Robert Byrd Quotes

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst.

Robert Byrd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 20, 1917 - June 28, 2010

Topics

FearTodayHopeBestAchievement

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

Jennifer Lopez

FocusHardRightThingsBronxCame

So many times, people want you to stay the way you were, be as you were before because they want to encapsulate you in a time so they can remember their youth. But you're here to continually push forward and move forward. That's where I'm at - I just want to always surprise people.

Maxwell

TimePeopleYouthForwardSurprise

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

Robert Louis Stevenson

MoralsYouWrongDependMakeYour

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.

Robert McChesney

TimeMoneyInfluenceRichAttention

I never second-guess myself.

Michael Cimino

MyselfNeverSecond-Guess

It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.

Alva Myrdal

ScienceIntellectualResourcesHappen

We have a great sense of togetherness. It is our team spirit that has taken us to this World Cup.

Robbie Keane

GreatTeamWorldSpiritTogetherness

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

Ross Kemp

GoodWeatherBetterPlaceBritish

I'm known to be aggressively early.

Chris Gardner

EarlyKnown

Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.

Bryan Batt

GayPlayingBeenStraightSince

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship.

William L. Jenkins

CommunityTogetherCelebrateMeeting

It was about 5 years after I was baptized before the pull of sin finally stopped.

Phil Robertson

SinYearsFinallyPullBeforeAfter

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