“Our government denies that terrorism is caused by Islamic doctrine. Now, that is true, and it is a declarative statement. It's not arguable.” GovernmentDenyTerrorismStatementsDoctrineIslamic Author:Rush Limbaugh
“For me, Sun Tzu's statement that military force is based upon deception is an extraordinary statement.” ForceSunMilitaryExtraordinaryStatementsDeceptionMilitary Force Author:Paul Virilio
“In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim volume called The Prince. In that book he showed the powers that be how to control the people. That book is a statement: separate and rule, divide and conquer. That's five hundred years ago and it still works, because we allow ourselves to be lead around with holes through our noses.” PeopleYearsStillsBookPowerfulFiveGraceCenturyHundredYears AgoHolesStatementsConquerNosesGet BackDividesVolumeSlimDivide And Conquer Author:Maya Angelou
“[Buckminster Fuller] was quite willing to talk. He'd talk at the drop of a hat.I learned to talk in front of people by listening to the way he did things. Because he would give lessons in how to lecture. He would say, "Never take a note, just stand up and start babbling. And then eventually you're going to be able to make some coherent statements, and so it's like you're vamping. And then people will gradually start to listen to you when this spot of logic shows up in this torrent of verbiage.” PeopleWayGivingShowsAbleFrontsWillingLike YouListeningLessonsLogicNotesStatementsSpotsHatsLecturesBabblingBuckminster Fuller Author:Paul Laffoley
“My opinion is that new needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements.” WayNeedsMeanArtistFoundOpinionModernTechniqueStatementsNew WaysModern Art Book:Jackson Pollock Source: Jackson Pollock
“It is a statement to the obvious, however, that [Barack] Obama - of Obamacare - is the President of the United States, so I don't want people to have [unrealistic] expectations about what may actually become law with Obama - of Obamacare - in the White House. But we intend to keep our commitment to the American people.” PeopleWantMayStatesLawHousePresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesExpectationsCommitmentObviousStatementsBarackWhite HouseObamacareUnrealistic Expectations Author:Mitch McConnell
“Note that there was no claim for these attacks [on 9/11]. There were no demands. There were no statements. It was a silent piece of terror.” PiecesDemandClaimsNotesSilentTerrorStatements Author:Edward Said
“How you look is your statement, because it's a claiming of yourself.” LooksStatements Author:Alicia Keys
“Donald Trump's habit of making offensive and outlandish statements will not bring Americans together.” TogetherTrumpHabitStatementsOffensiveOutlandish Author:Marco Rubio
“I would hazard the statement that in the broad sense [Ho Chi Minh's] ideas had triumphed, since the communist victory in Vietnam was a consequence of political, diplomatic, and psychological factors more than military ones. That is a tribute to the ideas that he introduced in his life and thought.” IdeasPoliticalMilitaryVictoryConsequenceStatementsPsychologicalFactorsBroadsCommunistVietnamTributeHazardsDiplomatic Author:William J. Duiker
“I think the Olympic Games have been married to political statements. If I go back to Berlin in 1936, it was very politically orientated then, just with the Nazis.” IfsThinkingHas BeensPoliticalGamesMarriedStatementsNaziBerlinOlympic Games Author:John Carlos
“When President Nixon said that the American people don't want their foreign policy dictated from the street, unfortunately, he said the most clever political statement I think he's ever said.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidPoliticalPresidentStreetsPolicyCleverStatementsForeign PolicyPresident NixonMost Clever Author:Allard K. Lowenstein
“I would say I need two things: the first one is to be objective in every statement he could make regarding any conflict around the world, including Syria. The second one is not to turn Secretary-General office into a part or branch of the State Department of the United States.” WorldNeedsFirstsTwoStatesTurnsUnitedUnited StatesConflictOfficeIncludingStatementsObjectivesAround The WorldBranchesTwo ThingsDepartmentSecretarySyria Author:Bashar al-Assad
“I have in mind repeated statements by Japanese military men containing threats against other states.” MenMindStatesMilitaryThreatStatementsContainingMilitary Man Author:Joseph Stalin
“I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and happenings around my life.” FeelingsArtistHappeningsStatementsMessiness Author:Morgan Parker
“Just through the process of trying to make the living and the dead feel real, all these little benefits came out. And these benefits turned out to be much more articulate statements of what I really believe. And somehow they were more convincing because they were arrived at at such length.” FeelsTryingBelieveLittlesRealProcessBenefitsStatementsLengthConvincing Author:George Saunders
“I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and happenings around my life. I also try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin, to move through the world as a black American woman in her mid-twenties. Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.” WorldFeelsTryingLooksHelpingShowsFeelingsMovingArtistSongLanguageSoundBlackEnvironmentParticularTvsHappeningsSkinsTwentiesSmellStatementsTv ShowsAmerican WomanMessiness Author:Morgan Parker
“I think it is an accurate statement to say that some people consider feelings of same-gender attraction to be the defining fact of their existence. There are also people who consider the defining fact of their existence that they are from Texas or that they were in the United States Marines. Or they are red-headed, or they are the best basketball player that ever played for such-and-such a high school. People can adopt a characteristic as the defining example of their existence and often those characteristics are physical.” PeopleThinkingStatesFactsFeelingsSchoolUnitedExistenceUnited StatesPlayerExampleBasketballHigh SchoolRedGenderAttractionStatementsCharacteristicsTexasAccurateMarineDefiningBasketball PlayerBest BasketballUnited States Marine Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“My theory for nonfiction is that nobody can be free of some kind of conceptions about whatever story they're writing. But if you can find a way to build those into the story, then the story becomes a process of deconstructing and heightening and sometimes changing those notions and that makes dramatic tension. The initial statement of your position, and then letting reality act on you to change it, is pretty good storytelling.” IfsWayWritingKindSometimesStoriesRealityProcessPositionTheoryNotionStatementsStorytellingDramaticTensionConceptionNonfictionInitialsGood Storytelling Author:George Saunders
“In 2007 and 2008, it was impossible to get American and British policy makers, or Pakistani politicians, to acknowledge that the Taliban leadership was in Pakistan. This is the great virtue of the early statements of the Obama administration, when Obama himself, Richard Holbrooke and others, said that the threat to both countries comes principally from western Pakistan, in Balujistan and Waziristan. So there has been some progress, but probably the hardest part is yet to come.” Has BeensSaidCountryVirtueProgressImpossiblePolicyPoliticianThreatWesternBritishStatementsHardestAdministrationAcknowledgeMakersPakistanTalibanPolicy Makers Author:Chris Alexander
“I don't go looking for phantom statements from people I support. I don't imagine phantom statements because I support them. If they do things that I don't like or don't agree with, my support can go. I mean, my support's not wedded to anybody at all times ever, depending.” PeopleIfsMeanSupportImagineAgreeStatementsAll TimePhantoms Author:Rush Limbaugh
“With regard to nuclear weapons, it's kind of hard to say. [Donald Trump] is said lots of things. The national security experts are terrified. But they're more terrified by his personality than by his statements.” KindSaidHardSecurityPersonalityTrumpWeaponsRegardNuclearStatementsExpertsNuclear WeaponsTerrifiedNational Security Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you read people like say Bruce Blair one of the leading, most sober, knowledgeable specialists, he says, look, [Donald Trump] statements are all over the map, but his personality is frightening, he's a complete megalomaniac.” PeopleIfsLooksPersonalityTrumpStatementsMapsFrighteningSoberSpecialistsKnowledgeableBlairMegalomaniacs Author:Noam Chomsky
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's this kind of wild unpredictability, megalomania, thin-skinned craziness that really has me worried, more than [Donald Trump] statements. Now, on the climate change there's just nothing to say, he's perfectly straightforward.” KindTrumpClimateClimate ChangeStatementsWorriedStraightforwardCrazinessUnpredictabilityMegalomania Author:Noam Chomsky
“What's the purpose of NATO? Well actually we have an official answer. It isn't publicized much, but a couple of years ago, the secretary-general of NATO made a formal statement explaining the purpose of NATO in the post-Cold War world is to control global energy systems, pipelines, and sea lanes. That means it's a global system and of course he didn't say it, it's an intervention force under US command, as we've seen in case after case. So that's NATO.” WorldYearsWellsMeanMadeWarPurposeCoursesEnergyForceAnswersCasesSeaColdCoupleYears AgoStatementsCommandPostsOfficialsSecretaryCold WarFormalInterventionExplainingLanesNatoPipeline Author:Noam Chomsky
“There is the Jewish Agency, which gets a lot of money from the United States, from American Jews, whose sole job it is to create settlements. It enlists people all over the world - especially in Russia, and in the United States, by the way - to come and settle in the Occupied Territories as a kind of religious statement, a kind of nationalist statement: "This is a country given to us by God." A lot of Israelis who do not believe in God believe that God has given us this country.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveKindCountryStatesJobsGivenReligiousUnitedUnited StatesJewRussiaStatementsSettlingAgencyBelieve In GodTerritorySoleLots Of MoneySettlement Author:Uri Avnery
“[Betsy] DeVos's statement turned a well-known Trump slogan, and proclaimed, we will make American education great again. Proponents of school choice were ecstatic, including Sandy Kress, a top education adviser in George W. Bush's administration.” WellsSchoolChoicesKnownTrumpIncludingStatementsAdministrationWell KnownSlogansEcstaticAdviserSandyAmerican EducationSchool Choice Author:Claudio Sanchez
“I think this [ statement that Donald Trump would fight for LGBTQ people] is not just a story of the media spinning people up, but it's a story of special interests on the left, who also feel like their candidate lost, and stoking the flames on the fire because it helps spin up their supporters and help their donations and help their organizations. And it helps, frankly, polarize the country to their short-term benefit and at the expense, frankly, of progress for LGBTQ Americans.” PeopleThinkingFeelsCountryHelpingStoriesFightingLostLeftTermInterestFireProgressSpecialMediaTrumpBenefitsOrganizationStatementsFlamesCandidatesExpensesSupporterShort TermSpinningSpecial InterestsDonation Author:Margaret Hoover
“One thing that concerns me is that today's young women don't seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women. They know there are no closed doors anymore, and they may take for granted the rights that they have.” KnowsMenMaySeemsGovernmentCareTodayYoungRightsDoorsOne ThingEqualMen And WomenConcernFundamentalsInstrumentsStatementsGrantedYoung WomenCitizenshipStatureClosed Doors Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Donald Trump basically said: One state, two states, do whatever you like. I do not think this was a serious statement of American policy. This was him shrugging his shoulders and saying: Who cares about it. I think he doesn't even have the faintest idea of what he wants to do in the Middle East.” ThinkingWantSaidTwoIdeasStatesCareMiddlePolicySeriousTrumpEastShouldersStatementsMiddle EastWho Cares Author:Amos Oz
“Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work. Whether we make some kind of statement, consciously or unconsciously, we shouldn't take the innocence away from what we do.” IfsKindSometimesArtistStatementsInnocenceBarriers Author:Patti Smith
“Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half of the inmates are violent offenders. This system is about protecting the public from violent crime." This type of statement is highly misleading.” TryingLooksStatesHalfCrimeTypePrisonViolentStatementsStatus QuoMisleadDefendersOffendersInmatesViolent Crimes Author:Michelle Alexander
“Israel is the representative of the United States in the Middle East. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they use the same language. If you read Sharon's statements and George W. Bush's statements, they're virtually identical.” IfsStatesUseLanguageUnitedUnited StatesMiddlePolicyIsraelEastStatementsMiddle EastRepresentativesIdenticalIntegratedSharon Author:John Pilger
“Accessories are crucial. A great bag and a piece of statement jewelry are the fastest way to elevate an otherwise understated look.” WayLooksPiecesStatementsBagsCrucialJewelryAccessoriesUnderstated Author:Ivanka Trump
“I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful story, a person that you and I might truly encounter.” FeelsPersonsCharacterStoriesMightStatementsEncountersTruthful Author:Lena Dunham
“The '60s and '70s - I grew up in the Haight-Ashbury - people around me were going to school by day and all night long having these incredibly exciting meetings, mobilizing, marching, drafting statements. It was very intoxicating. It was very energizing. We've really forgotten a lot of those skills. Or they haven't been transmitted. It's useful to the people controlling us to have those skills not be available.” PeopleLongSchoolNightHavensGrewSkillsGrew UpExcitingMeetingsForgottenAvailableStatementsAll NightEnergizingDrafting Author:Naomi Wolf
“It's so important for jewelry has to be versatile. The statement piece is no longer just that. One day it's a statement and the next it's merely an accent to a great pair of shoes or a stunning handbag. Adaptability is key.” ImportantNextPiecesKeysOne DayShoesStatementsPairsAccentsJewelryAdaptabilityStunningPair Of ShoesVersatileHandbags Author:Ivanka Trump
“You are more likely to believe that a statement is true if you have heard it before - whether or not it is actually true.” IfsBelieveHeardStatements Author:David Eagleman
“What happened in Syria was, President [Barack] Obama had made a statement announcing what he called his "red line": You can't use chemical weapons, you can do anything else but [use] chemical weapons.” MadeUsePresidentCan DoLinesHappenedWeaponsRedStatementsBarackChemicalsSyriaPresident Barack ObamaChemical WeaponsAnnouncingRed Lines Author:Noam Chomsky
“Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.” WantMatterMightAsksAnswersClearAchieveMilitaryTaughtObviousWhat You WantStatements Author:Colin Powell
“Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua have made a tremendous leap just by rejecting the neoliberal adjustment policies, they are making a statement from the social perspective. Capital in these cases has not been protected in any way which along with non - interference of the state is what neo liberalism stands for. It has gone the other way around; they have looked for social policies from the political movements and then when they have acquired the power of those political movements they have become in charge of the State.” WayMadeStatesPoliticalSocialCasesGonePolicyMovementPerspectiveStatementsLiberalismLeapProtectedAdjustmentInterferenceRejectingVenezuelaPolitical MovementsNicaraguaBoliviaEcuadorSocial Policy Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“One of the big problems we have in this country is that not enough people understand how important it is to save, understand the details of credit card statements, to be able to compare different APRs and the like. I support the idea.” PeopleImportantIdeasDifferentCountryEnoughProblemBigsAbleSupportDetailsCreditStatementsCardsCompareCredit CardBig Problems Author:George Osborne
“Thomas Edison had great visions (for lights, music players, movies, etc.) but he knew they didn't count until he could make them work. His statement that creativity is 99% perspiration makes that point. Consider how much time he spent trying to make a synthetic rubber material for tires and never stopped trying but he never succeeded.” TryingLightVisionCreativityPlayerMaterialsStatementsEtcTireRubberSyntheticGreat VisionPerspiration Author:Philip Kotler
“I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements.” KindStatementsPolitically Correct Author:Shahrukh Khan
“Muslims, scholars or not, are on the side of the oppressed and never on the side of the oppressors. Some scholars claim they don't do politics but if you listen to their statements in the Middle East or in other conferences, they support corrupt regimes and despots, such as as-Sissi.” IfsSidesSupportMiddleClaimsEastStatementsRegimesScholarMiddle EastOppressedConferencesOppressorsDespots Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I think that there are certain principles which should guide decision-making for a president. One such principle was that we're all God's children, and every life is precious. To me, that's a moral statement.” ThinkingShouldChildrenLife IsCertainPresidentDecisionMoralPrinciplesGuidesStatementsDecision MakingLife Is Precious Author:George W. Bush
“As you may know, my motto is: "All memory is fiction." It could just as easily be: "All fiction is memory." Unpacked, these two statements defy the ease of logic, but offer some really important truths about narrative art, at the very least, and about memory. So I would say that all art is personal.” KnowsMayArtTwoImportantMemoriesFictionOffersArt IsLogicStatementsNarrativeEaseMottoMy MottoNarrative Art Author:Kwame Dawes
“I believe that a negative statement is poison.I'm convinced that the negative has power. It lives. And if you allow it to perch in your house, in your mind, in your life, it can take you over. So when the rude or cruel thing is said - the lambasting, the gay bashing, the hate - I say, "Take it all out of my house!" Those negative words climb into the woodwork and into the furniture, and the next thing you know they'll be on my skin.” IfsKnowsMindBelieveSaidHateNextHouseI BelieveGayNegativeSkinsConvincedStatementsPoisonClimbsRudeFurnitureNegative Words Author:Maya Angelou
“I love a statement by the apostle Paul, in the Book of Philippians in the Bible. I think the Corinthians had been writing to Paul, telling him that old men were chasing young women, nobody was tithing - and all that must have run Paul crazy. He wrote back and said, "If there be anything of good report, speak of these things." That's one of my principles.It's another discipline that I encourage myself to employ - to, as much as possible, say the courteous thing, and then be it.” IfsThinkingMenWritingSaidBookRunningYoungSpeakPrinciplesCrazyDisciplineStatementsReportsOld ManYoung WomenChasingApostlesCourteousApostle PaulTithingCorinthians Author:Maya Angelou