David Hemenway Quotes

There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at All.

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• A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Great
  • Different
  • Society

• I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Great
  • Home
  • Responsibility

• Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Almost
  • Effective
  • Satire

• I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Place
  • Loved
  • Cute

• A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Home
  • Reality
  • Present

• I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up the Southern accent. I talked like that with my friends all the time, because it was fun. It was funny... All my friends were real Southern. We're buddies, so I'd say stuff to make them laugh. So that was pretty much it.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Up
  • Time
  • Real

• I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Strong
  • Environment
  • New

• Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.

  

  Mahavira
  • Laws
  • Infinite
  • Modes

• When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Bad
  • Freedom
  • Alone

• A lot of my friends are getting married, but I don't think that is what I need. I am under no such pressure that if everybody is having a boyfriend, I too should have one.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Friends
  • Married
  • Pressure

• Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • World
  • Want
  • Beautiful

• Every country is under an imperative to deal with terrorism, including terrorism masquerading as freedom fighting,

  

  Jack Straw
  • Country
  • Freedom
  • Fighting

• The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll.

  

  Muddy Waters
  • Rock
  • Baby
  • Rocks

• Everyone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease that spreads via the airborne route or can be transmitted during the incubation period, before an infected person shows telltale signs of illness.

  

  Margaret Chan
  • Remember
  • Future
  • Period

• The mistake we make, is when we seek to be beloved, instead of loving.

  

  Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Mistake

• If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Man
  • Common Sense
  • Kind of sense

• Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats.

  

  Joseph Stalin
  • Aircraft
  • Breathes
  • Red Army

• 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!'

  

  Owain Yeoman
  • Guy
  • Cold
  • Battle

• There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.

  

  Samantha Power
  • World
  • Love
  • Universe

• The problem with intelligent-design theory, is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet - a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school's science curriculum.

  

  George Will
  • Problem
  • Religion
  • Evidence

• I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I've moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Time
  • Real
  • Freedom

• When you think about Dada and the great moments in Modern Art, it's always the sense of when you're not sure that art is most likely to be occurring.

  

  Richard Phillips
  • Moments
  • Always
  • Modern

• There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at All.

  

  David Hemenway
  • Evidence
  • Guns
  • Reduces