Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert H. Connelly

Riders that spy the most Lincoln sites will be eligible for a prize drawing. Participants will win either way because they'll have the opportunity to ride where Abraham Lincoln once walked.

Lawrence Small

I'm amazed that you could have the greatest portrait in the United States, of George Washington; you could have the Declaration of Independence desk, the desk on which it was written; you could have the hat that Abraham Lincoln had on the day he died, in buildings that really not only possibly endanger them, but the American people coming to look at them.

Carly Simon

I feel that if John Wilkes Booth hadn't shot Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln would have come through his pain and emerged like Livingston has. This album was made with the wisdom that comes from allowing yourself to be recklessly entwined with your agony and sorrow.

Deepa Mehta

Honestly it is of no consequence to me. My film has some of the loveliest performances I have seen. John Abraham and Lisa Ray will be right up there with the hottest Hollywood men and women after Water.

Mario Cuomo

My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and working together to make this world better.

Tim Vincent

My brother, Abraham Jr., went back to the grave after Rita hit. The grave was not damaged, and (he) found the bouquet about two feet away from Dad's head stone. He put the bouquet back in place and put another can of beer and a cigarette by his grave, for Dad loved his beer and cigarettes. We're so thankful our father's grave is intact.

Meir Soloveichik

There is, of course, only one chosen nation. But Abraham Lincoln would call America 'an almost chosen nation' because he believed that America had a providential role to play in history, inspired by the example of God's ancient covenant people.

Howard Dean

Today, we heard him try to walk away from the USS Abraham Lincoln 'end of major combat operations' announcement, absurdly claiming that the White House was not responsible for the 'Mission Accomplished' banner that decorated the flight deck,

Henry Villard

I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger vote than Seward.

Preston Sturges

The camera must point at the exact spot the audience wishes to look at any given moment. To find that spot is absurdly easy: you only have to remember where you were looking at the time the scene was made.

Chris Schwartz

People thought the war was over in May of 2003 when President Bush landed on the cruiser under the banner that said mission accomplished. Here we are billions of dollars and thousands of lives later and it's still going on.

Mark Ruffalo

I've been having a lot of fun with the Hulk motion-capture stuff, actually. The only distinction that I hold is that I am the only actor to ever play Banner and the Hulk.

Steve Jillard

It would have been nice to have a banner hanging in here.

Lynn Meger

They accomplished a big, big goal. You get to hang a banner on the wall in the gym. Jessica (Durr) will have three up there. You did something to create a legacy.

Dave Kelly

This is the fourth Blue Star Banner ceremony that we have all participated in here in Pawling, and basically before, we have not had the soldiers with us, except in a few rare cases. It is very gratifying to see you here this evening, and to be able to thank you and your families personally for your service.

Councilwoman Sanchez

This is not an exclusive list at all. This is to seek funding for their efforts, but other (anti-gang) groups can join under the banner of Partners.

William Brown

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag;Forever let it beThe emblem to a holy cause,The banner of the free.And never from its guardian heightLet it by man be driven,But let it float forever there,Beneath the smiles of heaven.

William Brown

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag; Forever let it be The emblem to a holy cause, The banner of the free. And never from its guardian height Let it by man be driven, But let it float forever there, Beneath the smiles of heaven.

Miguel Cabrita

Everyday when we practice we look up at that banner and it's lonely up there.

John Key

I have quite a strong sense of wanting to sort of, wanting to help others. I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

Mary Gordon

Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a public political stance. And I think more and more young women are claiming that they're not feminists - even though they are.

Rick Perlstein

When conservatives talk to one another, pay attention: they say what they want to do, and mean it. And will do just about anything to get there - even, or especially, claiming that they don't want to do the thing they want to do, until the time is ripe, and they can do it.

David Bennett

Basically, we're claiming that we've opened a new window on the galaxy.

Vijay Mallya

I'm always claiming that 24 by 7 isn't enough. ... I love challenges,

Michael Moschen

If you look at any 15 pieces of mine, nobody does a piece like them. Totally new techniques. All the jugglers are stealing from me and claiming that they've done it.

Bernard Beckett

The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes.

Stanley Hauerwas

Though claiming to represent a conservative form of Christianity, the Religious Right is politically a form of Protestant liberalism.

Joe Snell

I've very disappointed in the rankings, because the reality is that such rankings do hurt us, whether they're real or perceived. A message gets out, and we have to combat a negative.

Marty Schottenheimer

What they do is stuff the run on first down and get you in 2nd-and-long. Then you try to pass and they'll send five or six guys. They can really put you in some tough spots. It's our job as a staff to come up with ways to combat it.

Steve Price

It was teeming with a diversity of life, with mussels, tubeworms, fish and crabs. Struggles for survival were playing out before our eyes. The incredible multitude of crabs in combat with each other for existence is an image I will never forget.

Pete Hegseth

In the 360-degree battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, women have served honorably and fought valiantly. Yet there is a key difference between being in harm's way and reacting to enemy contact, and being in a direct combat operations role day in and day out. They are different scenarios that require different standards.

Aaron Ciechanover

I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.

Rick Edwards

The successful GTV flight is a major milestone for APKWS II. Our previous successful ballistic test vehicle flights and the many tests that led up to these were all important, but here, we were trying to hit a target for the first time and we did it.

Paul Turk

When you board, tell a flight attendant that you're sick.

Susan Moores

If it's three flights or less, take the stairs.

Akrivos Tsolakis

I stress that a flight reconstruction of this size has never happened before in Greece and I'm of the impression that the whole scenario of this flight has never happened before in the world.

Lori Garver

Human space flight is not the only game in town at NASA.

Kit Carson

He had the intent to shoot and a flight plan set up in advance,

Umberto Guidoni

And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight.

Jan Woodford

There was notification just before dusk that there was some concern. Our helicopters . . . fly during the day, so it was past the normal check-in time for the flight plan.

Sergei Krikalev

We want to say thank you, all of you. We are waiting for this flight for very long years, more than two years already.

Lauren Fine

Rather than meeting the chef, we heard more from the CFO and even had a review of the financials.

Craig Sher

Sometimes the vocal minority is heard over the silent majority.

John Fossum

I've never heard of a situation like this before,

Kalle Palander

I skied like a pussy cat. I didn't take any risks because I heard that Rocca had skied out.

Joe Arbona

This is the first time we've heard about this proposal.

Bob Geldof

This is the first time we have heard this sort of language. This is very, very positive indeed.

Jason Giambi

This is the first I've heard of it. I don't know what to say.

John Bryan

This is the first I've ever heard of it. It's true, huh? I didn't know.

Laurie Levenson

That's horrifying. When I was a prosecutor from 1981 to 1989, I never heard of secret dockets.

Richard McLaren

As a spy, under the laws of war, and his house being designated a military target, we are perfectly under international law in our right to do this,

Richard Gordon

Of the 300 houses in the area, only three are left that are not covered.

Bible Bible

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Grover Norquist

I've been in the White House more in the last two weeks than I was in the last two years.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.

C. S. Lewis

Imagine yourself as a living house.

Bella Abzug

This woman's place is in the House - the House of Representatives.

Arundhati Roy

Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house---the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture---must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. Preserved. Accounted for. Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstitutred. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story.

Coco Chanel

It's not houses I love, it's the life I live in them.

Richard Norton Smith

Presidents in wartime, embattled presidents, unpopular presidents, they all look to Lincoln. He's their patron saint because no president was more embattled or more unpopular than Lincoln was during his presidency. We think he was born on Mount Rushmore. Not so.

Henry Cabot Lodge

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America.

Kevin Keane

People shouldn't overreact. It's a very small number of products and not major brands.

Subir Raha

The Syrian acquisition is a major breakthrough for us.

Pat Gelsinger

This is not a minor retooling. This is a major leap.

Zhou Jixiang

That's why we need to stretch to other major cities. We've only started the work with Shandong Province.

Mike Wallace

You say this, 'I would never have been a Major League-caliber player without steroids.' Right,

Mat Sprague

Considering where the program has come from, it's a major accomplishment.

James Thurber

And unless there is a major stumbling or bombshell, I think he will be confirmed.

Wang Jisi

beset by more profound differences than any other bilateral relationship between major powers in the world today.

Jennie Finch

I've faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

Frank Melton

The whole thing with Walker was for his own protection. It had nothing to do with getting his testimony.

Dr. Beebe

You've got to try and normalize your life. I just walked around every morning, the same as I do here (in Connecticut).

Charles McDonald

Even the slowest walker will be done by noon.

Anita Diament

Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.

Suzanne Collins

Some walks you have to take alone.

Teresa Palmer

I can walk around relatively anonymously.

Michael Stipe

Anybody that walks can sing..

David Hampton

He was walking with no problem. I was very surprised,

Kathleen Farrell

I thought I was going to just walk in and walk out.

Brad Barkley

I want to show you something,” I say. What?” He dabs at his lips with the napkin, and for a moment I’m wishing so hard that I am that napkin that I can almost feel myself changing, becoming thin and papery and white. “Cal?” I sit back and feel myself blushing, feel it from the tips of my toes all the way to the heat at the backs of my ears.

Juvenal

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.

Al Green

I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death.

Janis Joplin

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

bell hooks

It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term “feminism,” to focus on the fact that to be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.

bell hooks

When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as prejudice or domination (especially domination that involves coercive control), they cannot recognize the ways their actions support and affirm the very structure of racist domination and oppression that they wish to see eradicated.

bell hooks

Feminist pedagogy can only be liberatory if it is truly revolutionary because the mechanisms of appropriation within white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy are able to co-opt with tremendous ease that which merely appears radical or subversive

bell hooks

We don't hear much from revolutionary feminists who are white because they're not serving the bourgeois agenda of the status quo.

bell hooks

Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.