Clear Quotes

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

They say eyes clear with age.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.

When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain.

The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.

I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That's one of the things you learn not to know.

I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.

At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent.

We need to make it clear that we will withdraw from Iraq within 6 to 9 months - so that the Iraqis will know that they must stand up and defend the opportunity given to them.

I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable.

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.

I aspire to be the president of all Venezuelans. The message is clear. Venezuelans are fed up with confrontation, with division.

I've always been very stubborn, had a very clear will of what I want to do.

So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don't want to raise taxes on the American people.

It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing.

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.

You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.

Well, it's very clear that the Arab population is rising because they'd like to have a say in the running of their affairs, running of their government, and this is very legitimate.

It is very clear that the Republicans do not want to raise taxes.

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.

What will support any relationship is clear, complete and conscious conversations when upsets or breakdowns occur.

In recent years, we have been sending a clear, consistent signal about the harms of drugs, particularly marijuana, which for most young people is the first illegal drug that they are exposed to.

There's a clear example of resolve in this country to fight back.

Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.

With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take, which was to do something heavy, but also experiment with a lot of other things we really like.

Well, we were never coming back to Fox... that was clear.

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.

I try to be as clear as I can be.

We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

When you are young your imagination is so clear.

I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook.

As more information becomes available, and the magnitude of the storm's impact becomes even more apparent, it becomes clear that this recovery will be lengthy.

When I was really little, it was very clear to me that I felt like a boy, and my friends were all boys.

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

I'm staying focused and clear about what I want in life, and I'm going to get it, man.

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

In modern pharmacology it's so clear that even if you have a fixed dose of a drug, the individuals respond very differently to one and the same dose.

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?

The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear.

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself.

Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up.

We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone.

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.

It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.

The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.

I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them.

Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.

Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.

I like to get to bed with a clear head.

It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone.

I've tried and failed a lot. But I've also tried to be really clear about my brand. It is who I am. I'm a mum, I'm a wife, I'm 44 and from the Midwest.

To be clear... no one is above the law.

Selenite occurs in abundance in well formed clear crystals of several inches in length.

We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

Arguments are healthy. They clear the air.

I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.

There is no clear sign that the economy is turning the corner in a meaningful way.

I clear my wardrobe of anything I'm not wearing and give the clothes to charity.

Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.