Famous Quotes & Sayings

To have a high-profile celebrity taking the simple step of wearing compression socks to prevent DVT, will help raise awareness of travel-related DVT.

To grow our revenue and our customer base and enhance awareness of our brand, we have chosen to spend significant amounts on our marketing activities, and we intend to continue to do so.

Hannah Ware

I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.

Harry Markowitz

I was born in Chicago in 1927, the only child of Morris and Mildred Markowitz, who owned a small grocery store. We lived in a nice apartment, always had enough to eat, and I had my own room. I never was aware of the Great Depression.

Helen Oyeyemi

The more forcibly I'm made aware of the fact that I'll never be the kind of storyteller I most admire, the less I'll be troubled by that. I'll probably just become more myself.

Helen Oyeyemi

I'm greedy about cities - I like to form my impressions of them on my own, and on foot as far as possible, looking and listening, having conversations with bridges and streets and riverbanks, conversations I tend not to be aware of until a little later, when I find myself returning to those places to say hello again, even if only in memory.

Whether it is through the research or just making people aware (of the risks of cancer), it will be important.

We are responsible for enforcing the states gambling laws. When we are made aware of a violation, we have a duty to enforce the law.

We are recruiters; we try to raise the awareness of the desperate need for more foster and adoptive parents in our area. By contacting parents directly or enlisting other agencies, government officials and corporations, we try to get them to help enlist potential parents.

We are reaching out to those congressional offices to make sure they are aware that those (military) installations are factored into the equation.

We are part of the medical community - we are very aware that people need this medication. But we're also a business. We can't let thousands and thousands of dollars in medicine go out the door and not know when - or even if - we're going to be paid for it.

We are painfully aware that we are cannibalizing our core business. It's something we need to do, but it's not clear to us when our industry will return to revenue growth.

Yochai Benkler

Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.

Larry Brown

Nobody can train you or make you aware what it's going to be like to coach in New York.

Nobody can say with a straight face that tuition-tax credits are actually a response to the court's orders in Flores. That's somebody else's political agenda. It's not going to help these kids. I'm not aware of any private school that has English-language learner programs in place anyway.

Nobody here was aware of the problem. We will definitely look into that and check into our property.

On the positive side, we learned how important mobility and precision strike and global situation awareness and integrated command and control were. On the negative side, I think we also understand that fratricide or friendly fire continues to be an issue.

Only when people are aware of the consequences can sentencing be a deterring factor.

One of the good things was the Homeland Security Act, and a real awareness of public safety, ... There was a closer unity of the nation and, most importantly, I believe 9-1-1 brought people closer to their faith.

I was surprised at how vastly different these ideas were from my ideas. I became aware that school boards are thwarted by the guidelines we are given. If you just follow the books, you might be doing a good job in the eyes of the writer, but not in the eyes of the voters who elected you.

John Lackey

I wouldn't say that, ... You're aware that you need to pitch well to win, but sometimes that can bring out the best in you. I've always enjoyed pitching in big games when the pressure is on. Maybe it's helped me a bit.

I wouldn't say that they're gym rats. But there's an awareness that these things are important.

Iain Dowie

I wouldn't mind one or two more and the chairman is very aware of that and we'll try and press on on all fronts.

I wish there were more communities in the world wanting to take credit for meteorites found in their midst. Kiowa County is the only county in the United States where 100 percent of the residents are aware of what meteorites are.

I guess I just started being passionate about it because of Ryan's trip. We learned a whole lot about it. In 1999, we spent the whole summer raising awareness for organ and tissue donation.

David Marshall

But be aware that there are some concerns if political unrest continues, it could impact the ratings.

Bay Bridge isn't aware of any changes in the governor's position on ship recycling in Oregon. We would welcome the opportunity to meet with him to discuss this essential industry and the most responsible and sustainable way to invest and do this work in Oregon.

Because of the gridlock, politicians on both sides of the political spectrum will have to be more acutely aware of what the voting public is leaning towards.

James Morrow

Because they're so different, they're totally a reflection of society and where we are, but in performance they also connect us to each other and the audience. We're all different, we're all connected -- how do we unify? How do we find a social awareness that's larger than us?

Because Putnam and Volusia counties have manatee viewing as a spring and summertime tourist attraction, the need to be safe is imperative and the boaters are very cognizant of them being in the water. We are not big fans of people swimming with manatees, but manatee viewing is something everyone should do before they die. It is that awesome. People have a heightened awareness of manatees after actually seeing them.

Alexandra Adornetto

Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us haven't pondered the concept of infinity or imagined the possibility of time travel? In one of her poems, Emily Bronte likens imagination to a constant companion, but I prefer to think of it as a built-in entertainment system.

Michael Sheen

I'm always aware that there are, broadly speaking, two different ways to act: there is acting, and then there's being, and I'm always more interested in that.

I look forward to seeing (the festival) with great enthusiasm and with fingers crossed that it can really make a positive difference here by bringing people into a greater awareness that all different kinds of theater can be made and presented here,