Helpful Quotes

Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do that. That would slow down economic growth. It's not necessarily helpful to the economy. Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.

If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.'

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.

When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.

It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death.

Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.

Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close now to having a balanced budget. All that has been very helpful.

I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.

I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful.

The supply of leaks is very large. It's helpful for us to have more people in this industry. It's protective to us.

I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that.

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.

I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.

My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

I think being a little nuts is helpful.

You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.

Also, schools share some responsibility and should offer helpful orientations that include general information about such recruitment efforts on their campuses.

This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.

I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.

Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful.

I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.