John Stennis Quotes

#1. Let's face it. Our ass is in a crack. We're gonna have to let this nigger bill pass. [Said to Senator John Stennis (D-MS) during debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1957]

Lyndon B. Johnson

#2. Senator John Stennis:
The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man ... It freed my soul.

Joe Biden

#3. I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.

John C. Stennis

#4. You do not reach the sublime by degrees; the distance between it and the merely beautiful is infinite.

Madame De Stael

#5. And to Conrad, it seemed as though he had entered some strange world beyond our own, where nothing was as it appears, and anything could be possible.

Jonathan Maberry

#6. The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.

John C. Stennis

#7. You don't call them 'strippers.' They're dancers. 'Strippers' sounds cheesy and amateurish. These women are professionals." The man sipped his beer and glanced at Zoe. "And, you don't call them booger bars or strip joints, for the same reason.

Jackson Burnett

#8. Children playing at war. Children who don't deserve to die, but are too foolish to live.

Paolo Bacigalupi

#9. The U.S. has many vulnerable targets around Iran, and its bases are within the range of the Guards' missiles. We have other capabilities as well, particularly when it comes to the support of Muslims for the Islamic republic.

John C. Stennis

#10. Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.

John C. Stennis

#11. The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.

John C. Stennis

#12. I want to live as long as possible, just to see how stupid it gets.

Susan Sontag

#13. You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never rocked and rolled in his life. I mean, he rocked, but he didn't roll. He has got no swing in him.

Joni Mitchell