Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes we have to put our own desires aside to see his. During the whole IVF procedure, I felt like God was telling me not to do it. I just had to make sure I wasn't hearing him wrong, so I did it anyway. Now, over $12,000 later, I wish I would have trusted that he was indeed talking to me. I know I heard him calling us to foster care/adoption. This time I didn't hesitate to make sure I heard him right. His voice was way too clear.

It would be very unusual for workers to make up for the shortfall and it might certainly be a good way to shock people into saving more -- tell them they now have to put aside 12 percent of the earnings.

These demonstrations may give the leadership in both houses one more reason to put aside partisan differences, do the right thing and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

The state sets aside so many dollars per person in revenues that are to be turned back to the cities.

The State Board of Education sets aside monies to pay for textbooks. The catch, however, is that the Constitution gives the Legislature appropriations authority. Though we set it aside for textbooks, the Legislature has to appropriate it.

Awesome. Aside from Ted Williams, he's the only guy I'd pay to see in batting practice.

Back when my grandfather was here, we were the only shop in what was an industrial neighborhood. Now, aside from the auto-body shop around the corner, this has become more commercial and residential.

That's what sets us aside from other places. Young kids don't necessarily want to work hard all the time in the batting cages. They want a place to have fun as well.

That's just hockey. That's playoff hockey. A game like this, you bury it. It's like when we'd lose a game and everyone would say we weren't making the playoffs. You put it aside and you go on.

Jim Moran

We cannot stand aside while hundreds of thousands of innocent people are being slaughtered.

The whole year was awesome ? I'm not going to sell myself short. I did everything I wanted to this year, aside from being undefeated.

Shohreh Aghdashloo

The whole world is global. With the Internet, it's like we're all living in a small village. We're starting more and more to realize there is no difference, we can work together, we can put aside our differences and work on our similarities and be successful in that way.

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.

David Oliver

These are probably the most educated fans about track and field aside from Europe. It's a great environment.

We don't really know anything about Sherwood aside from they're a number 1 (seed), so they're obviously really good. We'll get some tape of them and get ready for Saturday.

What happened to New Orleans and Xavier, represents the greatest disaster this country has ever had. That we were able to come back in such a short period of time is a credit to our staff and faculty, who put aside their personal loses and problems, to make this miracle happen.

There's nobody that's for it aside from Mr. Rooks.

The tournament is a great idea. It gives every team something to play for aside from winning a four-team regular season division. It's for bragging rights in the area; it will draw great crowds and it should generate publicity for a sport that lacks publicity in southeastern Connecticut.

I shall die a Texas independent. I think that this governor has so politically fractured this state that the only way to get something done is to set aside the partisan politics.

David Wroblewski

I set writing aside when I went into theater, and then I set theater aside and subsequently had about a 25-year career in software development. Which, by the way, is a very creative field. I equate it more to kinetic sculpture than anything else, as an activity.

E. B. White

I've been in this defense for five years, so I feel like I know it pretty well. Other guys have done the same, so it's easier for us during practice, if we see a younger player do something wrong, we can pull them aside and tell them what to do. In our freshman year we were all new to the system, so there wasn't a lot of player coaching going on. Now, there is.

Dick Armey

We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's not a doubt about it.

We don't want that to happen again. Aside from the semifinal seat, pride is also at stake.

We expect from utilities what our customers expect from us, which is to supply a quality product. Our customers demand we focus on products that are reliable and make going about their day more convenient and easier. We expect from our utilities that they provide reliable power service so we can concentrate on our customer needs without having to set aside resources that do not focus on our customers' needs.

Mike McCurry

We certainly expect criticism, ... We certainly expect alternative ideas. The most encouraging thing to the president is that this budget is being received seriously ... It is not being cast aside as a document dead on arrival." ()

We think it's going to be a huge impact record. It's one of the most important records of the fourth quarter, for all genres. It is the biggest release in the country format, but aside from that, it's one of the biggest records in the business.

The Fed will be content to sit on the sidelines to await more definitive evidence as to whether inflation is going to be a problem or not, ... Setting the election aside entirely, the Fed, looking at the incoming data, would say to itself 'right now we don't want to raise interest rates and we don't need to raise interest rates.'

The council knew there are things missing in the community for teens to do. So money is being put aside for a teen center. Jill Rogers is putting it together.

The cello is the most perfect instrument aside from the human voice.

Maisie Williams

I like the fact that when you're put into a really extreme situation, you put everything else aside. You put your ego aside and get on with it, and I quite like that.

Skylar Astin

I like that 'Pitch Perfect' is one of my first forays into film and just being seen in that kind of light, aside from some people who know me from 'Spring Awakening' or the other things that I've done. I think in so many ways it's kind of like my own 'Glee' or 'Smash'.

It's past the time for study commissions and committee meetings. If the governor wants to lead on ethics, he can do two things - call for Jim Black to step aside as speaker of the House, and rescind Bill Culpepper's appointment to the Utilities Commission for taking a contribution from a regulated utility after he was appointed.

Steve Francis

It's tough when you've started your whole career, coming off the bench. But if that's the role that I have to play to help this team get better, then you have to put your pride aside for the bigger picture.