Famous Quotes & Sayings

Beau Willimon

This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders.

We're effective on the ground. We're hoping that (offense) is going to be the strength of our team. We need to get better defensively if we want to win football games.

David Boies

There are a variety of ways people can market browsers. The question is: Are they effective ways to market browsers?

We are running a very strong and effective grassroots campaign. People can look for more of that in the next three weeks as we will be reaching out and touching as many people as we can.

William E. Conway, Jr.

More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job.

We want to increase employee satisfaction, and it's important for us to have it as an effective recruitment tool.

Brian Skerry

I typically shoot underwater with my regular camera in an underwater housing, and then I usually have two big strobes that I use to light. But with whales, you're not going to be able to really light a 45-foot subject. Your strobes are only effective for maybe five or six feet underwater.

George Arnold

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence their importance.

One of the things that make these lines effective is that they grab your attention.

No one is really sure why people are being infected. This is usually a very effective vaccine.

No one has been as effective as quickly as Troy,

No one ever wants to see moose hit, but at least now we'll see a more effective method of distributing the meat.

Only after the effective news release mechanism takes shape, can governments at various levels make rapid response to media in the occurrence of major accidents.

Andy Borowitz

I am resigning effective immediately. Bo Derek will become the new vice president.

But effective risk management must be the precondition.

But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth.

Because we don't have an effective immigration policy, it really is at the local level where the rubber hits the road. Local communities have to negotiate now how they are going to do this.

I'm always looking for ways to make the report more informative, more effective and more interesting.

Janet Reno

Money laundering is a problem for the whole world, ... We're here to work with you to be as effective a partner as we can.

Scott Walker

Obviously it's up to the coach, but I hope to be an effective penalty-killer and all those things. It's been one of my strong points that I've been able to give the team whatever it needs.

I don't think he would be very effective in any way whatsoever.

I don't think it would have been the end of the world for Fox if there had been a strike. But Fox would have lost an effective platform from which to promote new shows. And you have a lot of big market teams possibly in the playoffs, which would help stations' profits.

Flip Saunders

I am happy we won, but I am not overall pleased with how we played. When we don't play well, we hold the ball. Tonight, we held the ball. I know our schedule had something to do with it, but we can't be effective when we play like we did tonight.

Creating mechanisms for ending deforestation and promoting regeneration of the environment is one of the most effective ways of achieving net-zero emissions.

Don Tapscott

Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

Claud Cockburn

Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.

Alvin Adams

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.

Andre Maurois

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

The fact that we are launching the satellite in Russia means that we can do so with the Earth's rotation and makes it more effective and gives it a longer life span.

Andy Stanley

The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

Kay Redfield Jamison

When I'm talking about depression, I'm talking about the more severe forms of depression, and I think that conceptualising as a form of grief is probably not the most effective way of looking at it. I mean, at the end of the day, people suffer enormously, and you want to treat it.

Kevin got hit in the face during practice the other day and was in agony. His status is up in the air, and if he plays I'm not sure how effective he will be.

Just the intensity level. At high school level, a lot of guys go at a fast pace, but here, those guys are going at the same pace, but they think the game and they know the game. You don?t necessarily have to go 95 miles an hour to get things done. Guys like Kevin Ollie, he?s going 60 and 70 and he?s just as effective as the next guy.