Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alejandro Jodorowsky

In Chile, they have no movies. They have awful popular movies.

Penelope Cruz

Even if you were aware of children and felt compassion, when you have your own, it multiplies. It breaks your heart to know that there are so many children in the world suffering so much.

Peter Davison

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.

Peter Abrahams

There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it.

Peter Abrahams

The familiar mood that awaits the sensitive young who are poor and dispossessed is a mood of sharp and painful inferiority, of violently angry tensions, of desperate and overwhelming longings.

Paul Theroux

A journey awakens all our old fears of danger and risk. Your life is on the line. You are living by your own resources; you have to find your own way and solve every problem on the road.

Chuck Palahniuk

In 'Diary,' the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and not just be a reaction to the circumstances around us.

Sharad Pawar

One should not treat investors or a person who has set up an industry and is a successful businessman as criminals in this country. I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.

The governor meets thousands and thousands of people every year, takes pictures with many of them and unfortunately just can't remember every person he encounters. He does not recall meeting Sister Muhammad and, by extension, was not aware of her religious affiliation.

The governor is hopeful that the disciplinary panel will consider that his failure to report gifts was unintentional and that he self-reported it to the (Ohio) Ethics Commission as soon as he became aware of it.

The governor is aware of the situation and that the transition period can be challenging.

Anushka Sharma

Nothing gives me more pleasure than acting. But I don't enjoy going for award functions or giving interviews.

Anupam Kher

I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.

Andrea Riseborough

I am a Graham Greene fan - I'm just a ferocious reader. I read an awful lot when I get the time.

We've been off the gold standard for an awful long time in this country. We want to see NAFTA respected,

We're hoping to raise money, build awareness, get people involved and generate revenue for good causes.

Jamie King

We're thrilled to have been awarded the business for this leading AAA club. This is a very strategic win for us as AAA fits squarely into the criteria we set out for new business opportunities. Not only does the relationship give us the opportunity to help create innovative work that will help expand a great brand, but the chance to work with a smart, forward thinking and passionate client.

We're thrilled. For us as an organization, it did exactly what we hoped it would do. It created awareness to the site and the types of programs we're going to have here.

Leisel Jones

We're the girls' version of the awesome foursome.

We've been Badger backers for a long time, as far as football and hockey. It's just awesome to see college hockey at it's best and that's what we're seeing.

Mo Mowlam

We've been aware that the splinter groups, from whatever side, are an ever-present threat to the process. We knew that they would test the process. And I want everyone to meet that test today and resolve to make progress from it.

We need to go back over the games we've played, try to break it down and see where we went wrong. I think we need to be more mentally tough, a little bit more aware of situations, and close things down when we have teams on the back foot.

We need to get them fundamentally sound. They are aware that they have to step up and contribute next year.

We need to shrink that equipment. That's what drives us nuts and keeps us awake at night.

Anthony Browne

I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable and aware of social complexities than we give them credit for.

I grew up in a politically aware household: very civically-minded, good Minnesota liberals.

The government pumped an awful lot of liquidity into an industry that was already suffering, ... We should have just taken the hit then and gotten it over with.

The government of Nepal should be aware the international community is gravely concerned with developments this week and should take immediate steps to remedy the serious human rights violations that have taken place.

We didn't fight real hard for part of the second and things snowballed. They got some quick transition buckets, and we couldn't get shots to drop. Their size makes it awful tough to match up with them; we didn't have real good looks at the basket and we forced some shots.

We got him to Wal-Mart (Monday), but that took everything out of him. Mostly he sleeps a lot. There are times he is just resting his eyes, but he's very aware of what is going on.

We are slowly awakening but are still a long way from recovering from last year's fall off. The Nasdaq has been up and that's a plus. But don't expect too much out of these offerings.

George H. W. Bush

To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.

To the extent we detect rapid awareness in the marketplace, we are cautiously optimistic on the company's 2006 prospects. However, if momentum builds more gradually, we believe sentiment is likely to erode further before it improves.