Famous Quotes & Sayings

Darin Strauss

Too much contemporary fiction seems purposefully to address small things in small ways. And yet why not try for the all-inclusive, the gripping, for the audacious?

My goal is to reach out to communicate every day, whether I'm in Washington or in the congressional district. In Washington, the best opportunity to do that is on the House floor. It's both a responsibility and an opportunity. I enjoy, every day, taking to the House floor to address an issue or event that is significant for constituents.

Georgi Parvanov

We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities.

Edgar Winter

There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It's very formulaic. The subject matter that you can address in pop music is somewhat restricted. It just doesn't allow that same emotive quality that you can put into poetry.

Lynda Barry

In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I also won't let anyone look at the person who's reading. No eye contact; everybody has to draw a spiral. And I would like to do a drawing class where we could talk about anything except for the drawing. No one could even mention it.

Antonin Scalia

If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is tortured is - is unlawful under - under our statutes, but the Constitution happens not to address it, just as it does not address a lot of other horrible things.

Gabrielle Giffords

Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.

Garth Nix

Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.

We left a lot of guys on base and we've been trying to address how to get that clutch hit. We managed to manufacture a couple runs and Andy pitched well.

We have confirmed this vulnerability. I am writing a Microsoft Security Advisory on thisbut we wanted to make sure customers knew we were aware of this and we will address it in a security update.

We're trying to get salt on the streets in order to address the re-freezing. We're trying to head off as many problems as we can.

Andrew Johnson

We're looking at a market where 15 percent of people said they'd be buying in a year, and 40 percent of people will be ready to buy in two years. So what about that 25 percent who are waiting the extra year? They're not in a rush, but they will buy. They have some concerns about confidentiality and reliability of delivery. They want to know who will address these concerns.

We're looking at all the state parks throughout the system, because they all have needs. It would take much more than that (amount) to address all the needs we have in our state parks system.

Bob Sheppard

My purpose in public address and in speech is really encapsulated in three C's: clear, concise, correct. No overblowing rhetoric or anything like that. As simple as possible: clear, concise, correct.

The real test of any governmental agency's priorities is reflected in what it budgets to address a particular issue, not rhetoric.

We view this announcement, following Pfizer's 26% dividend increase in December 2005, as another sign that Pfizer is addressing shareholder concerns and as another step in the right direction for the company.

We've worked really hard to identify alternative funding sources and really address the projects that need to be done to provide for safe and efficient travel in southern Beaufort County.

Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.

Skip Bertman

We are working hard to address the problem presented by the small percentage of people who, by their actions, damage the reputation of an entire University.

Dick Cheney

We clearly understand that in terms of what government can do addressing the waste question is key, ... If we can address the waste question and deal with that, I think that will give people -- potential investors and utilities who have to decide what form of power to use in the future -- confidence that nuclear power is a viable option.

We are committed to addressing these cases one by one over the coming years.

Paul Wolfowitz

We are changing the way we design our projects, so that they address the incentives and opportunities to fight corruption right from the start. Enforcement alone will not cure corruption. How much we do, and how much progress we make, depends on the desire of both governments and civil society to create the right setting for sound, strong, sustainable development.

We have been listening to our customers and have seen the move towards a requirement for complete inspection systems. We believe the new division will address this customer need.

We have been and fully intend to continue addressing the issues Mr. Bostic has raised. We will continue to focus on creating value for shareholders by delivering high quality education to our students while adhering to the industry's highest standards of integrity and business practices.

We have been aggressively addressing some of these issues for quite some time and are proud of the progress and achievements made over the past several years in strengthening the human intelligence collection, all-source analysis and a wide variety of intelligence community programs.

Tony Blair

We have got to address how to get some sort of dynamism in our economies while tackling pockets of high unemployment and social exclusion,

We have geared up to address some of those patients. We'll either help internally through our own program or help them find somewhere else.

We will do an in-house service. If they will get their employees together, we'll go in and address those issues that they're losing points on routinely.

Kofi Annan

We will ... develop measures to reinforce formal protection for whistle-blowers, ... I want to stress that I am fully committed to addressing the concerns that all of you have identified in this survey.

We will continue to encourage the two sides to address key issues,

We would love to have a packed house for a lot of different reasons, but for those that can't come, we recognize there will be some hardships here and we will address those on a case-by-case basis,

We would like to see the parents use that as goal setting, whether it's from a student perspective, from the home or a school perspective where we can actually address this based on what our students needs are.

We would be willing to work with them to address their circumstances. Our main concern is getting this work done as soon as possible.