I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn’t have a private income. I had no other profession. – John Updike
I still don’t think I’m a good actor. The only reason I’m doing it is because I’ve got a lot of support behind me. – Israel Broussard
I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don’t know what those numbers will be, and I don’t know how it’s going to be framed. – Joe Biden
We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder. – Jim DeMint
I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her. – Joan Rivers
I do not support the third party movement anymore. I now advocate the abolishment of all political parties. We’ve allowed the parties to take over the government. – Jesse Ventura
Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it – the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support. – Jennifer Granholm
The only violence was when these so-called ‘freedom fighters’ terrorized the poor Africans in the villages… They were told what to do and who to support. – Ian Smith
I know the bestseller ‘Gone Girl’ doesn’t need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come. – Jami Attenberg
I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did. – Jenna Ushkowitz
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate. – Iain Duncan Smith
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. – Jimmy Carter
As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don’t support you any more. – John Zorn
My approach to working in movies is to empower the director to have power over me and to really support his vision because he’s the guy, at the end of the day, who’s going to put it all together. – Jeff Bridges
Every Palestinian family feels the effects of the international embargo. But the more the pressure on the government grows, the more support we receive, both from the Palestinian street and from the Arab and Islamic world. – Ismail Haniyeh
I’ve had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from ‘The Piano,’ the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on – the goal is to keep alive. – Jane Campion
The fundamental question I believe is, ‘Is political Islam in our best interest?’ If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces? – James Mattis
We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support. – Jesse Helms
Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. – John Charles Polanyi
Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan’s endorsement – it might be useful but it doesn’t necessarily speak well of you. – Jonah Goldberg
I collected child support in Dade County, and they wrote a rap song about me, so the kids knew about it, and they started asking me questions about child support. What happens if she wastes the money? What happens if he doesn’t pay? And I answered the questions. – Janet Reno
I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time again rejected calls to behave as responsible nations. – Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. – Janet Reno
What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another – to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own? – John C. Calhoun
We shifted our philosophy from being a computer mapping group that would support planners to the idea of building actual software that would be well engineered. Because at that time, our software was not well-engineered at all; it was basically built with project funding and for project work, largely by ourselves. – Jack Dangermond