Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ismail Kadare

I am of the opinion that I am not a political writer, and, moreover, that as far as true literature is concerned, there actually are no political writers. I think that my writing is no more political than ancient Greek theatre. I would have become the writer I am in any political regime.

Giraldus Cambrensis

Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value than to the just quantity or proportion of territory.

Katherine Anderton

The acquisition is significant because it contains stunning ancient redwood trees in an area of the redwood range where there is relatively little old growth left.

Bhagavad Gita

The ancient seekers of liberation also performed their duties with this understanding. Therefore, you should do your duty as the ancients did.

Michael Armstrong

The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.

Steve Downs

The Ancient Order of Hibernians in Albany has a strong interest in promoting public awareness of the Wounded Warrior Project so these brave men and women receive all of the assistance needed to resume their lives.

Jay Johnson

the ancient craft to its rightful place as an art form. In the show, he takes us on a multi-dimensional journey that combines his skills with a parade of characters that range from a subversive monkey to a withering tennis ball.

Thyagarajan Satyamurthy

We could never study an ancient tsunami without having some man-made materials surviving from that time. This temple is our link to that.

Martha Beck

As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.

Rebel Wilson

I'm trained in musical theatre and 'Pitch Perfect' is the first movie where I get to really belt out. I beat Adele for that role.

Rickie Fowler

When I was a kid, dressing right and looking good was a priority. As I grew up, I just wanted to stay that way, stick out a bit and have my own thing. That's where white belts and wearing some colors started. So signing with Puma was a great fit for me. I usually travel with nine pairs of golf shoes and 10 belts.

Todd Pletcher

We'll play things by ear. She hadn't run in a while, so having this race under her belt should help her.

Robert Blades

Today was a great day for our kids. The course is the toughest we'll see all year. A lot of them stepped up, ran their best. We had a few injuries that caused Ryder Pierce, Nick Belt not to finish, but we ran really well.

Steve Sullivan

We've got one game still to go, and it will be the difference between a good trip and a great trip. But we knew March was going to be tough with a couple of these long road trips. It's good to get one under our belt with some success.

Lorenzo Codogno

With the energy bill having increased recently, the risk is that consumers will tighten their belts over Christmas. The euro-zone economy is still at risk of a disappointing Christmas.

John Sweeney

We have had a reduction in staff and we have had to tighten our belts in some of the different programs.

Mitch Hedberg

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. So which ones the real hero?

Michelle Lyons

Most inmates with an escape under their belt are housed under our highest level of security.

Peggy Noonan

There is nothing wrong with being a declared liberal or conservative and conducting a sympathetic interview with a political figure who shares your views.

Jonathan Tucker

Most of the inspectors, even though they have technical skills, are not experienced in conducting inspections, and they'll be on a very steep learning curve.

Jane Duffield

Most investigators conducting research make that determination themselves.

Dave Bristow

We've talked with students and the teacher and are conducting an investigation, but so far we haven't found anything to back up the allegations that were made. What we found so far seems to support the teacher's allegations.

Mike Zafirovski

We have a team currently conducting a full review of our R&D priorities and investment areas. You can expect us to continue to share details related to R&D prioritization as decisions are made over the next 12 months.

Brad Mitchell

If, after conducting market research, we find the public wants Christopher, we may revisit the decision.

Steve Collins

Gustav is a true master of the traditional repertoire; it's a real inspiration to work with someone who knows the repertoire with such intimacy. He's such a skilled communicator, and his conducting technique is unparalleled.

Ellen Smith

The people who were inspecting the mine will not be the people conducting the investigation.

David Hare

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

Bryan Q. Miller

The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm.

Brewster Kahle

Wouldn't it be great if you could put all the published works online? The Internet Archive is trying to become useful as a modern-day digital library.

Ian Holloway

We need to learn to dig out results like this and I also want us to work on our away form.

Patrick O'Brian

I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.

Richie Sambora

There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard.

Drake Bell

Most of the people who watch the show gravitate toward the music, ... A lot of the kids dig that.

John Taylor

Microsoft has recognized that owning a significant piece of real estate in the living room is key to them being a winner in digital entertainment, ... This is a strategic investment and part of a long-term plan for them.

Chris White

Microsoft is stepping up to support this vision further with 'anywhere everywhere' protected digital bits.

Kirk Hinrich

We just can't dig holes for ourselves like that. We spend all our energy trying to get back in the game. We've got to stay in the game. We're not playing a full game -- we're just playing in stretches right now.

Timothy Noah

We live in an era of mind-blowing scientific discovery, virtually none of which ever makes the front page, even as every trivial twist and turn in the rococo political drama has a secure place as the lead story.

Donatella Versace

To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.

Antoine Rivarol

Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration.

Lorenzo Codogno

That whole era is gone for good and not many people will regret its passing.

Mario Andretti

Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.

E. B. White

It is extremely brazen and it's a top-down fraud, ... It involved literally erasing expenses from the general ledger.

Beck

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

Beck

I grew up I guess you'd say in the cassette era.

Yoshinori Ohno

We are in fact opening a new era

Scott Hand

we are interested in exploring future opportunities in the region.

Mark Cuban

Just the process of exploring the options has been very difficult.

Rich Zurek

I think it is just a fascinating time. We are seeing the planets for the first time. Whether we are exploring through humans or by robots.

Josh Bernstein

I think its great that so many people are being turned on to exploring history,

Gerhard Schroeder

We are exploring the question of whether full-fledged negotiations can start, ... In such a phase, it's a political mistake to pose ultimatums.

Elliott McCullough

We're exploring options. We want to make this as painless as possible." ()

Jill Lajdziak

We're exploring different alternatives. We're not ready to talk about that today.

Chuck D.

We're exploring all sorts of options for waste. There's so much of it.

Ellen Stofan

We like to talk about pioneering Mars rather than just exploring Mars, because once we get to Mars, we will set up some sort of permanent presence.

Giles Foden

Ordinary Kenyans rightly want to be able to shop safely, and there is a long history of them doing just that, irrespective of their religion or that of the shop owner.

Colm Meaney

It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history.

Rick Perlstein

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

F. Sionil Jose

My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

Bernard Beckett

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed.

Bernard Berenson

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Antoine Rivarol

History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events.

Megan Smith

We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you.

Scott Stossel

I've always been interested in intellectual history and in psychology, and anxiety is obviously something that's been a big part of my life.

Liu Yang

Performing tai chi in space - it is comfortable; we got more outer space chi.

Matt Maldre

Tourists who go to outer space should stay out there.

Vincent Piazza

I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.

Frank Zappa

On the Planet of Baritone women, they talk low.

Steve Gross

The trend has long been for spaces to migrate to the outer boroughs. It seems like the tide is turning.

William Burroughs

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ''I want to see the manager.''

Dorothy Nolte

We're all interdependent and we have a planetary family,

Jim Watzin

LRO, in all respects, is a unique and challenging planetary mission.

David Quammen

Nor are we the culmination of evolution, except in the sense that there has never been another species so bizarrely ingenious that it could create both iambic pentameter and plutonium.

Bill Gates

The concept of this so-called "TerraPower reactor" is that you, in the same reactor, you both burn and breed. So, instead of making plutonium and then extracting it, we take uranium - the 99.3 percent that you normally don't do anything with - we convert that, and we burn it.

Amy Lee

I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

Dave Eggers

Why did we do that to Pluto? We had it good with Pluto.

Kate Bush

Chips of plutonium are twinkling in every lung,

Erykah Badu

I'm pretty mutable as a human being, period - if you put me on Pluto, I can figure it out.

Jay Asher

What the hell happened to Pluto?!

Robin Williams

Never go to Pluto, it's a Mickey Mouse planet.

Alex Young

We would ultimately like to have a warning system throughout the solar system so we could know when these storms will occur.

Patrick Moore

There's no way that solar panels or windmills can do it themselves.

O. Henry

It's going right on out of the solar system.

Donald Yeomans

If you wish to study what the solar system is made of you study comets.