Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Sarbanes

A deep cynicism is taking hold of the country, with more and more Americans convinced that big money calls the shots in Washington and that there is nothing that can be done about it. We must resist that conclusion and fight back on behalf of everyday citizens. Reform is possible, and it is imperative.

Anna Tibaijuka

This is the first effort of its kind on behalf of Safer Cities and we are proud to work with Tim and UNFCU to continue to strengthen civic responsibility within communities, engage youth and prevent crimes.

Ken Williams

There should be no question about the respect this organization has for Frank and all that he has helped us accomplish, including a World Series championship. He is the greatest hitter in White Sox history. At the same time, it is my responsibility to make the best decisions I can on behalf of the organization. Our plan is to continue to speak with Frank and his representatives over the coming months as more information is known about his health.

Webb Hubbell

What I do know is that I don't know of any wrongdoing on behalf of the first lady or the president, and nothing the independent counsel can do to me is going to make me lie about them,

Les Kotzer

More often, it's the lawyers who have to work it out. And once a lawyer gets between your kids -- say the lawyer sends a letter to a sister on behalf of a brother -- their relationship won't be the same anymore.

Arthur Schlesinger

She was a quiet revolutionary on behalf of all women,

Mike Driscoll

He submitted claims on behalf of numerous individuals,

Craig Campbell

We join our entire Guard family in raising up our prayers on behalf of Bryan and his family and many friends.

Greg Miller

We're all just amazed, ... that the Seattle Symphony people have stepped forward on our behalf like this. But I know that people in the LPO would have done the same thing for them. It's a small world symphonies are like families, so we're all sort of related.

Stephen Davis

The thing we've got to do is get better. We've got to correct our mistakes this week.

Bernadette Murphy

I've been anticipating a 7 to 10 percent correction over the next few months.

Michael Metz

This is the correction I've been talking about.

Jose Gomez

This correction streak is likely to remain for the next three sessions.

Adam Smith

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is ... that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

Fabio Lara

We could see a small technical correction tomorrow. But I don't like it when we have this kind of volume with sharp falls. It shows weakness.

Neal Soss

We had a great run. After a market has had a big run, you either get a correction in price or a correction in time.

S. Hughes

This week is going to be fairly volatile, with the shortened trading week, and I would expect to see a correction over the next few weeks,

Ayinde Ubaka

We correct those two things and we'll be in the game.

Larry Ceisler

We have offered $2 million to start out with, and then every year going forward, a percentage of our gross with a minimum of $500,000.

David Johnson

I would suggest there's some sloppiness here. Neither mere negligence or gross negligence will suffice.

Anna Kendrick

I heard people saying they were going to become millionaires by the time they were 25 - that's gross and obnoxious, but in California it's looked on as an asset.

Hari Kondabolu

I'm not a Republican, but I was one once - when I was 7 years old. Not my fault. The symbol of the Republican Party is an elephant, I'm a Hindu - I was confused.

Max Heindel

In all religions, we hear of the Seven Planetary Genii: the Hindu tells of Seven Rishi, the Parsi of Seven Ameskaspentas, the Mohammedan of Seven Archangels, and our Christian religion has its Seven Spirits before the Throne.

Mahatma Gandhi

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism.

Lindsey Williams

The talks have been constructive. We have had progress.

Kofi Annan

Africans are making important progress on all fronts,

Arthur Conan Doyle

The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time.

Daniel H. Pink

But in the end, mastery involves working and working and showing little improvement, perhaps with a few moments of flow pulling you along, then making a little progress, and then working and working on that new, slightly higher plateau again. It's grueling, to be sure. But that's not the problem; that's the solution.

Booker T. Washington

An inch of progress is worth a yard of complaint.

Thomas E. Mann

Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path.

Thomas Reed

If human progress had been merely a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia today.

Robert James Graves

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.

Swami Vivekananda

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

Kristin Baker

I've matured. I think I work better with the team.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Amanda Hale

I've come to realise I work so much better when I'm going by instinct.

Luis Castillo

This is terrible. Very disappointing. I've got to get back out there. There's so many things I have to work on.

Bryson Sumlin

That's not in the playbook, ... That's just excitement. Everything worked as clockwork.

Jane Fonda

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.

Kent McCord

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

Eric Maskin

The market doesn't work very well when it comes to public goods.

Charles Kettering

There has never been any 30-hour week for men who had anything to do.