Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ashley Goforth

We want to promote activism through different mediums.

Ted Cruz

You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution.

Angelina Jolie

We are at a unique threshold in human history, where the crisis we face in Africa is matched only by our degree of hope that we can and will be a force for positive change, ... I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere.

Juan Williams

When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing.

Tawakkol Karman

I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.

Jake Lehman

What we're really trying to do is build student activism and get students passionate about their community through arts and music, and other forms of outreach.

Dixon Osburn

There are many buses ahead of us yet. As we continue to confront inequality and segregation in our country, we still have the stellar example of Rosa Parks' gracious activism to guide and inspire us.

Harold Greene

I am seeking simply to legitimize judicial activism when I say that the repeated attempts to foreclose the courts' consideration of matter which they have historically considered are ill-advised and dangerous to our way of life.

Arlen Specter

I am concerned about the Supreme Court's judicial activism which has usurped congressional authority,

Dinaw Mengestu

The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.

Durado Brooks

The fact is, African Americans have not benefited equally from the improvements that are making a difference.

Amr Moussa

The real European-African partnership should be based on promoting development and liberating the African continent from its debts, which have been preventing economic progress and depriving Africa of its equitable share in the global economy,

Paul Kagame

There is no doubt that both regional states and Africa in whole will gain toward peace and stability in Burundi,

Thomas P.M. Barnett

An Obama administration truly looking to break with the molds of the past would stop treating Africa as an obligation and start treating it as globalization's next great opportunity, understanding that Chinese - along with Indians and Arab sovereign wealth funds - are natural partners in this process.

Aasif Mandvi

I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.

Toyin Odutola

My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America.

Todrick Hall

Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now.

Tshepo Peege

We are going to isolate countries where these safety issues are a concern. The stigma that Africa carries leads people to fly non-African airlines and thereby deprive our airlines of opportunities to grow and expand.

David Ferrell

We want to provide the kids with an opportunity to play against the state's best. It gives the kids a chance to get better and it gives them a chance to get seen by some of the college coaches.

Angelo Forte

We want to prepare our team mentally and physically against the best teams in Ohio. This is an important week. The Stellar gives us the opportunity to play some top teams.

Joe Sakic

We want to play well against Vancouver. We want to make sure we try and get a good win and have a good game there. We'll see how it plays out.

Jeff House

We have to have all five players on the court and be aware of where she is. She can get shots in a variety of ways, and everybody has to be aware of her presence. The biggest thing we need to do against her is get to her before she has the basketball. If you prevent her from getting the basketball you can get under her skin and limit her production.

Jon Jansen

We have to go out and prove we can do it against teams that we should have success against. We need to prove that we're a good team, and we haven't done that yet.

Tom Peterson

We have to go on the road against No. 2 (Cal Irvine) but first is tomorrow night. We have to make sure we're playing better each night. That's who will come out on top, who's playing better at the end.

Scott Johnson

We have to go back on to that drawing board and come up with something different next weekend against France.

Andy Nieto

We have to get those guys to go out with the same type of confidence they had against Cal.

Matt Cavanaugh

We have to get the turnovers under control. But it is more than just Tyler -- our receivers have to work back to some balls, our line has to protect a little better. But if we can cut down on turnovers against Nebraska we will have a chance. There are a lot of nuances about the college game that I have to learn as well. It's only two games so it is too early to press the panic button just yet.

John Brain

We have named our team based on our pre-season friendlies and feel that it is a strong line up to take on Gloucester,

Stephen Holmes

We have moved to begin the process of revoking the probation based on the seriousness of the underlying crime that placed him on probation. It will be up to a judge to decide what sanctions should be imposed.

Rodney Hendrix

What the state gives us is based on what the federal grant amounts are.

Chris Foster

When you run for SORF, you have to pledge that you won't judge a club's virtue based on their application. Our guidelines are all about being objective.

Elmore Lockley

We want people to keep in touch with us if they're having problems. We can put people on the budget plan, or special payment method which is very individualized and based on a customer's individual situation.

James McCormack

We were always skeptical about how fast consumer recovery (would) be. It had been pretty slow. This year, we've revised our growth forecast for the Korean economy to 5 percent based on strong fourth-quarter numbers that we saw, particularly in consumption. The export sector still looks positive." ()

Agin Muhammad

We have people who are based in their emotions and so they're hurt. It doesn't hurt me, a fool doesn't hurt me. As far as I'm concerned, me personally, it's like it never happened.

Phil Brown

We've signed him on a monthly contract and it will be based on his fitness levels.

Brian Barnhart

We have revised our testing policy from earlier in the off-season based on the commitment from Honda to serve as the league's single-engine supplier. This testing format brings more efficiency to the teams, Honda and the league as we ready ourselves for the 2006 season, the league's first featuring its compacted schedule.

Nancy Parrott

The popularity has really developed on word of mouth, and it lives up to it. It also has that universal appeal.

Mitch Kapor

Velano Vascular has developed a simple, game-changing innovation that will improve the way medicine has been practiced for decades.

Aleksey Igudesman

We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It's actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid.

S. Walker

We developed it to give 20 times faster throughout on IDS/IPS and AV.

Patric Verrone

We developed a new piece of stationary that never existed before.

Gunter Thielen

We are prepared for an IPO. Bertelsmann has developed strongly in the last years and increased its profits considerably.

Gerhard Schroeder

Where it is necessary, programs will be further developed with public discussion,

Jim Hall

Where I get frustrated is when we use government tax dollars to identify problems, we have developed a solution with our government tax dollars, but we have a reluctance to step in and mandate the solutions. What we lack sometimes is the political will to eliminate some of the risks that are still out there.

Helen Sharman

On Mir, the lights kept going out because it had developed so many electrical problems.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.

Kailash Satyarthi

I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.

Tom Shadyac

Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed.

Jitin Prasada

Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi are our star campaigners. Our party will fight under their leadership.

Jesse Stone

Everybody knows who Gandhi is. Who knows Jesse Stone?

David Cronenberg

A History of More Violence'?... I think not. That reminds me of somebody's joke about Gandhi - 'Gandhi 2: Even More Non-Violent.'

David Cronenberg

A History of More Violence'? ... I think not. That reminds me of somebody's joke about Gandhi - 'Gandhi 2: Even More Non-Violent.'

Manmohan Singh

His heart is in the right place. If Sonia Gandhi would let him have a shot at the job she gave him, he might do quite a good job.

Charles Eastman

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

Charles Eastman

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

Terry Anderson

There is no money to pay any ransom, ... These were three nonpolitical missionaries working in an Indian village when they were taken. This was a mistake.

Larry Brilliant

I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.

John Trudell

I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere.

Richard Sheirer

Giuliani visited Indian Point and said, 'It's a reverse of Marion' high-security prison in upstate New York. It's as secure as Marion, but not in keeping people in but keeping people out.

Matt Will

No one is better situated than we are in Indiana to do this.

Mahatma Gandhi

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Unknown

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

William James

Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Taya Kyle

When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.

Mike Smith

We wanted to throw a little more tonight, but old man weather wouldn't let us do that.

Ryan Rourke

The Pancake Man went well. We served over 150 people.

Sharon Stone

Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

Samuel Smiles

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

Selman Waksman

From the moment he is born to the moment he dies, man is subject to the activities of numerous microbes.

Sarah Snook

I think if I could be a man in any time period, I would be a pirate. You know, go climbing in the rigging, sword fighting. I'd like to do that.

Stephanie Zimbalist

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

Bob McDonnell

There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.

Tony McCoy

Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world.

Dominic Modise

As a minority coach, you have to prove yourself. Things can change, but it's always important to remember where you come from.

Kim Polese

We have no preset notion of how the model will look.

Alan King

Modesty is not one of my virtues.

Ashwin Sanghi

Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation?

Thierry Mugler

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals. I need superwomen and supermen.

David Daniels

The Great Chief also honours modesy.

Tariq Anwar

My dream is to make Katihar a model district. I have no personal ambition.

Tao Okamoto

I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'

Enrique Pena Nieto

The coalition is a model that has no place in a presidential regime such as in Mexico. It fits in parliamentary models, but Mexico has a presidential regime.

Jessica White

There's so many misconceptions about me and my personality. People think I'm not a nice person, you know, or maybe a diva; not just about me, but the misconceptions of other models as well, or supermodels.

David Brooks

The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.

Charles Eastman

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

Jason Beghe

I've yet to meet a person in my life who doesn't have some moral ambiguity.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.

Al Sharpton

I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.

Charlaine Harris

It was time to pull my moral socks up and behave myself.

Ben Shapiro

Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution.

Brian Aldiss

I've no objection to morality, except that it's obsolete.

Carl Jung

Without freedom there can be no morality.

Robert Davies

He does not see it as a racial thing,

Forrest Pearson

The whole racial thing has been downplayed, but that is what it was. It seems that everyone wants to sweep the thing under the rug.

Will Durst

I didn't know that was a racial epithet. I thought it was a geographical designation.

Ben Williams

I never had a racial term thrown to me the whole time I was at Ole Miss. We were progressing.

Warren Moon

I don't want to make this a racial thing, because it shouldn't be. But it is significant because it was the first time.

Charles Dickens

The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.

Brad Paisley

I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.

Brad Pitt

I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage where I come from.

Jamie Foxx

I'm a southern gentleman.

Fred Coan

We've got kids, I'm sure, who have never been out of South Carolina.

Bill Hicks

Been on what I call my Flying Saucer Tour--appearing in small Southern towns--in front of handfuls of hillbillies.

Charles Kuralt

A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.

Samantha Bingham

Many, many of them are from southern Louisiana.

Belle Boyd

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.