They Came Quotes
301 quotes by 276 authors
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And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came…
— Dave Barry
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Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether…
— Isaiah Berlin
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I tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it.
— Drew Carey
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The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions.
— Ron Chernow
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Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,…
— George H. W. Bush
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Nobody here's for open borders. When undocumented people are apprehended, they should be sent back to wherever they came from.
— Richard Polanco
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First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing because I'm not a Jew. Then they came for the socialists, but I did nothing…
— Martin Niemoller
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Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.
— Thomas Jefferson
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I think the people here in New York appreciated what I brought to the table, and they showed it when I retired by the way…
— Patrick Ewing
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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal…
— Mark Twain
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I tell my students, with a feeling of pride that I hope they will share, that the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen that make up ninety-nine…
— George Wald
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The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they…
— H. L. Mencken
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It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we are enabled to…
— Georges Cuvier
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It has given me a global vantage point, being the daughter of immigrants from China, who had nothing when they came here. And now I…
— Andrea Jung
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Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for…
— Hilaire Belloc
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They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import active uranium, and my colleague demonstrated the other day that…
— Hans Blix
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Last year they came in and won the game; that's how I would define it. Revenge is never on our mind. What's on our mind…
— Karl Hobbs
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The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to…
— Anatoly Chubais
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How is this any different than the big boat argument of people when it came to African-Americans after the Civil War, decided, 'Put them on…
— Chris Matthews
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If a group of people has no sense where they came from-it is difficult for them to have a sense where they should go.
— Lester Thurow
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