Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ann Veneman

We know that children under 18 are about half of the population in the affected areas. And therefore we think that about half of the victims, either injured or the dead, have been children.

Sue Cischke

We know people are affected by the prices they are paying at the pump, and they are concerned about our dependence on foreign oil. We thought this was a good opportunity to make sure people know about the choices they already have.

Kathleen Sullivan

We'll never know how effective it was. ... Sununu won by a bigger margin than anyone expected. But that's not the point. It was wrong. ... We have 400 (state) legislative races. The intent may have been to influence one election, but it may have affected hundreds of races.

John Hackworth

Losing Kevin Alston affected our game and we had to re-adjust. I feel sorry for the youngster. He has broken his leg but these things happen in football. You have to be able to cope with it. We tried everything in the second half but the Netherlands played fantastically and would not give us a goal. Congratulations to them.

Ian Foster

Lots of other factors affected them last year but they are an extremely proud union. We fully expect a pretty fired-up team facing us on their home ground.

Scott Sutton

Last year's loss was so devastating, I think it's carried on to this season. I don't think it's affected us, but it's motivated us. The only way to get past that loss completely is to win the tournament this year.

John Kline

Many members of the House and Senate are unable to provide much-needed aid to their affected constituents because of the loss of personal and office resources, ... The catastrophic events resulting from Hurricane Katrina require that we do all we can to assist our colleagues and their constituents.

John Wiley

Sharing just a little can go a long way for people affected by this disaster.

Sharad Pawar

Seventy-five percent of the revenue will go to the earthquake affected people in Pakistan, while 25 percent will go to affected Indians.

Joby Scroggs

We knew going in that they were going to zero in on Kevin, who still had 115 yards in the game. Now, we've got another weapon - teams have to prepare even harder.

Fernando Alonso

I was not worried even if Michael passed me because I knew we would be strongest at the end of the race.

Rachel Sheinkin

For some reason I just knew back then that I wanted to be a writer.

Alan Alda

He knew there was something wrong, but there wasn't even a name for it in those days.

Gina Jones

He said, 'I love you,' and the way he said it, he knew something.

Abu Abir

He said he knew he was going to be assassinated soon.

Tom Minkel

When he was maybe around 8, I knew he'd be special. Already then they were wrestling a lot. They just wrestled everywhere, all over the country.

Dale Jr

When he was around, man, you knew he was there. That was tough . . . I miss him a lot.

Joah Tucker

I think we knew we needed to get something out of pressure.

Arthur Miller

I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.

Arundhati Roy

It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain. To let it be, to travel with it, as Velutha did, is much the harder thing to do.

Kevin Bardsley

We didn't want them to have to recreate the wheel, ... In our eyes, Garrett saved Brennan's life because of the things that we've learned.

Charles Fillmore

The mind is the seat of perception of the things we see, hear, and feel. It is through the mind that we see the beauties of the earth and sky, or music, of art, in fact, of everything. That silent shuttle of thought working in and out through cell and nerve weaves into one harmonious whole the myriad moods of mind, and we call it life.

Charles Fillmore

Here is a mental treatment guaranteed to cure every ill that flesh is heir to: sit for half an hour every night and mentally forgive everyone against whom you have any ill will or antipathy.

Charles Bukowski

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

Charles Bukowski

Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them.

Charles Bukowski

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

Charles Bukowski

Life's as kind as you let it be.

John Noble

I was a very lucky actor.

Mariah Carey

I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am.

Ewan McGregor

You know, an audition usually is you come in and read the scene and if you're lucky, you get to read it twice.

Judi Dench

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

Josh Duhamel

I really feel like a regular dude who happens to be incredibly lucky.

Pat Cooper

I'm the best at being lucky.

Kathy Bates

I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while.

Matt Damon

I've been really lucky. I'll completely forget that I'm a celebrity. And then something will happen, and I'll go, 'Oh, right.'

Marian Wright Edelman

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.