Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dallas Willard

If we are right on the inside, we will address these issues straight-forwardly and take a stand on them, and, if necessary, die for them. We will be that committed.

David Limbaugh

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.

David Bohm

One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of the older theories as abstract forms derived from a deeper reality in which what prevails in unbroken wholeness.

David Jeremiah

Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.

David Elkind

We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.

Debbie Stabenow

This is critical to the region. Every other major city has public transportation going downtown. We have a world-class airport now, and this could be an important additional piece to the airport development. This is a significant investment and one that should be seen as a significant long-term commitment to making this a reality.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

Alfie Kohn

If I offered you a thousand dollars to take off your shoes, you'd very likely accept--and then I could triumphantly announce that 'rewards work.' But as with punishments, they can never help someone develop a *commitment* to a task or action, a reason to keep doing it when there's no longer a payoff.

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Know thyself. Really think this through before you make a commitment to a lifestyle and work style you just may not be suited for.

Joe Barton

I would submit to you that Medicaid in its current form is already hurting the poor, ... This committee will not stand by and do nothing while Medicaid slowly collapses.

Barbara Boxer

Just look at the Judiciary Committee, ... You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.

Dee Brown

Just look at teams like Hofstra and Michigan that didn't get in (the NCAA Tournament). We have to be happy. The Committee has a tough job.

Just who the committee deems is the better quality team.

John is super committed to his plan. Everybody has a plan. But the key to John is that he sticks to it.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

I take them at their word that they are committed to doing that and we expect to see that in place over time,

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

I think it's a good development for the program to get the commitment from the kids to do that. It's going to be a big step.

I think it is most appropriate that the two teams have committed to new 25-year leases, and that the public will at the same time have the parallel, but separate opportunity to vote to complete the original project design with the rolling roof.

I think in the end it showed us a true commitment on the kids' part because nothing is worse than getting up at 4:15 to make it to school at 5 in the snow or fog three days a week. Every single girl we kept this year was there. It was really impressive to see the kids and the commitment they put in.

It can dive to 3,000 meters and stay submerged for an hour. It will only come into such shallow waters if it is ill. But in doing so it is committing suicide.

John Jenkins

I also understand that the fans of Ottawa are starved for a winning team and I am here today to commit that I will dedicate myself completely to returning that championship tradition to the nation's capital.

Hanan Ashrawi

He was a genuine man of the people, and he was characterized by his high sense of values, his honesty, his integrity, his unwavering commitment to his people and human dimension.

Andy Geiger

He wanted me to know what he had done. First of all, he said he committed a violation. Secondly, he gave the money to a prospective student-athlete.

He didn't commit these crimes for any of the usual reasons we hear, like needing money to support a drug habit. He did this because he wanted to be a big man in the neighborhood. Well, now he can be a big man in the state prison system.

Luis Figo

He did everything he could and did it with the utmost professionalism and commitment.

He ( Cornyn) understands that she's required to submit the information that the committee needs to make its decision.

He just wanted to do his best. He was committed whole-heartedly to the job. It was typical of him.

Otto Penzler

He knew better. He'd be found guilty, and his family would be on their own. We don't have to worry about it, ... do we? The committee wants to know why you go out.

He is the most passionate, committed person I've ever met when it comes to getting things done. The emotion he shows is so genuine. With Karl, making life better for other people is just an integral part of who he is.

He is president of an organization that has 114 members of which a handful committed improper acts.

He is warning the markets that the Federal Open Market Committee will very likely continue to raise short-term interest rates, given the continued growth in the economy.