Top 376 Claiming Quotes & Sayings

Science is claiming ever more ground from popular stories of the kind we thought we weren't to believe in.

If any girl gets a message from someone claiming to be me, it's fake.

I've heard enough of Democrats claiming a balanced approach.

Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.

Try claiming God's blessings instead of merely longing for them.

My favourite spectator sport is watching people who should know better searching for something, and often claiming to find it, where it never could be. Women claiming to find feminism in Islam is a good one.

Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.

Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India.

I'm not claiming to be sober. I think that that would be misleading. I drink alcohol. My father has a vineyard, and the wine is really delicious, by the way.

The occupied territories and the movement of settlements - moving people today off of their property and claiming it - is illegal.

As soon as you start claiming you can be someone that you are not, you are crazy.

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started.

If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

This global pandemic isn't just claiming lives directly from the virus - it is taking a massive toll on Queenslander's mental health.

When you realize that prosperity is your divine heritage, you should persist in claiming it.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

Organized groups claiming roots in religious ideologies have unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence in many parts of the country.

I'm not claiming anything like sainthood - merely a native perception.

...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.

Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.

By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.

Every field has its taboos. In algebraic geometry the taboos are (1) writing a draft that can be followed by anyone but two or three of one's closest friends, (2) claiming that a result has applications, (3) mentioning the word 'combinatorial,' and (4) claiming that algebraic geometry existed before Grothendieck (only some handwaving references to 'the Italians' are allowed provided they are not supported by specific references).

I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.

New York is always claiming East, and Los Angeles is always claiming West. It's in everything: acting, hip-hop, sports. But I love it. That rivalry makes you work harder.

Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

True theology is an actual determination and claiming of man by the acting God.

How you look is your statement, because it's a claiming of yourself.

What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their laundries in Memphis?

One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.

I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.

I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.

Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet...Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

In L.A., anytime a show is a success, people come out of the woodwork claiming they had the idea first.

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.

I've got no problem with anybody's religion. But if you go claiming the Earth is only 10,000 years old, that's just wrong.

It's one of my stronger points claiming high balls. I'm tall, so that helps me. If you're a smaller goalkeeper, crosses in England are even harder.

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

It was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get going and the Russians were claiming that they were - Soviets were claiming they were ahead of us in technology. And so it was against that backdrop that the early space flights took off.

I'm so absolutely pro-Denver. I wrote a fake hip-hop song about Denver. I've been claiming Denver. Part of the joke of the song is nobody was really claiming Denver - no rappers, no comedians.

We thought that the odds of things working OK were up in the upper 90 percent or we wouldn't have gone. But the - there were some problems cropped up on the flight but was able to take care of those OK and - although they were things that we hadn't really trained that much for. But it was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get going and the Russians were claiming that they were - Soviets were claiming they were ahead of us in technology.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies. With experience, he covers up with better ones.

Have you ever gotten tired of hearing those ridiculous AT&T commercials claiming credit for things that don't even exist yet? You will.

One is more admired for claiming to do good than for proving to be right.

Trying to defend religion by invoking science is like claiming that three plus four equals ice cream.

One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough.

Claiming that solid rockets are necessary for a heavy-lift launcher is obvious nonsense.

Claiming your life for yourself feels like a huge deal until you do it.

Play the black card expertly, and you can win awards, make millions - all the while claiming that the people who got you there somehow hate you.

Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

I'm releasing myself from the responsibility of claiming to know when something is good and when it isn't.

There is no precedent of a civilian population, displaced by a war that their leadership started and lost, claiming a right to return to territory that they failed to conquer.

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it.