Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Grimm

I have people coming to me every day, coming to my office, with life-threatening diseases - life-threatening diseases - and they were dropped from their health care because of the Affordable Care Act.

I'm 59. I can afford to retire, ... I feel for the younger guys. You always want to go off the stage when the curtain is down, not while it's still up.

Granted, it's a good facility, and they do a good job. But we just can't afford to be paying $50,000 more a season than our counterparts." ()

Herbert Lom

For one of my scenes, the Hammer people wanted me to smash my head against a stone pillar, because they said they couldn't afford one made of rubber.

Frank Robinson

If it bothered me, I wouldn't be where I am today. It's just like living in one area of town and you can't afford the things some of your friends can afford. Does that bother you? Subconsciously, it does a little bit. But you can't let it get the best of you and control your thought process. If you do, you won't have a very happy life.

Matt Long

If I buy a bigger home my taxes will go up 100 percent. I did the research. I can't afford it.

Marc Guggenheim

All of the stuff I can't afford to do on a TV budget, I just put into the comic book because you're really only limited in a comic by your artist's imagination.

Gary Bettman

All of our proposals have been intended to create a framework where we're paying the players what we can afford to pay. ... We simply want to run the National Hockey League in a way where we're paying the players their fair share - namely, what we can afford.

All the cards are stacked against the little guy. Filing a lawsuit isn't that expensive -- at least not to a big corporation. But if you're an artist or consumer, who can afford such a thing?

Maria Edgeworth

And all the young ladies said that a love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could anyway afford it.

And I don't think they will - particularly because I don't think that Webb can afford to run a negative campaign in a Democratic primary, since he already has to convince Democratic voters that he's one of them, and running a negative campaign would be counterproductive in that context.

The market softens now because they anticipate those guys going fishing and they anticipate cheaper crabs on the market really soon. It takes about two weeks to mop up the majority of that fishery up there, so hopefully when that starts tapering off we can afford to go fishing again.

Brad Johnson

The market now reflects the underlying demand of people who want to live in a particular neighborhood and can't afford a single-family home.

The market is so tightly balanced, clearly, we can't afford to lose a large supply of crude to the market.

The market is soft, and everyone realizes that. But it doesn't mean that everything has gone weak. The waterfront condos in particular remain strong. Everyone who can afford it wants to live on the beach. There are certain niches that are just recession proof.

The members can't afford it. The people who are most interested in their campaigns are people with interests in Washington.

The mentality in Washington is, 'Look what our government - what our government can do for the American people.' We've got to get away from that mentality, and realize it's too expensive. We can't afford it.

The environment . . . is not a luxury good, only affordable when all other problems have been solved.

The environmental community is being more diligent in bringing win-win issues to the Legislature that not only help protect our air, land and water but also help our business friendly-manner. That combination has afforded us the opportunity to be taken more seriously.

The Chargers of the '60s were distinctly styled, conveying fast, powerful and affordable performance. That was a winning design formula then, and that's our design formula for 2006.

The hearing today was a sham. These officers were supposed to be afforded their rights to due process, but these disciplinary letters were written before they even started the hearing.

The growing age of this fleet, and the lack of an affordable replacement, leads to the need for upgrade programs. The lowest risk and most cost-effective solution for extending the P-3 service life is a re-wing. This approach enables an operator to maintain a maritime patrol presence at a fraction of the cost of a new aircraft. In addition, the customer can have a high degree of confidence in the cost and schedule because entire assemblies are being replaced with new material.

The trouble today with retailers is they can't afford to have too many underperforming stores. When 10 percent of your stores are unprofitable, you will start losing money. That wasn't the case years ago.

These GMAC winter rate incentives provide GM Certified customers with tremendous value and affordable financing on some of our most popular SUVs and other vehicles. GM Certified Used Vehicles continues to lead the certified pre-owned category in delivering top-quality, low-mileage, fully inspected and reconditioned vehicles that help build consumer confidence in GM products.

Brad Little

These gifts mean the world to us. We couldn't afford something like this if these developers hadn't been willing to step up.

These funds are a natural extension of what we have done to get our towns to the point of submitting a plan for certification. Our help extends to the next step, which is actually putting these affordable housing plans into action.

This is our fight. This is the fight that defines us as a party and is the most worthwhile fight we're going to face. Having for-profit health care does nothing to shorten the wait list for those of us who can't afford to pay the fee, it only lengthens them.

This is not a big movement of refugees, ... We're starting to organize now in a much more systematic way, bringing back people who need our assistance, who are maybe afraid to come back on their own, who can't afford to pay to come on their own, and we're taking them to the areas where KFOR has agreed there's a secure environment.

This is not a bad choice for somebody who really wants to have all-wheel drive ... this is the most affordable way to get it.

This is my second pick as far as my favorite golf course, with my first being Augusta. I couldn't afford the greens fees, so my wife got me this as my gift for my 31st.

This is a great service for those who can't afford it,

This is a great form of entertainment, but it can be harmful when people are unable to sort out what is real and what isn't. For example, watching these shows could encourage people who can least afford it to start spending money on psychics. ... The networks should consider posting disclaimers about the reality of the shows.

This has clearly been the year of the condominium for Massachusetts real estate buyers. Massachusetts, like other areas of the country, experienced a phenomenal growth in real estate prices over the past few years, especially in single-family homes, but eventually price outstripped demand and a correction was inevitable. Those who couldn't afford to buy homes turned to condos.