James L. Buckley Quotes

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

James L. Buckley

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• On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

  

  Candace Parker
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  • High
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• Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Survive
  • Dress
  • To Survive

• Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • God
  • Heart
  • Reality

• Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

  

  Orville Wright
  • Years
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• My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.

  

  Dakota Fanning
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  • Love
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• I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Business
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• We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.

  

  Bashar al-Assad
  • Israel
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• I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • School
  • Walking
  • Shoes

• I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Career
  • Man
  • Amazing

• In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Heart
  • Words
  • Prayer

• The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • You
  • Back
  • Bottle

• French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • People
  • Happy
  • Complaining

• I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

  

  Orson Welles
  • World
  • Think
  • Problem

• It's mystifying to me why the House leadership will not allow a straight up-or-down vote on a pay raise. I vote against every pay raise because taxpayers deserve better.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Up
  • Why
  • House

• I've sung background for a couple of bands.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Couple
  • Bands
  • Background

• At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • Up
  • Love
  • Kids

• I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Know
  • Like
  • Violence

• I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'

  

  Kara Lindsay
  • Mom
  • Daughter
  • Honor

• Establishing a friendship after divorce takes great effort and a lot of swallowing of your pride and ego.

  

  Yolanda Hadid
  • Great
  • Effort
  • Pride

• We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Economy

• You're living your life the entire time in both worlds - it's not like they say, 'Action' and you're like, 'Here we go, we're in this thing,' because that's where bad acting comes from.

  

  Lucas Hedges
  • Life
  • Time
  • Bad

• I consider myself a feminist because I believe women should have equal rights. Of course. It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people.

  

  Marina and the Diamonds
  • People
  • Up
  • Believe

• At the end of the two years that I was the director [of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Manhattan], we had done 60,000 abortions. [During my life] I myself, with my own hands, have done 5,000 abortions. I have supervised another 10,000 that residents have done under my direction. So I have 75,000 abortions in my life. Those are pretty good credentials to speak on the subject of abortion.

  

  Bernard Nathanson
  • Director
  • Abortion
  • Center

• In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

  

  James L. Buckley
  • Believe
  • Faith
  • Accountability