Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ryan Smith

I knew a second language would aid me in any career path I chose. I was fortunate enough to have a high school German teacher who made me fall in love with the language.

Robert Iler

I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.

No matter what strategy is employed in either corn or soybeans, producers must understand their production risk and how crop insurance, particularly the revenue products, can aid them in making sales prior to harvest.

Mo Ibrahim

Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

Paul Wolfowitz

It's wonderful that so many people want to contribute to fighting aids or malaria. But, if somebody isn't paying attention to the overall health system in the country, a whole lot of money can be wasted.

It's time. HIV and AIDS is a major concern in the black community, and churches can't deal with it if they can't deal with human sexuality.

I want to emphasize that Rite Aid is one of the top three drugstore chains in the U.S. and is fundamentally a very solid company.

I try to stay away from the politics of AIDS. But the people have to know that HIV does lead to the AIDS virus and education will make a huge difference.

They were very happy and appreciative, ... Many of them are unable to get to Zavalla which had some supplies, but hopefully more aid is coming to that area.

There's a direct connection between schools and tourism. Tourism generates sales tax and a large part of sales tax goes to the school aid fund.

There's some definite independent strength in the Australian dollar, aided by gold and commodities.

David Johansen

There's going to be a state-wide initiative to get public works involved in mutual aid just like fire and police, but right now, we're not able to do that.

There's no financial aid for retirement; there's lots of financial aid for college, ... Paying for College Without Going Broke.

Michael Specter

I started to write about science and medicine at the 'Washington Post,' in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

Israel is the largest recipient of U.S financial aid in the world, receiving a staggering $14 million per day for the last 25 years.

What we are asking from the new politicians is understanding, to help aid in the development of the country.

What this latest incidence underscores is the necessity of increased support for local law enforcement to aid improving our border security. If this doesn't open D.C.'s eyes, I don't know what will.

Dambisa Moyo

We've reached a very low-level equilibrium where it's not clear whose interest it is in to develop Africa... It's not in the interest of those in the aid industry to develop Africa because then there'd be no more industry and 500,000 people would lose their jobs. The only people whose interest it is in is Africans, but they have no voice.

We've put aside the aid that we're willing to provide the World Food Program for North Korea.

What happened last year is State made great plays and we made a lot of mental errors and helped them make great plays. We can't help them. We know they are going to make plays, we just can't aid them in the process.

Jeffrey Sachs

We, being the Western world, wouldn't let Russia off the hook on debt. So there were demands on debt servicing in the early days until they ran out of reserves. There was no real aid program, just a fictional aid program.

What are we hoping to get out of it, what's it all in aid of -- is it really just for the sake of a gloved hand waving at you from a golden coach?

We tell the whole world, the United Nations, the Quartet, that the policy of blackmail through stopping aid will not break the will of our people.

Leila Janah

We spend billions on international aid annually, but we don't find ways to connect people to dignified work. I realized that if we don't think about ways to harness private capital to solve problems, we're leaving large amounts of money on the table and doing ourselves a disservice.

This is the most prestigious award we present to recognize an individual who has come to the aid of someone who has been victimized and puts themselves at risk to help.

Pauline Hanson

In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend.

I have the AIDS virus myself, that's why I'm trying to educate my brothers and sisters.

In total, China has financed US$15 million in aid for Fiji for this year alone.

In the reconstruction phase we will consider receiving aid from whatever quarters (gives it),

In the most basic sense, development aid is anything that is an investment in the future.

In 2005, investors began to pay attention to gradual improvement in the Japanese economy aided by some long overdue government-driven reforms.

In addition, I would like to call on all countries engaged in bilateral aid efforts to steadily implement their projects,

Bill Pullman

I'm a playwright and a novelist and a journalist. It's a weird Salinger-Mailer-Miller combination. When the series starts, he--like a lot of liberal New Yorkers--are starting to realize something is very wrong in the gay community. My investigation into what becomes called AIDS is going to be a big part of the show.