- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clout Quotes
On having a seat at the table, or not.
These clout quotes weigh government leverage over biomedical research against the plain economic power that lets large nations and blocs sit at the negotiating Government table. Scale, in these lines, buys respect.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
No self-respecting country - especially one with our clout and proud history - should sign up to a proposal that surrenders the power to veto our foreign and trade policy to another entity.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Postcolonial critics are, I suspect, wrong when they argue that the mass of British people still mourn the loss of empire. But Britain's politicians - and its Foreign Office - have found it hard to adjust to the loss, not so much of onetime colonies as of the global clout the colonies once afforded.
- Director
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to keep myself busy creatively; it's for my own sanity after auditioning in the city for bad television shows and bad scripts and not being a name and having the clout to get my tapes passed on further.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do worry that as we try to fix this long-term debt and deficit situation that we don't destroy the market incentives for biomedical research. What I fear is the government using its considerable clout to say, 'Here's the price we're setting for your medicines.'
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to actively fight for players' rights. Not while I'm in college. I'm always going to keep a consistent track record of what I believe in. But I don't have the clout or the means.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born dirt-poor with barely a stitch on my back, and no name or prestige attached to me, and no real clout or connections.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any time a president is re-elected, he has a little more political clout to get things done.
- Greed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020