Famous Quotes & Sayings

Octavia E. Butler

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

John Lynch

Did you know that the state is the proud owner of a condo complex in Conway? This budget adds a real estate manager position to assess what we own, and sell those properties that we don't need and shouldn't own.

Glen Sather

Marek is a big, strong defenseman who adds a physical presence to our blue line. His size and skill will bolster our penalty-killing unit.

Jose Alvarado

Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up,

Paul Alderete

It doesn't sound like a lot. And it isn't a lot but it's six more cents and when you put it in perspective it adds up.

Andy Pazder

It does the Nationwide Tour a world of good to be in the world ranking system. It adds to the credibility.

Marianne Wolk

I think he adds substantial credibility to the combination; it makes people very optimistic that he will build a significant and multibillion-dollar company over time,

Bob Rae

I think he adds a lot of perspective to any discussions about the future of the country.

Kathy Martin

It creates problems for our residents in the south. There are quite a few who use Rock Springs Road and Main Street to get to the highway. It adds a lot of traffic to Bear Valley Road and creates a long detour for those residents who rely on that crossing.

Jake Wien

During my time in New York I was interested in what was going on in the arts culture music, galleries, auction houses that's where I learned as much as I did about art history. It was the vortex of the art world and a fabulous place to get up to speed and develop one's eye.

Jenny Taylor

This is a true fine arts show, not an arts and crafts show. In the scope of today's world, fine art is expanding.

P. J. Harvey

The expert for Arts & Sciences will be from an arts and sciences background. So rather than one massive report, it will be a series of papers they will be developing for me.

Stephen Bell

Since I've been here I've found more great programs such as the Business College, College of Arts and Sciences.

Mike Elliott

Thank God for the arts center. But it's a lot harder for people to promote that image of Mesa.

Jim Baldwin

My wife had been teaching, on and off, since the early '70s and, when we moved here in 1983, she restarted her teaching career in Fairfax County, ... I got into Northern Virginia's Cultural Arts program, doing storytelling at school assemblies.

Jill Thomas

It is all about connecting the arts and the sciences.

David Rosen

The basic rationale is that performing arts courses are more expensive to teach and support. The classes are smaller, so there is more faculty.

Mike Merli

On a whole, though, the Film Society seeks to get a range of both foreign, independent, and as of last semester, classic films to screen at the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall on campus.

Ed Clark

Back in high school, I really wanted to be a diesel mechanic. I was building pools and it was still working with my hands. I was installing the (reinforcement) bars, shaping the pools and then they'd bring the cement in. It was great. . . . Then I had my accident.

Carli Smith

As of now, it's still in the park and they're just trying to put it in a cage and bring it to another location.

James Hitchcock

Once we got to know who he (Nelson) really was, ... he was able to really bring out some extraordinary ideas.

Wayne Thomas

The theme will speak to the complete change God can bring in a person. Where you truly experience grace, you can never grow tired of singing about it.

John Enos

The old township hall was much too small. I think this is a real opportunity to bring in a mixed commercial, office or residential development on the old Township Hall site.

Joe Ridout

The most shocking thing about this is the reforms we were looking for were so modest. They were nothing more than bringing cell phone companies in line with the standards that consumers expect in their other commercial interactions.

Bobby Carpenter

Seeing a lot of teams go to the 3-4, I think helps me. Looking around, it's tough to find a whole lot of guys who have the size and weight to play outside linebacker in the 3-4. You have to be a bigger, physical guy with good speed. That's something that's kind of a (rare) commodity in today's game. I think that's something I can bring to the table.

Larry Kersten

Sacrifice - Your role may be thankless, but if you're willing to five it your all, you just might bring success to those who outlast you.

George Husack

Sacramento State is another team that can cause trouble. They fight well and have talented players that can bring a top-level game at any time. We've been pretty successful with them the last several years, but can certainly not take anything for granted.

Jen Schlegel

Our theme is, ?Every walker counts in a community that cares,? because a walk like this shows the number of people who do care. I think the numbers speak loudly and are overwhelming that this is a great place to live.

Jeff Corey

are the types of tragedies that impact entire communities.

John McNeil

I've been very happy serving in a smaller school. It's a way of life for me. The interests of mine and the community have been the same. Rural schools have been my life. Montana is one of the most rural states. There's a need to educate every kid in the state.

Bridget Carey

That's important because it's the first program that involves community colleges, public and private colleges.

Fulton Sheen

You should realize that the community with which you deal is not the one of 42nd Street and Broadway, or Hollywood and Vine. These are the crusts on the great American sandwich. The meat is in between.

Jeffrey Immelt

You're going to have to look people in the eye and say, 'We've got to shut this factory and move it to China,' ... then in the afternoon, go out in the community and connect with people.

Bob Cameron

You name it, just about any program that involves youth in the community and we are likely a part of it.

Robert Prunty

This is big-time football. I don't the people in this community realize how big this is. They don't realize the level of football we're dealing with. They don't realize the pressure of the decision for these kids. This is about the next four years of their life.

Steven Mitchell

This project is a promise to the community and has been delayed several times. The longer it waits, the more money that will be spent in order to make it a reality.

Michael Clara

The very thing we're teaching our young men, the council is not doing to us.

Hassan Nasrallah

The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto.

Jose Maria Aznar

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Maybe we're better off with him sitting in New York at the U.N. than with him having an important post either in the State Department or in the National Security Council in the White House, actually shaping American policy.

Amr Moussa

We are 100 percent for the full implementation of Security Council resolutions, ... Here we shall not hesitate to say anything that shall lead to full implementation of the Security Council resolutions.

Bill Bowen

We are going through our council to draw up a plan. As of right now, the position of our university is that we want to keep our mascot, and we will re-appeal.

John Bolton

We are looking for a strong resolution for the council that will reflect the unified opinion about the seriousness of this matter and the importance of everybody co-operating.

John Lucas

The project was underway before council was dealing with the master plan. Until council actually approves a budget, you don't have money to do anything.

Charles Meador

We have the discretion to pick who we want to pick. I don't see any reasons why this council should tie its hands and limit its discretion as to who should serve us.

Mike Shula

Offense is what creates excitement. Defense just wins games.

Ray Giacoletti

I think he is the most improved player in the league. He is so much more skilled offensively and creates a lot of problems inside.

Katherine Jenkins

After doing 'Doctor Who,' I'm open-minded to doing more acting. Part of the reason you do a show like this is because it creates other opportunities you haven't had before.

Anthony Anderson

Kangaroo Jack is the first movie I've been in where I was the star, or co-star, so this is my baby. This is the one that holds special meaning to me.

Anthony Cordesman

It's 50-50 this thing holds together through the spring of 2006. But that is purely a guess.

Henry Lewis

The music, the dress, the color, the stage settings ? there's nothing in the world like it. The whole of Massachusetts should rush here, honestly.

Jeff Tweedy

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music. I listen to music on a Walkman; it's from the 19th century, I know.

Billie Holiday

I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.

Adam Lambert

I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.

Damon Albarn

It's important that Oasis are rude about everybody and that they get drunk...Fair enough. It's nice, isn't it? But it's nothing to do with me. They came to see us in Manchester and they were very pleasant boys. Very nice. I'd like to see that as a quote. Oasis are very nice boys.

Adele

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

Adele

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

Ace Frehley

I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.

Aeschylus

Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

Tony Robbins

The quality of one's life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself.

Tony Robbins

The quality of our questions determine the quality of our lives.

Shirley Henderson

I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.

Shawn Achor

By changing our mindset and habits, we can actually dramatically change the course of life, improve intelligence, productivity, improve the quality of our lives, and improve every single education and business outcome.

Shahrukh Khan

There is a fallible quality even in the greatest ones,everyone fails once in a while, be it Shah Rukh Khan or Ronaldhino

Randy Jackson

The public always picks quality.

Michael Pollan

Essentially, we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food.

Michael Pollan

High-quality food is better for your health.

Baruch Spinoza

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Ayelet Waldman

I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton.

Carter Burwell

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Billy Corgan

My view of the world is always tempered by the fact that there are people who are less fortunate than I am.

PewDiePie

I'm not out to max my income. I think my viewers would call me on that right away if I did.

Adam Carolla

I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. The thing is if you have 10 views that land you on the left side of the aisle and two views that land you on the right side of the aisle, then people just put you on the right side of the aisle. I'm not sure why.

Sam Kinison

I have lived a carnal life. My view of life is 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!' I don't have to go through the thing of paying for it in the next life. I know I'm screwed in the next life.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary and resulting from specific factors that will either change or be changed.

Sam Harris

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.