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Cite Quotes

On sources, proof, and influence.

These cite quotes range from citing a loss of international credibility to questioning authors who cite a conspiracy without real Book-length evidence.

I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspiracy theory is to attack an agency as being part of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination, but when this same agency comes up...

Quotes by Vincent Bugliosi

Hoping to garner the support of the American people, proponents of regime-change wars routinely cite humanitarian concerns to justify military intervention in foreign countries. But here is the reality: As a direct result of our intervention in Iraq and the...

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

The Obama administration is not helping small businesses create jobs. In fact, it is responsible for the regulatory uncertainty nearly 50 percent of small-business owners cite as responsible for their lack of hiring.

Quotes by Sher Valenzuela

Able Quotes

We Americans love to cite the 'political spectrum' as the best way to classify ideologies. The metaphor is incorrect: it implies symmetry.

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

I keep saying I am an auto-didact, but I have a lot of outside influences. One I could cite is juggler Francis Brunn, who was the first man to throw ten rings in the air; he was really an amazing...

Quotes by Philippe Petit

I can cite a few cases of where people have tampered around with magic and witchcraft that they've been very severely frightened and traumatised by some of the outcomes. I mean we are playing with fire, and I had to...

Quotes by Peter Hollingworth

I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation.

Quotes by Pat Robertson

It doesn't always make sense to have a token on the blockchain that is both useful and represents ownership - it has to be something where there's a network effect. That's why I cite Facebook as an example of what...

Quotes by Olaf Carlson-Wee

Always Quotes

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.

Quotes by Norton Juster

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

Quotes by Major Taylor

There is one instance that we cite in the report where in one of the conversations a member of organized crime is talking to another member of organized crime and he suggests that Attorney General Kennedy should be murdered.

Quotes by Louis Stokes

When 'Christians' cite the Bible as the basis for secular policies, they must explain why they believe Muslims in the Middle East are evil for doing the same with the Koran.

Quotes by Kurt Eichenwald

Bible Quotes

The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make a record for posterity; procuring documents and interviews from those sources will be difficult if...

Quotes by Jonathan Zittrain

There was a time when papal encyclicals were treated as virtual pronouncements of papal infallibility. There are still a small minority of Catholics who cite Pope Paul VI's 1968 document Humanae Vitae - which outlawed artificial birth control - as...

Quotes by John Cornwell

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.

Quotes by John Berger

If I go way back to Loretta Lynn, I always cite her as being able to capture what I think is every woman's story... she very openly used her art as an expression of what she was going through in...

Quotes by Jennifer Nettles

I try to avoid Politico to spare myself psoriasis of the brain but so many journalists cite it that I'm forced to be aware of it no matter how big a moat I build.

Quotes by James Wolcott

Book Quotes

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.

Quotes by Jack Kevorkian

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does someone cite specific events in these quotes?
One quote cites certain events to underline two disturbing trends - a loss of international credibility and growing international isolation.
Do these quotes describe citing sources critically?
Yes - one warns about a common tactic in conspiracy-theory writing, where authors attack an agency while their own cited sources undercut their argument.
Is citing influences part of these quotes?
It is - one quote notes how people often ask about influences and then cite names the speaker has never even heard of, a wry observation on assumed inspiration.
Do these quotes touch on citing reasons for taking action abroad?
Yes - one observes that concerns are routinely cited to justify intervention in other countries, while questioning whether the stated reasons hold up to scrutiny.
What's the overall attitude toward citing in these quotes?
They lean skeptical - treating citations and cited reasons as things worth double-checking rather than taking at face value. Related ideas appear under Book quotes.

Even naming influences you've never heard of counts as citing something worth exploring Able minds and Always questioning claims.