Statements Quotes

342 Statements quotes by 301 unique authors

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public. — W. Somerset Maugham
Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard… — Wystan Hugh Auden
We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not so much that… — Adrienne Rich
I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold… — Alexei Navalny
But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History… — Richard Owen
This formula of Love is universal; all the laws of Nature are its servitors. Thus, gravitation, chemical affinity, electrical potential, and the rest - and… — Aleister Crowley
I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans… — Christine Lagarde
I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose… — Rand Paul
I'm not saying Senator Mitchell's report is entirely wrong. I am saying Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong. Let me be clear: I have… — Jim Lehrer
Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12. — Jim Lehrer
'Truth' is to be understood as a system of ordered procedures for the production, regulation, distribution, circulation and operation of statements. 'Truth' is linked in… — Michel Foucault
People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements.… — Don McLean
I was a student, and as such you generally rely on prior models of how to make art, but these were not satisfying. Then I… — Gerhard Richter
The saying of Protagoras is like the views we have mentioned; he said that man is the measure of all things, meaning simply that that… — Aristotle
I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your… — Kitty Kelley
There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide. — Edward Tufte
Everyone has taste, yet it is more of a taboo subject than sex or money. The reason for this is simple: claims about your attitudes… — Stephen Bayley
A watch can only tell us how much time it is, how much time has passed, or how much time must still pass before something… — Medard Boss
But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit… — Talcott Parsons
The royal family's existence is a constant reminder of the hollowness of John Major's rhetoric, and idiotic statements by its leading members a constant boost… — Alastair Campbell
Mandatory auditor rotation is designed to address a potential conflict of interest between a public company and its auditor. Because an auditor is hired and… — Robert Pozen
To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements. — Gordon Gee
Ohm (a distinguished mathematician, be it noted) brought into order a host of puzzling facts connecting electromotive force and electric current in conductors, which all… — Oliver Heaviside
There can be no ultimate statements science: there can be no statements in science which can not be tested, and therefore none which cannot in… — Karl Popper
All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms. — Thomas Sowell

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