Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald McDonald

He is what amounts to another union representative rather than representing the people who elected him.

Lady Bird Johnson

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.

John Young

I'm not trying to be insensitive to other parishes, but I was elected to represent the residents of Jefferson Parish, ... And as long as hurricane season is still open, we have to protect this parish.

Kim Smith

If the people want this and we elected our school board, sooner or later they're going to have to listen to us.

Judie Niskala

If our elected officials in Texas want to impose harsh penalties for the use of marijuana, that is their decision, but the university does not have to pile on.

Bill Young

I personally feel that I got elected to do a job. I am not one to succumb to political pressure or what's politically correct. I have to go out and do what I think is the right thing.

Greg Sorbara

I love my job, ... And I hope that some day, one of you in this group will be elected to government somewhere.

Elliott Abrams

In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.

Bob Taft

I'm not focused on next year's election, ... Obviously, I'm not a candidate. I'm term-limited. I'm focused on doing the job I was elected to do as governor.

Billy Godwin

I personally don't think it could have went to a better candidate.

Tanja Frieden

I personally didn't have any problems with it.

Jim Russell

I personally did not suffer any type of inconvenience as a result of it.

Shelley Hennig

I'm personally more of a low-maintenance type of person. I want things to be easy and quick, especially when it comes to getting dressed.

Jim Schuster

I want to be much more hands-on personally in the strategies and planning for the future.

Joe Murray

I have never personally seen a hand transplant that is more useful than a prosthesis.

Dries van Noten

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

Nick Bostrom

I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.

David Taylor

Personally at this time, I'm still not for it. It's just that it's too many unanswered questions for our community.

Robert Sullivan

Here's the data. This is not a political position, it's just scientific data.

Javier Solana

I want to underline that the political process is back on track ... the cease-fire is back on track.

William Wilberforce

If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.

Michael Harrison

He isn't just a political talk show host, he's a showman,

Russell Brand

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot.

Rose Macaulay

The poet has to make a synthesis out of the moral life of our time, and this life is lived at this moment on a political plane.

William S. Burroughs

Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.

William S. Burroughs

All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.

William S. Burroughs

If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do all that much. Speaking for myself, I am more concerned with the transformation of the individual, which to me is much more important than the so-called political revolution.

Nicholas Burns

We are going to ratchet up the pressure step-by-step.

Chuck D.

We try to not put too much pressure on the kids. We treat it like a regular day.

Brian Giles

We've got to put pressure on them, ... They're still three down. I like our chances.

Retief Goosen

We made the putts at the right time. The pressure was always on them.

Robert Staughton Lynd

Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive.

William Vickrey

The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure.

Zhang Ziyi

Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.

Walter Mosley

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Yani Tseng

I am getting more mature and can handle the pressure better.