Elliott Abrams Quotes

Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.

Elliott Abrams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 24, 1948

Topics

HistoryIndependenceChristianPlace

One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.

Meghan O'Rourke

MotherHomeDeathWorldYearAnchor

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

Robert Shea

NaturePersonLeavingHimAbility

It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going.

Michael Douglas

MarriageMeProblemsLongYouGo

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.

Stockwell Day

MarriageChooseChapterGroupFired

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

Stipe Miocic

LoveCompetitionWrestlingMMALike

Being given a terrible piece of information shouldn't ruin the interactions you have with the people around you or mean that you can't become something, even if it's not the idea of what you thought you were going to be.

Rose McIver

PeopleThoughtYouInformationMean

It should be a crime to make a profit off somebody being sick.

Michael Moore

SickProfitCrimeBeingOffShould

As a woman, it seems you can't just be a comedian; you're always classed as something else, too, whether that's 'beautiful,' 'pint-sized,' 'larger-than-life' or in my case, 'Hattie Jacques-esque,' 'the giraffe,' 'big.'

Miranda Hart

BeautifulWomanYouAlwaysBigJust

Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go to San Diego every day to work and then come back. And she would come home when I was an infant long after I was asleep.

Luis Alberto Urrea

WorkMotherHomeDaySpeakLanguage

Mr. Mourinho is a wonderful coach and did great things at Porto, winning trophies, and I will respect that.

Julen Lopetegui

RespectGreatWinningGreat Things

Nothing would make me happier than doing nothing but drama for the foreseeable future.

Jason Bateman

FutureMeDoingDramaNothingWould

I actually love woodworking. I'm just getting into it. And I love playing guitar, I'm a big movie aficionado, and I like hiking.

Jordan Gavaris

LoveGuitarBigPlayingHikingJust

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