Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mahatma Gandhi

A 'NO' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'YES' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

Robert Kirkman

As far as the trades go, I want to avoid how comics have captions or just really stilted dialogue at the beginning of the pages.

Neal Boortz

As a radio talk show host, I can say things no one else will because they are worried about being ostracized socially or on the job. I don't avoid controversy. My job is to stir it up.

Ian Heinisch

As a team, we have a little more pressure, but I think we are going to pull it off. I'd like to pin my way through state, that is my goal. But there are some good guys out there, and we will all have to avoid making critical mistakes.

Arthur Phillips

As a rule, I am lazy and prefer to avoid anything resembling work, and research feels like work, as opposed to my strong suit, which is sitting around making things up.

Ray William Johnson

As a general rule, if you are prone to melodramatic meltdowns, please avoid purchasing a webcam for any reason.

Bill Sammons

The bottom line is this was probably a dumb call. You pick up the phone, you say, 'Let's get a statement out and get this behind us.' You avoid the kind of feeding frenzy we're seeing here today. I think the press smells a little blood in the water.

Tom Norton

The bottom line is that it would make the bonds very difficult to market. In some cases, where free roads are designed to take people to and from the same points as a toll road, they would use the free road to avoid the toll.

Joseph Lisanti

Avoid buying the highest-yielding stock in any one particular group, for that is often indication the market has beaten down the shares on fears of a dividend cut. It's better to buy something with more modest current yield and a good track record of increasing dividends.

Marcia Gay Harden

A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'

Paul Grasmanis

Another very intense guy. He plays hard when he's in there. He plays violent. We call him 'Violent Gras.'

John Hales

As he is one, so we call Him God, the Deity, the Divine Nature, and other names of the same signification.

Terry Fleck

As a matter of fact, I'm going to call the governor's office right now to encourage that.

Sian Jones

The call would go out: 'Who can drive a bulldozer?' and inevitably someone would raise their hand.

Bill Cowher

The call was made to try to get us a spark and get us another possession. That's my decision. If it works, it's a good play. If it doesn't, you're open to second guessing, which is the nature of this business. But I have no second thoughts about that, I really don't.

Brent Sutter

The call was made. They had the opportunity to review it. As far as the IIHF was concerned, they didn't feel it was worth a suspension or worth a review. I trust them on that.

Brad Dean

The call volume has been higher and more steady than preceding some of the hurricanes we had last year.

Billy Davis

The call up is a great opportunity for Pat, hopefully he can do well and force himself into the World Cup finals this summer.

Tony Rodriguez

As long as it's a civil conversation, the communication can last all night as long as it doesn't disrupt a game and we don't have to get into a debate on rules. As long as we have mutual respect, we can have communication.

Erica Mercker

Racism is not over. It didn't end with the civil rights movement.

Thom Lynch

Ours is a civil rights movement on the march,

John Roberts

Opposition to quotas is not opposition to civil rights,

Rand Paul

Opponents of civil liberties contend the NSA data collection has made our country more safe, but even the most vocal defenders of the program have failed to identify a single thwarted plot.

Robin Oakley

After September 11 governments everywhere have had to plan what they would do in the event of a major civil emergency, especially the UK government,

Stephen Kinzer

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the world. It was a classic good-versus-evil war.

Mechai Viravaidya

Definitely if the Thai government doesn't need aid, civil society and the people do need it.

George H. W. Bush

Decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people.

Anton Chekhov

Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Francis Donald

Ours is a world where the many are ruled by the few, illusion masquerades as truth, and crisis is the crucible.

Doug Parker

Our consolidation was largely driven by crisis. US Airways needed it to survive. And as the industry improves, there will be fewer crises.

Tetsu Emori

After some profit-taking, we are now waiting for the inventory data. But the Nigerian crisis remains a serious issue.

James McCormack

The more of these events there are, inevitably the weaker she becomes. Surviving a crisis in leadership doesn't necessarily strengthen a leader." ()

Martin Brodeur

Definitely, it's a little crisis. It's not the end of the world.

Patrick Leahy

Despite my misgivings, I have acquiesced in some of the administration's proposals because it is important to preserve national unity in this time of crisis and to move the legislative process forward,

Jerrold Post

An illness to the president is not just a personal matter. It is a devastating public crisis.

Marc Danzon

A crisis like this one shows that the risk is global.

Abdul Reeki

No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.

Greg Potter

The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.

Richard Fisher

So this leaves a third option: better calibrating government spending programs,

Bill Frist

Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity,

Jack Straw

putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.

George Speight

There will never ever be a government led by an Indian, ever in Fiji.

Robin Cook

The Russian government throughout has sought to be as helpful as it can within its power, but that power is very limited in Chechnya,

William Browder

The Russian government doesn't come because for 70 years they didn't have to worry about what the world thought of them.

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Roxane Gay

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Geoffrey Moore

And the number of ISVs is meaningless. The issue is what the power players are doing. Cisco and Microsoft have the strongest positions, so a solution that doesn't have their endorsement isn't likely to get very far.

Fred Harran

Anything that a pedophile can utilize to find the location of the child. These people are smart, just because they have issues doesn't mean they're stupid.

Ron Klein

This is an issue that people are talking about. They want it fixed.

Patrick Kelly

This isn't an issue that's relevant to our research.

Asif Ali Zardari

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

Burton Richter

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

Aimee Mullins

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

Charles Bass

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

John Mushtare

As I understand it, we're going to need a lot of help. We need to win out and get some help.

Rick Clausen

The most important thing is understanding your role,

Jim Roddey

I understand the manufacturers don't want the supplier network, and I can understand why.

Princess Diana

I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will ever know yourself.

Bob Beauprez

I understand what you're against, but I don't know what you're for.

P. Herbert

I understand we all take it for granted,

Rita Ora

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

Lori Chappell

You really have to see the grounds to understand how populated they are.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.