Famous Quotes & Sayings

Natasha Trethewey

I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry.

Damon Dash

Would I be dumb enough to do something like that? ... I always think violence is the last means and the last resort. I never advocate violence.

Tom Harkin

Would anyone advocate that we take the fences off the playground for elementary schools and just let kids run around in the streets? ... By the same token, why would we allow schools to sort of poison our kids with junk food?

John Deane

We have have been an advocate of world languages for a long time. And we've got to keep the place clean.

We're an advocate for the commonwealth, regardless of the attorney general's position on any law that's passed.

We have said all along that we will continue to advocate for our proposal and we are continuing to do that.

Kevin Smith

The fact it's repeatedly passed Chairman Pombo's committee would advocate for a vote, as would the fact the CNMI is the only U.S. territory without nonvoting representation.

When I was 12 years old, my father was killed. I lost a loved one to violence. The pain was because I lost my father. It didn't matter that he was an officer... It shaped my life. If anything, it made me a strong advocate for the victims of violence.

Nancy Werlin

I actually hope people don't react to 'Impossible' in a way where they think it's terribly retro. The plot needed to do what it needed to do. But I'm a little surprised to find myself looking a little bit like an advocate of teen marriage. It takes some exceptional circumstances for that to be a reasonable idea.

The Citizens United ruling did not invent special-interest spending; it enables corporations and unions to advocate directly on behalf of a candidate rather than running more subtle 'issue ads.'

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Satan will advocate that it is cool to doubt spiritual gifts and the teachings of true prophets.

Ben Shapiro

Google is a private company. It has the capacity to utilize its massive power for whatever political agenda it chooses. But for it to pretend to be an advocate for Internet freedom while simultaneously disadvantaging messages it finds politically incorrect is deeply hypocritical.

Tom has been a very effective advocate for the redistribution of resources for business startups. I would certainly say that many of us who are traditional practitioners of economic development become too narrowly focused on business recruitment when in fact the lion's share of jobs are generated through existing industry expansions and new business.

Ben Harper

There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.

We work on consensus. We offer a place where business and education can discuss issues critical to educational excellence, and understand differences so, in the end, we can advocate together for a stronger K-12 system in Arizona.

Oscar Arias

Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.

Dennis C. Blair

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth.

This statistical manipulation of the vote amounts to a prize to those who advocate violence.

Lawrence Wilkerson

This started from the very beginning when David Addington, the vice president's lawyer, was a staunch advocate of allowing the president in his capacity as commander in chief to deviate from the Geneva Conventions,

Rudy Giuliani

When I was mayor of New York, my views changed. I began as mayor of New York City thinking that I could reform the New York City school system. After two or three years, four years, I became an advocate of choice, of scholarships, and vouchers, and parental choice, because I thought that was the only way to really change the school system.

Olympia Snowe

I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.

Mae Jemison

I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.

We are definitely a strong advocate of in-services because we feel it really puts the rubber to the road. I think it?s a pretty important part of the whole cycle. When you?re talking about expensive equipment it?s something that has to be done.

Other than the president, there's no better advocate for the Bush-Cheney record of accomplishment than the vice president,

State and local leaders advocate treating businesses equally whether they sell goods in a local store, on the phone, or over the Internet. Federal legislation should not create a protected class of taxpayers at the expense of Main Street and other taxpayers.

Roy Barnes

My whole life I've been an advocate for open records - transparency in government - because I think it brings with it greater accountability.

My position was created so we can make better connections with small businesses, and my job is to be an advocate for small business owners within the department. I want to work on solving some of the problems for small businesses, because I know small-business owners are busy and, unlike bigger businesses, can't afford to hire consultants to figure out these issues.

Roxane Gay

I think the world is ambivalent about feminism. So I can't blame college students. I think they're reflecting the greater culture's attitude toward feminism. So what I can do is, in ways that are appropriate, advocate for feminism and help the students learn what feminism is about.

I sat in that courtroom for six months, and I did everything possible to advocate for his cause.

Norman Chad

I was an advocate of poker on television, and I was stunned by how much it grew.

Justin Trudeau

I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman.

Julius Genachowski

I think it's natural for anyone that participates in a public debate to advocate for the most extreme version that they can, particularly if they believe that government tends to compromise.

It is my understanding that public funds cannot be used to advocate for a particular result in a bond or budget vote.