In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt. – Ann Kirkpatrick
With so many amazing artists on one bill, we expect this concert to be incredibly powerful in its ability to raise both money and awareness for the long-term rebuilding effort we must all support. – Brad Delson
I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being. – Al Roker
I always knew that it was going to be an uphill climb to replace Letterman from complete obscurity with no experience, but I think I had to go through it to know exactly what a titanic effort that was going to be. – Conan O’Brien
A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. – Chuck Palahniuk
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. – Colin Powell
Our photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic. – Al Goldstein
I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people. – Al Jourgensen
If things don’t come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit. – Branch Rickey
When I step into a character’s shoes, I don’t judge them. I make a conscious effort not to look from the outside in but look from the inside out, and when you do that it allows you to feel and sense things more, and act and react from a core, you know? – Abbie Cornish
I really believe in the environmental movement right now – it only takes a little effort to make a big difference. – Brooke Burke
While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions unfortunately struggle in their effort to peacefully coexist. – Alcee Hastings
My own experience is that there is no real effort in life that is not done better under encouragement and approval of our fellow men. – Charles M. Schwab
Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon. – Ariel Sharon
Some BuzzFeed articles are written by smart people who use complete sentences. Some of the disposable lists are witty and appear to have taken some effort to put together. – Alex Pareene
The final effort came when our reconnaissance team reported contact with the POWs and their guards by radio near midnight at a pre-arranged crossing site. – Bo Gritz
Anyone can negatively criticize – it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires. – Chuck Jones
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone. – Bryant H. McGill
There’re so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I’m making an effort. – Ajay Devgan
I don’t want to be polite. I don’t think campaigning is polite. That’s a disingenuous effort. – Carl Paladino
I like it when people make an effort to wear things that you wouldn’t normally put together – I like eccentrics. – Bat for Lashes
Every major federal campaign-finance-reform effort since 1943 has attempted to treat corporations and unions equally. If a limit applied to corporations, it applied to unions; if unions could form PACs, corporations could too; and so on. DISCLOSE is the first major campaign-finance bill that has not taken this approach. – Bradley A. Smith
Fortunately art is a community effort – a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh. – Allen Ginsberg
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed. – Anita Desai
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. – Claude Debussy
