Quotes with set-in-stone

Quotes 441 till 460 of 530.

  • Barbara Jordan We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Thomas Paine We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • W. Clement Stone We have a problem. ''Congratulations.'' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations.''
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.
    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Malaysian politician (1939 - )
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  • Dr. Jess Lair We inevitably doom our children to failure and frustration when we try to set their goals for them.
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  • Nicolas Chamfort We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Burt Rutan We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • Omar N. Bradley We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
    Omar N. Bradley
    American general (1893 - 1981)
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  • Baba Kalyani We passionately set up a programme that we call the Indian gun programme. I challenged Colonel Bhatia, who heads our defence business, that let's build an Indian gun. There's a belief that Indian companies aren't capable of this, and we want to prove them wrong, as we did in components.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Bob Iger We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.
    Bob Iger
    American business executive (1951 - )
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  • Brad Stone We see Google experimenting in so many places outside of its core search and advertising business, whether that's bringing broadband Internet to the world or funding an entirely separate company to pursue solutions to disease and mortality. Amazon's one of the few other companies that thinks as big as Google does.
    Brad Stone
    American journalist (1971 - )
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  • Bob Rae We spend the vast bulk of money in the health, welfare, and education systems in the later years of life. Yet it is in the earliest years that life chances are moulded and set.
    The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Six, The Second Question: Health, Education, a
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises - it is a set of challenges.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Alan Bennett We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.
    Alan Bennett
    British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author (1934 - )
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Billy Beane We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset?
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Bruce Babbitt We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • Bob Newhart Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Bill Rancic What I think a lot of great marathon runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I set a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that overwhelming goal of 26.2 miles. I know I've got to get to 5, and 12, and 16, and then I celebrate those little victories along the way.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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