#sayin

Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me? ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#day #go #i #me #negative

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#life #much #people #people say #reality

But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people health care, at the margins that's going to increase our costs, we knew that. ↗

— Barack Obama

#care #consequence #costs #getting #going

Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?' ↗

— Barack Obama

#democrats #done #house #i #know

A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're just saying 'No. they're not casting non-white.' You're lumped into a category with people who are just not white. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#casting #category #even #get #i

The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions. And I think that will lead to a higher-quality, lower-cost system over time. ↗

— Peter Orszag

#decisions #doctors #fact #i #i think

I'm coming into places with some people who just want to hear what I did before, with some people who want to hear me with a band, but I am just at the moment sticking to my guns and saying, 'You know what? I want you just to hear this for a minute. I want it to be in the context of me and a guitar.' ↗

— Beth Orton

#band #before #coming #context #did

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better. ↗

— Cynthia Ozick

#choose #cunning #never #obvious #saying

It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me. ↗

— Greg Rusedski

#always #big #go #golf #i

And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#businesspeople #days #did #door #else