Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carrie Fisher

People are still asking me if I knew it was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

Mike Tice

The story got in the paper, then it got on the web, then it went worldwide, ... Then our phones started ringing and people started asking about Moss so we had a meeting and said, 'Since these calls are coming, what is the value of Moss?' We said it was three No. 1s because we knew no one in his right mind would ever give up three No. 1s.

Majel Barrett

Then, all of a sudden, here I am in the Press Room in the White House and walking in with the guards, who handed me three little pieces of paper asking me to send pictures to the guards at the White House.

Phillip Jackson

These young men see they are being shut out, locked out ? that their destinies are headed to disaster. They want help. They're asking for help. The community needs a comprehensive strategy to ensure those students who are not being educated can become educated.

Jerry Lou

The stock exchange is asking them to clarify all this newspaper speculation.

Bob Crawford

The statute is very clear that if a county's results are not to us by 5 p.m. Tuesday we shall ignore that county's vote, and the counties need to be very aware of that, ... Candidates asking for recounts need to be aware of that.

Tom Rathbun

The state is focused on cleaning up this huge, historic mess. We don't believe we're asking for anything extravagant (from the federal government) to do it.

Deepak Chopra

I started asking people, 'Where has he gone?' ... I couldn't believe that somebody could be with you and take you to the movies and then disappear completely. And so it's been a life-long quest. Where did we come from? What are we doing here? Is there meaning or purpose to our existence? Do we have a soul? What happens to us after we die?

Travis Leffew

I sent a few text messages, but I couldn't call a lot of people because I was still getting calls from people asking me about signing as a free agent. When it gets in the paper, that's when everybody will know.

John Hawkes

As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie.

A. Johnson

As a company founded by a competitive cyclist who wanted to create the first great-tasting, nutritious energy bar, we're ecstatic about helping bring professional cycling to California. We also value the opportunity to reduce the environmental footprint of this event while raising awareness about global warming.

Larry Ponemon

AOL's efforts in raising awareness and understanding about good privacy and data protection on the Internet is paying off in terms of positive consumer perception. This is an especially significant accomplishment given the rash of privacy issues such as phishing and spam that impact the ISP industry.

H. Hart

The theme of the posters is 'Maybe history got things a little too straight,' ... We think it's important to make people aware of accomplished, successful people who don't fit stereotypes of an LGBT person. They humanize LGBT issues.

Morris Gleitzman

I've always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my younger readers are slowly becoming aware of as they move into their teens.

Michael Bell

pretty aware of what happened and he's just sick about it.

Brian McCarthy

The Stones were aware of it, and they were fine with it.

Bob Bennett

is fully aware of what we're doing and is encouraging me to go forward.

Atsuko Abe

Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities,

Leo Bosner

As long as FEMA is under DHS, problems are likely to continue. I'm told that at least three state emergency officials have turned down the job of FEMA Director because it is under the Department of Homeland Security. Everyone says FEMA needs a top-quality director, but how do we get one when the top candidates won't take the job?

Paul Maryniak

Perhaps at no time in the recent past has the need for quality city leadership been more critical to Mesa than it is now. We want Mesa residents to know as much as possible about the people who are running for a chance to provide that leadership, and The Republic's forum gives citizens an excellent chance to eyeball the candidates and give them the kind of job interview necessary for an educated vote.

George Fetherling

The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails - at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together.

Jim Terry

You get 16 candidates on the stage, it turns into ... there's not a lot of meaningful information that's going to be exchanged.

Jim Matheson

We've been talking about this for a while, ... We had all the candidates in to talk to us. We talked about doing a vote long before this week.

John Greene

People want to feel good about the person they vote for. Candidates use values to evoke a positive impression.

Steve Davies

But they are still the candidates on the general election ballot. You issue the candidate a declaration of his candidacy,

Paul Richard

More limited- or low-income candidates need to be treated with respect. ... If we equate the dollars spent with the legitimacy of a candidate, we're in a dangerous situation.

Michael Blackwell

I don't want to be completely cynical, but when I hear that the top candidates were white males, I'm not surprised.

Lawrence Eagles

As far as the Middle East is concerned, there is still strong justification for a premium to remain in the market until it is clear the situation is much calmer on the ground,

Mark Buehrle

Actually, I got out in the woods and kind of cleared my mind,

Michael Moran

A nomination does not mean it will have clear sailing to being listed. What gets listed on the national register, unfortunately, is subject to the will of the governor's office.

Michael Conforti

The surprise happens as you experience the building. This is clearly a reason why we thought Mr. Ando was the appropriate person for our landscape here.

John Shaw

After all of these interviews, it was clear to us that coach Linehan should be the next coach of the St. Louis Rams.

Oliver Luck

After it was clear we'd hit a raw nerve in the community, we didn't want to offend anybody.

Susan Lieberman

Sturgeon have been in dire straits for some time and it has been clear that something drastic had to be done to stop the rampant trade in illegal caviar.

Arthur Doyle

Streams may spring from one source, and yet some be clear and some be foul.

Dale Neaman

Some people decide never to have surgery to save a marriage or a career. They try to live with it in subtle ways: Wearing women's underwear, using clear nail polish or colorless lip gloss.

Bob Stallman

So you do have your work cut out for you, ... I'm not going to pretend this is going to be easy here in this county. But other counties have managed to defeat these kinds of initiatives.

Gary Bartlett

This is simply a guide for us to know what steps the counties have completed, what steps they still need to take and what we can do to help.

Dan Doherty

You never say, 'Let's forget about it,' but it's how you react to it. We have two seasons left: counties and states. Tomorrow is the first day of practice for the second season.

Mike Love

Broward County is the first county of substantial size to do so. The 10 largest counties generate 80 percent of the work.

Larry Thomas

Even though we're not going to be getting into a water shortage in the next year, we need to start planning. It's taken other counties more than 10 years to put everything together and get everyone on board.

S. Walker

Those weeds have been reduced by the 70-80 percent range in my counties (Lake and Chaffee).

Ron Moore

Wind systems are so new we don't have anything in our zoning ordinance that addresses this type of electrical generation. There are counties in Illinois that have wind energy systems. Those are Bureau, Henry, Lee, McLean, and Mercer. McLean County, I believe, is going to be producing the largest wind energy system in the state, if not the Midwest. I think that's somewhere around a $300 million project.

Pam Iorio

I think we'll look at any high ground, ... It may not be where people wind up for the long haul. But, yes, I think we have to look to our neighboring county -- all of our neighboring counties -- that are inland and away from water.

Tommy Thompson

The counties that are losing jobs and they are so poor simply don't have the money to compete. In the piedmont they're paying teachers bonuses to teach. In the eastern part of the state, they're lucky to find teacher willing to live here.

Dennis Poust

Now it can't be ignored and the Legislature needs to negotiate it.

Efraim Zuroff

totally ignored by the Israeli establishment for decades.

Michael Scott

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

Theodore Roosevelt

Malefactors of great wealth have arrogantly ignored the public welfare.

Bob Brewer

I don't think you can completely ignore that.

Rivers Cuomo

I always loved the 'L.A. Weekly.' I totally looked up to it when Weezer was starting out, and I always wanted to be in it, and they always totally ignored us!

Michael Brown

I don't mind the negative press (well, actually, I do, but I try to ignore it) but it is really wearing out the family,

Bonnie Raitt

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.

Denise Martin

We can't ignore new technologies, new information that indicate there are risks.

Ben Hatfield

We are very discouraged by the results of this test.

Peter Drucker

Leadership is all about getting results.

Peter Drucker

Results is all that separates one company from another.

N. T. Wright

The gospel is not itself about you are this sort of a person and this can happen to you. That's the result of the gospel rather than the gospel itself.

John Wooden

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

Michael Rady

It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.

Jeff Bower

He's had all the hands-on examinations that he's going to need. The results are all there.

Herbert Simon

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Jennifer Stone

We do what we can. The results are none of our business.

Donald Hall

now i have time to do stuff, and do stuff i shall do!

Bible Bible

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

George Whitefield

At the day of judgment we shall all meet again.

Edward Fitzgerald

And when like her, O Saki, you shall pass.

William Blake

Father! father! where are you going? / O do not walk so fast. / Speak, father, speak to your little boy, / Or else I shall be lost.

Dolly Parton

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Pat Paulsen

Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.

William Shakespeare

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Gayle Korczyk

It is was a "GOD MOMENT" that I shall never forget.

Devon Sawa

For instance, when I go to the premiere on Tuesday I probably won't watch the film at all - I'll be watching the audience just to see their reaction to different moments, what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, stuff like that.

Dick Cheney

I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.

Peter Rodman

don't go to the latrine without voting in parliament. This is not helpful.

Alan Trammell

This year, if I'm voting, I'm voting for Colon.

Donald Trump

If you don't have voter ID, you can just keep voting and voting and voting.

Desmond Tutu

My vote is my secret.

Richard Trumka

A worker voting for Mitt Romney is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders,

Sydney J. Harris

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

Robert A. Heinlein

Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

Rush Limbaugh

Republican primary voters, whether they're close primaries or open, are voting for anybody but candidates attached to the Republican establishment.

Tony Campolo

Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic.