Famous Quotes & Sayings

Words are no longer enough. It is time for action. This is the first genocide of the 21 st century. The world has said, 'Never again.' Those words must mean something.

Dan Hill

Woody Allen movies notwithstanding, therapy, in the early eighties, was not exactly a hot conversation starter. Nor was it a favoured activity for dysfunctional couples or suffering individuals.

Thomas Carlyle

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum of money, the degree of ''influence'' it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed; certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front?

Catherine Tate

'Writing' always means 'not writing' to me because I will do anything to put it off. I think this is mainly because writing anything down and then handing it over to a third party - especially in comedy - is such an exposing act that you naturally want to delay the process.

Writers traditionally see themselves and are perceived as acting in the solitude of their rooms, doing their work. They can only survive if they have an audience and engage in the process with others.

We're still seeing what the courts are doing with the current law, ... What I wanted to do with this hearing is lay the groundwork for whatever action we may think is appropriate.

We're still investigating to see what's the most appropriate action.

We're still actively engaged in pursuing the possible sale of a controlling interest.

We're seeing some moderation in the pace of manufacturing activity as the third quarter gets under way.

We're seeing regional design activity very strong here. The strongest sectors seem to be on the institutional side, education and health care.

We're seeing quite a bit of activity with schools and higher education. They have a lot of data that needs to be secure.

We're seeing more and more activity in the financial services industry.

We're seeing Japan aggressively acting to keep the yen steady against the dollar and stop the process of broad dollar weakness from turning into broad yen strength.

We're seeing industry-wide demand for solutions to make compliance sustainable and, at the same time, more efficient and more effective. Many companies are beginning to act on improvement opportunities identified through their Sarbanes-Oxley efforts. Increasingly, companies are undertaking projects to better leverage technology to improve information quality, automate internal controls and enhance monitoring and reporting capabilities.

We're seeing a tremendous amount of activity overseas, whether it's in Asia or the Middle East. For countries that are emerging on the economic scene, very tall buildings are symbols of their economic strength.

We're seeing a move toward much more active portfolio management, especially in application development.

We're seeing a lot of sharp action on the under, and not as much money from the betting public on the over as I had hoped. I'm glad I opened it 48 and not 49.

We're seeing a decline in activity nationwide, with some resistance in the Paris region. The incidents are increasingly isolated, making it easier to clamp down. We cannot yet cry victory.

We're right at the stage of going and putting together the specific plan and specifications for taking action.

We're not here to act out of some form of vengeance. We're not here to act as a bunch of well-dressed vigilantes.

Rusty Wallace

We've got multimillion dollar sponsors and 150,000 people in the grandstands, ... He just wants all of us to act like men and represent NASCAR in the proper way.

Mark Gottfried

We've got great fans, terrific fans and you don't want to let the actions of one person ruin a night or have something bad happen.

We've got favorable action from the Federal Reserve Board again, indicative that they are going to continue to aggressively ease. So that's a favorable environment for stocks,

We've got a trailer for 'S.W.A.T.' (the Samuel L. Jackson/Colin Farrell action adventure) attached to 'Bad Boys' that played great this weekend, ... So we're certainly looking forward to its opening Aug. 8. Hopefully, everybody who's seeing 'Bad Boys' (is also) getting excited about 'S.W.A.T.'

We've tried to make it fun with lots of activities and prizes. There will be a fishing booth, hula hoop give-away, face painting, a clown, lots of fun stuff.

Katie Featherston

I have a lot of good people in my actual life, but I will say that it's a strange time that we live in - it's easy to make friends and to make connections through social media, and if you're a good-hearted person, sometimes you can just assume people are who they say they are, and that isn't always the case, which is why 'Catfish' is successful.

Kavita Ramdas

I work for the Global Fund for Women, an organization that is actively supporting women's rights groups in 160 countries around the world.

Katie Lowes

Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice it in any capacity, as much as you practice doing it every day, the better you get.

Kendrick Meek

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country.

Kenny Wormald

I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be.

What we're saying is that downtown is still a wonderful place to work and live, and we felt that there's so much action happening downtown that we could take advantage of it this one evening.

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.

What we're looking to establish is a 24-hour operation that is doing proactive analysis in the interest of looking for criminal activity and potential terrorist activity, so we can prevent it from happening.