Famous Quotes & Sayings

If I can do this, it'll be a commitment.

If he made commitments when running, he has to listen to them. I think having a dialogue with them is good it's when you don't speak to people that it gets worse.

Vicente Fox

I feel like new, ... Filled with confidence, strength, serenity and the commitment to work for Mexico.

I can understand why this always went away in November and December. The pressure is there to make it go away now. And we don't want it to go away. That's why we're hitting it head-on with the managers. If we don't stay the course, we're in trouble. We've made a commitment and we have to stay the course.

I do think that has raised his stock. I think he's showing what his commitment is to the community.

I am proud of the kids' commitment. They have stayed together and battled. This was a big win tonight for our confidence.

Edward Kennedy

He's obviously an intelligent and informed nominee, but the real criteria that all of us look for is whether the nominee is going to have a core commitment to the constitutional values and the rights and liberties and interest of the American people.

Jackie Stewart

He's now walked away, I understand, from that commitment, which is unusual.

Walter Mosley

He's not wild in the way that he once was. He wants a deeper commitment or relationship with a woman.

He's not unhappy with the money. It's the commitment factor that he's unhappy with.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Collectively, the group has been what we wanted them to be in terms of that commitment to effort.

Howard Thurman

A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.

Howard Stern

I'm trapped inside of me and I don't go out at all. I go to bed at eight o'clock at night. I never go out during the week. I'm in psychotherapy four days a week, pretty heavy commitment to it.

Howard Schultz

My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.

Howard Schultz

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has a rippling effect. The firmer the decision, the stronger the frequency and wider the range of things that will be reached.

Irving Kristol

You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.

Emeril Lagasse

Because of my restaurant schedule and other commitments I have, I shoot up to 12 shows in a week. It's taped live.

Samuel Bodman

By and large, they seem to be understanding that we have a situation where there needs to be more oil rather than less oil in the world. There seems to be a commitment to it.

By nearly a 3-to-1 margin Americans overwhelmingly support the USF and Congress' continued commitment to keep all Americans connected. This support speaks volumes for the positive things that the USF program has done and all that it can continue to do to keep Americans connected.

But we also have to be prudent going forward in terms of what long-term spending commitments we can make,

Hopefully, Japan will meet the commitment it made earlier in the year.

He stressed to us a real commitment to customer service and developing the full potential of employees, ... He places a heavy emphasis on people.

Paul Goodman

It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something.

Paul Allen

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

Paul Auster

For a man who finds life tolerable only by staying on the surface of himself, it is natural to be satisfied with offering no more than his surface to others. There are few demands to be met, and no commitment is required. Marriage, on the other hand, closes the door. Your existence is confined to a narrow space in which you are constantly forced to reveal yourself – and therefore, constantly obliged to look into yourself, to examine your own depths.

Juno Temple

I hadn't really even been thinking about TV. To me, it seemed like such a commitment, almost like a marriage.

Joseph Rotblat

Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Leonardo DiCaprio

From an outsider's perspective, it's amazing what [Clint Eastwood] does. If he's not directing a film, he's acting in it, or rather he's composing the music for that film. His commitment to what he does is astounding for all of us to witness. It's inspiring, actually.

Leon Panetta

I want to reassert again the position of the United States that with regards to Iran, we will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, period. We will not allow them to develop a nuclear weapon, and we will exert all options in the effort to ensure that that does not happen...The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.

Leon Panetta

I want you and the people of Israel to know a few things that have not and will not change. The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.

Mikhail Lermontov

We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.

Marian Wright Edelman

It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.