Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isabella Bird

An American store is generally a very extensive apartment, handsomely decorated, the roof frequently supported on marble pillars. The owner or clerk is seen seated by his goods, absorbed in the morning paper - probably balancing himself on one leg of his chair, with a spittoon by his side.

Philip Treacy

The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don't listen to those rules about face shape.

I'm impressed they've accomplished so much. It's really heartening to know. They're balancing families and still feel responsible for the community and are able to be good role models for others.

We are balancing the need for continued investment to ensure the success of these new products while at the same time delivering continued earnings growth.

Dick Gephardt

While Dean counts the Vermont prescription drug program as an accomplishment, the truth is he put it on the chopping block four separate times. When the chips were down and Dean had to choose between balancing the budget and cutting prescription drugs for seniors, Governor Dean chose budget gamesmanship. That is not the type of president I would be.

As an entrepreneur and mother, I support the need to put women at the center, recognizing their crucial impact on social development and their important role of balancing family and professional responsibilities.

One of the challenges we'll have is balancing response and recovery. I've always seen us as a recovery group, but we're getting pushed to response.

God bless the inventor of sleep, the cloak that covers all men's thoughts, the food that cures all hunger . . . the balancing weight that levels the shepherd with the king and the simple with the wise.

David Newman

I think it's best not to rely on an individual physician. Individual doctors have their specialties, their biases, their preferences for certain kinds of treatment and getting multiple opinions is the only way you can create a sense of trust in that particular course of action. It's a ways of checking and balancing the subjectivity or the prejudices of an individual physician.

What Merkel is trying to do is to restore to some extent that balancing function within Europe and between Europe and the U.S..

Brian Cashman

He wants to help that USA team win, but he's also committed to being ready for us at the same time. It's one of those balancing acts.

Michael Chertoff

guidance and efforts have been instrumental in balancing our need to preserve the integrity of our borders without sacrificing the free flow of commerce on which our nation and the global community depends.

I have been there. It's a difficult situation knowing you're going to leave your family and be deployed for a year. Balancing family time with training is what our ultimate goal is, so that we can provide some training time, but never lose the priority.

Kate Christensen

For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.

Francine Busby is trying to play the guilt-by-association game instead of talking about the issues that hard-working voters want to hear about, like illegal immigration and balancing the federal budget. We are not going to play that tit-for-tat game.

Ultimately it comes down to balancing their needs with the budget. It's just a constant process of give and take.

We believe we will be in the black, ... What I'm trying to do is a balancing act. The more money we make, the more we put in the field. That's the goal.

We're not anti-development. We're for balancing development with open space. Developers realize this aligns them with the people who are moving to our community. I think they realize how important this is.

Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.

John Kasich

When Governor Romney was out here, I told him, I said, 'we are following the formula of streamlining regulations, being job creating friendly, balancing budgets, cutting taxes, and, you know, using common sense. And if you get to be president, we are going to do more of that.'

There are ways to cut cravings by naturally balancing your blood sugar.

Ben Bernanke

There are two possible mistakes: One is to go on too long, and one is not to go on long enough. And, it's a very difficult balancing act.

Kelly Preston

We are all trying to balance our careers and children and give as much of ourselves and our time to them. You work and have a husband, and projects, and friends. It is a balancing act.

Aaron Patzer

I wanted to build a tool for my generation: people 20 to 40 who don't want to spend time balancing a checkbook or checking multiple financial institutions' websites. Mint does just that, giving comprehensive, quick insights into a user's finances from their computer, mobile phone and/or tablet.

Nancy Gibbs

At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.

Chad Hurley

YouTube is committed to balancing the needs of the fan community with those of copyright holders.

Biz Stone

Balancing family and work is a top priority for me, and I treat it as such. Meaning, I actually put specific family time and events in my calendar so that precious time is dedicated and properly blocked off from any work that may try to sneak its way into my schedule.

We still have some trades we're pursuing with regard to balancing our roster.

We don't intended to increase dues to make this happen. The important thing is, we're not balancing anything on the members shoulders.

Susanna Kearsley

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

Kevin Brady

There is just a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

Bethany Hamilton

I have a unique workout schedule. I concentrate on balancing with my core and my legs. Then, like any other surfer, I try to read the ocean. It's always changing and moving - doing its own thing - so you need to learn how it works and how to position yourself.

We have legislators and a governor that really care about meeting environmental needs and stream flow and balancing that with the very real needs of agriculture and communities.