Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ebenezer Ekuban

I'd be lying to you if I said that it's just another game. It really isn't.

Andy Pettitte

I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a blow.

Richard Page

As someone who has shot in most disciplines, I can tell the House that when one is lying on ones stomach in Bisley with a sling round ones arm to hold the rifle steady, it is hard enough to hit the target on the right spot even when it is obligingly staying still. Foxes do not stay still. They move with remarkable rapidity.

Richard P. Feynman

The chance is high that the truth lies in the fashionable direction. But, on the off chance that it is in another direction — a direction obvious from an unfashionable view of field theory — who will find it? Only someone who has sacrificed himself by teaching himself quantum electrodynamics from a peculiar and unfashionable point of view; one that he may have to invent for himself.

Richard Hofstadter

Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual life lies not in the possession of truth but in the quest for new uncertainties.

Richard Hofstadter

To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes.

Rebecca West

There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition.

Umberto Eco

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

Umberto Eco

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

Terri Sullivan

I think it is a really good opportunity to show off Vancouver to the world. He's gone from having everything done for him and now there he is in Turin accepting the Olympic flag for Canada.

Julian Peterson

He was aggressive and you saw him accepting that challenge, ... Guys like him are going to do nothing but help our team.

David Twersky

He is really trying to change the rules of the game. Right now, those rules keep various parts of the world population from communicating with each other. He is trying to change those rules, and he is doing it in a very dramatic fashion by accepting the invitation to the September event.

Ahmed Rahman

He sabotaged the Mitchell report instead of accepting it when he said that he will continue building settlements. So what does the Mitchell report mean? Sharon wants to continue building settlements; therefore there will be no peace. Therefore if the occupation continues and the Israel army continues raiding Palestinian cities and people. So what does it mean when he accepts Mitchell report?

Ashley Lelie

He's definitely been playing a lot smarter. He's not trying to make every single play. It's a credit to him understanding and accepting his role on the team. He puts up wins for us when he plays smart like that.

William Cox

He shouldn't be even contemplating accepting employment for anything with somebody who's got an application before the board.

Duncan Hunter

I think that's accepting a falsehood and giving to the American people that somehow we don't treat prisoners right,

Ryan Phillippe

LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.

Joe Trippi

What drives me, really, is changing things, not accepting the conventional wisdom. I hate it when somebody says it can't be done. I know there are people saying Mfume can't win. But why? Tell me why.