Famous Quotes & Sayings

Swoosie Kurtz

I am a passionate AIDS activist, and I wouldn't want to be part of anything that made fun of a disease. I thought this movie had a beautiful message.

Tom DeLay

He vetoed the foreign aid bill because he wanted to increase foreign aid by 30 percent, and he wanted to take it out of the Social Security surplus,

Greeley always comes to the aid when there is a need.

Anthony Kennedy

has become a leading proponent of one of the most cosmopolitan, and controversial, trends in constitutional law: using foreign and international law as an aid in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

One of the lessons of Vietnam, which we failed to heed in the Iraq war and the Afghanistan surge, is that before you commit U.S. military forces to aid or assist, it is essential to know what you want them to achieve.

I feel that the speed of the aid has been very slow and as an American citizen I've been extremely disappointed by this.

If India gives us aid we would welcome it.

Given the media's focus on Katrina's destruction and on government's poor performance in the hurricane's aftermath, it's not surprising that confidence would fall. But, with aid now flowing and fatalities fewer than expected, that could reverse.

Getting another chance to make our case for more aid is huge, just the fact that the federal government is willing to revisit the issue is a positive thing. And it would be a huge thing if they included the damage in Enfield; a turnaround like that does not happen every day.

Steve Johnson

From a legal standpoint, there's really no consequence that Boney was convicted. When you've got two people involved in a murder and they aid each other, each is equally responsible.

Orrin Hatch

Kids today are still as talented at manipulating the loopholes to the rules imposed on them by their parents, ... The entertainment industry is willing to aid and abet them.

Mitch Daniels

I would think that humanitarian aid to Americans ought to come right at the top of priority lists, ... I, for one, would support all the aid that makes sense to help these places get back together. And if that means that lesser priorities -- and there are plenty that they spend federal tax dollars on out there (in Washington) -- need to take a back seat for a while, that's probably what they should do.

I think it's great that we can do a small part to aid the people and aid the effort to rebuild down there, especially if it can get the refineries back on to lower the gas prices in the U.S. and especially Maine with winter coming on,

Jiang Zemin

China is willing to give continued aid to Pakistan and to promote two-way trade and economic cooperation,

Jamie Foxx

I look forward to working with the NAACP in bringing immediate and ongoing aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a heart attack that revealed a long history of social illnesses. You can't be human and watch all these different things go down and not do anything, ... People from all over the world are looking at these images and saying, wow; we just really want to help. So at the end of the day it's all of us.

Charles M. Schwab

I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have aided in upbuilding their country - the men who have contributed to the efficiency and happiness of their fellow men.

I felt it was my job as his mother, ... I brought him into the world with this set of circumstances and I felt like it was my responsibility then to aid him however he wanted to be aided in his curiosities.

I think it should be required that every paper says something about AIDS in their pages,

It could actually be damaging for the people who need the help in the long term because they are confused where the aid is coming from,

It is a borderline situation, and more and more children are slipping into this category. Aid workers told me the numbers are rapidly going up.

Jacques Chirac

had decided to write off all of the aid and development debt owed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

If a school wants our financial aid office to speak to their students about how to fill out the application or any other concerns about financial aid, they can contact us and we can set up a day and time for them to come out.

I experienced how foreign aid for large-scale vaccination projects helps to save the life of children and thus give a real input to growth and to escaping poverty.

Kofi Annan

If 2005 was a year of important progress on aid and debt relief, 2006 must be the year of trade, ... If we are to conclude the Doha negotiations by the end of next year we need to make real progress at the WTO talks in Hong Kong in December.

Give us more aid and financial security and we will bring more laurels to the country.

God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed.

There are no reports of civilian casualties. The rebels assured us that civilians, refugees and aid workers would not be targeted.

We look at it as an opportunity to promote Auburn more. Any proceeds generated will aid in the promotion of downtown.

We make it as real as possible using real people for rescue training and first aid training as often as possible.

Hurricane Barton has gone from a Category 5 to a Category 3. But it is still a disaster, ... weaken environmental laws, interfere with states' prerogatives and give undue aid to oil companies.

He was not out there when the initial fight started. He was coming to the aid of a friend.

I would also stop all funding to expanding communities there, and only continue with the minimum aid needed to maintain the communities. Instead, we should put those funds into developing the Negev and Galilee, where we can expand opportunities for our youth.

If we don't get any more food aid it will be a catastrophe. We are already on the edge because food is running out and we are supposed to be feeding people until February next year.