Famous Quotes & Sayings

Omar Bongo

Let's be clear: I do not advocate the virtues of a new African diplomatic model and do not pretend to be its theoretician.

Steve Davis

Loretta's extensive business and public service background, coupled with her community involvement and role as a nationally recognized advocate for cultural diversity, make her an ideal choice to lead the New Mexico team.

Many parents today are concerned about the content found in video games today and the effect these games may have on their children. AOL has long been an advocate for parents on the Web and we believe the Family Gaming Guide will be a valuable resource to help parents determine which games their children should be playing.

Sen. Hillary Clinton has proven herself to be a tireless advocate for New Yorkers and our firefighters.

Sen. Stevens continues to advocate for the promise that was made to Alaskans by Congress 25 years ago.

Senator Figueroa has been a champion of quality health care and the inclusion of psychological services. We are delighted to present this award to someone who has not only spearheaded efforts to expand mental health services in the state of California, but has also been a friend and an advocate of the psychology profession.

Mr. Wilson is a strong advocate and passionate. We're very aware of his views and the governor's views about how important the Bills are. We're working with all 32 clubs to make sure revenue sharing works for all the teams.

Maynard Ferguson loves doing this kind of stuff for high schools and colleges. He is a huge advocate of music education.

Obviously this department is a big advocate of prescribed burning or controlled burning.

I found Brad to be a zealous advocate for his client and also dedicated to reaching a reasonable settlement. They're lawyers of great integrity, and I think it's a great asset to have them involved on the plaintiff side.

From passing the city's first earned income tax credit to launching the structural unemployment initiative, Gifford has been a forceful advocate in getting results for the most vulnerable New Yorkers,

Tom Daschle

One of the responsibilities of his job is to increase the confidence in this country about the importance that our country is placing on homeland security, that we understand its complexities and the difficult challenges we face, ... But if he can't be an advocate before Congress, it's hard for me to understand how he can be an advocate before the country.

I would expect that the House will forcefully advocate for those provisions. I would say its prospects look fairly good.

Frank Thomas

I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.

If we have to look at new revenues, so be it. The fact is, higher education in general doesn't have a lot of advocates out there pounding on the table. We have to do a better job. But getting people to get out and advocate and stand up and take some hits and confront maybe some of their friends it's hard to do sometimes.

Moe Berg

Basically, I've been wandering around without an advocate for a really long time and I think that's a lot of the reason why things haven't happened that probably would have happened. I just needed someone to present opportunities and work out the deals for me.

Amanda Hearst

I'm a really big advocate of ethical fashion. I actually have a travelling boutique called Maison de Mode, which is all about ethical fashion. I also like Maiyet from Paris. They're very Celine-esque in their silhouettes. I love their back story, too: they work with orphans in Colombia and India.

I'm an advocate of attacking soccer. Even when I met top European teams I always played without fear.

I'm an advocate for working families and senior citizens.

She's such an advocate of (literacy) in a manner that's down to earth at one level, and yet there's a profundity in her grasp of the importance of literacy.

She was a paralegal and advocate supreme. She truly cared about getting people the heath care they needed.

She's a teacher. She feels that she wants to be more proactive as an advocate to help others who are thinking about taking a cruise, as well as others who have taken a cruise in the past and thought they were safe.

She saw justice as a birthright and lent her voice as a relentless advocate for all fair-minded Americans, gay or straight, black or white. We join the nation in mourning the loss of a great hero and give enormous gratitude for all that she's left behind.

She has been a forceful advocate of conservative legal principles and judicial restraint throughout her career.

Since they are advocating for a problem, if there are things that would make the problem disappear, sometimes unknowingly they continue to advocate and they don't embrace the things that would actually solve the problem,

Since Morningstar was founded in 1984, our mission has been to serve as an advocate for the individual investor. We have been successful in executing our strategy, but we must refocus our efforts to capitalize on the opportunities in the marketplace.

Brian Billick

I don't know that Johnny wasn't looking at pictures of his kids in that little booth. I'm still an advocate of instant replay, but I've long been an advocate of taking it off the field. Let's take it upstairs. With the current system, I've got to expend a timeout, embarrass the officials and throw a red flag out on the field, let him go in and look at God knows what on the Internet and come out and tell me I didn't get a definitive view to overrule it.

I don't know that has an effect whatsoever on David. I'm not an advocate of lifetime deals. David is 25. If he signs a five-year deal now, he's hoping to get another.

Jesse Ventura

I don't know why I'm being attracted to gambling considering I don't do it myself very often. Just because I personally don't partake so much doesn't mean that I can't be an advocate for it if people do indulge in it because it's entertainment.

Norm Coleman

I come as an advocate of a strong United Nations. If you believe in reform, it's going to be very hard if the guy leading the charge is stained.

Dennis C. Blair

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth.

This statistical manipulation of the vote amounts to a prize to those who advocate violence.

Lawrence Wilkerson

This started from the very beginning when David Addington, the vice president's lawyer, was a staunch advocate of allowing the president in his capacity as commander in chief to deviate from the Geneva Conventions,