All Quotes

The fact that a New Hampshire legislator's position is not seen as a career or a way of supporting a family has meant that it draws women. At times, I think men who might be looking for a paid career have known that they couldn't make one out of serving in the legislature. So there's a little more space for women.
‐‐ Maggie Hassan

The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.
‐‐ Loretta Devine

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.
‐‐ Alexander Alekhine

The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy's old seat probably must have him rolling in his grave, probably spilling his drink.
‐‐ Ann Coulter

The fact that a terrorist was killed, and it doesn't matter if it was in Dubai or Gaza, is good news to those fighting terrorism.
‐‐ Tzipi Livni

The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal.
‐‐ Ashley Wagner

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
‐‐ Bertrand Russell

The fact that anyone lives in America is the single reason poverty is never a death sentence, and transforms it instead into - at worst - an obstacle on the path to a better life and road to freedom and success.
‐‐ Chuck Norris

The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
‐‐ Laura Prepon

The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions.
‐‐ Conor Oberst

The fact that apartheid has been tied up with white supremacy, capitalist exploitation, and deliberate oppression makes the problem much more complex. Material want is bad enough, but coupled with spiritual poverty, it kills.
‐‐ Steven Biko

The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.
‐‐ Nicolas Cage

The fact that biological, or 'natural' rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn't the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions involved, making art.
‐‐ Steven Levy

The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.
‐‐ Joshua Foer

The fact that companies are getting into building power plants that collect their own CO2 on-site shows there's some leadership in that industry. Some industries have seen the writing on the wall: that carbon will have to be managed.
‐‐ Klaus Lackner

The fact that designers like Lagerfeld, Gaultier, Galliano and Dior could believe in Alek made me believe in myself, too.
‐‐ Alek Wek

The fact that Disney bought Maker Studios doesn't really change anything for me.
‐‐ PewDiePie

The fact that doctors tend to treat people as individuals, guided by the need to ensure patient confidentiality, can reinforce this pattern of seeing the changes and challenges aging brings on through our heads and our bodies, rather than as a shared experience.
‐‐ Chuck Norris

The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.
‐‐ Sarah Palin

The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.
‐‐ Matt Cameron

The fact that evil exists in the world bothers me. I think that people do terrible things for ideological or political reasons. I think that evil stems from ideology. People are taught to hate.
‐‐ Antonio Munoz Molina

The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.
‐‐ Martin Scorsese

The fact that, for so many generations, ordinary, everyday Americans came out of the closet and told their family and friends about who they are has laid the foundation for public sentiment to change. They got comfortable in their own skins to be able to share themselves with family and friends. This is where social change took place.
‐‐ Mark Takano

The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Communism and Democracy.
‐‐ Robert Kennedy

The fact that hardly anyone is ever prepared to admit to racist behaviour is perhaps a sort of strength: it speaks to the fact that racism is socially inadmissible.
‐‐ Martin Jacques

The fact that he didn't get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasn't driven by that, and wasn't dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school.
‐‐ Mary Stuart Masterson

The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated.
‐‐ Nicola Sturgeon

The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
‐‐ Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years.
‐‐ Isabel Allende

The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.
‐‐ Michael Cudlitz

The fact that I am as lean as I was in 2008, I'm stronger than I was in 2008 I think I have the potential to be as fast as I was.
‐‐ Libby Trickett

The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.
‐‐ Andrea Bocelli

The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it is. I think people know that my last name ends in a vowel. What can I tell you?
‐‐ Pete Gallego

The fact that I am not Jewish by religion does not prevent me from connecting to the Jewish nation's spirituality.
‐‐ Amar'e Stoudemire

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.
‐‐ Jacky Ickx

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
‐‐ Leo Buscaglia

The fact that I could secure an opera engagement made me realize I had within me the making of an artist, if I would really labor for such an end. When I became thoroughly convinced of this, I was transformed from an amateur into a professional in a single day.
‐‐ Enrico Caruso

The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.
‐‐ Lia Ices

The fact that I didn't have a mom is a challenge; it was a struggle; and we made the best of it, and because of that my relationship with my dad is that much stronger.
‐‐ Apolo Ohno

The fact that I do so many things, it really nurtures me.
‐‐ Gustavo Santaolalla

The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do.
‐‐ Brian Greene

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'
‐‐ Catherine Jinks

The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.
‐‐ Jane Krakowski

The fact that I get to write and direct my own personal story is an amazing thing.
‐‐ Nicole Holofcener

The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.
‐‐ Kelly Lynch

The fact that I have a risk genetically for Alzheimer's and blindness is not great news. But the reality is that any one of us will have dozens of these risks, and what we have to learn is how to deal with them.
‐‐ Craig Venter

The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.
‐‐ Dinaw Mengestu

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.
‐‐ Hugh Lofting

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.
‐‐ Javier Bardem

The fact that I lost my son permeates my being.
‐‐ Lois Lowry