Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jimmy Carter

In 1988, there was no doubt that the election was shot through with fraud. In 1994, there was tremendous improvement. In 1996, the major parties got together and helped to evolve a new electoral law that made an independent commission to conduct the whole election,

Johannes Laitenberger

The commission has noted the decree with concern.

Bryan Lee

The commission does not look at applications in isolation.

Kevin Bloom

The commission always has to consider the least-cost option.

Mike Holmes

It's a give and take process. That's why the commission and residents like it. Everyone gets to have a say.

Joseph Stiglitz

I told the commission that offering the two versions of Windows without a price difference was not a level playing field.

Chris Neal

They're obviously a concern because generally when they are used, they are used in the commission of some very serious charges, usually sexually assault.

Riyad Dawoodi

There's a presumption taken by the (U.N.) commission that the very presence of Syrian troops and the Syrian security organs in Lebanon is something which should imply so and so and so.

William McDonough

It was an easy dunk for the commission to decide that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy (Gordon English) were just way off base,

Stephen Perkins

It's a side of museums that many people don't see and sometimes don't understand when they see it in your budget. It's something that happens out of the way and it's not flashy but we're ensuring the long-term health of the cultural legacy of the area.

Mark Harrison

It pulls kids from every peer group, of every cultural background.

Andrew Rudnick

It's a tourism issue. It's a cultural issue and it's an economic issue for us.

Doug Johnson

It's a big cultural shift. The question is, can we do it?

Jason Ricci

Cody and Luther were kids in high school who used to come to the juke joint and sit in the corner, petrified of interacting. But I didn't look at Junior and R.L. as giant heroes of the blues. I looked at them as living continuations of Fred McDowell and John Lee Hooker and guys like that. It was a cultural experience for me.

Simon Rattle

The situation is catastrophic. I can see the hopeless situation of the city... this cultural dismantling is an incredible shame for Berlin.

David Harsanyi

A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving.

Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi

I have strong interests in supporting sport, primarily football, and also in developing cultural relationships within national communities and their diasporas, with special reference to Ethiopia.

Johnathan Frakes

I didn't know anything about the original Star Trek outside of the fact that it was a cultural phenomenon.

Tim Wakefield

I think with Jason as our captain, he can lead us in the right direction.

Tony Fabrizio

There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country.

Dale Tallon

We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

Michel Therrien

I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.

Ryler DeHeart

It is just another stepping stone in the right direction for this team.

Gregory Smith

I actually raised my estimate this morning from 23 to 27 cents, and then they pre-announced. I had the direction right, just not the magnitude.

Jim Boeheim

He has a done a great job. They're getting great leadership from their seniors Copeland and Whitney. They've really turned things around. They have great direction and great cohesiveness.

Ralph Goodale

In fact, I think our focus would need to be in the opposite direction, ... the first step in an ongoing plan.

Bobby Shelton

Initially, you don't need five lanes in each direction.

Josh Parker

I hope they don't get sold for exorbitant amounts of money, so it can be a fairly diverse group of people.

Tracy Hickman

Exploring an ever-expanding world of diverse cultures and beliefs is at the very heart of the 'Dragonships' series.

Timothy Noah

We live in a diverse nation, but it isn't that diverse. If any one state showed results so dramatically different from the results in each of the other 50 states, the likeliest explanation would be that someone had tampered with the polls.

Martin O'Malley

We are a people of many different religions and many different faiths. The only way forward in a pluralistic society of diverse faiths such as ours is to have laws that protect and respect the freedom of all, equally.

Li Keqiang

It is fair to say that Africa has become a major force in moving the world towards multi-polarity, an important emerging market that helps promote global economic recovery and integration, and an outstanding representative of diverse civilizations in the world.

Steve Mason

We need a diverse economy. It isn't going to keep the school open, or the hospital open, or the grocery store open all by itself. But it isn't going to hurt them.

Ryan Stasik

That was so long ago, we don't think about it. We like the scene, but it's not diverse enough.

Ed Meierkort

True to form, we got great kids out of the area. It's a very diverse group. We got some big linemen and some great skill kids, too.

Claire McCaskill

We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Mike Beall

I think you can see by the reaction of my girls. They know we're going to have to play them again. It's just another region game, just like the last one was. Just another region game. Our focus right now is Flagstaff next Tuesday on the road.

Frank Martin

We are focusing on maximizing our revenue streams through product innovation,

Mack Brown

It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.

Jason Taylor

It has been a little edgy. We are more focused and realize that we have a lot of things that need to be corrected.

Mary Roach

I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people a disservice, sometimes, because they become very focused on - they're thinking, 'Okay, I read that I should do this, and am I doing it right?'

Ciara

I think that when you become a mom... you don't really worry about the small stuff. I'm just way more centered. It makes you focus even more on what your goals are in life.

William Hazlitt

His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postscript

Bill Donald

I think it's going to be important, if we can get markets open in the same general are of the world. It will help instill trust in the product we were used to before the ban.

M. Wolfe

I am impressed that the stock market generally speaking hasn't been taking it worse than it has,

Joan Baez

I generally like to get to the point.

Sam Smith

I generally have people stop me once or twice a week about that.

Paul Busse

If you can tolerate it, the trains generally will.

Joseph Sullivan

A general meeting will be scheduled as soon as possible.

Mark Shapiro

A general manager is never happy, ... But I do feel that, from a big-picture view, we are on course.

Roy Barnes

It's been a long path. I've had a lot of good help. I'm ready for the general election.

Dean Boyer

We want this initiative to be seen as reasonable and fair. Our initiative treats all property owners the same, and we wanted to pick a reasonable period of time.

Steve Kennedy

On the levy, I personally feel it ought to be a November levy and it ought to be done by initiative petition instead of us standing up here voting for it. You have to get 363 signatures to start the process.

Zayn Malik

Just because your prince hasn't come doesn't mean you're not a princess.

William Goldman

Westley: Hear this now: I will always come for you. Buttercup: But how can you be sure? Westley: This is true love-you think this happens every day? Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me? Buttercup: Well...you were dead. Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. Buttercup: i will never doubt again. Westley: There will never be a need.

Octavia Spencer

I'm glad that I get to take my final walk as the princess of 2012. ...there's nothing wrong with winning an Oscar!

Cassandra Clare

I feel like you can look inside me and see all the places I am odd or unusual and fit your heart around them, for you are odd and unusual in just the same way. We are the same.

Kate DiCamillo

I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.

Matt Damon

I’ll play Pretty Pretty Princess with you if you just let me watch a little bit of March Madness.

Princess Diana

Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.

Paris Hilton

There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon.

Kidada Jones

I have an affinity for Disney and the Princess.

Thomas a Kempis

We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If youth is a fault, it is one that one gets rid of soon enough.

Michael English

The streetcar will always have detractors. Is it going to go away? No. Is it going to be expanded? Yes, sooner or later.

Sue Black

The sooner I can alleviate everyone's fears, the better.

George Andrews

We tried to get foam on it as soon as we could. Any spark and that whole tanker could have blown,

Roy Halladay

We tried to do everything we could to get back as soon as possible,

George R. R. Martin

A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part magic, you'll learn that soon enough...and the parts that look like magic turn out to be the messiest of all.

Cindy Sheehan

We have to stop it as soon as possible.

George Herbert

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

Henry Bonilla

We may not be able to control the Supreme Court... but we can control the money.

Narendra Modi

Ladakh's Prakash, Paryavaran, Paryatan are a strength for both J&K and India.

Raul Hernandez

Tourism is all we have. Nobody's coming. Things are sad.