Elliott Abrams Quotes
Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims.
Quotes to Explore
-
Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
-
I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
-
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
-
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
-
I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.
-
My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
-
Village cricket spread fast through the land.
-
We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.
-
The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
-
Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
-
I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it's just going back and rebuilding and getting better.
-
I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
-
A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
-
I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
-
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'
-
Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.
-
I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
-
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
-
Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
-
I like to just make things... If I have the TV on, I'm not just going to sit there. I want to do something with my hands; I've always got a project. Or I get a small group of people over, and I say, 'Let's make these things today.'
-
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.
-
I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore and that I could make my own songs.
-
Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States.
-
Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims.
