Everett Dirksen Quotes

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.

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• Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.

  

  Gary Owen
  • People
  • Hope
  • Black

• Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Heart
  • New York
  • Village

• My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Life
  • Good
  • Reading

• I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Mind
  • Me
  • Environment

• Faith is personal if it's to be real.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Real
  • Faith
  • Personal

• For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Me
  • Wonder
  • Shoe

• I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.

  

  Abu Abbas
  • War
  • Feel
  • Mistakes

• 'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Grow
  • Finding
  • Exploring

• Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • People
  • Character
  • Years

• Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.

  

  Warren G
  • Work
  • Music
  • Done

• I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • People
  • Eye
  • Look

• 'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Home
  • Beautiful
  • Song

• The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • People
  • Long
  • Experience

• I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • Writing
  • Trying
  • Why

• I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Always
  • Politics
  • Exposed

• The death of Garang has unfortunately unleashed emotions of anger; some genuine, others cultivated by elements who wanted to pit one group of Sudanese against another.

  

  Salva Kiir Mayardit
  • Death
  • Emotions
  • Anger

• It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • City
  • California
  • Down

• Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

  

  Ric Ocasek The Cars
  • Help

• To date, yeah, we probably are. We've done a lot work on zones in the last week and a half, anticipating that everybody is going to play zone, but the team that we feared most was Marquette. I like zone a lot as a coach, but my team doesn't seem to like zones.

  

  C. Vivian Stringer
  • Work
  • Team
  • Coach

• It's not our job to choose the best Sunday school teacher, like Jimmy Carter was. It's our job to choose who would defend and protect our nation, who would be the best president.

  

  Jerry Falwell, Jr.
  • School
  • Job
  • Teacher

• I grew up playing basketball and eating hot dogs on the corner.

  

  Prince Royce
  • Up
  • Basketball

• Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.

  

  Phil McGraw
  • Life
  • Up

• When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.

  

  Everett Dirksen
  • House
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