Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tamsin Egerton

Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that being thin involves putting yourself through torture and punishing your body, but I'm just naturally skinny - you should watch me demolish a ploughman's lunch.

George Pipas

Our base planning assumption was not predicated on unemployment going down,

Scott Skiles

I guess the assumption I'll go under is that we'll start the same way we did (Saturday) night.

Robert Kagan

The international perception of the U.S. leadership is hobbled, ... The assumption is, the president is weak. And this has a direct and immediate impact on the way other countries deal with us.

Jon Cleary

I'm going on the assumption that it's all gone my studio, my guitars, my keyboards, all my work. And even if the house survived, I'm worried that people have looted everything in it.

Jerry Yang

The 'Field of Dreams' Internet--where the assumption was 'If you build it, they will come'--is no longer a reality. Content sites can no longer grow organically, and I give only six more months for most new electronic commerce sites.

Callum Henderson

The comments by Tim Adams were a bombshell. This is the first clear warning in a very long time by the U.S. that Japan shouldn't cap the rise in the yen. The implicit assumption is the yen will indeed strengthen.

Whit Andrews

The hairy assumption is that people want to do this, and that they're going to do a good job. There is some value to me if I use it myself; if you used it and I cared what you thought, it would be substantially more valuable for me.

Henry Giroux

Any dominant ideology operates off the assumption that what it has to say is unaccountable and unquestionable.

Shia LaBeouf

Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in.

Katie Quinn

Kids are capable of doing so much more than they think they are. They just need somebody to push them.

Shane Warne

I wouldn't be prepared to say that. It would have been very nice to see Shane captain, and where he's had a chance to captain the side he's done very well.

Argus Hamilton

Jackie Robinson was honored in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. What a ceremony. It doubled the number of statues in the rotunda because when it was mentioned that he was a lifelong Republican and Richard Nixon supporter, the Democrats turned to stone.

Laura Bush

Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility,

I. Stone

Kathy Wooley played big for us, tremendous. Then her back started hurting and she just couldn't go any more. Talk about a warrior. She's a team captain and I can't say enough about how she played the middle for us.

William Cowper

John Gilpin was a citizen / Of credit and renown, / A train-band captain eke was he / Of famous London town.

Chris McCarron

I think it's a golden opportunity for someone who wants to become a race rider to capitalize on by getting an education from a group of people who have been there, done it a long time and are not trying to pull the wool over their eyes so to speak.

Mike Richards

I think it hits everyone hard when you lose the captain of your team. He's worked so hard to come back, to have his season cut short, you feel for him. To have a guy like that go out of your locker room is pretty tough.

Colin Trevorrow

Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'

Ben Dogra

Jon enjoyed the visit with the Jets. They did an incredibly good job with the visit. They got his attention. But his comfort level is in Philadelphia. Going into this I thought it would be between money and comfort level, in that order. Comfort level clearly proved to be more of a factor. He just decided signing with the Eagles was what he wanted to do.

Butch Williams

I think it's a clear violation. If you've got a lawyer and (police have) been notified, they're supposed to contact your lawyer.

Bill Cheney

I think it is clear that, whatever the economic outlook was on Monday, the outlook is shakier now, and there are stronger arguments for cutting rates.

Vladimir Putin

I think it is logical, clear and evident,

Susan Donofrio

I think it'd be a nonstarter. The size of those two airlines, as well as overlap, makes it prohibitive to (Department of) Justice. And you wouldn't have a clear leader in terms of the merger. Other deals being discussed, you know who's the buyer. With American and Delta, there would be more fighting.

Susan Donofrio

I think it'd be a nonstarter, ... The size of those two airlines, as well as overlap, makes it prohibitive to (Department of) Justice. And you wouldn't have a clear leader in terms of the merger. Other deals being discussed, you know who's the buyer. With American and Delta, there would be more fighting.

Dariusz Kowalczyk

I think it's mostly the uncertainty regarding the situation in Iran and the very clear decision of the IAEA to refer the country to the UN Security Council.

Joe Gallagher

I actually had shirts printed up for the kids that say F.O.O.L because as linemen they usually don?t get the credit they deserve, so we have to stick together like a fraternity. The line did an excellent job clear the way tonight.

Alan Ruskin

(Greenspan's) comments on the economy regaining traction included a range of examples, but all of them have caveats attached, and none are that convincing,

Daisy Ridley

What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.

Chuck Hill

I think it's going to show up in some comments. I think you will get some comments that (earnings) would have been better if it hadn't been for the euro.

Charlie Villanueva

It hurt, ... It was my big day, you know. Getting drafted was something I'd dreamed about. To hear all those negative comments was tough.

John Picano

He's a very popular guy. When we didn't have him, that was one of the most often heard comments here.

Jose Serrano

I am disappointed. I am angry. And frankly, I view her and her candidacy differently after reading reports of her comments and actions. I would be a hypocrite if I did not.

Al Goldman

IBM ( IBM : Research , Estimates ) is a very well-managed company, it looks to us like the shares have made a bottom, that the short-term trend is improving, that momentum is improving. And the company has had some disappointing comments to make. But that's already in the price of the stock. And the stock is down some 40-ish percent from its high, and very well managed.

Gregory Miller

He did a good job of keeping his comments precise and on-point.

Alan Marks

Our comments have always been that we're following our own game plan.

Richard Shelby

the implicit message is that there will be more, not less, of these kinds of things that will pop up.

Shakeel Syed

His story is indeed a story that needs to come out, and needs to be shared with the world.

Russell Smith

I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort.

Charles J. Shields

On the strength of Vonnegut's reputation, 'Breakfast of Champions' spent a year on the best-seller lists, proving that he could indeed publish anything and make money.

Lance Hedquist

In terms of the stance of the payment of the bill, the owner does have to pay the bill, and that's indeed what it'll take to get the water back on.

Zach Hall

This is indeed a day of celebration after what I would say was a long taxi down the runway.

John Peterson

They indeed were prophets. It takes prophets to do what they did.

George Steinbrenner

It was indeed the right thing to do.

David Garrow

I very much think Sandra Day O'Connor will indeed remain a 'real' justice.

Joyce Banda

I'm indeed a mandasi seller, and I'm proud of it, because the majority of women in Malawi are like us, mandasi sellers.

Clyde Prestowitz

I think the Japanese are in a very tough dilemma,

Wayne Wonder

Well, Japanese fans braced me since 1991 that was my first time I have been to Japan. So I know that Japanese fans has supported me over the years. So it just a lot of love and Wayne Wonder will release more music, more music and more music!

Zhang Ziyi

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

Sam Abell

For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.

Sadako Ogata

Japan's diplomatic efforts could have had a broader international perspective. Relations with the U.S. are, of course, the cornerstone of Japan's diplomacy, but the U.S. acts on its global strategy. For instance, Washington suddenly got closer to China in the early 1970s as part of its strategy against the Soviet Union.

Yoko Ono

I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.

Hitoshi Yamamoto

Relatively speaking, Japan looks the least uncertain market in regard to politics and the economy.

Paul Watson

I know when I am being harassed. It seems to me that Japan is pulling some strings around here.

Naoto Kan

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.

Ariel Sharon

He who rises up to kill us, we will pre-empt it and kill him first.

William Blake

We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them.

Samuel Johnson

Whoever rises above those who once pleased themselves with equality, will have many malevolent gazers at his eminence.

Max Mosley

The idea could give rise to a commercially successful series, which may stand out from the other one-make series in the world of motorsports.

Joseph Heller

Rise above principal and do what's right.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Faith never goes contrary to reason -- faith simply ignores reason and rises above it.

William Congreve

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise

Hugh Johnson

We'll have some bewildering rises and some bewildering, if not shocking, declines.

Adolf Hitler

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Shah Rukh Khan

The only time I don't work is when I am asleep.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Tony Jaa

As a director, I think it is important to keep a space between yourself and your film. It's like you are in the movie, but at the same time you are watching it from the outside.

Libba Bray

Warning: If you are insufferable, do not walk here. We shall eat you down to the marrow.

Rachel Caine

Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death.

Bill McKibben

We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them.

Chelsea Handler

There are no warning signs on the trampoline. The warning is the trampoline.

Jamie Zawinski

My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.

Tony Robbins

Everybody's life is either a warning or an example. You've got to decide what you're gonna be and you have to draw a line in the sand.

Steven Biko

Any warning normally implies, even if it is tacit, that there should be changes

Tim O'Brien

Why do our politicians put warnings on cigarette packs and not on their own foreheads?

Michelle Paver

Sometimes there's no warning. Nothing at all.