Betty Williams Quotes

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, all occupation ends, and you have to deal with the enemy.

Betty Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 22, 1943

Topics

HatePeacePeopleYouDownEnemy

I really love D.C.; it's one of my favorite places to perform. I always say when I come here, I feel like my IQ increases by 20 points.

Maz Jobrani

LoveFeelSayPlacesAlwaysHere

I hate cellphones. They are not for good, they're for evil. They're for gossip.

Jeff Garlin

GoodHateEvilGossip

I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.

John Thune

LifeMake A DifferencePossibilities

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

Joyce Carol Oates

LifePeopleSayingRealityViolence

Being a musician is a job - it is just a really fun one!

Colbie Caillat

JobFunBeingJustMusicianReally

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I'm on that side; you're a Republican, I'm a Democrat; you're country music, I'm rock music.

Brandi Carlile

MusicSupportWorldYouCountry

And I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

William Gilbert

MyselfThinkingThoughtPartyNever

Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa.

Peter Straub

WomenMenBetterDoubtNobodyOver

Health care probably contributes a lot more to the common wealth than finance.

Timothy Noah

HealthFinanceCareWealthMoreLot

Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Mark Kelly

BachelorDegreeWellMerchantCouple

I've got a fondness for rabbits.

Martin McDonagh

RabbitsGotFondness

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Henri Rousseau

NatureHappyMeNothingSeePaint

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