Famous Quotes & Sayings

There would be plenty of justification to raise revenues in order to subsidize businesses that employ low-wage workers. But there can be no justification for pandering to the economy's entire bottom half merely to attract its votes.

There will be tough competition for workers in 2008, (200)9 and (20)10 and this gives Echelon a really good edge in attracting the very best employees.

The sailfish is a tourist attraction and a big landmark.

Charles Soule

'Thunderbolts' I was mostly attracted to because I really wanted to write Punisher and Elektra and Deadpool, who are characters I have always really enjoyed. But the funny thing is that over time, I came to really like Red Leader; he became one of my favorite guys in the book. Sometimes characters surprise you.

Karen Hughes

Through this summit, secretary Rice and secretary Spellings and their respective departments want to reach out to college and university presidents to reinforce a common interest in attracting foreign students and scholars to US institutions. Of equal importance is seeking investment in educating globally competitive US students to work in fields of international interest.

We just made a run for the Super Bowl, so everybody's feeling good about themselves. Obviously our players become more attractive to other teams. So they get some ideas in their head. We'd love to have them all back, but that's hard to do. We're in a good spot in terms of where our talks are with all of our players.

What the Fed wants to do is to conduct monetary policy as independently as it can, and the way to do that is not to attract attention. That's why the Fed has so rarely changed interest rates -- raised or lowered them during the fall campaign.

We look forward to working with you to put together a package that will be attractive to our management.

We try very hard to attract people of ethnically diverse populations and women. I don't think we should try less hard to attract people of different geographic areas.

With local governments having no money to support many of these things on their own, holding these beauty contests is becoming a very attractive way to get them done.

Glenn Reynolds

The secret of the 21st century is attract a lot of smart people to focus on problems that you think are important.

The slippers are a major attraction at our museum. It is our hope that the slippers can be recovered immediately.

The structures around you also emanate energy, ... and if these structures are placed in a harmonious fashion based on feng shui guidelines, you attract good energy, and therefore you attract good fortune and good luck.

The staffing needs are fair. The needs of today's students are far different and changing all the time. The school system has to be attractive to incoming employees. We want to attract incoming staff.

The sport is a magnet. It will attract kids.

The sweet spot is 25 cents a minute. That will attract more calls. But BMW might want to reach you even if your bid is $1 or more.

Jerry Butler

The things you put on your skin to soften it and make you beautiful can also be very strong attractants, ... Many of the ingredients in cosmetics will attract mosquitoes. And while a repellent may offset that, most times the cosmetics and creams last longer than the repellents.

The things that attract people to condominium-hotels is they are connected to hotels. Residential ownership with hotel services and amenities, which varies from one hotel to the next, that's very appealing.

Sean Connery

I've always loved woman. Blonde, brunette, but preferably foreign. They're more attractive than Britons.

I've always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.

Jeff Lemire

I've always been attracted to themes of isolation in my work - in my independent work and my DC work.

Steven R. McQueen

I've always been attracted to the 'don't follow the rules' type of girl, the rocker girl. I've always been attracted to somebody who you can lose yourself in the moment with. You can hang out with her, and it's like you're the only two people in the room.

Jules Shear

I've always been attracted to singing with other people. I grew up singing with my brothers and I miss that sometimes, not being in a band.

Naveen Andrews

I've always been attracted to older women because they know who they are. They look infinitely better to me.

John Rhys-Davies

I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage.

Robert Wilson

I've always been attracted to classic patterns in architecture, music and drama.

Rick Owens

Allowing yourself to be vulnerable is also one of the most attractive things you can do.

Rob McElhenney

If anything, when you're in your late 20s, early 30s, and then mid-30s, you're getting less attractive.

Thomas Beecham

If she is attractive, I can't perform with her; if she is not, then I won't.

Henry David Thoreau

The most attractive sentences are not perhaps the wisest, but the surest and soundest.

Elvis Costello

The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel.

Harold Gould

he said by telephone from Florida, since the play is ''dealing with death and dissolution. But it was the completeness of the role that attracted me.

Kenneth Fisher

Generally, variations in earnings aren't nearly as impactful on glamour growth stocks as are changes in image and, well, sexiness. I often think of glamour stocks as though they are attractive women dressing to the nines.