The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal… — Alice Duer Miller Copy Share Image
The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes… — Ted Nelson Copy Share Image
I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Now, national conventions are largely an excuse for companies and party leaders to throw parties for delegates to attend, to network and… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
The time has now come to slow down, to sip Rooibos tea with my beloved wife in the afternoons, to watch cricket,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a… — Elmer Davis Copy Share Image
A contest was held in 1994 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I've reported murders, scandals, marriages, premieres and national political conventions. I've been amused, intrigued, outraged, enthralled and exasperated by Chicago. And I've… — Irv Kupcinet Copy Share Image
Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Britten's opera tends to see things in simpler terms. It portrays an Aschenbach who wants a richer form of sexual fulfillment, and… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
The proportion of [Donald's Trump] own direct family members who are speaking [on the Republican National Convention] is high to an unprecedented… — Mark Colvin Copy Share Image
It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of fringe benefit,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant,… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
One of the conventions that I always liked was Doctor Zhivago, where everything that's written on the screen is in Russian but… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
If somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're going to have to take… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I went to one of these signing conventions. It was one of the most interesting experiences I've had. It was so strange… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Some of the most amazing human beings on the face of the planet go to sci-fi conventions, although I'm sure a few… — Richard Hatch Copy Share Image
[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A rigged convention is one with the other man's delegates in control. An open convention is when your delegates are in control. — James Farley Copy Share Image
Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of… — Thomas Menino Copy Share Image
Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Architectural drawing is a language with conventions where the rules can be deliberately misused; a well-composed architectural drawing can both contain correct… — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
Where are you off to in such a hurry?” His stunning green eyes bore through me. “A corpse convention?” Even sweaty, Trevor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...the nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
All adventuring is rash, and all innovations dangerous. But not nearly so dangerous as stagnation and dry rot. From grooves, cliques, clichés… — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
I think it's possible to have been a happy child, as I was, and still question and push back with regard to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
My father was a graduate student at Oxford in the early 1960s, where the conventions and etiquette of clothing were crucial to… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate enough to travel to comic conventions in Portugal, France, Canada, and it's an honor to get to meet people… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I spoke at a number of conventions, like for pharmacists and cosmetologists, so I've done a lot of public speaking in my… — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
Landing on 'Morning Joe' wasn't a fluke. I was a poli sci major in college. I interned at the CBS political unit,… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
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