Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse. – John Conyers
The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash. – James Chiles
The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it. – John Avlon
We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created. – Jay Rockefeller
My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland. – Lorna Luft
For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn’t rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003. – Juan Cole
Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency. – Jonathan Turley
If you are prepared for some risk, junk bonds pay about 5%, but they tend to get whacked when interest rates rise. Same with lower-yielding but higher-quality corporate bonds. – Kenneth Fisher
To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life. – Kenneth Clark
We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else. – Lee R. Raymond
I’m not subject to their rise and fall because I’m not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot! – Leo Kottke
President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise… is to help you and your family. – Mitt Romney
The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise. – Maajid Nawaz
The rich do not want people who come from poor families to rise to the highest position in the country. – Jejomar Binay
No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else’s idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own. – Marco Rubio
Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. – John Witherspoon
The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of the matter have been unilaterally interpreted, and sometimes distorted, giving rise to unjustified criticism of the conduct of the Icelandic authorities. – Johanna Siguroardottir
I don’t know if a penny’s dropped somewhere, but you’ve had ‘Lark Rise to Candleford,’ you’ve had ‘Cranford,’ you’ve had ‘Last Tango in Halifax,’ you’ve had ‘Call the Midwife’… I think the largest portion of the viewing public are over 55, and they like to see people they can identify with. – Judy Parfitt
Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I’d love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers. – Luis Bunuel
As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What’s interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they’ve changed and grown, if indeed they have. – Jean Hanff Korelitz
The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. – Ralph Bakshi
When I started at Microsoft, I was lucky enough to be part of the rise of the client-server paradigm. – Satya Nadella
