Claim Quotes

1458 Claim quotes by 1109 unique authors

The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
For the record, I am sticking with my claim that the simultaneous degradation of air quality, water quality, water supply, food safety, soil quality, and… — James Fallows
All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or hope is gone. — Jane Austen
I claim the right to take a stand once in a while. — Antonio Tabucchi
A lot of people in television who've had successful shows claim the 'Roseanne' show as their starting place, and I'm really proud of that. — Roseanne Barr
I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind… — James Dickey
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to… — Jane Haddam
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self, an impossible claim that one should be at once Rose… — Joan Didion
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely… — Gregory Bateson
Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalist. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual. — Martin Amis
It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations… — Huston Smith
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection? — Wole Soyinka
I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as he… — Kafu Nagai
The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the… — Grace Napolitano
No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof. — Leonardo da Vinci
So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to have lived in… — Simon Newcomb
Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another. — Richard Perle
Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected… — Jimmy Reid
My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has been unjustifiably neglected.… — Leland Ryken
Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of… — Lucille Roybal-Allard
It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band. — Charlie Simpson
There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not… — Delia Smith
Gov. Romney has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs at Bain and people are wanting to know, is there proof of that claim? And was… — Sarah Palin
To claim the World Bank is just an extension of U.S. foreign policy is just wrong. — Nicholas Stern

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