Famous Quotes & Sayings

Citizens have a right to know. We have a right to know how government spends our money. More importantly, we have a right to know how government arrives at decisions that affect all of us.

Circumstances affecting some of PMI's key markets, most notably Spain, dictate a cautious earnings outlook this early in the year.

Circumstances affecting some of Philip Morris International's key markets, most notably Spain, dictate a cautious earnings outlook this early in the year.

Clouds grossly affect the greenhouse effect on the planet. So they play a very profound role in weather and climate. Yet taken altogether they are one of the most poorly understood aspects of the climate change problem.

Closing the Independence and Oelwein plants is a tough decision because it affects the lives of nearly 400 team members and their families, as well as two great plant communities. However, given the age of these plants and capital improvements needed to supply our future product mix and customer needs, it's economically unfeasible to keep them open.

Closing of small coal mines won't affect the country's demand for coal.

Being blamed of using steroids? My numbers were the same before and after. It didn't stay in my mind, because I had nothing to hide or anything like that. I was mad because of the things that I was going through, but it didn't affect me. I was able to put it aside and keep going.

Michael W. Smith

I'm learning the ropes the same as the students are. I think it's neat to see how Adopt-a-Family affects the students; it brings out a whole new side of them. It's great any time you can connect the school and community.

Charlie Crist

I'm pleased that maybe his faith has been restored. It's important to take these things seriously because they affect real people in a real way.

I'm pretty hard-core, but I don't like being wet or cold. If you get caught in bad weather without the right clothes, it affects the way you fish.

I more or less just told myself that this is my senior season and I need to enjoy it and not take things as seriously as before. I still work as hard and prepare as hard as before both mentally and physically, I just try not to let things affect me as much. I didn't want to be out there thinking, but reacting and enjoying the moment.

I'm part of team USA. I don't care about how it's going to affect my individual race. I'm part of the team.

I'm just glad we were able to play. It looked like it was going to be delayed until Wednesday. But I don't think it affected either team.

Christopher Dodd

I'm so proud of our students here in Connecticut and obviously President Clinton was impressed too since he's agreed to thank the students in person for their tremendous efforts to help the people affected by these tragic disasters,

If marketing to children affects their food choices, then it's time to stop marketing to them.

If Linux works, it affects the whole software industry and that affects Microsoft the most, since they're the biggest fish in the sea.

Terry Bradshaw

If I were a resident of New Orleans and had lost everything that I have, had no home, and possibly had lost a loved one, I really don't think that football is going to help me escape the present position that my family is in, ... I don't really think for those who have been most affected that the NFL is something they're going to be glad to see. ... For those who didn't lose everything, maybe it's a little different.

If my health was an issue, I would've gone in and told them. I wouldn't want to affect the team that way, so I'm 100 percent healthy and ready to start the season.

If I were teaching government I might use it as a way to teach cause and effect. It might show how the policies of an administration affect a natural disaster.

I had sort of a stinger, but it didn't affect my second-half throws. It was tough because we didn't move the ball as well as we would have liked. We could have done much better, but we didn't execute, and that's what's most frustrating.

Joel Coen

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing up in a Jewish community in Minnesota really affected it.

Lisa Randall

I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.

Ray McDonald

The coaches brought this family-oriented environment in and all of us just gel together. The closer you are, the harder you play for each other. It's really affected me and how I play. It's contagious. When one guy makes a play, everyone wants to make a play.

Dan Aykroyd

The city of Chicago was a character in the movie, as depicted by Landis and I think all of us, in the affection we had for it. It really is one of the characters of the movie. It really comes alive as a beautiful place.

Sumner Redstone

The Chinese government is more skeptical about American media companies, but I have been going to China for eight years and I don't think it will affect Viacom. In China, it is always two steps forward and one step back.

The chilly political relationship between the two countries seems to have affected trading,

The change was minimal and does not affect the general impression that the economy was in fine shape heading into the summer.

The change in their attitude depends on the pace of change in the environment. The pullout created a change in the surroundings, and that affected the children in a positive way. Further changes will influence them more.

The findings could make Mr. Jackson ineligible for probation and could substantially affect the amount of time he could spend incarcerated, if the findings are found true,

The firming is once again the case of one or two stocks as is the case on the downside. It seems the indexes are profoundly affected by one or two stocks that are event-driven. Today it is Microsoft.

The company's sales were affected by deflation in food prices, lower disposable income for consumers and higher consumer debt levels because of previous purchases of durable goods on credit.

Daryn Kagan

The company has taken extraordinary measures to minimize the effect of the virus on our guests, which was limited the number of affected guests and crew on the current sailing. Our commitment is to ensuring the comfort and safety of Amsterdam guests.

The confirmed case does not affect the UK's official disease-free status because the disease has been identified in imported birds during quarantine.