Famous Quotes & Sayings

Noreena Hertz

Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders rose up in arms: making this politically charged offering wasn't the reason they had entrusted Kodak with their money. The donation was withdrawn.

William Campbell

There could be a number of reasons why the number of voters is larger in one ward than the other - there could be more people who actually register, or there could be a discrepancy in the number of children, ... One thing that surprised me is that there have been some huge (housing) developments in the city that I figured would have charged the demographics, but that's not been the case.

Bill Chapman

We were charged $150 for putting a piece of tissue paper in a carton.

Stanley Brand

He's going to face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses if he gets charged and decides to defend himself. It's hard to focus on that and focus on re-election.

Thomas Walker

The charges are ludicrous. To think Bas would be charged with something like this of all people is ridiculous.

Abdul Haq

This is a highly charged political show. It is really nothing to do with the legal process.

Gene Smith

We're sorry. We need to treat our visitors with class. But at the same time it's 105,000 people in a highly emotionally charged time frame. And there were a lot of Texas fans who had a great experience.

John Darby

We are pleased that this phase of a complex, protracted, and emotionally charged investigation has been completed with the subject's arrest.

David Young

We have two individuals charged with very serious crimes. And they have to understand there are some consequences to their actions,

Susanne Bier

People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be kind.

Pam Marshall

I've lived here since 1982, and when the trees start re-budding in November and the winters are lame like they have been, and each summer it seems the heat comes earlier and stays longer. ... I just think it's unfortunate we have to think extreme heat could have devastating consequences on people's health in Minnesota. But it's creeping north.

Dr. Miglietta

Sometimes it takes days or weeks to figure out what the long-term consequences are going to be.

Randy Dunn

Schools rely on these results. It has tremendous consequences for hundreds of our schools.

Tom Hudson

This is a situation that could have had some tragic consequences. But the students who alerted the staff showed an interest in the safety of their school -- and they did the right thing.

John Husing

This is one of the consequences of the permanent loss of manufacturing jobs to Asia. In the past, that sector was the route to upward income mobility for marginally educated workers.

David Kramer

We have indicated to them that should there be incidents like there were today, there will be consequences.

Gordon W. Allport

To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.

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.

Bob Metzler

It would take something pretty serious for that to come about.

Jane Austen

An annuity is a very serious business.

Douglas Kennedy

I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.

Donald Wuerl

There are serious problems that have to do with the environment, that have to do with the way in which we live and consume.

Vijay Mallya

Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.

George Washington

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters, let it be somewhat grave.

Gary Collins

She told me she was thinking seriously about it.

Jaden Smith

I feel like a serious revolution needs to take place in order for human beings to evolve in a way where we can truly exist as a society.

Eve Arnold

I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.

John Mushtare

As I understand it, we're going to need a lot of help. We need to win out and get some help.

Lori Chappell

You really have to see the grounds to understand how populated they are.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

Brad Pitt

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

Charles Jencks

In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.

Damon Lindelof

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

Bodhidharma

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

Albert Einstein

Relations between pure and applied mathematicians are based on trust and understanding. Namely, pure mathematicians do not trust applied mathematicians, and applied mathematicians do not understand pure mathematicians.

Albert Einstein

The most difficult part about understanding something is that we understand it all.