Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Sebelius

I think one of the most underreported and untouted benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the real investments we are finally making in this country in prevention.

I still feel we can run the ball, but we've got find that passing game to complement and keep (opposing) guys off of our backs. We can't afford to get in long-yard situations, especially since our offense isn't geared that way.

Just because somebody will approve you, that doesn't mean you can afford it.

John Shea

It is bizarre going into the first game thinking you cannot afford to lose but that is how far the standards have been raised. We have gone into seasons past, had a poor start and still gone on to win the league. But we got 41 points out of 45 at one stage last year. If that is not championship form I don't know what is but we still didn't get close to Chelsea, so we must do better.

Ben Gordon

It is crazy. That's why every game is so important to us. You can't afford to be dropping games because we're not playing hard or we didn't come with the necessary intensity.

Joe Klein

I think this is an indication of the strength and quality of the Atlantic League. The teams in our league have continued to offer quality, affordable family entertainment and, with the playoff races coming down to the wire, our fans have continued to show great support.

I'm short-selling my house. I have more loans than I can sell the house for. The house will not go into foreclosure. It will be a short sale. I can't afford the house as I once could.

Jonah Lomu

I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.

I did play-by-play for women's basketball at Davis and also had a sports talk show. I had been out of broadcasting for several years, but I wanted to get back into the business. This format affords people who want to do it as a hobby or gain experience.

Alan Autry

I'd like to ask the folks who did the analysis to come forward with the report that we can't afford to be compassionate anymore, ... Where is the report from Supervisor Waterston and Perea that shows the rest of this county that we can't afford to be compassionate?

Mike Shannon

I'd like anybody to do something, because people like me can't afford it. I'm on a fixed income.

I'd love to help out, but right now I can't afford to waste a single employee.

I don't know what it is. We can't afford to start a game like that. Fortunately we were still close when we finally got going. It's something we have to learn from.

I do not want to see us make an irreparable mistake in one of America's remaining national treasures, ... We can afford to forego this momentary revenue, but we can't afford not to protect this Arctic Eden.

Ideal candidates would be those who can afford to pay a little more now with the hope of long-term savings down the road, helped out a little by the tax savings on the initial investment.

I can afford to live anywhere else and I choose to stay here, and I am now raising my newborn child here.

Jim Beall

I always wanted to have it on my house, but we could never afford it.

Tim Howard

I am grateful for the willingness of both Jurgen Klinsmann and Everton manager Roberto Martinez to afford me the opportunity to spend time with my kids.

I am a person of principles, not of money. I do not think I can afford a luxury of principles like I did in the past.

I believe you need to stay open longer. I come in and work at night. But a lot of businesses close because they can't afford the help.

I believe that is not affordable even in this age of surpluses, ... wrong.

John Leguizamo

He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.

He changed the agenda on us 180 degrees and it was hard to digest at first. He said we had to pursue bigger things and we couldn't afford to wait.

Greenspan is coming to the end of his term and he really wants to get the interest rate increases done before he leaves. He may feel he can't afford to take a meeting off.

Half of (the dilemma) has been caused by technological advancements and affordable portable technology, ... and the other half has been the corporatization of radio. It has taken away from the excitement of diversity, that every market was so different.

Robert Vaughn

Hampton Roads is still trying to figure out what they want to do. I don't know that you can afford to let the budget continue to wait totally for Hampton Roads at this point.

(Harper) realizes he can't afford to be pure on issues.

John Catsimatidis

Grocery stores can't afford to pay $80 a square foot. At that rate, we are going out of business.

Graeme Murphy

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.

Sandra Fluke

Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, preventive care services, including contraception, will be covered by private insurance plans without co-pays or deductibles.

Tony Judt

I just like being on my own on trains, traveling. I spent all my pocket money travelling the London Underground and Southern Railway, what used to be the Western region, and in Europe as much as I could afford it. My parents used to think I was going places, but I wasn't, I was just travelling the trains.

Those who do not need to provide or have not built the vehicles of their own sustenance can afford to be less hardworking and driven than those who carry the burden of necessity.

Shakira

I never thought it was fair for an 8-year-old child not to be able to afford shoes, or to wander the streets having to beg for money. To know that child's joy would end soon, when they realised there was no future.