Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Will

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

You need someone with energy for a large district, with the vision to keep us moving forward. Someone who demonstrates a commitment to the community like Dr. Witherspoon did day in and day out and someone who understands the issues that face an urban district.

You needed to have Italian heritage and give them a two-year commitment to playing in Italy. We all see this as a great opportunity.

Your commitment is an expression of pastoral concern for every human being who may never become a means, but must always remain an end.

Al Sharpton

You ought to make one commitment in her name to yourself. You ought to resolve that you are going to do something that makes a difference because we're here because she made a difference.

This is challenging and it won't be easy to meet these standards but manufacturers are committed to being a part of the solution.

This is Bill's last year (before retiring). He doesn't have to do this, but he recognizes we are not where we would like to be. He is committed to getting us started.

This is a really historic moment. You can see our governor's commitment to making our state free of discrimination.

This is an investment to provide coastal communities with the tools and resources for smart growth that is environmentally sound and economically sustainable, ... The marine and coastal resources of this nation are a public treasure; we are committed to ensuring they are a national legacy as well.

This is an important time to reaffirm our commitment to fair housing.

This is an important moment in the confirmation process but it is unfortunate that the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee put partisan politics first in their vote today.

This is going to provide a solid, committed schedule. It offers some security and some very good competition.

Jimmy Carter

This is an unprecedented commitment by the international community being deeply and permanently involved,

This is a tough, tough conference, and I hope the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee takes note of that. It's going to be a long week.

Jack Straw

This is a terrible outrage committed by people with no humanity, ... I know that the police are devoting huge efforts to find the perpetrators.

This is the first truck that Success University has sponsored. And it illustrates Success University's commitment and dedication to helping those in need.

Max Miller

This is the first season since I've been here where most of the girls were committed in the offseason and are concentrating on one sport.

This is the first meeting and we have committed to peace.

This is not going to be a pep rally. It's sending a message to the miners and mine operators that they must commit to making the right safety decisions.

Martin George

This is not a short-term gimmick, but a long-term commitment.

This is not an issue that has surfaced overnight...To date, they have not lived up to their commitments.

This isn't an overnight fix. When it's down for 20 years, it doesn't fix itself overnight. We have make sure we have the pieces in place - the facilities, the staff, the institutional commitment - to move in the right direction. That commitment is there. ... How do we conduct ourselves? How do we do business? I just want to make sure we're maximizing the opportunities.

Janet Evanovich

When people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment.

Jane Rule

To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Ewan McGregor

I was quite interested to do television series and I started exploring an idea of a longer commitment, a new idea, a new TV show that would've meant a longer commitment but I opened my mind up.

Evan Wolfson

Marriage ... has historically been a battlefield, the site of collisions within and between governments and religions over who should regulate it. But marriage has weathered centuries of skirmishes and change. It has evolved from an institution that was imposed on some people and denied to others, to the loving union of companionship, commitment, and caring between equal partners that we think of today.

H. Rap Brown

There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.

Haile Gebrselassie

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

George Herbert

The resolved mind hath no cares.

Jay Weatherill

Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.

I don't choose to be a common man. I want to be better tomorrow than today. And through a commitment to work and discipline, but mostly hard work. I'll be a little more content, and a little different from the average guy.

Candice Bergen

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

Buzz Aldrin

The leader of an Earth organization who makes a commitment to history - of humans living on Earth, to begin permanent settlement/occupation of not the moon, but of another planet - this leader will have a legacy for history that will supersede Columbus, Genghis Khan or almost any recognized leader.