Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elie Wiesel

And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.

David George

U.S. Bank is taking action to be on the offensive as well as defensive. St. Louis has become a very competitive market. It makes sense to spend money to build brand awareness.

Chuck Palahniuk

This is passive-aggression in action.

Vernon Howard

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Mo Mowlam

Many people could have been killed or seriously injured by this terrorist attack, and it is only through the speedy and efficient action by the security forces that a tragedy has been averted,

Dick Cheney

Senator Kerry denounces American action when other countries don't approve -- as if the whole object of our foreign policy were to please a few persistent critics,

Alan Williamson

Sentiment towards the precious metals complex remains overwhelmingly bullish, which is hardly surprising given the strength of the price action.

Gert Mesure

Sentiment seems to be more upbeat at the moment but bear in mind much of the improvement in earnings has come from restructuring, as companies take action to deal with lower sales and weaker pricing power.

Mark Twain

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy

Bobby Carpenter

Seeing a lot of teams go to the 3-4, I think helps me. Looking around, it's tough to find a whole lot of guys who have the size and weight to play outside linebacker in the 3-4. You have to be a bigger, physical guy with good speed. That's something that's kind of a (rare) commodity in today's game. I think that's something I can bring to the table.

Don Smith

This sort of development is exactly the sort of thing that will bring forward the timing of the next rate cut,

Harry Reid

To me it shows how dangerously incompetent he is. 'Stay the course, mission accomplished, bring 'em on,' the American people are sick of that. We need to change course in Iraq. ... I think the president burying his head in the sand is not going to do the trick.

Ken Hitchcock

To me, it's about new heroes. It's about people other than the obvious ones stepping up. It's about people supplying energy and momentum for you. We're in a no-choice situation. We need everybody to bring the energy they can.

Brenda Gray

To be honest, my expectations coming into this season is to finish first or second in the conference. We have four seniors who are ready to lead this group who bring a lot of experience. We're really going to need them to come up big and produce.

Drew Olson

To win 10 games, to be one of just seven teams that's done that here, it's great. We wanted to bring this program back.

Sanjaya Baru

This new look-west initiative towards the GCC members will bring the economies of the Persian Gulf closer to India.

Paul Cooper

This new building allows us to bring in more members since we have the meeting space. We're really glad we have our new home.

Bracey Wright

We should be sitting here at 11-3 right now, to tell you the truth. We've got Dorrell and Earl coming down. I know they're going to bring something for us.

Debby Ryan

I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.

Amar Bose

All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines.

Chuck Hagel

My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.

Chuck Hagel

This current government in Iraq has never fulfilled the commitments it made to form a unity government with the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shia. We have worked hard with them within the confines of our ability to do that but we can't dictate to them.

Chuck D.

They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join.

D. H. Lawrence

If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I'd go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, the halt, and the maimed; I would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the band would softly bubble out the 'Hallelujah Chorus'.

Anthony Hopkins

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

Chuck Yeager

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

Al Gore

Political will is a renewable resource, and everyone can have it in abundance if they so choose.

Dick Morris

The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial.

Thomas Paine

To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim

Victor Hugo

If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

George Washington

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.

Pope Francis

All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her dignity.

Phil Gramm

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

Leo Strauss

All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to change, we wish to bring about something better. All political action is then guided by some thought of better or worse.

Larry Kramer

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.