Cherished Quotes
317 quotes by 268 authors
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The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting…
— George Will
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Banning human cloning reflects our humanity. It is the right thing to do. Creating a child through this new method calls into question our most…
— William J. Clinton
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To have someone who's got a strong individual voice that is allowed to be heard is quite increasingly rare. These people need to be cherished.
— David Tennant
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Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment…
— John Dryden
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Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.
— Richard L. Evans
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137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a…
— Doc Hastings
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To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting…
— Ernest Istook
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There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
— A J Liebling
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What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of miles…
— Samuel Lover
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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.
— Nelson Mandela
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We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we…
— Joyce Carol Oates
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Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.
— Ron Paul
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Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I'm not saying that 'Twilight' is, you know, some brilliant Oscar-winner, it's not 'Dr. Zhivago.' It's not trying to be. Because it is a female…
— Melissa Rosenberg
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Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love…
— John Ruskin
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One of the most heartening phenomena in today's Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd - the nerd is out and proud, and…
— Will Self
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I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a…
— Anna Deavere Smith
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From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.
— Gloria Steinem
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Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
— Hunter S. Thompson
Who Wrote These Cherished Quotes
268 authors contributed a total of 317 Cherished Quotes, led by these top contributors: