Bauer Quotes & Sayings

There they were, the movers and shakers of Benjamin Franklin Hight - the sports stars, the cheerleaders, the good, the great, the gorgeous - bent over their pizzas.
Trish sensed my angst and said, "My mother says girls like Lisa Shooty get the ultimate curse known to man."
"What's that?"
"Too much too soon."
I looked at poor, cursed Lisa who had been sprayed with sex appeal at birth. She had gleaming teeth and long, raven-black curls. She threw back her head and laughed with diamond-studded joy.
"When do you think the curse takes effect?" I asked.
"Not in our lifetime," Trish answered. — Joan Bauer

Twenty-six years ago the highest court in this land did an incredible thing. They issued a Supreme Court decision that really boils down to one simple and profoundly evil idea: They said that our unborn children have no rights that the rest of us are bound to respect. And when they made that decision they unleashed on America an unbelievable event that has undermined who we are and what we believe. — Gary Bauer

You don't become a real sailor until you sail in a storm. — Joan Bauer

I was collecting Barbies. I know ... embarrassing. I sold them all on eBay, and traded them for vintage dishes. So I've collected two things. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

All children should be welcomed into the world and protected by the law. As President, I would immediately repeal President Clinton's five executive orders that promote abortion. I support a human life bill that defines unborn children as persons under the 14th Amendment. I will vigorously defend the pro-life plank in the Republican platform. — Gary Bauer

I don't see why Christians should censor themselves out of any forum in which our perspectives can be heard. I disagree with the theology of many groups that I address; Jews, for example, who do not accept Jesus, or atheists. — Gary Bauer

Rebellion can seem pointless to those whom have never had to fight for what they need, or would like. Privilege is not always kindly given. — Cheri Bauer

But I couldn't quite believe that sex was the motivating force behind all human behavior, and that I was left out of the great cultural conversation because I had not been initiated into the mystery. — Carlene Bauer

Even a lighthouse needs TLC, and a caretaker. — Cheri Bauer

You don't mince words."
"Just garlic. — Joan Bauer

How could a man with so much heart die from a heart attack? — Joan Bauer

Divorce casts so many shadows. — Joan Bauer

I love college football and I love pro football. This is how fair-weathered I am. I used to be a Giants fan, but my son who's turning 12 has really gotten into football, and he likes the Jets, so I totally jumped ships so we can root for the same team. — Chris Bauer

Huevos up. Swing up to the window, swing back to Al B. Hall, who says, "Bless you," and would I get him a bottle of Satan's Red-Hot Revenge for the eggs?
Sure thing, Pastor. — Joan Bauer

We writers can use our own longing - and frequently do - without ever having to understand or analyze it. That is why our stories are often wiser than we are. — Marion Dane Bauer

Then he stared down at the twinkling lights and sobbed, "All my stars fell out of the sky. — Belinda Bauer

For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce. — Peter Thomas Bauer

I have more things going on right now than I can actually do without the invention of a cloning device. It is great! — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.' — Mary Lynn Rajskub

I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst of some kind of action. Unfortunately, they were always too quick for me. I'm still disappointed about that. — Marion Dane Bauer

People got very wimpy about 'Scarface' very quickly. — Steven Bauer

I've made so many mistakes and I always thought I'd have time to correct them! — Jack Bauer

I want to be- without a doubt, and most definitely, an eternal love story. One that is always passionate, healthy, genuine, and happy. — Cheri Bauer

I've always understood that my heart is multilingual. It speaks in whispers, expressions, colours, body, songs, and fervent desire. — Cheri Bauer

I'm the kind of guy who would say, "Yeah, I'll do that!," and then, when it came down to it, I would be absolutely petrified. Those days have passed me by, but I would do it. If it meant that I was in a scene naked with a woman, or anybody romantic, I'd be into it. — Chris Bauer

It is through drawing that masters are first revealed, through drawing that they live and prove their value, whatever variations they may impose on their talent. — Michael Gerard Bauer

I am ever nostalgic for a childhood which I never had the pleasure of having. — Cheri Bauer

I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive.
I'm not.
I'm an artist.
Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk) — Joan Bauer

He stared at Avery's socks and felt an odd sense of wonder. Socks were so normal. So mundane. How could someone who pulled on socks in the morning be a serial killer? Socks were not hard or dangerous. Socks were funny; foot mittens, that's what socks were. They made a knobbly hinge of your toes and became comical sock-puppets. Surely anyone who wore socks could not truly be a threat to him or anyone else? — Belinda Bauer

If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life. — Joan Bauer

That evidence of the spirit of life is what makes me get out of bed in the morning. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

I would have to say that because I've lived in so many cities, by no means do I feel it's fair to call myself a 'fan' of any particular teams. I've lived in New York for a long time, and I did this movie about the Yankees called '*61.' I found out a lot about the Yankees during that time, so I love the Yankees, I've watched the Yankees. — Chris Bauer

Attraction: "You sparked something in me. I noticed you. I like the thought of you- enough to want to get to know if it was all in my mind. — Cheri Bauer

Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of empathy for society's most powerless. — Gary Bauer

I am either blessed or cursed with having little barrier between feeling emotions and displaying them for all to see. My heart is on my sleeve. It's not comfortable but ... I am an artist so it's useful and my friends are used to me getting teary at any moment. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of God was also freedom from all important worldly interests, from all art and science, etc. — Bruno Bauer

I have no problem with any gay group that says they're Republicans, but I will fight them tooth and nail if they try to change what the Republican Party believes. — Gary Bauer

I will never be ok with the suffering of others - that I will likely continue to fight so I must treat it as a marathon race not a sprint. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

When it comes to social issues, Republicans don't just need to be more empathetic. They also need to be more emphatic in explaining to voters what they believe, and why. — Gary Bauer

I, personally, like to get dressed and then do my makeup and hair in about five minutes. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

My time at Pop has been a transformative experience that I am extremely proud of. It has afforded me the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest creative minds in the world, and I'm thankful to Ashley Heath and Bauer Media for the opportunity. — Dasha Zhukova

How are things with you, sir?"
"Fine." He says it flat."Coffee black. BLT."
Now my heart tells me this guy needs more in life, so I take a short. "You ever had a cheese burger with grilled onions and mushrooms on pumpernickel, sir?"
That takes a minute to sink in.
Then he slaps the counter, grinning. "Bring it on."
I sense he needs more.
"You want a malt with that, by any chance?"
He did, of course. "Chocolate," he says, beaming like a kid.
Now he's loosening up.
It's a privilege to touch humanity in such a fashion. — Joan Bauer

Death wants his Maiden — Belinda Bauer

I've had my share, less than so many though, but enough to feel empathy. It's tough and I see it so much on Earth, too much suffering. The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith. — Gary Bauer

I'm going to speak to professor Madoc about this."
"OK," said Patrick. Mick seemed disappointed that he wasn't more worried by the prospect.
"All right, you can get out now."
"OK," said Patrick and didn't go. — Belinda Bauer

Science progresses not because scientists as a whole are passionately open-minded but because different scientists are passionately closed-minded about different things. — Henry H. Bauer

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer

I really don't want to hurt others for my benefit. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

The establishment of the state of Israel is not the result of the Holocaust. It is almost a result of the fact that the Holocaust was not totally successful. — Yehuda Bauer

I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart. It is the place where stories live. And those stories have been informing my days, comforting my nights, and extending possibilities ever since. If that library had not been there, if the books - such as they were - had not been free, my world would be poor, even today. — Marion Dane Bauer

I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth, sewn by slave labor, shipped all the way from China on boats that use lots of oil and can kill whales with ship strikes and sold by (some) companies that could treat their — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything. — Joan Bauer

Mom put dense cheddar bread into a bag for a man who said this was his wife's favorite - he'd driven all the way from New Jersey to buy it because today was their anniversary. Several women in the store jabbed their husbands on hearing this. I hung my head - Peter Terris wouldn't cross the street to buy me a Twinkie. — Joan Bauer

The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry your body. — Jack Bauer

You need a negative charge and a positive one to get something moving. We've got the negative; we're going to find the positive if it kills us. — Joan Bauer

Abram - Ibrahim, in the Arabic spelling - was the first to worship Allah, the one God, rather than the stars, the moon, or the sun. — Susan Wise Bauer

I feel confident that we will have a beginning, middle and end, in this season, and it was wise of NBC to then call it what it really is, which is a mini-series. "24" is a really good example, in that there was a definitive beginning, middle and end for the first season. They had a slightly different format than we have, but the second season just retained Jack Bauer and a few other players, with the same basic format and idea, but it was a completely different show. — Remi Aubuchon

For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times. — Gary Bauer

When we bought it, Spiegel was in a difficult situation; it made a loss at that time. We invested in it and then it turned around, and then we bought Eddie Bauer and Newport News. — Michael Otto

In my experience, it tends to be a real reflection of someone's intelligence, confidence and sensitivity when they can just be real. — Chris Bauer

'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality. — Gary Bauer

A good friend of mine once said, I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child. — Marion Dane Bauer

Know why I plant trees?"
"No."
"I like thinking that they'll be here long after I'm gone. All those fine memories pushing up to the sky. — Joan Bauer

Thus, each day we are given a choice. Do we remember that we did not come here to suffer? Do we remember that we deserve the best in our relationships, our careers, and our health, and that we have everything we need within us to claim this? Do we remember that we deserve to be treated with kindness, love, and respect both by ourselves and by others? Or, do we settle for a half-lived life? Do we compromise ourselves and abandon our soul's inner — Blake D. Bauer

Do not be a perpetrator. Do not be a bystander. Do not be a victim. — Yehuda Bauer

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope. — Joan Bauer

I am no longer able to be anonymous. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. — Joan Bauer

People recite lines to me all the time, anywhere I get recognized. — Steven Bauer

To express my sincere ardor
for the beauty of nature,
I was so colloquial
in saying that "I am batshit passionate
for enchanting gardens — Cheri Bauer

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day. — Gary Bauer

As an actor, you can't play big, huge things. But, what you can play is love for your father and caring for your daughter and being afraid, and having to dig deep and find out what you're made of. All of those things have been incredibly fun to play. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates? — Gary Bauer

I believe the Lord has chosen me to spread His word through my words and who am I to question His plans for me? — Cindy Bauer

Words are such powerful things. We can rip somebody apart with them, we can write words down that can forever hurt another person. We can use them to tell stories and lies. We can misquote them and change what other people said to make ourselves look good ... — Joan Bauer

His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service. — Bruno Bauer

Unless your name is Jack Bauer, you cannot make people talk. — Trey Gowdy

Life and death played out before my very eyes.
You don't see these things if you clean your room regularly. — Joan Bauer

There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred. — Gary Bauer

I come from a people who gave the Ten Commandments to the world. Time has come to strenghten them by three additional ones, which we ought to adopt and commit ourselves to: thou shall not be a perpetrator; thou shall not be a victim; and thou shall never, but never, be a bystander. — Yehuda Bauer

It makes me think that a marriage of true minds - to again quote Shakespeare - is in many ways just dumb luck. — Carlene Bauer

The abortion industry can try to improve its 'messaging' all it wants. But unless abortion advocates change their devotion to abortion-on-demand, the only message Americans will receive is that the abortion industry is only really interested in improving its bottom line at the expense of the most defenseless among us. — Gary Bauer

Since I couldn't be the prettiest girl at the party I could at least make it uncomfortable for the one who was. — Joan Bauer

If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia. — Gary Bauer

Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the civil rights movement is being hijacked - the rhetoric of the civil rights movement is being hijacked for something like same sex marriage. Black Americans tend to have a higher degree of religiosity. — Gary Bauer

You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation. — Jack Bauer

Fortunately, I'm very healthy, and my body is still intact. It hasn't aged very much, I feel like a very young 56. I exercise regularly, and when I do, I always learn new things about my body. — Steven Bauer

Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls. — Gary Bauer

There are worse things than dying."
"Really?" said Meg.
"Of course," said the tech. "Living badly. — Belinda Bauer

You know what we learned from living under the rule of Communism?"
"No."
"We learned to get mad. — Joan Bauer

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom. — Kiefer Sutherland

I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. — Gary Bauer

But women are awful for the same reason men are awful: limited scope. — Carlene Bauer

Nothing like a cheap shot, right?' He snorted blood from his nose. 'I'm disappointed. I thought even terrorists had principles.'
'Can it,' Nasira said, towering over him with her P90 leveled at his head. 'If we need patriotic paramoralisms, we'll give Jack Bauer a call.'
Denton grimaced, pulled himself upright. 'And if I need overblown alliteration, I'll give you a call. — Nathan M. Farrugia

It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely right down to having a sign that tells you you're passing through a place where deer cross. Somebody should stick up some signs on the highway of life.
CAUTION: JERKS CROSSING.
Blinking yellow lights when you're about to to something stupid.
Stop signs in front of people who could hurt you.
Green lights shining when you're doing the right thing.
It would make the whole experience easier. — Joan Bauer

It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief. — Gary Bauer

When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen. — Joan Bauer

You think all teenagers care about are musicians and movie stars?
Spend some time in Wisconsin.
We'll blow your socks off. — Joan Bauer