Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shifrin

another very successful TBA sponsored event that leaves its mark on Townsend Common history.

Robert Hutchins

A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common idea's and common ideals.

Eric Smithey

Back in Mozart's time it was very common to perform operas in all sorts of languages. His native tongue was German. The most common language to see opera in was Italian.

Audrey Miller

As it stands in Maine now, a property owner can do whatever they want - the common enemy rule - and ruin their neighbors.

Tim Watkins

Reagan was a deeply spiritual guy. We did not get to see a lot of his spirituality, but it was there and it was the common thread, the fabric of who he was.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Our Euripides, the human, / With his droppings of warm tears, / And his touches of things common / Till they rose to touch the spheres.

Colleen Hanabusa

Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.

Don Cherry

people think common sense is common - but it's not.

James Clyburn

People are very insecure. It's a common thread, ... All of these people have security questions in some way, whether it's Social Security, retirement security. People feel that gaping holes are being cut out in their safety nets.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.

Albert Einstein

Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18.

Alexander Pope

Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense.

E. O. Wilson

Common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absense of instruments and the tested knowledge of science. Common sense tells us that massive satellites cannot hang suspended 36,000 kilometers above the one point on the earth's surface, but they do...

Dorothy Day

Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

Dalai Lama

There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.

Andrew Weil

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

Andrew Tobias

What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack.

Thomas Huxley

Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they are, or at any rate, without the distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

Franz Beckenbauer

As far as we're concerned, the World Cup could start even tomorrow. Then all the secondary issues will disappear and we can focus on the main issue -- soccer.

Joe Nemechek

As a driver, it would mean a lot. But I don't think it defines a driver. Daytona is a big race, but any Nextel Cup race you can win is big.

Zina Garrison

Ranking will be a big part of it. There is a lot more that will play into it. Right now I'm just relying on what I need for the Fed Cup and I'll look at the Olympics after that.

Denny Hamlin

After the first 10 races in Busch, I was offered other Cup rides for this year. But I felt I didn't know what I was doing yet in Busch.

Hamish Bowles

Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.

Edward Fitzgerald

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry: 'Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry

Jo Maso

Defeating Ireland is no mean thing. The main thing was to win. It's our first match at home this season and we said we wanted to stay unbeaten at home until the 2007 World Cup which will be played in France. We are still on course.

W. S. Gilbert

The Stanley Cup has generated income over the years and we felt that some of that money should go to promote the sport as Lord Stanley intended.

Rob Niedermayer

The Stanley Cup finals, that was a good lesson for me,

Thomas Fuller

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

Greg Roy

The time down in Florida was more of a training time. This weekend will be an indication of where we are with our fitness and our readiness.

A. A. Milne

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

David Soul

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

Anna Quindlen

I think anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.

Chuck Noll

Good things come to those who hustle

Thomas de Quincey

There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.

Thomas Jefferson

Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends

Nicki Minaj

Refuse to lose, Refuse to be defeated, Refuse to have regrets.

Stephen Schwerdt

Sometimes these type of injuries are frustrating and more time is needed to get it right. We will now back off his training for two weeks and then reassess.

Fred Zimny

You're doing 80 and 90 mph sometimes, and that's unfortunately part of the sport. They happen, and 90 percent of the time there's no injuries or no serious injuries.

Jonathan Jackson

Every year we see needless and preventable injuries from fireworks,

Jim Mills

No one knew a lot about neck injuries in those days.

Jerry Glanville

One thing you learn in football, you waste your time worrying about injuries because they're going to come.

Tom Rowe

Because of injuries and call-ups, we needed an unbelievable performance, and he had it.

Peter Braun

But I think with the run of injuries we've been having, I might have to reassess that.

Tom Izzo

Hey, there's people that have had more injuries than we've had. We've been pretty blessed.

Sarah Cox

Most organized sports-related injuries (about 62 percent) occur during practices rather than games.

Miles Shipside

Properties are selling more quickly and stock levels declining.

Marc Chandler

Once we got through an important technical level that triggered a lot of stops. We went through the level that the technicians thought was a bottom.

John Gallagher

Do you want performance level one or performance level two,

Dwayne Slay

The talent level is rising around here. It's going to be a surprise next year.

Eric Hecox

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

Landon Donovan

Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. We have an obligation to do that and most people take that seriously.

Mario Caminiti

Sometimes we just play to the level of the opposition. We can play better.

Jake Goebbert

(The state tournament) is a different level of basketball. We need to come out a little harder.

Simon Greul

I see now that I can play at this level and I can play with these guys. I'm playing my game, I'm playing well.

Yingxi Yu

Technical trends are looking very strong and people find it very risky to go short right now. I think that's why the rally has been continuing.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Chuck Koons

We're looking for what we could do that was ecologically sound.

Eva Simons

Sometimes when I'm dancing and don't put in enough hairspray, I wind up looking like a... what's the animal with needles? Porcupine.

Jeff Bryant

We really don't know our starters yet, or where everyone will play. We're looking for the right combinations.

Robert Wood

We've seen the report and are looking into it.

Robin Wagner

At that particular time, I was looking for something in her that maybe she wasn't ready to give me.

Nick Vujicic

If you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.

Ian Paisley

It was amazing that I was ever elected.

John Stephens

It took us seven years to saturate Northern California.

Tom Greene

It's all Northern Telecom. It was U.S. selling; they just started selling it and it took a lot of the other tech stocks with it.

Ali Babacan

Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey.

Seamus Heaney

A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious.

Mark Atkinson

Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.

Russ Feingold

You are obviously very talented. And you also look healthy.

Quin Snyder

We've had some highs. This is obviously a low.

Jim Calhoun

Could he have played (Friday)? Probably. But obviously we didn't need him.

John Gamble

We are obviously relieved that so much work has resulted in a just and appropriate verdict,

Alan McCollough

We were obviously dissatisfied with the overall comparable-store sales decline,

Steve Loney

When you only have one touchdown in two games, you obviously have some things to fix.

Tyrone Marshall

You look at our record, obviously it doesn't tell the tale of the Galaxy,

Lyndsey Medders

Everything we do we're going to try to do it together. We obviously don't have any All-Americans on this team, so everything we do is going to have to be done by a group.

John Grammer

As coaches, we tell the players to make plays and that's what they did. We made some big plays to win at the end, especially Derek Carver.

Randy Carlyle

Our expectations are that we're going to try to play an uptempo game, and our players seem to have responded positively to that.

Dottie Pepper

Other players find out if you're not doing that sort of stuff. You don't want to take the 'I'm special' attitude.

James Grant

The teams they've come up against, individually, you probably say have better players than (the Tigers),

Mary Pinkowski

Some teams have 6-3 players who play like our guards.

H. Hart

Some players ... they're better unprepared, maybe. Just go out there and wing it. That's how he is.

Daniela Hantuchova

Some players prefer to play one point after another. I prefer to take more time. There's nothing you can do about it.

Felipe Alou

Some players leaned on them. It should be a lot more relaxed.

Dave Esquer

Some players have to play and have to play well for us to be the team we want to be.

Robert A. Heinlein

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Jessica Capshaw

I was never a rail-thin person.

Harry Wilson

Taxes don't seem to be the third rail they used to be.

Maggie Mermin

The risk is not zero. But it's low.

William Schmitt

This is probably one (company) where that risk is the greatest.

Brian Tracy

The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the comfort-seekers .

Lou Jiwei

There is a lot of risk in the tech sector.

Dana Delany

Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.

Brennan Manning

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

Brennan Manning

Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.

Brenda Blethyn

At the risk of sounding naff, it is having hope fulfilled

Bill Hybels

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.