Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Chris Bohjalian

My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.

Chinua Achebe

You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.

Edith Sitwell

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.

Edith Wharton

I'm not much interested in travelling scholarships for women - or in fact in scholarships, tout court! - they'd much better stay at home and mind the baby. Still less am I interested in scholarships for female Yids ....

Eddie Money

Take me home tonight, listen honey, just like Ronnie sang, be my little baby.

Eartha Kitt

When my baby was born I had to know how to save her in case she fell in the pool or something like that. I went to one of these nursing places to learn how to take care of the child.

David Walker

In my view, the greatest threat to America's future isn't hiding in a cave in Pakistan or Afghanistan; it's right here at home. Baby boomers like myself are on course to become the first generation of Americans who leave things in worse shape than they found them.

David Duchovny

I don't know about the baby, but I will be interested to see, like anyone who's a fan of the show [how it's resolved]," he said, and then joked, "They'll have to resolve me while I'm not there, so I hope they don't say, 'Oh yeah, Mulder's gone, what an asshole. He had a baby with me, he kissed me and then he left.'

Douglas Duncan

We have seen a lot of pre-positioning. Boomers are buying that retirement home before they have sold their current residence.

Suzanne Miklos

A lot of the things we talk about the Generation Y wanting are in complete harmony with what the boomers want in order to stay.

Mark Greenberg

They know their customers better than any casino company in the world, and they know the boomers are coming.

Janet Watermeier

It's sunny. We have no income tax. I think a lot of boomers will stay put and get second and third homes, and we're a candidate for that.

Cynthia Saccocia

Some boomers may want a view of the website that uses larger fonts. Also, new techno-graphic data indicates that older web users read from left to right, whereas younger users scan the page, searching for what they need.

Debbie Miller

This is not your father's Oldsmobile, ... It's much trendier and more sophisticated. The boomers don't want to live a stodgy life. They want activity. They want to be closer to theaters, restaurants.

J. Taylor

Eons' role is to see if we can shape a new era of power and fulfillment and value at every stage of life, starting at 50. I don't think there's very much offered out there in terms of being inspirational or challenging to these boomers and seniors with a lot more life to live.

Steve French

Boomers show a high level of comfort with technology. We find 81% use it to stay connected to their families, and 62% purchase products online.

Susan Davis

Boomers really have the chance to turn this around.

Brenda Powell

The postures are designed in a specific sequence to make sure all the muscle groups are being hit, and the immune system and internal organs.

Guy Gavriel Kay

When I am reading for research and making notes, I use a cleverly designed curved lap-desk, and I sit up dutifully, mindful of ergonomics and suchlike concepts. When reading for pleasure, I take advantage of the 'recline' in recliner.

Michael Unzueta

Whether they are designed to smuggle drugs, people, weapons or other contraband, these tunnels pose a threat to our nation's security.

Michael Griffin

What we're really developing is the shuttle's successor, ... The CEV is designed to go to low-Earth orbit.

Erik Lomis

We're going to make money with this picture. It was designed so that if it (grossed) $20 million or more we would do well. From what we know right now, it's going to go significantly north of that.

Ed Amoroso

AT&T ISNN is designed to help users understand potential threats and to help them better protect themselves.

Donna Mills

Abby was designed to be the troublemaker and stir things up. She wasn't evil, she was naughty.

Peter Capaldi

It seems to me that most things that are being made are designed for young people. There aren't that many depictions of melancholic older people, even though they form a growing proportion of the population.

Georganne Arrington

It's a show that's designed just for children.

Joseph Capriotti

We are police officers. We don't sit back and watch. We have to get out and do something. Being able to do something means a lot.

Dee Boersma

Whenever you do science it's important to know individuals. And that means you have to distinguish one from another, just like we give names to people we have to be able to give names to penguins. And we often do that with bands.

Shaw Wu

When everyone else is slowing and you're not, it means share gains.

Brian Eno

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

Natalie Massenet

For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time.

Chris Harper

We're so young that when they start to press, we think that means we need to speed up.

Jennifer Rodriguez

Wow! I'm really touched. This means a lot to me.

Sathya Baba

Unity is the secret of social progress, and service to society is the means to promote it. 

Jimmy Smith

We're more settled. A new regime means changes, and things have settled down.

Martin Jacques

We all know what is meant by the term 'international community,' don't we? It's the West, of course, nothing more, nothing less. Using the term 'international community' is a way of dignifying the West, of globalising it, of making it sound more respectable, more neutral and high-faluting.

Jude Law

What's it all about, Alfie? /Is it just for the moment we live? /What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? /Are we meant to take more than we give or are we meant to be kind?

Gideon Gono

This is a modest payment meant to demonstrate our sincerity with respect to our international obligations,

Jeremy P. Johnson

It's one of the most wonderful places to run, and everyone is so supportive of you. It's where I'm meant to be.

Kathleen Hohl

It's a dispensation. It's meant to be observed in an appropriate way.

Lance Armstrong

It really meant a lot, and for a number of different reasons,

George Williams

It probably wasn't real official, but boy, it meant everything to me.

Damian Miller

It was a special day for the team. It was just meant to be our day.

Tony Kaye

Everything that happens is meant to be. It's meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it's meant to be disaster.

Don MacDonald

When you, the consumer, look for a brand, you want it to simplify your purchase and come from someone you trust.

Susan Klein

Make sure when you purchase your ticket, you know what you're really getting.

Rebecca Fuller

We purchased one lesson. And that's all he needed.

Quintilian

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

John Andrews

I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.

Toshihiko Sakai

We see the trend of Treasury purchases continuing.

Alan Ball

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

David Brenner

Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I will not change. Because if you are successful and you change, you are an idiot.

Ben Stiller

Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.

Armstrong Williams

You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.

Armstrong Williams

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

Denis Waitley

Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.

Denis Waitley

The truly successful person inspires others to do more than they have thought possible for themselves.

Deborah Kerr

At the top of the list of what makes a successful marriage, is a sense of humor.