Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Cheney

A senator can be wrong for 20 years without consequence to the nation, ... But a president, a president, always casts the deciding vote. And in this time of challenge, America needs -- and America has -- a president we can count on to get it right.

Leigh Steinberg

As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.

Wally Schirra

As a Naval officer, I was trained, essentially bred, to be a military aviator. I was a Naval officer on assignment, not an employee of NASA.

Dave Blood

The boys on Pennsylvania Avenue have convinced a whole lot of the public that What's His Whiskers had something to do with 9/11. Stay tuned.

David Wu

The business of America must be more than just business, and engagement must be through more than just the cash register... Real engagement sees the Chinese people as real people, people like us, people with aspirations, with hopes, people who aspire to walk the path of freedom.

Richard Grimes

The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And, so they started to see a lot of that and there was, that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle.

Jim Grant

Bank of New York or Bank of America would come in and each would have their own regulatory or audit questionnaires. But it would be in a different form.

Pauline Dan

Bank of America only has a limited retail network in China. Given the size of its investment in China Construction Bank, it is more important than the retail branches.

Lance Jones

Bank of America is trying to move people to the idea of paperless statements. In a parallel study, we asked consumers if they received paper statements, and the majority that said 'no' were Bank of America customers.

John Johnson

As for going on the show, I would not have minded one bit to meet him face to face and look him in the eye, ... But I feel the deck is stacked on that one and the show is Dr. Phil, not Jerry Springer. The title is ?Falsely Accused,? not?Guilty as Sin.?

Rand Paul

As a doctor, I will take it and make it my mission to heal the nation, reverse the course of Obamacare, and repeal every last bit of it.

David Beard

As long as the numbers are within expectations, it's going to be a win-win situation. If the economy is a little bit weaker than we think, that's good because that means the Fed will keep cutting. If the economic data is a little bit better than we think, that's good too because that means companies won't miss numbers.

Retief Goosen

As long as you hit it straight (at Augusta National) it doesn't matter how long you hit it. You still have to hit it straight and hit the shots. I think I'm hitting my irons a little bit better at the moment, which is a big plus.

John Buck

A slider. He hung that one a little bit up the middle and I was able to stay back on it.

Steve Davis

As it stands now each school is doing a little bit of their own thing.

Donald Selkin

A slowdown in GDP could inject a note of caution in copper and the other metals. All of the metals are a down a little bit today.

Des Hennessy

That poses a bit of a problem. We have to get through them.

Maurice Cheeks

That part of the game is better than the overall game. We'd like our defense to get better for 48 minutes. But I think as the game unfolds and when another team needs a basket, I think our defense gets a little bit better. Certainly if you're going to win games, it has to be better down the stretch.

Tim Healy

Any game is scary right now. Tonight, it all came down to shooting.

Akhenaton

As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.

Barbara Wagner

A while later, a maitre d' came up to him.

Brian Rolston

Auld came up big for them. We had a lot of good opportunities and he made the saves.

Paul Gallant

At some level, the court in these cases came down on the side of property over others who wanted to use it.

Nick Mangold

A year ago we started out as individuals and sort of came together at the end. This year we're starting where we finished, and coming together as one.

Richard Willis

Back then many of the hotels were named for a person or the place where they came from. The Hockenjos were from Paterson so they named it the Paterson House.

Peter Stewart

Back then a lot of operators came in deliberately for the short term, sucked a lot of money from people and then disappeared overnight. Those days are gone. We want a long-term future and long-term career for our staff. Are there some sharks out there? Yes, there are, but you'll find that in any industry.

Jimmie Johnson

Back in the spring, all the emotions came back.

Eddie Izzard

Oh, Captain Clever! Rattle it, if it doesn't go off it can't be a bomb!

Bible Bible

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

Charles Gittins

The most important consideration in this matter was that Cmdr. Waddle was the captain of the ship, that the rest of the submarine force is watching him, his peers are watching him, guys who may be in his shoes in the future are watching him, and it was the right thing to do for those reasons.

Dick Nyman

These are a great group of kids to work with and they have been working hard. The kids did a great job of choosing captains and I am looking forward to the season.

Ichiro Suzuki

I've never been officially named captain by the manager. But if you look at my experience in baseball, I'm definitely the veteran on the team.

Leander Paes

They are all hardworking and fun to be with. But a captain is only as good as his team and not the other way round.

Jerry Kramer

The ring was gone . Captain gets on the PA system, pleads with whoever picked it up to give it back, the stewardess goes up and down telling people. Nobody comes forth with it .

Bruce Dickinson

I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!

Mark Rosenker

We will be looking at all factors. The training, human factors, the history of this particular captain and the rules and regulations he operates under,

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Richard Hatch

Apollo, Athena, these are characters out of Greek mythology-we used a lot of the Egyptian mythology, as well. And we tapped into the premise of, you know, Who is mankind? Where did we evolve from?

Quin Snyder

No matter how difficult it might be, there's a lot of character in that locker room. I've seen teams climb out of holes and there's no one in that locker room that is turning their back.

Phil Funkenbusch

Thank goodness for Ron. He's taught the play, he's familiar with the play and he has some of the same qualities (as Whiteside). The character is a Little Lord Fauntleroy type, but he also has a heart of gold.

Jeanine Pirro

Teachers play such an enormous role in forming, not just teaching them, but forming character in our kids. We really have to thank them for what they do. They are really the core that makes our society work.

Confucius

See what a man does.Mark his motives.Examine in which things he rests.How can a man conceal his character?How can a man conceal his character?

John Harrison

Perhaps one of the things I'll get criticized for, ... is the choice not to use the internal monologue that Herbert used in the book. If you use the voice-over narrative -- if you use it to tell the emotional state of a character while you're watching that character -- it has the effect of stopping the motion picture. Movies are images and moving pictures. Novels are words.

Lynne Burroughs

Queen Elizabeth liked Falstaff's character so much that she sent word that she'd like to see more of Falstaff. Shakespeare was one of the first to be obliged to resurrect a character.

Peter Boylan

I've traveled the world and I'm impressed with the character of Kalona.

Pat Doyle

The movie was outstanding, very compelling and very well done.

David Treadwell

The most important thing for Windows is being compelling to developers. Developers are the linchpin for the success of Windows.

Marjory LeBreton

There would have to be a compelling reason.

Andrew Neff

While the stock could remain under pressure near term, we maintain our 'buy' rating on IBM owing to a compelling second-half story.

Adam Rayner

Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible.

Chris Hill

So it's very difficult for them. But there are compelling reasons for them to come to the talks. The settlement on offer is a good one and I'd hope they would see their way to doing that.

Robert Wilson

Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.

Towson Fraser

Obviously, they've got an incredibly compelling story to tell.

John Roberts

On the other hand, simple disagreement about whether it's an appropriate issue for the public to see would not strike me as a very compelling governmental interest,

John Rice

Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,

Bruce Sutter

You never think that giving up two home runs to the same guy helped you get in the Hall of Fame. But ... that's what might have happened.

Brett Somers

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

Brandon Sanderson

Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?

Archie Panjabi

A lot of the time, people want to hear from someone like myself. They want to give it a shot. It's challenging, and it's driven me more than discouraged me.

Babe Ruth

It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.

Baruch Spinoza

The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.

Augustine Birrell

It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

Arthur Mitchell

What does dance give you? The freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do.

M. Wolfe

Do you own your history, or does someone else own your history? ... There's the play that you're telling, and then there's the play that's underneath that.

Eurico Guterres

This is an opportunity for us to take a new step in history.

Rich Brooks

That (the 9-1 mark) doesn't mean anything this week. The history of the series is something people need to write stories about or talk about (on the radio). It doesn't really have anything to do with the game.

Eugene Levy

I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it.

Kim Cattrall

You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got it wrong.

Gary White

We want to go to the place where history started.

Anton Chekhov

Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.

Lee Tergesen

We have history, because he was my training officer,

Elizabeth Blackwell

If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.

Ira Sorkin

Sometimes juries think the judge is part of the government.

Samuel Alito

A judge can't have any agenda. A judge can't have a preferred outcome in any particular case.

Marvin Emerson

Don't judge us on the first game, and don't judge us tonight. We'll be a different team when we get to February. And Quaker Valley will be there with us.

Indian Proverb

Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins

Edmund Spenser

Be judge ye heavens, that all things right esteeme, / How I him loved, and love with all my might, / So thought I eke of him, and thinke I thought aright.

Laura Marling

You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you.

Tim Fleming

As the judge pointed out, loathsome and inexplicable for various reasons.

David Bloom

You judge things by comparables. They are comparable.

Karen Bass

You judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens,

Mark Atkinson

Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.

Russ Feingold

You are obviously very talented. And you also look healthy.

Quin Snyder

We've had some highs. This is obviously a low.

Jim Calhoun

Could he have played (Friday)? Probably. But obviously we didn't need him.

John Gamble

We are obviously relieved that so much work has resulted in a just and appropriate verdict,

Alan McCollough

We were obviously dissatisfied with the overall comparable-store sales decline,

Steve Loney

When you only have one touchdown in two games, you obviously have some things to fix.

Tyrone Marshall

You look at our record, obviously it doesn't tell the tale of the Galaxy,

Lyndsey Medders

Everything we do we're going to try to do it together. We obviously don't have any All-Americans on this team, so everything we do is going to have to be done by a group.

Steve Martin

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

Rumi

There is an original inside me.

Michael Eisner

Sometimes you have to be worn out and burnt out to become authentic and original.

John Steinbeck

Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.

Theodore Roosevelt

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.

George Wald

The important point is that since the origin of life belongs in the category of at-least-once phenomena, time is on its side. However improbable we regard this event, or any of the steps which it involves, given enough time it will almost certainly happen at least once. And for life as we know it, with its capacity for growth and reproduction, once may be enough.

Anthony Storr

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

Fred Hoyle

In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth.

Gene Fowler

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

Hermann Maier

This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again.

Do Won Chang

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.