liberties after that attack.

Stewart Brand

I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization.

Jaspher Ombati

It is not our intention to violate people's civil rights. Our intentions are noble -- to save people's lives.

Michel Bonnardeaux

Hundreds of civilians have fled the fighting and the militiamen have been torching houses as they disperse.

Rose Macaulay

what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization?

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments --his feet. --Thompson Johnson

Gary Chaison

In organizing itself I see a tremendous increase in the reinventing of the labor movement as the heir of the civil rights movement. I think it's the recasting of the labor movement in a way that I haven't seen in many years.

Helen Clark

In particular, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. de Mello. He was one of the finest international civil servants,

Richard Blumenthal

Civil unions performed in other states are entitled to full faith and credit in Connecticut. ... Out-of-state same-sex marriages have no legal force and effect here,

Herschel Sandler

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

Tim Kearney

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

Bill Buford

Her travel writing was characterized by a high moral purpose and an overwhelming sense of justice. What distinguishes her journalism is her eloquent outrage and commitment to fair play.

Michel Therrien

He's a leader of that team. He's a great example for young players, with his work ethic. He makes a huge commitment to fitness. He makes a huge commitment to what it takes to become a great player.

Neil Callaway

I think the commitment that Shock made to come back makes him a special type person. A lot of people would have bolted, but he hung in here with us, and we're grateful for that.

Peter Ragone

Today he informed the mayor that he is going to take on that role. The man should be lauded for his commitment to the city.

Steve Collins

I think a lot of this is self-driven. The kids see what it takes. The kids see the commitment it takes (to be successful).

William J. Clinton

The Kyoto Treaty wasn't perfect, but we signed it, in fact, helped to draft it. And I'm very proud of it, it was the world's first commitment to doing something comprehensive on greenhouse gases and trying to reduce global warming before we do irreversible damage to many civilizations around the world.

Marshall Wittmann

Clearly, they have to make gains in 2006, or it's possible there will be a contest.

Chuck Robinson

I'm just not sure it gains us anything,

Art Hogan

The larger trend remains to the upside, but its hard to say whether we'll see gains in the short-term,

John Christopher

There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.

Michael Fay

All that poverty alleviation means is an increase in exploitation of the resources, and it provides short-term and relatively superficial gains for people in Africa,

Ryohei Muramatsu

The dollar's gains today were capped around the recent peak level of 119.39 yen, because this level is also a key resistance level on charts.

Myles Munroe

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

Mark McGwire

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Strain every nerve to gain your point.

Kent Carper

Orlando is a popular destination from Charleston, West Virginia, like a lot of other places, It has a need, already historical trips and they're interested in looking at pieces like Charleston.

Mark Miles

After reviewing the information provided, we find the report to be adequate. Therefore there will be no historic properties affected.

Julian Barnes

The Sixties were an oyster decade: slippery, luxurious and reportedly aphrodisiac they slipped down the historical throat without touching the sides

Kofi Annan

seize the opportunity ... and make it truly the historic occasion it should be.

Colm Feore

I've played all kinds of historical characters, but they are stuck in movies that aren't their movies.

Bill Shelton

The shoreline is a tribal resource, a historic resource and an important part of tribal identity.

Russ Diamond

The will of the people will make 2006 a historic year.

Kwame Brown

This is historic that we're talking about this at all. We should all be proud.

Les Moonves

This is a truly historical meeting of the established and new media.

F. Schumacher

Going from two wheels to four, we've seen in the past that this can be done.

Ronda Rousey

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Richard M. Nixon

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

Richard Gilman

I want my poor value to exist past me, somewhere else.

Robert Dale Owen

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past?

Robin Hobb

Life is not a race to restore a past situation. Nor does one have to hurry to meet the future. Seeing how things change is what makes life interesting.

Robert Smithson

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us

Robert Plant

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

Satchel Paige

One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.

Margaret Williams

I think that the smoker has just as much rights as the non-smoker.

Romeo Dallaire

Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.

William Jennings Bryan

As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

Westbrook Pegler

Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn democracy. It is a fraudulent term used, often by ignorant persons but no less often by intellectual fakers, to describe an infamous mixture of socialism, graft, confiscation of property and denial of personal rights to individuals whose virtuous principles make them offensive.

Roald Dahl

Two rights don't equal a left.

Valerie Jarrett

The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that Americans with disabilities are Americans first and that they're entitled to the same rights and freedoms as everybody else.

Wesley Clark

Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law — not the rule of force — governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again.

Sandra Fluke

In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused on reproductive rights.

Rudy Giuliani

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society