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.

Robert Stafford

I think it belongs in a museum. It's something everyone should see. People see it as only one kind, but it is more than that.

I think I showed I do belong in the Major Leagues.

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

Basically, they're selling the foundation to pay for the mortgage. These lands really belong to future generations and shouldn't be sold to the highest bidder. There's no reason why the world's biggest economic power needs to sell parkland to make ends meet.

Lisa Marie Presley

I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there.

I have an occasionally recurring stutter, but not when in character on stage in a play. Odd. James Earl Jones has the same pattern; he stutters in everyday life but not when acting. Preparation requires an actor's concentration to make the words belong to another person, which is its own sort of trance.

I felt like since Christmas we've played very good offensively, shooting about 50 percent, and we've been focusing on getting our defense back to where it belongs and having Phil back tonight certainly helped give us good balance.

Pat Buchanan

I think you'll see, just by yourselves, taking a look at the energy and fire and the numbers here, this nomination belongs to us,

I think white pine in some form or another belongs in that forest. It is not a weed.

Bill Bradley

I think (the endorsement) will send a very clear message that I belong to the people of the country, and the people will have their say,

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.

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.

Jose Reyes

He's been working so hard, he's learned a lot. He looks comfortable out there now. He looks like he belongs there.

Ben Okri

I don't think I can make people understand what my writing is about. That really belongs to time and the individual.

Daniel Briere

For us it wasn't so much about winning or losing. It's about showing up and proving to ourselves that we belong with the best team in the NHL. We show up with no effort by so many guys, that's just embarrassing. I don't know how to explain it, but there's definitely an issue here that we'll have to resolve before the playoffs start.

Daniel Briere

For us, it's the road to proving that we belong in the playoffs, that we can play with the best teams. We did really well the last time we played Ottawa, and now it's the next challenge. It's to prove that can play very well in Ottawa as well.

For us it's kind of a statement game. We've got a lot of critics and a lot of people said negative things that we don't belong here and we got here because of our name. We think we've got a lot to prove. We're still a team that's hungry.

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

He was terrific tonight. I certainly would hope that this is a game he can build on. He doesn't have anything left to prove in the Minor Leagues. He has to prove that he belongs here, and I think he started to tonight.

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.

If they're sewer manholes they belong to the city of Santa Cruz and they can raise them.

Dick Williams

If some guys couldn't stand the heat, then they didn't belong in the major leagues. I don't know anybody who refused the World Series checks I helped them get.

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

Sathya Baba

Whatever country you belong to, you should have a sense of patriotism.

Heywood Broun

The pursuit of happiness belongs to us, but we must climb around or over the church to get it

We've been trying to prove ourselves all year. We heard what the critics were saying -- that we didn't belong in the tournament. The confidence level has risen, and we've gotten a chance to show the country what we're capable of.

Tom Stoppard

Writing a new play shouldn't be seen as a mystery belonging to a priesthood, but as a challenge, a technical challenge, just to get into it.

Steve-O

The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about it was that I truly belonged there.

The protesters were shouting yesterday that this was a Chinese government because the president of the party that Snyder Rini belongs to is a naturalized Chinese ... so they were saying this is a Chinese-backed government.

May, June and July are the heart of the season. We're being strangled out of business on an ocean that belongs to everybody.

Susan Collins

My inclination is to say that FEMA does belong in the Department of Homeland Security.