Famous Quotes & Sayings

Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.

I think their desired stance is to stand pat for an extended period of time rather than cut rates, unless they are confronted with an external shock to the global financial system.

Historically, when big issues confront the electorate, young voters come to the polls. In 2004, it was the war in Iraq.

Ted White

He went into hiding, which is a good thing. You don't want to confront somebody (who could) possibly apprehend you or hurt you or do whatever.

Theodor Herzl

Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it.

Dennis Hastert

The President has the responsibility to tell us his thoughts on how to confront these growing problems.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won't be able to confront the migratory phenomenon.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

Ashley Tisdale

I'm definitely old-school when it comes to dating. I'm not into the 'game' so much. If I like you, I'll confront you and be open about it. Then I expect you to come after me.

extremely overvalued and confront a high risk of a future price correction.

Peter Guber

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.

John Dewey

We only think when we are confronted with a problem

To not prepare for (injuries) is like going into a game not thinking about special teams. You know that at some point, you are going to be confronted with it, so youd better be ready.

You have to confront it. You can't let it fester. If you don't deal with it, it will explode.

Anthony Marra

When confronted with the facts of foreign atrocities, the experience is often consigned to the realm of the unimaginable. Fiction makes the unimaginable imaginable.

Tom DeLay

There is no negotiating with a man like this, ... There is no safe path to accommodate his ambitions. Our only responsible option was to confront this threat before more Americans die. He must be removed from power.

It is an honor to serve as council president. I hope I can live up to the standards...We will work proactively and on the toughest issues that confront Yardley.

Richard Haass

I wish we had never gotten to the point we are now. We ought to make this work. We have got to confront the opponents before us.

Todd Bertuzzi

I was hoping for the opportunity to confront him and speak to him and his family and it has never come about,

Manchester would be hiring a very qualified town manager for their town. I think Manchester would be a perfect position for him. It's a similar town the size of Enfield; probably many of the same issues that he would be confronted with day to day.

Three independent bystanders said Marcus never had a gun in his hand. Marcus admits that those three said something rude to his girlfriend, and he verbally confronted them.

Henry Cabot Lodge

True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us.

Ricki-Lee Coulter

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

Pierre Loti

The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert.

William Doyle

Will this confront the horror that took place? And will it also recognize the transformation that has occurred? If not, it's a waste of time.

Ben Bernanke

As we try to make the financial system safer, we must inevitably confront the problem of moral hazard.

Resorting to force is not desirable in the current situation, and would not solve the problems we are confronted with.

Ryan Key

We're disappointed to be postponing these dates, but it's a relief to know the source of the problems I'd been having with my voice. And it's much better to confront it now (rather) than later when it could be more serious. We'll be back on the road in June when we can give 100 percent.

John Hickenlooper

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right.

After an extensive investigation, the office produced a report that addressed the many questions that confronted the difficult issues, it laid out new evidence, and it reached a definitive conclusion.

Ahmed Chalabi

Saddam did not have a serious military plan to confront the coalition, but he had a serious post-defeat plan which he's putting into operation,

Julian Bond

quiet example demonstrated to millions new ways to confront the evil of segregation.

Raymond had a .22-caliber rifle with him when he confronted Betancourt, and shot him.