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Our Quotes

What belongs to all of us, and what we owe each other.

These quotes use 'our' to point at collective stakes, from expecting transparency out of government to naming the real economic cost of persistent inequality. For more on civic accountability, see Government quotes.

Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms.

Quotes by Mark Kennedy

Undeniably, Birdseye changed our civilization.

Quotes by Mark Kurlansky

Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.

Quotes by Mark Hatfield

In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.

Quotes by Mark Hyman

Our warfighting doctrine is that we don't want to be in a fair fight, and we want the fight to always be tilted in our favor.

Quotes by Mark Esper

The National Defense Strategy remains our guiding document, and everything we do should support its stated objectives.

Quotes by Mark Esper

The Brits are escorting their ships, and we will escort our ships, and I assume other countries will escort their ships.

Quotes by Mark Esper

The relentless pressures of the so-called marketplace have distorted all our culture industries.

Quotes by Mark Crispin Miller

We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families.

Quotes by Marion Jones

You can't expect our opponents to play cautiously.

Quotes by Mario Gomez

Voila, we're all molded by our personal paths, which forge our sensibilities.

Quotes by Marine Le Pen

It does our Muslim compatriots no favors to fuel suspicions and leave things unspoken.

Quotes by Marine Le Pen

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

Quotes by Mario Batali

Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?

Quotes by Marilyn Manson

CMS has a track record of successfully overseeing the many contractors our programs depend on to function. Unfortunately, a subset of those contracts for HealthCare.gov have not met expectations.

Quotes by Marilyn Tavenner

For our purposes as human beings, the mind is the center of everything.

Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

Fridays are always movie night at our flat in Kensington, West London.

Quotes by Mariella Frostrup

We should not become so ashamed of the disappointments and travesties of democracy that we become ashamed of the idea itself. It is the outer reflection of our self-acceptance.

Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson

By the time we've hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons.

Quotes by Marie Dressler

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

Quotes by Maria Edgeworth

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about accountability in government?
One quote calls for straightforward accountability: "We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers." For more on this topic, see our Government page.
Is there a quote about influential scientists?
Yes - one quote reflects on scientific legacy, noting that "Bohr's influence on the physics and the physicists of our century was stronger than that of anyone else, even than that of Albert Einstein."
Does the collection touch on how we understand nature?
One quote makes a subtle point about observation: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning." Browse more reflective lines in our About collection.
Is there a quote about the cost of inequality?
Yes - one quote lays out the stakes plainly, warning that inequality is "undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation." For more on national issues, see our Country page.
What ties these quotes together?
Each one uses "our" to point to something shared - a government, a century, a method of understanding, or a set of national ideals. Explore more in our Always section.

One line honors a physicist's outsized influence on 20th-century science, showing how the word also applies to shared intellectual history. Readers can also browse Country quotes for national identity or About quotes for broader context.