Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kent Beck

I lived near Santa Cruz for ten years, and the whole time, it bothered me what an exclusionary definition of 'inclusion' was in force. Social censure was applied to those who expressed unpopular or uncomfortable ideas.

Charlotte Lennox

When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

The plan to lodge a censure motion against certain ministers will go ahead although they may have changed portfolios then. They are still obliged to clear themselves in the planned censure debate.

Charles Franklin

I bet that really did stimulate contributions a lot. The censure resolution, and lack of any other Democrat backing it, really put a lot of Bush-haters onto Feingold.

Jonathan Swift

Censure is the the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent

Larry Craig

Censure is a limp noodle across the wrist of the president, ... I think the way we vote on the articles will express the way we feel stronger than any censure vote.

Rick Boucher

I have a deep disdain for the president's actions, ... He deserves the admonishment and the censure and the rebuke of the Congress ... Not only is this the public's preference, but it is the right thing to do.

Michael Castle

I feel strongly that the president did not speak the truth...and in my judgment it had to go over to the Senate. But I still feel the Senate which can look at and may want to go for a full trial should at least take this opportunity to look at the possibilities of censure and what can be done to bring this to a close.

Tom DeLay

I can tell you with great certainty that a censure resolution would have failed in the House,

Bob Reed

We are pleased to be leaders in this effort among U.S. companies. Our entire management team considers diversity a business imperative, and our commitment to diversity -- besides being the right thing to do -- adds value to our company and our communities.

Robert Webb

One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I would say John McEnroe and Ian McEwan, but what would they have to say to each other?

Brad Berenson

Nobody considers that a very healthy situation. You have a number of very high-profile, important cases coming this next term that, from the perspective of this administration, were decided incorrectly in the courts below. You need five justices to reverse. A 4-4 tie just means the decision below is affirmed.

Charles Albert Gobat

If we examine the Hague Convention carefully, we see that it considers the offer of good offices a duty of every nation. In other words, such offers should be made whenever a dispute becomes critical and threatens to explode into war.

Pat Robertson

God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible and he says, 'This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, 'No, this is mine.

Moshe Safdie

He who seeks truth, shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty, shall find vanity. He who seeks order, shall find gratification.He who seeks gratification, shall find disappointment. He who considers himself a servant of his fellow beings,shall find joy of self expression. He who seeks self expression, shall fall to the pit of arrogance. Arrogance is incompatible with nature. Through nature, the nature of the universe and the nature of man,we shall seek truth. If we seek truth we shall find beauty.

John McKenna

Century considers the SBA to be a valued partner in our mission to provide significant lending capital for the small business community in Massachusetts. Our successful partnership has enabled the region to maintain a favorable climate for small business growth.

Shi Yinhong

China wants to strengthen its ties with North Korea, and to reassure North Korea that China considers it an important neighbor.

John Cornyn

I did not have that conversation when I visited with him, ... But I had a conversation with the White House today about this subject -- and I'm not at liberty to divulge who the person is -- but I was assured by somebody who was in the room during visits with other senators that he considers one man, one vote a bedrock of our system. I was told he discussed it with Senator Kennedy.

James Allen

Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory.

Kim Jee-woon

America is a country that, even with all its flaws, has been able to flourish because there is a certain ideology about fighting for what you believe in. What you choose to believe in - no matter how small or big it is - is what you believe in, and that ideology has made America.

Katharine Graham

There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.

Charles Sturt

The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes.

Doug Wilson

Niko is another highly skilled player who has shown he has the tools to flourish under the League's new rules, ... He has continued to improve his play each year and we look forward to him taking the next step in his development during the coming season.

Scott Anderson

So many times in the history of Mormon polygamy, the outside world thought it had the movement on the ropes only to see it flourish anew.

Thomas Bulfinch

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.

Havelock Ellis

The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum

David Quammen

We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a single animal. We introduce them into a new, rich habitat called the human population, where they can flourish more abundantly and cause more trouble.

Robert Thompson

We're so awash in tongue-in-cheek-attitude, ... it may get to a point when it burns itself out.

Ann Crowley

When we closed (Magellan), we were aware of the fact that it was likely some day another fund would surpass it, but that wasn't a concern of ours. Growth in and of itself has never been our goal.

Kevin Caron

When we get beyond the Fed's decision in August, it then opens up the opportunity for technology to assert itself because of its strong earnings growth and take the market to higher highs and higher lows.

Jim Parker

What happens when (the machine) runs out, it puts itself out of service. We have to reset it,

Roy Moore

What happens when government puts itself above God? ... Amen.

Terry Brooks

what happens when a world destroys itself and must rebuild.

Mark Ellis

We bring a unique fusion of medspa and business development expertise to market for our clients, ... In close conjunction with the client, the character, style and ambiance of each medspa are in perfect alignment with the elements of its unique community and target market. Passion for an early success manifests itself in the way we usher the client through the construction phase making sure that the architect, contractor and client work together cohesively.

Carl Maria von Weber

What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest, most ethereal language of passion, showing in a thousand ways all possible changes of color and feeling; and though true in only a single instance, it yet can be understood by thousands of men - who all feel differently.

Robert Adams

What's really increasing more than anything is that we're getting more kids to take the SAT. That in and of itself means more kids are considering post-secondary education, which is tremendous. That's what they need to do.

Cheri Yecke

We would prefer that students in the earliest grades have the benefits of a smaller class taught by a qualified teacher, and we are striving to make this happen.

Tom Wilson

uniquely qualified to discuss an out-of-control culture of corruption.

Dan Hall

We're getting into a year where we have a lot of serious decisions to make. Ed's qualified to do the job and he's here.

John Beacon

We're basically removing all of the procedural barriers--such as late fees--and speeding the admission and enrollment process for qualified students so they can enroll for fall semester. Whatever students need to make this happen, we're going to take care of it. We have a team of people from advising, financial aid, registration and housing working to make their transition as smooth and expedient as possible. Ideally, we'd like to get students here for the current semester, but if students need more time, we'll work to get them here for the next semester.

Mark Heaton

We are proud of these guys. They have qualified and now they have to go and compete. I believe they will do well.

Kathleen Hogan

We are proud of the commitment partners like Puget Sound Energy have made to helping Americans save energy. The Partner of the Year award recognizes partners whose efforts to promote energy-efficient products are exceptional. They have been instrumental in putting more than 2 billion ENERGY STAR qualified products into American households over the last decade.

Paul Franklin

We are pleased to add Tower Semiconductor to our list of qualified vendors. We have set stringent qualification standards for all of our wafer suppliers and Tower has passed on all levels.

Libby Trickett

I feel good. I'm up there. I got third in the 100 'fly, I've qualified in the top eight already for the 100 freestyle.

Louis MacNeice

Everyone is not able, or inclined, to write poetry in the narrower sense any more than everyone is qualified to take part in a walking race. But just as all of us can and do walk, so all of us can and do use language poetically.

David Woo

We're getting a bit nervous about being dollar bears. In the midst of hawkish rhetoric from the Fed and strong economic growth, there's a definite risk the dollar's momentum can push it further.

Cherrie Moraga

we have let rhetoric do the job of poetry.

Dan Stein

We believe that the actions and rhetoric of the Mexican government constitute an attempt to infringe on the sovereignty of the United States, and we urge an immediate and strong response from the Bush administration.

Dick Armey

Until we receive your commitment to follow through on their rhetorical offerings, we shall not treat these overtures as serious and will continue our efforts to force action on the daily floor proceedings until such time as we secure your personal confirmation on a fair and timely consideration on this important matter.

Gary Wolf

The intersection of political analysis and Internet theory is a busy crossroad of cliche, where familiar rhetorical vehicles - decentralized authority, emergent leadership, empowered grass roots - create a ceaseless buzz.

Elliott Abrams

Refusing to lift sanctions and adopting tougher rhetoric toward Iran would not be partisan issues. Plenty of Democrats think that those actions are both good politics and good policy.

Edward Brooke

My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.

Charles Caleb Colton

The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason.

George Santayana

Wealth, religion and military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible.

Margaret Thatcher

The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.

Andrew Sorensen

Carolina takes seriously its obligation as a NCAA member institution, and we shall continue to pursue with vigilance and honesty our goal of full compliance with all NCAA policies and procedures.

George Rockwell

We must have a government which is not only a guarantor of public order and safety and which preserves the right of White citizens to keep and to bear arms, which is the ancient hallmark of a truly free people, but we must have government which maintains an eternal vigilance against the enemies, both internal and external, of a White America.

Brian Barwick

Thankfully, these kinds of incidents are few and far between these days and that is due to the increased vigilance of our game. It is also why behavior of this nature must be treated seriously and swiftly - sending a clear message to those involved that their actions will not be tolerated.

Mark Faulkner

It does require constant vigilance on our part to quarantine or disconnect infected systems from the network until they can be cleaned.

Jan Stuart

OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna on Wednesday should have an easy time deciding to leave well enough alone, while emphasizing worries and vigilance and setting another meeting date.

Michael Ryan

Maintaining vigilance is going to be a long and exhausting process. Nobody can say with any certainty when a pandemic virus will emerge.

Seamus Heaney

No place in the world prides itself more on its vigilance and realism, no place considers itself more qualified to censure any flourish of rhetoric or extravagance of aspiration.