Alcee Hastings Quotes
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of armed conflicts with religious aspects. I believe that the differences of faith are not the real reason for these conflicts.

Quotes to Explore
-
I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
-
We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.
-
Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
-
President Obama has contempt for real money.
-
Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It's because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy.
-
I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
-
My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
-
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
-
A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.
-
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
-
My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe!
-
Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.
-
The words I overuse are all adverbs.
-
I love the fashion world. I love clothes. I love style.
-
In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
-
To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.
-
The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.
-
My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'
-
The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the 'legitimate' votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the 'real' Americans the Democrats must pursue.
-
If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.
-
I learned to paint at home from my mom. She was a very good teacher, but with spray paint, I taught myself. Spray paint is impossible. They say it takes a decade to really learn spray paint and be good with it. I've been at it about ten years now and am now really just getting good and confident with it.
-
Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.
-
As for a spoiled life, no life is spoiled but one whose growth is arrested.
-
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of armed conflicts with religious aspects. I believe that the differences of faith are not the real reason for these conflicts.