Famous Quotes & Sayings

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

The pink slip is precipitously delivered. It's not as if the worker caused the job loss, nor is it that they even wanted to shift gears or that they were tired,

The overall damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita has shown them to be the greatest natural disasters to oil and gas development in this history of the Gulf of Mexico.

John C. Calhoun

With such irresistible evidence before us of the great and rapid progress of abolitionism without the slightest indication of abatement, he is blind who does not see, if the state of things which has caused it should be permitted to continue, that it will speedily be too late, if not to save ourselves, to save the Union.

John C. Calhoun

Every increase of protective duties is necessarily followed, in the present condition of our country, by an expansion of the currency, which must continue to increase till the increased price of production, caused by the expansion, shall be equal to the duty imposed, when a new tariff will be required.

Richard Lamm

It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes have caused a major further deterioration of worldwide levels of nutrition.

The approaching hurricane season reminds us of the utter devastation that Hurricane Ivan caused when it hit the Louisiana coast last year.

The antiterrorist operation was poorly coordinated, and the question remains open whether many of the deaths were caused by Russian forces' use of indiscriminate weapons such as tank cannons and flame-throwers.

Nancy Anderson

That was incredibly misleading to our consumers, and it caused them to be alarmed about things they shouldn't be alarmed about.

That was the worst we've played. They caused a lot of that.

We have already seen some evidence of this?more than anything it has caused investors to start paying attention.

Some felt as if 'Charlie Hebdo' was obsessed with its 'Screw Allah' stance. It's a sort of provocation that caused a lot of debates.

Several years ago, when I was about to start a novel, I thought I might get some mileage out of the idea of a civilization in which people somehow felt - that is, they shared - all the pain and all the pleasure they caused one another.

Peter Shaffer

In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists.

Most of (Chevron's) earnings miss was in the upstream and was caused by weak U.S. oil and gas volumes (hurricanes, declines) plus lower than expected U.S. gas realizations, as well as weak European gas volumes.

while the devastation caused by Katrina in Louisiana is severe, initial reports indicate that the situation could be worse from the standpoint of resuming grain exports.

John Calipari

We just couldn't make a basket. Please, make a basket. A free throw. Anything. Hook it in, kick one in. But their defense caused us to do what we did.

You can definitely get killed, but something would have to go really wrong. It's only as safe as you are. Hand, finger and shoulder injuries are more common than any major trauma caused by a fall.

Will it happen in a few months or will it ever happen? We just don't know. But we recognize that somewhere in the near future we will have a pandemic flu caused by something and we have to be prepared.

It hasn't caused a problem because our customers are used to getting the toppings they prefer on sandwiches. All of our sandwiches come with the option of creating your own build.

I thought, 'Maybe I should go out and see if the wind caused any damage to the auger. Everything was dark so I took the flashlight and went out there.

Joint ventures and other collaborative arrangements may be helpful in rebuilding after the devastation caused by the hurricanes, and the Antitrust Division (of the Justice Department) is committed to helping to foster the recovery efforts,

It is disappointing that the entire party has come under fire for the problem I caused on my own.

We had control in the first half, but in the fourth quarter their pressure defense got to us and caused turnovers that led to quick points.

We haven't reached the place where the explosion occurred. First we have to do all that's necessary to rescue our personnel. Then we can investigate what caused the explosion.

The problem was caused by an electronic flight plan that was frozen in the host computer, and the host computer tried to process the information and was unable to and that's why there were multiple aborts and restarts. We have not had a problem like this before.

The problems caused by population are still environmental news, but population is forgotten.

Like the rest of the country, we have watched in complete disbelief the devastating reports of death and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina,

I wish I could turn back the hands of time & fix my mistakes; I wish I could erase the pain and hurt my mistakes may have caused you & start over.

I wish we were a little more consistent in what we were doing. I think injuries have caused us to be that way some." ()

Robert Winston

I think humans have always wrestled with the Divine Idea - an idea that unites and separates, creates and destroys, consoles and terrifies. Throughout human history, it is an idea that seems sometimes to have caused whole populations to rise up and slaughter one another.

I think I caused most of the problems myself by making too many mistakes but I was able to overcome them and finished the match strong.

Weekly earnings growth has been steadily declining. ... It's not dire yet, but clearly it's not helpful, and it's caused us (Americans) to have negative saving rates. People have poured all of their money from the stock market into housing. ... If the housing (market) busts it will get ugly fast.