Famous Quotes & Sayings

Liya Kebede

President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding.

It was almost a reflex reaction. If you have a good friend who can use your help, you just do it. It's all about coming to the aid of someone you care about deeply.

Charles Mackay

The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean tost aids in the ebb-tide or the flow; each rain-drop makes some floweret blow; each struggle lessens human woe.

The subsidies encourage people to get insurance at work, stifling the individual non-group market, and they encourage employers to provide overly generous insurance since the cost is subsidized. What's more, the subsidy is upside down - aiding mostly the high-income families that would probably purchase insurance under any scenario, and providing little aid to those of modest means.

As of now, the annual financial aid to India is in the range of one to 1.5 billion dollars a year. ADB will increase this to two to 2.25 billion dollars.

Robert Ford

A little over $40,000, when you think about both tuition, as well as room and board and student fees, is so expensive. However, the good part of that story, especially for Bates, is that average freshman aid packages total up to about $21,000 per student coming in as a first year. And again, that's not a loan that a student is forced to take out, that is grant aid given out from the university.

AIDS prevention work is an issue relating to the quality of the population, economic development, social stability and the rise or decline of the country,

Richard Preston

AIDS is the revenge of the rain forest.

David Baltimore

AIDS is the most potent and destructive scourge right now in terms of diseases,

AIDS is a widespread epidemic. It's such a serious issue. ... I realized that for a lot of college students, it's hard to go and get tested, so we decided to bring the testing to them.

Bill Gates

AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about. The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine.

Aid should continue to come so that, God willing, it will be possible to rebuild the city of Bam better and this time stronger than before.

AIDS Foundation Houston is very fortunate that AIDS Walk gifts, even though they tend to slow down, are received year-round, not just the weekend of the walk.

Peter Piot

AIDS continues to tear apart families and communities, leaving behind 15 million orphans and robbing countries of their future.

Aid from Germany, the European Union and other donor countries must continue to finance infrastructure projects in all fields.

the most heavily researched disease in the history of medicine. ... There is currently no reasonable doubt that AIDS is caused by HIV.

Ann Veneman

Almost one in three children in Zimbabwe, 1,6-million, are now orphaned, having lost at least one parent, and this number is growing. HIV and Aids have dramatically increased children's vulnerability in recent years.

Ken Hutcherson

This is a tremendous opportunity for the Church to bridge the racial divide in the wake of Katrina; black leaders must aid these local churches that are providing shelter and relief to the poorest of the poor.

Pete Rose

This is a tragedy. Anyone who knows this young man knows he is a very, very fine young man. The use of this stuff is common. It's used as a sleep aid by many people in sports.

This is the first time the U.S. Fire Administration has published a report on confined fires. This report will aid the fire service and fire prevention communities in understanding the nature of such fires.

This is reminiscent of a period about five years ago when (National Basketball Association star) Magic Johnson got AIDS and any company with anything to do with AIDS research went up. Those companies that didn't have anything legitimate later collapsed.

This is sure to make the AIDS crisis worse.

This isn't raffle prizes. This is aid to the needy.

Robert Zoellick

The U.S. presence, both in security and economic terms, is a daily fact of life as people saw on December 26 (when the U.S. mobilized its military to provide aid to tsunami victims). We have many ways in which we interact with the region,

Tammy Bruce

The welfare system, up until now, has encouraged illegitimacy by punishing recipients with reduction or elimination of aid if they marry.

There were modern aids to navigation, good weather forecasting ... and yet a 729-foot ship disappears without a cry for help or survivors. The mystery prevails today, even after numerous dives have been conducted to explore for an answer.

The Republic of China (Taiwan) deeply regretted this and decided to break relations with Senegal immediately and stop all aid programs to the country to safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of our country.

There is no visible break between the putter alignment aid and the ball. It really helps to have the alignment area focus you on a specific point on the back of the ball.

There's a limited pot of money, and applying late puts you at risk of missing out on financial aid you might be eligible for.

This is what friends are all about, what friends often do, and that is come to the aid of, and support, and sorry to be so mushy, but give love, to people who are ... in somewhat difficult times.

This is the most prestigious award we present to recognize an individual who has come to the aid of someone who has been victimized and puts themselves at risk to help.

Any spate of news stories from now on about corruption in contracts, etc., will hurt - people will resist a major taxpayers' commitment if they think much of it will be wasted or lining the pockets of miscreants, ... That perception, unfortunately, has been reinforced by the delegation request, which editorials have called 'Louisiana looting.' The delegation needs to change its tone and strategy when it comes to getting aid. The other danger is that over time, as other disasters occur, aid becomes zero sum.

Stephen Mitchell

As costs for college continue to increase and financial aid continues to shift toward reliance on loans, it is more important than ever for parents to take responsibility in preparing financially for their children's college futures. Whether a child is a year old or entering high school, parents should take a good look at the savings options available and start right away.