Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sara Rix

people who remain in the labor force late in life tended to be healthier, better educated and more affluent than others not in the labor force.

Jim Gillespie

In many cases, affluent homeowners have more than one trophy property for either recreational, entertainment or investment purposes.

Laura Nichols

The character of Great Falls has changed over the years, and it had gone in a direction that wasn't particularly how I wanted it to be. It was a farming community and then it became an affluent bedroom community.

Dennis Daniels

These aren't affluent people, and they were treated with less respect than they should have.

Paul Herdman

The downside of high private school attendance is that if, in fact, a high percentage of them are from more affluent families, families of influence don't have a vested interest in the public school system.

Peter Francese

The danger going forward is that the formerly large middle class is shrinking, and we are depending on a relatively small fraction of affluent households to provide the bulk of future consumer-spending growth.

Bruce Marshall

The baby boomers are getting older, approaching the peak age for buying a boat. They're an affluent group of people.

George Whalin

The retail business in general is strong, and Federated is doing well, considering it has stores in major cities such as New York and San Francisco, where the affluent shopper is driving a lot of sales.

Mel Pearlman

This is a very affluent community. The citizens of Celebration contribute more to the county than they get in services.

Joanna Lumley

I was involved with the landmines before the Princess of Wales, and nobody gave a damn about people losing their limbs. It only became a success when she came along.

Dan Brown

I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.

Frank Bruno

Just recently I got a request for a proclamation in Volusia County for a gentleman that became 80 years old, ... That is not appropriate because you are proclaiming the day because that person is 80 years old. So I sent a letter instead.

Mark Badgley

I think it just became too formula, ... Everybody looked the same. Certainly women have to dress very practically by day now, so I think they really love the idea of indulging themselves in dressing up for night.

Randy Levine

I think it became obviously clear that no matter under what analysis, this deal is a good deal for taxpayers.

Zulima Farber

I think it became a big case only because of the names involved. I think it would have been a routine -- if there is such a thing -- illegal gambling case if it wasn't for the names of those people involved. However, because there was a trooper involved, it was big to us.

Courtney Pratt

It became pretty clear we weren't going to get any kind of wage concessions from our labour union,

Gordon Huether

It became pretty clear to me the place to expand it was where the population is.

Daisy Ridley

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

Julie Morgenstern

I would say that 75 percent to 80 percent of the clients I work with choose the wrong place for their files. They tuck it away in some remote location like a spare bedroom or in a basement.

Bruce Arena

Keller would have to fall out of his bedroom window tonight. We don't plan on rotating goalkeepers.

Janelle Berry

He kept running from her bedroom and running back to the other side of the house; which is where the fire originated. But we didn't know at that time. He kept making very bizarre sounds that she never heard before; mourning almost. And she thought something's not right.

Colleen Abrie

Her hair tells us she is Marlene Dietrich meets maverick. She's a woman who carries red hair beautifully because she's bold in character, especially with that rocker-red. Her bedroom eyes give us a come-hither kind of look. But ... she wants you to know just when you have her figured out, she's gonna fool you!

Pixie Lott

Hmm... my bedroom's really messy. It's probably the messiest bedroom you could ever think of. Like, you think it's messy, but when you go there, you can't see one bit of floor anywhere. Clothes, makeup... I'm getting sent loads of clothes and stuff, so it's just piling up everywhere. I've to jump over it in order to get into my bed.

Susan Greenberg

He dragged me into the bedroom and said he'd been outside digging my grave. And he raped me.

Samuel Goldwyn

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

Matthew Hoggard

I remember having a few beers last night, then it all went a bit hazy. I passed out on the bedroom floor and the wife covered me with a dressing gown. I was in the room 10 minutes before I could speak!

Douglas Alexander

If Nick Clegg hadn't been sitting around the cabinet table, we wouldn't have had the bedroom tax; we wouldn't have had the rise in tuition fees. We wouldn't have had the mistakes we've seen in economic policy.

Al Bowman

Just to put that in perspective, a traffic ticket is a summary offense. It happened years ago in college. I think, obviously, Mike has changed quite a bit, as we all have, in these last eight years or six years. I'm sure he's not proud of these.

Craig Hansen

I think it really changed the way some scouts look at Northeast kids and how they play ball.

Jim Zandri

I think it is a combination of things. A lot has changed in New Year's over the past few years.

Olympia Snowe

He didn't repudiate what he said (in 1985), ... What he did say is that he has changed since that time over 20 years, and of course the court rulings have also been issued that established the precedent and reaffirmed Roe.

Jeffrey Lichtman

He did not want the life his father had lived. He changed diapers, he drove a minivan.

Mark Dubach

He did a tremendous job of going to the rim and he's the one who changed the game for them.

Dan Johnson

Heck yeah I knew I was playing. That's the only reason I changed my pants.

David Anders

The only thing that's changed is they've come out and made it very clear and public. They're being very vocal.

John Cleveland

Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.

Andrew Sorensen

Jack Pratt has the character, the leadership skills and the qualities to inspire confidence and optimism.

Robin Hobb

I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.

George Bodenheimer

Keith Jackson is a man of great character and a legendary broadcaster. For decades, his unmistakable style defined college football for millions of fans. While we hate to say goodbye, we understand his decision and wish him the very best.

Sela Ward

I swore I'd never do another hour show... until I read the first page of this script and I just hooked into Lily's character so much and the writing.

John Searles

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

Anna Friel

I also like the fact that the character isn't a typical footballer's wife, she doesn't need the bling and being at the forefront of everything.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Jonathan Davis

He was a guy who really liked Sinatra, stuck at this alternative-rock radio station, ... So we had the character record his own versions of these (alternative) songs. That was the original inspiration for Cheese.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

Peggy Jones

I think its a good example of how the community and the developer can work together.

Mary Bach

I think it's a direct reflection on the kind of community that we are.

Tom Daschle

I think it is essential we put as much pressure through the international community on North Korea to do the right thing and do it quickly,

Rep. Heaton

I think in Mount Pleasant we have a really great cross section of the community attending.

Susan Tucker

He was a visionary in the fact that he knew this community needed a place to gather. He saw this as the southwest hub, and it has really become that. His vision really has come to life.

Mark Curtis

Hamden is a great community. We look forward to a long relationship with the city.

Jeff Pollard

I think it's a risk in how the community will react.

Mayor Britton

I think the fundamental question here is what the community wants. We can say this process has been ongoing for four, five, six years. If it had been going on for 50 years it doesn't make any difference. If the project's not what the community wants, it's a lousy process.

Joe Gill

I think the Friends of the Light House Shelter are outstanding. They provide community support with an excitement that is unparalleled.

Dwight Yorke

Keep the faith. We know we are heading in the right direction.

David Thwaites

I suspect it's going to be a fairly weaker open. Stocks are still looking for direction in Europe -- there are no big macro drivers today.

Charles Blood

I think investors should be back in the market. The direction is up from here.

Taha Ramadan

It (Iraq) is cooperating with all initiatives in this direction provided there is no encroachment on Iraq's sovereignty and security,

Tim Wakefield

I think with Jason as our captain, he can lead us in the right direction.

Kate Warne

I think that the market is in a wait-and-see mood to see whether there is any direction in Friday's reports.

Tony Fabrizio

There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country.

Dale Tallon

We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

Ron Reagan

I think this makes more sense. We're moving in the right direction.

Marton Csokas

I would take lots of falls and you know, get shot three or four times and this sort of thing, so all that sort of stuff. And there are tussles with various characters. I like that kind of thing.

Johnny Damon

Just not hitting with guys in scoring position. It falls to our hitters.

Lawrence Eagleburger

I think, unless Saddam Hussein falls in a hole one day or somebody shoots him in the head, I personally think he is prepared to go down with his ship.

Tim Wise

They never lower the tax rate sufficiently to get rid of the windfall profit that falls to the government.

Horace

Force without judgment falls of its own weight.

Sharda Persaud

We are going to see more small falls for two to three months and then some summer optimism.

Billy Donovan

We felt like Darrel Mitchell was the key to their team, so we tried to run at him and trap him as much as we could. When he gets his 18 or 19 points, everything else falls into place.

H. Hunt

We feel that Niagara Falls will be on the upswing and we want to be a part of it.

Joan Lingard

Do you know there are at least seven ways to view Niagara Falls ... one of the natural wonders of the world?

Wendell Berry

Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.

Jamie-Lynn Sigler

I really like the whole urban farming idea, because I grow my own produce in L.A., and I think it's great to teach people here in Manhattan so they can do the same.

Tommy Brock

The Mexican worker is the only people that has come and wanted to do this work in the 25 years I've been farming here.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

As you have sown so shall you reap.

Eli Miller

You can't make a living on the farming anymore. There's more money in the furniture shops.

Dave Carter

Organic farming is personal.

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.

Marcus Samuelsson

The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems.

Bobby Vinton

I wrote that song 'Melody Of Love', the one with the Polish lyrics, because over the years I had gone to Italy, Germany, South America.

Pavle Jovanovic

He keeps us on our toes, because you can be gone one race to the next no matter the outcome.

John Montgomery

Hard Rock has this cachet and image that can't be under-valued. I think if it had gone to Vail, for example, which already has a number of world-class hotels, the impact wouldn't have been as great.

Sonya Berzett

Her numbers have been pretty consistent. They've gone up every year, for the most part.

Robert Redford

God, it was great to play a guy like him, gone to seed, surly,

Pat Perez

He's always gone by Joe. I was surprised he used Ignacio.

O. Winston

He's gone through a lot and I think that helps him. There's not too much stuff he hasn't gone through, that's for sure. He's a real raw player. He hasn't had a lot of experience. I think he's gotten significantly better. He's got a lot of want-to about him. And he's a good guy to have around.

Bill Snyder

I think the people that have come through the program and have gone on to be productive young people in society means as much as anything, ... I mean really productive people become special people in their own right.

Alex Salmond

We've gone from a small parliamentary party now to being a large one.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

B. B. King

Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.

James Patterson

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.

Mary Carskadon

Kids are too sleepy to learn well. They're too sleepy to be happy. And they're at great risk for such things as traffic accidents.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Jim Schmitz

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Michael Santos

John always had his heart in this village. Sometimes he thought he was the village. He was a great ambassador. He put Brewster on the map on several occasions.