Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ali Khan

What we've seen is what we would expect. Infectious disease outbreaks are not common following hurricanes.

John Prescott

have a great deal in common and a lot to discuss.

Jed S. Rakoff

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Rob Bell

That may sound a big vague, but what has struck me in city after city is that despite our differences and diversity, there's a common humanity we all share. In many ways we're all searching and longing for the same things...

Vladimir Putin

We had a very good situation in 2005. The common budget had a volume of 80 billion dollars per year. Thousands of jobs were created in Germany by Russian investments. At the same time, a large number of German companies invested in Russia. There were countless cultural and social contacts.

If you get invited to your first orgy, don't just show up nude. That's a common mistake. You have to let nudity "happen.

John Mitchell

If there was a common theme to his stories, it was misuse of power. He knew who his readers were. He knew that if something outraged him, they would be outraged, too.

Mike McGavick

I plan to take common sense and stability back to Washington.

Jim Johnson

By joining with numerous other industry players, we hope to speed ratification of the standard as well as jointly develop a common guideline to deliver interoperable solutions in the interim.

Chris McDonnell

I was a little disappointed in the position as I thought we could contend for the title. But we just didn't race like I thought we would.

Henry David Thoreau

Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men.

Ron Bamberger

It's a bittersweet experience. It's great to have a Derby contender named after you -- it will definitely put you on a high -- but knowing I am standing in the shoes of my friend takes the edge off a bit.

Steve McKinney

We were supposed to be contending for a playoff spot right now. Instead, we're contending for the No. 1 pick in the draft. Our fans are kind of frothing at the mouth over it.

Jim Williams

These dissidents contend that all the people in Leisure World are poor, downtrodden, sheepish people who can't protect themselves, ... But the truth of the matter is, a lot of people are just that way because they don't want to get involved. They want to retire in peace.

Alex Figert

This is a real crucial time for our team. It might determine if we contend for a playoff berth at the end of the season, so we just need to focus on getting as many points as possible.

Greg Martin

We had small pockets of weather to contend with in the Northeast and some wind at O'Hare, but overall we got off to a good start.

Victoria Jackson

We have a team that can contend for a national title.

Zach Johnson

Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.

Lauren Bacall

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

Kara Swisher

It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.

Kit Williams

She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.

Rick Riordan

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

Raymond Chandler

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already.

William S. Burroughs

No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

Woody Allen

Death is an acquired trait.

Woody Allen

Marriage is the death of hope.

Woody Allen

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

Nadrine Stocker

I think it may have just been stress. My grandmother died on Feb. 9 the year before and I was thinking about that and it may have triggered the labor.

William Morris

He did not die in the night, / He did not die in the day, / But in the morning twilight / His spirit passed away.

Terry Beauford

I thought Carlos did a heck of a job. We are going to live and die with him. He just needs some more reps. He will get better with each game.

Chuck Feeney

It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes.

Jandy Nelson

I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here.

Leslie Williams

I didn't move away from Jack because of money. I moved away from Jacques-Imo's because I wanted to get away from frying, ... I'm going to die. But I'm not going to die over that fryer.

Ciputra

I am healthy because of my strict diet. I can eat anything, but I don't eat everything.

Mary McDonnell

I am feeling energized, and know, that 43 people who had to die is an interesting fact, as one of the things I'm fascinated by in BSG is that here's this women who was thrust into power, instead of having to work her way into it.

Judy Thompson

He had so much life left in him. No man as good as Harold should have to die like that.

Linda Wallace

Kevin was a fighter up to the end, to live, but she wants everyone to know he fought real hard.

Lenny Harris

Keep pushing. Keep fighting. We'll get it done. We have to get it done.

Frank Warren

Joe Will be ready to fight in 2006 and hopefully Lacy will be in the opposite corner.

Jimmy Teague

He's a freshman that's got a lot of potential. We were hoping he could use this year and Erik as a tutor to get him ready, but he's going to get right into the fight (today). We'll find out how he's going to react.

Vince Young

He's been through a lot. Just to see him keep fighting ... I'm proud of him, proud of all the hard work he's done to get to this point.

Mike Morris

It is hard. A lot of guys are fighting for the same spots and it might be from the same teams, so it is kind of hard.

Jennifer Humphrey

We just have to go out and fight. If we go out and show how we can play, and play our game and fight like I know we can, we'll win.

Rahshon Clark

We just have to go and fight this every day. And work on defense.

Jim Haslett

We just have to fight through it, ... It's going to be a tough year. We don't know where we're going to play. We don't know where we're going to live. We don't know if we're going to play all road games. Any time we step on the field, it's therapeutic.

Kay Redfield Jamison

It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy.

Mack Strong

Just things that I've never experienced in my life.

Tom Arnold

I swear on my life that is true.

Quentin Blake

You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

Carine Roitfeld

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

Ron Shock

It has been a wonderful life for me. It's just been a blessing. I can't say I would have done it any other way. I have no regrets. I like what I do.

Geno Auriemma

I think this is the first time in my life I have been rendered speechless.

Sylvia Fraser

It is one of the ironies of my life and in many lives that whenever you are the happiest, all of this stuff from the past will come pushing up and demand to be noticed.

Jason Robert Brown

I think that when you write for stars, I think that you have to be very specific about what they do beautifully and let them bring it to life.

Robert Morrison

To do what ought to be done but what would not have been done unless I did it, I thought to be my duty.

Dave Gomo

If you've never done it, they ought to try it.

R. Ingram

It's something they ought to be able to live with.

Paul Simon

As you look at the vote returns, I think the Senate this time ought to be able to pass a Constitutional amendment.

Christopher Dodd

This ought not to be a controversial proposal,

Brent Thompson

It ought to be done in a content-neutral fashion.

Bob Lutz

Right now, we're not where we ought to be (on hybrids).

John Gibson

We've got about 300 members. We ought to have about 3,000.

Darrell Royal

You'd think it ought to be every other year that one team wins in this series. But that's not the way it's worked out. Not in my time. Not as a player, not as a coach.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

Sgt. Reynolds

His statement was that it was a very small amount.

Ian Fleming

To come and see them live at a small track has appeal.

Dale Maharidge

In a small town, there is a thin veil of anonymity,

Mikhail Prokhorov

I don't understand small businesses, only big ones. Marriage is the hardest small business.

James Fenton

An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again.

Philippa Gregory

It is no small thing, this, for a woman: freedom.

John Irving

Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes.

James May

It's a small step in the right direction.