Famous Quotes & Sayings

Luther Burbank

Nature's law affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.

Michael Newdow

free from a coercive requirement to affirm God.

Shaukat Aziz

I wish to affirm our total solidarity to all the countries who have suffered in these disasters and pledge to overcome the mammoth task of rehabilitation,

Doug Lowenstein

If this law is implemented, it will not only limit First Amendment rights for Michigan's residents, but, by virtue of its vagueness, it will also create a huge amount of confusion for Michigan's retailers, parents, and video game developers. I'm confident the court will affirm our position given the rulings on similar statutes in other jurisdictions; indeed, the facts, the science, the law, and the U.S. Constitution have not changed since those decisions were handed down.

Henry Paulson

Today we affirm our commitment to lower Manhattan and the City of the New York, the financial capital of the world,

Vladimir Putin

Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third.

Stephen Covey

I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine.

James Sensenbrenner

When a person's intentions regarding whether to receive lifesaving treatment are unclear, the responsibility of a compassionate nation is to affirm that person's right to life, ... In our public actions, we must build a culture of life that welcomes and defends all human life.

William H. Seward

I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it.

David Miller

Library values are like real estate in Southern California - they generally go up every year.

Arturo Gonzalez

Many students in California have not been given a fair opportunity to learn the material on the exam.

Gray Davis

My friends, this was a massive effort ranging over 180 miles in six counties, probably the worst fires in California history,

Robert McCullough

One of our jobs is to keep an eye on California in case it gets too utterly bizarre. A glitch in California raises (electricity) prices from Alberta to West Texas." ()

Vitor Meira

My goal coming into this season was to win my first race and I still haven't accomplished that, ... Our cars will be good at California and it would be a great way to finish the season with a victory. I think we'll be in the hunt right to the end.

Brian Wilson

Now, they can at least know that in the California market, something will be in place for 10 years.

Glenn Miller

Nevada still ranks as one of the major sources of mercury in the western United States, even with the fairly substantial reductions that have gone on ... probably the third largest state. I think we just went under California. Texas and California are the No. 1 and 2 states. But we're No. 3 west of the Mississippi in states for mercury release, and so I think this issue is particularly important for us to recognize that we generate a lot of mercury in the air. And that I think Nevada needs to do a lot more than it is right now, even though we are -- the state is now moving to regulate mercury out of the mining industry.

Sean Gallagher

Natural gas is traded on a national market. The utilities here in California don't have any control over the price of gas.

Johnny Rivers

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Ryan Callahan

We're not doing anything much different than we did all year. The only difference now is that it's playoffs and we're showing more commitment to the task. We're getting on them and that's what we have.

Tom Daschle

Let us respond with the same commitment and resolve in this drought as we would with any other natural disaster.

Bill Gates

Software will be the single most important force in digital entertainment over the next decade, ... XNA underscores Microsoft's commitment to the game industry and our desire to work with partners to take the industry to the next level.

Trevor Alleyne

Minister Borja has taken on a firm commitment to keep fiscal spending under control. That for us is good news.

Alex Rodriguez

Mr. Steinbrenner has a beef. I understand, with the commitment he has.

David Robinson

Mr. Ruebhausen was a man who was deeply interested in social justice, who wanted to make the Yale Law School even better in terms of social justice and international atmosphere. His commitment to that formed a great part of his very successful life.

John Battelle

Only a consistent, ongoing, deep experience can make a lasting media brand: one that has a commitment from a core community and the respect of a larger reading public.

Todd Casebier

Montrose High, at one time, was a good football town and I think it can be that way again. A big factor in my decision was the administration and the community's commitment to get this thing going in the right direction.

Albert Carlson

NYC 2012 needed a commitment. Our main concern was giving the facilities up for as much as a year.

Alexandra Fuller

I had the constitution of a missionary.

Albert Schweitzer

The witch doctor succeeds for the same reason all the rest of us succeed. Each patient carries his or her own doctor inside him or her. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.

Albert Schweitzer

Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.

Bryan Smith

Last year, we only had a 1 percent increase in our health insurance premium.

Stanislaw Dziwisz

Many journalists who in the past have written about the pope's health are already in heaven.

Jim Edmonds

Scott's healthy and it looks like he's nice and strong. That is going to be a huge plus for us.

Elyssa Rosen

Self-regulation is not enough to protect the health of our communities.

Gillian Anderson

Motherhood has been enormously healthy for her. She's more secure.

Mike Keane

Obviously, we want Jason in the lineup but his health is the No. 1 concern.

Jim Edmonds

Scott's healthy and it looks like he's nice and strong. That is going to be a huge plus for us.

Gillian Anderson

Motherhood has been enormously healthy for her. She's more secure.

J. J. Johnson

Obviously, the key with somebody like Trot is they come in and they're healthy and they do their thing -- and he looks really good,

Debra Messing

I'm just eating really, really clean healthy foods,

Dean Ornish

An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy.

Eleanor Roosevelt

To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.

Gail Shearer

For young healthy people and families, they may well end up being the winners; the problem is somebody else is likely to be the loser.

Abdul Kalam

India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.

Kathy Holleman

We want to make sure they're healthy in every way. We don't want to have two patients after the operation, so we put them through a pretty thorough exam.

John Benson

Mr Blunkett has also always said he is proud of his working-class background, so we hope that has not been drummed out of him by New Labour and he can find a way of helping working-class people.

Gary Jacobson

One of the ways you do that is by traveling around and helping candidates.

Tom Amstutz

Obviously, there's going to be more than one opinion. It's kind of a controversial situation. But when I look at everything, I think about helping people first. To me, no matter what someone says, it's still worth helping a young man.

Jim Cramer

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

Charles Spurgeon

God helps those who cannot help themselves.

Charles R. Swindoll

It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.

Dick Van Dyke

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'

Dennis Potter

A writer helps to show you things you knew but didn't know you knew.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

Joe Barton

Let's wait and see how this all turns out. I don't think we are quite ready to say what Net neutrality is.

Mark E. Smith

Seventy-five percent of our networks are storage related.

Mick Jagger

Network television. They're always worried about how many times you're going to say f--- on the air.

Gail Evans

Networking is not about you -- it's about putting people together.

David Strom

Netscape has been very unsuccessful at interacting with the trades, ... They don't understand how to do PR.

Ivan Misner

Online networking is a phenomenon that really has just started to reach its stride.

Todd Rethemeier

I would have thought somewhere between $10.50 and $11 a share would have been a better price before I saw the 4,000 net (customer) adds.

Sailesh Jha

On a net basis, it is still quite positive.

Chris Gratton

Olli is doing everything for us. He's a big, physical guy, and he's getting to the net for us. He's playing with a lot of confidence.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Kristin Cast

I am unique, a sheep, intimidating, scared, powerful, beautiful, flawed, and perfect in the same moment.

Ron Miller

One person's sprawl is another person's perfect development.

Chris Evert

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

Charles Spurgeon

The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.

Diane Kruger

The reason I stopped modeling was because I was not pleased with trying to portray something that is impossible to reach. Even when I do photo shoots now for films, I am just not interested in trying to look my best all the time anymore. That pursuit of an impossible perfection seems ridiculous to me now. I would rather show my vulnerabilities or my doubts than try to be something that no one is.

Dennis Prager

The Left will destroy what is good to try to make what is perfect. That is the motto of the Left

Edgar Allan Poe

The plots of God are perfect. The Universe is a plot of God.

Eike Batista

Don’t aim for perfection, aim for success.

Eileen Caddy

Start each day in my peace and stillness, then you can go forth and face whatever the day may bring in perfect peace and joy.

Dale Groutage

Sen. (Craig) Thomas has had at least 17 years to promote that technology.

Charles Pickering

Mississippi, in trying to promote racial harmony, is on the right track at the right station doing the right thing.

Todd Rundgren

So there was a way for you to get promoted and survive as an artist without worrying about AM radio hits.

Patricia Edwards

If they promote this correctly, it could be huge.

Neil Kinnock

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.

Lydia Lenker

Those are agricultural products. We do promote Tennessee products.

Karine Vanasse

When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, it's a vision of somebody else, so I have to promote their idea.

Casper Dien

When I do a film I go out and promote it.

Bob Ray

I went out and really promoted it (the tournament) this year. It's our third year and we got everything together in our heads.

Peter Wright

Lennart is getting better. This tournament is part of his recovery.

Raul Hernandez

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

Trent Reznor

Touring in the past, the show was just something you had to do to get to the after-show,

Liam Gallagher

I'm not going around touring the U.S. when I've got nowhere to live.

Kim Clijsters

Yeah, it was (the quickest tournament I've won),

Helen Wills Moody

Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.

Chris Blackwell

I was touring a lot... I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.

Corey Brewer

We're in the tournament to win it all.

Mike Conners

Were in the tournament now, and in the tournament anything can happen.

Robert Freeman

She's going to be wearing this in other venues all over the world,

Glenn Close

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

Gene Simmons

The venue has to know what it's buying.

Jon Favreau

Comic Con has become a very relevant venue for all films.