Place Quotes

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.

~ Paul De Man

It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

~ Nancy Reagan

There is one major problem with anti-virus software: It needs updating. Users cannot be relied upon to have even the anti-virus software in the first place, let alone be able or willing to pay for the updates.

~ Glenn Turner

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

~ Judd Gregg

I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. It's an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing.

~ Antoine Predock

Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.

~ David Petraeus

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

~ Abbe Pierre

Work for legal reform takes place only within the framework of the social form created by the last revolution.

~ Rosa Luxemburg

The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years.

~ Virginia Foxx

The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.

~ Craig Ferguson

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

~ Jalal Talabani

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.'

~ Nick Nolte

The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.

~ Henri Nouwen

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

~ Günter Grass

What a man is is an arrow into the future, and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from.

~ Sylvia Plath

California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.

~ Nicolas Berggruen

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.

~ Nancy Duarte