Famous Quotes & Sayings

I also believe strongly that capping this exemption would send out a message internationally that we do not encourage success in the arts ... We will force our young talent to go abroad as soon as they become successful. This is wrong.

Shashi Tharoor

Going abroad to study as a teenager, and joining the United Nations at 22, confirmed my ease with the world of the frequent flyer. I saw the average airport terminal as a familiar haven, like a friend's sitting room. But 9/11 changed all that.

It is no secret that the image of the United States abroad is not as positive as it must be. To the degree we can help to repair that image by introducing these visitors to American views of democracy, a free press and the role of citizens, we will have provided a valuable service to our country.

Kelly Corrigan

I moved from Philadelphia to California when I was 25, after traveling abroad for a year. I thought I'd come home eventually and settle down, but I didn't.

Noam Chomsky

Rendition is just sending people abroad to be tortured.

In 2005 our strategy to aggressively pursue quality listings both domestically and abroad proved a major success for the Amex. We plan to capitalize on our strength within the domestic markets and further expand our commitment to attracting desirable foreign listings by demonstrating the strong value proposition a listing on the Amex provides.

Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy as in the U.S..

Clearly (it's had) a crossover impact. But I think the impact it's going to have on the U.S. and domestic investments abroad is overstated.

Henry David Thoreau

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Yelena Isinbayeva

I may not stay in Russia all the time but I'm still based in Volgograd and I don't have plans to move abroad permanently, at least for now.

I really wanted to go abroad to South Korea, the country of my heritage, in order to increase my fluency in the language and really become immersed in the culture, ... This experience would be perfect, I thought to myself, and I applied.

I'll take in a game abroad at the weekend,

I hope Italians get to know how important the Italian community abroad is to Italy.

Mike Colter

I'm one of those people who is colour blind to a certain degree. And that doesn't mean I'm not acutely aware of race in our country and abroad and in the world. I know what's going on, and I'm very aware of it.

Increased demand in expanding economies abroad and continued robust conditions at home support the production outlook, given the low inventory environment. The Fed is sure to view the economy as expanding at too fast a pace now that manufacturing is coming back and consumption remains quite strong.

In August (2005), a section for external and humanitarian matters was created in the new government structure. I was put in charge of that section, which included five or six ministries singled out in that (August 2005) decree. When that section was set up, there was hope that those ministers who lived abroad would be able to do their work more or less efficiently and that they would have the opportunities to do their work. However, the past two or three months showed that this plan was unrealistic. Furthermore, the internal situation in the republic, political and military, has changed. So, the (current) decree is aimed at strengthening the role of ministries, ministers, and government officials working at home (in Chechnya). Consequently, the top government leaders will work at home. This was the purpose of the decree.

The investigation into such matters proves to be very difficult due to the fact that many of the sites are abroad and outside the jurisdiction of UK law enforcement agencies. The creation of new offences to deal with these matters would assist greatly in preventing the spread of such material.

Viviane Reding

The cost of using your mobile phone abroad is hard to believe.

The company has moved a lot of its production abroad and that should help it increase future profit margins and keep its growth targets.

The condition of the US economy compared to the other industrialized economies around the world is clearly superior and we are sucking in an awful lot of capital from abroad and that is part of this advance it reflects how competitive our economy is. This rapid advance in the beginning of the year wasn't really expected by anybody and you can't expect it to continue at this pace. But until the economy gets knocked off dead center -- and I don't see that happening yet -- I think we will have a market that continues to have more up days than down days.

Charles Schumer

The citizen soldiers of New York's National Guard have selflessly sacrificed to fight the war abroad and to defend our security at home. The government owes them nothing less than to support them with the absolute best training and equipment available.

The guarantee will help us to mobilize funds from abroad through very attractive savings products.

Jesse Jackson

The gulf state policy at home and abroad has failed. We must go another way.

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home,

These kinds of leaves of absence should be extraordinary and the cases should be compelling or strong. The reasons for study abroad are not just 'I want to be in a country that's interesting, warm or fun,' but involves a set of courses that they couldn't find in South Bend or in any of the other programs.

The GAO has clearly stated in this report that outsourcing of U.S. jobs abroad can not be ignored, and the government needs to act in order to address the issue in terms of data collection and policy solutions.

The generosity of these creative individuals to make this caliber of work available - work collected by or performed at some of the most important arts venues in the U.S. and abroad - is overwhelming.

The foreign-exchange market is so big it would take a large number of Chinese all sending money abroad over a short period of time to have an effect.

The basic problem with the DREAM Act is that because it is a form of amnesty, it sends the message abroad that we really don't care if people enter the United States illegally.

These passive investments abroad by Filipinos will come back once the country succeeds in carrying out meaningful governance reforms, and once we achieve political stability and sustained economic growth.

It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space to fall further.

Mark Potok

The notion of radical Islamists from abroad actually getting together with American neo-Nazis I think is an absolutely frightening one, ... It's just that so far we really have no evidence at all to suggest this is any kind of real collaboration.

That's Oceans Digital TV- it's allowing our subscribers to immerse themselves in the type of quality television they want without having to go abroad to get it.