Famous Quotes & Sayings

With the help of other people, I give them their basic needs - toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap so they can wash their hands.

Roy Moore

No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man.

Paul Singer

Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger.

Olga Kurylenko

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.

Everything is being run by computers. Everything is reliant on these computers working. We have become very reliant on Internet, on basic things like electricity, obviously, on computers working. And this really is something which creates completely new problems for us. We must have some way of continuing to work even if computers fail.

We will leave nothing untried to protect the basic rights of Abdul Rahman and save his life.

We've just scratched the surface in being able to communicate with him so that he can play our defense. Right now, we're relying mostly on the written word I'd personally like to take basic sign language lessons and continue to develop better ways to communicate with him.

Two of the most basic responsibilities we have on this earth are to put God first in our lives and offer ourselves in service to others.

When someone only has $200 to their name and has to pay their electric bill soon, why make them pay for basic necessities?

Kobe Bryant

When somebody comes down the lane, you've got to hit him. You can't let them come down the lane and just finger roll and get easy baskets. ... That's just basic NBA basketball.

Finding people who are suspected of fraud is basic police work and we have people who can do that kind of work." ()

Don Kardong

Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running is needed before you start speedwork. Most experts, though, recommend three or four months of preparation.

Charlotte Rampling

I'm very flattered to be called a style icon! But it's simple, my style; it's just men's suits and shoes. That's the basic premise.

Hugh Laurie

I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.

Homaro Cantu

The cow, basically, eats three basic things in their feed: corn, beets, and barley, and so what I do is I actually challenge my staff with these crazy, wild ideas. Can we take what the cow eats, remove the cow, and then make some hamburgers out of that?

Barry Ritholtz

You, your employer and your plan's investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance, do not think long term. All of you - All Of You - have done a horrible job managing your retirement plans.

Sean Maloney

We believe the Basic PC segment has the potential to expand our markets and bring us new users.

We offer different levels of four- or six-person coed teams. The first seven weeks of each season is your basic season, where you'll play everyone in your division. The last week is the tournament.

Barbara Mikulski

We owe it to the American people to take our time to be sure the nominee will uphold their most basic and fundamental rights. The public demands this from the process, and deserve no less.

When preparing their 2001 return, there are some basic tax planning issues unemployed people don't often think of. People need to be mindful of what tax bracket they're in, which may...have changed.

Winning sure makes everything more exciting. I thought we played very well. We've been stressing ever since September what it's like to compete, to play smart tennis and not just go for everything. We wanted to play basic tennis and the girls did a really good job of that today.

Richard Ben-Veniste

Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough, complete and will withstand the scrutiny of history.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

Whatever basic science resolves, at some stage it is of use to society. The problem is we do not know when or where.

Noah Feldman

Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy. Violence was reduced because, for the first time since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Iraqis felt that there was a force capable of dominating the situation and ensuring basic order.

Faith is more basic than language or theology.

Failure to protect the basic rights of these farmers may cause social instability. We must formulate a law on safeguarding their social welfare.

Failures to observe basic procedures put our nation's secrets at risk

Alan Thicke

Family members can help support each other to make significant improvements in their exercise and eating habits. It begins with basic awareness.

Both sides have shown an accommodative stance to get to talks. This could be a strategic move, but the basic thing is that there shouldn't be a situation where war could be a reasonable expectation.

Barack Obama

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.

Mike Patton

The governor wants the pharmacies to fill prescriptions, if given valid prescriptions, and I think basically as an organization we have the same expectations, but to also insure the right of pharmacists and the right of the patients as well.

The governor has failed his test of leadership and missed a historic opportunity to stand up for the basic civil rights of all Californians, ... He cannot claim to support fair and equal treatment for same-sex couples and veto the very bill that would have provided it to them.

Joe Harris

The government must realize that the basic state pension is totally inadequate and millions of older people, many of them women, are struggling to cope with rising bills and the cost of living.