Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cory Doctorow

What little empirical evidence is out there points to eBooks and free downloading increases sales on a net basis.

Philip Shaw

A lot of research in intelligence has not been that great. I would hope by this modest descriptive study to put things on an empirical footing.

John Fiske

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed.

Adnan Pachachi

The security forces are perceived by many Iraqis as being under the influence of these militias. There seems to be empirical evidence that especially the Interior Ministry have been infiltrated by these forces, no doubt.

George Akerlof

The whole intention of empirical economics is to force theory down to Earth.

Alan Huffman

The ocean is the last frontier of human empirical knowledge; even the contours on that eighth-grader's globe are the product of a mix of scientific measurement, inference and conjecture.

Neil Johnson

We have no evidence that he is deceased right now. We are hoping for a rescue.

Robert Francis

We have no evidence at this point that this was not an accident,

Richard Butler

What there is now is evidence that Saddam has reinvigorated his nuclear weapons program.

Jim Fitzpatrick

There is no medical or scientific evidence that Vioxx contributed to Mr. Humeston's heart attack.

Dr Chan

Until we see further evidence we are still at phase three of the pandemic alert.

Marty Kaplan

Until now, there was not evidence that the magazines, the tabloids, were taking proactive steps to protect Schwarzenegger.

Richard Zurek

What we're really looking for is that sweet spot where we can go down with other instruments and look for evidence of life.

Cindy Shaw

We would remain on the sidelines pending evidence the plan is working.

Glenn Haberbush

We're still returning to pre-hurricane levels but in general this is a good report. This is further evidence labor markets are still healthy in the U.S.

Donald Rumsfeld

We're not going to rule out anything, but we don't have any plans at the present time to use U.S. forces in that way,

Abdul Aziz

The (number) of forces taking part in security in the hajj this year is around 60,000.

Charles Scribner, Jr.

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

Allan Mayer

The movie star is past its peak in terms of its power. Which is not to say it's not very powerful, but people are realizing that other forces at work are more powerful, which no one can quite identify yet.

Jerry Jones

Some teams had to sacrifice to get this done. This proposal (from the union) is really a mean mother. It forces us to really make some adjustments to how we do business.

Nancy Corona

Some don't stop and just keep going until weather forces them down.

Doug Melvin

Sometimes, you have to meet face-to-face to get things done. It forces the issue.

Geoff Hoon

the right group of forces for the sort of tasks that may be necessary.

Condoleezza Rice

This is not the Gulf War coalition, where we all mobilize our military forces and march off to war after 100 days,

Lykke Li

Where I've been hasn't influenced my music. It's more what I listen to. You can find music everywhere, so moving hasn't really influenced my music, more me as a person.

Bill Johnson

Faith doesn't deny a problems existence. It denies it a place of influence.

Nobu Matsuhisa

I used to watch my mother cooking when I was a child; she influenced me a lot.

Emilio Estefan

They're versatile because they're bicultural. They have the syncopation of Latin music, and at the same time, they have all the influence of American pop.

Todd Brown

It is unbelievable the influence you, as coaches, have. You, as coaches, speak volumes to these kids, ... It's what they see that they learn.

Siobhan Davies

It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.

Joan Maloney

They didn't want to be influenced in any way; the work has to stand alone.

James Browning

They're having to scramble more to keep this influence peddling under the radar, ... Is that progress?

Steve Largent

I can't tell you how important it is for people on the public stage to utilize that stage in a constructive, positive way. When you're in the public eye, you have a decision to make - whether you are going to be an influence or not.

Hossam Bahgat

This development is only the latest step in a long series of restrictive measures to be recommended by the interior ministers' council.

Bucky Johnson

We were much better (tonight) on the interior defense.

Francois Hollande

I think when you are interior minister and number two in the government, you should master your own language,

Mahmoud Abbas

The PA Interior Ministry is playing the role of the

Saddam Hussein

If you're scared of the interior minister, he doesn't scare my dog.

Jon Hlafter

The interiors will be sheet-rock with skin plaster walls, like normal buildings, just like Bloomberg.

Joan Smith

After there are no more leaks, we will do interior work. And one of the first things we have to do is get those pigeons out.

Trevor Creed

You don't have to sacrifice interior (space) for the times you need to load things in it.

Andrew Krepinevich

As long as there is no government, Iraqis tend to view the situation as one of occupation.

Ken Bacon

Sophisticated systems such as the SAM-6 missile can be moved very easily. The Iraqis do that, and the Serbs do it as well.

George H. W. Bush

positive day for the Iraqis and as well for world peace.

Jalal Talabani

Furthermore, the Iraqis do not want to be more Palestinians than the Palestinians themselves,

Lawrence Eagles

Most of these projects were supposed to be done last year. If U.S. money had been made available, Iraqis could have done the job faster. Whichever way you look in the short term, it comes back to security.

James Dobbins

Most Iraqis remain less secure than they were under Saddam, less secure even than they were in the first year of the American occupation.

Zalmay Khalilzad

The reaction that's needed by the Iraqis -- they need to come together.

Rep. Andrews

I'm not watching dates, I'm watching trained Iraqis. Five-thousand Iraqis trained -- 5,000 Americans come home.

Michael Rubin

The Iraqis have consistently surprised us at every milestone.

Beth Moore

Ministry to an individual is as mighty an act of God as is ministry to the masses.

David Parsons

The Tourism Ministry recognizes that it's time for us to have a stake in this as well.

John Tesh

To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.

Sam Wright

Freddie Edwards of The Sanctuary called and said the ministry will do what it can.

Geoffrey Chaucer

And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach

Jakob Nielsen

On the Web, all advantages are temporary, and you must keep innovating to stay ahead

J. K. Rowling

The Ministry places a rather higher value on my life than yours, I’m afraid.

J. K. Rowling

The ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming.

Jerry B. Jenkins

No life is messier than one in ministry

Lord Puttnam

The substance of what we do and how we do it is probably even more important than how that is perceived and how we communicate it.

Oleg Cassini

What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.

Karen Woodall

The poor are not perceived as voters. You can see that's what legislators think when they make these spending decisions.

Spencer Waller

I don't think they want to be perceived as doing a lay-down in some kind of face-saving settlement, especially where that won't end the case, with the states going forward.

Yasser Elguindi

OPEC wants to be perceived as part of the solution, not part of the problem,

Park Chan-wook

The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.

Umera Ahmad

The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.

John Nienstedt

You have to be perceived as pure if you want a shot in this campaign.

Atifete Jahjaga

The security of the woman is the security of society.

Benjamin Franklin

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

Lincoln Chafee

It's a very tenuous security situation, ... I'd been there a year ago -- what a change.

Christopher Shays

Awesome. This wasn't about Connecticut. This was about the security of the United States. & It was an overwhelming vote by the commission.

Max Baucus

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

Chuck Austin

Our distributed support and security system was failing.

Richard Pennington

The things we need for security aren't getting done,

B. F. Skinner

The security for this is incredible. It's taken me by surprise, actually.

Juergen Peters

We wanted security and security is what we have got.

Laurie Lee

With three kids, it seems like I'm always shelling out $5 here and $5 there,

Janet Anderson

It's just really unfortunate that there seems to be shortsightedness in this whole situation.

Scott Gomez

It seems like it's early. But it isn't. We need these points.

Jeffrey Cohen

It seems like a wonderful thing to do.

Jim Smith

It seems like a simple business. But it's as complicated as it can get.

Max Winkler

It seems like a really fun way to make a living, but I'm truly terrible at acting.

Pete Kendall

It seems like a long time since we've done anything.

Melanie Troxel

It seems like we can do no wrong. I'm as surprised as anybody. I don't want to wake up from this.

Larry Coker

It seems like three years to the players.