Dadt Quotes & Sayings

House passes #dadt (don't ask don't tell) repeal. A step fwd on equality 4 gay Americans in military. History will judge those who tried 2 block passage on this. — Frank Pallone

I just want to give you this one piece of advice: if you're standing and you could be sitting, sit. If you're sitting and you could be lying down, lie down. — Helena Bonham Carter

Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements ... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the pride and joy of their parents-should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite ... Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people? — Alice Miller

You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart. — Franz Kafka

The blues is a low down achin' chill, — Robert Johnson

If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier. — Jeannette Rankin

I fully support the NOH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband's stance on DADT. — Cindy McCain

Question the answers, I repeated every class. Reevaluate your conclusions when the evidence changes. — Craig M. Mullaney

Can't you hurry? Please?" "It'll get done when it gets done, lady. — Cherise Sinclair

A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist. — Leon Battista Alberti

I said hello unnoticed, you said good-bye too soon. — Rod Stewart

Hickory, have you ever lied to me?" I asked. "I do not believe you are aware of me or any Obin ever lying to you," Hickory said. — John Scalzi

I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank. — John McCain

In 'Pictures from an Institution,' Randall Jarrell was able to transcend the academic novel by simply ignoring it, writing a comedy with no plot at all beyond his own pleasure in language and humanity itself. — Cathleen Schine

Yes, thanks to God ... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia. — Jose Carreras

The beauty of the infantry is its ability to truly teach tolerance. At the lowest level, when it is simply a matter of survival to count on everyone around you, regardless of religion or skin color, the only logical option is to ignore the differences. — Adam Fenner

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. — Mahatma Gandhi

Before I left the house I put my head into the boys' bedroom. The room was cool but the children seemed to radiate warmth - their glow was in the air - and this warmth from such a small bed I associated with their good hearts. They still smelled soapily of their baths, and I kissed their warm cheeks and whispered good night. What is it in darkness that makes us whisper? — Paul Theroux

Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected. — Barbara Taylor Bradford

To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden, even in his current movements, why shouldn't you, Mr. Greenwald, be charged with a crime? — Glenn Greenwald

I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty. — Craig M. Mullaney

There's nothing gay about living life straight — Paul B. Tripp