Famous Quotes & Sayings

Daryl Hall

I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.

Ed Gillespie

His long record in the Senate is one of advocating policies that would weaken our national security.

Ron Kind

If you are advocating a spending increase or a tax cut somewhere, you have got to find an offset to pay for it to maintain that balance.

Joe Sims

The notion that there is something improper about advocating your client's position is kind of strange.

Jason Barbose

Smart energy policies will be a boon for Michigan's economy and its consumers and the environment. That's why we are advocating for smart energy policies here in the state. The first smart step begins with a concerted investment in energy policies.

Adam Sharp

The lobbyists and the entities they represent tend to be among the most experienced experts available who have direct real-world knowledge of the situation. They are advocating for a position and for a client, but usually from a vantage point of expertise that can be very beneficial to us.

John Osborn

A major concern is that this commission already dominated by Idaho -- a state long-opposed to the restoration of the 1,500-square-mile basin -- will overwhelm Washington state, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and others advocating the cleanup of mine wastes.

Pat Toomey

This is a defining moment. The Republican Party came to power in 1995 by advocating limited government. But in the last four to five years, there has been no evidence that the Republican officials in the federal government have any remaining commitment to this vital principle.

David Harsanyi

The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.

John Bunting

Kevin has done an outstanding job in improving our football field. Our field is among the best in the ACC.

John Bunting

Kevin has done an outstanding job in improving our football field, ... Our field is among the best in the ACC.

Tom Amstutz

I would say it's among the most challenging schedules a Toledo team has ever played. We have two Big 12 teams and a team from the Big East. It's a challenge and a real stretch for our program.

Calista Flockhart

Just the whole idea of what drives people to violence and if we know about it maybe we can prevent it. It's interesting. And these people live among us.

Mike Mislak

Jon is a gifted athlete who likes to take the big shots. He is popular among his teammates, has a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. His versatility is a great strength and causes match-up problems for other teams.

Jesse Miller

John Clay is among the best backs I've ever seen, and I saw Maurice Clarett play in high school. But those two guys could start for any team in the state.

Charles Payne

I think investors may be seeing some of the things they want to see. Certainly people paying for the sins of the past are among those things.

Mayor Cartmell

He just has a huge following among kids and adults ... All the kids want his autograph. As a matter of fact, I got one the other day.

Jim Carter

KET 2 is widely watched and respected, but was not available in this area, ... It's something a lot of people take for granted, but it is good programming.

Bill Garcia

I would say that the percentage of Latinos in Weld County provides a feeling of a more available market for Latino business owners, creating a comfort level. It feels like it's gotten better. ... It's growing because there's a market.

Mike Kramer

He'll be out three weeks, plus the bye week. He'll be available for our last four games.

Sally Schneider

You know, this is really a way of cooking. It's not my way. I'm deeply influenced by the Mediterranean way of being. I've spent a lot of time there. And I've sort of translated it; I've tried to make it available to people in this country to whom it might not be familiar.

Thomas Perry

I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers.

Mary Lee

There are still lots available deeded to specific family members where there hasn't been a burial for 70 to 100 years, and we're investigating ways to take back those lots to be able to use them.

Amit Yoran

What we don't want to do is tell the bad guys this vulnerability is out there, and not have a work-around available to keep them from exploiting it.

James Phillips

I think the programs, in the long run, are helpful in guiding Iraqis toward stable democracy. Unfortunately, in the short run, there's a higher priority on providing Iraqis with security. And much of the funds that may have been available before for these programs were diverted, I think, to protect Iraqis. And I think that's logical because you can't practice democracy if personal security is perpetually at risk.

Joe Clark

I think the prime minister should take the opportunity (Monday) to make it clear Canadian airspace and landing sites would be available if there is any need,

Terry Rupp

It came down to what's beneficial for the league to get the most teams in the tournament. But I don't think they envisioned a league with eight teams in the Top 25.

Patrick Campbell

What we wanted to do was make sure we were doing the very best we could at providing indicative, realistic information to make sure that everybody understood what was happening before 9:30 in the morning. This was something we thought was beneficial to the public which was the real impetus to do this.

Alan Blinder

His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing and overwhelmingly beneficial -- to the nation, to the institution and to the practice of monetary policy,

John Wallace

I'm probably one of Coach Boeheim's biggest supporters, ... I'll always be grateful to him for showing faith in me from the start. When I was a freshman, he let me make some mistakes that freshmen make. He wasn't constantly looking over your shoulder. As long as you were doing things beneficial to the team, he was cool with that. He didn't overcoach.

Erik Michielsen

Increased competition, and the infusion of international perspectives, will have a beneficial effect on the markets.

Joe Fields

I'm never happy with only getting a couple of series. I understand the situation, but I would like to play more. The more you play, the more you can start to get into a groove. So I feel I can be beneficial if I play more.

Matt Thomas

I'm excited to work with a franchise as strong as San Jose. They've had great success the past few seasons going far into the playoffs, and to create the opportunity for some of their NHL prospects to play on our team is not only beneficial to us on the ice, but also exciting for our fans.

Darren Gough

I have played a lot of cricket over the last 12 months and I feel that a rest would be beneficial for me at this stage of my career. I have toured regularly with England over the past ten years and this decision will also give me an opportunity to spend more time with my children.

Robert Gates

I made the comment that this isn't the 60s and 70s. The universities want to be helpful. We understand the threats to the country and, unlike in the past, there is a real opportunity for cooperation that is beneficial to both sides,

Dave Bautista

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

Dwight Yorke

Keep the faith. We know we are heading in the right direction.

J. M. Roberts

John is one of the top parks and recreation directors I've seen. He has a great feel for the needs of the community, and that's reflected in the facilities.

David Thwaites

I suspect it's going to be a fairly weaker open. Stocks are still looking for direction in Europe -- there are no big macro drivers today.

Charles Blood

I think investors should be back in the market. The direction is up from here.

Sean Penn

I think it's much more important to direct movies but if it's going to take five years between each one then I'll have to make up for that.

Vicky Gill

I always feel lost when he's not there. I need someone to direct me and push me and then hold me back when I'm doing too much. It's nice to be back and have a mentor there to help me out.

Tom Burt

He can't tell them what to do, he can't direct them, he can't manage them.

George Herbert Mead

Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly there in our experience, including some of the past and some of the future.

Larry Medina

I think it's a great example of a public-private partnership. I really wish the government entities in the past would have scrutinized other tax abatements as much as this.

Tom Foreman

This is a very small part of what these entities need. This is a trend that's going to continue.

Bruce Karatz

I hate to second guess those on the ground, living with it every day. But the institutions and entities (in New Orleans) have not been able to get much going on the residential side.

Gregg Gothreaux

Most of the tenants are local entities who have multi-state, if not a national presence in their fields.

Romesh Wadhwani

No one is an island. All these entities that drive economic development are interconnected in one sense or another.

Mike Phillips

I don't think these four entities have worked together on an exercise like this before.

Hank McKinnell

By transferring their expertise to local healthcare workers, these Fellows make lasting contributions to support health systems in communities ravaged by diseases. The Pfizer Global Health Fellows program represents an innovative collaboration between NGOs and the private sector to significantly improve the lives of people around the world in a sustainable way.

John Chamberlain

I'm surprised he won't be staying on the board. They could have used his expertise going forward.

Dan Hoffman

The middle market is a growing opportunity for us. Jamie and Scott have the expertise we need to leverage the strengths of the firm.

Rob Pupich

Their expertise has been a great help to me as far as doing things in practice and making adjustments in games.

Kevin Burns

This is our method for providing our expertise to the community. If someone wants to staff the station full time around the clock, we'll look at a different avenue.

Tom Sykora

It's something we didn't have the expertise to do.

Malcolm Gladwell

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Stephen Browning

They needed expertise on the water, and that was my role. They took a lot of what they saw on the water and wanted to incorporate that into the room.

Dave Lesar

This demonstrates our customers' willingness to pay a premium for our technological expertise that results in accelerated production rates.

Peter Goldmark

I went to the government to seek help from our counterterrorism experts, ... The counterterrorism officials then in the White House refused to give us any help.

Keith Ellison

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

Samuel Butler

The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them.

Greg Toczydlowski

Industry experts predict that hybrids could make up nearly 15 percent of total registered vehicles within the next decade.

Luc Montagnier

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.

Margaret Chan

All experts on WHO advisory groups for developing norms, standards and guidelines are required to disclose interests regarding the advisory committee's area of work. If a declared interest is potentially significant, then the expert is either excluded from the meeting or given a restricted role.

Ben Stein

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

Lennart Nilsson

Of course, today at the Karolinska Institute, I am working with some top experts - even some Nobel prize winners. They have the latest news and I have the technique.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I am not an expert at praying, as you know. But can you please help me? I am in desperate need of help. I don't know what to do. I need an answer. Please tell me what to do...

Bertrand Russell

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

Richard P. Feynman

A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.

William Whewell

According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man's faculties and acts are attributes of which he is the subject. The mind is the subject in which ideas inhere. Moreover, the man's faculties and acts are employed upon external objects; and from objects all his sensations arise. Hence the part of a man's knowledge which belongs to his own mind, is subjective: that which flows in upon him from the world external to him, is objective.

Samuel Smiles

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

Richard Francis Burton

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.

Samuel Johnson

Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.

Salvador Dali

All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.

Rudolf Steiner

Intuition is for thinking what observation is for perception. Intuition & observation are sources of knowledge.

David Morehouse

Our lobbyists are talking about a new arena, and the development around the new arena.

Mark Kirk

Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.

Viet Dinh

This is what members of the media, members of the Washington policy community, lobbyists and members of congressional staffs do perhaps hundreds of times a day.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Andrew Kohut

His ratings for being trustworthy, which were his strong point for all of his first term, have tumbled rather substantially this year.

Robbie Bach

Historically, there's been one price point and one configuration. You got it whether you wanted it or not,

Rich Baccellieri

I think (the point spread) would go to 3 before it went up to 4. But I think it's pretty solid at 3 1/2.

M. Thompson

I thought she was going to make a four- point difference. Turned out, it was five.

Roy Wright

I think we?re getting to a point of equilibrium. I think we?re getting back to the norm.

Tania Zaetta

I think at any point you go it's disappointing because everyone would like to make it all the way through,

LeBron James

It got to a point where it was kind of mental. I've got to regroup.

Scott Ashley

I want to win. If I have to score 50 points to win, I'll do that.

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Todd Borrison

I thought we got a lot of second and third shots and every time you do that, you put yourself in position to be successful.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Mila Kunis

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

Carl Banks

He was the standard for that position in that era.

Robert Payne

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

Clare Short

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.

Jeremy Osborne

He represents that person or that thing that everyone is waiting for.

Ron Clark

We represent the reputation of BYU, and there is little room for error.

Carol Patterson

We represent all arts. Not just visual. Not just performing.

Tim Johnson

I have to represent my district. At this point, I am very, very skeptical.

Eddie Guardado

I wanted to represent my country. It's an honor.

John W. Snow

Social Security represents an $11 trillion unfunded obligation. And when I say unfunded obligation, I mean we have to come up with $11 trillion at some point to make the system whole.

Robert Klein

They do not come to represent those institutions.

Bob Klein

They take an oath. They do not come to represent those institutions.

Laura Smith

It represents me. My old room was from when I was 6 or 7. This room is more up-to-date.

Linda Martin

Lacy tends to be calming. She is not part of the therapy, but she's therapeutic.

Mary Roach

All of my books tend to be about things going on in labs that you wouldn't really expect.

Sasha Roiz

I have this tendency to play these horrible, horrible characters.

Jeffrey Hirsch

There tends to be a lot of housecleaning from institutions in September,

Donald Rumsfeld

It tends to be speculative, ... It is not actionable. It is not verifiable.

Jason Bateman

I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.

Patrick Marber

I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.

Mark Hendrickson

That's always been my tendency the first inning of spring.

Pope Francis

Be missionaries of God's tenderness!