George R. Roberts Quotes

Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance.

George R. Roberts

• Country

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Life
  • Me
  • Always

• Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Shoulder

• By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • World
  • India
  • China

• When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Done
  • Role
  • Shakespeare

• I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Wrong
  • Policy
  • Hillary Clinton

• What is history but a fable agreed upon?

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • History
  • Agreed
  • Fable

• I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • God
  • Think
  • Man

• Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Person
  • Face
  • Greatest

• The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • Man
  • Chance
  • Luck

• We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.

  

  Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Government
  • Big
  • Bigger

• You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • You
  • Christian

• Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Writing
  • Funny
  • Humor

• When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.

  

  Oscar Niemeyer
  • Mother
  • Day
  • Air

• If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Something
  • Before
  • Shy

• I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'

  

  Eddie Guerrero
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Stop

• Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Deep
  • Winter
  • Roots

• In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Life
  • Work
  • Thinking

• I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.

  

  Karrie Webb
  • People
  • Kids
  • Want

• I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.

  

  Deborah Sampson
  • Done

• I would say 'woman' used to be a noun, and now it is a noun and also an adjective. And words change their functions in that way. It's one of the most common phenomena about words. They start as one thing, and they end up as something else.

  

  Deborah Tannen
  • Up
  • Words

• I'm not a Trump guy, but I do like what he's done with political speak. He's changed the conversation quite a bit. It's interesting to watch that happen.

  

  Dean Cain
  • Done
  • Guy
  • Political

• Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.

  

  Yoshihiko Noda
  • World
  • Country
  • Want

• Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance.

  

  George R. Roberts
  • Country