Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Patrick Shanley

I adopted two children, then I got eye disease and five rounds of surgery. I went blind in one eye, then the other eye, and that went on for three or four years. I got very enamored and involved with the theater and did a lot of plays.

Mary Gauthier

I was adopted when I was about a year old. My adopted parents tried, but their marriage was doomed. Music saved my life. I couldn't relate to things in Baton Rouge, but I found songs that spoke to me.

Ed White

I think what happened is we all adopted each other.

Richard Thompson

Intelligent design is now being adopted by a number of credible scientists. If the Dover school district wins this case, you're going to see intelligent design popping up on school board agendas all over the country.

Ann Wilson

I'm a single mum and my daughter came from a really potentially tragic situation. If I had not adopted her she was kind of like a lost lamb.

Dave Walker

I'm pleased to receive this award, ... I have been a constant with this organization for many years now, but we wouldn't be here today if I wasn't surrounded by many other talented people along the way. I'm extremely proud of the Burlington community's dedication to professional baseball as evidence by the fact the Bees have survived and now prospered as the smallest full-season market in the Minor Leagues. I'm also pleased with the response we've gotten on a regional basis from the baseball fans all over Southeast Iowa and Western Illinois that have adopted the Bees as their hometown team.

Ed Smith

I never heard people speak about segregation as some great cross that they were bearing. They just went on about their lives. Some of them had good contacts with white people that they were serving in someone's home. Sometimes those white families almost effectively adopted you.

Steve Johnson

In legislation that became effective in 2005, Congress adopted a uniform definition for most people. It won't change what they can take, but it'll make it easier for them to understand.

Pat Toomey

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations,

Chris Young

He could start for any team in the Blue Ridge, River Ridge or Seminole that I've seen.

Don Lucia

He'll also get some time on the blue line.

Cindy Sheehan

greeted with overwhelming support, in blue (Democratic) states and in red (Republican) states.

Aaron Hill

I think we had more Blue Jays fans than Yankees fans. I think we can compete with everybody.

David Johansen

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues.

John Pistole

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'.

Bob Woodruff

He had forgotten our procedure for establishing the budget for the insurance fund, ... When we sit down with Blue Cross and Blue Shield, they give us a top and bottom range to use.

David Ansen

He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, we know about the blue eyes (which happen to be colorblind).

Sara Blakely

I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

Keith Ashdown

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Jerry Reed

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Greg Valliere

I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.

Michael R. Bloomberg

I don't know what goes on on ships, ... I can tell you exactly what goes on on the streets of New York City. You are safe. People are nice. It is exciting. It is easy to get around. We have rooms reserved for every member of Congress and for every delegate.

Dick Durbin

I'm hoping that (the president and Congress are) sensitive to what consumers are needing,

Laura Castro

I'm hoping something will happen soon in Congress.

Lennart Johansson

I'll decide tomorrow after the Uefa Congress whether I will speak or not.

Bob Loevy

If the other senator from your state is in your party, you don't have to feel great pressure to speak out on every issue. They need to get their message out so that the other congressman from the other party doesn't establish his point of view.

James Klein

I fully expect that Congress will iron out the differences. With Social Security reform a bust, pension reform is a must.

Jesus Dureza

Knowing that the uncertain peace and order situation is a major impediment in attaining economic growth for the island, we are anticipating that the current peace efforts will strengthen the enabling environment for investment and growth.

Sam Brownback

Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something.

Mick Davis

I think the current market price is a reasonable level.

Mahmoud Zahar

I think that during the current tour, we will be able to raise the needed funds.

Phil Goff

It is important in the current situation for steps to be taken to resolve the long-running public sector strike, which has contributed to this tension,

Roger Ashby

I will be talking to the current squad individually over the next few weeks about their futures and once they know, I will make it public.

Joel Naroff

There is an ever-growing number of homes on the market, and while the overhang is not great at the current selling pace, it could become a problem if we trend back toward more sustainable levels,

Douglas Hattaway

I don't know what planet he's been on for the past eight years, but this administration helped lay the foundation for our current prosperity.

Igor Ivanov

I am going to discuss the situation in the region, questions of our bilateral relations and the current situation at the Kosovo stretch of the Yugoslav-Macedonian border,

Jim Furyk

You can make a lot of birdies, but there are a lot of disasters waiting to happen.

Henry IV

It is in the midst of disasters that bold men grow bolder.

Rusty Schweickart

There are always natural disasters and it always seems as though the preparation is somewhat less than adequate. But we have had a series of quite substantial ones here in the last year.

Carlos Arreola

I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with the humane society.

Darek Farmer

I love dogs and little kids innocent beings.

Jill Bell

All you can hear up there are the dogs barking.

Linda Smith

All dogs get to play in a one-acre, triple-fenced area. We can keep 64 dogs.

Thora Thibaut

All dogs are trainable if you have the time and put in the effort. It's sometimes the people you can't train. Ninety-eight percent of the things that dogs do wrong, it's the person, not the dog, who is at fault.

Brian Hare

Dogs have a talent for reading social cues in a very sophisticated way.

Sen Hawkins

Dogs by nature are not mean. Dogs - you have to make mean.

Chris Price

Dogs are very sensitive to their owners' moods and pick up on when they are unhappy, unwell or under pressure.

Officer Ralph

Dogs are like people when it comes to learning. Training is just as important for the handlers. If the handlers are nervous, the dogs can sense that.

Julie Chapman

Katie could also be ready to do one or two events for us at Sectionals if we qualify.

Kenny Wallace

I always do look forward to the stand-alone events,

Chip Howard

There are so many events there - the floor is put up and taken down all the time, and that shortens the shelf life quite a bit.

Melinda Gilpin

We've been very pleased with the response and interest. This is the kind of event people would want to come to.

Michel Bonnefous

What does that prove for later on? Probably not much, because now the event really starts.

Eric Howe

I think what makes a strong team is being able to have a group of girls where maybe not one of them is going to lead the all-around every single meet, but having that handful of girls like we've had this year that can really push on in a single event every meet. That's what we've been doing.

Valentino Castellani

It has been a great celebration of sports. We learned that fair play and respect for your opponents are strong values of this fantastic event that we have lived together.

Jean Brown

It is not so much what I did, but that the event was recognized.

Zhang Hao

It is hard to go from one event to the next in such a short time. But we had a nice performance today given the short practice.

Jerry Costello

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying jobs.

Amar'e Stoudemire

It hit me personally because I've been in that type of situation when I was a kid (living in a number of different homes in Florida), when I really didn't have a household to go to. When I see those families and kids down there, I see myself.

Jose Bono

Today is a day of pain and mourning and solidarity with the families who lost loved ones.

Davitt McAteer

The families ought to be involved. If we have families that are involved in mine safety, the mines will be safer.

Laura Bush

This holiday, when we have so many American military men and women deployed, it's a bittersweet holiday for the families who are here separated from their loved ones, ... Larry King Live.

Jon Meyersohn

We actually see families work through their problems. It's a very positive story.

Brenda Guiden

It's important for their families to let them know they are not a disgrace. They're the ones who really need us.

A.G. Lafley

It's incredible. We've got to get some of these families back on track.

Rosemary Fox

It's very painful physically ... away from families and familiarity.

Paul Johnston

It is a lot of money. We've never had that kind of funding for this kind of work.

James Bennett

I think we ought to make it a first-class facility. If it takes more than $50-million, we will have to make sure we find the funds to make it right. It's pretty important to get it right.

Angus MacMillan

There are no signs that funds have lost appetite. As long as you have a list of problems, funds will keep piling in.

Christopher Sullivan

I didn't give a legal opinion on any of the funds in question,

Terry McAuliffe

He was the greatest fund raiser of all time. And guess what? We actually got more votes than he did in the 2000 presidential election. They're going to have a lot more money than we're going to have...They're for money. We're for votes.

Rocco DiSpirito

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.

Christopher Hill

I must say it was a meeting in which we did not make a lot of progress. Neither the United States or any other participant is prepared to fund a light-water reactor.

Paul Gada

The machine moves slowly, but the IRS has more funds and is increasing its enforcement activity.

Todd Vonderheid

All we do is fund their budgets. They are 100 percent responsible for their hires. If we disapproved it would not matter.

Richard Wright

It looked like a tsunami with hurricane winds.

Mitch Frazier

There is not the hurricane protection here that there once was. It is significantly compromised. The hurricane level protection we have had here prior to Hurricane Katrina will not be able to return. It will be years, not months.

Mike Trevino

We've got another 800 (adjusters) or so standing by waiting to work Hurricane Rita.

David Beasley

Unfortunately, it looks like Hurricane Bertha is making a major turn for the worse,

Dr. Ratard

No such outbreak occurred because of Hurricane Katrina.

Stacy Stewart

Some people thought the hurricane season was over. It's not.

Mark Goodman

It was the (strangest) hurricane we've seen in a long time.

Bob Rose

This is going to be one very nasty, mean hurricane when it strikes land.

Purnomo Yusgiantoro

This is because of Hurricane Ivan and some problems in other places,

Mary Fetchet

Katrina should be enough to wake people up.

John Metz

Katrina produced a catastrophic storm surge, it was one of the worst we've seen in this country,

Hal Rogers

I think it's time we thought about having Katrina bonds,

Richard Cobb

On the supply side, we are about the same as after Katrina and before Rita.

Diane Swonk

Once they got the uncertainty of Katrina out of the way they just got back to their boilerplate statement,

John Franklin

It's not so much Katrina as a phenomenon as it's Katrina as a metaphor for what our society has become. It reflects; it's a mirror of what we've become - super-extraordinarily complacent.

Rick Perry

Between Katrina and our preparations for this, people understand this isn't something you're going to play around with,

Leigh Crawford

Like everyone, I wish Katrina would have never happened. But, you can learn a lot through experiences like this.

I. Stone

Many scenarios had been run prior to Katrina years ago, and with that type of storm, the scenarios should have been taken seriously.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Roger Toussaint

Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.

John Hope Franklin

Love each other. Regard each other as members of one family.

Jim Moore

As you can imagine, it's been an ordeal for all members of the family.

Nong Duc Manh

All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.

Don Stewart

As many members as there are in Congress, there are that many opinions on how to secure the border.

Marcel Proust

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.

Nikki Giovanni

I think life is cotton candy on a rainy day. For those who grew up with cotton candy the old-fashioned way, it is very delicate. Pre-made cotton candy that has preservatives is not nearly as good or true. True cotton candy is sugar, color, and air and it melts very quickly. That was the metaphor - it can't be preserved, it can't be put aside, it can't be banked. It has to be experienced, like life.

Benjamin Franklin

On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day.

Mark Ruffalo

You can tell a lot about a person by what’s on their playlist.

Judith Orloff

Being a control freak makes us tense, stressed out, and unpleasant to be with.

Diane von Furstenberg

Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing.

Mary Conroy

We just stressed we are here for them totally,