Commentator Quotes

Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.

Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?

Now, what tends to happen is that the stories get hyped.

And the medicines are not quite as revolutionary and as dramatic as they seem to be. But, certainly, various phases of this problem are being attacked by the pharmaceutical companies.

Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans

[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.

The Premier club in the Premier League - that is Manchester United!

The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.

Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution.

After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.

Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it.

The era of resisting big government is never over.

If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead.

But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American.

One of the main points of the philosophy behind parkour is being able to help people... To teach them they way themselves, to gain confidence in themselves, building up from simple moves to more complex things, to teach them that they are worthwhile people.

Wait, Wikipedia isn't working? Why hasn't someone invented a paper version of it? A set of books organized alphabetically by topic?

Every so often, we all gaze into the abyss.

It's a depressing fact of life that eventually the clock expires; eventually the sand in the hourglass runs out. It's the leaving behind of everything that matters to us that hurts the most.

Too many Americans now believe that the checks they receive every month from the unemployment office - like the checks they get from the welfare office, from Medicare, from Social Security - are inalienable rights. They are not.

Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time.

He had an eternity to play that ball... but he took too long over it.

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

Don't be a salad. Be the best god damn broccoli you can ever be.

Power posing! I do it before any appearance and recommend it to everyone. Gold!

If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world.

.. and I think we will be respected around the world.

We`re in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action.

Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

Unless you stop trying, how can you not fail anymore?

Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.

The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties.

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring.

Those not fit do not survive.

Save in the office and affairs of love.

Thierry Henry my grandchildren, hopefully my great grandchildren gonna have to hear about him because is super, absolutely super, top guy, top player

MS Dhoni still the best bet as Test, ODI captain. No calmer finisher than Dhoni

I've always rebelled a little when people say, 'My Jewish values lead me to really care about the poor.' I know some Christians who care about the poor, too.

Republicans can also point to an alternate path.

They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.

Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lower it down to allow their friends, allies, and kin to scramble up. In other words: 'Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.'

Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals.

Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but by their innate talent and drive.

It's not a performance to impress the Puritans

Many of the Iranian players show their Christian names on their shirts.

Look, I'm a conservative, I'm a very conservative guy, and - and the Trump campaign is making your job over at NBC really, really, really easy in terms of going after conservatives and Republicans if he's the standard bearer for conservatism.

Young Michael Brown is still somewhat of a wild-child, with the ill behaviour, with the ill behaviour!!

He's like a demented ferret up a wee drainpipe.

No known roof is as beautiful as the skies above.

I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from.

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life.

If you fail today, theres a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe theres another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.

They (Liverpool players) are passing the cup down the line like a new born baby.

Although when they are back in the dressing room they will probably fill it with champagne, something you should never do to a baby.

It was a sucker punch. But you know who gets hit by sucker punches? Suckers.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.