Famous Quotes & Sayings

Trent Reznor

My advice today, to established acts and new-coming acts, is the same advice I'd give to myself: pause for a minute, and really think about 'What is your goal? Where do you see yourself?'

Tom Brokaw

Gerald Ford brought to the political arena no demons, no hidden agenda, no hit list or acts of vengeance. He knew who he was, and he didn't require consultants or gurus to change him.

Projecting weakness will not make us safer or discourage attacks against us. We need to show leadership and strength by demonstrating that we will not tolerate violent acts against our people, and we will not leave our citizens or our interests vulnerable to an attack.

will.i.am

We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

Ambrose Burnside

The commanding general publishes, for the information of all concerned, that hereafter all persons found within our lines who commit acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country will be tried as spies or traitors, and, if convicted, will suffer death.

We design our world, while our world acts back on us and designs us.

I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.

Brad Thor

I had been fascinated with Islam since college - particularly how it could inspire such fervor in our modern age and move a significant number of its followers to horrific acts of violence. That invisible hand moved me to study more and more about Islam.

We are merely the instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.

The child who acts unlovable is the child who most needs to be loved.

Ban Ki-moon

Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.

E. P. Thompson

The question is, when someone acts like that, what do people do? We say you have more power than you think. Having a parent or a group of parents speak to a coach is a good thing.

Louise Arbour

Those on either side of the conflict who commit violations must be held accountable -- not only the perpetrators but also those in command of forces which commit such acts may be subject to individual criminal responsibility before a court of law.

You don't normally see three huge acts like that out touring in the same year. McCartney and The Stones alone really helped drive up ticket prices.

Today's charges signal the federal government's commitment to thoroughly and promptly investigate and prosecute acts of official corruption, wherever they may arise.

Bruce Sterling

They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there will still be no conventional war.

When a person acts only on their own Judgment they are always fearful of being wrong. . . . Not that I admire indecision on the contrary I dislike it much. I know however it is one of my own faults & it pervades more or less everything I do.

When an animal is infected, either naturally or by experimental injection, with a bacterium, virus, or other foreign body, the animal recognises this as an invader and acts in such a way as to remove or destroy it.

Lou Barletta

I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets.

Max Stirner

Spiritual men have taken into their head something that is to be realized. They have concepts of love, goodness, and the like, which they would like to see realized; therefore they want to set up a kingdom of love on earth, in which no one any longer acts from selfishness, but each one 'from love.' Love is to rule.

Robert Vaughn

For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.

I am interested in seeing how a certain situation can develop with potential accidents. First, I am inspired by the acts of potential collaborators. It tends to be an action they have already done in a different context. I am very clear about the rules of the game, but once it's launched, I don't intervene at all.

Wars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society. What man has made, man can change.

Christopher Knight

One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It's a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you're old friends.

Kate Braverman

I've written books as acts of discovery: things I need to know and that I need to touch. And it's very dangerous work to deal with the most toxic internal elements... I feel like Madame Curie at my computer. I feel like I should be hemorrhaging from my eyes and ears.

We are concerned, ... The acts of these two soldiers should not overshadow the years of cooperation and friendship we have shown to the Afghans.

Laura Bush

Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror, ... The sight of planes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.

We know there is a possibility of people yelling insults and disagreement. We are not anticipating any acts of violence or hate.

Our immediate concern is that if the explosives did fall into the wrong hands they could be used to commit terrorist acts and some of the bombings that we've seen.

Asif Ali Zardari

Pakistan has assured that it would not allow its territory to be used against India for any acts of terror. India must also reciprocate and address our concerns which are very genuine. Dialogue is the only way forward. Absence of dialogue leads to tension.

W. S. Gilbert

Our by-laws require us to include anyone who acts in a film into our ranks, but when we tried to find a loophole to keep these three individuals out, we happened upon another surprising regulation.

Kofi Annan

Such acts of provocation and vandalism will not deter the U.N. mission in East Timor from fulfilling its obligations,