Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country. — Bainbridge Colby Copy Share Image
You can be dominant without the ball by trying to move the opposition where you want them to go. — Frank de Boer Copy Share Image
Opposition doesn't mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Early in his life Mr. [Ezra] Pound met with strong, continued, and unintelligent opposition. If people keep opposing you when you are… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Being in opposition takes some getting used to. As a former minister, you don't just lose your job and the enormous resources… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
The vast majority of us don't want to face the fact that we're in the middle of a sweeping social revolution. In… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
I have no opposition at all to technology. I think technology is a wonderful thing that has to be used thoughtfully, and… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is one of the reasons we have a coal-dependent infrastructure, with the resulting… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment. — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
An enemy of yours is an enemy of mine; an enemy of mine is an enemy of yours; if an enemy of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
In a large university, there are as many deans and executive heads as there are schools and departments. Their relations to one… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians,… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I would like to clarify that our opposition to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is not related to any consideration involving Pakistan. Our… — Rajiv Gandhi Copy Share Image
Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent. — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
It must be an independent House, having a free action of its own, for it is only valuable as being a regulating… — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Restoring prayer ... will scarcely at this date solve the grievous public school problem. Public schools are expensive and massive centers for… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image