Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maajid Nawaz

I was filled with hate and anger. But during my trial, something decisive happened: Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and it was an unbelievable feeling to know that there is someone fighting for you on the outside. Amnesty's 'soft' approach made me seriously consider alternatives to revenge.

Gladys Hansen

The people who came in and adopted the city made a difference.

Martin Jacques

One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new liberal language, it has adopted the age-old default mode of British foreign policy, namely military intervention.

Julie Quinn

We want her adopted out by herself. She has been around puppies her entire life and now she needs a family where it is just her. Right now we are socializing her with other dogs, but she will make someone a really good little dog.

Jane Roos

When we got back from Athens we found out that they (the COC) had adopted our trademarks.

Jane Roos

When we got back from Athens we found out that (the COC) had adopted our trademarks.

Craig Moore

When we first got into foster care we said there was no way we were going to adopt. We told all of the case member right away we are just here to help out, but we adopted the first one, then the second one and so it got to the point that every time we were going to hold a family meeting, our older kids knew what we were going to say.

Edward Kennedy

Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, there are real and serious reasons to be deeply concerned about Judge Roberts' record. Many of his past statements and writings raise questions about his commitment to equal opportunity and the bipartisan remedies we have adopted in the past.

James Loewen

Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy to catch the eye of adoption committees but dull when read by students.

Jay Wright

We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good.

Pig Miller

We know Gary will go to the boards and will press. We've got to turn it into our style of game and get out and run.

Paul Proctor

Ultimately the change has to come from the board down.

Richard Johns

Ultimately, if the board decides to centralize the campus, then we will decide what to do with the school.

Marcus Aurelius

The perfumes at our board last night - Were exquisite, I won't deny it, But we were starved, we were outright, For meat, could no how come by it

Paul Hodgson

The perception has been growing that it is better that there be a clear line of distinction between the people the board hires and the people hired by the corporation.

E. O. Wilson

The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world.

Kerry Killinger

We are pleased to welcome Regina to our Board of Directors. She is a nationally recognized leader in the legal, corporate, and nonprofit communities. Her leadership skills and commitment to promoting economic advancement for all complement the Board and make her a valuable addition.

David Wood

We usually send out information to board members to get their feel for whether we should disseminate information further.

Gerhard Schroeder

We want to send a clear signal that the region can very much rely on the fact that we are not just talking about providing assistance, but that we really want to help, and will help,

Chogyam Trungpa

Things get very clear when you're cornered.

Ahmed Akkari

We lack a clear statement where the newspaper apologizes for the offense and stand by it.

Evan Katz

We know we take liberties in that regard, but CTU clearly is a very efficient and effective (agency). And we're frankly honored and lucky to be working with them.

Frank Lampard

We know we're not quite there yet, last year was a fantastic day for us here. It was a big step towards winning it today. We're the ones nine points clear and as long as we do our job we're going to win the league. We got the result, we're nearly there.

S. Walker

Ultimately, there will be some standardization within communities, and it's not clear to consumers who will win in their areas.

David Leavy

Ultimately, the decision is theirs to make. Our responsibility, from our vantage point, is to make clear the risks.

Laurie Arron

Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage.

Lorraine Toussaint

I love to see how a character unfolds off the page in a project. I don't always know how the character is going to turn out, even with the script being there. It's not always clear where that character is going to take me. Or where I will take them.

Charlie Daniels

Make sure to be honest with yourself, about if that's really what you want to do with your life - to make music. It takes a commitment - a tremendous, thick-skinned commitment of being the first one to get there and the last one to leave, doing what you want to do even if you have to work twice as hard as anybody else ever did.

Charles Taylor

To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case to case what is good, or valuable, or what ought to be done, or what I endorse or oppose. In other words, it is the horizon within which I am capable of taking a stand.

Charles Dickens

He did each single thing as if he did nothing else.

Charles Stanley

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

Al Sharpton

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us.

Tim Sanders

We want them to have that local commitment to the community, and that's a big part of our request for proposals. We're not looking for Wells Fargo out of San Francisco.

Frank Hadden

We want to try and pinch some of their ball. Nathan has a long term commitment to playing for Scotland.

Chris Alexander

I'm totally in favour of meeting our Paris commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But I don't think we should do that by making ourselves uncompetitive.

Hali Robinson

Ultimately, our commitment on the defensive end pulled it out for us.

Bertolt Brecht

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.

Robert A. Heinlein

Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A

Benjamin Tucker

The right of the majority is absolute.

Nykesha Sales

Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing.

Ayn Rand

The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny.

Alain de Botton

True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning.

Dennis Prager

The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous.

Ben Horowitz

For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.

Carol Araullo

She shows the worst qualities of masochists. She is boastful, she tramples upon the rights of others ... and because the majority of Filipinos are women, she is abusing the rights of women.

Brenda Holloway

Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.

Lindsey Tippins

I think administration has said, 'Well, we got to do that because that's what the policy says.' I don't think that's what the policy says.

Lee Fuller

Having a clear, stable royalty policy was of value to independent producers.

Wim Duisenberg

Our policy is to be as transparent and as predictable as possible,

John Prendergast

Sudan policy has run off the road into a ditch.

Bill Maher

I hear this all the time: 'Obama's policies aren't working.' He hasn't been allowed to put his policies into place.

Alec Baldwin

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Abraham Lincoln

My policy is to have no policy.

Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton's policies obviously didn't work. What you have to do is look at Libya, look at anything you want to look at and to have it work.

Tasneem Ahmed

We are awaiting New Delhi's response on it.

Kurt Vonnegut

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Response, when asked how he came upon his theorems.

Larry Steach

When this all started, I didn't know what to expect. But, the response has been phenomenal.

Scott Baker

It can be more than that. It's not unusual for all of the staff to work on responses

Jim Angell

I think their response has been very measured.

Greg Stone

I don't understand why the response wasn't instantaneous.

Dan Anderson

It got a terrific response here at Wesley,

Paul Goldblatt

This was not a response to any one incident.

Gary Williams

We're in a tough situation right now. We'll find out what we're made of.

Herman Edwards

We're in a situation where time is of the essence,

Dennis Kavelman

We're in a situation now where you have to play it out and fortunately we have very strong contingency plans.

Deborah Norville

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.

Ronnie Brewer

We've got a sense of urgency because we're in a situation where we need to get wins on the road. We need to play well.

Beth Moore

Forgiveness doesn't make the situation OK, it makes you OK.

Hassan Bazzaz

We are all going to be surprised. This situation is so complicated.

Gary Hoffman

We got to this situation not overnight. We're not going to turn it around overnight.

Lakhdar Brahimi

There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.

Andrew Klink

When we got that fumble, that was the turning point.

Joel Edgerton

To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on set.

Elisa Massimino

I think things are really turning on this.

Steve Cox

I think Knute Rockne is turning over in his grave.

Barry Trotz

That was the turning point. That was a big save.

Dorothy L. Sayers

One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again.

Agatha Christie

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

Douglas Muzzio

Voters understand that turning a bureaucracy like that around is like turning around a battleship,

Albert Camus

Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.