The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.

- Benito Mussolini

I don't see any absolute biological limit on human age.

- Craig Venter

People think genes are an absolute cause of traits. But the notion that the genome is the blueprint for humanity is a very bad metaphor. If you think we're hard-wired and deterministic, there should indeed be a lot more genes.

- Craig Venter

I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time.

- Cher

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

- Charles Lamb

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

- Charles de Gaulle

I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play.

- Billy Sheehan

I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

- Baz Luhrmann

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.

- Barbara Boxer

This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the E.U., it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.

- Boris Johnson

Robert Ludlum, all of them, write the absolute best they can. You can't tone it down. You just do what you do, and if it comes out literary, so be it.

- Alan Furst

Nothing is absolute in security.

- Barton Gellman

I never set out to beat the world. I just set out to do my absolute best.

- Al Oerter

I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.

- Antonio Munoz Molina

Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute.

- Alfred Stieglitz

I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.

- Agnes Macphail

The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

- Arthur Eddington

I have absolute faith in the correctness of my course.

- Ariel Sharon

We didn't know anything about Judy Murray until we met her, but once we got to know her, we found she was an absolute scream.

- Anton du Beke

Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.

- Alison Gopnik