Famous Quotes & Sayings

Most of the activities went well; we would have liked a little more participation.

Miami is a geographical confluence of telecommunications and entrepreneurial forces that have huge impacts throughout Latin America. Our presence here will both propel and augment our research and consulting activities throughout Latin America.

We have often failed to deploy sufficient resources to actually make a real difference to the performance of, and activities within, industrial sectors.

George Reisman

Like the use of the word 'concupiscence' in an earlier age to describe sexual desire, the use of the word 'pollution' to describe essential aspects of the productive activities of an industrial society represents an attempt to defame an entirely proper human capacity by means of using an evil sounding name for it.

I wish we had this kind of activities every week of the year.

I was the oldest child in our family so I was always helping my mom watching the kids, playing with the kids and doing activities with them. It's something from little on that I've always liked to do.

Stephen Harper

I think one of the difficulties here is that the Liberal Party has been so badly run and has relied so long on taxpayers' money to supplement its activities that I don't think the Liberal Party has been able to pay for polling, to pay for these other things.

We do not believe that is in fact the case at all. The reality is that inflation in Zimbabwe has been driven mainly by quasi-fiscal activities of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.

We do not believe that, in the end, a democratic state can be built when parties or candidates seek power not only through the ballot but through terrorist activities as well.

With all the activities we're involved in it's a lot handier than driving 30 miles two or three times a day.

With all the activities we have here at the stadium, we will hit the one million mark this summer. With amateur baseball, professional baseball, soccer, antiques fairs, concerts and the like, we've seen significant attendance at the field. We'll be watching the count, and we expect to see our one millionth guest sometime in early July!

Mark Johnson

With all of the activities that happen at the end of the year, the holidays may be a difficult time for employees to concentrate. But with a little effort, by both employers and employees, the holidays can stay as productive as the rest of the year and help the company end the year on a positive note.

Mark Hanson

We really think the attendance should be up this year. Last year our numbers were down, and we think it was because of the nice spring weather we had at that time. People didn't seem to want to be cooped up indoors. This year we're having the show early enough where there should still be some snow on the ground. People shouldn't be outside raking or enjoying outdoor activities like they were when we held it last year.

We have a lot of different types of engineering activities that we're trying to place people in. What better place to talk to qualified engineers than at an engineering conference?

Jody Williams

It does not mean that there are not major countries that have not stayed outside the treaty, including our own -- the United States. But we believe that we will eventually get every nation in the world on board ... because we keep monitoring their activities ... and we keep the pressure on them every day.

Rick Santorum

you leave open the door for a variety of other sexual activities to occur within the home and not be regulated.

Winter sports insurance has become more refined as skiers are getting more adventurous. Some policies won't cover you for activities such as ice-skating or tobogganing ... some, particularly the no-frills cover can be very limited.

Where we're located, we're kind of far away from opportunities and activities that might be offered in Longmont or Brighton.

Whiskey production became an important part of the history of George Washington's business activities at Mount Vernon when he built a successful distillery after he left the presidency.

Jeff Clark

We continue to provide a wide variety of subject related activities to all of our students to better prepare them for this testing.

When it comes to using e-mail, employing search engines, visiting government Web sites, and pursuing hobbies, they are just as likely as everyone else to perform some of the most popular activities online,

James Baker

We are aware that there have been some complaints filed in terms of pre-election activities by way of efforts to buy votes, ... We're not sure of the significance of those.

Herbie Hancock

Well, I'm hoping that the narrow categories of music are forced to develop activities that reflect a broader variety of music, so that people get exposed to more variety that they certainly are now.

Dan Glickman

We hope the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling and an aggressive education effort will dissuade companies and individuals from engaging in these types of unlawful activities in the future. But when necessary, we will pursue all avenues ? including legal means ? to protect our product from theft.

We hope Iran can restore its moratorium on all activities related to uranium enrichment and create the conditions for the solution of the nuclear issue through negotiations.

Steve Nelson

Health Net works hard to promote healthy lifestyles among our members and in our local communities. Running, biking and swimming are three popular activities individuals and families can partake in together to stay healthy.

Derrick Jensen

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycle, or how to kiss. One of the best ways to destroy love for any of these activities would be through the use of grades, and the coercion and judgment they represent. Grades are a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do, an important instrument in inculcating children into a lifelong subservience to whatever authority happens to be thrust over them.

Martha Stewart

Great music is an important part of living, especially during the holidays. Family activities such as gift wrapping, baking, cooking, and entertaining are enlivened with beautiful songs, traditional carols, fantastic vocalists, and famous musical renditions, ... Each selection in the compilation was carefully chosen from my many favorites for the holidays. I hope the Martha Stewart Living Music Series will become part of everyone's holiday traditions.

Martha Stewart

Great music is an important part of living, especially during the holidays, ... Family activities such as gift wrapping, baking, cooking and entertaining are enlivened with beautiful songs, traditional carols, fantastic vocalists and famous musical renditions. Each selection in the compilation was carefully chosen from my many favorites for the holidays.

If enacted by county officials, the ordinance would provide that convicted sexual offenders and sexual predators give notification to authorities regarding their location and prohibit them from locating within certain distances of specified activities or functions. The county (currently) does not have any ordinance like this.

I certainly understand the decision to pass the reins to others, because he has so many other community development activities on his plate.

ICE is committed to using our law enforcement authorities to dismantle the methods criminals use to earn, move and store illicit funds. Our goal, as the primary investigative agency in the Department of Homeland Security, is to disrupt and deter activities that pose a threat to our nation' s welfare and public safety.

I can say right off the bat that he's focused on the work of his foundation, which among many activities is treating hundreds of thousands of AIDS patients around the world, fighting childhood obesity here at home and helping tsunami and hurricane victims.