Ban Quotes

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It is said that a total ban on handguns, including .22s, would take away innocent pleasure from thousands of people. Is that more or less pleasure than watching your child grow up?

- Sean Connery

As far as I`m concerned he is a far more intellectual writer and person than me, and I have a directness that maybe he hasn`t. I love this man and his music very much. Comparisons don`t do either of us any favors, and in fact if we hadn`t been in the same band for 4 years 30 years ago, no one would even think of making a comparison. (On Peter Gabriel)

- Phil Collins

In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber` union.

- Conan O'Brien

I think it would be a good idea (to ban the Communist Party in the United States), although I have never read Karl Marx and I don`t know the basis of Communism, beyond what I have picked up from hearsay. From what I hear, I don`t like it because it isn`t on the level.

- Gary Cooper

I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion. From my point of view I would ban religion completely. Organised religion doesn`t seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it`s not really compassionate ... The world is near escalating to World War Three and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren`t they having a conclave? Why aren`t they coming together? I said this after 9/11 and people thought I was nuts. Instead of more violence why isn`t there a meeting of religious leaders? It`s like the peace movement in the Sixties. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts but we don`t seem to do them any more. If John Lennon were alive today he`d be leading it with a vengeance. They seem to do their protesting on-line and that`s not good enough. You have to get out there and be seen to be vocal, and you`ve got to do it time and time again. There was a big march in London when Britain decided to join the war against Iraq and Tony Blair is on the record as saying `the people who march today will have blood on their hands`. That`s returned to bite him on the ass. People come to me and I`m a bit like the Queen Mother. I never get those problems. I don`t know what it is with me, people treat me very reverently. It was the same when Dave and I had our civil union - I was expecting the odd flour bomb and there wasn`t. Dave and I as a couple seem to be the acceptable face of gayness, and that`s great. I`m going to fight for them whether I do it silently behind the scenes or so vocally that I get locked up. I can`t just sit back - it`s not in my nature any more. I`m nearly sixty years old after all. I can`t sit back and blindly ignore it and I won`t.

- Elton John

There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing.

- Martha Smith

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that`s half of our market gone.

- Satyajit Ray

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

- Barack Obama

People keep coming up to me and asking, `How does it feel to be banned for life?` Banned for life. I wasn`t banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it.

- George M. Steinbrenner III

My clients since the smoking ban went into effect on September 1, many of them are losing up to half of their income, and this is not only bar owners but also bartenders, people who rely on this for their livelihood.

- Mark Levin

Lots of people like going out for a pint and a smoke. So the ban has been a real strain for some people. I feel really sorry for some of the older regulars. I can nip outside to smoke no bother, but someone who`s 80 and carries a walking stick isn`t going to find it quite as easy.

- Steven Robertson

I`d ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It`s got to go. It`s got to go a long way from here.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

If your objective is to keep speeds down, I would suggest we eliminate the ban on radar detectors. Drivers who have them pay attention to their speed. If your objective is to write tickets, then we need to keep the ban on radar detectors.

- Joe May

We`re under a burn ban. Everything is so dry. And even if you have just a small fire, everyone has their windows open with the power out. The smoke comes in and you smell up everything,

- Mark Mitchell

Zero tolerance is exactly what we practise and a three-match ban on top of an automatic one-game suspension is a clear sign that this kind of behaviour is not tolerated. That`s why we introduced a five-match guideline for physical assault of an official, but we did not consider this to be in that category.

- David Taylor

It`s dangerous and unnecessary, ... We need an absolute and public blanket ban on recruiting and use of journalists and clergy by any intelligence agencies, and also the use of journalistic cover.

- Terry Anderson

Those who would challenge or ban a book have to find out about it first,

- Judy Blume

For example, in all eleven states that had initiatives to ban same-sex marriage on the ballot, voters upheld the traditional family in every instance.

- John Doolittle

By that time, Rebus will be 59 and, for a CID officer, he is getting fairly long in the tooth. They will have brought in the smoking ban by 2007, so he will definitely want to retire to somewhere in the sun for a drink and a smoke.

- Ian Rankin

I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

- Alan Magnani

We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative.

- Alexandra Larsen

I need to also let your listeners know that there is actually an international law and a U.S. law that is binding, which does ban torture.

- Ali Abdel Fattah

Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life.

- Ali Taqi

However, in spite of our best efforts, our fine relationship has been strained by Japan`s continued ban on imports of U.S. beef.

- Alice Besterman

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal.

- Allison Sharp

I don`t need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.

- Alvan Barach

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

- Andreas Schurig

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual.

- Andrej Meszaros

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

- Andrew Schroepfer

(Sotero kept quiet, worrying that her family would be targeted. But she found comfort in numbers at last week`s rally, organized by Tucson`s Border Action Network. In August 2004, BAN hosted a community forum where anger simply erupted.) People had been afraid to speak out, ... They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they`re told they don`t have any rights.

- Angie Lassman

The complaints are getting more frequent every year. I wouldn`t be surprised if a campus-wide ban goes into effect.

- Anil Kakodkar

It`s got no chance. You can`t ban metal spikes.

- Anita Avramides

The first amendment problems were paramount for us. So we decided that the ban violated our rights and our advertisers` rights.

- Arman Sidhu

The president has made it clear that he is 100 percent opposed to any type of cloning of human embryos. The president supported the House legislation to ban human cloning which passed overwhelmingly.

- Arnold Alpert

We`ve learned from Ireland (where a similar smoking ban was implemented in March 2004) that the best way to begin these changes is to have a strong public presence. From next Sunday, we will be popping into bars and clubs and making sure that managers are coping. But we won`t be slapping fines on anyone without giving them an adequate warning, and we`re not really interested in following smokers home. We`re planning a very `softly softly` approach, because you can`t change a nation`s culture overnight. We just want to ensure the public know exactly what`s expected.

- Arthur Adler

Iran`s defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness to abide by international human rights standards,

- Arthur Reingold

The decision by the unions is unfortunate, but it clearly underlines the need for a level playing field. This affirms the need for a ban on smoking in all public places.

- Assia Alexandrova