Statement
The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
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Statement Quotations
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Ronald Reagan
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.
Ronald Reagan
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
Robert A. Heinlein
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Ambrose Bierce
Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days.
Andy Rooney
I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
Donald Trump
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Bertrand Russell
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Elizabeth Bowen
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
William James
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
Quentin Crisp
Statement Translations
statement in Afrikaans is verklaring
statement in Danish is opgivelse, angivelse
statement in Dutch is declaratie, aangifte, uitspraak
statement in German is Darstellung {f}, Behauptung {f}, Abrechnung {f}
statement in Italian is asserzione, estratto di conto, costatazione
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