Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gray Davis

Should we recall a sitting governor who's committed no crime, who's not mentally incompetent and has done some very positive things over the last several years, for this other fellow about whom some doubts have been raised by some reputable papers?

Should the commitment not be there, it would be as if there were no protection.

Alcee Hastings

Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Alec Baldwin

One of the truest things to commit to is your own nature.

Alexander Haig

In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.

We want to be in Sarasota the rest of our lives. There's no problem with a long-term commitment on our part.

Adam Braun

It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.

Dwayne Johnson

One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment.

Dwayne Johnson

Being a true bad ass has no weight or gender requirement - just 100% commitment to greatness.

Dalai Lama

The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.

Dalai Lama

True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.

Doc Hastings

In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice.

Dolores Huerta

People would say 'Who is a leader?' A leader is a person that does the work. It's very simple. It's a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It's a personal choice.

Desmond Tutu

I have no doubt that in the future, the laws that criminalize human love and commitment will look the way the apartheid laws do to us now, so obviously wrong

Desmond Tutu

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

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.

Debbie Ford

You can’t just say that you’re committed to creating the best year of your life and expect it to stick. You have to make a conscious effort to allow this commitment to become part of your internal belief system.

Doug Scott

Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be derived from mountaineering.

Donald Johanson

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

Andrew McMahon

Today I felt like a part of something awesome, the human race. I know it can be ugly; it really is in so many ways. But today there was nothing ugly to see, just people trying to be better. And maybe that's the key. Not resolutions and forgotten promises, but instead a commitment to do this year a little better than the last. I'm feeling good about this one. I really am.

Allan McNish

To be a racing driver it's essential you have very good eyesight, and that's especially relevant at night. Your senses are heightened, you're travelling over 200mph, you need to focus on that 110-metre braking point and you have to have absolute faith and commitment in your driving.

Andrea Dworkin

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered.

Andrea Dworkin

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

Aga Khan IV

Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples

Sophie Hannah

The crimes in my books are committed by people who can't keep it together any more. They do something to express their own pain, and that has a terrible effect on somebody else.

The crime is a misdemeanor in itself and it has to be obviously be committed in the officer's presence.

The creditors' committee is not Noah's Ark, you don't take two of every species.

The conversation was more about the message and how to talk about the issues. I think that everyone in that room was committed to us on the issues.

The executive committee did it without Kirby knowing. You don't surprise Kirby with many things on the Mercer campus.

Jonathan Kozol

The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less gruesome, but surely does not give it any greater legitimacy.

Well the ten commandments is not the law of the land obviously if one covets they are not committing a crime under Indiana law.

Scott Campbell

What if somebody decided to name you Hortense, and you always hated that name? The name isn't you. It's something somebody else picked for you. We were named arbitrarily by a committee in 1951.