The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.
~By Walter Lippmann ~
George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters.
~By Mark Shields ~
I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
~By George Ryan ~
It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
~By Famke Janssen ~
In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.
~By Michael Servetus ~
Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement.
~By Hanoi Hannah ~
Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort. They are doing this even in those cases where they hope to have profitable connections with German chemical firms after the war ends.
~By Henry A. Wallace ~
We would be there for Canada, part of our family. That is why so many in the United States are disappointed and upset that Canada is not fully supporting us now.
~By Paul Cellucci ~
I am convinced that this approach, a mainstream Democratic approach, commands the strong support of the American people, and presents a sharp and compassionate contrast to the Republican abortion position which offers no real hope or commitment to mother or child.
~By Robert Casey ~
We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.
~By Jeremiah Wright ~
But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.
~By Earl Browder ~
The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.
~By Jasmine Guy ~
I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support.
~By Janis Karpinski ~
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?
~By Theodore Bikel ~
I can't deny that some customers and prospects think it's the key to our future. But it's not. We're certainly supportive of the Dept. of Justice and the 20 states that have brought this action.
~By Jim Barksdale ~
It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.
~By Martin Sheen ~
But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty.
~By Delia Smith ~
There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.
~By Peter Hain ~
I mean the public likes it more in Europe than they do here because the state supported organizations have felt that playing contemporary music was part of the education of the public.
~By Elliott Carter ~
I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.
~By Loretta Sanchez ~
I'm a big supporter of immigration.
~By Malcolm Wallop ~
We need to remind our core supporters that we have not forgotten their concern with the way our democracy is being replaced by European bureaucracy in so many areas.
~By John Redwood ~
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
~By Tony Blair ~
Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.
~By Charles Caleb Colton ~
I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.
~By Kinky Friedman ~
Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy.
~By Jim Bolger ~
However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.
~By Adam Rickitt ~
We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that, but Congress did not provide the money to attract and hire the best teachers.
~By Bob Filner ~
Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.
~By Tom Harkin ~
I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.
~By George Steinbrenner ~
The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding.
~By Leon Jouhaux ~
Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global security.
~By Allyson Schwartz ~
This is true only because the purposes and objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization find economic, social, political and moral justification in the hearts of the millions who are its members and the millions more who support it.
~By John L. Lewis ~
The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.
~By Harold Ford ~
I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.
~By Sonny Rollins ~
You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.
~By Sophia Bush ~
My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.
~By Annette Bening ~
It's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed.
~By Carrie Underwood ~
The only thing is we didn't have the supporting cast.
~By Marcel Dionne ~
I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.
~By Tom Allen ~
My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.
~By Bram Cohen ~
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
~By Ryan White ~
There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
~By Barack Obama ~
I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.
~By Francesca Annis ~
And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.
~By George Carey ~
I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.
~By Emma Bonino ~
I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.
~By Jerry Falwell ~
A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.
~By Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ~
It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.
~By Joe Baca ~
So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes.
~By Francis Maude ~
I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone.
~By John Dingell ~
Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to supporting the democratic process and encouraging elections, in spite of the fact that a war was going on in several of these countries.
~By John Negroponte ~
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'
~By Al Gore ~
Americans appreciate the way our friends around the world are sticking by us, and we all hope for their continued support in what's going to be some very trying times.
~By Joe Lando ~
I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.
~By Lara Flynn Boyle ~
Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush.
~By Roger Stone ~
My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.
~By Casey Affleck ~
If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion.
~By James Q. Wilson ~
As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.
~By Tim Bishop ~
I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
~By Ed Case ~
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
~By Walter Lippmann ~
If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being.
~By Neal Boortz ~
I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive.
~By Giovanni Ribisi ~
I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing.
~By Margaret Mahy ~
I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.
~By Tiberius ~
I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.
~By David Ogilvy ~
The objective of the demonstrators is to win the affection of the armed agents of the government. Most of the Kiev police have now pledged their support for the people.
~By Bob Schaffer ~
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.
~By Andrew Lang ~
With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didn't use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.
~By Bernhard Goetz ~
While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.
~By Robert Teeter ~
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.
~By Jean Piaget ~
The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
~By Alfred Loisy ~
I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.
~By David Rockefeller ~
Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.
~By Richard Scaife ~
I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.
~By Edward VIII ~
On the justice of the cause of Prince Edouard, adding insurances of greatest sincerity to help it and support it and give him on all occasions of the marks of the same feelings as I have for the King his father.
~By Henry Benedict Stuart ~
I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.
~By Stephanie Tubbs Jones ~
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow.
~By Ron Kind ~
I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.
~By Allen West ~
Democrats and Republicans alike support our military personnel.
~By John Spratt ~
We players understand we have the best lives in the world. We owe a debt of gratitude to all our fans, everyone who supports us.
~By Bruce Bowen ~
To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.
~By Dino De Laurentiis ~
Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.
~By Nancy Kerrigan ~
To have my fan club. I am very proud of doing everything. I try to support my parents, friends and fans. I am also proud of my performing in the visual arts, and motion television.
~By Chris Burke ~
J. Lo is also an homage to my fans. That's what fans call me on the streets, and I like it. So giving the album this title is my way of telling them that this is for them, in appreciation of their support.
~By Jennifer Lopez ~
Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality in some quarters.
~By Kenzaburo Oe ~
Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.
~By Cliff Richard ~
Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.
~By Peter Benenson ~
While the recent addition of the National Guard providing a support role manning computers and cameras has allowed more Border Patrol agents to work the field, more agents are still needed.
~By Timothy Murphy ~
In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
~By Ivan Turgenev ~
It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.
~By William Bennett ~
We did a show called The Orphan Train, during the depression, when families didn't have enough money to support their children, they'd put them on the train and hope someone would pick them up who had enough money to support their children.
~By Robert Stack ~
I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.
~By Leah Ward Sears ~
I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.
~By David Hyde Pierce ~
I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.
~By Edward Grey ~
I thought that the administration needed bipartisan support, and I was for our commander-in-chief. Because I felt at that time it was the right thing do. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never voted for the war.
~By Ken Lucas ~
I am particularly disturbed that our country is the largest financial supporter of an organization that not only wastes a lot of our money but also seems to be increasingly anti-American in its policies and conduct.
~By Mac Thornberry ~
Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
~By Zbigniew Brzezinski ~
We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.
~By Linda McCartney ~
I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology.
~By John Sexton ~
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