Famous Quotes & Sayings

Melissa Bean

The IRS is currently considering a rule that would make it easier for tax preparers to disclose the private information contained in tax returns - including name, address, Social Security number, employer, income, and charitable donations.

Charles B. Rangel

We all want a simpler code, but tax reform is about much more. It is about ensuring that everyone pays their fair share. The tax code is also used to promote behavior that we as a nation support, such as home ownership or charitable contributions.

Chris Swecker

The emphasis here is on 'unsolicited,' things that come in that you didn't -- you have never made contact with this particular charitable organization,

Proverbs

The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

Mark Skousen

The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don't assist individuals who can take care of themselves.

Nigel Wright

She was probably the most charitable person you could ever meet.

Chuck Schumer

There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the charitable deduction or the deduction for homes, it's not a loophole.

Michael Smith

Some lobbyists might consider this a lobbying opportunity. But we see it as a very worthy charitable event.

Michael Granof

I sure don't want to take money away from the University of Texas; any subsidy for a university is good. But from an equity standpoint, it isn't fair that wealthy people can treat their personal entertainment expenses as a charitable donation.

Wole Soyinka

We Nigerians must reclaim our sovereignty, our civic entitlements.

Doug Dittko

We have two concerns. One, the civic and environmental community was not part of the process and two, we don't feel the town did the extensive search they should have done.

William Strauss

You have these periods when there's a major civic crisis that redefines civic life,

Kendall Wall

We're really seeing the results now of what we've been marketing for two years. They're not the kind of events that get a lot of attention, but they're the kind of events that actually make a lot more money for the civic center.

Ben Bernanke

High levels of homeownership have been shown to foster greater involvement in school and civic organizations, higher graduation rates, and greater neighborhood stability.

Thomas Mallon

One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of civil society, I will write an essay. The responsibilities you feel as a novelist are literary ones, I think, not civic ones. And I think politicians are interesting to write about.

Robert Sternberg

Leadership and civic engagement are an important part of the Tufts education, ... People often get themselves into power who are very bright, but not necessarily wise, and maybe even foolish.

Malik Rahim

Our mission is just two things, to restore hope and teach civic responsibility.

Steve Ray

Many young families today are two-income families. The time constraint that this puts on families makes it difficult for young leaders to be able to commit to being involved in civic life.

John Lopez

We still are proud of who we are. But we're not the rah-rah school we were.

Nick Swisher

We battled to get in this spot, and we've got to feel proud about what we've accomplished, ... We just want to keep it going right now; we just need to keep riding that wave.

Philip Hoffman

We're at the party, mom. Be proud mom, because I'm proud of you.

Liz Darger

We could end the season right now and I'd be happy. I'm proud of this whole team.

Tommy Swanson

We had our chances. It was still a solid year for us, one we can look back on and be proud of.

Tom Renney

We were sloppy, but we didn't give up. I'm proud of that.

Craig Smith

We were just so proud of the kids.

Shaun Alexander

We have a lot of things to be proud of. We took Seattle to a place it's never been before.

Chad Alan

We're very proud of where we come from.

Evgeny Morozov

We can now with Google Glasses record everything around us, and we can make sure that nothing is ever forgotten because everything is stored somewhere in Google servers or somewhere else.

Carly Simon

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

Samuel Butler

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Tony Benn

I can't go to bed if I haven't done my diary. I always record them just as I've always recorded all my interviews and speeches.

Tim Curry

I've turned down a lot of roles to make time to record and tour.

Bob Newhart

I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV.

David Gilmour

I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14.

Brendon Urie

I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'

Alvin Lee

I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.

George C. Marshall

Climate change is a very unusual ethical challenge because it's so completely measurable...one of the reasons people should take action is because they have a responsibility for their emissions...therefore what somebody else does is really irrelevant

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.

Lynn Coady

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

Dick Cheney

We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.

Derek Fisher

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

Pierce Brosnan

Being a father is a huge responsibility but a satisfying one.

Patti Smith

When I'm writing a book, I don't have any responsibility to anyone. I'm solitary. I'm writing on my own. I write by hand. And I write every day. I mean, it's part of my daily discipline.

Lindsey Graham

You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.