Statements Quotes · Page 8

'We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

— Charlie Pierce

You have to put your body on the line from time to time in order to make a statement or change a…

— Paul Stookey

All of television's appalling, but this is hardly a new statement.

— Fran Lebowitz

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

— Mason Cooley

There's a statement in the Quran: There should be "absolutely no compulsion in religion."

— Hamza Yusuf

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through.

— James Gosling

You have more independent eyes scrutinizing the decision-making and financial statements of companies.

— Steve Odland

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.

— J. William Fulbright

Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going…

— Colin Powell

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening…

— Ron Livingston

One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Metaphysical assertions, however, are statements of the psyche, and are therefore psychological. Whenever the Westerner hears the word “psychological,” it always sounds…

— Carl Jung

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous…

— Gary Saul Morson

Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements.

— Alex Berenson

The Bible is a statement, not of theories, but of actual facts... things are not true because they are in the Bible,…

— Hannah Whitall Smith

If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and…

— Romare Bearden

The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement,…

— James Randi

As far as I can tell, writing the essays didn't change the way I wrote poetry. Although the essays contain scattered passages…

— Pattiann Rogers

Earlier today Martha Stewart issued a statement saying 'I am innocent and will fight to clear my name.' Yeah, Martha then said…

— Conan O'Brien

Hatemongers like Media Matters take innocent statements like mine, Rush Limbaugh's, John Gibson's, and Bill O'Reilly's and make them offensive by posting…

— Stephen Colbert

“Finally, this exception may also allow for the admission of a statement to show the declarant's later conduct. The use of the…

— Anonymous

I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial…

— Ansel Adams

The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can…

— Zeno of Elea

Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient—dealing with it by making statements about it,…

— Edward Said

The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but…

— Peter Singer

What is the result of our investigation of the Moslem idea of God? Is the statement of the Koran true, "Your God…

— Samuel Marinus Zwemer

When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the…

— Richard P. Feynman

There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic. No reason at all. I do not know one person in the National…

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and…

— Paula Gunn Allen

All our surest statements about the nature of the world are mathematical statements, yet we do not know what mathematics "is"... and…

— John D. Barrow

Obama also allowed Hillary supporters to insert an absurd statement into the platform suggesting that media sexism spurred her loss and that…

— Maureen Dowd

If diphtheria is a disease caused by a microorganism, it is essential that three postulates be fulfilled. The fulfilment of these postulates…

— Friedrich Loeffler

If the East Timorians decide to revolt, Im sure Ill have a statement.

— George W. Bush

Certainty always produces questions, uncertainty statements. It is a balancing law of nature.

— Djuna Barnes

And when someone makes a statement you don't understand, don't tell him he's crazy. Ask him what he means.

— H. Beam Piper

An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.

— Shakti Gawain

The following statement is true: The previous statement is false

— George Carlin

An untreatable diagnosis is a statement about the medical system, not the patient.

— Barbara Brennan

Who doesn't love a statement sock? I mean, we won't go in to details, but your underwear has to be bright, too.

— Bubba Watson

My statements aren't incomplete, they're just in-progress. It's a debate and a discussion.

— M.I.A