Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's a lot of conflict down there, and it's spilled over in the legislative realm, the judicial realm and the media.

Ethel Merman

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.

Christopher Hitchens

Where would you like to live? In a state of conflict or a conflicted state?

Between conflict and cooperation, I'm in favor of cooperation. But I would also say that conflict at times can be creative.

Clarissa Ward

Even though I don't have a lot of spare time, what I do have I'm very protective of, and so I make sure to have a normal life and to remember that, while it's important to keep in mind these conflicts are ongoing, it's also important to enjoy simple pleasures, too.

Every team has a doctor. But when players get injured, they don't go see the team doctor. There is a conflict of interest because the doctor is paid by the team.

Sounds like a huge conflict of interest. As the president's homeland security adviser, Townsend was part of the administration's response to Katrina.

Joe Biden

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

Vicente Fox

The survival of small islands of prosperity surrounded by seas of destitution is not viable, ... provokes conflicts which respect no borders, and it threatens peace and security at a regional and global level.

Kofi Annan

Terrible inequalities continue to scar our world. Too many people continue to suffer and die from poverty, conflict and disaster - despite all the means at our disposal to create and share wealth, protect people from the violence of man or nature, and deepen respect for the dignity of every human being,

It would be better if it were sometime after the election in order not to conflict with his responsibilities in Washington.

Curtis Hanson

The shoes are a great symbol of the conflict between the sisters. Haven't we all at one time or another wanted to be in someone else's shoes? To have their advantages, their good fortune.

The situation has deteriorated so much by the king of Nepal sweeping away democracy and suppressing democratic rights. And now that has become one of the most serious problems because the people of Nepal do not have democratic space to discuss and decide their future and to resolve the conflict peacefully.

A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of the largest public workers union in the state. That is one of the largest conflicts of interest that we've ever heard of.

A spark could lead to an unintended conflict.

Ashleigh Brilliant

What good is it if I talk in flowers while you're thinking in pastry?

There's going to be conflict because you've got people who are reaching 50 and want the top job, and you've got others who aren't willing to step aside.

David Lynch

There's no conflict, ... The first thing is the Kingdom of Heaven. And when you dive within, and you become part of the light, you're reaching that place. It's a wonderful, wonderful thing.

There's no conflict. He had planned to go back to work.

Alija Izetbegovic

The time of confrontation and conflicts should be replaced with a time of construction and prosperity.

Ruben Aguilar

The Mexican state will emerge victorious, but there will still be a long period of conflict that no doubt means the loss of lives of officials involved in the fight.

The Israel-Palestinian conflict has no neutral gear. You either go forward or backward.

The conflict has shown that Russia's energy trade is politically motivated.

The camaraderie is just so good. We are like brothers. We spend a lot of time together. There can't be conflict on the line. You've got to be one.

In Indonesia, especially in conflict areas, there are groups who regularly hold military-style training sessions.

Kathleen Norris

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary

Viktor Yushchenko

I knew that there were definite conflicts between those people ... (but) I hoped that there would not be enough time for intrigues, ... Those were my hopes.

Viktor Yushchenko

I knew that there were definite conflicts between those people,

Janet Reno

Congress has provided for a threshold and has presumed a conflict when that threshold is met,

Thomas Schelling

Then, the major conflict was a very simple conflict.

That is the core issue - because of that the conflict erupted.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write down critical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts are untrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Jack Zipes

'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.