Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Cave

Our Easters were elaborate productions with these big Easter Egg hunts out in the woods, and it was always, like, major . There was a golden egg and these crazy Easter baskets. My mother had seven sisters, and they all had children, so we'd have like 40 kids doing stuff together. It was a very celebrated time, one of many, and I realize now how it affected me as a kid.

Our environment is affected by changes to the whole world, as well as national policies and local decisions. We will play our part in responding to all of these and to improve and protect our environment internationally, nationally and locally.

Our employees remain committed to the residents of St. Bernard Parish who have affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Jaswant Singh

Of course, we have entirely sympathized with the victims and our condolences go with the families and relatives of those who have been affected by this.

Northwest's operations steadily improved after the start of the AMFA strike. In the weeks leading up to the strike during the month of August, Northwest's on-time performance, completion factor and aircraft out of service were negatively impacted by an AMFA slowdown, as well as weather events including Hurricane Katrina that negatively affected the operations of all airlines.

Northwest's operations steadily improved after the start of the AMFA strike, ... In the weeks leading up to the strike during the month of August, Northwest's on-time performance, completion factor and aircraft out of service were negatively impacted by an AMFA slowdown, as well as weather events including Hurricane Katrina that negatively affected the operations of all airlines.

North Texas did a nice job of getting into our shooters tonight. When we were able to have good looks, we just couldn't knock them down. When you're a shorter team, you need to make shots from the perimeter. We just didn't bring enough juice in the second half. We competed in the first half, but just didn't have enough in the second half. When we stopped scoring, it was a snowball effect. It affected our defense and we got into a rut.

No one wants to slow down the recovery, but there has been no input from people in the affected communities,

A full-time student with no siblings or parents who might be affected financially by his premature death, Harry Potter doesn't have a need for life insurance.

The National Hockey League Players Association members have those affected by Hurricane Katrina in their thoughts during this extremely difficult time, ... It is our hope that this donation and the auction proceeds from the players? opening night jerseys will assist the Red Cross in their massive relief effort, and help to ease the burden on the hurricane victims.

Bram Stoker

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farming house far down the road - a long, agonized wailing,as if from fear... Then, far off in the distance, from the mountains on each side of us began a louderand a sharper howling - that of wolves - which affected both horses and myself in the same way -for I was minded to jump from the caleche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting.

Ricky Henderson

The museums particularly affected were on the Royal Mile, the focal point for tourists in the city.

A flat yield curve affected our spread business, and transaction volume in domestic life insurance & retirement services and capital markets was lower as a result of regulatory and related issues,

Affected by '9,11'and SARS, our operating budget, expecially in security and medical work, will be higher than the original one, ... But our market development has made encouraging progress that nine supporters have became the global sponsors.

A first step in reconstruction is re-drawing maps of the 650 affected villages in the tsunami zone. Teams of Indonesian farmers are working with villagers under guidelines to identify and agree on public and private property lines.

The older employees are disproportionately affected by this.

One cannot imagine how a company would survive without a strong IT support. Besides, it has grown so big that it is industry-specific in terms of software and hardware. It goes without say that local jobs that require experts have their prices affected by global prices, which are capital intensive.

Once these cars reach a certain level, ... they're very expensive, but then they hold their value. People who can afford to buy them never have to sell because they don't get affected by economic downturns.

Vincent Damphousse

During my career, I was involved in NHLPA issues that affected the game both on and off the ice. It is great to be able to continue to help the game flourish in my new role working for the players.

December is an anomaly. We had an array of trouble. We had contractor problems, where contractors weren't able to clear the tracks in time for rush hour. We had a broken rail, missing third-rail shoes, locomotive engine failures, and then we had the (New York City transit) strike in December. That affected all the lines because of slower boarding and congestions. We had trains stacked.

Deaths of wild fowl continue to occur, although less intensively. In Russia, we intend to keep the current situation within the existing framework, and will try to reduce the affected area through culling all domestic birds until wild fowl leave the country.

Despite the soft overall March performance, we saw gains in selected areas such as home related products and apparel which were affected by favorable weather and improved merchandise offerings.

Despite the final score line, I think it was a dominating performance by our team tonight. I think in the second half the number of substitutions affected the flow of the game.

Deteriorating economic conditions and the rapid decline in the high-tech and other durable goods industries have increasingly affected FedEx Express volumes,

Anybody that's human has to be affected by this,

Thank God we have electricity to hold Mass. Thank God we are fine. We are praying for all the people in Louisiana and Texas who were affected by Hurricane Rita.

Technology is among the top three or four things that has really affected not just how we live, but how we feel and think. More than a set of techniques for getting things done, technology has become a social institution. It's a huge cultural force in Western life.

See how the intense heat from the fire affected the paint?

Right now we are focusing on taking care of the basic needs of those affected -- giving folks a place to stay and food to eat.

Right now, the government must devote its energy to the rescue and recovery of the affected region and we cannot thank or pay the brave rescue workers enough for the lives they've already saved, ... But we cannot ignore how the federal government has failed to protect the health and safety of its citizens.

Premier Rugby has said to us on a number of occasions that it would settle for half the amount owing for the Lions. We thought it appropriate to use the rest of the money to help players whose lives were badly affected by injuries.

Mohamed ElBaradei

poverty, mental health problems and 'lifestyle' diseases have come to pose a far greater threat to affected communities than radiation exposure.

John Glenn

I've read every intelligence document. I've been in every intelligence briefing. And there's nothing yet that makes me change my mind that the 1996 presidential race was not affected by the Chinese plan.