Adlai Stevenson I Quotes

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

Adlai Stevenson I

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914

Topics

PeacePoliticalSometimesTranquility

I really want as many people as possible to relate to something, without compromising or dumbing down.

John Cameron Mitchell

PeopleDownWantPossibleWithout

One of the reasons I like Barthes more than other writers of that ilk is because he had a literary quality.

Jeffrey Eugenides

QualityMoreBecauseLikeThanHe

When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.

Amber Frey

TruthStormDoing The Right ThingYou

The difference between playing a positive and a negative role is only in the portrayal.

Roop Durgapal

PositiveNegativeDifferenceRole

The last thing I wanted to do was 'Battlestar Galactica.' I thought, 'I've done sci-fi. I did 'Blade Runner.' I don't have to do anything more.'

Ronald D. Moore

ThoughtDoneMoreAnythingLastDid

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

Roy Lichtenstein

ArtMeNothingPretendLike

All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.

Michael Moritz

MomentMistakesSmartPeopleIdeas

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

Michael Redhill

GoodChildhoodParentsBetterGo

With fashion, my mother was an icon, but she never lived it in the sense that she was never obsessed with fashion. When I was a young girl, my sister wasn't doing fashion, so I started fashion thinking, 'I'm going to do something that they haven't done yet.' That was my silly scheme at the time.

Lou Doillon

MotherGirlTimeSisterFashion

It's hard to be what you can't see.

Jason Reynolds

YouHardSee

A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.

Jose Antonio Vargas

BrokenImmigrationSystemMeans

You've got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts.

Jon Tester

EducationGoodBestSchoolControl

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