Barletta Quotes & Sayings

Do not praise your own faith exclusively so that you disbelieve all the rest. If you do this you will miss much good. Nay, you will miss the whole truth of the matter. God, the Omniscient and the Omnipresent, cannot be confined to any one creed, for He says in the Quran, wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah. Everybody praises what he knows. His God is his own creature, and in praising it, he praises himself. Which he would not do if he were just, for his dislike is based on ignorance. — Ibn Arabi

I love the new legal immigrants; they want their kids to be safe just like I do. — Lou Barletta

I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets. — Lou Barletta

I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that? — Lou Barletta

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce. — Lou Barletta

is true we love life; not because we are wont to live, but because we are wont to love. There — Friedrich Nietzsche

His remit will be to monitor the use of reality-modification weapons by both sides in the conflict and to assure the civilized worlds that the New Republic does not engage in gratuitous use of time travel as a weapon of mass destruction. — Charles Stross

You wouldn't replace your carpet at home if you still had a hole in the roof ... We're talking about any time you start waving a carrot such as American citizenship without securing the borders, that number [of undocumented immigrants] that we have today I believe will double or triple. — Lou Barletta

To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run. — Dalai Lama

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum. — Gillian Zinser

In trying to become 'objective,' Western culture made 'objects' of things and people when it distanced itself from them, thereby losing 'touch' with them. — Gloria E. Anzaldua

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect. — Lou Barletta

Shy Carmen, always hanging back from the others, who knew she could smile? But at the sight of that smile he would have promised her anything. He was just barely awake. Or maybe he was not awake at all. Had he wanted her and not known it? Had he wanted her so much that he dreamed she was lying beside him now? The things our minds keep from us, Gen thought. The secrets we keep even from ourselves. — Ann Patchett

The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration. — Lou Barletta

Library stacks from this perspective are not a repository; they are a crowd. — Kenneth A. Bruffee

Thousands of cities in America are crying out for relief from the burden of illegal immigration. Small towns like mine can no longer wait for Washington. — Lou Barletta

Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work! — Lou Barletta

I'm Lou Barletta, and I'm a small town defender. — Lou Barletta

I miss breathing in your scent, the feel of your body next to mine. I miss you, Elizabeth, so much I hurt with it sometimes. So forgive me if I can't be happy about this venture of yours at Payne Industries. — Magda Alexander

It wasn't the first time I played on death's porch, but it didn't mean that I was used to it either. It was weird how in the movies your whole life okays out in slow motion. It was nothing like that. It was horrible. — Adrienne Woods

People know that I'm going to do what's right. — Lou Barletta

A truck that's not dirty is not a truck. It's a pussy wagon. — Kristen Ashley

It's amnesty that America can't afford. We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who wants to come to America illegally and then be granted citizenship one day ... The majority that are here illegally are low-skilled or may not even have a high school diploma. The Republican Party is not going to compete over who can give more social programs out. They will become Democrats because of the social programs they'll depend on. — Lou Barletta

I've been a voice for many people. — Lou Barletta

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature. — Richard Ernst

Each of us, in the journey through mortality, will travel his own Jericho Road. What will be your experience? What will be mine? Will I fail to notice him who has fallen among thieves and requires my help? Will you? Will I be one who sees the injured and hears his plea, yet crosses to the other side? Will you? Or will I be one who sees, who hears, who pauses, and who helps? Will you? — Thomas S. Monson

For me and my wife, it was love at first sight. — Jeff Bridges