Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.

Ray Charles

People couldn't understand why my mama would have this blind kid out doing things like cutting wood for the fire. But her thing was: He may be blind, but he ain't stupid.

Carter Burwell

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.

Jim Thompson

We are cutting back on gas consumption and mileage, ... We are anticipating it will get worse and we may have to cut back even more.

David Dreier

We are not cutting Medicaid for those truly in need.

Nile Rodgers

I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.

Walter Benjamin

While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world, those same politicians cut back food stamps for the poor. While politicians increase their salaries, millions of people are being laid off. I do not understand a government so willing to spend millions of dollars on arms, to explore outer space, even the planet Jupiter, and at the same time close down day care centers and fire stations.

Rob Babcock

We still have a long way to go, but we have the guys here now who see what the plan is, and they understand it, ... They realize that there's no cutting corners, that it's going to be a lot of hard work, learning to play as a team, doing things the right way ... Our guys are starting to get that and things are turning around.

Kyle Cooper

We are just waiting on the inventory report now. Yesterday's big move wasn't justified. The Iranians are always talking about cutting output and supporting prices.

Susan Wojcicki

First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that's a position that I take seriously. That's the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you try to set a good example and be a role model for the other women in the organization.

Adrian Peterson

It feels good when guys reach out to be inspired - and you have shown people an example of how you can come back and be better than you were before when adversity strikes; and when the world predicts the opposite, you show them you not only can be successful but be great.

John Gall

We are looking for him to lead by example and put his experience to the test this year.

Ross Mathews

When I was growing up I didn't know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I do. I feel like I'm setting an example for people everywhere.

Mikko Hypponen

Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon.

Rick Neuheisel

Today was an example of what Anthony can do. We let Kyle have the day off and rest his arm, and Anthony picked up, and we didn't miss a step. That's a luxury.

Hugh Evans

When I was 13, I did become a Christian. And so it was when I was 13, that I thought... I just... I really saw a good example in Jesus and how he was just so... such a tremendous radical love and service of the poor. I just thought, 'Man, why can't we all do the same?'

Brian Billick

We have a great example for the young guys. He placed that much value at one more opportunity.

Diego Maradona

You are an example for him because you are a conqueror.

Edward Snowden

The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.

Elaine Stritch

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

Vicente Fox

The pension issue is a priority for my government and also a priority for our economy,

Bruce Jackson

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.

Daniel Webster

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

Chris Matthews

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

John C. Calhoun

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.

Chester Bowles

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.

Ernestine Rose

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented.

Gary Orfield

The Pell grant is already too low for most needy students who go to four-year colleges.

David Tennant

I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to be the people on telly telling these wonderful stories. Obviously the idea grew and matured with me but I can't ever remember wanting to do anything else. I've just sort of taken it for granted all my life that that was what I would do.

Rob Lowe

Tom Ford, who is my all-time favourite, once said to me, 'Here's the thing about dress shirts, Rob. You need white, and you need black.' 'What about blue,' I asked. He said, 'Have you ever seen Cary Grant in a blue dress shirt?'

Seanan McGuire

A lot of people have read the Mira Grant books who are not urban fantasy readers, and they would never have picked up a book with an urban fantasist's name on the cover, but then they go on to read my urban fantasy and like it.

Rick Sandlin

We were hollering '3,' and when I got over to the corner, he said he didn't hear it, and I probably should've called timeout and made sure he understood that. I think I took it a little too much for granted for this young man to know what to do, being down three with 18 seconds or so.

Jeff Benedict

We got the official grant information from the state last week.

Keith Tkachuk

We have to. I think teams took us for granted and we jumped on teams early. We just have to keep doing the same no matter who's in the lineup.

Jimmy Williams

We are aggressively seeking all sources of funding. We are looking at grants and other options. We really don't have (funding) identified as of yet.

Debbie Horne

We grant wishes for 2- to 18-year-olds with life-threatening medical conditions.

Francis Lockier

The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.

James Sensenbrenner

We're doing this to stop the next terrorists and to take necessary steps to protect the American people,

Patricia Birch

What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.

Jim Lewis

Yeah, that's awful. That's not necessary at all.

Lynn Woolsey

unless we take all steps necessary for nuclear disarmament.

Javier Solana

We have not been able to reach agreement. A precondition to constructive confidence, which is necessary now, is stopping all uranium enrichment activities.

Sam Bodman

We are prepared to do what is necessary with respect to strategic reserves,

Samuel Bodman

We are prepared to do what is necessary with regards to the strategic reserves,

Ron Dittemore

We're satisfied that the necessary precautions have taken place or we wouldn't launch.

Anthony Hitt

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

Barack Obama

We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.

Councilwoman Sanchez

We promised you a one-stop, streamlined process. We have not been able to do that for you.

Bob Beauprez

We need to stay to the promise. Promises made need to be promises kept.

William Shakespeare

Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes For every word.

William Shakespeare

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

William Shakespeare

Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.

William Shakespeare

And be these juggling friends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope.

Jake Peavy

We'll get things rolling. I'll promise you that.