Warren Commission Quotes

One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation. ~ Louis Stokes

Though there are some notable exceptions, by and large the persistent ranting of the Warren Commission critics, some of whom were screaming the word 'conspiracy' before the fatal bullet had even come to rest, came to remind me, as H. L. Mencken said in a different context, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. ~ Vincent Bugliosi

The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission. ~ Ken MacLeod

Had I been allowed to testify, I would have told them that there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the bullet that killed President Kennedy was shot from the grassy knoll area. I would have also informed the Warren Commission about the call I received from Lyndon Johnson while we were operating on Lee Harvey Oswald. President Johnson told me that a man in the operating room would get a deathbed confession from Oswald. ~ Charles A. Crenshaw

We also believe candour benefits us as managers. The CEO who misleads often in public eventually misleads himself in private. ~ Warren Buffett

But it wasn't a Primary. It was hell among the yearlings and the Charge of the Light Brigade and Saturday night in the backroom of Casey's Saloon rolled into one, and when the smoke cleared away not a picture still hung on the walls. And there wasn't any Democratic Party. There was just Willie, with his hair in his eyes, and his shirt sticking to his stomach with sweat. And he had a meat ax in his hand and was screaming for blood. ~ Robert Penn Warren

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ. ~ Rick Warren

We receive from God, then we give to others. ~ Rick Warren

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy. ~ Mercy Otis Warren

Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior. ~ Warren Buffett

I don't see that as being good for America - that the country pits parents against everybody else. ~ Amelia Warren Tyagi

Over the course of a year - from January 2014 to March 2015 - millions of Americans, hundreds of businesses, and dozens of policymakers weighed in at the Federal Communications Commission in favor of net neutrality. ~ Marvin Ammori

I've never believed in risking what my family and friends have and need in order to pursue what they don't have and don't need. ~ Warren Buffett

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. ~ Warren E. Burger

Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology. ~ Warren Farrell

As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general. ~ Rene Cassin

If nobody can sell mortgage-backed securities based on trillions of dollars of unpayable instruments, there's a lot less risk in the overall system. ~ Elizabeth Warren

We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good. Even now, Charlie and I continue to believe that short-term market forecasts are poison and should be kept locked up in a safe place, away from children and also from grown-ups who behave in the market like children. ~ Warren Buffett

Neither past nor future generations can serve God's purpose in this generation. Only we can. ~ Rick Warren

( ... ) the train goes fast and is going fast when it crosses a little trestle. You catch the sober, metallic, pure, late-light, unriffled glint of the water between the little banks, under the sky, and see the cow standing in the water upstream near the single leaning willow. And all at once you feel like crying. But the train is going fast, and almost immediately whatever you feel is taken away from you, too. ~ Robert Penn Warren

You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ. ~ Warren Buffett

Charlie and I have a number of filters that things have to get through before we'll think about them. ~ Warren Buffett

I held my father's hand while he died of cancer, and it's really painful when you do something like that up close and personal. My mother was already gone, and I was very, very close to my father. ~ Elizabeth Warren

One thing about change hasn't changed: it still fascinates some people, frightens others, and provides a good living for a prophetic minority. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Caine's pistol barked twice. A cloud of red mist burst from the man's face. ~ Andrew Warren

God wants to produce the character of Christ in our lives because he knows that the more we become like him, the more fulfilled we will be. ~ Rick Warren

The Bible is clear that God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days ... ~ Rick Warren

I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage
leverage being borrowed money. You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing. ~ Warren Buffett

I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones. ~ Warren Buffett

The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with inflation on things like food and health care
the basics that we need to live. In short, 'chained CPI' is just a fancy way to say 'cut benefits for seniors, the permanently disabled, and orphans.' ~ Elizabeth Warren

Warren Berger's book is a cure for a disease in large enterprises. A More Beautiful Question provides a framework to help leaders ask the most important questions - which is one of the most fundamental characteristics of a great leader - while sharing inspiring stories to show the incredible power of this concept. ~ Jim Stengel

The proof of salvation is not listening to the Word, or having a quick emotional response to the Word, or even cultivating the Word so that it grows in a life. The proof of salvation is fruit, for as Christ said, "Ye shall know them by their fruits" (Matt. 7:16). ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Already he was realizing that he would be more ashamed of her in the city than he was here. Then, quite suddenly, he was not ashamed of her, but of himself. Deeply ashamed. ~ Warren Eyster

The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you're honored by others. ~ Rick Warren

Your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth. Your value is not based on your valuables. ~ Rick Warren

I would rather walk every day in the darkness with a God who remains a mystery to me than in the light with a God I completely understand. ~ Kay Warren

When I turned 14, I became very obsessed with writing songs, and it took over my existence. ~ Diane Warren

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene. ~ John Paul Stevens

It is to our advantage to have securities do nothing price-wise for months, or perhaps years, while we are buying them. ~ Warren Buffett

We're not in control but we do have a greater hope and we do have a source of joy that isn't based on our circumstances. ~ Rick Warren

The bottom line is this: Cash, in modest increments, has a role in any portfolio. But unless you are Warren Buffett, you should limit it to 2 or 3 percent. ~ Barry Ritholtz

I can't imagine why a media company views a law preventing the commission of hate speech as a restriction on media freedom, but it is probably similar to how some religious folk view hate speech as being essential to religious freedom. ~ Christina Engela

We buy books because we believe we are buying the time to read them. ~ Warren Zevon

Ordered that of the Indians and Half-breeds sentenced to be hanged by the military commission, composed of Colonel Crooks, Lt. Colonel Marshall, Captain Grant, Captain Bailey, and Lieutenant Olin, and lately sitting in Minnesota, you cause to be executed on Friday the nineteenth day of December, instant, the following names, to wit ... ~ Abraham Lincoln

True leaders bring out your personal best. They ignite your human potential. ~ John Paul Warren

A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus. ~ Rick Warren