“There's stories out there that the Democrats are starting to slowly walk back the idea that Donald Trump's gonna be impeached. Do you know why that is? It's because there isn't any evidence, and there isn't any crime that Trump has committed that anybody has been able to find.” CrimeEvidenceDemocratCommitted Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Iraqis are committed to their rights as much as they are committed to the rights of others. Without peace they will be faced with many obstacles that would stop them from fulfilling their human role.” CommittedObstaclesFulfilling Author:Saddam Hussein
“If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil. That means the destruction of the Iraqi national identity, since the Iraqis are committed to their principles and rights according to international law and the U.N. charter.” WorldMeanIdentityDestructionCommittedCharterInternational Law Author:Saddam Hussein
“I don't know if Trump was readily prepared for having an entire embedded bureaucracy trying to undermine him. But he's gonna be able to deal with it because he's faced these kinds of things in his life before. And I think that he is so committed to what he thinks will make this country great, so committed to the things he believes will reverse the fortunes of this country, no way is he going to be rendered depressed and despondent and give up the agenda. He's tougher than that. He's certainly more committed than that.” ThinkingGivingTryingBelieveKindCountryGiving UpCommittedBureaucracyEmbedded Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I do believe that Obama is at war with Islam, it is never too late to embrace Islam. If we were to establish Sharia in America, he would have to stand before Sharia court and pay for the crimes that he committed. The invitation is there for him to give up all of his falsehoods and all of the crimes that he has committed and to embrace Islam.” GivingBelieveWarCrimeGiving UpEmbraceIslamCommittedFalsehoodInvitations Author:Anjem Choudary
“The New York Times is filled with Ivy League graduates and so is the Washington Post. I mean, it's all the same club. They may be Ivy League educated, but they're not smart. Their minds are closed. They actually are mind-numbed robots. They have been programmed all their lives. They're not even thinkers. These are people who have been programmed to believe what they believe. They are committed believers, not thinkers.” PeopleMindBelieveMeanSmartCommittedBelieverEducatedLeagueThinkerGraduates Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We will succeed, because we are fully committed, because, wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet great again.” ResponsibilityShareSucceedCommitted Author:Emmanuel Macron
“I did publish a Bill once called "Common Sense" with a new constitution for Europe called the "Commonwealth of Europe," setting it all out - what it's rights were, how it would work. And I think that that will be where is has to go. But I'm not anti-European, I'm just a democrat, a very committed democrat. I don't see why the hell I should obey a law made by someone I didn't elect and can't remove.” ThinkingCommonHellConstitutionDemocratCommittedCommon SensePublish Author:Tony Benn
“A real dictator usually isn't interested in money or women, just pure power. But Putin - I don't know about women, but it looks like he definitely likes money quite a bit. He's painted himself into a corner; he has committed so many sins and crimes, he has no choice but to hold on to power. No matter how he leaves, his policies will definitely be condemned as bad and wrong, and everything will be blamed on him, just as he now blames Yeltsin. It could be done by someone who, at this moment, is professing boundless love for Putin.” RealDoneMomentsChoicesSinCrimePolicyBlameCommittedDictator Author:Vladimir Voinovich
“We have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for faith, their faith. Professed to stand up for Islam, but in fact are betraying it. Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history. And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.” PeopleThinkingRememberHumanityChristViolenceTerribleUniqueHorseIslamTerrorCommittedBetray Author:Barack Obama
“Rule number one for the writers when we committed to the jump was: no hoverboards. No one is allowed to pitch that everyone is on hoverboards. It's going to be very very gently sci-fi.” Committed Author:Michael Schur
“There is a saying in India that the person who should throw a stone first is the person who has not committed any sins. In the world right now, a lot of people want to give advice. But look within them, and they too have sinned in some way. Ultimately, India's view point is that efforts need to be made to sit together and talk, and to resolve problems in an ongoing process.” PeopleWorldGivingProblemTogetherSinEffortAdviceCommittedResolve Author:Narendra Modi
“Trump fired Jim Comey because the most dangerous thing in the world, if you are Donald Trump, is a person who tells the truth, is dogged, you can't control, and who is as committed as Comey is to the institutional independence of an organization that has the power to investigate you.” WorldDangerousTruth IsIndependenceCommittedTelling The Truth Author:Benjamin Wittes
“It's a welcome development that the president is paying attention to the war crimes that are being committed by the Assad regime and by their supporters in Iran and in Russia.” WarPresidentAttentionCrimeCommittedWelcomePay AttentionSupporter Author:Kori Schake
“I created my own concept art and went in and did a 90-minute presentation that cost me a lot of money.And, the great thing is though, when I got the job, they had to buy all of it from me, because one of the set pieces in the middle of the movie was the scene I wrote, and they needed to own everything because a lot of it ended up being the movie we made, so I got all my money back. I was committed. I was going to outspend every competing director.” ArtSceneCommittedGreat ThingsCompeting Author:Scott Derrickson
“Nothing is more inspiring to see how poor and suffering people, living under conditions incomparably worse than we endure, continue quietly and unpretentiously with courageous and committed struggle for justice and dignity.” PeopleSufferingJusticePoorStruggleDignityEndureCommittedCourageous Author:Noam Chomsky
“When you are given immunity that means that you've probably committed a crime.” MeanCrimeCommitted Author:Michael T. Flynn
“The ideals and the values of the United States inspired the entire world. I don't think any of us can say that our standing in the world now, the way children around the world look at the United States, is the same. And part of what we need to do is to send a message to the world that we are going to invest in issues like education, we are going to invest in issues that relate to how ordinary people are able to live out their dreams. And that is something that I'm going to be committed to as president of the United States.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenDreamValuesPresidentInspiredCommittedOrdinary People Author:Barack Obama
“It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.” BornWhiteGreaterCrimeCommittedDerivativesCommitting Crimes Book:The Trumpet of Conscience Source: The Trumpet of Conscience
“I like the line leading up to that: "I made your daughter the lead dancer, and you're not committed!" It's how people in their own little narrow worlds get so bent out of shape over the silliest things. I've seen it all my life, especially growing up in the South - the tempest in a teapot.” PeopleWorldGrowing UpDaughterCommittedDancerTempestOur Daughter Author:Beth Grant
“Just don't let anything get in the way of what you want to achieve. A lot of people get knocked back by friends, or family, or peer pressure. If you have a talent and want to do something with it, it's down to you. If it's what you really want then go after it and be very selfish... You have to remain committed, you have to stay focused and you have to be selfish.” PeopleAchieveTalentCommittedFocusedSelfishStay FocusedPeer PressureBeing Selfish Author:George Sampson
“It's not enough say, "Look, bankers were immensely greedy and that they committed lots of frauds." I mean, that's not, they were set free, that sort of particular proclivity in human nature was set free to do its best and its worst. Politicians and regulators are consumers of ideas. They never have any ideas of their own, it would take too much like hard work to develop ideas, you get them off menus and you pick the ones that suit you. Financial services were set free to go beyond their rightful place, a place by which they have been restrained in the past.” MeanEnoughPastWorstHuman NatureHard WorkPoliticianFinancialCommittedFraudGreedy Author:Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky
“Most of the prosecutors I know are good people who are committed to protecting us from those who would prey on us. But these days, I sometimes run into prosecutors who just don't seem to have the character we used to have 20-30 years ago. People need to understand that prosecutors are lawyers, and like my grandmama once told me, a law degree is a license to lie.” PeopleSometimesCharacterRunningLyingCommittedLawyerGood PeopleProsecutor Author:Christopher Darden
“People can't help the way they feel, only what they do about it. They can no longer not be attracted to someone other than their spouse than they can say they are not hungry or not thirsty or not frightened or embarrassed. It's when you act on that attraction when you know it would be bad for your marriage that is the problem. In a good marriage, the couple are each as committed to the marriage as they are to each other.” PeopleHelpingProblemCoupleCommittedAttractionHungryEmbarrassedSpouseThirstyGood Marriage Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“I think I'm pretty committed to staying. I'm not committed to not doing big movies, but I am committed to continuing to make smaller movies, not for the sake of making smaller movies, but because I think it's really invigorating to just go work with people and know that it might be awful.” PeopleThinkingCommittedBig Movie Author:Greta Gerwig
“Black Box is not a statement about injustice committed against Sephardi Oriental Jews or about the extremism of religious Jews or the lack of imagination of the old Israeli elites. It's a human story, in my view, first and foremost about a mystical communion between enemies. This is the inner story of the novel. This is my business as a novelist. It is not about positions and ideas.” BlackImaginationReligiousEnemyNovelInjusticeCommittedJewCommunionMysticalIsraeliExtremism Author:Amos Oz
“I am convinced most Americans - yes even white Americans - are committed to justice and equality for all people. I am convinced that most Americans are disgusted and even ashamed that Nazism is alive and well in this country that fought to defeat its evil ideology.” PeopleCountryEvilJusticeDefeatCommittedIdeologyAshamedDisgusted Author:Erwin McManus
“Ronald Reagan said a nation without borders is not a nation. Donald Trump is committed to restoring the borders of this nation and securing our nation, enforcing our laws.” Committed Author:Mike Pence
“My father, God bless him, thought it was such an impossible desire to be able to make a living the way I do. I was destined to go into the bar business like him or go to college and be a lawyer. I was not encouraged, and in a way maybe that made me more hardheadedly committed to being a writer.” DesireFatherImpossibleCollegeCommittedLawyerBlessGod Bless Author:Nick Tosches
“I literally think that if you're in this business, it has to be the only thing you can and want to do, because it's so hard. You have to be fully committed - and partially insane - to wake up every morning and be like, "I'm an actor." I have it in my blood. It's in every pore of my body. There's always something awesome about every project, even with the worst ones. I try to remind myself every time I think about complaining that there are way worse jobs than mine.” ThinkingTryingMorningWorstWake UpCommittedComplainingInsaneEvery Morning Author:Lindy Booth
“I knew I wanted to make a movie that looked decadent and expensive. I knew we would have to make every penny stretch and put as much of the budget onscreen as possible. So it starts with your heads of departments - your production designer, costume, hair and makeup designers. Picking the right people who were as committed as I was to telling the story as I was.” PeopleCommittedDesignerMakeup Author:Amma Asante
“I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.” Hard WorkToughCommittedPersistence Author:Vanessa Amorosi
“We found ourselves becoming more serious about playing music than our friends were - or just more committed and had more meaningful connections. I realized then that I would probably be playing in bands for the rest of my life; that that's what made me happy. Even though it's awesome that people are paying attention - buying records or selling shows out - I never have that conscious thought about, "this is going to be the band that will tour the world."” PeopleWorldAttentionSeriousConsciousCommittedI RealizedMeaningfulSellingPay Attention Author:Mikal Cronin
“Michael Pitt is amazing. His physical comedy is extraordinary; he's so committed and so willing to play within the scenes. It makes you feel very free to also explore.” ComedySceneExtraordinaryCommitted Author:Nina Arianda
“I'm sure that if I had a partner and that partner cheated on me, that I would be devastated if we were in a committed, monogamous relationship. So of course, it's a devastating thing.” CommittedCheatedDevastated Author:Jenny Slate
“Nothing comes easy. I know that people joke all the time and try to figure out, you know, what it is that I do, but I work really hard. I get up every day at 5 a.m. and start my day. I think as long as you work really hard and figure out what you want to do and stay motivated and have a plan and stay committed - just don't be lazy. That's my best advice. It's the most simple advice, but it really worked for me. I think that for some reason, I see people that think things will come easy and it doesn't really come easy.” PeopleThinkingTryingLongReasonEasySimpleAdviceJokesCommittedLazyMotivatedBest Advice Author:Kim Kardashian
“Yeah as the director I consider myself to be the coach, and my actors are my players. So I have to show them how committed I am, but I also want to lead by example. I think whenever you make a film, you start out alone, and then slowly start - you have to be a magnet. You have to attract people to you, to the project.” PeopleThinkingFilmPlayerCommittedCoachesMagnet Author:Derek Cianfrance
“I'm really focused and committed to teaching now. Maybe when I'm about 30, which is in 10 years, I would like to consider doing something like speech therapy. That's what I really would like to do. I could go and do that now but it's not my drive at the moment. My drive is acting right now.” MomentsActingTeachingCommittedFocusedTherapy Author:Rachel Hurd-Wood
“We lie to ourselves and try to escape that bitter reality by saying that the world is divided into good guys and bad guys, and that we're the good guys. We condemn people as evil to reassure us that we're not like them. If there's to be any hope of preventing these things from happening again, we have to look at the reality. That any act of evil in our history was committed by human beings like us. That, very often, we're all implicated in it.” PeopleWorldTryingRealityLyingGuyEvilCommittedBitterGood Guy Author:Joshua Oppenheimer
“If you are committed to the change, you're going to have to sideline the skeptics, or at least keep them under control. There may be a temptation to move them out but skeptics have a value - flagging weaknesses in the plan. Ideally, you will enlist their critical stance by challenging them to find ways to improve the plan as you go forward.” MovingValuesChallengesWeaknessCommittedTemptationSkeptic Author:Gary A. Klein
“I had in mind a case close to my family, friends of my parents, who seemed to be the perfect bourgeois family, and a young boy, who when he was 17, committed suicide. It was such a shock. The parents didn't understand. Nobody understood why he did that. Everybody was exploring his life, trying to understand what the problem was. Everybody had a feeling that this guy had the perfect life: he was beautiful, he was clever... but he did that. I had that in mind, about Isabelle in Young and Beautiful, for the parents to see adolescents like aliens.” TryingMindFeelingsProblemBeautifulGuyParentPerfectBoysMy FamilySuicideCommittedCleverAliensExploringFamily FriendsPerfect LifeYoung And Beautiful Author:Francois Ozon
“You have to have a multipronged approach and a significant part of that is educating the public and change the culture so that people are less afraid of Arabs or Muslims, more attuned to civil rights and civil liberties issues that are presented, more aware of the security costs of some of the kinds of choices the Bush administration had made, and more committed to the values that America was founded upon.” PeopleKindValuesChoicesCultureLibertySecurityCommittedSignificantCivil RightsCivil Liberties Author:David D. Cole
“The commitment. I think that's the key quality of all successful people. You just have to keep at it. People who enjoy sustained success understand the fact that you have to remain very committed to whatever it is you're doing, especially in this instant-gratification culture.” PeopleThinkingCultureEnjoyQualitySuccessfulCommitmentCommittedSuccessful People Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“I want the world to know that Shirley Sherrod is someone who is committed to helping others. I love people, and I love doing things that make a difference.” PeopleWorldHelpingCommittedHelping OthersMaking A Difference Author:Shirley Sherrod
“My son's dad is committed, and involved, and amazing. We're actually really good friends. But I think it's dangerous to speak negatively to the child about your ex or the absent parent, because, believe it or not, they learn very quickly who the other parent is. And it's important that they develop their own attitudes and opinions about that other parent based on their experiences, not based on what someone has said about them.” ThinkingBelieveChildrenImportantSpeakParentAttitudeOpinionDangerousDadCommittedGood Friend Author:Nia Long
“We are living in a world in which we don't give the young enough reason to live. The temper and the lyrics of a lot of punk music and so on is very, life sucks and then you die, sort of theory. I feel life is cheaper and death is more attractive now than it was when I was an adolescent, as I remember. Suicide was a personal pathology when it was committed. There was no society approval of it, like there certainly is in Palestine and some quarters of Iraq.” WorldGivingReasonEnoughRememberSuicideCommittedAttractiveTemperPunkPalestineLife SucksReason To Live Author:John Updike
“You can be stopped if a police officer reasonably suspects a crime is about to be committed, is being committed or has been committed. Every law enforcement agency does it. It's essential to policing.” CrimePoliceCommittedLaw EnforcementPolice Officer Author:Raymond Kelly
“Lincoln was able to say, you know, "It will make me very unhappy if I lose the presidency, but I'm committed to larger things." If you look at candidates and say this is someone who can be happy to go back to their family or they have larger convictions. Franklin Roosevelt jeopardized his presidency by telling Americans in 1940, "We might have to fight Hitler." He loved being president, but he loved defending freedom more.” FightingPresidentCommittedConvictionUnhappyFranklin Author:Michael Beschloss
“For me, the moral dimension of life is that you are committed, to doing everything that you do, with a sense of excellence. That is the morality of writing, that you try and write as excellently as you possibly can. Or of teaching, or of childrearing, or of friendship. Of anything you do. And, I do try and live, as best I can, with all of the errors that I make, y'know, a value-driven life. And that is defining values as trying to give everything you do, everything you've got.” GivingWritingTryingValuesMoralTeachingMoralityExcellenceCommitted Author:Neal Gabler