Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ehud Olmert

The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.

Edward Abbey

As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'

Eddie Van Halen

I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.

Aristotle

There is an error common to both oligarchies and to democracies: in the latter the demagogues, when the multitude are above the law, are always cutting the city in two by quarrels with the rich, whereas they should always profess to be maintaining their cause; just as in oligarchies the oligarchs should profess to maintain the cause of the people, . .

Ben Jonson

Cut Men's throats with whisperings.

Ed Rendell

American Eagle can be a selling point for other young, cutting-edge companies to come to Pittsburgh

Elinor Glyn

Prudent readers will do well to hold Three Weeks at arm's length, unless they want to be cut by flying adjectives.

Eliot Spitzer

My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.

Eleanor Smeal

The gag rule must be eliminated, and it's just the gag rule, we're not talking now even about funding abortion. We're talking about, you know, counseling and speaking, so that's one. That can be reversed by an executive order. [George W.]Bush put it in the first day he got in office. We hope that [Barack] Obama takes it out. He had cut off funding for the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, even though Congress had appropriated. It is injured women who are the poorest of the poor.

Dave Obey

We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced - what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase.

Dave Obey

The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut.

Dave Obey

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

Dave Ramsey

If the US Government was a family—they would be making $58,000 a year, spending $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year. These are the actual proportions of the federal budget & debt, reduced to a level that we can understand.

William Daley

shortchange Americans by cutting tens of millions of people out of the presidential debate audience.

Alex Johnson

Now we can talk about cutting taxes or reforming the tax code.

Pat Riley

Obviously I'm very happy with the win and the fact that we had 26 assists and a lot of guys involved. Tonight we did a lot better at cutting and spotting quickly. We just made a lot better decisions.

Several telecom deals have yet to be finalized, but once they are we can expect to see more fallout, especially since many of these deals were made with the sole purpose of cutting costs,

Several departments have increased demand for services, and how do you meet those demands if you're cutting staff?

We won't be cutting exposed trees anymore. We can't do what we don't have money for.

Diane Kruger

A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity.

Dennis Rodman

I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea, or as I call him, 'Kim,' to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.

Debra Winger

Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

Dean Ornish

I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives.

Dean Smith

Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.

Susan B. Anthony

I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.

I actually grew up hearing this a lot: 'If you're an actor, you can only be an actor, and you have to just do that.' But in order to be a good actor, you have to draw on life experiences. To only concentrate on acting, you're cutting yourself off.

Brian Clough

Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair.

Brian Eno

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

Brian Eno

You can't do anything interesting with cutting-edge technology except not make it cutting-edge.

Brand Blanshard

Once the anchor of reason has been cut, ones craft may go anywhere. One may become a St Francis or equally a Hitler.

Boris Johnson

I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.

Bobby Scott

I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.

Aaron Carter

People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.