Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Kennedy

Judge Pickering's record reflects a hostility to civil rights and a vision of the Republican Party that reminds Americans of a painful time in our nation's history, ... Those who lack a strong commitment to our nation's fundamental ideals and principles do not belong in our federal judiciary.

It belongs in Petaluma, as far as we're concerned.

Samantha Shannon

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, I'm afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

Norman Rockwell

Guess I never really belonged in Westchester. I was never really happy there. But the hard-dirt farmers in Vermont-when I got with them, it was like coming home.

Gary Sheffield

I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame. A lot of them don't belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.

He's a good little offensive player. He looks like he belongs in the majors. This kid knows how to play. And he's a winner.

Her family said a number of chickens belonging to her neighbors had died suddenly before she fell ill. So, she must have contracted the virus from the sick birds.

I think the district belongs to the voters who live there and vote there, ... I'm too busy doing the job I was elected to do to focus too much on an election that's over a year away.

Rocco Buttiglione

We are firm on this point: what belongs to the Italian people must be returned to the Italian people,

I think that the smaller the social group a person belongs to, the more likely they are to feel pressured to conform. For example, I think high school creates a worse environment than most colleges for generating poor body images in most girls.

Tim Ryan

It is like there are only certain kids that can get into the sandbox, and if you are not born to the right gene pool or you are not born in the right hospital or in the right neighborhood or belong to the right church, somehow you do not get to play.

I think what arouses the ire of scientists (about intelligent design) is ... the notion that it belongs in the same universe as scientific analysis.

I will not belong to the next government, definitely not belong,

Human reproduction is now in the hands of men, when it rightfully belongs in the hands of God,

Magdi Yacoub

I don't have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.

Nile Rodgers

I didn't want this to be only for people who belonged to an exclusive club, something that the world isn't invited to,

I don't even want to think about the D-League, to tell you truth, ... I don't belong there, I feel. But for me to say I don't belong there I have to go out and work.

I don't know what Swiss musicians need to do to be heard beyond the borders of their own country. It was always clear to me that I belong everywhere, that music belongs everywhere. It simply never occurred to me that I had to limit myself to a country.

Will Rogers

I don't belong to an organized political party, I'm a Democrat.

Michelle Branch

I am definitely shy in front of a camera... there were scenes were I have a guy in the video and I have to get in his face and sing and I am so shy. I just couldn't do it. I have come to the conclusion that I just can't act. I don't think I really belong in front of a camera.

He has to belong now to the Olympic favorites, but we are glad to be in that position.

In the professional societies to which we both belong (American Studies Association, American Folklore Society, Western States Folklore Society), Jay enjoys the complete respect of our colleagues as a razor-sharp scholar and a superb teacher.

George H. W. Bush

... if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a crop duster that doesn't belong to you -- report it.

Douglas Alexander

If you're part of the Network Generation, you don't have to belong just to one nation. Dual identities come easily to these dual screeners. They fear a separate Scotland would be a narrowing, not a broadening, experience.

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.

Chris Scelfo

In the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, you've got to stoop pretty low to do that. You're lower than dirt. I'm not going to tolerate that. There's people in our business that don't belong in our business.

Jeremy Robinson

I like to have projects that belong completely to me. If done right, it can also pay better. But the majority of my projects are still destined for publishers.

It helps convince (him) that he belongs playing in the major leagues. He's a winning player. He understands situational baseball, he can steal, he knows how to read pitchers.

Dick Gregory

Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth.

I like to think of the notebooks as a pool of raw material, ... I make plays of out it, so why can't other people? I just identify with this idea that I'm a funnel for this material that doesn't particularly belong to me.

Ronald Williams

If there's someone who comes on campus who is not in uniform he probably does not belong in this school.

Mike Vogel

I really don't feel my tax dollars should be involved in renovating something that belongs in the private sector. To be perfectly honest, the fact that it's an architectural jewel doesn't really push my buttons.

I know I belong out here. I proved that two years ago.