Christmas Fundraising Quotes & Sayings

When everything seems to be going well and your dream is almost within your gasp, that is when you must be more alert than ever. — Paulo Coelho

I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. military actions against ISIS. We must stand up against this vile enemy and protect United States citizens both at home and abroad. — Bradley Byrne

I wouldn't have Elvis Presley on my show at any time. — Ed Sullivan

sounding now/old songs/deep water/no-Great Voices/no-Shark/old songs/new songs — Dan Simmons

How could Lincoln reply to such comments, without offending abolitionists or frightening slave-owning Unionists from the Upper South? Placating words were likewise out of the question. A plea from Virginia suggesting Lincoln need do no more than assure Southerners they had the right to bring their property into all American territories reminded the dubious president-elect of an apt story. It concerned a little girl who begged her mother to let her play outside. The mother repeatedly said no, the child persisted, and the mother finally lost patience and gave her a whipping, "upon which," Lincoln chortled, "the girl exclaimed: 'Now, Ma. I can certainly run out. — Harold Holzer

I think that was the most words we've ever said to each other," Kowalski commented, glancing over at me. "Well, that's Ian, Captain Communication. — Mary Calmes

In today's world, terrorists are the most significant practitioners of the art of inducing availability cascades. With a few horrible exceptions such as 9/11, the number of casualties from terror attacks is very small relative to other causes of death. Even in countries that have been targets of intensive terror campaigns, such as Israel, the weekly number of casualties almost never came close to the number of traffic deaths. The difference is in the availability of the two risks, the ease and the frequency with which they come to mind. Gruesome images, endlessly repeated in the media, cause everyone to be on edge. As — Daniel Kahneman

We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that. — Chelsea Clinton

You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.' — Eli Roth

The gift of sight to see beyond The darker clouds of now! — John McLeod

I want to save my soul, that timid wind. — Susan Sontag

Silk scarves are my thing. I tie them to my handbag or thread them through belt loops or wear them in my hair. Never round my neck, though. — Michelle Dockery