Famous Quotes & Sayings

What we do in government now affects the future of 18- to 30-year-olds, yet few vote and most people don't understand them, ... I like to encourage their participation in government, and I like to hear their take on issues.

What we do here also affects the county -- and vice versa.

We were concerned that the public couldn't understand the sudden catastrophe, and concerned about affecting international relationship. Supported by the central government, within less than 10 hours, we corrected this 'benevolent lie' and told public the truth, and gained their forgiveness and understanding.

When we speak about the interruptions as well, it is not just for the individual man to get back to his life, it's also for his significant others whether it is a spouse or his children. Certainly the interruptions affect his mental and emotional state. He is going to be probably angrier as a result of being embarrassed or feeling humiliated because of constantly having to take breaks or feeling a lack of control in his life.

When we sent the note home to the parents we indicated that this was something that had affected our school community, and that one of our students had leukemia and had been treated for it.

Harold Wilson

When they tore that (gas station) down about six years ago, it affected my breathing for weeks.

John Ensign

We want to make sure those people who were affected by these catastrophic storms get the aid they need, ... but that we make some sacrifices elsewhere so we don't pass this enormous bill on to our children.

David Sobel

The plaintiff asked for a permanent injunction to affect individuals other than the two defendants who have agreed to this.

There are people who will be affected by this who don't even know about it yet.

If we don't have the right dealers in the right markets, it affects our volume.

If we don't get rain in the next two weeks, we'll see some long term affects on the wheat.

If we have significant refinery capacity problems due to Katrina, that certainly puts more upward pressure on gas prices, which in turn I think has to affect restaurant demand.

If we have normal afternoon rains, it won't affect construction. They can continue driving piles. It may impact dirt work if it's raining hard.

If we had the revenue those positions would be filled. It does not affect our services.

If we disturb it too much, we're just going to give it a chance to break free and cause the road to slip out. We can't affect any type of permanent fix until the weather dries out.

If there were, theoretically, a lot of high obstacles nearby, we would have to reduce the weight of our airplanes in hot weather. We'd reduce fuel (and) cargo first, and try to do passengers last. But it would affect our operations.

If they're not affectionate when they first come here, after being introduced to a horse they learn affection and empathy.

We notify the credit bureaus to put an alert on your credit file and keep it there over the course of your membership. This requires lenders to verify your identity before they do anything which could negatively affect your good standing.

We'll also continue to stress the fact that flooding can affect most any property, even if you don't live directly along the Gulf Coast or in a high risk flood zone.

John Gibbons

I think he may be a little tired, to be honest with you. He's in his first year doing it. I think what's affecting him right now is his location -- and you usually don't see it in velocity, you see it in location. ... At this time of year, definitely, you've got to make sure you don't just throw him out there when he may not be at his best.

John Gibbons

I think he may be a little tired. This is his first year doing it and what's affecting him now is his location. Usually you don't see it in velocity, you see it in location.

I think he inspires just tremendous affection and loyalty by ... a wide range of people,

I think he impacts games defensively, for us, more than any other player in baseball affects the game at their respective position,

Curt Schilling

I think he gets how big this thing is for me. And how important this thing is for me. Every inning. Every out. Every pitch. How that affects him, I don't know. But he's very intelligent, and things don't get lost on him. If you're talking pitching and he thinks it will help, he'll use it.

Jennifer Lee

I think gas prices around here are pretty bad, and they affect you to the point of compromise. If it costs a lot to drive, you have to cut the fat somewhere. This isn't going to be good for the local economy. For some people, every cent counts.

It all depends on the two guys involved. If you let it affect the team, it will. But Fred and I knew it was just between us and it always would be just between us. We never let it become an issue as a team.

It didn't affect us at all. You hate to see that, but we didn't change anything. We just needed to knock some shots down, that's all.

It didn't affect me, though. I yanked him out of the water, got him back on the boat and went right on fishing.

It didn't affect me as much as I thought at the beginning until my arm started getting sore my freshman year.

It did (affect work) for today. But will it affect the overall schedule for those homes? No.

It could possibly be owned by P&O, so this does affect everybody.

Look, I have no interest in this, ... I don't know Donovan. What he does doesn't affect me, but as an athlete, I have to say if you need surgery and you don't have this done, you're cheating yourself. Fly over there and be done with it.

Markets were caught off-guard by a blow-out trade deficit, ... This could affect growth.