Alexi Giannoulias Quotes

Look, the, the - this country has not lived within its means for a very long time, and, and the truth is we're going to have to take our medicine.

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• Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Knowledge
  • Integrity

• To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.

  

  Yaya Toure
  • Want
  • Negative
  • Recognition

• I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Death
  • Government
  • Lying

• What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Game
  • New York
  • Media

• Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Sometimes
  • Laugh
  • I Can

• To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Sin
  • Longer
  • Forsake

• Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Real
  • Opportunity
  • Fashion

• It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Work
  • Independent
  • Wealth

• It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • God
  • Day
  • End

• I don't have many friends.

  

  Larry David
  • Friends
  • Many

• I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.

  

  S. Robson Walton
  • Believe
  • May
  • Circumstances

• By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.

  

  Harry A. Blackmun
  • Free
  • Hands
  • Censorship

• Music is like my security blanket.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Security
  • Blanket

• I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.

  

  Vince Cable
  • Thinking
  • Growth
  • Environmental

• A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Things
  • Inspiration
  • Banal

• If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • People
  • Time
  • Heart

• I'm unemployable in any other capacity.

  

  Barry Unsworth
  • Capacity
  • Other
  • Any

• Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.

  

  Ragnar Frisch
  • Science
  • Planning
  • Economic

• All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos.

  

  Dieter Rams
  • Ugly
  • Chaos

• Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.

  

  Finn Wittrock
  • Up
  • Great
  • God

• Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • World
  • Trying
  • Love

• I was a big fan of amateur wrestling, and I loved it and dedicated my whole life to it for 20-something years, and it's not really a glory-getting sport.

  

  Dolph Ziggler
  • Life
  • Wrestling

• I've long thought that Marco Rubio would make a strong G.O.P. candidate for president. While he was brought into office by surfing on the Tea Party wave, he has proven himself not to be wedded to the frequent lunacy of those folks.

  

  Kurt Eichenwald
  • Long
  • Strong
  • Party

• Look, the, the - this country has not lived within its means for a very long time, and, and the truth is we're going to have to take our medicine.

  

  Alexi Giannoulias
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  • Country