H.B. Bolton Quotes

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

I'm not very domestic. For years my children thought mold was a frosting.

There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna.

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight

Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.

Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.

It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.

It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.

The whole industry evolves around a great song

The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to

I'd go to the end of the world for my husband. Of course, if he'd just stop and ask directions, I wouldn't have to.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

Forget the past and live in the present hour. Now is the time to work, the time to fill The soul with noblest thoughts, the time to will.

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

I've never attended any Tea Party functions.

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD

A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine.

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist

I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years?

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer

Said I loved you but I lied, cause this is more than love I feel inside.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit

I tan the easy way. I just wait for my liver spots to connect.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.

America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.

I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has a lot more weaknesses than people see.

I am not a neoconservative. I am pro-American.

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

I think the future of China's unknown, I don't know what direction it's going to go in. It could go in the right direction, it could. It could go in a very bad direction, too.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.

I'm not sure history has ended.

There's no religious test under the constitution. That's what it says. Period.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.

You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.