Barbara Jordan Quotes

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

Barbara Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1936 - January 17, 1996

Topics

CommunityDecisionPeopleLawOrder

The environment that we call society is created by past generations; we accept it, as it helps us to maintain our greed, possessiveness, illusion.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

PastSocietyGreedEnvironmentUs

I think I'm in a business where you have to look good, and it's totally youth-oriented.

Joan Rivers

GoodBusinessThinkYouLookWhere

To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.

John Gray

ManAdviceKnowOwnOfferHe

I love finding and doing new things and trying stuff out; that's my favorite thing to do.

Max Schneider

LoveNew ThingsDoingFindingTrying

I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.

Robert Mayer

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Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe.

John Polkinghorne

HistoryTimeCultureThinkThinking

It's amazing how unwilling most people are to admit they don't know the answer to a question or a problem and instead charge forward on a 'gut instinct' that turns out to be crap.

Stephen J. Dubner

PeopleAmazingForwardProblemKnow

Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his request, they sent him artists and craftsmen by the dozen.

Stephen Kinzer

FamilyGoodPowerfulHimVenice

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Livy

PeaceWarWellLaws

There's definitely a large fan base for the 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' movies that need their next fix.

Josh Hutcherson

MoviesFixNeedNextTwilightFan

That's what we get to do as songwriters, right? You get to explore stuff.

Dierks Bentley

YouExploreRightGetStuff

The blessings of the priesthood transcend our ability to comprehend.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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