Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harlan Ellison

K is for Kenghis Khan. He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

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.

Laura Bush

Judge Pickering has had a fine record on civil rights and should be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Jim Smith

He can't proceed with the civility the rules require. All lawyers have to conduct themselves with honesty, integrity and civility. This isn't a street fight,

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.

Josiah Strong

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

Carl Tobias

He is saying as little as he needs to be confirmed and hasn't made many mistakes that trouble a majority of senators whose votes he needs.

Michael Metz

He is very well respected, and he would be confirmed quite easily.

Syd Kitson

It confirmed people are looking for a community. A safe neighborhood where there are a lot of eyes on the kids.

Shinobu Asagoe

I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, ... Then they started counting the points and nobody could rememberthe third one, so in the end it looked like it was all my fault.

Andrew Friedman

He's confirmed he's the top hombre for the job.

Boris Yeltsin

I, of course, will fight so that, literally, in the course of the week he will be confirmed as prime minister,

Kevin Gould

CMBX has been designed to provide investors with an efficient means to gain diversified exposure to the U.S. CMBS market. The standardized nature of the index, coupled with the fact that trades can be confirmed through DTCC, will pave the way for a liquid and operationally efficient market.

Clive Woodward

I only heard last night that it (a citing) might happen and it was confirmed this morning,

Gerhard Schroeder

I regard myself as confirmed in office by our country and intend that there will be stable government under my leadership,

Mike Scioscia

Kenny's a fine manager. He was my vote for manager of the year.

David Walker

I think in the run game, we'll be fine and I think we'll be able to have some success with it -- we really need to, in order to help the passing game out,

John Diamond

He was a fine teacher in the classroom. The worst thing that he could have done for me was to retire.

Burt Reynolds

He was a wonderful man and a fine actor, and we will all miss him.

Bill Hamilton

He did so many things. Not only was he a fine producer, but he was also turning out to be a phenomenal novelist as well as a highly considerable biographer.

Guy Hansen

He could be a power guy like Clemens or he could be a finesse guy like Radke. Or he could end up in the middle.

Brandon Roy

Guys made shots tonight. It didn't have to be a 'Brandon Roy makes shots down the stretch' night, and that's fine with me.

Jerome Davis

There are some very fine officers on this force but there are also some racist ones and those obviously need to be weeded out.

Larry Sandburg

Have you ever seen a shortstop play a finer game than that. She probably saved two or three runs.

Kazi Shams

Judge people not by what they did but by what they can do.

Ira Sorkin

Judge Harmon can then give Duncan whatever she likes.

A.J. Chilson

Judge a poem like you would judge a person, for it was the person who wrote the poem.

Dick DeGuerin

He should not be the judge to preside over the trial proceedings relating to a person to whom he is opposed politically.

Tim Ward

I think the jury was in a position to judge the credibility of the testimony.

Frank Cappiello

I think the judge has been very negative toward the company,

Tom Corbett

What may be unconscionable to one judge may not be unconscionable to another judge,

Steve Kaplan

I thought the judge was very fair. I'm very grateful.

Gary Bettman

I think we will ultimately be judged on our response and the message that it sends. This is not a part of our game, it has no place in our game, and it will not be tolerated in our game.

Jim Bunning

I think their records should all be wiped out.

Walter Molony

We think 2006 will be another record for second-home sales.

David Walker

I think a lot of teams would probably have the same record if you look at who they've played,

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

AJ Michalka

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.

Brian Setzer

He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!'

Regina Spektor

I don't really make records chronologically.

Robert Crumb

I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Margaret Williams

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

William Perry

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

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.

Ryan Miller

Mutual respect among everyone for one another and for one another's rights is an absolute prerequisite for peace.

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 J. Brennan

The Bill of Rights never gets off the page and into the lives of most Americans.

William Jennings Bryan

The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore as essential to honest administration as freedom of speech is to representative government. Equal rights to all and special privileges to none is the maxim which should control in all departments of government.

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.