Markey Quotes & Sayings

The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture. — Ed Markey

Extenuating Circumstances. That is me. That is Violet Markey. Poor forever-changed Violet and her Extenuating Circumstances. — Jennifer Niven

I have no confidence whatsoever in BP . I think that they do not know what they are doing. — Ed Markey

The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. — Ed Markey

Are you totally into Violet Markey, like forever kind or the she's-interesting-for-right-now kind? — Jennifer Niven

My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy. — Ed Markey

First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs. — Ed Markey

That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket of American consumers. — Ed Markey

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. — Ed Markey

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams. — Ed Markey

Cigars are no safe alternative act. — Ed Markey

We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones. — Ed Markey

I think this is the ugliest place I've ever seen. Not just here. The whole state." I hear my parents telling me not to be negative, which is funny because I've always been the happy one. It's Eleanor who was moody. "I used to think that. But then I realized, believe it or not, it's actually beautiful to some people. It must be, because enough people live here, and they can't all think it's ugly." He smiles out at the ugly trees and the ugly farmland and the ugly kids as if he can see Oz. As if he can really, truly see the beauty that's there. In that moment I wish I could see it through his eyes. — Jennifer Niven

Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all. — Ed Markey

The beauty of daylight-saving time is that it just makes everyone feel sunnier. — Ed Markey

Violet Markey, I'd like to be your partner on this project. — Jennifer Niven

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language. — Ed Markey

The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter. — Ed Markey

Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA. — Ed Markey

You make me happy...
You make me special...
You make me lovely... — Jennifer Niven

In case you haven't noticed, we're already involved, Finch. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm broken too. — Jennifer Niven

Violet Markey.There's more to you than meets the eye. — Jennifer Niven

Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard. — Ed Markey

It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires. — Ed Markey

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets. — Ed Markey

Ed "The Truth Is Illegal" Markey responded to Teamster support for ANWR by dismissively sniffing, it was only "one issue." Luckily, the Democrats have all those other issues dear to the heart of the average blue-collar worker: abortion on demand, gay marriage and taxpayer-funded crucifixes submerged in urine. — Ann Coulter

I walk through the black Indiana night, under a ceiling of stars, and think about the phrase "elegance and euphoria," and how it describes exactly what I feel with Violet. For once, I don't want to be anyone but Theodore Finch, the boy she sees. He understands what it is to be elegant and euphoric and a hundered different people most of them flawed and stupid, part asshole, part screwup, part freak, a boy who wants to be easy for the folks around him so that he doesn't worry them and, most of all, easy for himself. A boy who belongs - here in the world, here in his own skin. He is exactly who I want to be and what I want my epitaph to say: The Boy Violet Markey Loves. — Jennifer Niven

You saved my life. Why couldn't I save yours? — Jennifer Niven

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future. — Ed Markey

We know that al Qaeda is seeking radioactive materials and technology to launch a devastating attack, and that hundreds of radioactive sources have been lost or stolen in the U.S. and around the world. — Ed Markey

Drilling in the Refuge is completely unnecessary when we could improve the average fuel economy of cars, minivans and SUV's by just 3 miles a gallon and save more oil within 10 years than we could ever produce from the Arctic Refuge ... — Ed Markey

Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now. — Ed Markey

The Constitution is a 200-year-old parchment, simply because we digitize the words should not suggest their meanings change. — Ed Markey

You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas. — Ed Markey

The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past. — Ed Markey

Never bullshit a bullshitter. — Jennifer Niven

The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country. — Ed Markey

In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre. — Ed Markey

America is running a fever, but there are no emergency rooms. — Ed Markey

Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year. — Ed Markey

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education. — Ed Markey

I try to tell it he might have meant "Just be careful when you have sex. Use a condom," but instead, because, you know, it's a brain, and therefore has - is - a mind of its own, it starts thinking of every way in which Violet Markey might break my heart. I — Jennifer Niven

We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette. — Ed Markey

If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld. — Ed Markey

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality. — Ed Markey

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel. — Ed Markey

The dieting industry is the only profitable business in the world with a 98 percent failure rate. — Charlotte Markey

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years. — Ed Markey