Famous Quotes & Sayings

In many cases the family needs income so the student will drop out. Literature on this issue also shows that there is just not the emphasis among the immigrant population in education beyond the sixth grade level.

Isabella Bird

In Japan, the people preserve their temples for their exquisite beauty, and there are a great many sincere Buddhists; but China is irreligious: a nation of atheists or agnostics, or slaves of impious superstitions. In an extended tramp among temples, I have not seen a single male worshiper or a thing to please the eye.

In all, we get about one/30th of what's sold outside our building (divided among all teams), ... I don't think that would even amount to six figures. What's important to us is the brand recognition when people wear them around town.

In all of this, it is the spirit that matters. Our Scout law and Promise, when we really put them into practice, take away all occasion for wars and strife among nations.

In all likelihood, energy security will be among the main issues to be discussed.

John Sweeney

I know the guys are excited. We have talked for a long time about putting this program among the elite in Onslow County. I'm not saying that this win seals it, but it's important to be able to play with (Swansboro).

I know people who describe him as a very decent man. So he starts out with a reservoir of open-mindedness among even arch-liberal Democrats like myself.

Mary Harron

I'm quite optimistic, but I feel we do need more female producers, more female cinematographers and such, just to make a better working environment among predominantly male crews,

Immigrants have a huge impact. Who's been fixing houses after the hurricanes and working in restaurants? This parade shows the unity among Cubans, Mexicans and all Hispanics.

Greg Thomas

I'm extremely excited about X05 as it gives us a chance to show off an incredible line-up under an exciting new brand - 2K Sports. The 2K line of products has always been rated among the best and now we have a brand that recognises this legacy. This year, the 2K Sports line-up has grown significantly and features titles produced in our internal studios by Visual Concepts, Kush Games and Indie Built. Each of these studios has developed award-winning sports titles and they are committed to delivering the most realistic and entertaining sports experience possible.

Charles M. Schwab

I mention the need of cooperation and confidence among the men who work, no matter what may be their relative ranks, because it is the vital factor underlying everything. Only as we are willing to work today, work as we never have worked before, will civilization survive.

John Hoffman

I'm endlessly curious about why dogs, among all animals, have formed such a unique bond with people.

John Travolta

I'm realizing that for so much of my life I had an older viewpoint; I saw things as an older person. That's common among change-of-life babies. So I have this dichotomy where I'm either, like, super young or feel like I'm coming to the end of my years.

I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic, such as Gogol and Dostoyevsky, just as it was in my own household when I was growing up.

Lupita Nyong'o

I learned at Yale, one of the biggest lessons was to learn how special I am and therefore how totally unspecial I am. I was special among everyone else who was special. The fact that we're all so individual and that's what makes us special.

Jalal Talabani

I hope this is the beginning of a new kind of cooperation among all Iraqis,

Dick Cheney

I just believe it's wrong for middle-class Americans to be saddled with endless debt and deficits while the most fortunate among us walk away with billions in tax cuts.

Chris Benz

I love how New York as an idea is less a paradigm of manifest destiny and more a romance for the social orphans of the world. We live here to be among the towers and the crowds.

I'm surprised, in particular, about how high the numbers are among adolescents. This is setting the stage for major health problems later in life.

Jake Plummer

I'm surprised and shocked that we're still talking about it, ... We're playing San Diego this week and they're division rivals. You guys are talking about it amongst yourselves. We're moving on. . . . We're not going to sit here and mope and whine. We're not going to sit here and worry about what we did down there. It's over. It's done. We don't like how it happened, but now the only thing we can do is go play San Diego.

I'm sure that will be a subject of discussion among our relocation committee tomorrow.

I'm sure that was among the factors that changed the margin in this.

I'm sure it's going to create an incredible stir from the civil liberties groups. (And) I'm sure it's going to create some discomfort among some teachers.

Retief Goosen

I'm sure it will be a talking point amongst the media and on TV next week but it's not something I even think of.

In general, the tire industry in the United States is facing a number of serious economic issues. Significant among them is fierce competition from low-cost producing countries, which has made it very difficult for U.S.-based production facilities to manufacture tires at a profit.

In general there's been more competition among jurisdictions than overt cooperation.

Rosalynn Carter

Informed journalists can have a significant impact on public understanding of mental health issues, as they shape debate and trends with the words and pictures they convey, ... They influence their peers and stimulate discussion among the general public, and an informed public can reduce stigma and discrimination.

No institution can function smoothly if there is disunity among it's members.

Pankaj Mishra

No Muslim country has ever done as much as Turkey to make itself over in the image of a European nation-state; the country's westernised elite brutally imposed secularism, among other things, on its devout population of peasants.

Martin Rees

Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense and glorious buildings were erected in an era of constricted horizons, both in time and in space.

It was a great experience. There are so many positive feelings and energy amongst the crowd and the runners. It was a great uplifting experience and I'm so glad I came.

It was obvious that the people had massively made a choice, and that we needed to make sure that choice was respected. No foreign power sat at the discussion. The solution was found purely among Haitians.

It's very nice to get the recognition and to be listed among some of the very best schools in the country and in the world. We are producing a very high quality of students and recruiters love them.