Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ellen Key

It is in the province of home and society that woman has fashioned the customs. Here, women's approval and disapproval, wishes and wants, have been quite as formative and reformative as the action of the sea on the mainland.

Doc Hastings

Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life at the full rate again in 2011.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

All action is vicarious faith.

We've been working on this day in and day out. We're optimistic that we can still pull it off, but the action of the Senate doesn't help.

Albert Einstein

For every action, there is a reaction.

We do a lot of volunteer work. We also volunteer for Faith in Action in Huntington. We spend about two or three hours a week taking people to the doctor's office or to the grocery.

We would like the end result to be, that Notre Dame follows it's procedures and takes appropriate action in this case.

We would hope very much that there would not be any unilateral action that will complicate matters here.

We want to conduct a thorough investigation to find out specifically what happened and then we are gonna take action at that point.

We demand that U.S.-led NATO take effective actions to positively react to the solemn demands of the Chinese side.

We do have a little bit of a role reversal. The vulnerability is that (tech) stocks are priced at such levels that any disappointment leaves investors with a quick and sour taste in the mouth. Today's action reflects a little insurance being taken out that if somebody falters, it will bring the others down.

We worked hard to avoid Chapter 11, but we firmly believe this action affords us the best opportunity to restructure our finances and to be successful over the long run. We have valuable assets, including our dedicated employees who continue to focus on operating a safe, reliable airline. We plan to emerge from this Chapter 11 case as a lean and competitive regional carrier flying for Northwest or other major airlines.

We won't make the problem go away just by waiting. Action is needed and action there will be.

Orrin Hatch

We want to make sure public information is available to everyone, ... We want to make sure there's no way of freezing legitimate competitors out of the system. We've had commitments from AOL and Time Warner that they will not do that. But this action has caused a lot of angst among some members of our committee.

Dick Taylor

We want to keep people close to the action that's going on,

Dieter Zetsche

We want to have the board where the action is.

We believed we were members who should have had a say in the actions the board have taken. I don't think the board wants to do anything malicious. I just think it's an oversight on their part.

Bill Gates

We believe an anti-trust lawsuit is counterproductive, costly to the taxpayers and ultimately will be unsuccessful in the courts, ... The government's action today is a step backward for America ... This suit is all about Microsoft's right to innovate on behalf of consumers -- the right to integrate new technologies into Windows as they develop.

Aristotle

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Tony Blair

We are never going to be able to go as fast as the situation demands because actually it demands urgent action in every situation now. We are never going to be able to do everything that everyone wants, ... Let's just concentrate on getting these commitments delivered.

We are always disappointed when these kinds of allegations surface. But we also know we have to give employees due process before we can take any final action regarding their employment.

WSF started as protest; it is now a search for alternatives. The next logical step is action - without losing that space. Whether the WSF itself takes action is a different issue.

A. S. Byatt

Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.

The 20s are like the stem cell of human development: the pluripotent moment when any of several outcomes is possible. Decisions and actions during this time have lasting ramifications.

The data provides enough ammunition for further Fed action but also confirms that the U.S. economy has legs.

The Darkness videogame is a dynamic first person shooter that allows players to call upon the forces of the evil underworld as they fight in gritty, urban environments. Armed with an arsenal of guns, gamers will battle an array of demonic creatures and supernatural powers. The dark and dynamic comic book storyline will translate perfectly into first-person action that fans will love.

The Darkness video game is a dynamic first person shooter that allows players to call upon the forces of the evil underworld as they fight in gritty, urban environments. Armed with an arsenal of guns, gamers will battle an array of demonic creatures and supernatural powers. The dark and dynamic comic book storyline will translate perfectly into first-person action that fans will love.

Mark Kirk

The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission.

The decisions we are announcing today were very difficult to reach because of their impact on our employees and the communities where we live and work. But these actions are necessary for G.M. to get its costs in line with our major global competitors.

The department immediately sensed that the safety of the public was an issue and utilized the statute that allows us to take emergency action on an alcohol license.

The Democratic Action party has withdrawn from the elections, very good! They can go to hell!

The deluded ones, who restrain their organs of action but mentally dwell upon the sense enjoyment, are called hypocrites.

Jean Piaget

On the one hand, there are individual actions such as throwing, pushing, touching, rubbing. It is these individual actions that give rise most of the time to abstraction from objects.