Famous Quotes & Sayings

Just yesterday he diverted another $1.1 billion from pensions to pay for his election-year budget. He continues to reward contributors and his lobbyist friends in ways that give Illinois a bad reputation and have attracted the investigations of the U.S. attorney. Every where I go, people say it's time for a change.

Joe sees a reflection of his wife in Pauline. That was his first instinct which attracted him, and it remains the underlying reason for his affection.

Craig Zadan

There are so many psychological and deep ramifications to this story -- that's why Neil and I were attracted to it. Like (Storyline's 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'), this is not just another biopic.

Nadine Velazquez

I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.

Hackers are attracted to such exhibitions by the opportunity to break in to the networks of companies taking part.

I think the idea that Texas is going to somehow suffer because it's not becoming like Massachusetts is silly. Texas is attractive for many people for the reason that it is not like Northeastern states. Those kind of traditional moral beliefs that provide children with both a mom and a dad are the reason that people are attracted to Texas. If you destroy that image, it would hurt Texas.

I think some buyers have actually been attracted to the fact that the market has been down so big (this week) even though there may be extensive damage as a result of Rita. Clearly people are concluding things will continue to go on and that the economy is resilient enough to take another blow,

The overwhelming success of this year's event shows the continued momentum we are experiencing in this space. It was exciting to see the number of executives interested in improving their pricing processes. Overall, this year's event attracted a diverse group of corporations and organizations representing over 25 industries.

Andrew Forrest

I'd like to see the University of Western Australia and the other four or five universities in Western Australia really excel through having some of the greatest minds in the world attracted to it.

Tony Lewis

I am delighted that we have attracted John Fisher, a man with a wonderful reputation with singers, but who also demonstrated a desire and intellect to expand his work into the full general director's role.

Roberts has attracted broad, bipartisan support for his fairness, keen intellect, open-mindedness, and judicious practice of the law, ... He is highly regarded and well respected by the legal and business communities.

Recently, especially with the announcement of the heart institute that's going to be opening in 2007, we've had a whole new wave of outstanding scientists and physicians attracted here to work with the team that was already in place.

In the past, we've attracted people (to Boise) from five surrounding counties, because more work entices people into a longer commute.

If you think about 'Person of Interest' with Taraji P. Henson or 'Scandal' with Kerry Washington - any of those black women could have been any race; they just happen to be black. And those are the characters that I'm more attracted to. It's not so much about separation of race, but really, more uniting us.

Carla Gugino

I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.

If you increase the price of entry-level employment, you will have less of it. More troubling is (that) as wages go up, a disproportionate segment of the population loses jobs. Teens from wealthy families are attracted to the labor force, displacing those with lower skills and lower (levels of) education.

I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it.

Clearly, Denis and Peter want to make sure that the situations and day-to-day lives and challenges of the firemen (on the show) aren't sugarcoated and aren't whitewashed, and that's what attracted them to FX,

Jon Daniels

His credentials on the field speak for themselves. As much as anything, what attracted us to Kevin were the intangibles -- his character, his makeup and person on and off the field. We did our homework and we heard the same thing -- terms like 'bulldog,' 'tenacious,' 'competitor,' and 'great around young pitchers.' These are all things we are ecstatic about as we go forward.

Mike White

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

Bernie Williams

I remember just being attracted to the music. When I had the opportunity to pick up a guitar, it was like it was inside of me. It was a challenge to learn how to play it. I didn't want to stop.

I hadn't seen George Mason a lot, didn't know much about them like everybody else. I didn't even know where it was. It attracted me as soon as I saw them play.

Simon McBurney

I'm naturally attracted to something I don't understand because when you try to deal with something you don't understand, it opens a door into another world.

I'm disappointed that this event is canceled. It has attracted various visitors over the years. It's always been (a) great event.

I have seen what I expected to see. I've seen people out doing a lot of window shopping, people doing some buying, lots of folks lined up before the crack of dawn to get the hot toys. I saw consumers out there feeling good, attracted by the big sales, but nothing to justify the gloomy sales forecasts people have made.

The common thread here is that we're concerned that people who are being attracted to this endeavor understand the risks as well as the potential rewards.

The city and the county were investing money, and that attracted him. We've gone a lot farther than his vision when he first landed.

The great thing about oak is that it looks old. It is beautifully solid and well made. There is something about the style you can't help being attracted to.

You couldn't find a project that attracted more agencies.

Jon Favreau

The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person.

Kevin Whately

The ghost of Morse in the script was one of the things that attracted me to it.

This history needs to be told, and the best way to do that is to have a visitor's center that people can be attracted to, where they come and you give them the story and the history -- let them know there is more to Utah than snow on the hills. Utah's history is just as important as Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

William T. Vollmann

Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.