Famous Quotes & Sayings

In a sense, the burden of proof has shifted from the people who are saying there's a risk, to the skeptics now.

Jonathan Coleman

In writing non-fiction about people who are living, you are always walking a fine line, carrying a burden to be fair that, in my opinion, should always be there.

In a district like ours, early dismissal puts a huge burden on parents because they have to pick up their kids. So when we have early dismissal, I make the call the day before.

John Kerr

I just hope and pray that this thing works out. You've got to have a consistent tax system so it wouldn't be a burden on people trying to figure things out of state.

I just don't think our girls, offensively, are playing with a whole lot of confidence, so it puts a burden on all of them and us as coaches to know who to throw it to that might make a shot.

I just don't have a lot of confidence in Senator Mitchell. I think he's burdened by having an interest in the game. This matter is so serious that it requires complete independence.

Trent Dilfer

I put the burden on me. I don't care how low it is, it's my job to get it. I saw the ball. I tried to go down and get it. It hit off my foot. I tried to grab it and Ray took it from me.

Daniel Lewis

Being at the center of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence -- the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

Carl Hiaasen

I always try to burden even the villains with some weird predilection they have to cope with. It helps make them memorable, and gives them a human side.

Childs has not won. It's still his burden to prove race discrimination.

Canada's progressive tax system imposes an ever increasing burden on people as they earn more income. Clearly our tax system is sending the wrong message when it penalizes people for being successful.

But helping a number of people contribute to their communities without the burden of missed class time is worth the trade-off.

Nan Aron

By failing to allay the concerns his record raised prior to the hearings, Judge Roberts simply has not met the heavy burden of proving that he warrants a lifetime appointment to the most powerful judgeship in the country.

By changing ownership of the manufacturer, not just the branding, much of the regulatory burden and investor scrutiny financial advisors had faced may be eliminated.

Bill Nelson

By my order today, I'm putting the burden on Prudential to show why I should not impose the stiffest of fines or revoke or suspend its license to do business in Florida,

He's the last major Tiananmen figure (to be released). He hasn't come home for 17 years. I'm very happy ... but he's mentally ill and it will be a burden to take care of him.

Dusty Baker

I have three years, ... I don't have anything to do with the other 100 or something years. That's how I look at it. It's not a burden to me. I have three years and I'm hoping to turn it around in year No. 4.

I haven't talked about it in ... forever, but I know that holding something like that inside has been a burden for so long,

Harry Anderson

I don't know if I want to carry this burden - its still a mystery to me - but I know what I don't want to do, which is just to sit around ... I came here to find out whether ... we are going to control our own fate.

I didn't think Yao was particularly as good tonight as he has been. There's obviously a huge burden on his shoulders right now, but we're capable of making (shots) and we didn't tonight.

The last thing that I want is for Courtenay to be a financial burden on Jonathan or any other family members. We're not eternal, so we need to take care of things while we are here.

Eric Schmidt

Their desire to purchase Chiron should no way put the burden on them to become the next U.S. vaccine supplier.

The most important thing for people to know is, as the population grows, the need for essential services has been a burden on our capability to live within our growth.

We had reached the end of the road, ... Our feelings for one another were unchanged but they had incurred for us a burden so great that we decided, together, to lay it down.

We want Congress to either put a stop to these unreasonable burdens on the tribes or settle the litigation.

We want as much federal funding as possible in order to lessen the burden on the state.

Steve Young

Brett is going to have a huge burden to try and lift the rest of the team. I think that burden is too much. I think for the first time in the last six or seven years, I think the burden actually will pull him backwards, maybe into the abyss.

Lloyd Doggett

This burden is going to be a great one. One in four of these students have dependent children and more than 75 percent are first-generation students.

This bill, or something similar, will lower the burden of tax. We need to get this relief for the town. We need more money from the state on mandated programs.

This is a big storm, and the emergency-management system in Texas is already burdened by Katrina. But Texas is well-prepared for this event.

Dolly Parton

We love singing harmony, ... And no one has to carry the burden of the weight, which is wonderful. ... There's no pressure. It really came together kind of naturally. We all loved the same songs.

Ron Wyden

Without Free Choice Vouchers, there is little in the health reform law that discourages employers from increasingly passing the burden of health care costs onto their employees.

Amory Lovins

Public discourse about climate change has resulted in the erroneous idea that it's all about cost, burden and sacrifice. If the math was correct, everyone would see it's about profit, jobs and competitive advantage.