All Quotes

I have lived poverty. I didn't choose it. No one would choose humiliation, pain, and rage.
‐‐ Carolyn Chute

I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of being laughed at, that I have grown as difficult to come at as a snail in a shell; and what is worse, I cannot come out of my shell when I wish it.
‐‐ Jane Welsh Carlyle

I have lived the American dream, and that is the dream I want for our children and all children everywhere.
‐‐ Mike Medavoy

I have lived the American dream in every aspect, and now I hope to make a very big impact in helping the planet.
‐‐ Hollis Stacy

I have lived the life of the entrepreneur, and so I know the pain they are feeling. I know the daily ups and downs they go through. You know, they have their highs and lows sometimes within a matter of hours in a day.
‐‐ Ram Shriram

I have lived through many major hurricanes during my lifetime: Camille, Frederic, and Ivan, to name just a very few. However, never have I seen destruction, panic, and fear on this massive scale.
‐‐ Jo Bonner

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
‐‐ Jean Ingelow

I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.
‐‐ Bela Lugosi

I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
‐‐ Haile Selassie

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
‐‐ Os Guinness

I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.
‐‐ Christine Lagarde

I have lived with my husband more than I have with my parents... I live beside him, and know his worries, his hopes, and his dreams for his nation. We believe that things happen by design, not in an arbitrary way. And we believe it is our duty to make things happen.
‐‐ Moza bint Nasser

I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and I took care of her at home until she died in my arms in December of 1992.
‐‐ Isabel Allende

I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if you're not in the club, they're not going to let you join. It's like The Turin Shroud: don't touch it because it might fall apart.
‐‐ Charles Hazlewood

I have loads of underwear, but only wear the bras because I never wear knickers.
‐‐ Katie Price

I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
‐‐ Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

I have long admired Univision - a pioneer in the industry - and recognized the tremendous potential and influence of the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population.
‐‐ Randy Falco

I have long argued that, if China and the United States were interested in pursuing a strategic partnership, Africa is the best place to start, as neither enters the situation with past colonial baggage, and both possess interests that are quite complementary.
‐‐ Thomas P.M. Barnett

I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.
‐‐ Nigel Lawson

I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.
‐‐ Donatella Versace

I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project.
‐‐ Janet Napolitano

I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district.
‐‐ Lucille Roybal-Allard

I have long been a supporter of The Prince's Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch 'Amex Be Inspired' and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.
‐‐ Kevin Spacey

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.
‐‐ Jack L. Chalker

I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal.
‐‐ Richard Wagner

I have long been fascinated by our inclination to assume others we meet have the same moral code, similar values, and yet we can never be sure.
‐‐ Jane Green

I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.
‐‐ Maggie Williams

I have long been interested in exploring and advancing the valuable relationships between the arts and society.
‐‐ Damian Woetzel

I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement.
‐‐ Penelope Lively

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story.
‐‐ Susan Orlean

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than accuracy.
‐‐ Bill Callahan

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.
‐‐ Kay Bailey Hutchison

I have long believed that celebrity, the way we worship and package and sell our pop stars, is what filled the need for gods that was once filled by the pictures in stained glass. Hollywood is post-Christian Venice - in other words, a pantheon of saints without the hassle and heartache of religion.
‐‐ Rich Cohen

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
‐‐ Bob Riley

I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.
‐‐ Michael K. Simpson

I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.
‐‐ Tony Blair

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.
‐‐ Joe Wilson

I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.
‐‐ Christian Kane

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
‐‐ Bill Bryson

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.
‐‐ Joyce Maynard

I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
‐‐ Tipper Gore

I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society; Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare; and remnants of the pro-business moderates.
‐‐ Eliot Spitzer

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
‐‐ Dorothy Day

I have long since thrown in the towel on the Democratic and Republican parties because they are really a front group for the 1%, for predatory banks, fossil fuel giants, and war profiteers.
‐‐ Jill Stein

I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.
‐‐ Brian Greene

I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.
‐‐ Frances Beinecke

I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
‐‐ Hunter S. Thompson

I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better.
‐‐ Jim Evans

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
‐‐ Pope John XXIII