Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Ehrenreich

The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.

Kevin Mitnick

Hackers are becoming more sophisticated in conjuring up new ways to hijack your system by exploiting technical vulnerabilities or human nature. Don't become the next victim of unscrupulous cyberspace intruders.

The only reason we want her out of the program is she is becoming busy with her career schedule.

Traditionally religious people in the United States tend to have a traditional view of marriage and that comes very directly from the Old and New Testament. You simply can't have a debate about these topics without religion becoming part of the debate.

Today's consumers are well informed about their food choices and the demand for organic products is on the rise. By providing incentives that offset some of the costs of becoming certified organic, we are helping more producers fill a market niche and use less fuel and fewer chemicals.

Today our cooperation is becoming more urgent. The situation prompts that,

Olly Murs

Since becoming a pop star, I've experimented a lot more. I've gotten more creative with what I wear. My stylist is a bit more adventurous than I would normally be, but it's really worked, and the colours really work together. I think everyone should be a bit more confident: if it's a summer's day, wear some bright colours.

Seth Shostak

Mining asteroids is a well-oiled trope of science-fiction. But someday, actually doing it will make economic sense. Many of the essential metals of our society, such as platinum, copper and zinc, are rapidly becoming scarce. The asteroids might offer a replacement supply, providing the materials our descendants will need for a high quality life.

Walter Kirn

I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don't progress. People interact but don't make contact.

As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music.

Rick Carlisle

We probably played 30 possessions of zone, which is more than we played all year. It gave us a chance to hang in the game because fouls were becoming a factor early. With zone, a little bit of it is luck and you have to hope they miss some shots. We were fortunate that they did with a lot of those possessions.

NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO.

Trent Reznor

I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until I couldn't lie any more, 'cause I was either going to die or get better.

Thalia

There were a lot of little triggers that made me realize that life is now; life is happening while we're preoccupied with stupidities. Of course, growing. Of course, becoming a mother and understanding life from another perspective.

Tommy Caldwell

I have been to Switzerland a handful of times, and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to climb.

Tuppence Middleton

I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.

Alas, I think I am becoming a god.

Alex Steffen

We're becoming a planet of a thousand new major cities. The economy of the 21st century is a city-building economy. It's within our power to make it a carbon zero one, too; and to be blunt, civilization depends on our success.

Brian Skerry

I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense of urgency to share what I have seen with others.

Marianne Williamson

Marriage can be a magnificent lesson in becoming our best selves; that is true.

Adele

It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting a lot more from me.

We have looked at it carefully and had a number of options. We want to give the shows the maximum opportunity of becoming a habit.

Virat Kohli

Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.

Nico Rosberg

Pressure is always a part of a racing driver's life, but my father helped me a lot on my way to becoming a F1 driver.

Leila Aboulela

I'm concerned that Islam has not just been politicised but that it's becoming an identity. This is like turning religion into a football match; it's a distraction from the real thing.

Dan Gilroy

We rely on editors of blogs or websites and television stations to supply us these images, and the filter is becoming very thin and very porous. The ratings race for TV and websites is incredibly fierce, and one of the ways of getting people to watch is through graphic violent images.

We're losing our diversity on that campus. The Hispanic population is growing. The black population is not. It's like our system is slowly becoming an all economically disadvantaged school system. We're losing our diversity, and that's not the real world.

We are right on the brink of this season of becoming a serious threat to win the national championship, and I look for us to only improve in the future.

Larry Ellison

We are optimistic about becoming number one in the middleware business,

We are one player, maybe a player and a half, from becoming a major factor.

Technologies that exist between man and nature in a simple form and those that enable the interaction with other technologies are becoming significantly more complex and create their own information systems.

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.

Irving Stone

In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.