All Quotes

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
‐‐ Joe Slovo

The whole of the Bill is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.
‐‐ Albert Gallatin

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.
‐‐ Bill Bryson

The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star.
‐‐ Francis William Aston

The whole of the situation of the Conservative Party today springs from that night when they dismissed the best prime minister the country had had since Churchill.
‐‐ Denis Thatcher

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.
‐‐ Helena Blavatsky

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
‐‐ Gilbert K. Chesterton

The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.
‐‐ Michael Tilson Thomas

The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.
‐‐ Damon Albarn

The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.
‐‐ Tom Stoppard

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.
‐‐ Richard Wilson

The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It's very restful - because you read. There's some sociopathic problem that makes me prefer it to human interaction.
‐‐ Niall Ferguson

The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.
‐‐ Mike Nichols

The whole point in developing your own style is to find your own voice.
‐‐ Dave Holland

The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.
‐‐ Branford Marsalis

The whole point is it's about getting as many people to come and see the play as you can.
‐‐ Roger Rees

The whole point is to hook people and keep them interested.
‐‐ Penelope Ann Miller

The whole point is to take from our native culture and from contemporary culture without using one art form to mimic the other, so that our native identity remains the native identity, the contemporary identity remains the contemporary identity, and the mixing of these two musical identities creates a third musical identity.
‐‐ John Trudell

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.
‐‐ John Osborne

The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways?
‐‐ Chance The Rapper

The whole point of all of this - why we are here, why the world is here, and why we have the political system and leaders that we do - is to achieve change. This is the purpose of life.
‐‐ Yehuda Berg

The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great. I did a tiny bit in the one school in Paris, and it was wonderful because you'd have a nude taking a crazy position, and you'd have 10 seconds to do a drawing. Then you'd do a one-minute drawing.
‐‐ Lou Doillon

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.
‐‐ Jonny Lee Miller

The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!
‐‐ Rupert Everett

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.
‐‐ Elton John

The whole point of bike-sharing is to give New Yorkers another way to commute. A lot of folks in Bay Ridge work in downtown Brooklyn or other parts of the borough. For them, it would make more sense to hop on a Citi Bike than to wait for a train or a bus.
‐‐ Sal Albanese

The whole point of corporate mascots is to be distinctive. No one in his right mind would ever confuse the Hamburglar with Mayor McCheese.
‐‐ Gene Weingarten

The whole point of cryopreserving only one's head is based on the idea that one can simply grow in the laboratory an entire new body, without a head, and stick it onto the cryopreserved head.
‐‐ Aubrey de Grey

The whole point of diaries is that other people find them and read what you've put. I did once take to writing my inner thoughts on the computer at the end of other things I was writing and ended up faxing four pages of hideous stuff to my accountant so I don't do that now.
‐‐ Helen Fielding

The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless in terms of what you can creatively do.
‐‐ Brendan Gleeson

The whole point of Gen X was, and continues to be, a negation of being forced into Baby Boomerdom against one's will.
‐‐ Douglas Coupland

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
‐‐ Oswald Chambers

The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
‐‐ J. Michael Straczynski

The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
‐‐ Irving Paul Lazar

The whole point of Israel was to create a place where Jews could live the best life - and liveliest - in accordance with their values.
‐‐ Richard Ben Cramer

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.
‐‐ Sarah Vowell

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.
‐‐ Rick Springfield

The whole point of movie glamour was - and is - escape.
‐‐ Virginia Postrel

The whole point of remaining on cable is to remain true to who I am. That's a bad, bad girl that got a big job.
‐‐ Chelsea Handler

The whole point of science fiction is that you explore the effect of ideas on a society.
‐‐ Peter F. Hamilton

The whole point of social media is continuity and continual engagement.
‐‐ Clara Shih

The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
‐‐ J. Michael Straczynski

The whole point of taking a job is that you connect with a character or with an issue.
‐‐ Michelle Fairley

The whole point of the game is not to stick with one thing, because when that one thing ends, then what are you going to do? For me, I have movies, '106 & Park,' music, and other things to fall back on.
‐‐ Bow Wow

The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
‐‐ N. T. Wright

The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't recognize Jesus when he comes back to us.
‐‐ Jay Parini

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.
‐‐ Jerome Lawrence

The whole principle of coming out is that everyone knows someone who's gay. The minute someone comes out, no one can be a bigot, because someone they love is gay.
‐‐ Aisha Tyler

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
‐‐ Aaron Copland