Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jamie Lee Curtis

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

Allen Ginsberg

When it snows in your nose, you catch cold in your brain.

David Foster Wallace

That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them.

Toby Chaudhuri

The president called for ending our addiction to oil but there's no 12-step program in his budget. ... The president's energy policy ... is constrained by lack of imagination, scope, resources and an unwillingness to roll back subsidies to energy companies already enjoying record profits.

Paulo Coelho

MySpace is an addiction.

Marianne Williamson

Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.

Michael Irvin

More important to me is to help my friends and help my brother and to remove this drug addiction spirit out of my family.

Kathy Davis

That 'from addiction to recovery' tag line is really big.

Barbara de Angelis

All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.

Pete Boulay

There really hasn't been much Arctic high pressure up there to come down, and what has come down has been a glancing blow. Even Canada isn't that cold. You have to go way up by Hudson Bay ? and way up in northern Alaska, to find anything well below zero.

Tino Reyes

When we were getting pretty close to signing him, he called us from one of his maneuvers. I asked him, 'Where are you guys?' He said, 'Up north.' I said, 'Where up north?' He said, 'The Arctic Circle.' That was different. He e-mailed us a picture from there. He had his parka off.

Peter Power

The boycott is bad for all those concerned.

Dino Ebel

That was a bad one. Like I've said since day one, this team never gives up. We gave up seven runs in an inning, but battled back. It's exciting. We still have a lot of games left.

Harry Smith

People cannot give up on the city as bad as this looks, ... It's devastating and it's catastrophic, but I have also been around the city and there are pockets of the city that can come back quickly, and I want people to come back.

Heather Stephens

Oh! I feel really bad about that now that I think about that. She's just so good and she's a senior. She's amazing. I've always looked up to her.

Vince Carter

Oh, I can care less about scrutiny and all that. If it was a bad game, it was a bad game. Just because of what people say and what people think, they don't dictate my game and how I play. I've been in the playoffs before and I've had bad games in the playoffs before. It's just one of those things, you shake it off.

Robin Smith

Oh God, fresh air, it's so wonderful. It's the first time I've wanted to breathe all day. When you think what we could've gone through, it's not too bad in there. But it's certainly not as wonderful as this.

Sam Endicott

The name is also connected with living in New York in this really weird time. People are constantly waiting for something bad to happen. I wrote these songs and formed this band to make sure I didn't get overcome by that sense of fear. That's what this band is about -- standing tall and not being afraid.

Tyson Slocum

Oil companies are exploiting a tight supply-demand situation. They are piling on, making a bad situation worse.

Donna Martin

The more options we have the better we are. It makes it harder for our opponents to prepare for us. If someone has a bad day we have options.

Bill Belichick

Any time a player goes from one system to another, one thing that could be a problem is breaking old habits. It's not that you don't understand what the new responsibilities or plays are, but just the fact that you've been doing something a long time - it's a habit - and that's not what's required in the other system. And that means kind of undoing something before you can even start to do something new.

Merab Mamardashvili

A Soviet man is a product of invisible changes, degradation and progressive deformation. Breaking the chain of those changes is hard. Perhaps they are irreversible.

Irene Toner

We cannot have people just breaking in and taking weapons and ammunition. That's something no one even thought about until we watched the news from New Orleans.

Ken Livingston

Those police were actually breaking the law as they took those banners away. We are not having any of that.

Steny Hoyer

We are breaking a promise, and that is unfair to the people who fought so long and so hard for this legislation.

Gregg Davis

Voice-over-IP was breaking up. The pipe was only so big.

Jenny Mack

We don't want you to be caught off-guard. The first time you find out about a new law should not be when you're getting a ticket for breaking it.

Jackie Parsley

What an offensive explosion! The shooting was hot! It was great to be able to see all the girls contribute. It was a win we needed, and to do it in that fashion was great to see. The girls were excited about breaking a school record.

Josh Duncan

We've been talking to each other about staying together and not breaking down. We're really all we have. We have to stay together, and everybody is committed to doing it. ... Nobody likes losing, but when we do stay together and we all make that collective effort to keep encouraging each other, that's when we're at our best.

William Stairs

As far as the timing of the budget is concerned, he hasn't made up his mind.

Gary Goddard

The budget is pretty self-explanatory, ... This is a very readable document.

Kent Carper

These raises weren't part of the budget and we have to turn right around in July and set the budget for the next fiscal year.

Carolyn McLaughlin

I understand we have a lot of streets to repave and not a lot of money in the budget.

Jim Horney

We had a very serious budget problem before Katrina hit.

Chris Hillman

We had to guess each year what interest rates would do in the coming year, which is difficult to do in today's markets, and budget for that,

Sherwood Boehlert

There is simply not enough money in NASA's budget to carry out all the tasks it's undertaking on the current schedule.

Steven Wood

This was the first time that the January budget has been in deficit since 1992.

Wayne Burnette

We are trying to make things as pleasant as we can. We got a roof on so it doesn't leak anymore. We are ripping up and replacing damaged floor in the utility room. We will do a little kitchen work putting in a new kitchen counter and sink. We will put a new vanity in the bath, and I think that will run our budget out. We will come back and do the outside work during the week.

Chris Hill

The thing about the committee, and you get tired of telling people, is everything's independent. Every year's different. Every team's different. We go in with a clean slate every year.

Bruce Krall

I spent a lot of money and a lot of effort cleaning it up.

Reggie Evans

I've been clean since I've been in the league, I've been clean since I've been in college, I've been clean since I've been in high school, middle school, elementary school. I'm just cleaner than clean. I'm cleaner than Pine-Sol.

Bob Graham

We should first give the Syrians and the Lebanese the opportunity to clean up their own house, ... That is a more serious threat to the United States in my judgment than Saddam Hussein.

Tom Rathbun

You have a material that can be used as fuel. As soon as you get the material out of the stream, it (the stream) improves. If we can clean streams while creating electricity, and it's not costing the taxpayers any money to clean up these streams, that's a good thing.

I. Stone

There is no infrastructure in the country, roads, electricity, lack of clean sanitary conditions, lack of clean water to drink. It just pulled at my heart strings to be honest with you.

Colin Powell

there is no indication whatsoever that Iraq has made the strategic decision to come clean and comply with its international obligation to disarm.

Anne Hedges

There is no such thing as clean coal. It's low sulfur, and it's cleaner than coal used to be, but that's not saying much.

Sarah Wheeler

We had a good section meet, but we didn't want to put too much pressure on ourselves because it's a lot easier if we just go out and have fun. We didn't go all out (Thursday) because we wanted to make sure everyone made it down with some nice, clean runs. Everyone was just solid, and I think we can be even better next year. We'd love to get a dynasty going.

Rick Lane

There was a hands-off mentality because Congress didn't understand the issues.

Carol Cox

We will spend less money next year than we did two years ago -- not very much less, ... The administration, having lowered the bar, got more of what it wanted out of Congress. At the end, the administration was holding the whip hand because it was Congress that wanted to go home.

Tom Daschle

OK, we'll take the first step. This is as crucial as it gets.

Tom Schatz

Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.

Rick White

Most of Congress is sort of lost in cyberspace. They know there's something called the Internet out there. But most of 'em don't know how to use it and most of 'em aren't very familiar with it.

Eric Fehrnstrom

If Congress and the President impose new requirements on the project, we'll follow the procedures and guidelines set out in the law.

Greg Valliere

I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.

Al Garza

The goal is virtually the same still hammering on Congress to enforce the laws We have to restore our (American) integrity. We're not going to let up on our government.

David Fleischer

The country will now focus on elections and congress will cool down. The replacements are natural and don't create any concerns.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

Carles Puyol

Samuel said he didn't want to continue but we wanted to convince him that he should not let them (the racists) get to him.

Duane Grant

The work they do continues to be on the cutting edge of bio-energy.

Karen Sack

This is a way for the company?to continue to grow over time and I think it is a healthy strategy over time.

Hossam Bahgat

This is a regrettable escalation on the part of the government. On the other hand, it will encourage the judges to continue to speak out on the issue of judicial independence.

Jon Huntsman

This is a question of fairness, to my mind, and I'm going to continue talking about it to see what we can get accomplished.

Brian Dolan

This is going to be a short-term recovery. The dollar will continue to weaken in the next several days.

Nick Davis

There was no drilling involved because it was above- ground. Most of the guys would not even qualify for 250 straight days.

Frances Beinecke

Shell Oil's decision to pull the plug on drilling for oil in the Chukchi Sea is a major victory for the Arctic.

Kirk Hinrich

Something went off in our heads -- maybe we were playing not to get embarrassed. If we started the game the way we played the second half, we're going to be tough to beat. We have to come out with more energy and focus.

James Jones

Ross has been really steady for us. He gave us a lot of energy off the bench.

John Ryding

Energy prices do matter, especially to the public's perception of inflation.

Peter Beutel

Every time energy prices triple we have a major recession in 1½ to 2 years.

Tony Fadell

You have to look at why people come and work at Nest. Part of it is that a lot of people here already know each other, but we're also on a mission with a purpose. People are personally motivated by energy or safety.

Adriana Lima

Fashion is about good energy. Its about feelings. Thats what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.

Dale Carnegie

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

David Wright

There's just an energy level that gets kicked up a notch when Pedro pitches.

Picabo Street

I spoke to her and she is full of energy and she is going to go in the combined, and in the super-G if her back is not too sore.

Lori Bennett

Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.

Michael Barrett

The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.

Jane Garvey

The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,

Mike Scioscia

This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.

Craig Sherman

Focusing on the long term and building a great product that is scalable ultimately leads to a great company.

Kurt Faust

The opponent we're playing this week is the one in the mirror. We need to focus on ourselves and get better.

Al Rauch

We think it might make sense for them to try and focus on what they do well, which is Phase III testing and marketing,

S. Hughes

We try really hard to maintain the focus of this day on the kids.

Jason Cain

We tried to focus on it a lot today because Sean and J.R. are sometimes double-teamed. So we had to try to give them some leeway.

Gary Edwards

We were just holding on. When we tried to get that push, we just didn't have it.

John Williams

The plans have been put on hold for the time being.

George Becker

China's a rogue nation, ... We should hold our congressional leaders accountable.

Walter Winchell

No, I'll hold it. It'll make the show better.

Bengie Molina

I got a hold of it. I didn't think it was going to stay fair, but it did.

Steve Cummings

If you are going to sit on it, you want it to hold you.

Robert Mahon

I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope.

Billy Crystal

I would even walk so it wouldn't look like we're together. Here I can hold his hand.

Craig Nicholson

If we hold teams to one run, I've got to like our chances. Our pitchers were outstanding. They were around the (strike) zone all day long.

Rush D. Holt, Jr.

The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

Bob Brennan

You have to use your mind instead of gears.

Andrea Seigel

Louis CK knows that just because a joke is using space as a resource instead of something to be crammed like a hamper, this doesn't mean a story isn't happening.

Hilton Armstrong

We don't want to lose to them twice. It was our mistake. We need to come out and play a little tighter 'D' instead of being so loose.

Shawan Robinson

I think we just got tight. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose.

Will Rogers

We can make this thing into a Party, instead of a Memory

Michael Casey

The international business, instead of detracting from our business, is now additive to our business,

Kevin Keating

All he wants is to get out of there. It took about two seconds ... instead of going forward, to go in a different direction.

Bobby Cox

Every once in a while he tries to overthrow out there. He throws 100 (mph) instead of pitching.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Dwight L. Moody

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

William Shakespeare

Everyone I meet is in some way my superior.

Tony Dungy

Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule just to see how guys would respond.

Stephen Covey

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Vanna Bonta

Leadership is not about being important, it's about serving something important.

Ray Davies

There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike, got to be a Superman to survive.

Rosa DeLauro

The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter that would lower gas prices, opting instead to give massive subsidies to the oil and gas industry

Steve Chabot

We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate.

Thomas Friedman

Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.

Peter DeFazio

The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.

Peter DeFazio

There is no free market in oil.

Sherwood Boehlert

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.

Sherwood Boehlert

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks.

Sherwood Boehlert

Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going to get worse. So we have to slow the growth of U.S. oil consumption, particularly imported oil consumption.

Barbara Kingsolver

restraint equals indulgence

Erin McKean

We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.

Chico Lynch

We were fortunate. And the rest is history.

Rich Miller

is suspended the rest of this season and the start of next.

Susan McWhorter

We tried to use more subs and rest our sick players.

E. O. Wilson

Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more quickly we will be able to discover the sources of human sensibility and acquire the knowledge on which an enduring ethic, a sense of preferred direction, can be built.

Barry Bonds

Right now, I'm just day-to-day, trying to get through the rest of the season,

Bible Bible

But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Christopher Shays

More is going to rest on his (Hastert's) shoulders,

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.

Azar Nafisi

The more we die, the stronger we will become

Carl Sandburg

Time says hush: by the gong of time you live. Listen and you hear time saying you were silent long before you came to life and you will again be silent long after you leave it, why not be a little silent now? Hush yourself, noisy little man. Time hushes all: the gong of time rang for you to come out of the hush and you were born. The gong of time will ring for you to go back to the same hush you came from. Winners and losers, the weak and the strong, those who say little and try to say it well, and those who babble and prattle their lives away, time hushes all.

C. S. Lewis

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. Wouldn't you then first discover how much you really trusted it?

Cesar Chavez

We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we have new faith. Through our strong will, our movement is changing these conditions...We shall be heard.

Bellamy Young

The more I resist anything, the stronger it gets.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is the nature of strong people that they can bring out crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Claire Messud

I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure - the failure that sometimes washes over me as anger, makes me so angry I could spit - is all mine, in the end. What made my obstacles insurmountable, what consigned me to mediocrity, is me, just me. I thought for so long, forever, that I was strong enough -- or I misunderstood what strength was.

Brent Weeks

I am Sa’kagé a lord of shadows. I claim the shadows that the Shadow may not. I am the strong arm of deliverance. I am Shadowstrider. I am the Scales of Justice. I am He-Who-Guards-Unseen. I am Shadowslayer. I am Nameless. The coranti shall not go unpunished. My way is hard but I serve unbroken. In ignobility nobility. In shame honor. In darkness light. I will do justice and love mercy. Until the king returns I shall not lay my burden down.” --(Durzo Blint to Jorses Alkestes, quoted to Skylar at the edge of Ezra's Forest.)

Booker T. Washington

Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

Jim Veltman

After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to.

David White

Some still have enough time to do so.

Rob Allison

Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.

Curtis Sliwa

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Jane Hamilton

Our mission in life is not to discover our fate as we go along, or even to procreate, but rather to fill up the endless gray void that is time.

Mike Davis

Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.

Jack Parker

We were dominated. At no time were we in this game.

Dalai Lama

The time has come to think more wisely, hasn't it?

Todd Burns

We just started to see these things within the (past) hour. Our crews haven't had time to get there and find the cause.