Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Mackowiak

As a former county commissioner, the senator understands, probably better than anyone, how this proposal could affect county government. He hears them loud and clear.

Lorenzo Codogno

As always, protectionism doesn't work. The past resistance to change has resulted in the Italian banking system being still affected by fragmentation, with plenty of small-scale players.

Paul Haggis

As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.

Kelly Preston

As a mom, I am going through a very painful experience and my child is going through a very traumatic and painful experience. So I didn't want to say anything that could affect him later in life.

David Orton

Profitability for the quarter was affected by the lower revenue and a reduction in average selling prices for the company's board products.

Duncan Hunter

Prior to September 11, 2001, illegal immigration was considered a regional issue without national implications. We quickly learned on that day, however, that this is a national issue, affecting each and every American, not just those living in border communities like San Diego County,

Richard Hatch

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious-they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you.

Richard Hatch

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious - they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you.

Mark Hansen

Probably the most important thing in developing an emergency plan for the agricultural operation is to include the family and employees in the process. By helping to develop the plan, the other family members and employees take more ownership in making the plan work and in helping think of ways to protect the business. After all, everyone is affected if an emergency or disaster causes a disruption in operations, even if it's only for a week or two.

Jacek Tyszkiewicz

People ask, 'Will rush hour be one, two, three hours longer?' It is awful tough to tell. We expect it will take several weeks to a month to shake out.

Alan Hevesi

Officials entered into arrangements they should have known were illegal, ... These were awful deals.

Jackie Berry

Oh, he was so mean to her. He would mistreat her, say awful things to her and cause trouble. He was just mean.

George Gwozdecky

No question, these games mean an awful lot to us. Minnesota, Colorado College and North Dakota, those are the three teams we finish with. I don't see any way we can sweep the table. But if we're able to get a win or two...

Tom Coughlin

No question in our mind that we know what we are getting into in Washington this weekend. It's going to be an NFC East showdown game, played in the latter part of the season with an awful lot on the line.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples.O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from the anchorite, That solitudinarian: With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick; With dropping shots he makes him sick. --Quincy Giles

Henry Blodget

Despite the awful near-term financial outlook, the key value-drivers showed impressive growth.

Vince McMahon

The smoke coming out, you can't get within 20, 30 feet of the building. The heat was awful intense. It went up as fast as I've ever seen.

Lee Rainie

The spectrum runs from the completely debauched, awful kind of stuff, to the most high quality, high tone stuff.

David Kelly

Reading the minutes carefully, I don't think it really changes my view or the market's view of where the Fed was.

Brian Palmer

Programs have responded to guidelines by making changes to residents' schedules without appropriate staffing, so some of the work has been put onto medical students.

Aaron McGruder

Our show is not 'Family Guy,' ... The element of race changes everything.

Brian Cumming

Our concern is that human industrialization could be a trigger for extreme climate changes on a global scale in the future.

Christopher Cox

Our disclosure rules haven't kept pace with changes in the marketplace.

Elizabeth Ward

People don't make these choices in a vacuum. We need to make environmental and community changes to encourage people to make healthier choices.

Ian Russell

Once we had made the strategic decision to sell PacifiCorp, which changes significantly the shape and scale of the group, it was necessary to review our management, operating and cost structures for the continuing businesses,

Erwin Chemerinsky

dramatically changes the dynamics of the Roberts confirmation.

Lloyd Carr

Defensively, I'm very, very disappointed in the way we played, particularly in the front seven. I don't think we played well at all up there. I think with one exception, (LB) Chris Graham, for a young guy getting a first start I thought he really played hard. He made a lot of plays. We're just not where we need to be. We need to play harder. We need to play more physical. That is our intent. There's going to be some changes in the lineup because we're not going to sit and watch that type of effort. We need to play harder, we need to play tougher.

Andy Reid

We limited his reps, but the reps he was in there, he did a nice job. He worked it today (Thursday) and we've got to see if the swelling stays out.

Paul LePage

We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.

Mark Perry

We have a very substantial and loyal limited partner group.

Margaret Gillett

Now we have space to move around in. We were pretty limited before.

Gary Becker

The most fundamental constraint is limited time

Jeff Chambers

MSU is on a limited budget. We don't have enough money to tape every athlete.

Joseph Volpe

Maybe with 'Parsifal,' because it's only three performances and a limited rehearsal time, we'll be able to get someone really good.

Robert Hurwitz

It allows for Tony winners and other people with limited availability to take part,

Andres Durbak

We're always looking for new ways of using limited resources.

Daniela Ruah

I've met real female NCIS agents who were smaller than I am. They were very petite.

Lilly Singh

I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.

Russ Swartz

It's nothing that we're not used to all year. We're one of the smaller teams in the league.

Michael Shaw

It's a little smaller but it utilizes space much better.

Robert James

The taxpayers have spoken. They want a change.

Charles Adams

We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones.

Robert Soper

The track has its own taxes that are distinct. It's not 55 percent, that's for certain.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump have proposed an approach that has a $4 billion tax benefit for your family.

Albert Camus

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without.

Herbert Hoover

There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.

Warren Buffett

I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.

Wesley Snipes

I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.

Todd Fischer

You've had all year to do it and, hopefully, it doesn't come down to one tournament.

Brett Ratner

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

Brett Ratner

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Brandon Sanderson

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Ayn Rand

He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...

Benjamin Cardozo

The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more.

Benjamin Cardozo

More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their last say with knowledge that the cause is lost. The voice of the majority may be that of force triumphant, content with the plaudits of the hour, and recking little of the morrow. The dissenter speaks to the future, and his voice is pitched to a key that will carry through the years.

Benito Mussolini

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

Brad Paisley

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.