For us in England, the relative value of the pound against the dollar, that has a huge impact on how easy it is to get our films made in the U.K.

As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy...

We found evolution will punish you if you’re selfish and mean. For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn’t evolutionarily sustainable.

Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar ‘collateral damage.’

When you’re up against an electric band like that, it’s like you’re on two separate planets.

While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against...

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they’ve redlined it. Clearly, to break...

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying ‘This is who I am’.

Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor – it’s not the ruling class or the occupiers or the colonizers – it’s against a deeply held set of...

Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.

The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.

I’ve seen, not surprisingly, no action taken against those people, but here I am, an anarchist website, not even close to what that is, not even close to what else you can find on the...

That’s the thing about freewill: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else.

I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition—that’s what I’ve always wanted.

I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.

I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn’t intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I...

One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us?

How man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn’t completely understood… he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.

Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

Would I advise early-stage companies against taking debt? One hundred percent yes.

You don’t have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number...

There’s a backlash against womyn that’s really bad right now.

The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

I always play every game like my back is against the wall, that this could be it.

I think so many people are reactive… they see things in a short term way they’re right up against it.

‘Reform’ is pillage and plunder if you’re against it, and it’s good government if you’re for it.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.

We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.

Civil movements and riots are as old as human civilization. Long before Twitter was created, mobilization of the discontented was mouth-to-mouth, or even by ‘smoke signals’ to gather the uprising against established political power.

Our critics make us strong!Our fears make us bold!Our haters make us wise!Our foes make us active!Our obstacles make us passionate!Our losses make us wealthy!Our disappointments make us appointed!Our unseen treasures give us aknown peace!Whatever...

The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn’t against martyrdom, and he didn’t ever insult the martyrs. He said it’s one thing to die for God if you have to do that. But it’s another...

I’ve had lots of ups and downs. I’ve had situations where I’ve gone against the rules, and I’ve lost everything.

I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I’ve also never run to the movies because something’s in 3-D.

Your body has enough weight for you to be in perfect condition just working against yourself.

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.

Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation’s number one public health problem.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.

I began making pictures because I wanted to record what supports hope: the untranslatable mystery and beauty of the world. Along the way, however, the camera also caught evidence against hope, and I eventually concluded...

We know we’re up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.

When one doesn’t want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren’t competing against each other. I think when you are...

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task.