Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Sweeney

We have serious constitutional concerns about how the legislature drafted this portion of their budget. And I would not venture to speculate on whether the governor will veto this item.

This will help our schools tremendously. Their budgets have been strained, and they have had to use reserve funds to be able to reopen schools while paperwork for insurance and FEMA is being processed.

Orlando Bloom

The philosophy of Buddhism is connected to everything. So it probably does have some connection with acting, yes.

Stephen Moore

When you look at our budget situation today, this is just a fiscal calamity, ... We're looking at, for the next five years, half a trillion dollars of budget deficits.

There has to be a reasonable budget policy that limits the countries in their spending.

There is a big chasm between rhetoric and the budget process.

When budget times are tight, like they were in 2001 after 9/11 and after the economic downturn, states will raise taxes.

We're trying to cope with the realities. The Navy had a lot of budget difficulties.

We said, 'We have this budget, so let's use it,'

We think this will circumvent the budget process and put funding for one special interest group on autopilot - and that's inappropriate.

We think there will be an announcement on exchange controls in the Budget or around the time of the Budget.

We've cut a $3 trillion hole in the budget for the next three years for tax cuts he said were going to create 344,000 jobs each month starting in August, and things are going in the opposite direction,

We also made a decision that we were going to become less reliant on daily rental business -- sales to the Avis, Hertz, Budgets of the world.

Jeff Francis

To see between 10 and 20 defeats is not unusual. In 2003 there were 42 budgets defeated. In 2004 there were only six. Between 10 and 20 defeats is not uncommon.

To say these projects are being cut for new projects is a misrepresentation of the process. The governor has zeroed out these pet projects and they become part of the budget negotiations. It's nothing new. The governor didn't cut them as a comment on the project. It's just the process.

Ram Dass

All that you seek is already within you. In Hinduism it is called the Atman, in Buddhism the pure Buddha-Mind. Christ said, 'the kingdom of heaven is within you.' Quakers call it the ‘still small voice within.’ This is the space of full awareness that is in harmony with all the universe, and thus is wisdom itself.

Heidi Klum

We were very proud of ourselves for 'Project Runway.' It just shows that even if you don't have a big budget - but you have a great concept and you have great people on the show - you can still be a success and get an Emmy nomination! So we said, 'You know what, let's just throw our own little party,'

We don't want to duplicate our efforts with the dollars each of our budgets have. We want to expand that story and hopefully cover all points in doing it at different sites.

We have gone from having about 65% of our budget come from government funding,

We really can't do anything except for setting the county budget and county policy, and meet two times a month.

We put together a budget for what we thought we would raise and spend on the convention and whatever was left over we were going to use to support candidates.

Hank Azaria

When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'

We would essentially be cutting our budget for them. There's not a thing on here that seems like an ounce of fat. ... Our job is to go out and fight for this tooth and nail.

We would budget for it. Those are conversations we're already having.

This will be a budget that will hurt. The cuts will be deep.

Daisaku Ikeda

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

Daisaku Ikeda

Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.

Daisaku Ikeda

The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.

Daisaku Ikeda

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

Daisaku Ikeda

By changing our inner state of mind, we can change any suffering or hardship into a source of joy, regarding it as a means for forging and developing our lives. To turn even sorrow into a source of creativity - this is the way of life of a Buddhist

Daisaku Ikeda

Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.

Conan O'Brien

A European brewery has purchased Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Budweiser, for $52 billion. Which is a a shame because if they had waited until happy hour, they could have paid half that.

My idea for a Buddhist video game: No guns. Self-immolate instead. Get reincarnated. Repeat until you find Nirvana. Takes forever to play.