Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lynn Margulis

We are all of us walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings.

Louis MacNeice

All that I would like to be is human, having a share in a civilized, articulate and well-adjusted community where the mind is given its due but the body is not distrusted

M. Scott Peck

It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.

M. Scott Peck

How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by the wounds of others... But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness.

Lupe Ontiveros

The deaf community is hungry to see itself in the most positive way.

Luis Valdez

The library (in the migrant community) I grew up in was my only link to the outside world.

Luis Gutierrez

There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9/11 happened.

We scored high in community usage of the facility and staff relations.

We saw this as a good move on our parts because this formerly blighted lot will now have more than $1.2 million in property values. That's a great thing for this community and the city.

We saw the reaction from the community and looked into the parties. We felt (the parties) didn't reflect positively on our resort.

very inspiring, looking at the community through the eyes of human capital.

Frank McCourt

Viva Los Dodgers has become one of the most anticipated events of the year. We're thrilled to continue this special tradition, ... The Dodgers take great pride in having strong ties to the Latino community and providing all of our fans with high-quality family entertainment all season long." ()

Richard Boucher

U.S. diplomatic efforts are being coordinated with the international community in order to help diffuse tension between India and Pakistan. The crisis, though showing signs of abating, is not yet over.

Orson Scott Card

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

We feel lucky Naperville has been such a supportive community. It's just so great to be part of a community that has been so supportive and caring. (Evan) thinks it's great, and we think it's great.

You got me. That was the understanding in the White House and the intelligence community. The story ran and the lights went out.

Padmasree Warrior

When my son was growing up, I was always guilty, no matter what I did. Make decisions and be happy with the decisions you've made. I tell myself, in the long run, it's the love, the quality of relationships that you have with your family, your friends and giving back to the community that matters.

The majority of the people in our community are senior citizens. That many units on that little land, we don't need it.

O. J. Simpson

The kids are a delightful group to spend time with. They enjoy each other's company and they represent themselves, their school and their community well.

Dick Cheney

The Iranian regime needs to know that if it stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose meaningful consequences.

Steven Taylor

The key for us is Lake San Marcos is a wonderful community and we want to do it right. We really want to be the hub of the whole community.

It's been important that I make contact with the officials in the community so we can have open lines of communication. They have all been very receptive and that has made my job a lot easier. I know we all want the same thing for this community - to grow and prosper.

I told all the teachers to come down, and any members of the community that want to. A teacher mentioned (the idea of a rally) to me. I thought it would be a good idea. It just kind of spontaneously happened. Some parents have helped to organize it as well.

It's an event that people talk about. It was the defining moment for this community.

It's an active-adult community that's also for the young professional.

It's amazing, I guess, to sit there and think about it being done that quickly. We weren't expecting it that quick, but it happened. A lot of people in the community helped.

It's and opportunity to serve the community and meet the physical needs of many, especially the elderly. It is also a time to share our Christianity. We are excited about it. We have had great support from the community and churches.

It's a mid-point for the large community that plays soccer.

Michael Steele

It lends itself to questions about whether or not the Republican Party is unconcerned about those in the community who have been victims of firearms. And nothing could be farther from the truth.

It's great not only talking about community service in theory but actually doing it.

It's great what this program is able to do for different communities. Every community has different needs and different surplus buildings.

It's devastating. We're a very small, close-knit community. This has touched everyone.

It's disappointing that faculty and community will have a grand total of an hour and 15 minutes with these candidates, and even then these forums are very structured.