Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Duncan

There are signs that the long-term drivers of prosperity are weakening. The loss of our competitive edge is a continuing corrosive process, which threatens our economic well-being in the long term.

The only thing that could come to mind is that he's politically pandering to the far right, which has been demanding that he make a statement, ... I'd like to take her at her word that he only considers the policy implications, which means there's no need to make such a hurried decision.

The only thing that convinced them to obey the law was when we hired (attorney) David Carrier - 'We are going to sue you' - that got their attention. I've found that virtually nobody wants to obey the law and that nobody wants to enforce the law.

The only thing I would be concerned about is my parents. But they see me play every day (from Tampa) anyway.

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Daniel Woodrell

As a high-school drop-out, I knew I wanted to write, but I wasn't overly confident that I was going to be writing anything serious. I was happy enough with the idea that I could be a penny-a-word guy and survive.

Hollywood used to control the distribution; now Silicon Valley does.

Daniel Boulud

I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I think the most important leadership lessons I've learned have to do with understanding the context in which you are leading. Universities are places with enormously distributed authority and many different sorts of constituencies, all of whom have a stake in that institution.

Myles Munroe

It is my conviction that marriage is such a good idea, only God could have thought of it.

Nadine Velazquez

I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.

Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It's no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you have to run faster than others to survive.

L. Lionel Kendrick

The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.

L. Lionel Kendrick

Our Heavenly Father continues to communicate with us through revelation. These revelations are communications of divine directions. They may come to us personally or through the voice of the Lord's chosen servants, the prophets, seers, and revelators.

Questlove

I would love to have some sort of 'Back To The Future' Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid.

Quentin Blake

I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.

Larry Page

We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.

Laura Linney

I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.

Queen Rania of Jordan

When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their lives, when you deprive them of that choice, then you expect them to fight for these rights.

I say this all the time: Everyone can make a conscious choice to be a leader.

Kate Beckinsale

I would quite like to play a big concert as Freddie Mercury. I can't sing that great and I haven't yet found a use for the over large size of my teeth. I quite fancy a mustache like that and he was such a great showman.

We are extremely deep at a lot of positions. We told the girls, 'Just continue to work hard, and we're not going to have the same lineup for the first 10 games.' I think it is going to take some time to find where everybody fits.

We are extremely concerned that local governments have had no input into fashioning this bill, which could have major impacts on the quality of life for our communities.

We are extremely concerned over their fate and insist that they be treated humanely and in full accordance with international standards.

We are extremely concerned about the oil price. In Moscow, we will definitely speak about oil.

John Danforth

We are expressing confidence in the Secretary General and in his continuing in office,'

We are experiencing fairly substantial giving, and I would expect that trend would continue for the next several days.

We can confirm that we received the request last week. We are assessing it ... and expect to come to a conclusion in May.

We can confirm that the trip has been cancelled.

We can confirm that the ferry has sunk. The weather is pretty friendly right now and rescue crews are doing their job.

Dick Thompson

We can confirm that the 15-year-old girl was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus as a result of the London testing.

We can confirm that euthanasia is what we are investigating.