Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gordon Brown

What we have decided today, conscious of the poverty that we face, is a decision of 100 percent debt cancellation for the poorest countries backed up by greater trade justice, by a doubling of European aid, by a commitment to provide AIDS treatments for people by 2010,

Keith Greene

I think it should be required that every paper says something about AIDS in their pages,

Jesse Helms

It had been my feeling that AIDS was a disease largely spread by reckless and voluntary sexual and drug-abusing behavior, and that it would probably be confined to those in high-risk populations, ... I was wrong.

Susan MacKay

It had a dramatic impact on my children. It was wonderful to see and get to know these children and see how little they have yet they still manage to find ways to enjoy their lives. They have all come back not only wanting to do more for AIDS orphans but all people who need help.

Swoosie Kurtz

I am a passionate AIDS activist, and I wouldn't want to be part of anything that made fun of a disease. I thought this movie had a beautiful message.

Keith Boykin

He was unusually committed to exposing the truth about AIDS in the black community, and he was unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom.

Richard Gere

We've had too many World AIDS Days.

Walter Bagehot

The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad Bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good Bank.

John Davis

Really, we were six or seven years into the AIDS epidemic at that time, and I think it was a move that offered an acceptance. You know, sometimes movies are great because I think they can precondition society for acceptance, and I think when they do that we're really at the statesmanship level of film-making.

Steve Dennis

I think in the past we've sort of backed ourselves into a corner (as an) open pocketbook.

Freddie Roach

He used his jab very effectively and so forth. We didn't expect him to do as well as he did. And he backed Manny up when he put Manny on the ropes where he didn't need to be.

Willie Randolph

He kind of backed into that because he took off the last couple of days. So if it wasn't for that, Julio, I would have beat you out that year.

Charles Tillman

He's a good receiver. He talked the talk and he backed it up. All you can do is respect that. A lot of his trash talk is for entertainment and the media portrays it for something worse than it really is. He's really not a bad guy and out on the field, he's just out there having fun.

Pat Riley

He's got to do it. I was very disappointed... Those are the things that he has to dominate if he's going to be fronted and backed and we can't get him the ball all the time. He has to use his size and keep his head under the rim.

Wayne Chrebet

I think it's just human nature, when you get backed into a corner, no one believes in you anymore, the chips are down. If you're any kind of competitor, that's when you'll come out and play well. We have enough guys who are like that in this locker room.

Stephen Leeb

I think the market very much revolves around oil, which backed off a bit this week, but remains over $65 a barrel. Higher oil is a double whammy for the market, slowing the economy and increasing inflation.

Sean Bieterman

I thought for 4-2/3 innings we played excellent. We backed down a little bit and they got back into it. We made some mistakes that we don't usually make. But it was nice to still win the game.

Rick Noble

Last month we had two different fights lined up, but both girls backed out. There are a lot of people out there who we'd like to fight, but they keep turning us down. We've got feelers out in a few places right now, and a lot of people are throwing Carina's name around, but it's been tough.

Herschel Sandler

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

Tim Kearney

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

Hanan Ashrawi

He was a genuine man of the people, and he was characterized by his high sense of values, his honesty, his integrity, his unwavering commitment to his people and human dimension.

Luis Figo

He did everything he could and did it with the utmost professionalism and commitment.

Sanjaya Baru

He reiterated his commitment to ensuring life of peace, self-respect for people of J&K.

Jim Stack

Having lived it and been around people who have lived it, you understand what it takes to get to this level and stay at this level. A lot of guys don't have that same understanding of the day-in and day-out commitment it takes to play at this high of a level.

Peter Hughes

Her warmth and understanding, her vibrant energy and her commitment to education for all will be sadly missed.

Bill Buford

Her travel writing was characterized by a high moral purpose and an overwhelming sense of justice. What distinguishes her journalism is her eloquent outrage and commitment to fair play.

Barry Sanders

I was always conscious of the fact that I didn't make it to a Super Bowl, but it hits me even more now because the game is in Detroit. You feel the impact more.

Steve Heiden

I think it is our job as players to do a better job of executing. We can't shoot ourselves in the foot. I have said that for a couple of weeks now. We have to make a conscious effort when we have field position to make plays and not have turnovers or penalties.

Kenneth Chenault

I say this all the time: Everyone can make a conscious choice to be a leader.

Sathya Baba

God is the Seed;The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence is the flower, Pure Consciousness is the fruit, Love is the sweetness in the fruit.

Friedrich Hegel

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

Michael Davies

It indicates to me that it is fairly conscious ? it's a big issue.

Eddie Smith

It is a concern, it's one of the reasons why we've really heightened up the level of consciousness with our managers, our servers, to make sure they are not over-serving.

Steven Taylor

I was conscious of the injury right from the start. I think that was natural because there was a fear that the shoulder could pop out again. But I had to test it out at some point. It could have gone three or four games down the line, it could have lasted until the end of the season.

Ian Forrester

We took a very conscious decision to lower our margins ... but the result has been, of course, we have sold very much higher volumes.

Sebastian Thrun

I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.

Michael Graves

I think it's a really good way to get people to come up here. It's good to expand your mind by meeting people of other countries and beliefs, a good experience.

Donald Rumsfeld

I think it's interesting that other countries wonder why they would be increasing their defense effort at the pace they are and yet not acknowledging it, ... That is as interesting as the fact that it's increasing at the pace it is.

Goran Persson

It could become very expensive for Sweden to take responsibility in this way for other countries which haven't done their homework.

Bernard Gallacher

I think the great thing about the Ryder Cup is that the players are really playing for their countries and not playing for money. I think that is the important essence of the Ryder Cup.

Jiang Zemin

It is China's view that Sino-U.S. relations should be dealt with from a strategic and long-term perspective, and the differences between the two countries handled in a proper way.

Peter Mayhew

Whatever people say about America, it is still one of the most wonderful countries in the world, despite the politics, religion and everything else that goes on.

Ismail Haniyeh

We think countries in power can decide for themselves what kinds of positions and policies they can take.

Perry Crosswhite

I think we've done very well. In fact, some countries would say we've done too well.

Sam Brownback

Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.

Larry Snow

What with the referendum were they truthful about? The taxes people had to pay? No. The finances? No. How much debt we had? No. How much did they get right?

Lawrence Lindsey

What we want to see is ... people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt (or) use it for some spending that they may want to do.

Lawrence Lindsey

What we want to see is have people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt (or) use it for some spending that they may want to do.

Greg Zandlo

Going into debt is never easy and, in your case, going deeper into debt is a necessary evil.

John Hill

Gold should be well-positioned if the U.S. economy slows sharply, given debt and dual-deficit strains that would likely emerge,

S. Walker

I think you will find we will have to repay the debt and before the election next year a special rate will have been imposed.

Steven Landry

There is a different propensity there to take on debt.

Michael O'Hanlon

What is a problem is when you have no particular plan to pay off the debt.

Bruce Bochy

Jake was feeling the effects of everything going on in his teeth and his hand. To me, that is major surgery. I made up my mind after talking to him. I was inclined to get him when I went out there. I decided he had enough.

Randy Barnhill

Jack was getting after it. We decided to switch him around and move him up front (from the midfield), because he can score when he's got the ball.

E. Hicks

John has an important job here with the Rangers. I want him as part of our team as we move forward and I am glad he has decided to stay with our organization.

Marty Schottenheimer

He wanted to finish, but I decided it was time to give Michael a few shots.

Dave Jones

He could have done anything else, but he decided to come out for track. I'm proud I got to be his coach.

Sam Jr

He decided to wait because he knew he was going to get some interest late. It was a very good decision for him to wait.

Raul Cisneros

He decided to take them up on the offer.

Patrick Mouratoglou

He decided that his parents had to come. Marcos is someone who likes to share.

Saeb Erekat

He decided not to go to New York because of the (Israeli) handover of the (Gaza) settlements and the security situation.

Kelly Hughes

I would not term it a suspension. We do not disclose such information about students It was my decision that O.J. Mayo not travel or play with the team (tonight).

David Stern

I would say to Byron let me make that decision and he should focus more on basketball. And if you see him, tell him that. We're going to be back.

Nick Saban

I would stop short of saying that Ronnie was 100 percent, but he did do everything in practice. Those decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis.

Larry Bowa

Joe tries to surround himself with good people. He relies on his staff. And yet, when there's a tough decision to be made, he makes it.

Mark Roe

I think it's a great move, ... I'm really, really pleased that something good has come from my mistake, really. I'd like to think that the way I handled it at the time, and what I went through, was probably a small factor in their decision to look at it.

Jack Lee

I think it's a good decision for plaintiffs.

Jim Cox

I think it's a good decision and we should let LAFCO gather the information and make a decision,

Deion Branch

I think it helped. I wouldn't say it was my decision. I would have loved to play during the preseason, but my job was to get prepared for the game in practice. That was coach's decision and that is what I went with. Overall, I feel good and I think it helped.

John Roberts

I think it is a jolt to the legal system when you overturn precedent. ... It is not enough that you may think that a prior decision was wrongly decided,

John Giannini

They did a great job doubling Steve. But we had a lot of contributions.

Kelly Whitney

They weren't doubling me. They weren't fronting me in the post. If I can get more games like that, we'll be better off.

Folarin Campbell

It's been so easy. With (defenses) doubling down on Will and Jai, we're left wide open.

Stromile Swift

They had been doing that the whole game, doubling up on Tracy. A lot of times it's open. But when Tracy gets it going, and he's shooting the ball, he's on fire. But it's always open when guys are double-teaming him like that, so when he's going like that, we try and go get the rebound.

Justin Brock

They were doubling the post and we weren't getting many looks, but our guards stepped up tonight. That's real nice, knowing you can fall back on your guards.

Martin O'Malley

The Republican Party is doubling down on this trickle-down theory that says, 'Thou shalt concentrate wealth at the very top of our society. Thou shalt remove regulation from wherever you find it, even on Wall Street. And thou shalt keep wages low for American workers so that we can be more competitive.'

Dave McDermott

They really put the clamps on us in the third, and we stopped scoring. They started doubling the ball, which is something we practiced for. But it's just not the same as in a game.

Peter Spencer

On this basis, the doubling in the oil price since 2003 will have knocked something like three quarters of a percentage point off GDP growth during this year alone.

Randy Pullen

Some positions, such as that of bellman, have seen a doubling of wages. But in every position, there has been a significant increase.

Ariel Sharon

I talked today to the secretary-general of the United Nations. I talked to every European leader about this issue,

Andrew Douglas

It is going to change, quite dramatically, the way European markets work.

Zinedine Zidane

I think we have the team to go very far at the European championships. Now we just have to be ready on time.

Raul Gonzalez

It isn't true that there is an offer from Chelsea. There isn't even an offer from any other European team.

Gerhard Schroeder

It is likely that the European partners and also others will work towards a second decision, and I also think that is sensible,

Dick Marty

It is highly unlikely that European governments, or at least their intelligence services, were unaware.

Brian Tempest

It is just a modest acquisition. It is part of our overall European strategy.

Grant McCasland

Like most Europeans do, he shoots those 15-footers all the time. He stays after practice and keeps shooting it. Seemed all that practice after games paid off.

Dick Marty

Hundreds of CIA-chartered flights have passed through numerous European countries.

Nate Robertson

He wants our expectations to be greater than maybe they've been.

Randy Perreira

Hawaii people have a greater tolerance for fairness.

Bill Tierney

His role is no less than mine is. And it is a lot greater than mine in some ways.

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

Frank Tyger

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

Wesley Moultrie

It is having a much greater impact, I think, then what had been anticipated.

Victor Hugo

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes

Jim Hunter

The range is greater for sound than for sight.

Steven Fisher

There is a need now for even greater scrutiny.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Joe Horn

Just to make those people happy, it's all worthwhile.

Spencer Kayden

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Dave Breitenfeld

I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do.

Scott McCallum

What you don't read about, it's never a story of the 98 percent who are doing things right and view this as a public service and want it to work.

Robert McGrath

He's able to do about 80 percent of what he did this year.

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Michael Andretti

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

Walt Jocketty

I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.

Ed Peterson

We're probably doing 60 percent as many ships as we had been before the storm.

Eric Price

What you see here on the facility, we are probably running about 90 percent of our workforce.

Andrew Goodsall

I think as the reality soaks in, the result's not disappointing, but it's not up 20 percent either.

Sarah Parcak

I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rate. Tens of thousands of sites will be lost, and we've only unveiled a tiny percent of the past.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich.

Hale Irwin

It was just probably the poorest executed shot of the week. You're going over water one way or another, why not go at the flag?

Richard Seivert

They are the poorest of the poor in the Western hemisphere.

Juvenal

The traveler without money will sing before the robber. [Lat., Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator.]

Richard P. Feynman

[B]eyond poverty, beyond the point that the material needs are reasonably satisfied, only from within is peace.

Samuel Johnson

He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.

W. S. Merwin

I offer you what I have my Poverty

Saint Augustine

All plenty which is not my God is poverty to me.

Xi Jinping

Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?

Walter Savage Landor

Wherever there is excessive wealth, there is also in the train of it excessive poverty.

Walter Scott

Oh, poverty parts good company.

Samuel Johnson

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

Joseph Kabila

Whatever happens, if there are summits we will be there, provided it takes place after the funeral,

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Amy Gabriel

We have to be able to provide these services.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Tim Duffy

In some of these areas, we are the only provider of coverage.

Joseph Stefanov

It has to provide a return (for the village).

Jacqueline McKenzie

I have provided a soundtrack for a scene that I am in which is pretty cool.

Elizabeth Langland

Their vision is going to provide a touchstone for us,

Gray Davis

I don't care. My trademark is I say what I think, for better or for worse.

Zayn Malik

My trademark saying is probably “VAS HAPPENIN?!”

Roseanne Barr

They're all mine. . . . Of course, I'd trade any one of them for a dishwasher.

Wally Szczerbiak

It's a big-time opportunity. In this day and age, you never know why trades are made.

Benjamin Franklin

No nation has ever been ruined by trade.

Brenda Fassie

I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.

Dwane Casey

We could've benefited from it, but we made a different trade.

Peter Magowan

A trade? They can't trade me. I'm sorry.

Michael Boss

The traders are for the most part are out. So we're just biding out time.