All Quotes

As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct from their elected but often craven governments, to apply a certain pressure on those wielding power in what they, the boycotters, consider to be an unjust or immoral way.
‐‐ John Berger

As new technology emerges as the greatest challenge to novels since the advent of film, it may be that the fragmentation of storytelling into installments key to Dickens's era will be recreated in some way.
‐‐ Matthew Pearl

As New York careens toward the modernity of the twentieth century when Gibson girls were transforming themselves into working women, Clara Driscoll enters the male field of stained glass artistry and builds a lively, multi-national, multi-class women's department within Tiffany Studios.
‐‐ Susan Vreeland

As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold.
‐‐ Eric Schneiderman

As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.
‐‐ Sam Graves

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
‐‐ Izaak Walton

As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.
‐‐ Andy Behrman

As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of the three functions named, so with the external or manifested Universe.
‐‐ Helena Blavatsky

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.
‐‐ Rose Wilder Lane

As Obama prepares to begin the last year of his presidency, he stands in an unusual position on the national stage: He is the rationalist, a creature of intellect rather than emotion.
‐‐ David Ignatius

As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.
‐‐ Chuck Fleischmann

As obesity creeps into preschools, and hypertension and type II diabetes become pediatric problems for the very first time, the case for starting preventive health care in the cradle has become too compelling to keep ignoring.
‐‐ Heidi Murkoff

As obvious as it sounds, I strongly recommend shopping at a specialty bike store. They are the experts, and they will be able to help you decide which bike is best for you.
‐‐ Patrick Dempsey

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
‐‐ Xavier Becerra

As of 2011, it cost about $5,000 to launch a tech startup.
‐‐ Peter Diamandis

As of 2013, according to the World Health Organization, 35 million people were estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS globally, and 39 million have died from the disease. The epidemic of denial won, and now everyone knows there is money in the making of drugs for AIDS.
‐‐ Alexander Chee

As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country.
‐‐ George Edmund Street

As of late, I am more of a homebody. I like having people over. You can smoke in the apartment. I'm just not into going out so much. The crowd is getting younger and younger.
‐‐ Chloe Sevigny

As of now, I am in control here in the White House.
‐‐ Alexander Haig

As of right now, I have no desire. I've watched several games and played pickup ball thinking I'd have the feeling I'd like to get back, but I didn't have that feeling. I don't really miss the game.
‐‐ Antonio Davis

As of right now, I'm still waiting to meet Halle Berry. And she is single.
‐‐ Brian Austin Green

As of September 2012, 168 out of the 602 released Guantanamo Bay detainees are suspected of returning to terrorism. So, is this a winning scenario for the United States? Of course not.
‐‐ Ben Shapiro

As of the mid-90s, over 50 percent of women have a bachelor's and master's degree, compared to about 35 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in 1920.
‐‐ Peter Diamandis

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy.
‐‐ Nursultan Nazarbayev

As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.
‐‐ Paramahansa Yogananda

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
‐‐ Albert Bushnell Hart

As Ohio's working families continue to recover from the worst economic recession in our country's history, we need a president who's committed to growing our economy by lifting up the middle class.
‐‐ Sherrod Brown

As one ages, eventually, no matter what regime you've followed, no matter how fiercely you've fought the fight, good health becomes harder to maintain. It may disappear overnight or simply dwindle, but with every year that passes, the odds shorten.
‐‐ Laurie Graham

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
‐‐ Alexis de Tocqueville

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.
‐‐ Rudolf Arnheim

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.
‐‐ Jasper Johns

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
‐‐ Basil Rathbone

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
‐‐ Francois de La Rochefoucauld

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.
‐‐ Robert Falcon Scott

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'
‐‐ Richard Whately

As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.
‐‐ Jeffrey R. Immelt

As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us had been a boy. There's no question that there was a phantom boy child in my imagination when I was young.
‐‐ Siri Hustvedt

As one of its first acts after coming into existence, the EPA banned the vital pesticide DDT.
‐‐ Robert Zubrin

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.
‐‐ Connie Mack

As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward.
‐‐ Gordon Gee

As one of the first creators on YouTube, I've been fortunate to sit in the front row, witnessing the remarkable evolution of digital media. The experiences and knowledge I've been afforded are invaluable, and I'm excited to take that skill set, together with Endemol Beyond, to build a reliable, reputable business.
‐‐ Michelle Phan

As one of the first editors at 'Outside' magazine in 1975, it was my contention that most American writing going back to James Fennimore Cooper and then through Twain up to Hemingway had been outdoor writing. At that time, adventure writing meant stuff like 'Saga' or 'Argosy.' 'Death Race with the Jungle Leper Army!' That kind of thing.
‐‐ Tim Cahill

As one of the first employees at a small cellular phone start-up called Nextel, I gained firsthand experience in how a business grows from an idea to a company that, at its peak, employed many thousands.
‐‐ Jack Markell

As one of the founders of Three 6 Mafia, I would like to see the group get back together, you know. But I am definitely thinking about it and would like to see it happen.
‐‐ Juicy J

As one of the most conservative members of Congress and a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, I am constantly under attack for my values and beliefs.
‐‐ Paul Broun

As one of the participants in the Aqaba summit, I can testify that Israel fully expected the Palestinian Authority's newly reorganized and trained security agencies to take harsh action against the rejectionists who sought to wreck the peace process.
‐‐ Ehud Olmert

As one of the voices of rural New Yorkers in Congress, I am committed to supporting efforts such as these that will make a real impact in people's lives.
‐‐ John M. McHugh

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
‐‐ Alison Lurie

As one who has been in hard situations, I believe that I know how to deal with complicated and hard situations.
‐‐ Ariel Sharon

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.
‐‐ George Aiken