Among Quotes

We still have not been able to move into those positions in our country that are really directing traffic among that 1 percent, and that's where women have to break through.

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological.

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth.

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And I think they ought to work a lot harder.

The Gen. Commanding, takes this means of informing the people that he has not come among them to disturb them in the enjoyment of their rights, either of person or property.

A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.

I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least.

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.

Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.

It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place.

Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.