Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Ross

Factors like low inflation and lower interest rates will continue to give consumers more spending power while government initiatives like public spending and increased social grants should also provide support.

George Santayana

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Robin Wright

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Family issues and a failing career would be enough to consume most young actresses.

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

but on an even greater scale and with even more dramatic consequences.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

A person is not the same in his life at all times. Your consciousness is developing all the time. When I started making 'El Topo,' I was one person. When I finished that picture, I was another person.

Alana Stewart

I went to one doctor who told me I wasn't exercising enough. I was so exhausted, I couldn't raise my arm. When this doctor called it psychosomatic, I was enraged. To think the constant sore throat and swollen glands were all in my head was infuriating.

Peter Guber

When somebody is enthusiastic about a job opportunity - but gives off the feeling that this is not the only one they have on the table - they become more seductive in the employer's eyes. You become more desirable because it shows that you're making a conscious and thoughtful decision for the right reasons.

There is no need to be longwinded as a pastor, but there is a difference between being longwinded and preaching for a long time. Preachers should be conscious of time because God does everything in decency and order; nonetheless, God's word is not on the clock!

Mohamed ElBaradei

The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources.

If we constantly give God the glory, then we don't have any glory to keep for ourselves.

Michael K. Powell

Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talking about television. Sharing with friends the thrill of the last episode, debating what will happen next, working to enlist friends to watch the same shows that you love.

Michael K. Powell

The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home.

Michael K. Powell

I have a vision that's about technology that empowers consumers over institutions.

Paul Theroux

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

Elie Wiesel

If I were immersed in constant melancholy, I would not be who I am.

John Bradshaw

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

David Bowie

Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.

Carl Jung

In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.

Benjamin Franklin

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

The governor has been very consistent in supporting domestic partnership rights. We obviously disagree and are going to go our own course. We do not perceive it as a jab at our efforts.

The governor has been consistent in saying he's fine with same-sex marriage if the courts and the people rule, he will support it. The legislature is the people's body, and so hopefully he will sign it.

The governor considers each piece of legislation on a case-by-case basis.

The government is either going to consent to a retrial because the jury verdict was tainted by potentially perjured testimony or the government is going to have to explain to the court why the prejudiced testimony was harmless -- in other words, that the testimony did not influence the jury's verdict.

The government is alleging the only reason Microsoft is gaining consumer popularity is we must be doing something wrong. I think the facts speak for themselves.

The good news is that what we've seen is an unchanged reading for the nonpetroleum items and it looks like what we're still seeing is lower prices for many consumer items.

The good news is that on the consumer side of things, spending actually declined, and the real good news is the deflator was lower than the last quarter and there was a revision from the first quarter. So when you really dissect it all, it wasn't all that bad.

The good news for the U.S. is that growth has diversified. We aren't just relying on the consumer and housing.

I consider myself a perpetual student. You seek and learn every day: from an experiment in the lab, from reading a scientific journal, from taking care of a patient. Because of this, I rarely get bored.

There are a number of consumers I've talked to who have given money to hurricane funds in lieu of gifts. Last year luxury retail was the grand slam .... If this shopper cuts back, it will send Wall Street into a spin.

There are always some egos that consider themselves more important then the mission. But the organization needs to take a look at itself ... An organization that represents itself as a humanitarian effort in the world needs to be sensitive to how they treat their volunteers.

There are a lot of users who, in the past, wouldn't consider switching to a Mac because they need applications that don't run on a Mac.