Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ken Starr

It isn't in the interest of the First Amendment for distortions, lies about career civil servants to be spread about. We don't know who is spreading them about. But lies and distortions have no place in our First Amendment universe.

Leonard Sand

I don't believe First Amendment rights are being infringed,

Dick Thornburgh

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

Jim Cooper

Immortality awaits the legislator fortunate enough to have a significant law named after him. Think of Pell grants or Stafford loans for students, Sarbanes-Oxley to regulate Wall Street, or the Hyde Amendment on abortions.

William Kelly

In contrast to the prescribed right to statewide referendum process, there is no affirmative right under the Maine Constitution which enables citizens to enact local ordinances by petition. This conclusion is in accordance with Maine law.... In conclusion, the city drafted the charter to provide for a citizen's initiative process and the city can amend the charter to limit that process. The proposed amendment is in accordance with state and federal constitutions, as well as state statute.

John McCain

I know that money corrupts. I would rather have a clean government than one where ""First Amendment rights are being respected,"" that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government.

Sen. Baker

The intent had been to provide them with $1 million each. There was not as much in (the budget) as initially thought. We're going to be able to correct it with a floor amendment tomorrow.

Joe Curtin

The military must be very careful in not violating an individual's First Amendment rights,

Jerry Yang

The Internet, as a First Amendment medium, hinges on free expression, and that means free advertising.

Ken Ham

What is sad to me is not what Bill Nye thinks about me. What I found really unfortunate is that after presenting my stand on God's Word, there were a number of Christians who were more complimentary of Bill Nye than of me because Bill Nye was defending evolution and billions of years.

Doug Elliott

I would think his election increases the likelihood of a pension bill this year.

Tony Buzan

The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time.

Muhammad Yunus

Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.

Nandan Nilekani

Going forward, we expect revenues to cross the two billion dollars mark at 2.14 billion dollars by March 2006.

Gene Munster

Hitting the 1 billion mark means that the business of selling music online is real. Over the next 10 years, the retail music industry will be turned upside down and 25 percent of worldwide industry sales will be made online.

James Wolfensohn

I think the immediate needs of HIPC, subject to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the U.S. contribution, are probably met, ... I think the $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion target is achievable, and then we will need to consider funding the rest of it.

Jean Lapierre

I think the only thing the government can do in a concrete way is to look at the supplementary revenues we have with the GST and ... return them to the poorest people of our society who have to pay more for their energy bill in general,

Tom Daschle

I think the bill would be hard to oppose.

Victor Navasky

Kennedy used him to mediate on civil rights issues. Ramsey is seen these days as a very polarizing force. But, in fact, one of his talents is mediation and reconciliation.

Lawrence Wilkerson

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

Drew Gilpin Faust

Americans in the Civil War period were very interested in Heaven and what it might be like, because they were having to face the fact that many of their loved ones were gone and many of their loved ones, they hoped, were in this other realm called Heaven.

Drew Gilpin Faust

Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking.

Drew Gilpin Faust

Before the Civil War, there were no national cemeteries, no processes for identifying the dead in the battle. There weren't any dog tags, and there was no next-of-kin notification. You didn't necessarily even hear what the fate of your loved ones had been. It was up to their comrades to write and inform you.

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.

Frederick Chiluba

It is important to state that the Zambian Constitution guarantees that the High Court of Zambia has unlimited and original jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal proceedings under any law and such jurisdiction and powers as has may be conferred by the constitution or any other law.

Todd Akin

It is not about civil rights or the rights of same-sex couples. Same-sex couples are free to live as they choose.

John Kitzhaber

has less to do with me than the general malaise of the Democratic Party right now.

Daniel Greenberg

We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy.

Larry Jacobs

We've gone from a situation of Democratic dominance to parity.

Jalal Talabani

We support the principle of democratic change, even with American assistance.

Stephen Breyer

I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control.

Pierre Pettigrew

It is important to realize that the process of democratic development will not end on election day.

Jesse Jackson

I watched all of the Democratic convention. I then stayed up and watched it all again. Enjoyed it just as much the second time.

Craig Williams

He's going at the throat of unions, which is the heart of the Democratic Party. If they can reduce the role of unions, that would be a dream come true for Republicans.

E. B. White

He's feeling the pressure from the growth of the Democratic Party, ... He's probably being more diligent.

Thomas Powell

Joy, living in the moment, plus lack of fear equals abundance. Live for the moment without fear and you have all you truly need.

Marlon Devonish

To come back from the World Championships and equal my PB was very, very pleasing,

Floyd Reese

I think all things being equal - speed, size, strength - you're always going to lean toward those players who are more tested,

Ron Rainey

I think it was very equal out there today. It was really a one-goal game and I think we played that way defensively.

Lewis Sharp

It has an equal value to the Hamilton Building.

Carnegie Hall

He was just magic. He was equally as wonderful offstage as on.

W. C. Fields

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

Steve Mitchell

He has a ways to go (to equal SLM Big Daddy), but they're a lot alike, ... Don has said the older he gets, the more he reminds him of 'Big Daddy' - temperament, they're all business. This one's a little more lovable.

Samuel Johnson

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

Yoshinori Ohno

I would not say it was as wide as the Pacific Ocean, but a big river. But the differences have gradually been narrowed.

Immanuel Kant

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually progress from one level of insight to another

Tatsuyuki Kawasaki

In the long term this is going to be a setback for the market ... It is likely to gradually lessen trade by individual investors.

Amy Smith

I just kind of got gradually better and better, and then one day it clicked, and I did pretty well ever since, I'm going to miss it too much after I leave (Manheim Township).

Richard P. Feynman

We seem gradually to be groping toward an understanding of the world of subatomic particles, but we really do not know how far we have yet to go in this task.

Phil Dow

If we have a series of big moves up, that would be a shock to the system, ... but, considering where are from a historical perspective, they could go up more gradually and not be a terrible headwind for the market.

Ashleigh Brilliant

By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you

Ashleigh Brilliant

By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task overwhelm me

Michelle Paver

My thirties merged into my forties, and I sort of gradually realised that I don't really want children. Now I'm glad I don't have them. Part of that is because I have my books.

Diana Yates

What would have happened to Citigroup under a weaker operating environment?

David Cameron

Whatever happened to no reverse gear? Whatever happened to the historic turning point? If you keep turning it's not going to be very historic.

Frank Beamer

Whatever happened is unfortunate. I'm not happy about some of the things that happened in the first half. We'll leave it at that.

Henry Reiner

The people they were mad at weren't these people. They had nothing to do with anything. They happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Robert Cross

I think it's very analogous to what happened in the 70's. The arguments are all the same.

Romola Garai

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

Denzel Washington

When they said my name, I said, 'There is no way I can go up here without sharing it with Rubin,' ... Everything that has happened with this film and this moment is about the love that has come from him.

Duce Staley

I didn't get involved in an altercation. That happened in the club, but that didn't involve me. I wasn't robbed, and I had my 2 earrings. I lost my bracelet, that's all.

Kyle Williams

I don't know what happened out there. We played like a joke out there in the second half.

Anthony Curtis

I think it makes sense. The only thing left that's new might just be old. If you've already got an old place, you wouldn't want to tear it down and start from scratch if you didn't have to.

David Broder

He left his editor, our editor, blindsided for two years and he went out and talked disparagingly about the significance of the investigation without disclosing his role in it.

Mark Lamoreaux

There is more left in the car. That's the encouraging part. I've had a perfect car. This one isn't there yet, but it's pretty good.

Ani Difranco

we thought we left possession behindbut truth is i was yours and you were mine

John Sacchi

There aren't any soft spots left in our schedule. We need to realize that every upcoming match is going to be a brawl and we better be ready fight.

Wayne Brady

I like to be left alone when I'm not working.

Orlando Bloom

Right where i left you... Not where i left you?

Kurt Busch

Roger told me to stand on the right pedal, turn left and go fast. He doesn't want me to do anything different. Just race hard, race smart.

Bill Womack

Our left side should be really solid and we should be strong up the middle.

Richard Whately

The tendency of party spirit has ever been to disguise and propagate and support error.

Richelle Mead

But I’m just going to be out there having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind." Adrian

Richelle Mead

Once you cross into the next loyal kingdom, however... be warned. You may not find such a warm reception. The Mimosa Land and its residents are not nearly so accommodating." This was warm and accommodating? That didn't bode well for the next kingdom. I also found it sad that a place called the Mimosa Land was unfriendly. It sounded like a party waiting to happen.

Richelle Mead

Did you follow me from the party?" "Yes" "I didn't even know you were there." His dark clothes indicated he must have been on guardian duty at the party. "So you saw the illustrious Janine cause a commotion by dragging me out." "It wasn't a commotion. Hardly anyone noticed. I saw because I was watching you.

Ronaldinho

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.

Wu Bangguo

Especially when there are difficulties in our relations, parties and statesmen in China and Japan should look over the situation from a higher point of view and preserve the political foundation of bilateral ties.

William J. Clinton

There's a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there's almost virtually no outlets that you can compare with the vast array of conservative press that's out there.

William J. Clinton

Constant conflict is actually often good politics, because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at Election Day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.

Sarah Palin

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.

Rod Serling

I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say.

Malcolm X

I'm not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it.

Lauren Bacall

I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!

John Kasich

[Barack Obama] needs to really engage both Republicans and Democrats.

Lewis Black

I don't understand how anybody's still a Democrat or a Republican. I don't know what they're basing it on.

Joe Lando

I'd be honored to be playing a Republican, although I'm not.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Republicans simply don't know how to manage the economy.

Chely Wright

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

Donna Brazile

We were not republicans or democrats during Katrina. We truly were all Americans, and Trent Lott came through for me.

Margaret Williams

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

Robert E. Lee

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

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.

Reinhold Niebuhr

While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the needs and rights of other than those to whom he is bound by organic and physical relationship, there are definite limits in the capacity of ordinary mortals which makes it impossible for them to grant to others what they claim for themselves.

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.

Robert Reich

Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they`re not really the establishment. I can`t obviously speak for Senator [Bernie] Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we`ve seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.

Graham Elliot

Dining should be something that isn't always taken extremely seriously.

Tony Stewart

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

George Best

It has been a long week but things have taken a turn for the best. I am very optimistic.

Richelle Mead

I’ve come to ask you where Seth is.” "Funny,” said Andrea. “We were going to ask you the same thing.” I was taken aback. “How would I know?” They both just stared. "I don’t!

Ron Chernow

A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm of knowledge, while a man well informed but indiscreet and unreserved will not uncommonly talk himself out of all consideration and weight. (Alexander Hamilton's 'thesis on discretion' written to his son James shortly before his fatal duel with Burr.)

Tryon Edwards

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

William S. Burroughs

Everything Jack says is to be taken with considerable reserve.

William J. Clinton

People ought to be going over this, finding things they don't like. Congress has clearly proved they can act in a hurry. If there's something wrong with it, it can be amended. If something needs to be kicked in, it can be put in. If something needs to be taken out, it can be taken out.

Will Ferrell

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.