Diana Degette Quotes

#1. I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.

Mark Twain

#2. With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world toward a sustainable future.

Diana DeGette

#3. Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about.

Diana DeGette

#4. While we won't be able to help the 10,000 people who died in last year's [Ebola] outbreak, we can do something to save untold numbers of lives in the future if NIH is working at full strength.

Diana DeGette

#5. War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.

David Hackworth

#6. And most of all...I learned that even in the darkest of nights, the stars will always shine. ~ Lynn

Ava Harrison

#7. As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.

Diana DeGette

#8. Creativity is your ticket to prosperity.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#9. Embryonic stem cell research wears no political stripes - it is embraced by conservatives, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

Diana DeGette

#10. Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed - just the way it fits on the land.

Johnny Miller

#11. Docility is the observable half of reason.

George Santayana

#12. If you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available.

Diana DeGette

#13. This is the national equivalent of having no savings, your credit card maxed out, you didn't renew your insurance, and now your house has burned down. The only way we can start to solve this is rolling back the tax cuts for the rich, which would save about $70 billion.

Diana DeGette

#14. When you build a wall to protect yourself against one person be warned
everyone is now out there except for you.

Nakia R. Laushaul

#15. Most families aren't all in the public eye as we are. It works as a blessing. It works in our favor.

Khloe Kardashian

#16. A public option is essential to creating the cost-savings necessary to offset the cost of providing all Americans access to affordable health care.

Diana DeGette

#17. My sisters and I were encouraged to choose the direction of our lives.

Diana DeGette

#18. The United States has never been afraid of a challenge. In times of crisis, it is American innovation and ingenuity that has forged the path to progress and prosperity.

Diana DeGette

#19. By giving the FDA adequate resources and authority to both prevent outbreaks and intervene once they appear, we can support the administration's efforts to reassure the parents of America that the food they feed their children is the product of the safest system in the world.

Diana DeGette