Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roger Butler

Aboriginal printmaking is probably one of the most vital areas of printmaking at the moment,

Doug McArthur

This case is well known and will set a precedent on aboriginal title based on earlier court decisions, as well as establishing the government's role in providing financial support to First Nations for legal costs.

Derek Thompson

It's to give truth to history rather than ignore it, deny it or rationalize it. Somebody died and that somebody was an aboriginal person and that aboriginal person was a child.

John Muir

Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot defend themselves or run away. Andfew destroyers of trees ever plant any; nor can planting avail much towardrestoring our grand aboriginal giants. It took more than three thousandyears to make some of the oldest of the Sequoias, trees that are stillstanding in perfect strength and beauty, waving and singing in the mightyforests of the Sierra.

John Muir

Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot defend themselves or run away. And few destroyers of trees ever plant any; nor can planting avail much toward restoring our grand aboriginal giants. It took more than three thousand years to make some of the oldest of the Sequoias, trees that are still standing in perfect strength and beauty, waving and singing in the mighty forests of the Sierra.

Ken Hudson

As an aboriginal person with any kind of dam, whether it's run of the river or not, we have to look at it closely and decide what effects it will have on us.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.He extracted from his quiver, Did the controversial Roman, An argument well fitted To the question as submitted, Then addressed it to the liver, Of the unpersuaded foeman. --Oglum P. Boomp

Robyn Bourgeois

The status quo in terms of violence against aboriginal people is silence.

Jane Stewart

This is proof that we are committed to reconciling aboriginal rights in Canada, ... We aren't stuck in the past, we are prepared to evolve.

Haley Barbour

We've actually got utility crews in from Canada.

Leopold Trepper

The number of people who left for the United states and Canada increased with every year.

Mordecai Richler

Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

David Phillips

What we're saying is from Vancouver to Thunder Bay, Ont., that western part of Canada is looking like it'll be warmer than normal, so it's a continuation of what the fall has been like.

Aileen Carroll

World Vision and Care Canada are working through their local networks on the ground to meet the needs of these devastated communities,

Pierre Pettigrew

We are all discovering together, of course, just how huge this disaster is, ... It is touching a lot more people than we thought on Saturday, so I think Canada has been pretty fast off the mark.

Matt Kelly

We had 106 people do the Double last year, and there were people from 34 states, Japan and Canada.

Mark Chandler

Usually Canadian data doesn't mean that much but we were so close to testing the previous (dollar/Canada) lows that when we got better productivity numbers it gave the market a push.

Jennifer Jones

Absolutely, we were disappointed after the Olympic trials. We didn't play the way that we could but regardless, playing a world championship in Canada is unbelievable and something I would love to experience and the rest of us would love to, too. So hopefully, we'll have that chance.

Al Sharpton

But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.

Les Morris

We always did say we were going to look at the fountain and see if we can keep it. If not, we were committed to a water structure.

Chris Daly

The performances of the different offices are on opposite ends of the spectrum. In Fresno County we have what seems to be a near abdication of their responsibilities, whereas in Alameda County we see an office committed to protecting all residents in the county.

G. H. Hardy

We are praying we don't have an earthquake, ... This is money we've committed to sewer, street and other projects to meet the future needs of our city.

Dane Moody

We've all committed ourselves to having a good team, and we have a lot of individual talent. I think one-on-one, individually, we're better than any team in the country.

Joey Lott

We started slow out of the gate last week, and had some turnovers early. We also committed a lot of penalties and we know we can't do that this week. I've told our guys that Bowman is good enough as it is, and we don't need to help them by playing sloppy.

Patricia Smith

We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling. We remain committed to sharing a great selection of toys at great prices for our Web site.

Patti Smith

We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling in this case. Regardless of today's decision, Amazon.com is still committed to providing a great selection of toys at great prices for our customers.

Doug Oliver

We still remain committed to the development of an import terminal. It's not that the project is not occurring, it's just that these specific negotiations have ended.

Samir Inamdar

We are prepared to play Zimbabwe in March.

James Hogan

We are prepared to go all-Boeing or all-Airbus,

Brian Bogosian

We are prepared financially to see this thing through to the very end.

Bob Castle

We're going to take our time and be careful. We are prepared for problems.

Alexander Downer

They have indicated they are prepared to resume talks and before too long, within a reasonable time frame,

Richard Park

They're very well prepared for every team and they know each team's strengths and weaknesses. That's part of their success.

PJ Crowley

They talked about where they were and what they should be prepared to consider.

Amanda Brown

They ran the play well. Props for them making it, but we should have been more prepared for that.

Stephanie Eby

It's mental. Physically, they are prepared and capable. Mentally, they've got to get over the hump.

David Ricardo

If English money was of the same value then as before, Hamburgh money must have risen in value. But where is the proof of this?

Robert Keats

Where's the proof here? I have no facts, just allegations.

Agnes Repplier

Wit is a thing capable of proof.

Ben Bradlee

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

Karen Osborne

This is identification at the polls, not proof of citizenship.

Jim Ramstad

Mr. Speaker, as a grateful recovering alcoholic of 24 years myself, I am living proof that treatment does work and that recovery is real.

Aristotle

All proofs rest on premises.

Cynthia Lennon

John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof.

Adam Braun

I looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you.

Charles Dickens

I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you!

Earl Warren

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

Earl Warren

It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.

Earl Warren

When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

David Ricardo

The last point for consideration is the supposed disposition of the people to interfere with the rights of property. So essential does it appear to me, to the cause of good government, that the rights of property should be held sacred, that I would agree to deprive those of the elective franchise against whom it could justly be alleged that they considered it their interest to invade them.

David Henry Hwang

. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also its institutional structures. This has been an important goal of mine, as there have always been a variety of issues - artistic freedom, author's rights, access by minority groups - which have concerned me and even influenced my decision to become a playwright in the first place.

David Duke

But Barack Obama is not a person who would defend the rights and heritage of the European-American people.

David Duke

And the Zionists have used the Holocaust as a weapon to deny the rights of the Palestinians and to cover-up the crimes of Israel.

Barney Frank

The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question is the process to determine whether they've done the terrible things.

Tom Renney

We stuck with it. Definitely, we had to compete.

Steve Nielsen

It stuck out. And you could squish on it. I was worried it would go further. It was just an annoyance.

A. Johnson

It is very much a student-driven project. They've stuck with it and they show that it works.

Damian Woetzel

It's all about progression, not getting stuck and about having aspirations, which can lead you to do more and not just be satisfied. I was always that way about my dancing, and that's how I am about whatever it is I tend to pursue.

Red Berenson

It wasn't turning out to be the weekend we wanted, but we stuck together.

David Allen

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.

Kevin Lyons

You only have to get stuck once to say, 'You know what, it's not worth going up there anymore,'

Alan Lightman

Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.

Robert Fripp

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.