Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrea Hirata

I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

Ahmed Zewail

Every effort should be made to help build the new democratic nation with reconciliation and forgiveness, for the sake of Egypt and not for the benefit of a party or a group.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

John C. Maxwell

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

We have several new products being introduced, and the initial response from our customers has been positive. We also expect to continue to realize the benefits of the cost reduction initiatives we implemented in September.

Lawrence Lessig

This shift is bizarre, ... If welfare recipients can be denied their benefits because they fail to complete a benefits form properly, then I can't see the unfairness in requiring those who demand state support to defend their monopoly similarly by filling out a registration form.

This shake-up of the personal income tax scale would boost incentives for lower-income earners to participate in the workforce. It would be of greatest benefit to low- and middle-income families.

Kathleen Blanco

This will connect the benefits to the families,

This will benefit low- and moderate-income people, ... The rich will always have retirement plans. This is an opportunity for lower-wage workers to get in and invest.

There is potential here for expansion of our chip-stock market, and where we're positioned in the Pacific Northwest, gives us great benefit to have this market opened as another tool in the toolbox for our growers to look at marketing possibilities for their crops.

The participants in our study received the fitness benefits without losing any weight. Many people exercise to lose weight, and when that doesn't occur, they stop exercising. However, the truth is that you can improve cardiovascular fitness and reduce the risk of heart disease by exercising without losing weight.

(The parish) stands to benefit and must be positioning itself to take up the opportunity accruing from the potential that will come with the island hosting its share of the World Cup events.

Tony Stewart

There are guys you give the benefit of the doubt if they hold you up a little bit longer than normal, and you have that list of guys you kind of know are going to be a problem when you get there. The window of being patient with them is a lot shorter.

The person who treads on the path of truth and his mind free from negative qualities like fear, wickedness and with the desire of benefit of all, is long lived.

We're tending to steer towards those sectors that are going to benefit from an economic recovery,

Co-creation is much more work than writing somewhere in a hidden corner and then publishing your content. However, the benefits outweigh the costs.

Avicii

There's always so much music around me now, it seems like everything has to be something with music, so in my spare time I try not to listen to anything. It's so hard for me to listen to something without trying to see a benefit in it: 'Maybe I'll make my own version of that track or maybe I'll do this or that.'

Andrew Lansley

It is more important to engage the public positively with choice and competition to everyone than to be directed into a benefit for a minority.

Turf is the ideal surface to play field hockey on. It is much faster game and I think that the faster teams will benefit from it. Also, people who come out to watch the games will enjoy it more because there is less whistles to slow down the flow of the game.

Tulare County will lose a lot of good people and opportunities for the future by exporting our bright students to Merced, ... The benefits will be here for the Valley, just not as great for Tulare County.

Tuition is student money, and students expect increased benefits from increased tuition.

Tom DeLay

Today we will pass a Medicare prescription drug benefit because for us, fulfilling America's promise is not just a slogan, it's a commitment to meet the needs of the American people as we face the 21st century,

We were expecting there would have been an improvement on the cost synergy side. We still don't expect there will be benefits to the top line from the merger in 2006.

Katherine Albrecht

While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a serious issue for consumer privacy,

Tim Bishop

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day.

While the use of pesticides has resulted in a wide range of benefits to control weeds, insects and other pests, including increased food production and reduction of insect-borne disease, their use also raises questions about possible effects on the environment, including water quality.

While there is no question that the sponsor is responsible for any deficit in the plan, it is not at all clear that the sponsor benefits from any surplus that may be generated.

While the overall principle is sound, the financial implications are tremendous. One child can end up costing you $60,000 for a teacher's salary and benefits and another classroom. You have a couple of those situations and it gets very, very expensive.

Janet Reno

While the Internet and other information technologies are bringing enormous benefits to society, they also provide new opportunities for criminal behavior, ... The Internet changes everything -- and it's changing law enforcement in dramatic ways.

We are enormously proud of our students who have worked hard throughout the year and are being recognized as the best and brightest future leaders. Moreover, they will have the benefit of being exposed to many Fortune 500 companies that are supportive of what we strive to do and are therefore involved with this conference.

Jason Furman

The president's proposal would reduce benefits for people living on Social Security and subject what was left to substantially greater risk.

The president looks forward to traveling to New York and talking about the prescription drug benefit program.