Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Roberts

We can contend that we have already done what the statute envisions, ... The president has demanded an accounting from the Soviets, and has done so repeatedly.

We applaud those lawmakers, from both sides of the aisle, who have demanded the truth from the government. The rule of law has been broken, and Congress and the public have a right to know. Effective and public oversight can be done without compromising state secrets. The administration must stop using national security as a blanket reason to keep their illegal activities hidden in the shadows.

Very emphatically, I never, ever in my 18 years of coaching have forced a young man or demanded or made it mandatory for a young man to attend church, ... I appreciate the ACLU, but to not listen to my bosses and to file a complaint, maybe its mission is to be controversial. Obviously I know the difference between making it mandatory and personal convictions and what the First Amendment says.

He had a gun, came around the corner and demanded the teller give him the cash, and as for the safe, he had her open it as well. You could clearly see in the video he had a gun in his right hand.

Peter Hammill

Certainly more experimentation was allowed or demanded in the past by both musicians and audiences. But music meant something different then, I think.

Staying closed wasn't even an option. The customers demanded it.

I was the only one working at the time. I was changing a tire when the man started cursing. The next thing I knew, he was up on me and I was looking down the barrel of a shotgun. He demanded us to empty our pockets on the ground.

Larry Foote

Jerome Bettis demanded we bring him home. And we did.

Over the past 14 months I have personally called out companies and demanded they come to Tallahassee and answer for their conduct, ... I have pushed for rate freezes. My office has helped 60,000 citizens with their problems with insurance companies.

Pakistan has condemned and protested the United States and had demanded investigation.

Paul Wolfowitz

From concert stadiums to high-profile summits, people from rich and poor countries alike have been moved by the suffering we see in so many parts of our world, ... They have demanded action, and with this debt relief agreement they have it.

Malcolm Gladwell

I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame.

Robert Toombs

They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world.

Robert Toombs

When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever.

Charles Kennedy

Liberals have been committed to the principles of human rights, international stability, and international justice. They have also sought international solutions to those problems which have demanded collective attention.

David Hewson

Low light demanded 'fast' film, usually ISO 400 or higher; the fastest available would be about ISO 1000. When the sun was bright, you would reach for ISO 64 to avoid the burned-out look of overexposure.

Last year, we were criticized for the simplicity of the maps. This is the sort of quality with maps that we demanded when I was with Rand McNally.

So far we have demanded an apology from the governments. But if they continue their assault on our dear Prophet Mohammad, we will burn the ground underneath their feet.

So far we have demanded an apology from the governments.

She was the one who first one stepped up and demanded the ball when we were struggling offensively. She called for the ball and knocked it down. I think she really sparked us and set the tone for the team.

She is a playmaker. At halftime, she told her teammates to follow her and she would lead us back. We have demanded a lot of her as far as being a leader, and she has taken this team on her back.

Ehud Barak

There are no negotiations, ... There are no discussions about renewing negotiations and first of all, we have demanded that first there must be a dramatic change in the violence.

We have received a dog with serious eye problems and a skin disease in hopeless stage. The person who brought it here demanded we cure it for free and refused the idea of euthanasia to end its pain.

Michael Weston

My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in the hallways, so he demanded that I do something with my spare time.

Chuck Palahniuk

I was born in 1962, and it seems that throughout my entire life the world has demanded peace but maintained conflict.

Bobby Wallace

As more speed afoot was constantly demanded for big league ball, I noticed the many infield bounders which the runner beat to first only by the thinnest fractions of a second.

I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.

For both Protestants and Catholics, and whether or not absolute continence is demanded of the clergy, celibacy remains a blessed spiritual state.

James McGreevey

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good.

Magdalena Neuner

The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.

Val McDermid

I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.

Tommy Caldwell

I grew up a clumsy kid with bad hand-eye coordination. Yet here on El Cap, I felt as though I had stumbled into a world where I thrived. Being up on those steep walls demanded the right amount of climbing skill, pain tolerance, and sheer bull-headedness that came naturally to me.

David Blunkett

Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show.