Als Quotes - Page 21

• I don't want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein.

  Steven Morrissey

  Marketing, Gertrude, Would Be

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• I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.

  Dave Matthews

  Motivational, Revenge, Oil

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• I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Father, Years, Band

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• How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?

  Method Man

  Gay, Capone, Gangsters

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• I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.

  Adam Levine

  Hero, Fans, Green

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• Al Jazeera aired a new tape of Osama bin Laden. It was the usual stuff, he called Bush evil, the Great Satan, called him a war monger. Basically, the same thing you heard at last night's Democratic debate.

  Jay Leno

  War, Night, Evil

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• I wouldn't be able to act like Al Pacino or play the piano like Dr. John, But I could probably act better than Dr. John and play the piano better than Al Pacino.

  Hugh Laurie

  Play, Piano, Drs

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• 'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.

  Jon Landau

  Rocks, Albums, Green

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• Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

  Joe Klein

  Senior, Men, Balance

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• The chief al Qaeda recruiting tool is the net.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Tools, Chiefs, Al Qaeda

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• Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

  Barack Obama

  Usa, President, Hussein

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• One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.

  Bradley Whitford

  Issues, Talking, Giving

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• Al Gore, you've been a real inspiration. But a lot of other people who preach the global warming gospel aren't out to save the world. They're out to run it.

  Jesse Ventura

  Running, Real, Inspiration

  "Jesse Ventura Body-Slams the Climate Change “Conspiracy” by Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.

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• Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Real, Wind, Attention

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• We tend to forget in the West that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Blood, Hands, United States

  "Ground Zero Mosque Imam: America Killed More Innocents Than Al Qaeda" by Eric Shawn, www.foxnews.com. August 24, 2010.

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• In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.

  Samantha Power

  Military, Election, National Security

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• We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Government, Work Out

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• When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise.

  Paula Poundstone

  Party, Rain, Noise

  "Celebrate Bad Times, Come On!" by Paula Poundstone, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 7, 2009.

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• The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

  Rick Perry

  Country, Ties, People

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• Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

  Leon Panetta

  Threat, Al Qaeda, Stills

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• Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

  Sarah Palin

  Blood, Hands, Editors

  "Assange: WikiLeaks 'fearlessly publishing facts'". www.cnn.com. December 08, 2010.

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• It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.

  Barack Obama

  Wall, Sacrifice, Liberty

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• We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Believe, President, Needs

  "At convention, Democratic heavyweights flex muscles for Gore". www.cnn.com. August 15, 2000.

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• Putin is like Al Capone.

  Garry Kasparov

  Putin, Capone

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• Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

  Peter Jennings

  Firsts, Details, Dedicated

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