Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arlen Specter

I am concerned about the Supreme Court's judicial activism which has usurped congressional authority,

Chris Young

Given the rise in activism in the last few years, especially last year, we may not be able to render a verdict for a while. But it seems like it has been hit or miss.

John Stanton

Global warming is real, it's happening now and President Bush has the legal authority to regulate the pollution that's causing it. He just doesn't want to. The Supreme Court must overturn the lower courts judicial activism and give this case a proper hearing.

Mary Schiavo

If the intention was to impede my safety activism they have probably succeeded. They have clipped my wings.

Tawakkol Karman

I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.

Jeremy Heimans

One example of 21st century activism we are engaging in is All Out, a first-of-its-kind global movement to advance the interests and rights of LGBT people. All Out is bringing together people of all identities to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Jose Andres Puerta

One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.

Dixon Osburn

There are many buses ahead of us yet. As we continue to confront inequality and segregation in our country, we still have the stellar example of Rosa Parks' gracious activism to guide and inspire us.

Alex Steffen

One of the most unfortunate side effects of the urban activism of the '60s and '70s is the belief that development is wrong and that fighting it makes you an environmentalist.

Elliott Abrams

President Bush met repeatedly with human rights activists and freedom fighters from all over the world to give them encouragement and protection and to advance their cause.

Charles Leadbeater

People may be prepared to buy services from Apple and Amazon if they feel these companies do a good job, but we need to ensure that we can speak up when our content is used by other people for their profit. An activist amateur culture will constantly challenge and say, 'This is mine, you're not doing that with it.'

Heidi McIntosh

Road claims like these have become the weapon of choice by modern-day sagebrush activists trying to wrest control from federal government. It's time to stop.

David Wald

Roger was a Democratic activist who was involved in many campaigns for several years, but if he was going around making promises for job interviews he was just lying.

Larry Holmes

Many activists around the country have been discussing this date.

Geoffrey Kors

We now have the Senate of the largest state in the nation endorsing marriage equality. This undermines President Bush's claim that this effort is being undertaken by a few activist judges.

Brian Johnson

I think the result will be you'll have a shareholder activist with a significant but not controlling interest who will lobby for a restructuring. For the first time, we could have someone who could look out for shareholders.

Jeff Sessions

I think conservatives do not have confidence she has a well-formed judicial philosophy, and they are afraid she might drift and be a part of the activist group like Justice Souter has, ... She will need to articulate a vision of the Constitution and the role of a judge that is sound or she could be in trouble with the Republican senators.

Larry Neal

The artist and the political activist are one. They are both shapers of the future reality. Both understand and manipulate the collective myths of the race. Both are warriors, priests, lovers, and destroyers.

Jack Schweers

Regardless of who we're playing, we want to play as good as we can this time of year. We had a good practice (Monday), and we hope to be at our best (in the sectional).

Paul Bush

Regardless of whether you're looking at grapes, apples, cherries or any kind of fruit, you'll get the best color around here.

Rick Barnes

Regardless of what people are saying, N.C. State has not offered me the job. Texas is one of the best jobs in the country, and I'm happy here.

Kevin Marsh

Regardless of how I played, this was the best week of my life. It would have been the best week of my life if I had finished up on Wednesday, really. Being here for the first time you just want to soak up the experience as much as you can. But it also makes you hungry to get back, and prove that you really do belong.

Gloria Estefan

Regardless of culture or language, they really enjoy the album. And that to me, is the best thing.

Laurieann Gibson

Recently, Lady Gaga was motivated to take the helm of the creative direction of her career and as such I decided to step away. I am extremely proud of her, and in stepping away I wish her all the best.

Jim Shannon

Rebounding and defense were big keys for us. They're much bigger than us, but we more than held our own on the boards. And we got after them on defense. It was our best defensive game of the year.

Bob Myers

Rebecca and Christina are probably two of the best girls in the state; there's a very good chance they'll place in the top five at states. Those girls are just great leaders. I think we're going to win it all. The girls we have are good, they have two great leaders to follow.

David Pottruck

Recent trading volumes are propelling the company to its best quarter ever in terms of revenues and profits.

Leatrice Eiseman

Particularly in high-end design, there was always that sensibility that they have continued to do: To keep it classic and understated.

Mark Stevens

Our message is stay in school. We need you in class to learn.

Gerard Charles

Susan is using a lot of references to film noir and to the classic ballets. It?s going to be very layered choreography.

John Shillito

Steve is a guy who is really good for kids, ... He showed a lot of class in the transition. It's one of those things that can't be easy for the guy who had the program. But he did it with such grace and class, it helped us.

Neil Rinehart

Steve (Ackerman) had a tough draw. It really was a stacked weight class.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Some of the young kids look for one hit to be a star; that what they're known for the rest of their life... I never wanted to be known as one thing; that is the reason I do classical theater, write, direct and the blessings God has given me... I want to share.

John Netwal

That concept didn't quite work out well and the district subsequently put in temporary walls to create individual classrooms. That made it nearly impossible for one class to exit their classroom without disrupting another. It was not a good learning environment.

Mike Rudd

That class really helped him. I tell all of my players, 'Get in that class.' It's something different than just regular (physical education). Plus, they get a ton of confidence.

Cecilia Johnson

Our senior class thought this was going to go away. Our juniors now know. They are getting very concerned.

Michael Friedman

Someone once told me, 'You don't know it yet, but we are the lucky ones.' But I do know it. I have found a new definition of what it means to live (because) I have seen what it means to die.

Danny Meyer

Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.

Bharati Mukherjee

My life has gotten a little more complicated than my ability to describe it. That used to be the definition of madness, now it's just continuous overload.

Peter Jackson

It is a major surgery. Major by any definition of the word.

Frederick Warren

The appropriate economic definition of a separate product is an item for which there is sufficient demand such that it is efficient to offer that item separately from other items,

Richard Land

The American people are not sending their young men and women to Afghanistan for this definition of freedom. Mr. Rahman should be released immediately.

Melanie Boeglin

That was the definition of a heartbreaker. We're using that as motivation this year and hopefully we can have a better outcome. We don't want to leave anything up to the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee.

Craig Bruce

It doesn't require the use of Web crawlers. It requires someone knowledgeable about the definition of what a government document is.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of 'emergency' is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.

Doug Anderson

That could reduce the population by 200 inmates, ... The judges are supposed to come in soon.

Yemane Gebremeskel

Meles is not the judge in this case.

John Scott

It is better the law should be certain, than that every Judge should speculate upon improvements in it

Don Samuel

Just get rid of judges altogether. Just let the Legislature set the sentences.

Tony Dungy

I think that is probably how he'll be judged in the short run.

Sharon Osbourne

Last year I thought it was all about me actually. I thought it was all about the judges and that we could do what we wanted. But it's really not, in the big scheme of things.

L'Wren Scott

I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.

Stacey Koerner

I think Judge Judy is, like Oprah, sort of the star of her genre.

Kate Reed

I thought I pulled it together for the the last jump, it was the most pressure I've ever felt. Unfortunately the judges didn't see it that way.

Luo Gan

Judicial work at the grass-roots level has bearings on the overall situation of the judicial work of the country.

Louise Arbour

My main interest, to be very frank, is to solidify the judicial system.

Gloria Borger

They wanted a symbol. They wanted someone who openly supported their views of the Supreme Court. But they know nothing about her judicial philosophy.

Prince Nayef

Do we have anything other than sharia? We don't have a judicial system other than sharia.

Anne Foley

Then I think judicial notice can be taken to that effect,

Sheriff Stankus

It's become a circus. It's become entertainment. It's no longer a judicial procedure, and that's scary . You wonder, where is this society going?

Dick Armey

Sometimes you get judicial rulings that gladden you and sometimes you don't,

Sam Brownback

A lot of us wanted somebody who has a pretty well-established and thought-through and set judicial philosophy,

John Roberts

I do not have an over-arching judicial philosophy, ... I have no agenda.

Jim Haslett

Part of me says maybe it's time for a change.

Guy Kawasaki

Statistically it's probably one out of a hundred, so that means there's ten out there. Maybe twenty.

Reggie Bush

Overall, I think I proved I should be the No. 1 pick. I thought I maybe could have pushed a 4.29 out of there, but overall I'm pretty happy.

Matthew Gervais

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

Marilyn Oliveira

Planning the nursery comes soon enough, maybe at the same time. Don't do both.

Nancy Wilson

Maybe our team was a little star struck. But the turnovers had more to do with the size differential and the quickness differential.

Charlie Whitehurst

Maybe on third down, that's where we need to be looking. He always delivers.

Frank Beamer

Maybe one practice day wasn't quite what we wanted,

Sheryl Garrett

Maybe it's a reaction to going overboard in the 1980s and 1990s, but I sense a lot of people are moving away from materialistic things (and) toward more thoughtful and meaningful holidays.