Famous Quotes & Sayings

Imre Lakatos

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

Giorgio Napolitano

No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again

Nate Silver

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

Murray Kempton

Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.

Ken Salazar

While it is important to maintain a balanced approach to solving our nation's energy problems, we must commit ourselves to recognize some areas as 'off limits,' and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve is a national symbol of that commitment.

Kevin Nealon

A novel is too much of a commitment. I tend to peruse Twitter - I check to see if I had any mentions and read the latest messages.

Ken Blanchard

When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.

There's also going to have to be a large private commitment.

Mark Richards

There's a lot of ways to go in there and steal games. First and foremost is the commitment to play the system and play as hard as they can every shift.

G. H. Hardy

There's a push from the energy committee to look at specific provisions and see how we can make it happen on the ground.

As Jews, we have an obligation to ensure that what happened to us in the past doesn't happen to others. We have a commitment and an obligation to speak up and speak out loudly whenever and wherever genocide may take place.

As western governments improve relations with Libya, they should press the government to improve its respect for human rights. Libya's cooperation in fighting terrorism should not mean carte blanche to commit abuse.

As we said in making the announcement in September 2005, the company is committed to preserving Marshall Field's traditions -- the Walnut Room, Great Clocks, holiday tree and windows, etc. Crain's is making it sound like there's something more, which is not the case.

Kevin O'Connor

As we are committed to a youth movement, this provides Glen the option of being able to be released from his contract in a time frame which allows him to quickly seek other options,

As we move forward, the Senate intelligence committee is going to continue doing prewar intelligence, the House is going to take the lead on the leaks investigation and we will keep each other informed as to ... progress,

As with any habit, the person has to make a commitment that they do want to stop.

As more and more Americans go to the Internet to get information from varied, credible, trusted sources, Wal-Mart is committed to participating in that online conversation.

John Stevens

about the exercise of Federal power to control an interstate conspiracy to commit illegal acts.

Daniel Libeskind

Absolutely, that's my commitment, and that's the commitment of New York,

Kenny Leon

Absolutely, ... but he'd have to be totally committed and shut down the businesses. He couldn't do anything else. He'd have to say, 'For these five or six months, I have to be about looking at and studying August's work.' It would definitely take some work, but I think he could do it.

The more than 100 people we had on the committee said the voting public would never go for a second high school,

The more permanent voices you have, the better the committee is going to be and the better we are going to be able to represent our constituencies.

Ravi Zacharias

Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.

Ralph Nader

I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure.

The quality of your commitments will determine the course of your life.

Sheena Iyengar

In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things to practice in a world of so much choice.

Michelle Obama

Hope and change are hard-fought things.

Seth Godin

You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment.

Ravi Zacharias

The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the long haul, cover-up over confession, escapism over confrontation, conform over sacrifice, feeling over commitment, legality over justice, the body over the spirit, anger over forgiveness, man over God.

Tom Coughlin

Winning is what happens when commitment, desire, talent, preparation, hard work, and leadership all come together.

Tom Cruise

We knew from the beginning the level of commitment needed. We felt honored to work with Stanley Kubrick. We were going to do what it took to do this picture, whatever time, because I felt - and Nic [Nicole Kidman] did, too - that this was going to be a really special time for us. We knew it would be difficult. But I would have absolutely kicked myself if I hadn`t done this.

Soledad O'Brien

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories,

Mel White

My commitment to the Bible [is my] source of progressive values.