Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Garza

We're obviously very disappointed. We're hoping that Congress will see the importance of leaving the food aid budget as it is -- that 25 percent needs to stay in the U.S..

Dambisa Moyo

I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.

Marty Markowitz

I'd like to see every Brooklyn organization raising funds for the relief effort, ... Brooklyn book clubs, sports teams, block associations, business and professional associations, schools, libraries, houses of worship, and any other forum where Brooklynites come together can all join in and make a difference.  I would also like to see all Brooklyn restaurants donate a percentage of their receipts for a week to the relief effort. Right now, donations of money are most urgently needed.  As the rescue and recovery progresses, there will be many other needs, and we will continue to respond as those needs become clear.  Brooklynites can be counted upon to come to the aid of our southern neighbors and we will be there for the long haul.

Allard Baird

He has solid, above-average receiving skills and is above-average in handling a pitching staff. He'll be able to aid us in the development of Buck.

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.

Donald Rumsfeld

Our military is making a significant difference in providing relief and aid and help and compassion for those who have suffered,

Michel Lu

In total, China has financed US$15 million in aid for Fiji for this year alone.

Nobutaka Machimura

In addition, I would like to call on all countries engaged in bilateral aid efforts to steadily implement their projects,

Joy Maniscalco

If you know someone is going to punch you, should you close your eyes and pretend it's not going to happen? or should you be alert, eyes wide open, ready to defend yourself? I don't know about you, but I'd rather see the punch coming than get hit when I'm not looking. Will I be in pain either way? Yes, but I'll have the band aid ready.

Edward Davis

Judge Moore assured me that he would be able to meet the deadlines that judge Hoeveler set,

Marine Pace

It boils down to the way that each service employs its force, and how best then to assure that they get the most out of the people they have.

Antonio Tarver

He was beat by a better fighter. Period. I am one of the best fighters in the world. Give me my credit. You all thought I would be one-punch happy but I passed my test. I did my homework. I took nothing for granted. I wasn't assured of victory until they raised my hand.

Jeff Williams

The purpose of the Fish and Wildlife Division is to assure compliance with laws that protect and enhance the long-term health and equitable utilization of Oregon's fish and wildlife resources.

Tim Tompkins

We take it for granted that crime continues to go down, the economy is strong and tourism has grown. Those things weren't assured four years ago.

Kevin Bettencourt

I think we saw more of Kansas last year because they were on TV more. The coaches have assured us they have tape on everybody and they've already gone through it.

Bruce Bochy

He's done a terrific job for us, ... I assured him it had nothing to do with the game.

Kirk Triplett

There is a perception that this event is not important to the players, but I can assure you it is very significant to me, and it was significant for a number of others who tried like heck to make the team but didn't quite get here.

Tipu Munshi

He has assured us to tag our priority items into the list of 97 per cent products to be given duty-free access.

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Gary Brown

Ken Lay is what I would call a fix-it man who thinks he can pick up the phone and take care of it because of who he is, a man of power. It's as though he thinks he can call anyone, any time. They're not going to like that kind of attitude.

Rich Beem

Just think of it as a golf cart with a V-8. Call it the Silver Bullet, baby.

Cindy Fisher

Kiva has improved daily and is going to evolve into an impact player in this program.

Winston Churchill

It is a gaping wound, whenever one touches it and removes the bandages and plasters of daily life.

Mike Hanson

It is something that they think about, not only when they go on similar calls, where their incident may have happened, but also something that they think about on a daily or weekly basis.

Karl Lagerfeld

In the streets of Paris, you see more long dresses in the summer than you see in the winter, because all the winter long used to be heavy, heavy material, but now they are different. They are open. They are pleated ... They can move in it. They are not something uncomfortable and impossible for daily life.

Christopher Lasch

In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.

I. Stone

I just saw it as a big experiment,'' Ulvaeus told the New York Daily News in 2001.

Martha Beck

The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life.

Krzysztof Kieslowski

The films should be influenced by the individual commandments to the same degree that the commandments influence our daily lives.

Stephen Lacy

The industry isn't dying. The industry is adjusting. What that means is, there's not a need for as many daily newspapers as there was.

Kay Redfield Jamison

It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy.

Mack Strong

Just things that I've never experienced in my life.

Tom Arnold

I swear on my life that is true.

Quentin Blake

You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

William Ellery Channing

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

Chris Stapleton

I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paintsville.

Cate Blanchett

It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.

Carine Roitfeld

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

Ron Shock

It has been a wonderful life for me. It's just been a blessing. I can't say I would have done it any other way. I have no regrets. I like what I do.

King Krule

A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.

Spike Jonze

After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.

Ted Cruz

I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.

Brian Dake

I spent a lot of time up there; I'd say all of it.

Miriam Toews

I spent 18 years in a small Mennonite town in the middle of the Canadian prairies.

Evan Osnos

I spent years overseas. I spent 11 years abroad.

George Chapman

We've spent $300,000 and it doesn't look much different.

Michael Heisley

I have spent my career making a difference with underperforming assets.

David Lowery

Whoever did this spent a long time igniting anything they could find.

Peter Takirambudde

Any transfer to the UN could take months.