Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Warren Buffett

I've spent so much time with my dad traveling and seeing the ground-level change that we've been able to make through philanthropy and trip over trip, time over time, country over country, home after home we've been invited into, given tea, given food that people didn't have to give us, I mean all of these things.

I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.

Yara Shahidi

Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you're shooting them, and you just have to roll with it 'cause that's what makes it funny. It's not being stuck in your character and how you're gonna do something, but to react to other people and to really have a real-life conversation.

Yara Shahidi

One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that's one thing where I was like, 'Well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that.'

Yuichiro Miura

I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.

Yochai Benkler

One of the problems of writing and working and looking at the Internet is that it's very hard to separate fashion from deep change.

George Read

Political change doesn't happen overnight. It takes time.

Daphne Gottlieb

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when a poem has started a revolution or a rebellion or an uprising, but it doesn't happen that often, and if you put the number of poems next to the number of political acts, it would be pretty slim.

Politics have been changed forever because of people. The Internet is one of the tools that has helped. And it isn't just politics. The new networked dynamics that are now possible with these new forms of communication are also changing the way people engage as consumers that demand more social value from corporations.

Robert Parker

Personally, I'm happy to get a tax cut, ... But when I look at how much the war on terrorism is costing and the other large items out there, like changes to Medicare, I am watching it. Worried is too strong a word, but I am concerned.

Debbie Rowe

only if it didn't change the meaning of what I had to say.

Andrew Jordan

One thing I never thought about when we signed with Epitaph is how much music can change these kids' lives. I've had kids show me scars on their wrists and tell me that our music saved their life.

Adam Gollner

Nick had a lot of ideas. He was full of plans to change the universe.

Nobody knows the rules about tipping. And even when you think you know the rules, they change when you go to a different country. In Japan and Australia, people are insulted if you give them a tip, and if you give a New York City cabbie a 5 percent tip, he gets insulted.

Arthur Hertzberg

Nobody is in the process of making any changes that we can be specific about.

Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.

Debbie Harry

New York has always been a city of change and a city about change, and it is a back-leading development. Nobody's going to want to come to New York if it looks like another strip mall.

Jessica Biel

On the red carpet, I'm playing a character. As soon as I get off that thing, I think, 'Oof, wipe that gloss off.' I'm wiping and wiping and pulling my hair out and trying to change my outfit. I'm immediately trying to get comfortable. It's really a part I play.

Only those who'd changed could see things from a different point of view.

David Walker

On the path that we're headed on today, either there have to be dramatic changes in entitlement programs and other federal spending, or dramatic tax increases to close the fiscal gap.

One of the major things for us was we were playing a 5-1 offense. We normally play a 4-2 offense. That changed the complexion of the game.

One of the real transformations is that it seems to me that for some people it dramatically changes the way that they're sports fans and the way that they watch games and the way that they interact with their fascination with sports.

One of the questions on (the survey) dealt with last year's visitation policy. A lot of students put on there that they would like to see change in (the visitation) policy.

I was hunting (for a hotel chain) which continually changes and upgrades its standards as the industry changes. We won't use the Days Inn name until we're finished (with the renovations). But we're about two-thirds of the way through.

Justin Verlander

I was really trying to get a ground-ball double play. But once I got to two strikes, my mentality changed over to try to punch these guys out.

I was really struggling with my location, and I changed something with my mechanics three days ago. Today actually was better.

I was surprised that they changed the lines. I hope I'll play very well with Olli and Stumpy and help them score goals. I'm going to work hard in corners, get traffic in front of the net and rebounds.

I was surprised that second game took as long as it did. We were trying to get everyone in, but later we had to make some changes to get the right personnel in the game.

E. P. Thompson

I was shocked to find there weren't any more changes than this. I've heard a lot of comments, mostly very derogatory comments.

I wouldn't expect any changes to the starting line-up. It was pretty much one way traffic from what I was told, and we might have finished with five or six goals had we got the first one.

I wouldn't classify those changes as major. Between charitable events and fundraising events, there will still be lots of ways to get in front of members (of Congress).

Derek Jeter

I wouldn't change it for the world. Have there ever been days where I wished I was this or I wished I was that? ... No, It's always been a positive.

I wouldn't change anything. We have to go back to making sure we have evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of our players.