Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marquis de Lafayette

My grand affair appears settled, for America is certain of her independence, humanity has gained her cause, and liberty will never be without a place of refuge.

Paul Wolfowitz

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests.

Marcus Samuelsson

I had a long-lasting love affair with the flavors from Japan and the hustling New York street vendors. And, of course, a life-changing return to Ethiopia has made huge impacts on my life in food.

Randy Bachman

I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.

Paul Di Filippo

There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people.

Myles Munroe

Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.

Mike Coffman

I am a Marine Corps veteran, but more importantly - or as important maybe - I'm the chairman of the Oversight Investigation Subcommittee and the House Veterans Affair Committee.

Saad Hariri

We do not ask for a change of regime in Syria, but that it makes peace. We thank Syria for having ended the war in Lebanon but we will handle our own affairs now.

While all the sub-functions we closely examined in this study are critical to a sound medical affairs effort, we found that research/clinical operations received the most backing from companies. Clearly the sub- function holds great value to medical affairs.

Howard Schultz

We establish the value of buying a product at Starbucks by our uncompromising quality and by building a personal relationship with each customer. Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

We have 10 students and seniors signed up for the program. Most of the students taking part are girls. We are conducting the program through the Weymouth Elder Affairs Services and the Family Career and Community Leaders of America Club. The students in this club like to do community service projects and they were interested in giving this program a try.

Phil Klay

I was a public affairs officer. I worked with the media, but I didn't just stay at my desk. I assisted in military duties, travelled around Anbar province, hung out with a wide variety of Marines.

I would never bet against the American love affair with television. It spans all ages and all demographics. The logical next step is to be able to watch TV anywhere.

My business affairs are entirely proper, and no amount of smear, rumour or innuendo will alter that fact.

James F. Byrnes

We intend to continue our interest in the affairs of Europe and of the world.

The assumption that just because people like music means they're not interested in current affairs just isn't correct.

Joanna Lumley

The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.

Josh Homme

The Queens of the Stone Age have teamed up with multimedia wizardbrain Liam Lynch to make the video for 'Burn the Witch,' a homemade affair that's just in time for Halloween, ... For the band, playing both the roles of cast and crew paid ginormous dividends, in the form of a video that cuts the heads off all contemporaries (literally).

Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.

Jimmy Carter

to become completely absorbed in world affairs on an equal basis.

We continue to be grateful to members of the Charleston dinner committee for their astounding record of bringing business leaders whose insights are timely and relevant to the affairs of our state,

We hope he will be allowed to govern and that outside interference in Haiti's internal affairs ceases.

Jiang Zemin

It has become increasingly difficult ... for the very few big powers or blocs of big powers to monopolize international affairs and control the fate of other countries,

Bill Cunningham

There have been a number of officers who have been questioned by our internal affairs investigators during the past few days. Obviously, we have concerns about not only an officer failing to do his job properly, but we also want to determine if any staff member aided and abetted who was responsible for this incident.

We do not want to interfere in the internal affairs of any other country but the situation in Nepal seems to be spinning out of control.

Both good and bad days should end with productivity. Your mood or affairs should never influence your work

The last three years I thought we deserved a higher seed. It's not unexpected with the state of affairs in that type of meeting.

Benjamin Franklin

The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?

The Mainland Affairs Council currently has not received any formal applications and so I can't respond to hypothetical questions.

Noam Chomsky

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

John Dewey

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Carroll Quigley

Once again the mastermind was Lionel Curtis, and the earlier Round Table Groups and Institutes of International Affairs were used as nuclei for the new network.

The market has become interested in European affairs and there is probably a certain amount of investors out there who question the long-term feasibility of the EU.