Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rand Paul

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to be in prison; however, some of them do not.

We are considering the highest possible risk of an attack, ... and we are preparing ourselves for the worse possible threat.

Pauline Hanson

We have one of the highest interest rates in the world, and we owe more money per capita than any other country. All we need is a nail hole in the bottom of the boat and we're sunk.

Tom Brokaw

Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order.

Hudson Taylor

While salvation is a free gift, the 'winning Christ' can only be through unreserved consecration and unquestioning obedience. Nor is this a hardship, but the highest privilege.

Victor LaValle

One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.

Jim Johnson

To be a part of that night was the highest point of my life.

Peter Jackson

The producers of 'The Hobbit' take the welfare of all animals very seriously and have always pursued the highest standard of care for animals in their charge.

Brad Smith

We have very popular products, and so we're put under this kind of pressure. But security remains our highest priority.

Jacques Chirac

Today the highest priority is the return of security and public order, ... The last word must be from the law.

Robert Kiyosaki

The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes.

We are trying to find patients at the highest risk and treat them for a longer period of time.

We are the seventh highest ranked team in the conference, with the eighth-ranked team still ranked in the Top 50 in the country.

Martin Sheen

It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.

Robert Toombs

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic.

Dasha Zhukova

My involvement in fashion is not at the highest artistic level.

Obviously, you want to play in the highest league possible, which is the NHL.

Sharad Pawar

Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra.

Atom Egoyan

When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.

Sharon Gless

We were the highest rated TV movie of the year. The highest of all three networks, I think. Who woulda thunk it? Two old broads.

Glenn Greenwald

I have nothing but the highest regard for 'Salon' and its commitment to independent and provocative journalism.

This section has one of the highest moose-vehicle collision rates in the state for a rural area.

The race is on for the highest bidder.

Jeff Hawkins

We had to get on it every time we turned it over. There was a point we had to run a sprint for 80 seconds on the highest level of speed. That's a killer. My hamstring is still tight from that.

It's probably the second highest number of retirements that we've had.

It's about us-we've got to play well (for) ourselves. If we play at our highest level and (Stanford) plays well, we'll take our chances.

It's not an impossible task. But we will have to play out our highest level to have even a chance.

Everyone agrees the level of surfing here this weekend was the highest they've seen. It was insane.

It looks like the supply is manipulated in a way that produces the highest possible prices

This was snowboarding at its highest level. It was unbelievable.

Melissa Rosenberg

What I want is to be the highest grossing screenwriter, or to have some other woman be the highest grossing screenwriter, instead of being number nine on the list. That's my goal.

Edward Snowden

Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we hear from people like him... the better off we all are.

Edward Hirsch

A novel takes place over time. It's a historical narrative, and it needs to have a series of peaks and valleys and the move through. You can't just start at the highest pitch and stay there, but you can in a lyric poem.