And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
BARNEY FRANK I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the fi...
BARNEY FRANK Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation an...
BARNEY FRANK The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
BARNEY FRANK Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in Americ...
BARNEY FRANK I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people ma...
BARNEY FRANK Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.
BARNEY FRANK I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed, for a variety of - well, for two reasons, b...
BARNEY FRANK Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily ...
BARNEY FRANK Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...
BARNEY FRANK Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help peop...
BARNEY FRANK People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
BARNEY FRANK For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perf...
BARNEY FRANK I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.
BARNEY FRANK But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produ...
BARNEY FRANK It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the R...
BARNEY FRANK Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and th...
BARNEY FRANK They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they w...
BARNEY FRANK I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and oth...
BARNEY FRANK As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people,...
BARNEY FRANK Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources whic...
BARNEY FRANK I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people ...
BARNEY FRANK The time has come to undo some of those tax breaks,
BARNEY FRANK [The hurricane] reinforces the reason to have such a fund, ... Some people said, 'Well, it's going t...
BARNEY FRANK It is a very bad idea for the United States government to spend tens of billions of dollars to send ...
BARNEY FRANK He couldn't stop taking blame. He was a basket case and couldn't keep it together.
BARNEY FRANK The losers, if we do not re-enact terrorism risk insurance, are people who want to build in those ci...
BARNEY FRANK Are we not trying to promote the notion of people living together? ... What religious group taking f...
BARNEY FRANK My reading is that there was concern in the financial community that with the absence of Greenspan, ...
BARNEY FRANK This application is clearly of sufficient importance to require that it be made by the members of th...
BARNEY FRANK I think they're making a mistake, not just because it's expensive but because a hotel just isn't a g...
BARNEY FRANK This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term dam...
BARNEY FRANK Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a sho...
BARNEY FRANK I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatic...
BARNEY FRANK What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporter...
BARNEY FRANK I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decide...
BARNEY FRANK I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bise...
BARNEY FRANK In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, wo...
BARNEY FRANK But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, ...
BARNEY FRANK The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to...
BARNEY FRANK Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
BARNEY FRANK not diluting the marriage between a man and a woman.
BARNEY FRANK They not only didn't do anything to protect him, they're not doing anything now to protect people in...
BARNEY FRANK If the Bush economic program is as successful as they say it is, why do they keep firing everybody w...
BARNEY FRANK I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
BARNEY FRANK an extraordinarily stupid rule.
BARNEY FRANK It is a terrible allocation of scarce resources, ... The time has come to de-emphasize the manned sp...
BARNEY FRANK I think Gore was over-reacting in some ways to the criticism that Clinton hadn't pushed hard enough.
BARNEY FRANK He was good at what he did,
BARNEY FRANK Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is compe...
BARNEY FRANK What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
BARNEY FRANK The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not onl...
BARNEY FRANK The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's o...
BARNEY FRANK When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat ...
BARNEY FRANK I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in wh...
BARNEY FRANK I'm a good legislator. I'm a bad some other things.
BARNEY FRANK And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your la...
BARNEY FRANK For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
BARNEY FRANK It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of ...
BARNEY FRANK There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.
BARNEY FRANK While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is...
BARNEY FRANK Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.
BARNEY FRANK It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
BARNEY FRANK It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a polit...
BARNEY FRANK But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive an...
BARNEY FRANK This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term dam...
BARNEY FRANK There's only one thing you can do in bankruptcy: break your word, break your deals. It allows yo...
BARNEY FRANK Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner...
BARNEY FRANK In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that h...
BARNEY FRANK Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.
BARNEY FRANK Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed,...
BARNEY FRANK If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you thin...
BARNEY FRANK But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also ...
BARNEY FRANK All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
BARNEY ROSS Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
BARNEY ROSS I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.
BARNEY ROSS It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were in...
BARNEY ROSS They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wo...
BARNEY ROSS We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. W...
BARNEY ROSS Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
BARNEY ROSS I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.
BARNEY ROSS I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing....
BARNEY ROSS Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awful...
BARNEY ROSS We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a ...
BARNEY ROSS We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
BARNEY ROSS After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the f...
BARNEY ROSS I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, t...
BARNEY ROSS It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never ...
BARNEY OLIVER In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic t...
BARNEY OLIVER Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to t...
BARNEY OLIVER No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
BARNEY OLIVER Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but ineffi...
BARNEY OLIVER The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be investe...
BARNEY OLIVER If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far fro...
BARNEY OLIVER Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicatin...
BARNEY OLIVER You know what Marshall needs to do. He needs to stop being sad. When I get sad, I stop being sad, an...
BARNEY STINSON The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locke...
BARNEY ROSS Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matte...
BARNEY OLIVER The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate th...
BARNEY OLIVER I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do ...
MATTHEW BARNEY We've been working on finishing. Rob keeps stressing that it's a mentality.
ANN BARNEY We came out strong. We were all a little nervous, but there was some confidence. You have to be conf...
ANN BARNEY We are really quick. Everyone can get down the court. That's what we've been looking to do.
ANN BARNEY It was more us putting everything together as a team.
ANN BARNEY It feels so much better. This is a starting point.
ANN BARNEY The market keeps growing, and there will be winners and losers. The fact that there are 355 retailer...
BARNEY WRAGG This program will offer material that, in some cases, goes back to the early days of recorded music.
BARNEY WRAGG This 'digital archeology' program represents a serious commitment to go further into the past, and t...
BARNEY WRAGG It's also a bloody good record.
BARNEY WRAGG Over the next three to four years, we aim to reissue perhaps as many as 10,000 albums for downloadin...
BARNEY WRAGG Our 60-plus came together and worked well as a group to brainstorm ideas, identify issues and shortf...
BARNEY WELCH The facilitators captured the ideas, the brainstorming, the feedback and the state has provided a te...
BARNEY WELCH This is all in support of a national support plan.
BARNEY WELCH We certainly have critical resources in this region that impact not only the state, but the nation. ...
BARNEY WELCH I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd...
BARNEY ROSS I did not really know what to do. The searchlight was my battle station, but there was no need to be...
BARNEY ROSS All destroyers at that time had about 200 men. A destroyer was rough riding, and with the rough weat...
BARNEY ROSS There might be a time when they need some help. Then you just jump in and you do something. It might...
BARNEY ROLING Livestock production has a huge financial impact on the state economy. You're turning a lot of dolla...
BARNEY ROLING It's a two-fold thing. It's an economic benefit and it helps to reduce odor.
BARNEY ROLING We do have 'Right to Farm' in McCook County though. At least it does give people moving here knowled...
BARNEY ROLING We've got to haul manure. It's not a question of if; it's a question of when.
BARNEY ROLING I guess it's something you don't think about on a daily basis. Part of it is what you grow up with o...
BARNEY ROLING The known methods of producing anti-protons require, for their formation, millions of times the ener...
BARNEY OLIVER The essential point we want to make is that interstellar travel, far from being easy, presents probl...
BARNEY OLIVER Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficien...
BARNEY OLIVER We're not trying to get companies out of their responsibility. It's the way of fairness - you pay wh...
BARNEY BISHOP The main thing is don't try to catch the cat.
BARNEY BISHOP I wouldn't be surprised if attendance is down a little bit.
BARNEY BISHOP This is the business community's biggest issue.
BARNEY BISHOP This critical legislation is about returning fairness to the legal system by holding those responsib...
BARNEY BISHOP He has a keen understanding that a healthy business climate translates into more jobs, better salari...
BARNEY BISHOP It's a fabulous idea because right now the House is not on an equal playing field with the Senate, a...
BARNEY BISHOP I'm calling into question consistently, since I've been on the board, a lack of the communication fr...
BARNEY BISHOP We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.
BARNEY BISHOP Unless she's caught something, she hasn't eaten since Saturday afternoon.
BARNEY BISHOP An interesting thing happened in 1989, right as I was graduating: the stock market crashed and reall...
MATTHEW BARNEY I've always thought of the project as a sort of sexually driven digestive system, that it was a ...
MATTHEW BARNEY A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor th...
MATTHEW BARNEY In the end they were dead weight. We didn't have to use them because we went through the rough water...
BARNEY WILLIAMS The risk is to try and copy last year's model. Our focus has been preparing for the unknown.
BARNEY WILLIAMS Our 60-plus came together and worked well as a group to brainstorm ideas, identify issues and shortf...
BARNEY WELCH He played tailback for us last year, but he is primarily a defensive player now.
BARNEY HESTER We had a chance to give the ball to a bunch of guys. It shows that we have some talented, capable gu...
BARNEY HESTER Daniel has great speed and is a special young man. He had a pretty incredible night.
BARNEY HESTER My hope who ever owns it, whether we get it or the owner, somebody needs to clean it up. It's an eye...
BARNEY DUFFY It's easy to think about what would have happened if Hurricane Charley didn't hit. But it did. And n...
BARNEY DUFFY I think its real important as we plan ahead for the Charlotte High of the next 50 to 75 years.
BARNEY DUFFY It's going to be legen...wait for it...and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant cause the second hal...
BARNEY STINSON A lie is just a great story that someone ruined with the truth.
BARNEY STINSON When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead.
BARNEY STINSON Jesus waited three days to come back to life. It was perfect! If he had only waited one day, a lot o...
BARNEY STINSON 'Jackass: The Movie' is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I...
MATTHEW BARNEY I think Microsoft would be free to go into wireless devices and broadband access, and anything else ...
DOUG BARNEY It's no longer just a Windows, Microsoft Windows and Intel-based world.
DOUG BARNEY Even for some of the real networking pros, this thing can be a beast to fix.
DOUG BARNEY She's just struggled through this because she loves the game so much and wants to play. For her, hop...
CURTIS BARNEY We've had to learn to compensate a little bit without her. We've had some sophomores and juniors ste...
CURTIS BARNEY It was just extra special. I couldn't even speak to tell her to go in; I was so emotional about it. ...
CURTIS BARNEY That was one of the hardest things I've had to do. I couldn't even speak her name to tell her to go ...
CURTIS BARNEY She's probably the most versatile player I've ever coached.
CURTIS BARNEY That was a team thing. A lot of kids continued to put up a few points here and there for us to win i...
DAVE BARNEY It's easy to pick us up out there.
DAVE BARNEY Swimming is diving into the pool and trying to miss the water.
DAVE BARNEY She's certainly one of the best swimmers in the state.
DAVE BARNEY We look forward to further helping our clients achieve their financial goals.
KATHY BARNEY Usually he stays close to home in Severn.
KATHY BARNEY For those who have never done it, snowshoes have no learning curve, and they're really great for beg...
JOY BARNEY We look for signs of wildlife, like coyote or squirrel tracks, and if it's a clear day, we'll see so...
JOY BARNEY The Satellite M100 notebook series offers consumers a stylish, lightweight notebook with the latest ...
JEFF BARNEY It's an ideal notebook for anyone who wants optimum productivity and multimedia performance in a por...
JEFF BARNEY Including Yahoo! Music player as a preinstalled software on Toshiba's notebooks gives users another ...
JEFF BARNEY Toshiba's new Satellite A105 platform balances state-of-the-art features with affordability in an at...
JEFF BARNEY It is time for dead languages to be quiet.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no o...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Lovers should also have their days off.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Novels are longer than life.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no ...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call t...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the o...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY My queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate, and harms no one.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wi...
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY Eternity -- waste of time.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY