Famous Quotes & Sayings

Norm Ornstein

Any spate of news stories from now on about corruption in contracts, etc., will hurt - people will resist a major taxpayers' commitment if they think much of it will be wasted or lining the pockets of miscreants, ... That perception, unfortunately, has been reinforced by the delegation request, which editorials have called 'Louisiana looting.' The delegation needs to change its tone and strategy when it comes to getting aid. The other danger is that over time, as other disasters occur, aid becomes zero sum.

Stephen Mitchell

As costs for college continue to increase and financial aid continues to shift toward reliance on loans, it is more important than ever for parents to take responsibility in preparing financially for their children's college futures. Whether a child is a year old or entering high school, parents should take a good look at the savings options available and start right away.

Atharva Veda

The bull with a thousand horns who rose out of the sea, with the aid of him, the mighty one, do we put the folks to sleep.

David Miliband

The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game.

Haruhiko Kuroda

As of now, the annual financial aid to India is in the range of one to 1.5 billion dollars a year. ADB will increase this to two to 2.25 billion dollars.

Peter Hardstaff

Our concern is that because the IFF is a way of borrowing money from international financial markets, in years to come we're going to end up using aid money to pay off the interest to financiers rather than helping the poor.

Peter Hardstaff

Our concern is that because the IFFI is a way of borrowing money from international financial markets, in years to come we're going to end up using aid money to pay off the interest to financiers rather than helping the poor,

Gezahegn Kebede

Our analysis suggests that in some areas aid is only getting to a third of those who need it. What is crystal clear is that if donors don't rapidly fund the new UN appeal, the situation which is already critical, will get much worse.

Jeff Ament

People from Farm Aid have approached us about shows. We'd never done it. So part of my pitch to the band is that this IS farm aid.

Dave Blood

The boys on Pennsylvania Avenue have convinced a whole lot of the public that What's His Whiskers had something to do with 9/11. Stay tuned.

David Borenstein

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

Lee Konitz

I've played with not such great players, and found that I was inspired to play very well. I welcome every one of those opportunities.

Wanda Jackson

It would take them three days to tape a thirty minute show, and you just got so worn out, you did it however they wanted, just to get it over with.

Kitty Carlisle

It was the world of make believe that people really weren't living in, and they were living in terrible, terrible circumstances.

Arto Lindsay

It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all.

Jack Irons

It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band.

Johnny Ramone

It was a job, and I was just doing my job.

Phil Harris

These records did make the charts somewhere at about number 150 out of 160 releases. I can remember that it made the top of the charts in Atlanta GA.

Shekhar Kapur

As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth have been my most uncompromised films.

Adam Schoenfeld

Bandwidth is a big growth category, ... It's an important trend that the Internet sector offers some choice and segmentation.

Eric Brown

The music is really bigger than us, because it did have an impact on people. This is something we can have forever. It doesn't have to be the same struggling band situation, which is hard to maintain.

Reece Thompson

A friend and I started a band together. I am kind of learning how to play instruments. We write stuff over Skype or e-mail. I send one part and he writes another.

Kim Anderson

After I graduated, I was like, OK, what do I do now? ... And nothing was as great as playing in a band with R.L. So I just called and said, 'What if I just moved to Kansas City?'

Jeff Pevar

The most important thing for this band is that it is playing. I liken playing in this band to sitting around a poker table. The game is still going on. It goes on no matter who shows up. It's cool if different players are part of this. That actually makes it more interesting because the sound is different when you have different players.

Gary Koenig

Stop and think about a new rock band just trying to come up with a name that's not been used. There's only so much you can do in one direction.

Ricky Phillips

Styx is a very exclusive club. The band doesn't think of it as the new Styx -- they think of it as a continuum.

Nick Atkinson

Someone said we were too good looking to be a rock band which is the weirdest thing I have ever heard in my life,

Joni Gray

That should work well for most of our farmers and ranchers,

Bob Metz

First we need a safety net from the farm bill. It would be a safety net that we would not use every year.

George Toups

There was a larger use of the farm with the horses. Now there are no longer horses there. It is now strictly used as an outdoor laboratory for our agriculture production courses.

Dave Carter

Organic farming is personal.

David Carter

If anything should go on the historic register, this farm should. It was a showplace.

Kirk Lewis

I was from a farming town. That (background) gave me a lot of the values that I have today.

Peter Goldmark

White wheat is worth less today than when I started farming in 1972. The safety net, frankly, is gone.

Gary Waters

If Farmer can come out and give some things like he gave today, we can win some games.

Ron Heck

It is hard to write the perfect farm bill.

Dakota Blue Richards

As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.

Daniel Sharman

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Rick Riordan

As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.' There is no 'next' 'Harry Potter.'

Rocco Calo

As a stockholder myself, I want to see the stock do well but I also want to see them treat people well.

Shawn Amos

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

John Eales

As a captain, it's important to have the right people around you,

Peter Ueberroth

As a lot of people said, 'The U.S. is back,' in a way. We were well received.

Ray Santiago

As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.

W. H. Murray

The big thing is getting more infrastructure in place so that people can just pull up and get the fuel.

Harry Tholen

Norris has been opportunistic. Every time he pitches we score runs.

Tracy Sutton

The more he pitches the better he is. If he has a very long lay-off, it takes him a while to get back into the rhythm, so we throw him as much as possible. He's a rhythm man. ... today, he threw pretty good.

Ivan Rodriguez

I should take more walks. But I'm very aggressive. In the off-season, I'm going to work on taking more pitches and being more selective. If I'm more selective, I can have some better numbers.

Dusty Baker

You want him to go out and pitch the way he has pitched before.

Suzy Buchholtz

Boom, boom, boom, boom, and at 7:40 everyone's gone. Everyone pitches in.

Mike Reagan

Didn't throw a strike. (Miller) was all over the place.I don't think I have seen an inning like that inning in the first inning. Our pitchers didn't get it done today.

Ozzie Guillen

We didn't pitch well at all, and that was the game.

Ozzie Guillen

We were one pitch to get out of the inning, and we didn't get it done.

Willie Randolph

You have to pitch inside. Most teams that are successful pitch in there. No big deal. Just baseball.