Quotes About Vetoes

#1. If the president signs any of it, good. If he vetoes, it will be clarifying. Who then will be the party of no? The vetoed legislation would become the framework for a 2016 GOP platform. Let the debate begin.

Charles Krauthammer

#2. The list of U.S. vetoes at the Security Council to protect Israeli aggression and occupation is huge.

Noam Chomsky

#3. Another one of the line-item vetoes in the "never drink alone" rule book is that you're allowed to drink alone while traveling. Who else could possibly join you? I loved drinking alone in distant bars, staying on speaking terms with my own solitude.

Sarah Hepola

#4. Pass legislation. When Obama signs, you've shown seriousness and the ability to govern. When he vetoes, you've clarified the differences between party philosophies and prepared the ground for 2016.

Charles Krauthammer

#5. We ought to start running the government like a private-sector business. I have that ability as CEO of our companies. I have line item vetoes, and if I didn't, we'd probably be out of business by now.

John Raese

#6. If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

Martin McGuinness

#7. Someone's war was slashing apart his delicate tapestry of companions. I was Odysseus, I understood the shifting and temporary vetoes of war. But he was a man who made friends with difficulty. He was a man who knew two or three people in his life, and they had turned out now to be the enemy.

Michael Ondaatje

#8. I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.

William J. Clinton

#9. The pain of losing a dollar is far more powerful than the pleasure of winning a dollar.

L. Jon Wertheim

#10. And still others heard: dreeeple zoonnnnnnggggggg ummmmmtwrrrdssss
Calling from the beyond
Whatever it was, it touched E.T.'s healing finger, and caused it to glow.
He healed himself.

William Kotzwinkle

#11. In therapy, the therapist acts as a container for what we daren't let out, because it is so scary, or what lets itself out every so often, and lays waste to our lives.

Jeanette Winterson

#12. Life is like tennis. Those who serve best usually win.

David Foster Wallace

#13. It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.

Tahir Shah

#14. Some of the world's biggest challenges can be solved by some of the world's most marginalized communities themselves. The moment you inject information, education, and an entrepreneurial spark in a community, it gets empowered enough to inspire, build, and uplift itself.

Sharad Vivek Sagar

#15. Depending on who I am talking about or who's talking through me - if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or rhythm and blues person, or if the person is a kind of old-fashion gothic, meaning gothic attitude, then that will determine what form the poem will take.

Maya Angelou

#16. Well they do have drug testing at all the majors and there will be a lot of speculation about what in the world is wrong with Serena Williams and we will find out as much as we can.

Pam Shriver

#17. No - the stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything's holy - everything, even me.

John Steinbeck

#18. The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one mostly right.
I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, Fuck subtle.

Jim Butcher

#19. Do not play in the games of dragons for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.

Lisa Beth Darling

#20. A law of life: at the precise instant when someone tells a truth, that truth is transformed into a story

Enrique De Heriz

#21. Have you ever seen that movie "Despicable me," the first one? Gru, the main character has become a criminal, and in a simple way, the creators of the movie suggest that he became that way because he was neglected by his mother.

Rita Chester

#22. Believers have a genuine, unfailing hope of a future reunion with loved ones ... we can find joy in anticipating our future reunion.

Paul P. Enns

#23. I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets.

Lou Barletta