Olympia Snowe Quotes
In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
-
Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
-
There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
-
I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.
-
If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.
-
When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
-
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
-
The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.
-
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
-
Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
-
I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
-
To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other.
-
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
-
Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
-
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
-
You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
-
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
-
Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
-
I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.
-
I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.
-
I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story.
-
As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.
-
My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other.
-
In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.
