Hamilton Quotes

• If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.

  George Will

  Country, Strong, Government

  George F. Will (2010). “Restoration”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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• Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton.

  Gordon Korman

  Men, Justice, Renaissance

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• Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day.

  Ron Chernow

  Mind, Topics, Century

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• After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories.

  Ron Chernow

  Hero, Years, Becoming

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• I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing.

  Robert Evans

  Real, Want, Wanted

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• I obviously have a lot of love and affection for the people of Hamilton from playing there for so long.

  Darren Flutie

  Long, People, Affection

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• Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.

  Laurent Jalabert

  Team, Climbing, Hiking

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• Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

  Will Rogers

  Country, Inspiration, Taxes

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton's decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence.

  Marc Racicot

  Judging, Decision, Abortion

  "Late-term abortion ban ruled unconstitutional". www.cnn.com. June 2, 2004.

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• Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

  Jim Gerlach

  Inspirational, Basketball, Rip

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• My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

  Bill Bruford

  Hands, Harmony, Made

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• Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

  Victoria Pratt

  Strong Women, Hero, Thinking

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• I have been working on this movie [Moana] since before Hamilton happened.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Happened, Has Beens

  Source: deadline.com

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• No,' the professor replied. 'Her Majesty s alive and well - at least I assume so if she hasn't met a certain van driver from Yeovil.' ~Professor Hamilton

  Bryan Davis

  Alive, Majesty, Assuming

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• To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest, that conservatism is simply a political argument in defense of large accumulations of private property, that expansion, centralization, and accumulation are the tenets of conservatives. From this confusion, from the popular belief that Hamilton was the founder of American conservatism, the forces of tradition in the United States never have fully escaped.

  Russell Kirk

  America, Confusion, Political

  Russell Kirk (1978). “The conservative mind: from Burke to Eliot”

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• The road climbed into the mountains, Jonah taking the hairpin curves as fast as he dared. "You look so macho clutching the door handle that way," he said to Hamilton. "Just...be...careful," Hamilton said through clenched teeth.

  Judy Blundell

  Curves, Doors, Mountain

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• ll K Hamilton Some days the lion eats you, but some times you shove your arm down it's throat and pull it's visera out through it's mouth and kill it. Of course, sometimes it bites your arm off, and then eats you, but you tried, that's what counts. Some days it's not about winning, but about fighting. If you don't try, the lion will most definetely eat you. But sometimes when you put your all into something, and don't give up even when the odds are so against you, you surprise the lion and yourself, and you win.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Fighting

  FaceBook post by Laurell K Hamilton from Apr 04, 2012

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• The Hamilton family was a bunch of hugging folks

  J. Lynn

  Hug, Bunch, Folks

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• Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Warfare, Human Nature

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• Hamilton had a complaint. "Why did you have to tell the cops I'm your boyfriend? That's gross, Amy. We're related!" Amy was disgusted. "We had a common ancestor, like, five hundred years ago. Besides, if they think we're together, we only have to come up with one story, and I can do all the talking." "Hey, I got an early acceptance to Notre Dame," Hamilton said defensively. "I can talk." "Of course you can," Amy soothed. "It's what you say that might get us into trouble.

  Gordon Korman

  Acceptance, Thinking, Talking

  Gordon Korman (2011). “The Medusa Plot”, p.83, Scholastic Inc.

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• Yeah!" shouted Jonah, twirling the much larger Hamilton around the restaurant in a victory dance. The other diners watched in amazement. This wild display was hardly the public image of the too-cool-for-school Jonah Wizard. "What's the matter?" Hamilton challenged. "Haven't you ever seen a happy rapper before?

  Gordon Korman

  School, Rapper, Victory

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• Marry Gentry Swallowing Darkness (Laurell K. Hamilton):Pick any fairy tale that’s based on older stories, and the heroine of the piece has a miserable, dangerous, nightmarish time of it.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Darkness, Swallowing, Stories

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• I paused for a light at Hamilton and TWlfth and noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it backfired and stalled. I coaxed it into the center of the city. Ffft, ffft, ffft, KAPOW! Ffft, ffft, ffft, KAPOW! A Trans Am pulled up next to me at a light. The Trans Am was filled with high school kids. One of them stuck his head out of the passenger-side window. "Hey lady," he said. "Sounds like you got a fartmobile." I flipped him an Italian goodwill gesture and pulled the ball cap low on my forehead. (Three to get Deadly)

  Janet Evanovich

  Running, Block, School

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• I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'

  Barbara Jordan

  Mistake, Years, People

  Statement on the Articles of Impeachment, delivered 25 July 1974, House Judiciary Committee

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• I did a 'Children of the Corn' remake for Sci Fi Channel. I play the Peter Horton role from the original, and Candace McClure from 'Battlestar Galactica' is my Linda Hamilton.

  David Anders

  Children, Play, Roles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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