Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Drummond

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

Ward Churchill

I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.

Virginia Foxx

This is my first term. I was told it was going to be an exciting term, and a lot of things would be done, and I cannot think about something more exciting than save Social Security.

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.

Abdolkarim Soroush

We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.

Algernon Sidney

The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.

Ben Carson

We are more than just flesh and bones. There's a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can't measure. We can't find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it's there.

Ben Carson

There's a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can't measure. We can't find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it's there.

Ben Carson

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

Timothy Simons

Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it is an essence of action.

We don't know what can and cannot be done with this technology,

Pope Benedict XVI

I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy Spirit in an effective way, render the Spirit perceptible, if we ourselves aren't close to the Spirit.

Sania Mirza

When I used to say I wanted to play at Wimbledon, they used to laugh in my face and say, 'What are you talking about, you're from Hyderabad, and you're supposed to... cook.' That's one of the notions that people have in this side of the world - it is our 'culture', within quotes, you know, to say what a woman can or cannot do.

Sania Mirza

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It's just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.

Rahm Emanuel

Today, because of President Obama's courage, kids can stay on their parent's plan until they are 26. Insurers cannot kick you off your policy because you have hit your limit. They will not be able to deny you because you have a pre-existing condition.

Rob McKenna

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.

Robert Dale Owen

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.

George H. W. Bush

The danger posed by Saddam Hussein and his weapons cannot be ignored or wished away. The danger must be confronted,

Javier Bardem

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.

Jacques Lacan

Which is why we cannot say of the purloined letter that, like other objects, it must be or not be in a particular place but that unlike them it will be and not be where it is, wherever it goes.

Harri Holkeri

You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.

Hassan Rouhani

Problems of 35 years cannot be resolved in a short period of time.

William Finnegan

For billionaires who cannot buy good press, there is the option of buying the press.

William Henry Hudson

You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.

William Empson

The heart of standing is you cannot fly.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

William Davies

But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near. . . .

W. G. Sebald

To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. But it is something you cannot possibly escape: your psychological make-up is such that you are inclined to look back over your shoulder.

Allen West

Part of Obamacare eliminated the private sector financial market that engages in giving college student loans. I mean, now the federal government has taken over college student loans, so I sit back and strategically look at this and say this just cannot be happening.

Allyson Schwartz

The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an emergency that happens in this country that we cannot budget for. Katrina is an example.

Daniel Barenboim

Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.

Alan Greenspan

Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living. That surely cannot be our goal.