Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rand Paul

If you refuse to acknowledge that there is any waste that can be culled from the military budget, you are a big-government conservative, and you cannot lay claim to balancing the budget.

It's a new age, ... 'Creativity' is the word in balancing your personal and work life.

It's a challenge. If I go in there and represent teachers, I short-change the citizens. ... It's a challenge balancing all of the interests.

It's a delicate balancing act. I am sure that Stephen Harper wants good relations with President Bush and the United States, but any Canadian prime minister has to keep a noticeable independence from the United States or he loses credibility in Canada.

It's kind of Mother's Nature's way of balancing things out. The exploitation rate will be very low this year, which is good for the population. It hastens the rebuilding process.

It's really kind of a balancing act. We have to sacrifice our early meets. That's difficult for a lot of the top girls because they're impatient and they want to be right where they left off the year before.

It started with profiling, perhaps a stereotype, and it escalated to something much more sinister. This particular incident has some role in that greater national discussion about balancing security with individual rights.

Grace Lee

In the past, vaccination programs were cost-saving and life-saving. However, newer vaccines are now focused on reducing morbidity, rather than mortality, and we need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of vaccination. By balancing the costs of a vaccination program and the potential impact of alternative vaccine policies on reducing disease morbidity and improving quality of life, we can optimize decision making regarding vaccine use in the US.

I had been going to school at St. Michael's for six years since Grade 7 and schooling and playing for the Buzzers (of the Provincial Jr. A league) was a good mix that I wanted to keep going. Balancing hockey and school at a place like St. Mike's, I did not know anything different.

I had been going to school at St. Michael's for six years since Grade 7 and playing for the Buzzers (of the Provincial Jr. A league) was a good mix that I wanted to keep going. Balancing hockey and school, I did not know anything different.

His jobs were to make money, but his career was the band. It was quite a balancing act.

Scott Maddox

Hopefully, Jeanne will be the last hurricane for a while. It's quite a balancing act, but we're just a handful of days from the election.

I know dancers who can do the dancing but there is no passion in the character. They can have the flawless lines, the technique and the steps. But the character isn't there. And that looks terrible. It's a balancing act that needs to be done right.

Aaron Gray

He's really coming into his own. He has such high expectations coming in. He has surpassed everyone's expectations. It's his team. He's making his own coaching decisions, balancing a 9-, 10-man rotation -- which not a lot of guys can do -- and keep everyone happy and focused on winning.

Michael D. Barnes

Spectators who witnessed that concert, ... still recount his fearless attitude, innate stage charisma and striking technique -- balancing on toes, slapping the floor with the sides of his shoes, releasing cascades of musical sounds while powering off the boards with both legs kicking.

John Spratt

This budget is not going to put us on a path to balancing the budget. Not in five years, not in 10 years, not in 20 years. It would put us on a path to endless deficits and a Mount Everest of mountainous debt.

Kyle Smith

It's a balancing act. We don't want to treat them like criminals after they have been traumatized, but we want to make sure they are in no danger nor the families they are housed with.

It's a balancing act. There's some science here, but for most of us, it's a lot of art.

Kevin Hall

It's a balancing act, and if a fair share is locked in for transit, there will be something there to support.

It's a balance. We are responding to the increasing cost pressures from fuel and government taxes and fees, and balancing that with customer requests for simple and less-expensive travel.

Emily Harris

It's a question of balancing risks and benefit of surgery.

Jay Rockefeller

Grassley is a very good chairman, very fair, and he tries his very best to be bipartisan, ... But the Senate Finance Committee is made up of a lot of 'true believers' that people should exercise personal responsibility, that the governors will do the right thing... For them, it's about balancing the budget. For me, it's about taking care of a huge chunk of West Virginia... I was a governor, and this makes me very nervous.

Dr. Seuss

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

James Williams

The market seems to be on an emotional roller coaster balancing two conflicting items -- going up on the fear of a supply interruption with very limited spare capacity, and down on exceptionally high inventories and sufficient supply in the market.

Roberto Aguire

The great thing about NYU, and the reason I chose to go there, was the fact that they don't inhibit you as an actor and tell you, 'You only have to study acting. This is it for the rest of your life.' They're really great at balancing other things; you get to study two days a week anything you want unrelated to acting.

Mark Helprin

The trick in nuclear strategy is to maintain stability by balancing potentials and thus to discourage events from converting the hypothetical to the actual.

Steve Scott

All year, there has been evidence of a two-speed UK economy with house prices, consumer spending and low unemployment balancing a stuttering manufacturing sector, sub-target inflation and weak international economies.

The leadership is talking a great deal about reducing the income gap and balancing development, but they will not do anything to risk the fast pace of economic growth. Fast growth is still the key to solving every other problem.

Dan Bartlett

You come to find out they have the same experiences and challenges you do: a family, balancing a campaign and kids. I wouldn't want to say it was a surprise, but it was good to see.

Tim Smith

The current business structure is 50 years old, and not surprisingly needs updating. Balancing the needs of racing as a sport and racing as a business will be of critical importance. We think our proposed legislation is a good first step in that direction.