Quotes with despite

Quotes 21 till 40 of 42.

  • A. S. Byatt Despite the snow, despite the falling snow.
    Possession (1990)
    A. S. Byatt
    English novelist and poet (1936 - )
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  • Bob Barr Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Berkeley Breathed Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard For me, breastfeeding was even more painful than giving birth. And despite a lactation consultant, I felt incompetent. I forged on, barely sleeping, always either breastfeeding or pumping and never getting the hang of it.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Barack Obama Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.
    Iowa Caucus Speech (3 jan 2008)
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Campbell Brown If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Ben Bernanke Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler In the documentary 'Facing Ali,' nearly half the fighters involved required subtitles despite speaking English, their speech slurred by the physical toll of their ring lives. This was their reward for testing their furthermost physical and mental boundaries.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Campbell Brown It has seemed, at times, like American carmakers think car buyers are so blindly loyal that they will keep coming back - despite the sticker shock - for crummy cars that guzzle gas, fall apart too soon, and cost too much to repair.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro It was always foolhardy for Republicans and conservatives to stake their objections to Obamacare on the number of sign-ups; Social Security is going bankrupt despite 100% enrollment. The reality is that Obama was always destined to hit his required numbers because, after all, he has the power of government to compel action.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth It's hard to find good teamwork in practice, and I have never thought that we, as a party, were any better at working as a team than the Tories, despite our core values.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Armstrong Williams Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Carrie P. Meek Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.
    Carrie P. Meek
    American politician (1926 - )
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  • Les Brown Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Buzz Aldrin My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got sick on the flight, I still enjoyed it, I believe.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Bee Wilson The main influence on a child's palate may no longer be a parent but a series of food manufacturers whose products - despite their illusion of infinite choice - deliver a monotonous flavour hit, quite unlike the more varied flavours of traditional cuisine.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Albert Camus The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Will Rogers Things will get better - despite our efforts to improve them.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • John McCain We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.
    John McCain
    American politician (1936 - 2018)
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