Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sibel Edmonds

During my work there I came across some very significant issues that I started reporting in December of 2001 to the mid-level management within the FBI.

Sharon Cooper

Well, what I will tell you is the support from the world - it's not just an African-American citizen. There are people of all different walks of life who are rallying behind the concerns with the that Sandy was treated because what that says to me is that this is an American issue.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It's often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people uncomfortable. Change only comes about when people are forced to discuss an issue, and that's what I hope my films do.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

Sean Paul

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.

Leslie Jamison

Learning the edges or limits or sources of friction in empathy was one of the big issues for me.

Leonard Lance

Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997.

Lawrence G. Lovasik

To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.

Larry Craig

Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.

Marco Rubio

When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.

Marco Rubio

Barack Obama hasn't kept us safe. The problem is we had an attack in San Bernardino. And we were paying attention to the most important issue we have faced in a decade since 9/11, and then all the talk was about this proposal, which isn't going to happen.

Marco Rubio

Ted Cruz said he wanted to find a compromise. Ted Cruz said he wanted to bring 11 million people out of the shadows. Ted Cruz said that he wanted immigration reform to pass. Here's the bottom line. I tried to solve a very difficult issue, and we tried to produce the best and most conservative bill possible in a Senate controlled by Harry Reid at the time, and then send it over to the House and have them, conservatives, make it even better.

Marc Morial

What would it take for you to acknowledge - what would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.

Marc Garneau

I'd really love to go for a fourth trip into space with maybe Mr. Duceppe and Mr. Boisclair, and I am convinced, I am convinced that after such a trip, Quebec sovereignty will no longer be an issue. Space travel affects us that much.

Sam Zell

When you got a demand issue it's hard to imagine the stock market at an all-time high.

Sam Zell

The single biggest issue that I'm very sensitive to is inflation. I'm very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates were quite low and stimulated a lot of activity could breed inflation and create a problem for us.

Ryan Gosling

It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than (one) film.

Viswanathan Anand

There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do many things better than humans. And this imbalance remains. I no longer have any issues. It's bit like asking an astronomer, does he mind that a telescope does all the work. He is used to it. It is just an incredible tool that you can use.

Saul Alinsky

Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.

Saul Alinsky

No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.

Tom Hayden

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

Tom Coburn

When we have heartbeat and brain waves, we refuse to accept it as the presence of life - this lack of logic of which we approach this issue because we like and we favor convenience over ethics. We favor convenience over the hard parts of life that actually make us grow.

Tibor Fischer

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

Russell Wilson

The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.

Russell Simmons

There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.

Ronald Reagan

If you can't summarize an issue on one page, you don't understand the issue well enough.

Sally Field

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

Sally Field

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

Rosa DeLauro

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

Susan Sarandon

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.

Shia LaBeouf

They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.

Sheryl Sandberg

The most important thing is to have a more open and honest dialogue about gender issues.

Natalie Imbruglia

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.