Famous Quotes & Sayings

Angelina Jolie

I'm certain the stories in this special will inspire viewers the same way these experiences have inspired me, and I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere.

Brad Barber

In general, activism like this makes good sense as long as it's focused on issues that improve shareholder value.

Patti Smith

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.

B. R. Hayden

The hunger strike at UCLA led to hundreds of students actually studying the farm worker experience and Chicanos in the context of Latin America, whereas they would have been on the outside raising fists and banners. So I count that as activism inside the classroom.

Arlen Specter

the hallmark agenda of the judicial activism of the Rehnquist Court.

John Pike

They are one-company towns. That's going to drive the local political activism to keep the bases open.

Keith Boykin

I've done the activism thing for a long time now, and this is a much better opportunity for me to get my message across, make an impact. Being a part of the media, you get a chance to be part of shaping a dialogue, creating a dialogue. You have much more of an opportunity to create change.

Noreena Hertz

Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who can switch from seller to seller with relative ease. Consumer and shareholder activism is a form of protest that favours the middle classes, an outpouring of the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie.

Julia Bacha

Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?

Jean Claude

I would say that consumers are not pushing enough,

Sherwood Boehlert

Judd Road was very important in going forward with Consumer Square and The Orchard,

Scott Anderson

Job growth is the main engine for consumer spending.

Kyle Hall

What we wanted to do is solve the issues for the consumers of where their pictures are going.

Wayne Ayers

I think the general message here is that despite the fears about a low savings rate, the consumer continues to hang in there, and that's essentially the only thing that's going to keep the economy on track.

John Klein

What do you do as a consumer to get your truck fixed?

Gerard Kleisterlee

There is a lack of value creation, particularly around consumer electronics,

Gray Davis

There is no easy solution, ... But, if I have to use the power of eminent domain to prevent generators from driving consumers into the dark and utilities into bankruptcy, then that's what I'll do.

Martin Sorrell

We're now in a situation where people are questioning consumer spending.

Tori Amos

Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.

Wayne Dyer

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

Ruzwana Bashir

The roles that push you out of your comfort zones are the ones in which you learn a great deal and really empower yourself.

Joey Cheek

I wanted to make it meaningful. It's empowering to think of someone else.

Evan Rachel Wood

Authentic and free. The Gucci guilty woman is about living in the moment. She's a modern woman, someone who really owns herself and her sensuality. It's supposed to be a very empowering and sensual fragrance.

Julia Cameron

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

Preneet Kaur

Politics is a potent way to empower women.

Kenny Marchant

Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.

Sheryl WuDunn

Women are not the problem they're the solution

Matt McKay

He can shoot the ball. His form is better than Bryce's. He and Jake have a better pure shot.

Max Mosley

What we will do is publish the 2008 regulations and there will be a Formula One World Championship in 2008,

Robert Wiley

He's just fought his way, as he normally does through that, and his form in the WAFL has been exceptional, so it is a reward for his performances in the WAFL and (it's great for him) to just be able to get out there and play footy.

Alan Cropsey

He's a very formidable personality when it comes to Washington, D.C.

Harold Pinter

I think it's enough for me. I've found other forms now.

Ian Cameron

It is a less formal car, more streamlined, more about the individual.

Neil Stern

I think their strategy is to be as ubiquitous as Walgreen's. They're a very good operator, a formidable rival to Walgreen's.

Janne Darata

I was devastated. I had time to formulate a plan on how to make something positive out of this tragedy.

Tim Ruskell

There is a formula and there is a way to get to that point. You don't know how quickly it's going to happen.

Martin Scorsese

Just when people think he gives you one thing, ... he gives you another.

Doug Wilson

Josh didn't do anything wrong, but this gives us some flexibility on our roster. This is the way the waiver rule should work. Players like that should be playing in this league. We had a good talk this morning.

Kevan Barlow

I talk to him all the time, and he gives me his opinions about our situation, ... He might as well be Nostradamus , because he predicted everything Ê that we're going through.

Jeffrey Edelman

I think it gives them another way to become more visible.

Steve Sanders

I think it gives me more of a leadership role on the team, because some of the guys know I have a son and they see how I act,

Charlene Lui

I think it is a good idea because it gives everyone responsibility.

Harold Wilson

He wanted to play hard. He gives it all he's got. That's why I've got to sub him pretty frequently, because he plays hard.

Bruce Bochy

He can play all three outfield positions and first base. He's a solid player. He gives you quality at-bats.

Dennis Tomasevicz

He just gives it 100-percent everything he does.

David Clarke

He wants ten inches. Right in the middle of the fillet.

Susan Jovanovic

He'd be out on the track, running on his sled in the middle of the night.

Aaron Nieckula

Going out there I think he was at 76 pitches. I told him he was one over 75, we'll take him up to 80. I told him to work the middle and pitch to contact.

Lynn Kimbrough

It could be something criminal. We're in the middle of the investigation.

Adam Mueller

We're pretty pleased with where we're at. We're right in the middle of it, and it's going to be a very important weekend for us.

Larry Wortzel

We're in the middle of methodically moving through this.

Todd Wilkinson

We're in the middle of it. We're rolling now. There won't be any let up.

Henry Winkler

I think this is the most important depository in the Middle West.

Kermit Frog

Well, you know, it's interesting being 50, ... You start to reflect on your life. And you look back over the years at everything you've ever done. And, with age, middle age, comes wisdom. But I have to say that I'm not sure that 50 for me is the same as 50 in people years.

Edmund White

I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.

Pat McDonald

I think it probably should just be torn down. It's probably going to take a lot of money to rebuild.

Chris Beatty

He'll be making a lot more money than that senator.

Grant Heslov

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.

Simon Reuben

If you can't make 40% on your money in Russia, you're a fool.

Silvio Santos

I'm a TV man, not a money man.

Stanley Tucci

I'm not interested in wasting money on a project.

Shuji Nakamura

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

Paul Tagliabue

I don't know where I'm going to do it. I'm just thinking about it. Just for that reason, that by then, people will have a whole new set of needs. The outpouring from the public is just fantastic. We just have to keep it going.

Keith Jones

The outpouring of support has been a blessing.

Terry Hartle

We are witnessing an unprecedented outpouring of support to enroll students. We've never seen anything like this before.

Daniel Healy

It angers me and scares me, ... I remember Vietnam. I remember how the protests started out back then. I'm here to do whatever I can.

John Henry Newman

To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.

Shahid Shamsi

The strike is to protest the blasphemous cartoons.

Shahid Shamsi

The shutter down strike was to protest the blasphemous cartoons.

Wes Boyd

What was positioned as a safe protest vote has now become a kind of kamikaze vote,

George Eliot

I protest against any absolute conclusion.

Krishna Sitaula

We will intensify the protests until we get rid of the autocratic monarchy.

Azzam Tamimi

I actually have a moderating influence, rather than radicalizing influences,

Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Yvonne Johnson

I think we need to do that rather than just talk about it.

Luigi Speranza

We look at this a temporary blip rather than a sign the recovery is fading.

Ruzwana Bashir

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

Kelly Slater

I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.

Lois Capps

I read that in the Wall Street Journal, and I find it rather offensive,

John Schultz

He was starting to get inquiries from relatives as to, 'Where's Dad?'

Jon Favreau

I don't know that a movie like 'Daredevil' did better for having Ben Affleck then 'Spider-Man' did having Tobey Maguire, who was a relative unknown at the time.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Kate Winslet

I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.

John Beckman

And it actually works. A professional diver tested it in relatively shallow water.

Joe Villani

It's not going to be anything atypical for January, but relative to what we had in the 40s and 50s it's going to be cold.

Francois Fenelon

Nothing is more false and more indiscreet than always to want to choose what mortifies us in everything. By this rule a person would soon ruin his health, his business, his reputation, his relations with his relatives and friends, in fact every good work which Providence gives him.

Jonathan Burns

What we're talking about here are relatively small co-pays.

Dave Bristow

She's by herself, she has no relatives in Manatee.

David Londoner

If you have this many bidders, the seller has a picnic. He'll play one off the other.

Kevin Costner

I don't have a seller's remorse about how I've lived.

Manuel Puig

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

Chris Liddell

I switch on and off very easily; I'm inherently lucky in that sense. I sleep well.

Ozzie Guillen

I switched my mind, ... It worked for us.

Steve Squyres

It is a big step. We've really switched gears.

Kelsey Chow

I wish I could read minds. It's a dangerous superpower, so I'd wish for it to come with a switch where I could turn it off if I wanted to. You'd learn a lot about people, that's for sure!

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off.

Stan Heath

They switched some things, and we didn't read the switches very well. We just made an inadvertent pass.

Randy Johnson

It's not something that's like a switch on my back, like I'm the Energizer bunny, like there's a switch I can turn on and turn off,

David Koechner

I am all about switching between genres and doing as much as possible.

Jeff Hickok

When that flipped, that was a nine-point switch in our favor.