Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Ridley

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

Larry Sabato

I sincerely believe he did try to talk Card out of it, he didn't want to accept this ... and I was told that by somebody who has some knowledge of it.

Lyndon Johnson

I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president,

Rob Kardashian

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Wayne LaPierre

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

Walter Mondale

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

Bob DuPuy

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

Lusia Strus

I used to say yes to everything. Now I have to be excited about a script before I accept a role. I've been able to let a lot of things go-like worrying-in a good way. I wish I learned that 'wear-it-like-a-loose-garment' attitude earlier.

Phil DeMeulenaere

I used to be opposed to the racing, but when you see how dearly these dogs love to run, you accept it.

Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.

Ram Hernandez

After much work, we were able to come across a phone number and a phone call that was made to a family member. That phone call led us to a phone number and an address that led us to Fuentes' location. We had local law enforcement respond to that location and verify for us by seeing, speaking with, and even touching Naomi Fuentes to make sure she was alive and well.

Warren Tanner

After his finals run, and I realized I would not be going to the Olympics, I collected myself, and then walked across the finish area to shake his hand. It was probably the hardest thing I've ever done, shaking his hand, but at the same time I know he would have done the same for me. It was a really hard because I could feel how sad he was for me, even in his happiest moment. We were both crying. He said, 'I wanted us both to go...' 'Me too...' is all I could get out.

Duncan Sheik

After College I traveled across country to LA and within six months had a record deal - it was very premature, I was not ready to make a record.

Gia Coppola

After college, I drove across the country twice with friends. It was one of the most fascinating experiences of my life. I find it really inspiring seeing the country that way.

Robert Rosenberg

The most significant driver may well be the growth in the number of business locations or endpoints that connect to each other across a WAN. When you compare the growth of establishments to the growth of managed network connections, the increasing need for managed services is unmistakable.

Robert Graves

Across two counties he can hear / And catch your words before you speak. / The woodlouse or the maggot's weak / Clamour rings in his sad ear, / And noise so slight it would surpass / Credence.

Katherine Miller

Across the street, they'll offer a nurse whatever it takes to get them. They'll bring them in at the top of the pay grade.

Jim Shroyer

Across the state we have pretty good stands and it's hanging on. I'm guardedly optimistic about the crop but the longer we go without rain the more pessimistic I get.

Bobby Jindal

In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.

Norm Roberts

The young man was definitely excited about the Garden and St. John's, but it wasn't a slam dunk. Anthony told me early on: 'I'm not telling my kid where to go. We may be friends, but my son is going to choose where he wants to go.'

Cui Yugui

They (the migrant workers) are separated from their spouses for a large part of the year. They don't earn much, but they choose to spend a lot on the test. It is such a pity.

Greg Stumbo

It is unprecedented for the governor's office to choose the judges in its own case. All parties should disclose any prior contacts with the special justices.

F. Stone

It's an underreported fact that women have been the voting majority since 1964. In the same year that women are poised to take over the Net, we'll also choose who our next President will be.

Ed Perry

It's a nice thing to get. They're quite discriminating in who they choose for the award, so it's an honor.

Jeffrey Jacobs

It's all a matter of quality. I choose what I think people will like to see, films with an interesting story, directing and acting.

Tom Renney

It's a judgment day for our team. This season could be recognized one way or the other by how we choose to perform on Saturday. We want the outcome to obviously be in our favor. We have to play a good, strong, playoff hockey game and if we do that, we'll put ourselves in a position to win it anyway.

Howard Simon

This lawsuit is not about the Pledge of Allegiance. It is about his right to choose not to stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Gabriella Goddard

This is your life. Choose to live it to the fullest.

Tzipi Livni

The process clearly is a process that leads in the direction of two states, ... We will lead in the direction of two states.

Ken Peterson

And we'll do more, ... once it's clear from our colleagues what their needs are.

Rudyard Kipling

An' for all 'is dirty 'ide / 'E was white, clear white inside / When 'e went to tend the wounded under fire.

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And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear of what you worship, / Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.

Brent Erickson

DuPont is a big ship, and it doesn't turn quickly, but it is clear that it is turning in the direction of industrial biotech.

Joan Baez

Dylan made it pretty clear he didn't want to do all that other stuff,

Steve Fulton

Each tunnel in the sky must react to other tunnels in the same way as it does to keep clear of terrain.

Andris Piebalgs

Europe needs a clear and more collective policy on the security of our energy supply. Now, powers reside at the national level and we need a Europe-wide approach.

Adam Arkin

ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that we couldn't compete with that.

Tzipi Livni

The process clearly is a process that leads in the direction of two states, ... We will lead in the direction of two states.

David Page

Contrary to the dire predictions that have become popular over the last decade, the sky is *not* falling on the Y. This research clearly demonstrates that natural selection has effectively preserved regions of the Y chromosome that have no mechanisms with which to repair damaged genes.

Toni Sacconaghi

Since he took over, the stock has gone up 25 percent, so clearly the market...appears to be expecting material cost-cutting, of which I would presume a significant ingredient would be work force reduction.

Damion Easley

He's valuable to us. He clearly has his purpose, and he clearly helps us out.

Dick Jauron

He's a high-quality player and clearly has had a lot of years of high-level play. He's been an integral part of (the team) for a long time.

Steve Neimeth

Good news out of 'mega-cap' companies like Exxon and Wal-Mart is clearly a positive for the market.

Frank Mauro

He's proposing tax cuts that are clearly not affordable. If they were affordable, he would do them all this year.

Ian Shepherdson

Mr. Greenspan clearly wants to leave the door open to lower rates, but he was more explicit this time in his acknowledgement that there are risks on the other side.

Robert Rosenberg

My impression is they would not slow down. The momentum, it seems to me, is clearly on the side of the phone companies.

Hassan Nasrallah

Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist.

Hassan Nasrallah

Syria has a strategic position in the region, I don't deny her role, her alliance with the resistance or our friendship with her although that many Lebanese pretended to have forgotten that there is an enemy called Israel which is still targeting us and constituting a danger to the Lebanese people.

Hassan Nasrallah

That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.

Hassan Nasrallah

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah

I am against any reconciliation with Israel.

James Blunt

This will be my first visit [to Israel]. I've heard it's a special place, that Tel Aviv is exciting and that the atmosphere is excellent....I hope I'll have time to visit the holy places.

James G. Frazer

Some of the old laws of Israel are clearly savage taboos of a familiar type thinly disguised as commands of the Deity.

Gerald R. Ford

The United States ... has been proud of its association with the State of Israel. We shall continue to stand with Israel. We are committed to Israel's survival and security. The United States for a quarter of a century has had an excellent relationship with the State of Israel. We have cooperated in many, many fields - in your security, in the well-being of the Middle East, and in leading what we all hope is a lasting peace throughout the world.

Howard Berman

American foreign policy has been - and must continue to be - based on unequivocal support for Israel's right to exist and to be free from terror.

Mark Reiland

Obviously, we won the right one. We wanted to win both, but if we had to pick one, this would be the one we'd pick.

Paul Horn

Basically, I like to pick up my flute, which is a pretty instrument, and play pretty on it.

Heidi Klum

Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.'

Ian Gold

Unfortunately for us, he was able to get back in the pocket, take his time and pretty much pick us apart.

Rochelle Aytes

First and foremost, I enjoy working. I'm not at that level where I can pick and choose anything. When I get hired, I take it, and I'm like, 'Let's go!'

David Edwards

My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.

Winston Churchill

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Tom Osborne

When you get your quarterback back, now that's a big deal. USC, because of that factor, if you had to pick a team, they'd be the favorite.

Tom Osborne

When you get your quarterback back, now that's a big deal, ... USC, because of that factor, if you had to pick a team, they'd be the favorite.

William Shakespeare

Who is so firm that can't be seduced?

Melinda Gates

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

Strom Thurmond

New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States.

Beth Robertson

One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.