Dettmer Surveying Quotes & Sayings

The Assault Weapons Ban deals with a fictional distinction. You have guns that are exactly the same guns as are banned, in function, that were banned because of the way they look. And you know, that's the whole truth of this policy: it's to make politicians look as if they are doing something, when in point of fact, they are doing nothing. — Alan Keyes

At least, not in this country,' she added after a moment's thought. 'In China it's a little different. Once I saw a Chinaman in Shanghai. His ears were so big he could use them for a raincoat. When it rained, he just crept in under his ears and was warm and snug as could be. Not that the ears had such a rattling good time of it, you understand. If it was specially bad weather, he'd invite friends and acquaintances to pitch camp under his ears too. There they sat, singing their sorrowful songs while it poured down outside. — Astrid Lindgren

Beyonce is more mature, she's her own woman. She always had it in her. — Rodney Jerkins

I have a life. My kids don't run my house. — Mayim Bialik

Life is full of those three." "Three?" "Woulda, shoulda, coulda. — Rachel Van Dyken

I wonder, would I have transitioned from female to male if I was 30 years younger? Possibly. But if I had been born even 30 years later, because it seems like the technology will only get better, it seems like one might not ever need to settle down at all. — Eileen Myles

Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe. — Dolph Schayes

I'm kind of new to Twitter. I'm about one year in, so I'm a little late to the party. — Josh Charles

Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets. — Jessa Crispin

Fuck Wren. No ... Damn her. Never mind her. All Wren did lately was complicate Cath's world. — Rainbow Rowell

American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important. — Marcus Buckingham

I'm lucky. I have a high metabolism, so I pretty much eat anything and everything. — Dennis Quaid

I wish my abs were a little bit better. God gave me a great body, but I think my abs could be better than they are. — Bryce Harper

You once told me that I make you believe in the impossible. You make me believe in love, which I'd given up on. Thank you for proving to me it's not just a fairy tale. — Simone Elkeles

I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate. — Olympia Snowe