Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Rother

State and federal policymakers should seize the rare opportunity afforded by positive demographic, socioeconomic, and health trends to make essential changes in the nation's long term care programs.

Steven Jones

Our students are afforded opportunities to win bikes. If they come by 8:10 a.m., they put their name into a drawing.

Bob Greczyn

Our company's financial stability has afforded us the opportunity to invest in initiatives for our members and our state that will bear long-term results in moderating health-care costs.

John Vanco

That's been a real boon for us this year. Like 'George Washington,' we couldn't have afforded it.

Howard Dean

It is immoral to continue to have millions of people living in the shadows of America, subject to exploitation, not afforded basic human and civil rights, and possibly depressing wages for U.S. workers.

Peter Capaldi

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

James Harris

I think it is fantastic. There was no way I could have afforded insurance before.

O. Henry

It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.

Stephen Kenny

It appears to me that Saddam Hussein will be afforded a trial that represents a fairer system of justice than what David Hicks will receive.

Dan Morgan

I was just real happy for Dan, ... I watched the induction on TV and he's just the greatest, in my opinion, football player ever. So he's the most deserving guy, I think, to ever get it. I've always looked up to him. I love him.

Dortha Chapman

I was honored. I was shocked. I still feel there's someone more deserving than I. It was an honor.

Michael Toups

I did not want to lose on Gene's big night. He is so deserving of the honor. I wanted our players to play with the passion and enthusiasm that would be appropriate in honoring him.

Terry Floyd

I think it's a deserving thing for him. He's one of the top pitchers (in the area) with one year left to play.

Terry Bradway

I think it's important that Eric get off to a good start with the right people in place and the fact that Mike is very deserving of this opportunity, the fact that he has a good relationship with Eric will be a plus for the Jets. I know those guys will work tirelessly.

Ahmed Ibrahim

It is a damned country, banished from divine mercy and deserving only of being cursed.

Don MacAdam

He's a very knowledgeable, efficient, hard-working trainer. He's very deserving of this.

Bobby Jackson

He's deserving of it, man. He's a great guy, great coach, was a great player. People said he wouldn't win the championship with the San Antonio Spurs, and he proved them wrong.

John Grahame

He's deserving because he's so well-read. He has a hunger for learning.

Michael Carter

Recount or no recount, there's going to be a government without a strong mandate or much flexibility.

Sitaram Yechury

Parliament has to urgently and immediately take up the issue. It is up to the government to see how they do it. Parliament will have to enact the law. Eventually, even it (ordinance) will have to come to parliament.

Samir Acharya

Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands.

Kathleen Blanco

State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before,

Roger Launius

Our position would be that it is, and always has been, government property.

Takeo Hiranuma

Our task is to make sure the government does not submit the bill.

Barry Goldwater

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

B. R. Ambedkar

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

B. F. Skinner

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

Daryl Kimball

If the Indians mean what they say (about not testing), they should have no quibble with this provision.

Sundar Pichai

What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background.

Subcomandante Marcos

We have to make sure of our place in society as indigenous Indians that we have won. In Mexico, there are movements, there are revolutions and change, but for the indigenous nothing changes.

Richard Armitage

We have to seize the moment, ... probe the minds of the Pakistanis and Indians to see if there is not a way to lower the temperature.

George Crook

But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes.

Melissa Leo

I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world.

Mike Harris

I want the f------ Indians out of the park,

Geoff Hoon

encouraging because it shows the Indians are showing a first step back from the brink.

David Cardwell

It's no secret that the Indians and Orioles here are looking for new spring training deals.

Phil Savage

Reggie has a lot of talent. In my opinion, with Reggie Bush, more could be less and less could be more.

Sathya Baba

Peace is shore less ocean - it is the light that illuminates the world.

Katsuhiko Machida

Survival today means innovating and doing things that no one else does. This is a lesson not only for Sharp but for all of Japan.

Drew Frank

That'd be nice. Maybe I should. As I teach, I don't keep lesson plans from one year to the next and I don't keep anything from one season to the next.

Stephen M. Walt

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.

Andy Newman

Remember every storm is different. The better prepared you are, the less of an inconvenience it's going to be.

Louis Benevides

Plano West is just an up-and-coming team. They've come a long way in less than a season.

Darrell Nichols

I think there's less tolerance for repeat problems. I think they are now going to be a little more strict with what's going on.

Larry Colagiovanni

That was his normal route. He said he didn't like (Interstate) 95. Less traffic. Less lights.

Bill Burr

Think about the amount of crap the US has done! Between slavery and the genocide of the Native Americans - if any of that had been filmed like [Adolf] Hitler, we'd never live it down.

Lynn Williams

I didn't want to do something on Native Americans or Rosa Parks and this seemed interesting.

Robert Patterson

Here, we tell the story: why the people came here, what they did when they got here, going back to the Native Americans and coming all the way forward.

R. Robinson

I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in it.

Jon Voight

When I'm near a native community, I visit it. If I hear there's a spiritual person in the neighborhood, I'll seek them out.

Cynthia Ozick

Paradise is only for those who have already been there.

Conan O'Brien

The Justice Department ruled that Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on reservations. This decision was hailed as a victory by Native American leader Giggling Eagle.

Gerald Vizenor

The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American.

Gloria Steinem

The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Mike Lynch

Our visibility is improving, but at the same time still remains low,

Marty Schottenheimer

I don't know. That remains to be seen.

Stephane Deo

Here, we also have a very volatile indicator. The trend remains downward. I don't think that has changed.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There remains an experience of incomparable value.

Vidya Balan

A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.

Nicolas Roeg

Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

Carlos Ghosn

In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

My head is in India, yet my body remains in Britain. I straddle the world like a colossus. Like a 5ft. 7in. colossus.

Azzedine Alaia

'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.

Walt Harris

Our special teams is the most respected part of our team.

Howard Rubenstein

out of respect we will not be doing anything for the moment.

Paul DePodesta

out of respect for what he's done here.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

out of respect for the will of the people.

Ron Anderson

Out of respect for Jerry, I can't say anything more.

George Bataille

Respect is really only a devious route taken by violence.

James Howell

Respect a man, he will do it the more.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

Carl Sagan

We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.

Christopher Lasch

Success in our society has to be ratified by publicity,

B. F. Skinner

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Jens Stoltenberg

Just as important as our society as a whole are our small communities: our neighborhoods, workplaces and schools.

John Rhys-Davies

I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.

Samuel West

I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential to be what they're going to be.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.

Philip Sellwood

If we are going to have a sustainable, low-carbon society then we have to have low-carbon (supporting) citizens.

Charles James Fox

The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

Basil Hume

We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.

Paul Giamatti

Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

Clint Hurdle

Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved.

Eliot Spitzer

Somehow the vitality of New York state has been sapped.

Ronda Rousey

There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman.

David Bergen

I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.

Alison Jackson

It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.

Vint Cerf

The idea that you can somehow erase the Internet is silly.

Monica Johnson

Somehow many have fallen into the belief that being a Christian is supposed to be a cake-walk. It's not.

David Givens

We were going to somehow win this game.

Jeremy Corbyn

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.

Jon Kyl

Some may think that's old-fashioned, but it's really the way it's supposed to be,

Dwight Howard

Man, we're supposed to get wins like that, ... That's a tough loss.

James Gandolfini

I was just supposed to say what I was supposed to say and get out.

Horace Jenkins

That was probably one of the toughest things. I did everything I was supposed to do. I just took it as a test from God.

Manny Acta

I think we can play a lot better. I think we could have scored at least 12 runs. We didn't do the things we were supposed to do.

Michael Gartenberg

It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it well.

Roy Hall

I think for us it would be more satisfaction than any other year if we won the title. We are not supposed to win and that is what makes it more exciting.

Donald Ault

I'm supposed to do something from 5 to 6 p.m.. We'll see what happens.

Adele

I do get massively distracted when I've got someone in my life, which I can't afford to do right now...besides, no one treats me as well as I do.

Ani Difranco

Don't treat me like I am something that happened to you.

Austin Butler

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

Diana Wynne Jones

One person ought to treat another person properly, even if the person's himself.

David Sedaris

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter.

Bill O'Reilly

The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.

Herb Kelleher

You have to treat your employees like customers

J. K. Rowling

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, And treat them just the same.

Nick Hornby

So it's not about what you do. It can't be, can it? It has to be about how you are, how you love, how you treat yourself and those around you, and that's where I get eaten up.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

No truth is proved, no truth achieved, by argument, and the ready-made truths men offer you are mere conveniences or drugs to make you sleep.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Truths may clash without contradicting each other.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

C. S. Lewis

Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also.

C. S. Lewis

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

C. S. Lewis

Nothing is yet in its true form.

C. S. Lewis

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

C. S. Lewis

It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.