Famous Quotes & Sayings

He was a forceful advocate for causes he believed in, ... Sometimes he regarded himself as the conscience of the University.

There are still decent prospects within emerging markets. We wouldn't advocate getting out of them completely. We just don't think you're going to see the same kind of performance you've seen coming out of them in the past five years.

He's always been a strong advocate for tax relief and believes some of the surplus should be returned to taxpayer pockets.

Bob Richardson

He's a very very strong advocate of science and education.

I thoroughly enjoyed being an advocate for the faculty as far as shared governance was concerned.

It is fully appropriate for the head of a national political party to secure a meeting for a supporter with an administration official or even to advocate a worthy cause.

It is my understanding that public funds cannot be used to advocate for a particular result in a bond or budget vote.

If there is a Fourth Estate function, if the press is supposed to be an advocate watching out for the public interest, then cases like these merit the attention.

If she wanted something, you better had figured out a way to make her happy. She was a very, very aggressive advocate for Buncombe County.

I'm playing devil's advocate here, (but) if everybody waits around, there may not be a next time. If we don't get much support on this one here, (promoters Bob Arum and Gary Shaw) may feel like the potential for the rescheduled event might be damaged, that some luster may have been taken off.

I'm never certain how to respond when an advocate on the other side of a case calls up images of patriots over the centuries who have sacrificed themselves to preserve our democracy,

Roy H. Williams

I know she will be an advocate for women and minorities. I wouldn't label her as a conservative or a liberal. She would be a centrist. That she was a Republican didn't stand in the way of fair play and her being fair minded.

The Fed's decision should be relatively positive for the bond market. They are not overdoing it and will do more if needed. We continue to advocate long positions and expect the Treasury bond market to rally considerably further.

The Fed's decision should be relatively positive for the bond market, ... They are not overdoing it and will do more if needed. We continue to advocate long positions and expect the Treasury bond market to rally considerably further.

Pat Toomey

The club's principle purpose is to advocate for and defend pro-growth policies, ... We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work.

Pat Toomey

The Club's principal purpose is to advocate for and defend pro-growth policies, ... We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work.

The event is the ACS grassroots program celebrating cancer survivorship and empowering survivors and others to advocate for laws that will help fight the disease.

a great advocate for social justice . . . she fights for affordable housing, civil rights and economic empowerment.

You can't be an advocate for business and an advocate for land-use.

The judge ruled in our favor because they could not prove that work was backed up, or that phone calls went unanswered. We don't advocate goofing off. The public should be served. But if there's not work, it's not his fault.

Damian Marley

The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the U.K. which I love.

The court's rulings validate that individual public school employees have the right to advocate for better salaries, benefits, working conditions and employment contracts for all public school employees.

Along with holding steady clients, I would also like to do side jobs such as being an advocate for a nonprofit organization, using my PR skills, and giving back to the community that has given so much to me.

Ben Shapiro

Google is a private company. It has the capacity to utilize its massive power for whatever political agenda it chooses. But for it to pretend to be an advocate for Internet freedom while simultaneously disadvantaging messages it finds politically incorrect is deeply hypocritical.

Tom has been a very effective advocate for the redistribution of resources for business startups. I would certainly say that many of us who are traditional practitioners of economic development become too narrowly focused on business recruitment when in fact the lion's share of jobs are generated through existing industry expansions and new business.

Everybody is supposed to make a contribution. That's something we try to advocate and preach. We don't want anybody to be able to focus in on one or two or three ballplayers. I want everybody to be worried about everybody we have on the floor.

The biggest problem facing us is the amount of water they're letting into the creek from Lake Hamilton, ... They don't have the right to flood us. We need an advocate to represent us.

Bill Buford

Dario doesn't like the color green, ... He's an advocate of brown.

Dan has been an outstanding representative and advocate for the MSI Chamber and the Mooresville community for over 20 years. His dedication and commitment to excellence has built a strong chamber for our business community.

Joan Kirner

Dad was a great advocate for social justice and a very quiet advocate of the essential Labor values.

Congresswoman Lee is a long-time advocate for both working people and patients. Her intervention at Eden Medical Center will help hospital management and SEIU members take one step closer towards a fair contract that puts quality patient care first. Our members look forward to negotiating with management to settle an industry standard contract and getting back to taking care of patients.

The nylon-string guitar has no more powerful advocate on the current jazz scene than Ken Hatfield, whose virtuosic fingerstyle technique is matched by an exceptional compositional gift and who succeeds better than most at stretching the boundaries of his instrument while playing and writing music that feels as friendly and naturally straight-ahead as anything by Charlie Byrd or Wes Montgomery.

That left me scratching my head too, that's something we wouldn't advocate at all. To grant a waiver at this time would be a setback for the marketplace. If indeed that would occur it would be very disappointing.