Makes Quotes

The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.

I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.

They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

Language makes infinite use of finite media.

We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!

When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life.

My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents.

But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Everybody in this public arena makes statements and gets interpreted different ways.

Technology makes the world a new place.

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.

Anyway, what makes people look youthful is the quality of their skin and I don't think you can change that.

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.