Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Palmer

We started this thing (the Josh Palmer Fund) to help people who were hurting and were in need of a helping hand. There's nobody hurting as much in this country right now as those people whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Although our primary mission is to help young people afflicted by cancer and ultimately to find a cure for cancer, these people need help right now and we're going to do our best to help the American Red Cross help them.

Barry Ritholtz

When you stop and think about it, if the Fed were to pause, what does it actually do for anybody ... in the afflicted Gulf region? At this point they're more concerned with basic food and shelter and not really comparison-shopping for mortgages.

David Shuster

Most of us entered journalism and joined 'news organizations' because we care about the greater good. We strive to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Atharva Veda

If only he had known the truth, all that grief could have been avoided. So too, until you know that all are altars where the name God is installed and all are moved and motivated by the Grace of the self-same God, you are afflicted by hate and pride; once you know it and experience it, you are full of Love and reverence to all.

Condoleezza Rice

No offer that can help alleviate the suffering of the people in the afflicted area will be refused,

David Plouffe

What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure we're not making politics with disaster relief.

Conrad Black

Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and humiliation at the hands of the French, Spanish, British, Turks, and Persians.

Jimmy Carter

We have 11 grandchildren and two of them have been afflicted with lazy eye.

F. Sionil Jose

Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.

Marwan Muasher

This will only strengthen our resolve to find a solution to all the problems of the region.... (We) express our sympathies to the victims of the terrorists inside Saudi Arabia and our condemnation of this act.

Elliott Abrams

Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own plane, plenty of cash, even job security - whether kings, sheiks or presidents, with or without elections, most serve for life.

Elliott Abrams

Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims.

Wayne White

We've all seen the progression of ideologies in Arab society,

Ghassan Khatib

We believe that the Palestinian leadership should be treated by the Israeli government like they treat other Arab governments.

Henry Garza

We stood out. Me and my brother JoJo were the only two Mexicans in our whole school, and so was my little brother, in elementary school. We would have people come up to us and say, 'What are you?' and we would say, 'Well, what are you? We're just human like you!' They would just freak out. They thought we were Indians or Arabs or Iranians or something.

Jamal Qureshi

This really comes down to what can Saudi Arabia do.

King Abdullah

would be a constructive step towards closing the ranks of the Arab nation.

Makoto Ebata

We are looking into all potential locations, but eastern Europe is a strong contender.

Kim Jee-woon

I've made the film 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird,' which was an Eastern Western film. Obviously, the Western film is American and American only; there's really no Western genre over in Asia.

Mark Russell

The regulation on the PGA Tour is 72 holes -- that was put in place by the players, ... We make every effort to finish on Sunday by 6Êp.m. Eastern time, but if we don't, we go to Monday.

Suzy Merchant

She's the face of Eastern Michigan basketball. She can do it all.

Michael Roach

Unfortunately, Middle Eastern people are going to be approached more often than not,

Martti Ahtisaari

With my mother, I moved from one household to another before settling in the eastern part of Finland, in the city of Kuopio.

Frank Holmes

Money will flow to where there are solid returns on capital. There are great opportunities in Eastern Europe and other emerging markets. We're seeing economic growth twice that of the U.S. but stocks are trading at a discount.

Brad Taylor

From what we can see, it's a trend that is moving into Eastern Washington from Western Washington.

Gene Luen Yang

For 'Boxers and Saints', the tension between Eastern and Western ways of thinking was very personal for me, and I needed to control every aspect.

Carol Shields

We are too kind, too willing--too unwilling too--reaching out blindly with a grasping hand but not knowing how to ask for what we don't even know we want.

Carlos Castaneda

Your thoughts and your actions are fixed forever in their terms. That is slavery. I, on the other hand, brought you freedom. Freedom is expensive, but the price is not impossible. So, fear your captors, your masters. Don't waste your time and your power fearing me.

Carlos Castaneda

A guardian is broad-minded and understanding. A guard, on the other hand, is a vigilante, narrow-minded and most of the time despotic.

C. S. Lewis

I don't want to hold you hand!

Aaron Tveit

I can clap with one hand.

Alan K. Simpson

It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them for costs attributable to illegal immigrants, when on the other hand the State and local governments prohibit their own law enforcement and other officials from cooperating with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to locate or apprehend or expel illegal aliens.

Alan Keyes

Our success or failure is not in the hands of our leaders. It is in our hands.

Charlotte Bronte

I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester

Charlotte Bronte

... and she held out a pretty gold ring. 'Put it,' she said, 'on the fourth finger of my left hand, and I am yours and you are mine; and we shall leave Earth and make our own Heaven yonder.'

Nick Russo

We want to preserve and protect Mississippi's rich architectural and archaeological heritage as communities restore and rebuild.

Brian Sandoval

I am proud of my heritage and my family.

David Wong

When we went to them and told them that we want to do a heritage tour of Hong Kong, a lot of them were very skeptical,

Barbra Streisand

My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?

Catherine Ponder

When you realize that prosperity is your divine heritage, you should persist in claiming it.

Allan Cunningham

While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.

Bible Bible

There is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage

Sholem Asch

Heritage is Scriptures . . . which have become absorbed into our blood.

S. Walker

We're older, poorer, less well insured and more rural than much of the rest of the country. ... But our heritage is rural. We shouldn't have to give that up to have quality care.

David Heymann

Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue.

Raymond Bonner

Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf holiday, and most people would dream of Scotland or Ireland. But Indonesia harbors one of the best-kept secrets in the world of travel: it is a golfer's paradise.

Richard Bernstein

Today all you're probably seeing is a weakness prior to the G8 meeting this weekend, and a lot of uncertainty in Indonesia and Asia,

Erwin Arnada

I repeat once again, Playboy Indonesia has not violated any Indonesian laws.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Like many countries, Indonesia can transform its decision-making system to be more transparent and inclusive, particularly on resource allocation and use.

Jane Soepardi

I have received reports from most major posts in Indonesia and preparations are complete.

Jusuf Kalla

This is extraordinary, receiving two national hero's titles, namely from Indonesia two years ago, and now from South Africa,

Stein Toennesson

At this stage, Ahtisaari stands out as an obvious choice. The peace process (orchestrated by Ahtisaari) in Indonesia seems to be a real success.

Mark Matthews

If I could take a seven-year view, I would long Indonesia and short Google.

Brian Kilmeade

Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.

Richard Engel

To be slapped with a shoe is a dirty insult in the Muslim world.

Wissam Nasr

This is a teachable moment. When you see Muslims praying, it's not a terrorist act. It's not a prelude to terror.

Chuck Hagel

This is not how you win the people of the world over to our side, especially the Muslim world.

Maajid Nawaz

I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

Olivier Roy

This is what Muslims want - to be treated the same as other faiths.

Daniel Yankelovich

Americans are broadly uneasy about the quality of our relations with the rest of the world, especially Muslim nations,

Otto Schily

The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

Stephen Colbert

I don't like the new president who hunts muslim extremists, I like the old president who is a muslim extremist.

Joy Harjo

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.

Kevin Huck

We have a relatively young team with Keith Overton (160-pounder) the only senior starter.

Kenneth Branagh

A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have.

Victoria Jackson

Sitcoms are relatively clean. There's not much nudity.

Adnan Badran

She (later) went on to Salt because one of her relatives

Paul Sagawa

So it's relatively significant that they said flat-to-down.

Charles Caleb

Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little, and wants less, is richer than he that has much, and wants more

E. Hurley

On having children: Up until they go to school, they're relatively portable.

Jordana Spiro

I don't think you always get to see a woman on TV who is relatively neurosis-free and, while looking for a relationship, isn't man hunting and isn't cloying and isn't a fashionista.

Juvenal

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

Ai Weiwei

Dont retreat. Retweet!

Edward Abbey

Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position.

Don Marquis

The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.

Eric Woerth

We have to find a way which is not a retreat and at the same time allows the unions to come back to the negotiating table.

Joseph Stalin

Die, but do not retreat.

Nancy Horan

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

Michael Scott

He who retreats lives longer.

Mary McCarthy

Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning, the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible.

Agnes Smedley

More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.

Agnes Varda

I had flops, I had success.

Aaron Siskind

Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them.

Alan Thicke

If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I think that's where you'll find the most successful work being done.

Alan Kay

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

Charlie Chaplin

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

Charles Dunstone

If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful.

Charles E. Wilson

There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.