Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marcy Kaptur

Strong efforts have been made in Ohio to curb the authoritarianism of our Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, as he has purged people from lists in our State in particular precincts where voters are heavily minority.

Julissa Martinez

She told him to wait on the curb outside.

Esther Williams

Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy.

Yan Xiaohong

We still have a serious problem of piracy. We need to study more forceful and effective measures to curb it.

William Cavendish

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose, said right; and it is equally true that the curb can never play, when in its right place, except the horse be upon his haunches.

Christian End

If other fans communicated when something isn't appropriate that would curb the behavior. Many fans don't want to get involved.

John Schleimer

Green in the past has been ugly. Now, it's got more curb appeal.

William Cullen Bryant

Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,Throws its last fetters off; and who shall placeA limit to the giant's unchained strength,Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?

Rick Watson

I wish there is something we could do to curb the use of the drug. We're right on the edge, but we're at a loss over what to do.

Laila Ali

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

Dorothy Young

She looked so beautiful. I was so moved. I intended to say a prayer, but I forgot.

Sarah Churchwell

'Sesame Street' was a pioneering educational T.V. show, intended to help underprivileged children. But even those of us middle-class kids spoilt for pedagogical choice couldn't get enough of it.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

Gavin O'Connor

I always intended the title, 'WARRIOR,' to be about spiritual warfare and warrior lives outside of the cage.

Betty Wright

I only intended to be married one time. But marriages are made; they don't just happen. It takes two.

Barbara Jordan

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

Trey Parker

Doing a musical is like having a kid. It's out there alive somewhere. It's not like a movie or a TV show where what we intended is what everyone will see. The kid can act out. The kid's going to do what it wants to do.

Mike Jones

I don't think it is right to use the petition system when you have no intention or likelihood of prevailing. That is not what the system was intended for and to misuse it now is reckless.

William Stewart

We want to teach you how to prevent them,

Ashley Judd

You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.

Marco Rubio

The primary goal of the War on Terror is to prevent an attack from happening.

Gore Vidal

To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.

Ellen Key

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

A. Hodge

We would like them to be more constrained, more enlightened. There's nothing to prevent them from doing the right thing.

Dr. Paulos

No brace is perfect. No brace can prevent every injury, but they do help.

Amartya Sen

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.

Marianne Williamson

It's a fraction of the cost to prevent a war than prosecute a war.