Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Newdow

I think they'll agree. That is the ultimate goal to get the Pledge of Allegiance to be for all Americans.

James L. Petigru

The allegiance of the citizen, in the only sense in which the word can be tolerated in a republic, is due to the law. What idea other men may have of a law higher than the supreme law, I know not. Like the notion of the Stoics concerning Fate, it is perfectly incomprehensible.

Julius Rosenberg

I am in favor, heartily in favor, of our Constitution and Bill of Rights and I owe my allegiance to my country at all times.

Rashid Johnson

Growing up in Chicago, there was a very particular type of home that would display the black Jesus figure. It wasn't a radical home. You wouldn't find these in a Black Panther house. There's still a strong allegiance to Christianity.

Bill Owens

I would stress that the judge's order in no way precludes reciting the pledge in our schools. I would hope that the day would begin in every Colorado classroom with the Pledge of Allegiance as it has in most of our classrooms for decades.

Pat Steele

I think it's a funny way to show your allegiance to a candidate.

Cathy Freeman

I think your allegiance should be to one country. I mean, she is exercising her freedom I guess, she is not breaking the rules.

Lindsey Graham

If we could look at the person before us based on qualifications, character, and integrity, and not require them to show allegiance to a particular case or cause, it would serve the country well,

Theodore Roosevelt

We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

William Jenkins

Regionalism presented some obstacles in the past, ... But the boundaries are beginning to disappear and we have this wonderful, intellectual synergism.

Bill Daly

Our partnership with NASN represents a significant step by the league to re-establish its relationship with its existing European-based fans, as well as begin the process of developing new ones.

Brendan Gilfillan

Our park system is a vital system that needs to be preserved but to be sure in the long run that we have the resources to preserve it ... we have to exert fiscal restraint and begin fixing our chronic budget shortfalls.

Walter Pater

Or if we begin with the inward world of thought and feeling, the whirlpool is still more rapid, the flame more eager and devouring.

Jerry York

Patrick had a very productive career here at BC and we wish him all the best as he begins his professional career.

Nicholas Burns

Part of the purpose of my visit to Delhi this week is to work with the Indian government on a plan that would separate the civil and military nuclear states of India over the coming years, ... Once that plan has been clearly enunciated and once it has been committed to by the Indian government and we begin to see its implementation, it will be a short time before the U.S. Congress enacts the necessary legislative changes to bring this into being, and that will be a welcome moment, indeed.

Fran Foley

Part of the plan from the beginning was to take pressure off the draft. The plan is coming together.

Jay Grymes

Parts of the state have been suffering for quite some time. In the southern third of Louisiana, the dry spell goes back to the beginnings of 2005, and even sections of northern Louisiana have been dealing with dry weather over the past 12 to 15 months.

Pauline Flynn

Peace is possible. It begins with a vision or dream and comes through persistence, hard work and belief in ourselves.

Lars Tiffany

Our staff is excited about the men Stony Brook University has signed to the National Letters of Intent. These men will make us a better program on the field, in the classroom and in the community.

Nancy Cartwright

I will not yell "Fire" in a crowded classroom

Amy King

It is not something that is just limited to the upper echelons. It's difficult (at any level) to have those discussions in a classroom setting or a direct report situation. But you have that direct, meaningful input through coaching.

Amy King

It is not something that is just limited to the upper echelons, ... It's difficult (at any level) to have those discussions in a classroom setting or a direct report situation. But you have that direct, meaningful input through coaching.

Principal Theresa

It is more than just learning in the classroom ... Learning is more involved than that and more complex than that.

Clayton Wilcox

I think, generally, it's great news for us as a school system. All of the credit goes to our classroom teachers.

John Briggs

It is different seeing it on stage than reading it in the classroom or seeing one of the film versions.

Dennis Brooks

He knew what he had to do in the classroom to get back on the court. And he worked hard to do that and now he's back helping us win games.

LaDainian Tomlinson

But hardly anything is ever the way you draw it up. We draw up plays in the classroom that look great, then we get out on the field on Sunday and it doesn't work.

Wendy Kopp

Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation.

Kyle Bordelon

It initially started with three classrooms ... but subsequent to that we got other reports in other parts of the buildings.

Doylene Fuqua

I think the classrooms suffer with half-time teachers.

Beth Wood

Monies raised from the cruises will go to support the non-profit organization's efforts for traveling the country to provide floating classrooms to students,

O. J. Simpson

Now that I've come to UC, I realize how supportive this university is of the military, ... ROTC classrooms are new and the programs are well funded. People really seem to care.

Brett Nelson

So far the community response has been great. We just got a large donation from the Audubon Society and we have donation jars in all the classrooms and around the community.

Shane Davis

We open our classrooms up and they come in and study. These students are the most driven I've ever seen when it comes to this sort of thing.

Carol Huffman

I think we're on the right track. We can now finally have classrooms at the schools, where we can collaborate with other classrooms and interact with other teachers.

Trevor Montgomery

But some of the classrooms you go into, you feel like you're stepping back in time.

Simon Horrocks

Steamboat was the first time that we played live on the radio. Colorado is the logical place for us to go back. It was one of the first markets that really embraced us as a band.

Bill Owens

Our task is nothing less than to protect that special Colorado way of life.

Derek Theler

I went to school at Colorado State. I finished my degree in pre-medicine and nutrition with aspirations of actually going to graduate school in medicine, which I didn't.

Dave Thomas

I think they (the Colorado Psychological Association) want to legitimatize what they're doing.

Karl Dorrell

That was neat. I was surprised. I'm very proud of what he's doing for our country. He was a member of our team at Colorado when I was there and now he's doing great things for our country.

Jarome Iginla

It has a lot of implications in the division. We can be five up on Colorado with three games in hand or we can be three down, so it could be a big difference.

Steve Gunderson

It is not like the sky is falling. The presence of mercury in Colorado lakes is kind of spotty and it is fairly complicated because there is no pattern.

Matic Kralj

I think in Colorado we played all right, but that's not good enough when you have to put some wins together.

Fernando Clavijo

I think he could be one of the biggest-profile players the Colorado Rapids have ever had. He's not 37 or 38. He just turned 32, so it's outstanding for us.

Donna Roberts

Our main fundraiser is the gala. We raised $200,000 during the gala and our hope is to raise $50,000 here today.

E. O. Wilson

Our losing streak ended, so hopefully the Leafs' will end theirs (tonight).

Jim Eastin

Our line has been our strength so far. We get after people and stay after them. Our season is not over. Hopefully the kids understand that.

Jeanette Siemens

Our leadership was well represented and we hope it will be again.

Dan White

Our members look for leadership from us and hopefully they'll take our advice. The majority said they liked what Culver had to say and that's where the endorsement went.

Helio Castroneves

People might see an opportunity, but I hope people are more patient a little bit, ... This is the last road course, but there is nothing I can do. It's out of my control.

Peter Jensen

Sure there are things that are discouraging. But I'm never going to lose hope.

Bart Schouten

Sure, some words have been exchanged. They've been talking about training together next year, and I hope they still feel that way.

Ben Tate

Some of the linebackers tell me what they're going to do. Steve Gandy told me he was going to put the 'boom' on me -- knock me out. I just laugh. I don't know if we're tackling or not, but hopefully we are. I get to show what I can do a little bit.

Bob Hadfield

Our policy is to provide water for the orderly development of Carson Valley.

Elliot Krieger

Our relationship with the union, once the order was put in place, has been pretty good,

M. C. Escher

Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Shaukat Aziz

Step by step, we are getting there. It has to be done in an orderly way,

Gary Thayer

Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and employment.

Barry Lopez

To allow mystery, which is to say to yourself, 'There could be more...things we don't understand,' is not to damn knowledge....It is to permit yourself an extraordinary, freedom: someone else does not have to be wrong in order that you might be right...This tolerance for mystery invigorates the imagination; and it is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.

B. F. Skinner

Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.

Bill Crawford

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

Big Pun

I'm as wicked as Hitler's first born, cause of me, lot of old ladies purses gone.

Ted Arrington

It puts them in a very precarious position. They know when they take the pledge that it's not in the public's interest.

Jason Elam

Part of you really wants it, and part of you, there's some stress there.

Bill Crawford

Stress is a signal that something needs to change. Suffering, is when we don't make the change!

Bill Crawford

There's no such thing as a 'stressful' situation.

Bill Crawford

You can't 'cope with' change anymore than you can 'manage' stress.

Bill Crawford

When stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It's I.T. for life!

Bill Crawford

You can't use stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry to deal with your stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry. It's like pulling up to a burning building with a flame thrower. The energy of the problem can't be the energy behind a successful solution.

Bill Crawford

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Bill Crawford

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Carl Safina

We are blessed with a magnificent and miraculous world ocean on this planet. But we are also stressing it in ways that we are not even close to bringing under control.