Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Troia McFarland

One of the lessons of Vietnam, which we failed to heed in the Iraq war and the Afghanistan surge, is that before you commit U.S. military forces to aid or assist, it is essential to know what you want them to achieve.

Orrin Hatch

Kids today are still as talented at manipulating the loopholes to the rules imposed on them by their parents, ... The entertainment industry is willing to aid and abet them.

Mitch Daniels

I would think that humanitarian aid to Americans ought to come right at the top of priority lists, ... I, for one, would support all the aid that makes sense to help these places get back together. And if that means that lesser priorities -- and there are plenty that they spend federal tax dollars on out there (in Washington) -- need to take a back seat for a while, that's probably what they should do.

Tom DeLay

He vetoed the foreign aid bill because he wanted to increase foreign aid by 30 percent, and he wanted to take it out of the Social Security surplus,

Sarah MacQuiddy

Greeley always comes to the aid when there is a need.

Anthony Kennedy

has become a leading proponent of one of the most cosmopolitan, and controversial, trends in constitutional law: using foreign and international law as an aid in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

Gordon Brown

What we have decided today, conscious of the poverty that we face, is a decision of 100 percent debt cancellation for the poorest countries backed up by greater trade justice, by a doubling of European aid, by a commitment to provide AIDS treatments for people by 2010,

Jacques Chirac

had decided to write off all of the aid and development debt owed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

Larry Wade

I think it's great that we can do a small part to aid the people and aid the effort to rebuild down there, especially if it can get the refineries back on to lower the gas prices in the U.S. and especially Maine with winter coming on,

Glenn Beck

I was in Washington, D.C., on the morning show, by the time I was 18, programming a station by 19, No. 1 in the mornings. I think I was making, I don't know, a quarter of a million dollars by the time I was 25.

Clay Johnson

Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely.

Ray Manzarek

John is going to get about a million dollars for doing nothing. He gets an equal share as us, and we were out there working. A free million bucks. That's a gig I'd like.

Mark Dobson

I also want to make sure student tax dollars are spent responsibly. Regardless, they are spent on the students who pay them.

David Brazil

We've done well with their contract-in dollars and in service.

Lisa Whiting

I think a lot of it has to do with the rise in gas prices just from this week. If it's too expensive for them to get here, they're not going to want to pay the 90 or 100 dollars to stay here a night.

John Heisdorffer

I think it's possible. We have about a half million dollars walking into the office or by mail every day.

David Curry

It grew to huge proportions ? much larger than I expected. I was kind of thinking if we could get in the neighborhood of three or four hundred dollars that would be pretty good.

Chris Paladino

It is not an option. There were no student housing dollars used towards the construction or development of the retail or of the fitness space.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Robert Taylor

I don't know what they think going federal is going to do for the local people. It's actually going to do nothing.

John Dwyer

I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution.

Andrea Martin

I was intimidated at first, ... But everyone was very helpful and kind.

Brian McLaughlin

I was in Pensacola, Fla., for Ivan and I just want to be able to feel like I have helped people in my life,

Patrick Hogan

(Kirby) helped people...he always wanted to help people so splitting the money up is most in the spirit of (Kirby),

Rig Veda

Knowledge increases his thinking capabilities and helps him in getting new and innovative ideas.After implementing those ideas successfully he earns wealth.

Will Peterson

Knowing the way he throws can help us. But it is a different team, a different offense now.

Luke Donald

Knowing I have played well here before helps a lot.

Joel Silver

Kiss Kiss ... The kid's clean. Help him out.

Vernell Brown

I wouldn't say I got lost in the shuffle, but it did help me become a better person and a better player going through some of the things I went through.

Steve Lee

Kelly's been consistent, but we're not getting the scores from the 2, 3 and 4 spots that we need. I thought we'd be right in the (VOL race), but if we don't get some help we'll be out of it real soon.

Joe Hopkins

What you saw was the lesser of two beatings.

Mark Patterson

Whenever someone takes a lesser role in the operations, it's not too uncommon to see this type of thing.

Angus T. Jones

Jake from 'Two and a Half Men' means nothing. He is a non-existent character.

Janet Weiss

Just really be yourself, and if being yourself means you play two snare drums and nothing else, then play two snare drums and nothing else! Really figure out who you are and how you want your drums to feel because it's a very emotional instrument.

Craig Williams

I think it means a lot to the stable

Jerry Jeff Walker

'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.

Chris Higginbottom

Going to the state tournament means lot for our team, the school and the community. I think it's been six years since they've been, and to go in my first year here, there's just nothing sweeter.

Matthew Glotzbach

We're in the first inning of an extra-innings game. By no means are we at the point where search is perfect.

Ralph Norris

We've got to look at ways and means of being more competitive. We operate in a market.

Roy Oswalt

To get 20 is great, but to get to the playoffs means more.

Ed Howat

I think that number is staggering. It means a lot to have a rate that high.

Lady Bird Johnson

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

Robert Morrison

To do what ought to be done but what would not have been done unless I did it, I thought to be my duty.

Yvonne Johnson

I think we ought to find a way to do it.

Dave Gomo

If you've never done it, they ought to try it.

Dorne Hall

I have two senior guards, and we've been here before. That makes a big difference. We ought to have more poise than some of the other teams.

John Green

All else being equal, past officeholders ought to have an advantage, but all things are rarely equal.

Richard Clarke

(The number) ought to be visible and it ought to have to be in one place.

R. Ingram

It's something they ought to be able to live with.

Dante Nomellini

It's that water that we think ought to come back and be used in part for restoring the river.

Mike Jackson

There are still archaeological places (on the island) that are significant to our tribe culturally.

Chris Lee

It has a dream-like quality that takes you to places that don't exist,

Dave Arnold

I like to go places that are not tourist traps, ... We have enough of those.

Rudolfo Anaya

I have traveled to many places but have no desire to leave New Mexico.

S. Walker

In a lot of places this would've come off hokey because there's not the tradition this place has. It works here because it's not contrived. It's genuine. It's real.

Felicity Huffman

I'm not a beauty. That's not my thing. So it wasn't like I was risking anything. What I was risking is whether I could do it. There are many places to fall.

Rick Morris

I know that it is coming, such as paving places in Crusader Court, but we don't know the schedule and that's not under our purview.

Rick LeBeau

I just wish I could be in two places at once.

Natalie Hall

I like being able to go to places and not have to smell smoke. It's better for my health.

John Hoffman

Jacobson was the least stoned at the time, I guess. But he was plenty stoned during the interview.

Jason Terry

We told him you have plenty of clips. Just keep shooting it.

Allen Tucker

Our neighborhood has seen plenty of rain this year,

Ben Smith

In the scheme of things, there was plenty of time.

Sue Hales

If you haven't filed yet, you're not alone, and you have plenty of company.

Katie Uhlaender

I know I could have been on that podium. But I'll take it. My first Olympics, my third season ever in the sport. I'm 21 years old. I've got plenty of time.

Craig Bellamy

I have seen plenty of level-headed kids, but I don't think I have seen any with his sort of talent.

Jesse L. Martin

I have plenty of 'Law & Order' on my resume.

Bill Smith

The trucks are ready and we've got plenty of salt.

Robert Mueller

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

Sarah Kay

One of my highest priorities as an educator is to be as inclusive as possible.

Zig Ziglar

Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success.

Vladimir Putin

We act in a pragmatic and careful manner. We reduce spending on budget items that do not constitute a priority.

Rick Warren

If your activities don't match your priorities, you are wasting your life.

Trevor Dunn

Bungle is definitely a priority right now.

Trenton Lee Stewart

I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.

Zig Ziglar

Make finding the good in others a priority

Kevin Spacey

The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.

Dick Gephardt

I think the priority has to be Social Security and Medicare,

Jakaya Kikwete

I will make sure research and development is a top priority in agricultural development.

Mark Shapiro

Our No. 1 priority now is a closer.

Sara Gonzalez

The first priority is to start working, then know the language.

Gary Snyder

The first priority is just to get them registered,

Susan Cerbone

It's been a top priority for everyone to move, but this is the first time everyone's on board.

Edgerrin James

They just signed a new guy, so they are working to get better. As long as it is a priority ten it is all right.

Ron Zook

They know they have to go to class. Their first priority is to get an education. You're here to play football, but you're also here to get an education. You have got to go to class.

Tim Stanley

It was on the top of my priority list.

Sheryl Lee

I was in Seattle and I wanted nothing more than to act, but I was so terrified of it that I couldn't even get myself to an audition. It was miserable.

Victoria Gonzales

We're pretty much in the driver's seat for second place now.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated

Brittany Campbell

It has heated seats and a six-CD changer.

Clint Bowyer

I need as much seat time as I can. Because most of these tracks I am going to, I have never been to before.

Kenny Mayne

Their whole thing was that every state was going to be as unique as possible. I'm from Seattle and for Washington they did ultimate frisbee,

Elizabeth I

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

John Cage

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

John Mayer

I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

Kelli O'Hara

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.

Sam Huber

He doesn't like to run. He spends most of his time on the couch.

William S. Burroughs

If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.

Wilbur Ross

You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning.

Cheryln Bennett

If you make a little money, you spend it on other things (for artwork).

Timothy Parker

In my opinion, anything educational is worth what they're spending on it,

Christine Quinn

I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. But we only have so much brain capacity, so if I'm spending part of my brain thinking about how I'm acting, A, I'm not spending all of my brain doing, and B, I'm not actually in that moment.

David Greene

I'm trying to spend as little as possible,

Ahmed Hussein

Khartoum supports the Chadian rebels, financially, politically and militarily.

Teresa Johnson

He wants to win and we're just supporting him.

Jessica Wolf

He wanted to find his goals. We supported his choice.

Sam Richards

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.

Joe Pemberton

Her support was important to me, ... I could sense her smiling.

David Newhan

He's a teammate. You're supportive of your teammates.

Gary Larsen

We feel it's safe, we feel it's a viable technology and we're supportive of it,

Joseph Lieberman

We support a woman's right to choose, ... The other ticket does not.

Michael Campbell

I think it's the Polynesian connection. I have a lot of support here and it's wonderful.

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.

Robert Orben

Did you ever get to wondering if taxation without representation might have been cheaper?

Winston Churchill

There's no such thing as a good tax.

Andrew Zarnett

Plainly said, the (Pennsylvania) tax is too high.

Ken Johnson

The FCC has levied an unconstitutional tax on telephone companies,

Tim Pape

Taxation without representation? No, they're getting taxed, and they're getting represented.

Kent Conrad

It will make tax controversies more expensive, more intrusive and more inconvenient for taxpayers.

Len Burman

Non-compliance amounts to a tax of about $2,000 on every taxpayer.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Jeremie Cook

I was disappointed. He was unbeaten. I didn't do what I wanted on top in my final.

Paul Malone

I think that will put us over the top and make the story simple,

Dennis Thompson

I don't know what I'm going to say, ... I'll just go off the top of my head.

Robert Townsend

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

William Henry Harrison

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

Tyra Banks

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Jeremy Mayfield

If you're not careful, this thing can get to you, trying to get in the top 10 for the chase.

Chris Barclay

I just told him to top that, if he could.