I’d rather be around a passionate nerd than a non-passionate cool person. Because if you lack passion, your soul is diminishing by… — Matt Cohen Copy Share Image
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. So the core issue is how to open the mind, the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
[T]he visibility of styles is itself a product of historical consciousness. ... The very notion of "style" needs to be approached historically.… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
But for the Jews this moral-spiritual issue raises the same societal problem it does for the Greeks: how can a man have… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn.… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
The war for our Union, with all the constitutional issues which it settled, and all the military lessons which it gathered in,… — William James Copy Share Image
I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying Total Information Awareness… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests: by war the issue is left to chance, and the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
We waited for Congress to act. They couldn't act on the issue. So I just went ahead and signed an executive order… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
The truth is, even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface there are… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Today the Justice Department did issue a blanket alert. It was in recognition of a general threat we received. This is not… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of… — George Packer Copy Share Image
The issue we are reluctant to talk about is even more sensitive than condoms. The issue - and I will try to… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of government, how… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
You know, a meme is now circulating that's called the Ostrich Brigade. And it's used to describe all those people who are… — Dalia Mogahed Copy Share Image
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should insist on the need to engage in a meaningful debate on the entire issue of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps MacKinnon should reflect on these suggestions that the censorship issue is not so simple-minded, so transparently gender-against-gender, as she insists. She… — Ronald Dworkin Copy Share Image
Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
We have so many issues today that we need to confront. Comprehensive immigration reform. We have to solve the issue of poverty,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I think Hip Hop and Gospel are such strong distinct cultures that have problems, unspoken problems obviously, but problems with one another.… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
So successful has the ideological-political-cultural purge been executed that it is hard indeed to find vigorous liberals, and no energetic, coherent and… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
We are committed to cleaning up the air and cleaning up the water. But we also are committed to a strong economy,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image