Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray Smith

The bucket doesn't get filled up without the drops. We have acquired 23,000 acres, that leaves 130,000 (acres) to go.

Dennis Ross

They acquire a kind of a momentum and we have to blunt that. I would like to see the president talk much more about those kinds of stakes because this is a way to explain what we're contending with, what we're fighting.

Jon Katz

I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose to hang out together but none of us has authority over the others. I bought and/or acquired them. I own them. I am profoundly responsible for their care and well being.

Tori Amos

You can't control your popularity; I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. If I was potato chips, I could go a lot more places, but I'm not.

Pat Riley

We are very fortunate to have been able to acquire a player of Gary Payton 's stature. He is a proven veteran and will be a big addition to this team.

Neil Ingle

To see them acquire more land across the road and being that aggressive says to me they feel comfortable about being here (in Etna Township).

Allard Baird

To acquire a pitcher, it's going to have to be a free agent.

Pat Riley

We feel very fortunate that we were able to acquire the services of a multifaceted player in Derek Anderson , whom we had interest in this summer before he signed with Houston. We feel that he will be able to play three positions for us, giving us added versatility.

Leon Spencer

There's no surplus ever. We're not going to do anything to deter our current services, but we cannot afford to acquire additional anything -- it's down to the bone.

Al Edwards

Defensively, we picked it up and got some easy steals.

Tony Domenech

So you no longer have an absentee landlord - easy solution.

Glen Johnson

Roy is an easy step up for Joe, a marketing tool, but if he wants to fight someone with prestige and credibility then it would be me or Tarver.

Jerry Bailey

This is as easy as you can win,

James Reilly

This is not going to be an easy year,

Brian Sandoval

Changing course is never easy.

Lance Gross

It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men have with shaving is razor bumps. Magic Shave is perfect because once you eliminate the razor, you eliminate the bumps, and it's so easy to use.

Karisma Kapoor

Today what is more important for me is performance. At the risk of sounding immodest, I have done it all - 61 movies over 12 years. But now I am looking for quality. It's easy to be a star. Now I want to be an actress.

Amy Childs

When I have had a long day at work, I want something to watch that is funny, lighthearted and easy to get into, and reality is that. I'm not really into serious programmes or documentaries.

Kate Ziegler

As far as the world record goes, it still seems so far away from me, ... As far as the world championships . . . I'm just so happy how it's gone.

Ronald Zarrella

As far as theories, there's a lot of them, and we've run a lot of them to ground and come up with nothing.

Dweezil Zappa

As far as solo records, there's ten years between it. As far as other releases, there's, I don't know, four or five years between it.

Bobby Hatfield

As far as our song list... I think between the two of us knew seven songs... for the whole night... we did a lot of variations on those seven songs.

Warren Sapp

As far as me, as a teammate of mine? I love him.

Rod Thorn

As far as we were concerned, we had a good season, with a real nice run at the end. But now, things start over.

Granth Sahib

The Society of the Guru is not obtained like this, by trying to be near or far away.

Ralph Krueger

The team is mature. You're going to see that here, we've by far not reached our goals yet. We have Germany tomorrow. There's no time to sit on this. They can look back on this period for the rest of their life and they should do that with pride but they're not going to do that right now. I know that.

Mark Rey

The supporters have been far quieter than the people who have found problems with it.

Francis Bacon

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Sophocles

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Steve Guttenberg

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

Kazeronnie Mak

Only the misfortune understands what fortune is.And knows how to treasure it.

Graeme Souness

I am saddened at the way things have worked out. I wish the club, the players and the supporters good fortune and success going forward.

Jeffrey Gitomer

If you make a sale, you can earn a commission. If you make a friend, you can earn a fortune!

William Carman

Thank God for povertyThat makes and keeps us free,That lets us go our unobtrusive way,Glad of the sun and rain,Upright, serene, humane,Contented with the fortune of a day.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

Honore de Balzac

Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune.

Oscar Wilde

A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.

Benjamin Disraeli

I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon.

Debra Winger

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

Confucius

The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

Ambrose Bierce

Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

Anna Quindlen

But never fear, gentlemen; castration was really not the point of feminism, and we women are too busy eviscerating one another to take you on.

William Shakespeare

Of all the fair resort of gentlemen That every day with parle encounter me, In thy opinion which is worthiest love?

Simon Raven

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.

Rush Limbaugh

Ladies and gentlemen, the economic disaster, the tailspin, the destruction of the greatest economic engine in the history of the world, these policies of Barack Obama's, which have led us to this point, are precisely why I fearlessly said and still say, I hope he fails.

George Berkeley

Every knave is a thorough knave, and a thorough knave is a knave throughout.

Harold Bloom

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike

George Herbert

When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.