Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Moore

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Alan Green

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

Alan Greenspan

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.

Alan Greenspan

The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something.

Alan Greenspan

Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is effected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money,by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale.

Alan Greenspan

We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.

Al Sharpton

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.

Andy Troszok

We want the opportunity to work with the government on this.

Bill Janklow

I bought a railroad during this period of time.

Christopher Morley

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

Anthony Quinn

Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico.

Harriet Tubman

I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Paul Samuelson

Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles.

Mark Twain

Benefit of clergy: Half-rate on the railroad.

Peter Dinklage

I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.

Robert A. Heinlein

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Raul Hernandez

Tourism is all we have. Nobody's coming. Things are sad.

Narendra Modi

Ladakh's Prakash, Paryavaran, Paryatan are a strength for both J&K and India.

Karen Hughes

The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.

Kenny Guinn

Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

Serge Daney

The personal appropriation of cliches is a condition for the spread of cultural tourism.

Martin Parr

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

Werner Herzog

Tourism is a mortal sin.