Pet Projects Quotes

#1. Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests.

Bud Grant

#2. I've been lucky. I've made films that I really like. It's been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. I've gone after lots of things that I didn't get, pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really, you're lucky if you get anything.

Hope Davis

#3. We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.

Nick Lampson

#4. Multitracking keeps egos in check. If your boss has three pet projects in play, chances are she'll be open to unvarnished feedback about them, but if there's only one pet project, it will be harder for her to hear the truth. Her ego will be perfectly conflated with the project.

Chip Heath

#5. Our spending priorities are clearly in question when we are increasing bond indebtedness on pet projects such as museums while our infrastructure is allegedly failing. Mississippians are spending more on basic needs than ever. They don't need their state government making that worse.

Chris McDaniel

#6. The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects.

Chris Chocola

#7. I think it's so much fun to create a space. As the world has gotten more and more hectic - with these horrible catastrophes [happening] - people are going out less, ordering in, [having guests over]. People love to be in their homes.

Aerin Lauder

#8. If we're not enthusiastic, we can't get things done. If we're over-enthusiastic, we run into the danger of being fanatical.

Woodrow Wyatt

#9. Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.

Rani Mukerji

#10. If I can change bodies with anyone, it would be Britney Spears because how can you not like Britney Spears?

Lindsay Lohan

#11. Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than any other agency in the world.

Richard Le Gallienne

#12. A final word on self-criticism: Do not beat up on yourself. Even if you think you know your flaws, there is no need to advertise them. Most people won't have noticed.

Philip Toshio Sudo

#13. How like an angel came I down!

Thomas Traherne

#14. But Lucy had grown up safe and sheltered, and she believed people were good. "I trust him," she said, holding his gaze. What she didn't add was that she'd hold the devil's hand if he offered to help her over the mountains.

Mindy McGinnis

#15. When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions? ... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices ... people are struggling with those profound issues.

Hillary Clinton

#16. Suicide isn't cowardly. I'll tell you what's cowardly; treating people so badly that they want to end their lives.

Ashley Purdy

#17. The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

Kenneth Branagh

#18. I look at each day as a chance to move one notch above yesterday - whether it's in service quality, delivery, speed, or any other aspect of the business.

Daniel Snyder