The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
The experience of pregnancy – it depends on your situation, but it can be quite isolating.
There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture; it depends on what I’m obsessing about.
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy’s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
America used to be proud of abstraction, and we have fallen away from it. The future depends on people trying to promote that abstract thinking. Not just in relation to music and jazz and the arts, but the economy, social strife, tension between people.
It’s true that Americans are less than thrilled with President Obama and congressional Democrats. Their approval ratings are nothing to celebrate. But electoral politics is a zero-sum game. If one side loses, then the other side wins. Success depends on being just slightly less odious than your opponent.
The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.
I’m an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I’m just taking the best stuff that I can find that’s sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is.
Every performance is always new, because it just depends on who is summoned by the Fox God.
And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.
I want to play the Tour until I’m 46, 47, and then take about three years off, and then go play the Champions Tour when I’m 50. That’s the plan, but you never know – it all depends on how good the fishing and hunting is.
Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too.
I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it… it all depends on who I travel with.
Series television is either a nightmare or the best thing in the whole world. It really depends on, I think, where you are in your life.
I have my own vision to lead the Seoul City, but whether or not I can display it totally depends on the citizens.
Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
Success in restoring and bolstering Second Amendment rights through aggressive legal challenges depends on you, your friends, family and colleagues.
Only time will tell whether the Klitschkos need me more than I need them. They won’t believe that. But it depends what they want out of boxing. If they want guaranteed easy victories, then they can do what they’ve always done, but if they want a tough challenge, you’d think they would want to beat down my door.
I probably take about a month to write a song, depending on how much time I can dedicate to it, and it depends on how many hours a day there are and how many days in a week and weeks in a month.
Wage concessions are difficult to quantify, since their magnitude depends on many operating variables.
Whether I’m in the Hall of Fame or not, I can say whatever I like; it just depends on how it’s interpreted!
The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.
Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself and the way that I am growing older. I have eye bags and some people have proposed to me to take them out but I said no.
All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
I know that a lot of people love to say that polls are wrong or don’t matter, and from time to time they are – it depends on who they are polling.
The film depends on the audience’s belief in this relationship.
I can’t get to the point where my brain is mush and I can barely talk, because my son’s life depends on my health.
It changes everything, absolutely everything. The love you feel for your child transforms everything. Now you have someone helpless and tiny that depends on you and only you. You look at him and know that your world is focused on him, on that part of you.
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.
I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.
The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.
A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.
From teaching, the NHS and social care, to cleaning and building, the U.K. economy depends heavily on E.U. workers. Under a Canada-style deal for the U.K./E.U., the ability for E.U. workers to live and work freely in the U.K. would stop.
I think it’s hard to describe my style in one sentence. It depends on how I’m feeling. Sometimes I’ll dress more street; other times, I’ll dress more classy. I have so many different ways that I can express myself, so my style is pretty versatile.
Australia’s economic future depends upon getting smarter. This means investing in the skills and knowledge of our workforce.
The pace of progress on Mars depends upon the pace of progress of SpaceX.
People’s trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
Everybody has a hero and a villain within themselves. So it depends upon you to be a hero or a villain. If you show humanity, it will give you satisfaction.
Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical about their government.
Money can make or break you. It just depends on what you make it to be.
The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.
Academic success depends on research and publications.
What people don’t understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.
The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.
There is a myth that Rahman sir only works at night. He works through the day and night, so it depends what time slot you end up working with him. Besides nights, I have sung for him in the morning and at noon, too. I think he’s the first composer to work at night, and that’s why it’s spoken about so much.
The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.
The bikini scenes in ‘Billa’ were vital because they showed me as a seductress. I’d like to say here that outfits define a character and help an actor, say, 30 per cent, the rest depends on one’s histrionic skills.
Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding.
The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.
Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with.
The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource – the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. Substantial research shows that immigrants play a key role in American job creation.
Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense – almost a covert longing – that the old corrupt structures on which that job depends needs to be, ought to be, swept away.
We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.
Art is always good. It just depends if you like or not.
Our region’s economy was built upon their entrepreneurial spirit, and our economy still depends on the continued success of the enterprises they have worked so hard to create.
A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.
As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven’t already achieved. Is it different distances, or do you come back and defend your titles? It depends what your coach says.
Some kind of correction will always happen. But it depends on the specific companies.
The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we’re willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic.
I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children’s future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.
