Bennard Rowland Quotes & Sayings

[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity. — Tom Harkin

The resurrection of Christ from the dead, next to the Crucifixion itself, is the most significant event in church history. It isn't a peripheral issue; it's foundational. It's bedrock. It's the bottom line. — Greg Laurie

I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served, and for which I believe I have sacrificed my life. — Thomas Drummond

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process. — Bill Huizenga

No doubt Noah offered his wife that olive branch. Forty days in a boat with those animals to clean up after? A peace offering likely all that stood between their marriage and bloody murder. — Gregory Maguire

The iPod is clearly a tipping point (and I'm not quite sure it is a wholly positive development), because it is a revolution in the way that we consume creative property, which I would call art. It has radically changed the relationship between the artist and the audience, how money changes hands, and how much money changes hands. Music was the first, and books are coming next. The Kindle or some form of electronic book is clearly inevitable, and it will massively reshape how books are sold, who pays for them, and how they're consumed. It is going to be really fascinating. — Malcolm Gladwell

I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories. — Alan Cumming

You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous. — Chita Rivera

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes. — Henry Cloud

Sometimes life just hands you more than you take. Then you just accept. — Charlaine Harris

Two such as you with such a master speed
Cannot be parted nor be swept away — Robert Frost

Sure, I'd play an ape if they asked me. Maurice Evans did. — Joan Crawford

A good zoo is how humans make amends. — Katherine Applegate

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation. — Tom Lantos