Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Byrne

Do creative, social, and civic attitudes change depending on where we live? Yes, I think so.

The 50 percent of U.S. households with computers--a number that is growing rapidly--is large enough to examine changes in behavior and attitudes that are already occurring.

Marlee Matlin

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.

The problem with beards is the association with the '60s and '70s the beatnik and hippie movement, the anti-establishment attitudes that were communicated by people in those years by people wearing beards. It's guilt by association, regardless of whether they were part of that.

The problem with beards is the association with the '60s and '70s - the beatnik and hippie movement, the anti-establishment attitudes that were communicated by people in those years by people wearing beards. It's guilt by association, regardless of whether they were part of that,

Don Bluth

When I think about how fat the studios have become, I laugh. You have 24 people in the layout department-we're fat with personnel. All the rules and attitudes change in that kind of environment.

To be sure, real differences of opinion existed between the groups. Compared to pro-life participants, pro-choice participants had more favorable personal attitudes toward the pro-choice issues and less favorable attitudes toward the pro-life issues, and vice versa.

Kerri Walsh

On the beach, the attitudes are more progressive, so it would be cool to do that as a subset of what we already do - as long as we play on a guy's net, so guys don't spike in our faces.

Gregg Troy

I was really proud of the way they swam this evening. We had a very average morning and it hurt us a little in the team scores. The ones that did get the chance to come back tonight did much better, had better attitudes and just raced better than this morning.

Because of the wide variety of cultural attitudes worldwide and the consumer concern for privacy, there's going to be a very large demand for products that can help you do this. It's clearly shaping up to be an important market, two or three years out.

I have a lot of trust in this team that it's going to do really well. There's strong chemistry, everyone has positive attitudes and I definitely think we can make it all the way to the end.

I felt bad that they were forced into that situation all year. They had so much put on their shoulders and the team has been fantastic about it. They practiced hard every day and the attitudes were terrific. They did everything they could do.

I firmly believes years of strong leadership and progress attitudes laid the foundation for success.

Wayne Williams

If a lot of the same people are there and have the same attitudes and habits, it may regress. Once this intense FAA scrutiny passes it may go back to its old habits.

James S. Coleman

For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex than that of changing an individual's attitudes and interests.

What you don't see, for instance, is the data we collect from surveys -- who smokes, and what their attitudes are.

Joe Ries has always said that no matter how great of a job we do in the classroom and in the car, we are still faced with the fact that young drivers make a lot of choices due to attitudes, and attitudes are formed from day one with their family. That's really where a lot of difficulties arise.

Bob Brown

The purpose of the chair is to help to close the gap between the knowledge of wildlife science and the implementation of wildlife policy. Dr. Peterson's professional experience with environmental conflict resolution on such topics as energy, air quality, water quality and use, land use, cultural attitudes about natural resources and wildlife habitat conservation on private lands make her a first-rate choice for this new position.

I find that more and more. It is not just the people you would expect to be slightly neanderthal in their attitudes - creationists, flat-earthers, as it were - but actually people who think of themselves as radicals, progressives. That is part of the problem I've found with postmodernism.

For women to become equal they not only have to change the laws but also change attitudes and culture, because our culture is still incredibly patriarchal,

Mordecai Richler

Some of the attitudes of Barney are certainly attitudes I share, but not all.

We brought a freshman in, and he might have changed some attitudes of a lot of guys.

What's striking is the near unanimity of many of the opinions and attitudes expressed by these businesses.

We're going to change attitudes and behaviors. We want kids to have fun and know that it's important to buckle up.

Kirsty Gallacher

Sports broadcasting is very open now. In the beginning you did encounter more traditional attitudes and get comments. But I'm talking about 12 years ago.

Ken Mehlman

If you look at attitudes today and where they are headed, it's clear to me that supporting equal rights, including the rights to civil marriage, is a net positive for winning elections, as well as the right thing to do.

Garry Shandling

'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.

We've been in the title hunt before, but last season we just happened to finish it off. Our attitudes as coaches and as a team haven't changed since 2002. We're still the national champions until Aug. 27, and then we become the defending national champions. And hopefully if we play well throughout the course of the season, we'll get a chance to play in Florence on national TV once again.

Marcia Clark

The fact that Mark Fuhrman is a racist and lied about it on the witness stand does not mean that we haven't proven the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It would be a tragedy if with such overwhelming evidence, ladies and gentlemen, as we have presented to you, you found the defendant not guilty in spite of all that, because of the racist attitudes of one police officer.

The problem with many people of such resolute and unbending attitudes is that the only facts that they can seem to grasp are the facts governing the lives of the Palestinians and Israelis now.

Tom Brands

There is concern that we are taking a step back. I don?t guarantee anything like results, that?s just not the way I was raised. I?m not saying there is just unbelievable greatness waiting to happen ? but we have potential for that just because of guys? attitudes and work ethics.

The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep.

Camille Paglia

'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.