Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below.

- Ameen Rihani

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

- Brian Mulroney

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

- Bob Geldof

This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.

- Brad Henry

A blouse that hits at the hips or above will keep you from seeming shapeless in a flowy skirt.

- Brad Goreski

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

- Blaise Pascal

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

- Benjamin Disraeli

I am extremely proud to have the surname Ambani. I am proud to be a Gujarati, and above all, an extremely proud Indian.

- Anil Ambani

What Ireland needs now above all else is peace.

- Albert Reynolds

I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.

- Andy Weir

It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.

- Al Gore

Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.

- Alain Rene Le Sage

If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.

- Andre Breton

I think even if I did the research mentioned above, it would be a total waste of money because if those people don't believe in the testimonials, they won't believe in the research at all. They would say that I made it all up. So why waste money?

- Alex Chiu

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

- Andrew Motion

Art should never be held above our decency to each other.

- Allison Anders

I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.

- Ashton Eaton

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

- Andrew Jackson

To be clear... no one is above the law.

- Andrew Cuomo

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all.

- Anais Nin