Quotes about un
united-states done pieces
When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution. Thomas Sowell
unique voice unique-voices
I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice. Thomas Perry
underwear never-change sock
I never changed anything, except my socks and my underwear. And I never did anything to glorify myself or improve my lot. I took what came and did the best I could with it. Robert Mitchum
united-states sanity should
Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme. Robert McNamara
unique ethics respecting-others
As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others. Robert H. Schuller
unrequited-love sleep female
The female that loves unrequited sleeps, And the male that loves unrequited sleeps, The head of the money-maker that plotted all day sleeps, And the enraged and treacherous dispositions, all, all sleep. Walt Whitman
underestimate democratic impulse
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive powers generated by this same impulse. Saul Bellow
understanding ifs
If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves. Sarah Gadon
underrated
Conciseness is underrated Sarah Dessen
understood
Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood.
understanding
See, Colie, it's all about understanding. We're all worth something.
unique government understanding
For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems. Sandra Day O'Connor
unique mexican sensitive
[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or Mexican syntax. So you keep it in because it's adding something unique. Sandra Cisneros
unions communist personal-freedom
I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom. Rose Wilder Lane
uncles dad two
My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now. Ronnie Wood
unique thinking way
You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you are unique, you will come back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing. Rokia Traore
understanding literature trouble
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. Roland Barthes
unity movement conscious
No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed. Roger Bannister
unsuspecting
A work is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about what it is about. Roger Ebert
unhappy crime
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.
united-states remains senate
The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life. Robert Torricelli
unhappy world want
A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind. Robert Sheckley
unthinkable
Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing's unthinkable once somebody's thought it. Robert Silverberg
unique feelings world
Who could not return from a visit to Jack Vance's world, without feeling that he had been somewhere unique, that he had experienced things unavailable in our mundane world?
understanding sometimes enough
Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something. Robert Ley
united-states century late
The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century. Robert M. Gates
understanding firsts looks
It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other. Sara Sheridan
uncles mean mad
He stares at me, and then leans back in his chair. "He's ill, Jacob." I say nothing. "He's a paragon schnitzophonic." "He's what?!" "Paragon schnitzophonic," repeats Uncle Al. "You mean paranoid schizophrenic?" "Sure. Whatever. But the bottom line is he's mad as a hatter... Sara Gruen
unfulfillment remains
What we have never had, remains; It is the things we have that go. Sara Teasdale
unique wish exceptional
There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. Santiago Calatrava
united-states financial whole
The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States. Sanford I. Weill
unity results explaining
When the whole and the parts are seen at once, as mutually producing and explaining each other, as unity in multeity, there results shapeliness. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
unnecessary vow given
All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us. Samuel Johnson