Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Remnick

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.

David Riesman

It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.

David Ricardo

The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.

David Ricardo

It is not by the absolute quantity of produce obtained by either class, that we can correctly judge of the rate of profit, rent, and wages, but by the quantity of labour required to obtain that produce.

David Brooks

Liberals lost touch with working-class Americans because they never had to have a conversation about values with those voters; they could just rely on the courts to impose their views.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

Beatrice Webb

Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.

Arnaz Battle

I liked all of my science classes from biology to chemistry. I thought dissecting was one of the most interesting parts of it.

Mary Johnson

We actually choiced our son to go here, ... I drive everyday from Parrish because I want to put him in a smaller classroom where I thought he'd do better. He seems much happier.

Derek Jeter

One of the best things about being a Yankee is that you have guys like Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Guidry and Reggie Jackson wandering around the locker room offering you advice.

Carlos Gomez

Make me an offer I can't refuse, and you can have the taco stand,

Ayn Rand

Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles remain in their minds as floating abstractions, offering them a goal they cannot grasp and demanding that they reshape their souls in its image, thus leaving them with a burden of undefinable moral guilt.

Kelli O'Hara

When I've done TV and film, when it's offered to me, I loved doing it, and I would do it again, but the ins and outs of auditioning is - that's time away from my kids.

Bernhard Langer

We're here to offer our support and provide the people with some hope.

Palitha Kohona

We are awaiting a response from the Tigers to an offer of a private sea plane for their use.

Larry Templeton

We started by offering tickets to evacuees in the Starkville motels. We thought we would give out about 200 or so.

Barbara Ehrenreich

But the economic meltdown should have undone, once and for all, the idea of poverty as a personal shortcoming or dysfunctional state of mind. The lines at unemployment offices and churches offering free food includes strivers as well as slackers, habitual optimists as well as the chronically depressed. When and if the economy recovers we can never allow ourselves to forget how widespread our vulnerability is, how easy it is to spiral down toward destitution.

Cathy Freeman

Being overseas at the time it all kind of happened was perfect because I had no idea that it was going to attract so much media attention and provoke these lovely people calling in and offering up their opinions and advice.

Barbara Mikulski

Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.

Carolyn Roberts

We've already established our credibility. The Legislature is very supportive of the university system and comfortable with our role.

Martin Freeman

I think I'm less gloomy than I used to be - I've got a very supportive other half.

Brad Pitt

I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.

Carl Levin

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result

Aisha Tyler

I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.

Charice Pempengco

I'm really proud to be Filipino. Filipinos are really supportive, and I want to thank all of them. I love them!

Duncan Sheik

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos

Simon Van Booy

Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.

Lynsey Addario

The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal.

Jerramy Stevens

No one is going to give us anything. We haven't done anything in the past. But we've been out here taking it (respect) this year, that's for sure.

Slobodan Milosevic

More time has been wasted by taking away my right to self-defense.

Diane Tuller

She's only going to get better. I don't like taking her off the court.

Steve Hall

We're still on a trend that is taking us downward.

Ron Everhart

We're just waiting to see what happens. He's taking his time.

Joseph Bruno

years and years. He was not taking anything.

Martin Kelly

I am taking it more as it comes (because it was unexpected),

Debra Shaw

Never thought I would be taking this trip again,

David Icke

Interestingly, the British government announced a few weeks ago that they were going to introduce 500 educational targets for preschool children. And teachers complained that "when are the children going to have time to play?" Well, they're not supposed to play, because play is a right-brain, ad-lib, creative pursuit. The idiot politicians who are introducing it don't understand this, but the shadow-people from which it is generated certainly do. They want to stimulate the left brain as early as possible.

David Hume

Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. Happily, this pitch it seldom attains. But what a Tully or a Demosthenes could scarcely effect over a Roman or Athenian audience, every Capuchin, every itinerant or stationary teacher can perform over the generality of mankind, and in a higher degree, by touching such gross and vulgar passions.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I propose that a teacher's pay be tied to merit, not tenure. And I propose that a teacher's employment be tied to performance, not just showing up.

Ben Vereen

I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

Barry Commoner

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

Arnaz Battle

In middle school, I had this one teacher who would kick me out all the time. He just didn't like me. I could ask a person next to me to borrow a pencil, and he'd kick me out of class. Besides that, I've never been in trouble.

Arnaz Battle

I've never been in trouble. I've never had detention or anything. I wasn't a teacher's pet though either.

Arne Duncan

When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.

Ellen Gilchrist

My childhood is in my brother's house, and I like to visit there and be reminded.

Diane Abbott

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

Charles C. Mann

The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.

Dennece Knight

Most of our visitors will be here to have fun.

Brad Thor

Visiting Lucerne is like going to Disneyland: You can't imagine that it is real because it looks like a movie lot.

Harry Friedman

We know our visitors like to see us in different cities,

Jack Kelly

Visitors may want (the vendors), but it's not all about the visitors.

Mary Lasker

In Democratic administrations, I visit the White House.

Natalie Rule

I know that he's never visited this website.