Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kate Becker

We are not an all-ages dance club. We are a skills-building youth music and arts program that also does concerts.

Edward Gibbon

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

Liane Balaban

Anything we can do to encourage our young people to celebrate the arts and believe in a career in the arts is wonderful for Canada and for Canadian youth.

Mark Helprin

The arts community is generally dominated by liberals because if you are concerned mainly with painting or sculpture, you don't have time to study how the world works. And if you have no understanding of economics, strategy, history and politics, then naturally you would be a liberal.

Heather Watts

Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let way too many kids lose their way by not drawing in their young minds with music, dance, painting and the other various ways we can express those things we do not have words for.

Heather Watts

I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.

Bill Hartley

We're happy to end our participation in this season of' Arts Nights, City Lights' with an evening of music and fun for the whole family.

Kurt Angle

I've been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you've got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.

E. O. Wilson

work closely with other arts organizations, civic and community groups, and local businesses to form alliances and supportive networks.

Todd Croteau

We have recognized that small businesses are people businesses. The types of people we have to have employed here have to want to be a trusted advisor. They have to have a strong value culture around doing the right thing.

Dambisa Moyo

The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.

Don Madden

There is a long history there, when new businesses look to relocate to Zanesville, (they) go through the chamber first, ... It just makes a lot of sense to have someone in the chamber be a part of the Port Authority.

Tom Poorman

We use this less-conservative format to celebrate the successes and to thank businesses for their investment in the economic development of our community.

Tom Rath

Having fewer unhealthy days and, in turn, more days when you have the energy to get things done is probably the global constant through which businesses and individuals can think about the quantifiable upside of increasing wellbeing.

James Zimmerman

This was a solid third quarter for Federated, propelled by strong sales and earnings in our department store segment and a level of performance in our direct-to-customer catalog and e-commerce businesses that was in line with what we had anticipated, ... We are entering the fourth quarter with our inventories in good shape, and we remain optimistic that it will be a good retail Christmas season.

Karen Mills

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.

Karen Mills

We have to keep the momentum going in the economy. And we have to make sure that we give small businesses as much cash and liquidity as possible so they have the confidence to hire that next worker.

Karen Mills

We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.

Thomas Mallon

One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of civil society, I will write an essay. The responsibilities you feel as a novelist are literary ones, I think, not civic ones. And I think politicians are interesting to write about.

Nicholas Kristof

You no more have the right to risk others by failing to vaccinate than you do by sending your child to school with a hunting knife. Vaccination isn't a private choice but a civic obligation.

E. O. Wilson

She just embodied the generation of civic duty. Her zeal and passion never stopped. This isn't like a phase she grew out of.

Robert Sternberg

Leadership and civic engagement are an important part of the Tufts education, ... People often get themselves into power who are very bright, but not necessarily wise, and maybe even foolish.

Carolyn Bricklemyer

She's a wonderful mother and role model through her faith and civic involvement and a very special grandmother. She has five grandchildren, and each of them think they're her favorite.

Vaclav Klaus

But the Civic Forum has put me in a very visible position, and I expect that I will be in the parliament after the June elections.

Eddie Quinn

Number one, that civic center's got to go,

Jim Calhoun

I don't want our kids playing the scoreboard because, quite frankly, we won't always be here at the Civic Center. In the second half we matched baskets and we won by five. I don't think we should do that. We should take more pride in what we're doing.

Brian Callaghan

No one community is immune to it. We try to be vigilant and on top of our responsibilities. Fire, police, youth leaders, churches, different civic groups, parents, schools, and the kids themselves all have the responsibility to keep kids safe. We all own it.

Roger Enrico

The creation of a closely aligned, separately managed bottler of this size would help us pursue consolidation opportunities and improve our performance in the marketplace.

Mark Blum

The process in Illinois is unique, and we're all closely following what is happening there.

James Thomas

We know we have to work very closely together and we're hoping the situation we experienced Friday won't be replicated.

Edward Brooke

My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.

John McCarthy

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

Jamie Sandison

The performance of European equities corresponds closely to the strength of the dollar.

Jessica Nelms

We started the week off good, and now we want to finish it good. We don't want to let JM linger so closely this time.

Melaney Arnold

We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on.

Solomon Makgale

There is no need to panic as the situation is under control and will be closely monitored daily until a solution is found.

Tipper Gore

We want to reach every community and every work place so that people will understand that stigma is just a piece of this puzzle that needs to go away.

I. Stone

What the right-to-work law says to the economic development community around the country is this is a state that's committed.

Dick Miller

We want our community to maintain its quality, ... Manufactured homes devalue property. We wanted to draw a line in the sand that said 'just don't go there.'

Aasif Mandvi

Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

Jason Fleming

We were trying to find some way of providing services and programs to kids in this community that would give them some opportunities that normally they may not have.

Scott White

We have a wonderful facility and part of our philosophy is 'just for you' events, giving members of the community an opportunity to come and be here and experience what God has done through our facilities.

Harry Reid

We've sent a message to the community that we don't want urban heliport sites, ... They have continued to negatively impact our neighborhoods and we don't want any more of them until we provide the non-urban site.

Allan Bloom

The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth.

Anita Frazier

There is a little feeling of 'holding our breath' right now in the industry, waiting to see how all this will unfold. Console transitions always make the publishing community nervous.

Ayad Allawi

Whenever the results of the investigation come to the surface, then the time will be suitable to talk about forming the new government.

Matt Mullenweg

Whenever there's a new form of media, we always think it's going to replace the old thing, and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced.

Trevor Hohns

We have rejigged the one-day side to what we hope will provide a range of options to take on a formidable World XI side, as well as forming the nucleus of the 2007 squad for the World Cup.

Kim Clijsters

There are a lot of good players here this week, but Amelie is in form and playing well so she will be tough to beat.

Tori Amos

I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

David Knopfler

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

Chad Harbach

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

Mutula Kilonzo

We are going to ignore it because it has no value. It is pure nonsense and the former president will go on with ordinary life.

Gary Wolf

Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.

Nancy Talanian

We want the local police to do what they were meant to do -- protect their citizens.

David Dunn

Since Sept. 11, the local police, our role has changed, ... Before, we were worrying about burglaries, thefts.

Ryan Julison

She wants to support her local tournaments. We're disappointed, but we understand.

Jochen Zeitz

Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don't hear enough about them or their needs.

Mary Mark

Make the most of your money. Use your local talent and try to have something for everyone's taste.

Martin Klein

People want to come to a local landmark, ... They want to be comfortable.

Adam Schiff

People want someone whose top priority is local concerns, not national, partisan, ideological crusades,

Larry Rogers

Ninety-five percent (of the workers) will be from the local area.

Alan Rickman

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

Carolyn Roberts

We've already established our credibility. The Legislature is very supportive of the university system and comfortable with our role.

Martin Freeman

I think I'm less gloomy than I used to be - I've got a very supportive other half.

Brad Pitt

I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.

Carl Levin

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result

Charice Pempengco

I'm really proud to be Filipino. Filipinos are really supportive, and I want to thank all of them. I love them!

Aisha Tyler

I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.

Barbara Mikulski

Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.

David Newhan

He's a teammate. You're supportive of your teammates.

Carl Edwards

Whatever it is your doing out there, don't lose hope, you just keep digging and things can work out. I'm proof.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

A reply to Olbers' attempt in 1816 to entice him to work on Fermat's Theorem. I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has very little interest for me, because I could easily lay down a multitude of such propositions, which one could neither prove nor dispose of. []

Said Musa

We have much work ahead, to stand still.

Chris Garza

When you're young, you don't know why you do what you do. But 14 to 18 are the most important years. That's when you have to work the hardest.

Stephanie McGilvrey

We want her to go back to Mexico. That was all she worked for.

Trent Yawney

We've still got some work to do. It's a work in progress.

Aaron Tveit

Especially like right now, I'm not shooting a show so you get to act. You get to do that stuff, kind of treat everyone as 'All right, throw the paint against the wall and see what I can do with this and what people say.' I think it's a great mental workout because you have to ready something, learn something fast. It's good to stay on your toes and keep sharp if you're auditioning.

Alan Ladd

I'm working myself to death.

Kim Delaney

We've still got a lot of work to do.