Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Bernard Shaw

Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation.

Let there be no doubt, our choice -- the choice of President Bush, the choice of the United States Congress, and the choice of the great people of a great nation -- is to fight back. The world will be impressed by our response and we mobilize for this fight.

Let's be realistic. The voters gave us a huge thrashing. The people of the Netherlands have made a different choice.

Many parents, you could offer all types of choices, and they're going to choose what is most convenient.

Severing diplomatic relations is an extreme choice and the Mexican government does not intend to do so for now,

Saeb Erekat

Settlements and peace are two parallels that won't meet. I hope their choice will be peace, not settlements.

Seniors still are having a hard time. Seniors still aren't really prepared, and they're going to need a lot of help to make the choices they need to make under the law.

Melinda Gates

So I made a conscious choice that when our daughter turned one, I would get back into those interests, those issues, and start learning them.

She's the original stealth candidate. It was a shrewd choice for Bush. If you can't ram somebody through who's got a higher profile, you do an end run around the opposition.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them

We did the same things last week (against Green Bay), too, but we got lucky enough to win. It's just something that we're going to have to change. It's a choice we have to make as players.

Victoria Osteen

In fact, we have a choice of freedom of heart to follow God.

John W. Gardner

If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college.

All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.

We're learning about some different healthy choices in food and some different recipes.

The question has been, how do you develop that model when 80 percent of the device choices are made by individuals?

The question as we saw it at the time was not whether a woman should have the right to choose but who should pay once that choice was made. Today, I wouldn't vote that way.

Ted Kulongoski

It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past - or schools that will be the lifeblood of our future. But since that is our choice, let us resolve to choose wisely.

When the public sees what the choice is, we think it's an easy choice. It's really an arcane law set up for, if not legal monopolies, ostensible monopolies.

Debbie Ford

When you are committed to living a life in service to the most high, the choices to be great, to serve and be served, to love and be loved are apparent.

Kevin Moore

We want to be the hometown company of choice, ... and that is how we plan to compete and succeed.

Amy Poehler

Taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting.

Ann Landers

Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.

Andy Garcia

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

Andy Andrews

You have been created with the ability to change the world. Every single choice you make ... every single action you take ... matters. But remember, the converse is also true. Every choice you do not make ... every action you do not take ... matters just as much.

We are not going to be doing this on the cheap. We want them to be very clear on what choices they're going to make.

We had a pretty good early choice of where we wanted to go. I looked at when we wanted to play as much as anything. I felt this was a team that could use some time after the season where we could refocus.

We had no choice. Our federal appropriation this year from Congress has a requirement for a 'significant' improvement in the costs of our food service.

We are confident our customers will understand that as the price of fuel continues to reach record-high levels, we simply have no choice but to raise our fares.

Alan Cohen

Be at peace with your choices.They all serve you.

Alan Cohen

Every choice before you represents the universe inviting you to remember who you are and what you want.

Alan Cohen

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.