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 The donation was withdrawn.

James Blankenship

Colby Davis and Michael Cheshire, the two returning linemen from last year who were in there tonight, I think they really took charge of the young kids.

Sendhil Mullainathan

A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Most insurance plans charge something for them. Why not make drugs like these free? Not for everyone, but just the groups for whom they are provably effective.

George Dreckmann

Right now we charge a fee to recycle them, but we weren't charging a fee to landfill them. So we're hoping by charging a fee for the land filling of those items, we will encourage more recycling of those items.

Chris Patterson

Schools have just grown out of their charge and have taken on a lot of responsibilities other than academic.

Hilary Clinton

Putting Mary Gall in charge of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is like hiring a lifeguard who doesn't like to swim, ... She has consistently demonstrated a preference for the interests of manufacturers over the well-being of children and consumers ... even when the number of deaths continues to rise.

F. Stone

It would be silly of me to be in charge of releasing a (rated) X movie, that we could only see in a limited theater because we are in fact, trying to make a commercial film.

Larry Cook

It was very exciting, but also very grueling. If there is an organized event, each state will be in charge of getting there.

Scott Holste

The state will no longer charge the $2 fee.

Rodman Philbrick

As a writer, I'm convinced that encouraging children to write fiction, to hook into that marvelous machine called the imagination, has to be good for everyone.

Debbie Smith

Reaching out to children in need and touching their lives in this special way is so important.

Peter Craig

Our thoughts and prayers are with her children and her family.

Mark Madsen

Our thoughts and prayers are with Fred Hoiberg and his family and his children, because there's not a finer human being around than Fred Hoiberg. But hey, we've got to make adjustments, and we've got some good players who will hopefully come in and fill the void.

Sharon Lewis

Our detectives are interviewing the parents of the two children we found, to see whether they can't throw any light on the subject ... At the moment we have no leads.

Joe Biden

People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.

Jason O'Mara

People tell you not to work with children and animals, and I chose to work with a 7-year-old and several dinosaurs!

KP Kushwaha

People are still coming to hospitals with unconscious children in their arms. Some of them are coming to us very late.

Teresa Belew

People going, starting to drink at 12-o'clock with children and leaving after a long day in the sun out there, that's just a risky, risky combination.

Stephen Jones

Dead men don't tell tales. We don't want a Lee Harvey Oswald here. We don't want an Oliver Stone movie. We don't want a Warren Commission report.

Sen. Menard

The scope of the commission really is very broad. It deals with LNG, but in the whole Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We are hoping it sets some limits on where and how these facilities can be sited.

Michael Mori

It would be remiss of the commission to move forward before the Supreme Court makes a ruling, ... Unless, that is, they're really doing it for show.

Charles Grassley

The serious nature of the reported findings and allegations, coupled with the grave implications if these allegations are meritorious, compel me ... to refer these matters to the Department of Justice and to the Securities Exchange Commission for consideration.

Laura Hunter

The State Lands Commission showed leadership and set us firmly on the road toward a more sustainable future for our oceans.

Jacques Chirac

Is it normal for the commission to be disinterested in a problem? ... This is one of the reasons that explains the current rejection of Europe. It is a problem that must be looked at.

William Coakley

The whole thing was prejudiced from the beginning; it was all backward. They look at us like we were created to serve at the leisure and pleasure of the commission and I dispute that. It was the people that put us in there. They wanted an independent voice.

Mark Herron

There would be a cost for expenses of the commission, for commission staff, for computers, ... But it would be approximately half of the cost now because there would not be duplication.

H. Hart

This is going to underscore the sense that we really have not been prepared. Everyone on the commission seems to say that we are safer, but not safe.

Bill Murray

As far as the consumer is concerned, they think it's a stand-by ticket where you have to sit in the back by the toilet,

Asahi Shimbun

As a result, the food safety of consumers was treated carelessly, raising questions once more about government responsibility.

Michael Chambers

Real discretionary spending has been cut to the bone. That would gel with the sense we get in Indonesia of a very sharp drop in consumer durable purchases, motorcycles. If you go to electronic shops you'll see a sharp decline there as well.

Mark Batty

People are worried about possible net interest margin compression and credit quality deterioration, as well as slowing consumer loan growth.

Dannielle Romano

People are witnessing how interested consumers are in experiencing digital music, consuming it that way, and having the convenience of consuming it that way. It's a quickly growing, voracious audience.

Alan Greenspan

Despite the combination of somewhat slower growth of productivity in recent quarters, higher energy prices, and a decline in the exchange rate for the dollar, core measures of consumer prices have registered only modest increases,

Anne Sweeney

The strategic utilization of new technologies to meet consumer needs is of paramount importance to the growth of the Disney Media Networks Group.

Eric Wold

A few years ago the big question was could IMAX get Hollywood content on their screens and theaters to sign up. But studios now see the value of putting movies on IMAX screens since consumers have much better home theaters.

Mel Karmazin

Satellite radio is very hot and is continuing to be one of the fastest-growing products in consumer electronics history.

Asahi Shimbun

As a result, the food safety of consumers was treated carelessly, raising questions once more about government responsibility.

Dannielle Romano

People are witnessing how interested consumers are in experiencing digital music, consuming it that way, and having the convenience of consuming it that way. It's a quickly growing, voracious audience.

Eric Wold

A few years ago the big question was could IMAX get Hollywood content on their screens and theaters to sign up. But studios now see the value of putting movies on IMAX screens since consumers have much better home theaters.

Dick Durbin

it would have put millions of American consumers and families at risk of losing coverage for necessary health care.

Travis Reindl

Things are very good for consumers right now because there are so many (financing) options.

Adrienne Warren

This is definitely good news for consumers ... a 32-year-low is a very impressive figure.

Ed Perkins

This is important information that consumers should know before they put their money down on a ticket.

Tom Slunecka

This is important for American consumers who now have a viable alternative fuel that is good for the environment and performs well in their cars. It's also important for American agriculture, because ethanol is a renewable resource made from U.S. crops.

Edgar Bronfman

This is going to expand the music market, ... Internet consumers -- particularly music consumers on the Internet -- are people who generally don't go into retail stores.

Jim Tracy

As long as he keeps his focus and continues to realize there is no real opportunity to be satisfied and he maintains that hunger, ... he could wind up being a real good pitcher in the Major Leagues.

Tony Tyler

As our schedule reliability continues to improve we are pleased to be able to resume services to (six) destinations.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Gerald Zukowski

The momentum is there, but it's sporadic. There is no doubt that investment spending continues to move higher.

Maria Ramirez

The momentum (for durable goods) still continues to be pretty robust,

Carolyn Brown

The momentum continues to steady for its sales, and we now expect 'Living History ' to be one of the best-selling non-fiction titles of the year,

Martin Pyykkonen

Demand for optical technology is insatiable. As long as demand continues then think this deal would do well. I don't see demand to let up.

Fadel Gheit

Demand continues to be relatively strong. Supply remains tight. And the global economy seems to be doing OK. As they say, no harm, no foul.

Chris Kelly

Delta continues to respond to the increasing cost pressures on our business, including fuel.

Paul Cassell

Justice demands that the 168 deaths be reflected in the sentence.

Todd Perkins

What was $1.99 a gallon is now $2.70-something a gallon.

Ally Carter

Tell me or I'll yell for Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, and you can find out how bex became bex

James Cordier

Gasoline at $2.50 a gallon isn't going to keep people from going on their spring and summer vacations.

Rose Rougeau

What I'm hearing is that more and more we are topping the $3 a gallon mark in Texas.

Andrew Tyndall

Why would (CBS) spend all that money hiring her away if they weren't hiring her because she's a superstar.

Mary Landrieu

We don't need to be laying off people. We need to be hiring people.

Dan Shechtman

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

Mo Ibrahim

Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.

S. Walker

You have to go in and find out what their interests are, and take it from there.

Jim Newberry

Many of the interests the students have are similar to the interests of the community.

Mario Cuomo

Scott Stringer has a record of standing up to special interests and getting results for the people of Manhattan. I know a real reformer when I see one and Scott Stringer is the real deal.

Steve Johnson

Basically, it's the tourist trade that interests China,

Max Mathurin

Now that the president has been elected, the political interests at stake during the legislative vote are huge.

Madeline Albright

NATO'S fundamental purpose -- safeguarding the ideals, interests and territory of its members -- is unchanging,

Danny Diaz

Sportsmen represent a very important constituency to this campaign. They reflect, in many cases, the interests and views of a majority of Americans and rural America.

Fulton J. Sheen

At Cana, [Mary] gave Him as a Savior to sinners; on the Cross He gave her as a refuge to sinners.

Richard Wright

They didn't even know about the ski school until Mary told them. They didn't even know about that.

Bill Callahan

A number of us talked about what we would do if we had come on him when he was loose, and you wouldn't be having a trial right now if that had occurred.

Gray Davis

the most qualified person on question number two.

Steve Brown

Quite a number of the signatures were not registered voters. You have a set of rules, and everyone should play by the same set of rules.

Roebalin Bustamante

You see the standing water, this is the number one hole.

Ashley Scott

I know what's like to be young and have atrocious spelling, spelling words all backwards, mixing up numbers, addresses. and things like that.

Vandana Shiva

The problem of numbers can only be dealt with by recognizing that people have a fundamental right to economic security. If you provide them with economic and environmental security, the population will stabilize itself.

Jane Addams

That person is most cultivated who is able to put himself in the place of the greatest number of other persons.

Baldwin Spencer

5 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.

Desiderius Erasmus

Fools are without number.

Christine Baranski

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.

Bud Grebey

Our strong preference is to have our striking workers return to work.

Chakib Khelil

We think that we will keep production at the same level.

Andy Bryant

We are still somewhat constrained in the chipset product line. We think microprocessors were OK,

Andy Bryant

We are still somewhat constrained in the chipset product line, ... We think microprocessors were OK.

Dennis Anderson

The uniqueness of this product provides insulation from competition.

Ken Hamlin

We had the right product at the right time.

Todd Holmdahl

We will wind up cost-reducing the product every year.

Anthony Powell

You have to be a product of the product.

Hal Mumme

We haven't been as productive as we'd like. We just have to keep working.

Tim Ferriss

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

Mike Pearson

We've been working on putting this in place for two years.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Henry Cotton

The big trick in putting is not method; the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.

Jane Austen

…each found her greatest safety in silence…

Arthur Schopenhauer

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

Sebastian Bellomo

You don't have to worry about safety. It's very safe.

Donna Reed

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I'm not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family.

Donald Trump

Our enforcement priorities will include removing criminals, gang members, security threats, visa overstays, public charges. That is those relying on public welfare or straining the safety net along with millions of recent illegal arrivals and overstays who've come here under this current corrupt administration.

Donald Trump

President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton have engaged in gross dereliction of duty by surrendering the safety of the American people to open borders, and you know it better than anybody right here in Arizona.

Aesop

Obscurity often brings safety.

Alexander Hamilton

The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed.

Angelina Jolie

If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.