Singling Out Quotes

#1. Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction out of all proportion to any other party in the Middle East is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest.

Thomas L. Friedman

#2. The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

Adrienne Rich

#3. Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.

Vaughn Walker

#4. Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.

Joyce Carol Oates

#5. And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a whole and setting forth clearly goals for achievement.

Willard Libby

#6. You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life.

Eminem

#7. We decided to focus on women because no one was singling them out.

Judy Woodruff

#8. Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough.

Tom Berenger

#9. Being consistent is WAY less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project.

Merlin Mann

#10. What one heart finds in Him is so different than what another discovers, yet none less true.

Dana Candler

#11. The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.'

Mia Love

#12. the pleasure that I get day in and day out comes from working jointly with amazing researchers/friends -

Dan Ariely

#13. Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.

Daniel Day-Lewis

#14. My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the classroom as a failure.

Willard Wigan

#15. We need to get back to trusting our emotional rapport with children, to seeing a child's beauty and singling that child out. That's how the mentor system works - you're caught up in the fantasy of another person. Your imagination and their come together.

James Hillman

#16. I was always impressed by how much my dad went out in the yard and played with me and my siblings when we were kids. I'm sure he was tired coming back from work, since he traveled a lot. But he always took time out of his day to go out in the yard.

Andrew Luck