Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Eliot

We women are always in danger of living too exclusively in the affections; and though our affections are perhaps the best gifts we have, we ought also to have our share of the more independent life -- some joy in things for their own sake. It is piteous to see the helplessness of some sweet women when their affections are disappointed -- because all their teaching has been, that they can only delight in study of any kind for the sake of a personal love. They have never contemplated an independent delight in ideas as an experience which they could confess without being laughed at. Yet surely women need this defense against passionate affliction even more than men.

Richard Gephardt

We will work to make the broken places right again. We will rebuild New York. We will work on a bipartisan package to strengthen the economy, ... will help unemployed workers in the airline, aerospace, tourist and other industries affected by the attack.

We show our empathy and sympathy for those guys, ... but at same time we have a game to play Saturday and can't let that affect us.

We understand and are very sensitive to the fact that it affects commerce and business.

Barney Frank

When I spoke to him, the first thing I did was tease him, saying I thought this was a ploy because he wants to run for Congress. It's not anything that's fun to do, sharing with people intimate things about himself, but it's important and unimportant at the same time. It's something important for him to be honest with people, but it doesn't affect how he does his job.

We are certainly at the part of the sun's cycle where flares are popping off more frequently and affecting us more frequently.

We are calling off any trial test runs scheduled at the end of the month until such time that we are fully assured of the safety, not only of the area affected by the collapse, but of the entire terminal.

Steve Williams

We got some key pieces of legislation passed that will help school districts affected by Katrina, ... We're happy with what was accomplished given the volume of issues taken up in that short period of time.

We expect that the large majority of employers, because of the education involved, will understand, and they will not punish or retaliate against their workers. We are confident that they understand this is not only affecting their work force, but themselves.

We don't think it's going to affect land.

We are very deeply affected by the loss of one of our best students. Losing one of the most promising students is devastating.

We are very committed to the development process and we can't let things that happen affect that.

We are unsure how or if our reorganization will affect our business relations with the Ravens.

We think it's important that whatever strategy is employed by the Coalition doesn't adversely affect our fellow sheriffs in New Mexico, Arizona or California.

We're going through the same thing with (other organizations) but we've fought them all the way. If we have to pay rent, it will severely affect next year's budget.

Nick Saban

We're doing a little better job of getting pass rush with four guys and affecting the quarterback lately.

B. B. King

We're very pleased to see both the shipping lines and the union recognize Alaska's unique dependence on shipping, ... Everything from the Sunday funnies to election pamphlets were affected by this lockout. There is no rail line and only one highway, and it would cost about twice as much and take considerably longer.

The last 22 years, it has affected me.

The largest objection we have to that legislation is that it was passed to committee by both houses without appropriate legislative oversight, ... You'd think that legislation that would strongly affect the agricultural industry would warrant better oversight.

The ministry can affect our independence through delayed disbursements or reallocation of the budget.

Their pressure really got to us. I didn't think we would have that much of a problem with it. We did not see the open person. The ball was going to the wrong person, and it really affected us.

Their personal listening tastes greatly affect the choices they make. It's natural for people to lean toward what they are familiar with, what they enjoy. Many of these music supervisors know very little about Country Music.

The issues involved are sufficiently important that courses are now moving out of the philosophy departments and into mainstream computer science. And they affect everyone. Many of the students attracted to these courses are not technology majors, and many of the topics we discuss relate to ethical challenges that transcend the computer world.

John Shattuck

The issue of persecution is a serious one affecting many religions, ... The issue has not previously received much attention with respect to Christians, and the focal point of this report, at the request of Congress, is that subject.

The IOC means business in the fight against doping. It will use the means necessary to find out where athletes are. Unannounced testing reduces the possibility for any means to be used that might ultimately affect the results of the test.

Daniel Alfredsson

The integrity of the game is obviously very important. And betting on hockey is obviously something we don't want. Until you know all the facts, you don't know how it's going to affect the game or put a black mark on it.

The insurance industry's profitability and healthy surplus in the wake of record catastrophe losses through nine months may turn out to be good news for insurance buyers who have been bracing for possible rate increases. With the price of insurance being determined by the law of supply and demand, and supply being determined by profitability and capacity, countrywide results through nine months may mean that rate increases could be largely limited to those lines and states directly affected by this year's hurricanes.

The Fed is going to continue to tighten and what that's going to affect the most is the cyclical (stocks).

The fed was very aggressive with cutting rates, and that affected rate-sensitive areas of the economy, such as housing and autos. That leaves us with a problem, which is a lack of pent-up demand in the recovery phase.

The fact we have avian flu in Europe does not affect the possibility of a human influenza pandemic.

The federal government has done a lot, but this is so large and complicated and affects so many people that we are very concerned. All of the systems will have to work perfectly and in very high volume for everything to work out.

The fears over money laundering and terrorist financing are an over-reaction to an otherwise smaller problem affecting the lives of very poor people. These regulations governing remittances can be avoided.

The fear of flying prevents people from traveling to such a degree that it affects family life and business opportunities.