Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Hadley

We probably had 30 or 40 campers here for the weekend. They brought their grills and were cooking out and it was good to see all the families having fun.

John Chafee

Overshadowing all has been the president's reckless, tawdry behavior, coupled with misleading statements that have undermined the dignity of the presidency, and brought about a divisive and unpleasant chapter in our history.

Mike Perry

The peddler exhibit will show people how important their role was to society. People depended on them because they brought in supplies such as pots, pans, needles and threads.

Elliott Abrams

It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability.

Edward Said

The inner me was always under attack by authority, by the way my parents wanted me to be brought up, by these English schools I went to. So I've always felt this kind of anti-authoritarian strain in me, pushing to express itself despite the obstacles.

Frederick Reines

This line of research continued when I went, and brought my research group with me, to the new University of California, Irvine campus in 1966 to become the founding Dean of the School of Physical Sciences.

Chris Christie

We have a lot of work to do in New Jersey, but I am darn proud we've brought our state back.

Laurence Housman

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony.

Richard Holbrooke

We are not learning anything here that isn't in previous accounts, ... But to be in the physical presence of the events, that is different. While we are trying to forge a peace, we need to remember what brought us here.

Rabindranath Tagore

Man has a fund of emotional energy which is not all occupied with his self-preservation. This surplus seeks its outlet in the creation of art, for man's civilization is built upon his surplus... In everyday life, when we are mostly moved by our habit

Max Cobb

Historically, there was a difference in the percent back between the men and women, so we were trying to equalize that. That was the concept. ... But today, it doesn't look the same. Rachel built her case and we supported that, but the Olympic committee didn't feel like they could make a change.

Robert McCullough

It's part of what we do at the University of Vermont, we teach the history of the built environment." ()

Kathy Sierra

It was actually a little platform they had built for tourists or people who come to see the place, ... We sang to some people there people from everywhere. Everybody liked it. A few people cried. It was real emotional.

Michael Chetcuti

It's been virtually untouched since it was built and we'll have to tap into the water system.

Steve Carr

It makes the financing more difficult and the cash flow tighter, and it may take some people out of expansions. But the market has had this (rate increase) built into it. It's expected. Projects that make economic sense will still be taken on.

John Godber

A lot of the value that's built up in these businesses, goodwill, is often because the founder is an excellent salesperson or business leader.

David Malpass

Already we're seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.

Heather Friedland

A lot of Windows Desktop Search capabilities will be built into the visualization and organization scenarios inside Windows Vista.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad.

Debby Ryan

I love people like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, people who create and write their own stuff - especially when there's just not enough cool, interesting characters out there.

E. M. Forster

It is devilish difficult to criticise society & also create human beings.

E. M. Forster

Axiom : Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.

Douglas Sirk

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Dean O'Gorman

The great thing was that as soon as Aidan and I met we clicked, we instantly knew we were going to get along and the more time we spend together, the more we’ve developed a brotherly bond that’s helped us figure out the dynamic of our characters.

Amandla Stenberg

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted toward the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created and it's produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it ... I want to see dynamic characters and roles that everyone wants to watch.

Amber Benson

I think that I have this core group of fans that fell in love with the character I played on Buffy and now they're following me to everything I do. They're very dedicated and loyal. I'm very lucky.

Amber Benson

I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from young gay and lesbian and trans-gendered kids saying, 'I didn't kill myself because of Buffy'.

Lynn Johnston

Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby.

Tom Florczak

We have nothing inked yet, but we're close to settlement.

Jon Haas

We haven't had a close game since the Porter County Conference finals. We wanted to get the kids time but we don't want to risk another injury.

Charles Schumer

The president has not sent us a nominee who has already hewed to the extreme wing of his party, ... that the views of the extreme right wing of his party aren't the views of the American people, or even close to it.

Alan Greenspan

The problem that exists here is that unless we can close the gap between supply and demand by accelerating productivity, which we are doing in part, then the prosperity that everyone is experiencing would be put in great jeopardy,

Duane Peterson

Those five guys are really close together. We're working on swing fundamentals and trying to get them to make more consistent contact with the ball.

Todd Fischer

Those first five holes were pretty nice. Hit it in the fairway, hit it close to the hole and rolled in putts. Pretty simple.

Bo Ryan

Those are three really good testers for a team to show weaknesses and show how close we are with this group.

Gina McCarthy

Water was inches from the top at many dams and there were a lot of close calls, but I hope people in Connecticut knew we were on top of it.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Sathya Baba

It is very appropriate to infer that the Veda was given to the world only by persons endowed with all powers.

Greg Norman

I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us really to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us.

Tom Rath

On average, spending time with your boss is consistently rated as the least pleasurable activity in a given day.

Taylor Lautner

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

Warren Kole

I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.

Tom Williams

We're each given $5 allowance, so it's not going to be a late one. It's $5 or 6:30 p.m., whichever comes first.

Madonna Ciccone

I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.

Bob Weir

The Grateful Dead played for three hours on a given night, plus sound check.

Kathleen Huddy

Unfortunately, over the years, manufacturers and retailers, in order to sell more sheets, have pushed thread count.

Thomas Browne

There is music wherever there is harmony, order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres; for those well ordered motions, and regular paces, though they give no sound unto the ear, yet to the understanding they strike a note most full of harmony.

Robert A. Heinlein

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

Mark Parker

Designers are by nature more inquisitive, more connected. They dig a little deeper in terms of insights. They turn those insights into innovation. That connection to the consumer is absolutely critical in driving innovation. It’s critical that design isn’t subjugated to the back room as a short order cook for marketing or for merchandising or sales. It has to be up front.

Francois Fenelon

Oh! how seldom the soul is silent, in order that God may speak.

Frank A. Clark

Most of us must learn a great deal every day in order to keep ahead of what we forget.

George Deukmejian

There are several ways in order to reduce the housing problem.One way is to allow a developer to buy land more cheaply if it's in an outlying area.

Liu Xiaobo

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

Lynette Fromme

I am co-counsel and as co-counsel I have the right to represent myself, speak for myself and conduct myself and my trial by myself in my best interests in order of due process.