English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Donna Shalala Quotes

I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.

Donna Shalala

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful. George Andrew Olah
Keith Richards quote: "You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its..."
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. Keith Richards
But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place. Lawrence Summers
I thought that the difference between a successful life and an unsuccessful one, between me at that moment and all the people who owned the cars that were nosed-in to their proper places in the lot, maybe between me and that woman out in the trailers by the gold mine, was how well you were able to put things like this out of your mind and not be bothered by them, and maybe too, by how many troubles like this one you had to face in a lifetime. Richard Ford
When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall. And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So I'd sidle over to the door and I'd pull it open. Neil Gaiman
The Martha Stewart trial makes clear how far women have risen in the business world. America can be proud of our equal-opportunity prosecution and conviction. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Once upon a time black male “cool” was defined by the ways in which black men confronted hardships of life without allowing their spirits to be ravaged. They took the pain of it and used it alchemically to turn the pain into gold. That burning process required high heat. Black male cool was defined by the ability to withstand the heat and remain centered. It was defined by black male willingness to confront reality, to face the truth, and bear it not by adopting a false pose if cool while... Bell Hooks
For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals. Emily Deschanel
Nicholas Johnson quote: "All television is educational television. The question is:..."
All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? Nicholas Johnson
Nadine Gordimer quote: "Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and..."
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area. Nadine Gordimer
Dick Wolf quote: "It's show business. No show, no business."
It's show business. No show, no business. Dick Wolf
Norman Cousins quote: "He who keeps his cool best wins."
He who keeps his cool best wins. Norman Cousins
I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and, in fact, before I even went on the staff I was sent to Europe to do assignments which they wouldn't normally do for a young photographer just starting out. Gordon Parks
Boris Spassky quote: "I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is..."
I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. Boris Spassky
Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with. Chuck Norris