Quotes of: Spurred Keyword

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

Kenneth Blackwell

Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.

Cheryl Cole

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

Douglas Hurd

The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?

Marquis de Sade

I've followed the NBA religiously since I was a kid, and now because of my boy Tony Parker, I'm a huge Spurs fan.

Thierry Henry

Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.

Carlo Collodi

I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.

George Carey

The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

Mike Pence

Tax incentives might spur hiring in the short run, but how lasting are those gains if the jobs expire with the tax credits and they come at the expense of investing in the new technologies of the future?

Myron Scholes

Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.

David Lehman

It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.

John Doerr

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

And in me too the wave rises. It swells; it arches its back. I am aware once more of a new desire, something rising beneath me like the proud horse whose rider first spurs and then pulls him back. What enemy do we now perceive advancing against us, y...

The Waves

Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur.

The Infernals

Spurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself.

Russell Brand

Indeed, this crisis was also spurred by the abandonment of professional ideals in the pursuit of profit that made managed care necessary in the first place.

Sandeep Jauhar

My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.

Miranda Hart

Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.

Robert Reich

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write.

Nell Freudenberger

Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

Robert Zoellick