Quotes by Mark Udall - Page 1

It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Gone
Tough
Water
Copy Quote
The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Balance
Delicate
Security
Between
Copy Quote
Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Bombs
Dialogue
Genuine
Progress
Rhetorical
Leads
Copy Quote
There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Congress
Failing
People
American People
Copy Quote
I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Borrowing
Children
Earth
Parent
Inherited
Copy Quote
We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Action
Climate
Global Warming
Copy Quote
Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Examination
Past
Position
Vices
Virtue
Seen
Held
In The Past
Vice
Copy Quote
I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Believe
Climate
Climate Change
Protect
Real
Change Believe I Believe
Change Believe Climate
Fast
Possibly
Copy Quote
There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Borders
Important
Secure
No Question
Copy Quote
Reform is not for the short-winded. I'm committed to making sure the Senate is more than just a graveyard for good ideas.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Committed
Good Ideas
Graveyard
Ideas
Reform
Senate
Copy Quote
Truth be told, I'm much more comfortable in a pair of hiking boots or with a rack of climbing gear than in front of a laptop.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Boots
Climbing
Gears
Hiking
Gear
Laptop
Pair
Rack
Copy Quote
Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Cells
Disease
Stem
World
Deadly
Diseases
Stem Cells
Treat
Copy Quote
Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Debate
Dialogue
Differences
Hateful
Healthy
Political Differences
Generate
Copy Quote
Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Medical
Benefits
Doctors
Drug
Effects
Weighing
Writing
Admit
Doctor
Involves
Potential
Prescription
Risks
Copy Quote
I think most Americans would agree people should be treated equally and everyone ought to be able to pursue a fulfilling life with the ones they love.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Able
Agree
Fulfilling
Ought
People
Pursue
Thinking
Life Love People
Equally
Copy Quote
It's my belief that, like every other American, gay and lesbian couples should be able to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and protect their families.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Belief
Commitment
Couple
Gay
Lifetime
Couples
Lesbian
Copy Quote
I brag on the Democratic Party. We're libertarian on social issues, it's live and let live. Fiscally, we're conservative and responsible, and were environmentally conscious.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Brag
Conscious
Democratic
Democratic Party
Issues
Libertarian
Party
Social Issues
Environmentally
Fiscally
Copy Quote
The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Army
Capacity
Congress
Marine
Moving
National Security
Troops
Globally
Marines
Quickly
Rebuild
Send
Strengthen
Threats
Copy Quote
I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Marriage
Allowing
Believe
Couple
Gay
Gay Marriage
Spite
Support
Marriage Believe Gay
Couples
Deeply
Marry
Held
Copy Quote
It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Deny
Despite
Documentation
Holocaust
Horror
Shocking
Attest
Deeply
Horrors
Incomprehensible
Volumes
Witnesses
Copy Quote
I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Assault
Assault Weapons
Conclusion
Military
Ought
Weapons
Years
Ban
Served
Copy Quote
Our livelihood is intimately tied to the food we eat, water we drink and places where we recreate. That's why we have to promote responsibility and conservation when it comes to our natural resources.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Conservation
Drink
Livelihood
Natural Resources
Resources
Responsibility
Tied
Water
Promote
Recreate
Copy Quote
In a country as large and diverse as America, compromise is how we get things done. It isn't always pretty, but we have to find solutions to our problems that, at the end of the day, most people can live with.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
America
Compromise
Country
Diverse
People
Solutions
End Of The Day
Copy Quote
While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Access
Believe
Critical
Done
Expanding
Financial
Financial Markets
Needs
Protection
Treatment
Workers
Believe I Believe Done
Market Access
Responsibly
Copy Quote
When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Marriage
Closest
Commitment
Fidelity
Importance
Significance
Standing
Thinking
Front
Institution
Partner
Promising
Copy Quote
We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I am not convinced that combat weapons are necessarily part of that heritage.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Colorado
Combat
Gun
Heritage
Hunting
Ownership
Self
Self Defense
Weapons
Outdoor
Recognize
Copy Quote
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Creativity
Mistake
Mountain
Wilderness
Touch
Mistakes
Mountains
Emotionally
Fatal
Helps
Personally
Recover
Reflect
Restore
Rhythms
Wounding
Copy Quote
Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Quality
Business
Clean
Clean Water
Crops
Law
Needs
Protect
Rights
Water
Water Quality
Stay
Employer
Living Thing
Copy Quote
Some of the best times I've spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I'm concerned to see today's kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Kids
Mom
Colorado
Concerned
Exploring
Sibling
Spending
Nature Best Time
Copy Quote
President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Leadership
Country
Crisis
Decent
Decent Man
Devoted
Heal
Impeccable
Integrity
Presidency
Steady
Ford
Helped
Provided
Restored
Copy Quote
You don't climb mountains without a team, you don't climb mountains without being fit, you don't climb mountains without being prepared and you don't climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident - it has to be intentional.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Fit
Mountain
Prepared
Rewards
Risk
Team
Accident
Being
Never
Balancing
Being Prepared
Climb
Without
Intentional
Risks
Copy Quote
Climbing has worked for me in a number of ways on Capitol Hill. I'm much more inclined to look at what people do, as opposed to what they say. Also, it's about working together - we're all on the rope together, and you don't get to cut the rope if you're not getting along with someone.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Climbing
Cutting
Numbers
Rope
Together
Working Together
Cut
Getting
Number
Together Look Me
Inclined
Opposed
They Say
Ways
Worked
Copy Quote
I've learned from being in the woods that titles don't mean much and that actions speak a lot louder than words - even in Congress. I always look for the people who want to act - people who want to run the river or climb the mountain - even if they're not members of my political party.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Running
Mean
Members
Mountain
Party
Titles
Woods
Actions
Actions Speak
Climb
For The People
Louder
Political Party
River
Copy Quote
The choreographed standing and clapping of one side of the room - while the other side sits - is unbecoming of a serious institution and the message that it sends is that even on a night when the president is addressing the entire nation, we in Congress cannot sit as one, but must be divided as two.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Night
President
Two
Copy Quote
As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
America
Backgrounds
Character
Night
Public Good
Watches
Democrats
Democrats And Republicans
Republicans
Reflect
Rekindle
Spark
Widely
Copy Quote
It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That can also apply to a lot of other challenges in life, whether it's running for office, starting a family, going to grad school or taking all of your cash and assets and starting a business.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Running
Assets
Cash
Draws
Grad
Grad School
People
School
Starting
Uncertainty
Willingness
Life Family Business
Apply
Climb
Mountains
Copy Quote
Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.
Mark Udall / United States Senator
Equal
Gay
Mean
Public Service
Treatment
Voice
All People
Fair
Lesbian
Listened
Stand Up
Throughout
Voices
Whispered
Copy Quote

Top Authors

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
Saturday, Aug 05, 1809
Thursday, Oct 06, 1892
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist
Wednesday, May 25, 1803
Thursday, Apr 27, 1882
Maya Angelou
Author
Wednesday, Apr 04, 1928
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Michael Jordan
Basketball Player
Sunday, Feb 17, 1963
Thomas Aquinas
Priest
Tuesday, Jan 28, 1225
Wednesday, Mar 07, 1274
Mahatma Gandhi
Civil Rights Leader
Saturday, Oct 02, 1869
Friday, Jan 30, 1948
Mother Teresa
Saint
Friday, Aug 26, 1910
Friday, Sep 05, 1997
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Pope Francis
Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
Helen Keller
Author
Sunday, Jun 27, 1880
Saturday, Jun 01, 1968
Nelson Mandela
Former President Of South Africa
Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
Thursday, Dec 05, 2013
Carrie Fisher
Actress
Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011
Theodore Roosevelt
26Th U.s. President
Wednesday, Oct 27, 1858
Monday, Jan 06, 1919
Elon Musk
Investor
Monday, Jun 28, 1971

View All Authors

Mark Udall Quotes - Page 1

App & Tools

Related United States Senator Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

App & Tools

Related United States Senator Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page