Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Shapiro

There are times that everyone hates his or her job. Were they freed from the economic consequences of having these jobs, they'd drop out of the workforce. There are only two problems with this strategy: First, someone has to pay for it; second, it is not the recipe for human fulfillment.

Lawrence Bossidy

I don't think it has any long-term consequences. I think it will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

Chuck Morton

All I can say is it's a decision the judge has to make as to whether he understands all the consequences of the plea.

Stanley Fischer

We are mindful of the potential tragic consequences of events taking place in Indonesia,

Dan Mclaughlin

Too many seniors are ill-informed about the consequences of not signing up.

Barbara Jordan

Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.

Al Gore

Take it from me - every vote counts. In our Democracy, every vote has power. And never forget - that power is yours. Don't let anyone take it away or talk you into throwing it away. And let's make sure that this time every vote is counted.

Dick Cheney

We will ... succeed at getting a democracy established in Iraq. And I think, when we do, that will be the end of the insurgency.

Cullen Hightower

Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.

Thomas Jefferson

Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.

John Sayles

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Melissa Bean

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

Bill Nygren

I don't think it has anything personally to do with Bob.

Dries van Noten

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

Confucius

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

Andrew Fastow

I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison sentence that you are about to impose and will serve it without bitterness.

Tamora Pierce

Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.

George R. R. Martin

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

J. C. Ryle

The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.

Friedrich Nietzsche

One is punished best for one's virtues.

Horace

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

Honore de Balzac

With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's infinite.

Hypatia

To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force.