Committed Quotes · Page 57

I think a man can keep on drinking for centuries, he'll never die; especially wine or beer...I like drunkards, man, because drunkards,…

— Charles Bukowski

It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like…

— Alice Oswald

No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their…

— Thomas Jefferson

A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed…

— Lysander Spooner

We should distinguish between responsibility and guilt. Guilt only touches the ones who committed the crimes but the son of a criminal…

— Pascal Bruckner

we do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a…

— Katherine Anne Porter

If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or…

— Ben Kingsley

I've lost, but I also gained a lot. I'm a creative person, and no one can take that away from me. I've…

— John Galliano

Here's good news: George W. Bush says that he is committed to fighting global warming. Yeah, well, he nipped that in the…

— David Letterman

Under the international agreements, the Russian peacekeepers are committed to protect the population of South Ossetia.

— Vladimir Putin

We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what…

— Mary Robinson

If we are right on the inside, we will address these issues straight-forwardly and take a stand on them, and, if necessary,…

— Dallas Willard

Most Jewish feminists and gays that I know remain angry and frustrated by Jewish progressives. Deeply committed to progressive causes, frequently in…

— Irena Klepfisz

My party is committed to a federation.

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

If I had to write a rough draft, all the way through and then go back and start over, I probably would…

— Dean Koontz

We declared jihad against the U.S. government because the U.S. government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are…

— Osama bin Laden

You don't leave Australia unless you are passionate. Any Australian actor who comes to America is really committed. There are no dabblers…

— Margot Robbie

Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission

— Eugene Ionesco

I think 90% of my ideas evaporate because I have a terrible memory and because I seem to be committed to not…

— Junot Diaz

I just consider myself a committed actor. If a movie is a success, that's great; I'm happy for that. But I've learned…

— Giovanni Ribisi

[Robert Gottlieb] wouldn't have published 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was a Rhodes Scholar. He was on the swimming team. Had this great…

— Kevin Sessums

As a Liberal of course I am very strongly committed to the notion of artistic freedom and very hostile to the idea…

— George Brandis

Once you've been committed to a mental institution you're considered a second-rate citizen from then on and retroactive.

— Mary Jane Ward

There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes…

— Basmah bint Saud

To have committed every crime but that of being a father.

— Anonymous