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“As I’ve said many times before, true democracy is a project that’s much bigger than any one of us. It’s bigger than any one person, any one president, any one government. It’s a job for all of us. It requires everyday sustained effort from all of us — the work of perfecting our union is never finished. We look forward to joining you in that effort as fellow citizens.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2020-07-20 Youtube Video "What's Next from Barack and Michelle Obama" Upload by the Obama Foundation and retrieved on August 28, 2020. As quoted by ABC Radio (2017) and presented in the 2017-01-20 article "Obamas Offer …
“When we ask for the abolition of the State and its organs we are always told that we dream of a society composed of men better than they are in reality. But no; a thousand times, no. All we ask is that men should not be made worse than they are, by such institutions!”
Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921) said by 1921 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Radical goals must be kept in sight at all times.”
Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From the London Times: "Tyson repeated his desire to do missionary work and said he had spoken to a Christian charity about aid work in Bosnia or Rwanda, 'somewhere where people are in dire need.'”
Mike Tyson (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot second guess yourself in these days and times. They're gonna throw whatever they can at you and you gotta be prepared for it. You gotta be prepared for anything.”
Immortal Technique (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is all very well to sit back and hope for "the best in this best of all possible worlds" but it's the course of personal and national suicide. Unless there is a vast alteration in man's civilization as it stumbles along today, man will not be here very long and none of us. Times must change.”
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Times Must Change" in Ability # 179 (March 20, 1966).
“It has been deduced from Hitler's great power over the masses that the Germans are an unusually suggestible race. But in all countries and at all times men have succumbed to the suggestive powers of unusual personalities, even if the wielders of those powers were not always good men in the Christian sense.”
Heinz Guderian (1888–1954) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Panzer Leader (1952), Ch. 13 : Leading Personalities of the Third Reich, p. 432
“Only when two times, two forms are drawn Together and their legibility Disturbed, do you see that immortality Is not very different from the present And is for its sake. You pick a fragment Of grenade which pierced the body of a song On Daphnis and Chloe.”
Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Book in the Ruins" (1941), trans. Renata Gorczynski and Robert Hass
“All times seem special to those who live in them.”
Jonathan Weiner (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I wanted to be bored by 6,000 pages of unreadable dreck, I'd read War and Peace four times.”
Lewis Black (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm only allowed to say 'fuck' twelve times.”
Lewis Black (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These are troubled times: not only have we to contend with a major world-wide economic recession, but also serious challenges to the peace and stability of our region. It is, therefore, all the more imperative that we continue working together both bilaterally and within the context of ASEAN.”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Often times we disagree on methods but that should not blind us to the fact that essentially we seek the same objectives: a peaceful and stable international environment based on justice and equality for all nations.”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What greater legacy could you leave your children than to say, and have some little plaque on your living room wall, that somebody acknowledged that your grandchild could look up and say that his grandpa helped make it possible for every American to have an equal and fair chance, for that is what being an American means to me-equality, fair shake at all times.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“DK: How often does the seriousness end and the irony begin in your work? M: Many times. I have a grand and endless capacity to find myself slightly ridiculous. I'm not pretending to be some wallowing prophet, for heaven's sake. I think we all have to sit down and look in the mirror and think, What is that absurd monstrosity?”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from "Homme alone 2" by David Keeps, Details (December 1992)
“I am surprised to see that today everything that does not amount to surrender pure and simple to generalized capitalism, let us call it thus, is considered to be archaic or old-fashioned, as though in a way there existed no other definition of what it means to be modern than, quite simply, to be at all times caught in the dominant forms of the moment.”
Alain Badiou (born 1937) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Can Change Be Thought? A Dialogue with Alain Badiou by Bruno Bosteels, in Alain Badiou: Philosophy And Its Conditions, edited by Gabriel Riera. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. .
“I feel I no longer fit in with these times.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To a friend, shortly before Coolidge's death, as quoted in Coolidge: An American Enigma (1998), by Robert Sobel, Regnery Publishing, p. 410.
“The hand tools of early times are used no more. Mammoth machines have taken their place. A few thousand capitalists own them and many millions of workingmen use them.”
Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There have been times in the past, and there are countries today where the frenzied deed of a glorious fanatic like old John Brown seems to have been inspired by Jehovah himself, but I am now dealing with the twentieth century and with the United States.”
Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.”
Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can stand it, again.”
Joe Hill (activist) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to the judge after being found guilty of murder (1915-07-08), as quoted in Philip Foner, The Case of Joe Hill (International Publishers Co., 1966, , 127 pages), p. 49. Under Utah law, he was allowed a choice of …
“When I was a kid, my parents had a 900-pound television on top of a TV tray. My dad's theory was, "Let him pull it on his head a few times, he'll learn. You wanna put a penny in the light socket? Try that out. OHH! Hurt like hell, didn't it? Don't do that no more.”
Jeff Foxworthy (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A few weeks ago, sitting in traffic -- bumper-to-bumper traffic in Atlanta -- the car in front of me has got a bumper sticker that says "Honk if you love Jesus". I toot the horn a couple times, and the guy flipped me off.”
Jeff Foxworthy (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.”
Daniel Pipes (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All men were alien one to another, at times, not only aliens.”
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve heard it said that the happiest times in our lives is the period when pop songs really mean something to us, really get to us. It may be true. Or maybe not. Pop songs may, after all, be nothing but pop songs. And perhaps our lives are merely decorative, expendable items, a burst of fleeting color and nothing more.”
Haruki Murakami (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Future markets, holy wars Been tried ten thousand times before If you think that god is keeping score, hooray!”
Conor Oberst (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't sit around complaining about the lack of good roles. I will play Raj 85 times and still make him different.”
Shahrukh Khan (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our system presumes that there are certain principles that are more important than the temper of the times. And you must have a judge who is detached, who is independent, who is fair, who is committed only to those principles, and not public pressures of other sort.”
Anthony Kennedy (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Large organizations cannot be versatile. A large organization is effective through its mass rather than through its agility. Fleas can jump many times their own height, but not an elephant.”
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Age of Discontinuity (1969)
“Forts, arsenals, garrisons, armies, navies, are means of security and defence, which were invented in half-civilized times and in feudal or despotic countries; but schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications, and if they are dismantled and dilapidated, ignorance and vice will pour in their legions through every breach.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859) first seen 1841 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Common School Journal, Vol. III, No. 17 (1 September 1841)
“Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyday, like probably three times a day, I'd jerk my dick off so much that the prisoners would say yo Ol' Dirty chill the fuck out. Every girl I saw on T.V., her ass looked funny to me, and i just kept jerkin my dick off, every fucking day and night.”
Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the framework for formulating policies based on moderation and on the recognition of the complexity of the human condition. That has been the tradition since the days of Truman and Vandenberg all the way until recent times.”
Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the New American Strategies Conference, (October 28, 2003).
“My position is that America is great precisely because it is an open society, and an open society recognizes that nobody is the ultimate arbiter — and that we may be wrong at times, even if we are powerful. We must be open to criticism and respect divergent and different views and interests.”
George Soros (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the most important election of my lifetime. I have never been heavily involved in partisan politics but these are not normal times. President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests and undermining American values. That is why I am publishing this message. I have been demonized by the Bush campaign but I hope you will give me a hearing.”
George Soros (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When women let their hair down, it means either sexiness or craziness or death, the three by Victorian times having become virtually synonymous.”
Margaret Atwood (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thought it would be lovely to use [pet bulldog] Noelle as an example to teach the importance of being who you are. For me it's important to inspire children in a positive way, and at times they understand more messages through entertainment than when one is talking to them directly.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: comment to The Associated Press regarding publication of her second children's book "Noelle's Treasure Tale" (October 9, 2006)
“[As of November 17, 2006] 'Noelle's Treasure Tale' has remained at No. 3 on the New York Times children's best seller list since its October 10 release.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reuters (November 17, 2006)
“The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and less and less important, that the romantic spirit has dried up, that there is no shame today … We're all getting so mean and small and petty and ridiculous, and we all live under the threat of extermination.”
Norman Mailer (1923–2007) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hip, Hell, and the Navigator" in Western Review No. 23 (Winter 1959); republished in Conversations with Norman Mailer (1988) edited by J. Michael Lennon.
“Historical, religious, and existential treatises suggest that for some persons at some times, it is rational not to avoid physical death at all costs. Indeed the spark of humanity can maximize its essence by choosing an alternative that preserves the greatest dignity and some tranquility of mind.”
Norman Mailer (1923–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you — you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to the Secretariat of the Soviet Writers’ Union (12 November 1969) as translated in Solzhenitsyn: A Documentary Record (1970) edited by Leopold Labedz, “Expulsion
“When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.”
Warren Zevon (1947–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every truth—if it really is truth—presents itself as universal, even if it is not the whole truth. If something is true, then it must be true for all people and at all times.”
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
“Though our own hearts break, we cannot flinch; these are new times, sir. There is a misty plot afoot so subtle we should be criminal to cling to old respect and ancient friendships. I have seen too many frightful proofs in court — the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!”
Arthur Miller (1915–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only 46 members of the entire U.S. military have died from the coronavirus over the last year and a half. Suicides, by contrast, kill many, many times more”
Tucker Carlson (born 1969) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Military’s COVID Vaccine Mandate Is Sending Tucker Carlson Into Overdrive (SEPTEMBER 23, 2021)
“Rest your head. You worry too much. It's going to be alright. When times get rough, You can fall back on us. Don't give up; Please don't give up.”
Peter Gabriel (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.”
Garry Kasparov (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mystery for mystery science beats religion hollow. I can't open my mouth in my lecture-room without repeating ten times as many unintelligible formulas as ever Hazard is forced to do in his church.”
Henry Adams (1838–1918) said by 1918 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t want to see this country resemble or look like or become like Mexico. Mexico is great to visit, I’ve been there a few times. I respect all peoples of the world.”
David Duke (born 1950) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Podcast (4 July 2006)