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I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute. -- Abbie Hoffman
Death is very often referred to as a good career move. -- Buddy Holly
Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like. -- Edward Burtynsky
I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine. -- Gloria Steinem
Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence. -- John Searle
The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth. -- Sidney Altman
I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means. -- Sarah McLachlan
A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. -- Chester W. Nimitz
I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. -- Melissa McCarthy
Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology. -- Emily Greene Balch
The only thing I'm addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. -- Charlie Sheen
George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism. -- Christopher Hitchens
Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N. -- Kofi Annan
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I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life. -- Tim Berners-Lee
The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism. -- Benjamin Tucker
In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education. -- Russell Means
The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. -- Andy Rooney
Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World Series each year. After seeing it you will find that the reference is indirect. -- Manny Farber
As a means to an end, modelling was good, but I had to distance myself from it when I started working as an actress, because even though I wasn't high-profile, I found in my first write-ups that I'd be referred to as 'model Gemma Chan.' -- Gemma Chan
I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.' -- Jeffrey Toobin
I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage. -- Gunter Grass
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion. -- Virginia Postrel
I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have, since the age of 10, when I was first taken to a mental hospital for evaluation and then referred to a psychiatrist for treatment, tried in various ways to overcome my anxiety. -- Scott Stossel
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer. -- Betty Buckley
Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents. -- Beth Ditto
What people referred me as is the Father of Manitoba. -- Louis Riel
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I really don't like being referred to as a folk artist. -- John Martyn
He referred to you as his little snack." "He's a sweetie. -- Ilona Andrews
Envy is always referred to by its political alias, 'social justice. -- Thomas Sowell
Exaggerated history is poetry, and truth referred to a new standard. -- Henry David Thoreau
It's not called cocaine any more. It's now referred to as Crack Classic. -- Jay Leno
What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions. -- Wim Wenders
The spiritual process has always been referred to as a journey - constant change. -- Jaggi Vasudev
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion. -- Joan Blades
Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice. -- William Weld
I have never heard that referred to before, that term: Jewish men from Yale. -- Kevin Sessums
I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.' -- Christoph Waltz
I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies." -- Steven Petrow
You might be a redneck if your pocketknife has ever been referred to as Exhibit A. -- Jeff Foxworthy
What is concisely referred to as global warming, is a fatal mistake of the present time. -- Vaclav Klaus
Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'. -- Ilona Andrews
They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets. -- Ward Churchill
Has anyone done research on herbs, trees and vegetation referred to in the Bible? Share your thoughts. -- Sudhir Ahluwalia
Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking. -- Gus Van Sant
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. -- Jonny Lang
I'd rather be referred to as a precocious young Quebec talent, than not be referred to at all. -- Xavier Dolan
The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position. -- Arlen Specter
All kinds of indications will come from above and whatever you do must be referred to the Above. -- Sri Aurobindo
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective. -- Jessica Savitch
If the nuclear dossier is referred to the U. N. Security Council, Iran will have to resume uranium enrichment. -- Ali Larijani
Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go. -- Miranda Richardson
I will always be referred to as a theorist, but I was only a fellow traveller with a degree. -- Volkmar Sigusch
I was referred to Mike Jones from the concierge at a Marriott hotel when I asked for a masseur. -- Ted Haggard
Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance. -- Sally Mann
Forget I ever referred to my mother and screwing in the same sentence. That's just .... wrong. On so many levels. -- Emma Chase
The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'. -- Jon Elster
As far back as I can remember I have unconsciously referred to the experiences of a previous state of existence. -- Henry David Thoreau
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There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. -- Sarah Vaughan
A sportswriter once referred to him as our future president. With a name like Kevin, I don't know whether that's possible. -- Barack Obama
In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy. -- Bob Woodward
Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish. -- Billy Graham
Number, place, and combination . . . the three intersecting but distinct spheres of thought to which all mathematical ideas admit of being referred. -- James Joseph Sylvester
[Bob] Dylan crashed his motorcycle in 1967, and almost died. A few years ago, he referred to the experience as a "transfiguration." -- Bob Dylan
China is referred to as the 'dragon' and India as an 'elephant'. But we are not an elephant, we are a 'beehive'. -- Rahul Gandhi
The poet who walks by moonlight is conscious of a tide in his thought which is to be referred to lunar influence. -- Henry David Thoreau
We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie [Real Steel], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships. -- Shawn Anthony Levy
I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading. -- Terry Pratchett
Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty. -- Jeff Cooper
Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible. -- John Astin
When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'. -- Idries Shah
If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to themselves in the third person. -- Chris Wooding
He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother. -- Steven Morrissey
Our industry is going through quite a wave of innovation and it's being powered by a phenomenon which is referred to as the cloud. -- Steve Ballmer
There are many paths that lead to enlightenment. There are lesser enlightenments along the way to a larger enlightenment, referred to sometimes as liberation. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know. -- Steven Petrow
Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods. -- Benjamin Stillingfleet
There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.' -- John Henrik Clarke
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. -- Frank Robinson
If you're feeling frumpy or grumpy, try to eat Paleo. It's a way of eating that is sometimes referred to as the 'Caveman Diet.' -- Chelan Simmons
You have to learn how to stay in a good mood as you overthrow the sour, puckered hallucination that is mistakenly referred to as reality. -- Rob Brezsny
A French critic referred to me as a gay pessimist, with gay used in its older sense, and talked of Cocteau in the same breath. -- Peter Greenaway
I've always referred to my father as 'my coach' because we were always able to separate our relationship into the roles of coach and parent. -- Sebastian Coe
North Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror. Even more amazing? Not the worst review the movie got. -- Tina Fey
Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894. -- Albert Claude
Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive. -- Mac Thornberry
I think Bret Easton Ellis has said that he doesn't completely identify with his characters. And I think he has referred to them as immoral before. -- Tao Lin
Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob. -- Orlando Bloom
Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world ? Los Angeles in the '50s ? they made perfect sense. -- Wanda Coleman
We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it. -- James Gibbons
When I first started making music, for about the first 10 years, I was always the young kid. Everyone referred to me as such in any band. -- Justin Broadrick
Considered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of the human (or animal) mind. -- Albert Einstein
You get used to it I suppose, but it's always a bit disappointing to see a comic referred to as 'by [writer]' and no one else. -- Jamie McKelvie
During the Prince's visit, King Timahoe will be referred to only as Timahoe, since it would be inappropriate for the Prince to be outranked by a dog. -- Richard M. Nixon
And when you see artists like Donald Judd and so forth being referred to as conceptual, what the hell does that mean? It's a totally meaningless term. -- Robert Barry
Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts. -- Shoshin Nagamine
The "kingdom of heaven" to which he referred was the state of God-consciousness, not the beautiful astral heavens that most people visualize, where virtuous souls go after death. -- Goswami Kriyananda
Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer; he taught that prayers are always answered. He ever implied that prayers were answered rightly because of the Heavenly Father's wisdom. -- Oswald Chambers
The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to the state legislatures. -- James Madison
Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment. As such it should feature prominently in U.S. foreign policy. -- Frank Wolf
To any man who has slaved to acquire skill in his art, it is most irritating to have his ability referred to as a â??gift.â? -- Andrew Loomis
Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred. -- George Crumb
Authoritarian, paralyzing, circular, occasionally elliptical stock phrases, also jocularly referred to as nuggets of wisdom, are a malignant plague, one of the very worst ever to ravage the earth. -- Jose Saramago
I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine. -- Rex Smith
Lester Germer was my first supervisor at Bell Labs. He was the Germer of the Davisson and Germer Experiment that is sometimes referred to in introductory texts on physics. -- Willard Boyle
Someone on the internet referred to me as 'that horrible little man who's replacing Rob Lowe', which is hurtful, because I think of myself as a delightful little man. -- Joshua Malina
In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, Nietzshean dogma influenced each of them. -- Ravi Zacharias
HR?' 'Human Resources.' 'In Brussels that kind of department is referred to as the Office for Personkind Enablement. Resources sounds like something you dig out of the ground. -- Peter F. Hamilton
Typically diagnosed during childhood and adolescent years, juvenile diabetes, also referred to as Type I diabetes, currently affects more than 3 million Americans and more then 13,000 children are diagnosed each year. -- Elijah Cummings
The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for the wrong crowd, they both seemed awfully smart. -- John Green
Net Neutrality originally referred to management of the 'last mile' of the network over which data flows into a person's home, but the debate has grown beyond that in recent years. -- Marsha Blackburn
Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even worse, as the fulfillment of God's will. -- Jim Fergus
Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have been featured and referred to as a "cult leader." -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question. -- Julius Streicher
Jazz was formerly a crude term for indulging in an action which in polite society is referred to, if at all, only with such vague Latin terms as intercourse and cohabitation. -- Charlton Laird
When I was a child, I was referred to as the Danny Kaye of the family, because I was always impersonating and mimicking people. I was a song and dance man. -- Jason Mantzoukas
I used to have a military officer travelling with me at all times with a suitcase - referred to as the nuclear football - in case it had to be used. -- Al Gore
The brain has a quality referred to as plasticity. The ability to form new neural pathways even into very old age. The brain is fluid, flexible and incredibly adaptable to new experiences. -- Deepak Chopra

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