Majority & Minority Quotes (1858 Quotes)

We have a couple of cranky neighbors but the vast majority are fabulous.

I have done my best to represent my constituents to the best of my ability. I want to represent what the majority of them support.

There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.

If a kid in high school or college came to me and asked, 'What do I do to get better that you didn't do' I'd tell him I missed out on a lot of the fitness wave that's so obvious out here now. The majority of players are doing it, but when I first got out, no one was.

They would want to pick a plan that covers the majority of their drugs, they want to make sure the most expensive drugs that they take are also covered.

We realize that at the end of the day the majority can railroad this and use brute force, use the tyranny of numbers,

Our focused efforts will help us target the majority of places where (our competitors) customers shop today - brick-and-mortar stores,

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

We have been fortunate in that the majority of our policyholders have not shifted into higher risk operations.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

I know when you stand up for what you believe in, this kind of thing is going to happen, ... It's part of the fight. I know Democrats hate me and they hate what I believe in and they hate the amazing things we've been able to accomplish ever since we've been in the majority.

A lot of people are afraid that increases in the PPI will eventually spill over to the CPI but it's important to put things into perspective. The majority of the average cost of goods is from labor and wages are still under pressure,

You were the best qualified for that job, but they had to give it to a minority.

We're pleased with the compromise we hammered out with the EPP and we hope it will achieve a majority in the plenary.

We continue to be very pleased with our loan growth numbers and the ongoing demand among borrowers for our loan products in all of the markets we serve in Nevada and Arizona. Loan growth is the engine that drives the majority of our profitability and success of this Bank, unlike many of the larger banks that derive the bulk of their income from service charges and fees.

With every new technology, you've got innovators trying a product, then early adopters, followed by the majority. It's not that the majority wants hybrids right now. But we're moving from innovators to the early adopters.

Without objection, on behalf of the majority leader, I send a cloture motion to the desk,

It deprives the Republicans of a very experienced vote-counter, someone who's been very successful securing victories with a very thin majority.

What logic, right or economic necessity would qualify a man in his mid-20s to demand to earn in a month a sum that his own father - and the majority of fans - could not hope to earn in a decade

I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority... let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down!

Imagine of all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those in a Brooks Brothers suit, would be stonewashed denim. Celebrity diet and exercise books would be the only thing on library shelves. Andsince women are a majority of the populationwed all be married to Mel Gibson.

Having said that, I enjoyed every minute of my time and I got a degree of job satisfaction which I am sure was far greater than the majority of my colleagues.

The silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

Why does the government refuse to discuss the power station, if it has a majority in parliamentThe government is claims that they are waiting for the auditors report, but it is obvious the government is scared

We are comfortable that the majority of ours are taken care of.

We do not have one party which got the majority. We have different groups, different parties.

Today the Court took up the question of televising these proceedings and a majority of the Court remains of the view that we should adhere to our present practice of allowing public attendance and print media coverage of argument sessions, but not allow camera or audio coverage.

There's been a real need for the city to step in and get involved. We have been doing the majority of the exterior work.

I think the majority of the residents have been responsible in carrying a reasonable debate. I think people are really accepting the fact that this is working.

By far, the majority were wrong.

Western Illinois wasn't the strongest of opponents. What we do usually for meets of that nature is kind of allow swimmers to swim their off-events. Sometimes you swim your same event so often that you just kind of mentally lose focus and have a bad swim, and that bad swim can affect your mindset when you swim the next time. I liked the opportunity to have the majority of the team swim off events.

If Canadians wanted a majority government they would have had a majority government. The Liberals have done nothing, achieved nothing, they're going nowhere and they're trying to blame other people.

I don't think that poll asked the right questions. It's clear a majority is in favor of enforcing our laws.

Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur.

There is no question that, if you look at name recognition and celebrity, my opponent is far-and-away ahead. I think that if you put my beliefs in one column and her positions in another column, I am almost convinced that a majority of the people in the Democratic Party would support my beliefs.

They lost the incentive to issue debt to buy mortgages during the end of January and the majority of February.

It just hasn't had an impact on the majority of citizens of Massachusetts other than gays and lesbians.

We want to optimize the timing for launch of HD-DVD in each market. The majority of partners want a large-scale launch, not a gradual launch.

Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

Mr. Blunt wholeheartedly agrees that we need to regain the trust of the American people before we can press ahead with our results-oriented agenda. The majority of his colleagues agree he is the right person for the job. He looks forward to enacting tough new reforms and moving forward with a positive agenda focused on limited government, economic opportunity and national security.

We get a lot of people from all over central Iowa. I'd say a majority come for the food and then stick around for the whole party.

Essentially during this time the majority of evolution that humans consider important evolved,

We have all along been espousing the cause of the minorities and are truly concerned about their welfare unlike the Congress which uses the community as a vote bank and then forgets about it after the elections.

There's all different types of models, and there're also plus models as well. But the majority is skinny. And it's controlled by the fashion industry.

I don't think I see myself (as a DH) now. Anything can happen. There are a lot of variables involved. I broke spring training as a DH last year, I guess -- I didn't know that then -- and the majority of the games I played (were) in the field and I made the all-star team.

we have some presidents, fortunately a minority, who blame other countries for all their problems.

We have had an excellent response to our early recruitment activities which have attracted a wide selection of Macclesfield Town supporters from near and far. Although the majority of members come from Macclesfield itself, we have members from as far afield as London and Southampton. And we even have some international members from Norway, Denmark and Australia.

This is not a story where minorities are always worse off. It really depends on what behavior you are looking at.

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.

Now it's a serious question. Back then it was a lark a way of getting people to realize there were gays here. We were an invisible minority. I never thought we could get this far, this fast.