Famous Quotes & Sayings

Certainly schools can teach about Christ and his affect on Western civilization. But equally, students should be informed about Mohammed and Buddha and Friedrich Nietzsche.

Certainly past records of this sort can affect the mental game of entire teams,

William Congreve

Careless she is with artful care, / Affecting to seem unaffected.

Certainly, affected employees are encouraged to look for positions here in San Diego and elsewhere where Sony operates.

CEQA requires that all affected agencies should be contacted for comments on proposed projects if there are any anticipated impacts, ... We requested the documents on Nov. 18, 2004, from county planning director George Robson. We did not get the document until March 30, 2005, and then it was a revised negative declaration.

But don't you see darling? Giving him an unaffected name like "Spot" would really be the most affected thing of all.

Based on what I heard him say yesterday, I'm highly encouraged for our area and specifically for the people in Picayune. I was able to speak with the president and tell him we are the first high spot not affected by flooding, though we did have a lot of wind damage and debris. I told him we had one of the best locations to begin the recovery process he had alluded to - getting industry and business back to work, ... As we all know, there would be more stability, hope and encouragement if could get this done.

Batman is such a strong property for Mattel, especially among boys between 4 to 6 years old. One recall is unlikely to affect the brand, ... Mattel did the responsible thing and I don't think this recall will affect the launch of the new Batman toys.

Basically, the biggest thing was this team is going to be together for the next two or three years. Things that we're doing wrong now are not only affecting this game but the next game after that and for years to come. Coach is saying if you're not going to do the right things now, what's going to make you do them in the future?

Charles Barkley

Because of the opportunities I've had in life, I feel I have an obligation to speak up about issues affecting our communities, and one of those issues is the health status of African-Americans and how to raise their level of health,

Because of that search, ... we became a community. We shared our tears and affection. We now hold our children closer.

Mike Scioscia

Bart has been a little stiff the last couple of days. It started to knot up in the sixth and I said enough is enough. He's a little tight right now, but we don't think it will affect his next start.

Baron was under the weather but came out and had a great first half. He got tired in the second half. We just didn't have other guys stepping up and helping him out there offensively. We let our offensive performance affect our defense too much.

Because we only have two years of experience using these, we don't really know whether they affect fish migration.

Chinese leaders do not want to allow the society's sentiments to affect the complete control of foreign policy and they also understand that nationalism can be a double-edged sword,

China's overall crude oil consumption is about 8% or 9% of world consumption and per capita consumption is a little less. So we are affected (by high prices) but the degree that we are affected is limited.

China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.

China's current exchanging rate policy also affects domestic firms in their desire to expand overseas.

China is not in pursuit of a trade surplus. On the contrary, the continuous growth in trade surpluses has become one of the major concerns of the government, as it helped increase China's foreign exchange reserves to US$760 billion, which has begun to affect the national economy.

Jacques Villeneuve

I'm always taken aback by the affection that this area shows toward my father. I feel the affection too.

Imagine a hospital housekeeper working with a loud vacuum cleaner for hours at a time. Over time, this can affect worker productivity, efficiency, and may be as harmful to their health, just as inhaling the fumes of powerful cleaning chemicals.

My doctor told me Thursday that I could play with as much pain as I could take. It didn't affect me in the beginning of the game, but in the second half the cut opened up and the Band-Aid came off. It started throbbing and burning.

Muscular Dystrophy affects our family greatly, and it also affects so many other families and what's wonderful is that the MDA makes you feel that you're not alone and it is bigger than us. You feel the strength from that.

Jerramy Stevens

My attitude is to play the best game I can and not let it affect my performance. It won't. I won't allow it to. I don't respond to that. I don't feel the need. I'll be out there Sunday. I hope he will be too.

Jeff Bagwell

My at-bats were fine. I'm not so concerned with results with my hitting. I'm just concerned with ... does it affect my hitting when I go out there and throw, and so far it does not.

Marilyn Monroe

My arrival in school, with painted lips and darkened brows, started everybody buzzing. Why I was a siren, I hadn't the faintest idea. I didn't want to be kissed, and I didn't dream of being seduced by a duke or a movie star. The truth was that with all my lipstick and mascara and precocious curves, I was as unresponsive as a fossil. But I seemed to affect people quite otherwise.

Harold Ford, Jr.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

Mike Vogel

Music is just a huge part of my life. It affects moods. I've always found it insane how you can hear one song, and it takes you back to a specific, specific moment in your life, and you remember it vividly like it was yesterday.

More consumers have more discretionary income. This is an occasion that brings out the inner child in us all. And Canadian consumers have shown a real affection for Halloween.

More than 100 million people could be affected by a three-foot increase in sea level.

More mature regions like the U.S. and Europe were significantly affected by consumer conservatism and a softening business segment, while Asia and other emerging regions were more robust.

Morale is a little bit dimmed, is a bit affected by the redundancy program. That program had been planned for quite some time, and when I took over it was really left to me to make the final decision and it clearly was the right thing to do for the business.

Ben Bernanke

Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, although whether the net effect is to increase or reduce inequality is not clear.