Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elie Wiesel

And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.

David George

U.S. Bank is taking action to be on the offensive as well as defensive. St. Louis has become a very competitive market. It makes sense to spend money to build brand awareness.

Mark Twain

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy

Ernie Els

Obviously, the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time to get injured. But what can you do? I'm not dwelling on my bad luck. All I have to do now is focus on getting better, so I'm out of action for not a day longer than I have to be.

Jim Gibbons

I believe that suspending Nevada's fuel tax is worth considering, which is why I am looking into similar action today at the federal level,

Madhup Tiwari

It is about understanding the problem and not about taking strict action against offenders. We cannot go around issuing fines to people or solving matters through punishment. Sometimes it is the duty of people to understand the problems of others and continue with their celebrations accordingly.

Steve Cox

It is a good thing, but also a bad thing. I'm hoping everyone will see plenty of action.

Ken Ross

What makes 'Survivor' and 'Amazing Race' ripe for DVD is the fact that they are action-oriented and competition-based. There are challenges and outdoor racing and different things bred into the contests that allow for repeated viewing.

Kimberly Ricketts

The people's trust has been violated. We are taking strong action to provide a fair environment for donors as well as the charitable organizations and paid fund-raisers who follow our laws and regulations.

Ban Ki-moon

Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.

Rick Riordan

I prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much.

David R. Brower

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.

Jon Holmes

The performance of the national team is very important. This season soccer has been fairly abysmal.

Bobby Valentine

Koga put him in the No. 1 spot last year, and he got hot after that. I thought I'd follow suit.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is the nature of strong people that they can bring out crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Anne Michaels

Even as a child, even as my blood-past was drained from me, I understood that if I were strong enough to accept it, I was being offered a second history.

Anne M. Mulcahy

By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.

Anne Lamott

I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women.

Ann Voskamp

I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I see truth reflecting back at me: Every time fear freezes and worry writhes, every time I surrender to stress, aren't I advertising the unreliability of God? That I really don't believe? But if I'm grateful to the Bridge Builder for the crossing of a million strong bridges, thankful for a million faithful moments, my life speaks my beliefs and I trust Him again.

Alber Elbaz

I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.

Albert J. Nock

If the modern spirit, whatever that may be, is disinclined towards taking the Lord's word at its face value (as I hear is the case), we may observe that Isaiah's testimony to the character of the masses has strong collateral support from respectable Gentile authority. Plato lived into the administration of Eubulus, when Athens was at the peak of its jazz-and-paper era, and he speaks of the Athenian masses with all Isaiah's fervency, even comparing them to a herd of ravenous wild beasts.

Amanda Hocking

I know you’ll be a good Queen, a strong, noble leader, and that’s more than these people deserve,” she said. “But don’t give too much. You need to keep some of yourself for you. And listen to your heart.

Annie Besant

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.