Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jacqueline Novogratz

This idea of universal access to basic healthcare has to be figured out as a world. No country has figured it out in part because it is driven by ideology.

Jerry Rice

This is a happy day for me. I think the tears that you see basically is that I have really enjoyed this ride. It's been really great, really fantastic.

This is a group that supports very basic government services like education and health care, and they see him as someone who was talking about cutting them back.

This is a classic confrontation between purists and pragmatists. It has been going on in both parties since the 1960s. This example is especially stark because DeWine and his critics are both conservative and committed to the same basic values.

The cyclone is basically very close and there are extreme winds and a lot of danger. If people haven't evacuated by now, it's probably too late.

The home run that Howard got was basically a pitch that he cheated on, ... He just kind of opened up and hit a pitch. It was right where I wanted it.

The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of the matter have been unilaterally interpreted, and sometimes distorted, giving rise to unjustified criticism of the conduct of the Icelandic authorities.

The flip side of high technology (has meant) people have been staying away from basic industries because they're not nouvelle cuisine. You could be seeing some stock rotation here.

The food is good, and my boys are enjoying it, ... Basically we didn't come to it last year and we figured we'd come out and see what's going on.

Tommy Amaker

You can see what he's able to do for our team (as an) inside-outside presence as a post player. He's basically the only guy who's been able to do that for us this season. You can see, when he's healthy, what he's able to do for our team. We can become a little bit of a different team.

Kamerion Wimbley

You definitely see how blessed you are and how much other people have to struggle. Basically you realize how fortunate you and your teammates are that we haven't suffered something as life-changing as these kids have and yet they still fight. It just makes you want to continue on in life fighting for what's right and doing good things and helping people.

Tom Wopat

You could make a case that he's one of the least hypocritical people in the show, ... He basically comes out and admits he does what he does for money. Everyone else in the show talks about this and that, but he says he doesn't do what he does out of the goodness of his heart or anything. He does what he does to make a living, and he's good at it.

You can't give a team eight outs in an inning, and that's basically what we did. They got the big hit in that inning to score the runs, so my hat's off to them.

You can't start talking about space until you set an overall policy. Our space relationship gets to a basic question of whether the United States tries to contain an emerging China or engage it.

you have to submerge yourself into it. You've got to go to practices, talk to coaches during the week. Basically you've got to love what you do.

You get the readers familiar with the designers, you show them what works, and sometimes you actually tell them what to buy. It can't get more basic than that.

You'd think that the person who left the deer and basically wasted it could be cited with wasting wild game,

Fifty percent of the weight of the soybean is protein. And what a protein! No other protein that we've known comes so nearly to the basic protein of animals and humans as soybean protein.

Peter F. Hamilton

There will always be people treated badly, which I feel is basic human nature and difficult to eliminate.

The market hates surprises. But we believe the odds substantially favor that the Fed will not raise interest rates next week, and that the market will take that as some degree of relief, unless they say something nasty. But basically we think we're into a good summer rally.

The majority of our petitions were already filed before today, so it was really quite quiet. We had some company, but basically they were incumbents who had no opposition, holding their breath for the deadline. That was all the company we had.

The major disappointment was that no deal was announced, because it reflects that it's more difficult than the market thought, that the process may take longer or that the price won't be as high. The cash cows aren't the cash cows people expected and a buyer basically doesn't have to have it.

Tom Scholz

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work. I'll sit back and listen to it, and I'll just concentrate on what kind of feeling it gives me. My goal writing the lyrics is to not disrupt that feeling.

Bella Thorne

It's not the traditional promise ring. It's basically to always stay truthful. I think that's a really important part of a relationship, that you're always honest with each other.

Barack Obama

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

The kid is in a league of his own. He throws pretty hard, mid-80s. And he has a very, very effective slider. He was basically untouchable today. He was just awesome, right out of the chute. You could tell it was going to be a tough day at the office.

The key to tomorrow will be serving and passing, as basic and as uninteresting as it sounds. I want us to play consistently well, something we didn't do tonight.

The Junction is kind of a hub. One of the main things we will offer is the Shipping Shack, which is basically a drop-off spot for things that normally would be shipped to your home.

Their basic strategy is focusing on core brands, core customers and core flow, and that's an appropriate strategy,

Jerry Sloan

Their basic job is to get ready to play basketball and I didn't think we came out with that intention, whatever the situation. There are a lot of distractions in basketball.

The Iran issue is the driver of the day, the extra factor causing the run-up in prices, but the basic thing underlying the industry is that global demand remains very strong.

The key is, clients really need to understand the role they want the consultant to play. Basically each group has strengths. A client has to be thoughtful about who they select.

W. S. Gilbert

The irony here is that we are a labor union, and our responsibility is to enforce the contract to protect the members, ... How can people look you in the eye and think that's what we are going to do if we are basically willing to pull the rug out from under our own employees?