Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have to get at what's really going on here, what are the underlying causes, why are people committing the crimes?

Nia Long

We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet.

We found that being responsible for a pet, such as committing to walk a loaner dog, encouraged people who did not own dogs to walk more often and for longer periods.

Solidarity is of the opinion that New Holland is committing a grave error in doing away with so many jobs and in moving the manufacturing plant to Johannesburg.

Donald Evans

Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits.

Obviously, we struggle right now with our perimeter shooting and play. We didn't make them pay as much as we would have hoped for their committing multiple defenders to McGrady. (Bowen) can make (shots). I'm disappointed in his lack of confidence. I have more confidence in him than he has in himself.

My concern is that he has only looked after much smaller pockets of money before this. People will want to see how he proves himself before committing money.

Because she was terrorized. I mean she felt like committing suicide within three hours. She was actually considering whether to throw herself out of the 10th floor window into the Pentagon Mall below. She was intimidated.

More and more people are committing to go,

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

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

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.

Sophie Hannah

I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.

We live unto Him, so committing our service to the Lord is the first and foremost priority of our lives. We can start with our reasonable service: prayer, studying, fasting, tithing, fellowshipping, and witnessing.

I think the fear was, in an election year, if people were going to be worried about spending this kind of money or committing these kind of resources. I think the debate has shifted, where people know that we need to make these improvements in our transportation system.

We've got to put more emphasis on putting resources towards social problems that lead to a lot of the crime. When you have 40 percent of high school dropouts committing crimes, that can lead to a life of crime.

I think we got back on track. We played a smart game and we hustled. We stood our ground on defense and made them shoot over us, which is much better than what we were doing, which was over-pursuing, committing silly fouls and giving up easy baskets.

Tracy Nelson

I think we gave Geneva their first seven points of the match. We were committing a lot of errors out there. We had to get some kind of offense going and we didn't do that.

Tracy Nelson

I think we gave Geneva their first seven points of the match, ... We were committing a lot of errors out there. We had to get some kind of offense going and we didnt do that.

I think weve gotten better every game and weve talked to the guys about committing themselves to defending as a team,

GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

Chuck Palahniuk

Ignore how it feels when the only real talent you have is for hiding the truth. You have a God-given knack for committing a terrible sin. You have a natural gift for denial. A blessing.

Chuck Hagel

Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors.

We have been in discussions with AT&T, and the discussions continue. But we are not committing on the specifics.

Flea

For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.

We would like to thank (British tabloid) News of the World for helping us to detect Mr Glitter committing crime in Vietnam.

Drew Stafford

I remember when I was first committing here we saw that the Frozen Four was going to be in Milwaukee when I would be a junior, so it's kind of a cool thing. Now I'm here, and now we're going there.

Over 700 investors, a number of them retirees, were defrauded by this scheme. Significant sentences send a strong message to those who would consider committing securities fraud.

We're running down with speed and we have a lot of guys playing with great effort and enthusiasm. It's just guys committing themselves to going out and doing their jobs. We're working hard during the week and then finishing it up on Sundays.

We're not going to win many games committing five errors.

We have a tendency to get helter-skelter when we start our transition game. I think we did a better job of keeping the floor spread in the second half and not committing as many turnovers.

Remarkably, within minutes of being released he was committing another burglary.

Jeb Bush

We should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally. It means, come out from the shadows, pay a fine, earn legal status by working, by paying taxes, learning English. Not committing crimes and earn legal status where you're not cutting in front of the line for people that are patiently waiting outside.