Every day you meet a delegation going to some convention to try and change the way of somebody else's life. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
In his tub-thumping speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Romney sounded like the hedge-fund tycoon he is. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. — George Takei Copy Share Image
“Most self-employed people remain slaves to the employed’s working hours.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We annihilate convention in order to experience the truth of otherness.” — Carolyn Chun Copy Share Image
If you back out of a convention... you can't dodge your obligation. Torture is still not acceptable. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
But this convention is about more than re-nominating President Obama. It's about Americans coming together to build one economy - not from… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway… — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration. — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect… — Peter Tork Copy Share Image
Running those poor steers back and forth in the heat is ridiculous. What they ought to do is put the steers in… — Stanley Marcus Copy Share Image
It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people… — Ralph Brown Copy Share Image
As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party's… — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
“I have been thinking that the social moulds civilisation fits us into have no more relation to our actual shapes than the… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Do one of three things. One, go and find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Alinsky's 1971 book, 'Rules for Radicals,' is a favorite of the Obamas. Michele Obama quoted it at the Democratic Convention. One Alinsky… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I feel like, as women, we have to choose between two different dire4ctions to make it in this world, either we… — Jamie Varon Copy Share Image
The American people get to express themselves, and in the ways that they choose. But I have got to tell you, I… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the… — Laraine Day Copy Share Image
“I'm convinced that the best solutions are often the ones that are counterintuitive - that challenge conventional thinking - and end in… — Nathaniel J. Wyeth Copy Share Image
“Our mother tongue, so far ahead of me, Displays her goods, hints at each bond and link, Provides the means, leaves it… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
“It is not only the hostility of others that may prevent us from questioning the status quo. Our will to doubt can… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over. — Thom Browne Copy Share Image
There's a better chance of a brokered convention than any time in our lifetime. — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image