Famous Quotes & Sayings

Colman McCarthy

The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say the answer is violence. That's what the schools should be doing.

Colman McCarthy

It's better to build a peaceful child than re-build a violent adult.

Columba Bush

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

Conan O'Brien

In the news, Chinese president Hu Jintao says that now that Barack Obama has been elected, he is looking forward to taking the relationship between China and the U.S. to the next level. That's what he said. Yeah. Then he said, 'Who knows, maybe we'll even go all the way.'

E. W. Howe

The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.

We should push the Chinese culture to the world and make it a positive factor in deepening understanding, friendship and cooperation with the rest of the world.

We should not have our children going to school to learn how to become obese.

We should look at our commercial, cultural, educational and value system exchanges with China on one hand, and on the other hand we should develop our diplomatic and international value system with recognized people like the Dalai Lama.

We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.

Joel Salatin

The cows shorten the grass, and the chickens eat the fly larvae and sanitize the pastures. This is a symbiotic relation.

Azzedine Alaia

I've been wearing Chinese clothes since I was 14. I can't wear a suit. I'm small, and when I put on a suit, it's not possible.

Allison Tolman

I moved to Chicago when I was 28, and I wasn't completely idealistic about going to Second City and making a living from comedy, but I knew it would be great for the resume.

Amanda Harlech

I don't think I am a proud person, but I think my children are incredible... I think I am part of that.

Andrea Hirata

It's hard to be a minority. People look at you a different way, like you don't belong, and I don't think many people realize just how difficult it is to live as a minority. Where I come from, we learn to tolerate one another. Whether one is of Chinese descent or Malay descent, what matters is we're part of the same country, the same world.

Anthony Horowitz

If my children were as unhappy as I was at school, I'd send them somewhere else, but it never occurred to my parents.

Action Bronson

My childhood was great, honestly. I have all these incredible memories of my childhood. I was an only child. I always had all my cousins around. I had my grandparents around. I had my parents around. I had my uncles around - whatever.

This will have a big impact on Chinese banks.

There is rapid development going on, ... we would like the Chinese to move even faster.

The Parks family is a very, very close family and they are grieving and supporting the mother who lost her child last night.

The parents actually go into the child's classroom for part of the day and see what their children are learning, how the teacher is teaching them and what they are expected to know.

There are also new and dangerous crimes which these numbers don't reflect, ... Child predators are stalking our children on the Internet while methamphetamine production and use endangers our communities and families.

When you protect (Bledsoe), the sky's the limit, ... He's playing with a little chip on his shoulder. And when he does that, wow.

Brandy Norwood

When you don't have a child to think about, life is a lot easier, but when you do, the thought process is a little different.

We've got three starters back on offense and two on defense. We're very green, ... We lost our offensive line, quarterback and main wide receiver. We're running around like chickens with our heads cut off. It's kinda early. These endowments, we look at them as a glorified scrimmages.

There has been much legitimate talk about the competitive threat posed to the developed world by the soaring growth of industries in China and India. Of course they are a challenge, but they also represent a huge opportunity.

There is actually some common ground, ... All three of us are facing real threats from Chinese trading policies.

Ernest Dimnet

When children sound silly, you will always find that it is in imitation of their elders

We're worried about violence being marketed to children as fun and entertaining, ... Our list is a little different this year because it highlights the 'brands' that are marketed to children through a combination of toys, video games, DVDs and other items.

We're thrilled to welcome Diego back to the Chicago Fire family. In getting Diego back, we're getting a known quantity. He's a competitor and a versatile player that will provide us with a number of positional options this year.

We saw a child die today, it was a very sad moment for us ... I feel very guilty,

We knew that child predators posed a problem to young people on the Web, but we were stunned to learn the vast numbers of teens engaging in incredibly risky behaviors online.

Charles Schumer

We thought it was the right time to figure out where the Chinese are headed on this issue and other issues, like intellectual property and port security.

Why get a consultant when they have me? Fees like that are not feasible at any Chicago public school.