Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

Stan Magee

There is a lot of wisdom at this table and we all bring something good to the table that will allow us to made a decision amongst ourselves without committing taxpayer dollars to do it.

Piers Handling

To allow Canadian filmmakers to stand shoulder to shoulder with their international counterparts.

Matt Silverman

With Fan Fest comes the unofficial start to the baseball season. We are pleased to welcome our fans into a new era of Devil Rays baseball. We hope to offer many more opportunities to allow our fans to interact with our players.

Kelly Lamrock

We in opposition are not prepared to allow this government to legislate its way to more votes or more seats or power than the people chose to give it.

Lynn Reaser

We don't think we are going to have another recession ... We think there is enough stimulus in the pipeline, enough positive news in there to allow the economy to keep on a growth track for the next year.

Seth Sulka

We certainly couldn't compete with that type of money. The economics of the WNBA would not allow for that type of deal.

Marty Brown

We think it's appropriate for the state to allow King County and Seattle to make these decisions in any way that they decide.

Ernesto Zedillo

There's great participation, there's great enthusiasm and there's a great calm in the country ... ... It will strengthen our democracy, and that will allow the country to continue forward.

I think people tend to forget that trees are living creatures. They're sort of like dogs. Huge, quiet, motionless dogs, with bark instead of fur.

Chipper Jones

I think he's a landslide winner. You're talking about a guy who plays Gold Glove defense, the best center fielder in the game, bar none. Everybody's just been waiting for him to turn the corner offensively, and now he's done that.

Aaron Rodgers

I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.

Arlen Specter

I believe more precisely she took the position that the American Bar Association should not take a position on Roe, ... I'm sure that will be the subject of inquiry, and I would expect to go into that right at the start, to put on the record exactly what those facts are.

Madhur Bhandarkar

I don't want to make 'Chandni Bar 2.' I didn't think 'Fashion 2' will happen. If a film ends on a high note... makes the audience think and lingers in the end... that is needed.

John Remes

Having industry peers choose KARE 11 for such a high honor is gratifying for everyone at the station. But to have it happen consistently over the years sets the bar very high here and keeps it up there.

Mike Bryan

It hurts. It doesn't feel good to let your team down when you are staring down the barrel of giving yourself a two-set lead.

Richard Blumenthal

It is a historic win for Connecticut because it will bar a third casino and needless unfounded land claims,

Jeff Kasko

I think the decision to extend the deadline was made because they (the state) recognized that the bar was set a little high.

Bill Muir

As European markets move farther east, Ukraine becomes cost-competitive with our most competitive places.

Rig Veda

A scholar always treads on the path of righteousness and as result becomes successful.

Bob Kelly

What this means is that Windows becomes the platform for virtualization. Customers will consolidate existing systems to Windows using virtual technology. This is very compelling to our customer base.

Thomas Carlyle

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong

Jerry Glanville

not only important to them, it may be passionate to them. That's what you really need. I can see where it becomes important to another guy every day. I can see where it becomes passionate to a different person some days. When it becomes passionate to 11 players, you're different from the rest of the teams. We're trying to get in that direction.

Rodney Hide

Don Brash must end the speculation over his leadership before it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

Terence McElroy

That is not illegal. All bets are off because that becomes part of the package.

Dennis Haysbert

When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But with an independent, you get films that are really close to the writers' and directors' heart. Somehow it becomes a little deeper. A little more meat and not as much flash.

Edmund Burke

Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

Gilda Radner

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a lightbulb.

Kirk Kaul

We couldn't wait to get back on the floor after our loss on Tuesday and we were focused. When we saw that Gaspar was out we had to change our plan. With him out we decided we could press them.

Drayton McLane

(Boras) updated me. He's still negotiating. We're still in it, but the time is getting short. They've given us no indication (Beltran is close to signing with the Mets). We're patiently waiting for some positive developments. We have three days to go, and in baseball, that's a long way to go. We did not change our offer in any way.

Marsha Blackburn

Even the president's own Science and Technology Office head Mister Holdren says no one single weather event is due specifically to climate change.

Bing Gordon

It's very difficult for people who don't play video games to understand their power simply by watching, and it's very difficult for people who aren't close to technology to understand how rapidly it can change whatever it touches.

James Forni

You can't create a majority with this election. You can increase the regular minority vote on the council, but you're not going to change the outcome.

Paul Godfrey

You can't change the direction of a battleship overnight.

Seth Palansky

You can't change it. So love it, embrace it and enjoy it.

David Carr

You can't change an offense in a week, ... But I think it will help.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself:""Mankind."" Basically, it's made up of two separate words - ""mank"" and ""ind.""What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

Matthew Gervais

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

O. Henry

I'm not taking it very seriously. Maybe I'm naive, but surely there's going to be gas, it's just what you have to pay for it.

Simon Gagne

I haven't had much success with shootouts so I was a little nervous. Maybe next time will be a little smoother.

Kendyl Jacox

I really miss my grill. If I had my smoker right now, I'd smoke anything, maybe even squirrel. If you haven't had smoked meat, you haven't had meat.

Claire Foy

If I was working nine to five, acting would be my hobby... I always feel like maybe I should do an Open University degree. But I'm never going to.

Doug Risebrough

In hindsight, probably more time would have been better. Maybe making sure everyone starts on the same night or relatively close.

Waris Ahluwalia

I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.

M. Hopper

And palm trees. I missed those. Maybe I'll do palm trees next.

Bobby Collins

Is that all? That seemed like a 25-turnover night to me.

Andy Goldsworthy

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.

Michael Jackson

Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and that was it. With film, you capture that, it's shown all over the world and it's there forever.

Gary Warman

Our passing was to red shirts all night long. We'll regroup, like young teams do.

Ben Roethlisberger

It has been like night and day. I'm seeing things a lot better and really understanding the team.

Robert Garrison

I think about him every night. I'm going to wear his number now: 25.

Shane Lechler

I'll take that any night on the table,

Mark Turgeon

I really don't know what to say. I'm thrilled with the win. We're 2-0 in the league, but every night is going to be a battle.

Sanaa Lathan

I'm just a wimp when it comes to scary movies. I'm the kind of person that will be up all night wondering what's in my apartment.