Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pierre Corneille

A service beyond all recompense - Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense

John Milton

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye

Herman Kahn

As for total disarmament, there are almost 50,000 nuclear weapons in the world today; even if they were banned, not all would be destroyed.

Mullah Bakhtiyar

As for the self-determination for the Kurds, this issue did not enjoy the support of Sunnis or Shiites, and we almost gave up this demand,

Robert Gottlieb

As for the once-revolutionary 'Agon,' after more than half a century, its lessons and revelations have been so absorbed into the language of ballet that it now seems almost conventional.

Milton Babbitt

As for the future of electronic music, it seems quite obvious to me that its unique resources guarantee its use, because it has shifted the boundaries of music away from the limitations of the acoustical instrument, of the performer's coordinating capabilities, to the almost infinite limitations of the electronic instrument.

Mike Colter

As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting.

H. Hunt

As a stimulus proposal, it's a non-starter. The economic impact is very, very small -- almost imperceptible.

Charles Kennedy

As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English.

Michael Bradley

Kids are exposed to this at incredibly early ages, when their brains are going through profound developmental changes. This has caught parents off guard. (Porn) has always been there, but it's always been in a lower volume.

Greek proverb

If you do not have brains you have legs.

Tim Healy

Any game is scary right now. Tonight, it all came down to shooting.

Jeret Peterson

As far as competition and stress, I'm sure will be through the roof. But I'm going to walk away having fun. That's why I came here. Yes, I came here for a reason, but I'm also here to have fun. That's mostly the reason I came here.

Ratomir Dujkovic

As a result, most pundits have written us off and I came under strong pressure from the media in Ghana but we have pulled our socks up and are determined to give our fans in Germany something to cheer about.

Mark Hamilton

As a team, I think we came out with a lot more intensity and a lot more focus tonight. We wanted to come and prove that our offense can get some runs, especially after getting shut down into the eighth (on Friday).

Jamie Mahaffey

As a team, we played well and we came together and we got through another day. We've been through a lot of controversy today, a lot of issues. We have a family here and we've been moving on all year. We're going to keep on moving on.

Brendan Morrison

As a team we just weren't good enough defensively and our deficiencies came to the forefront when it mattered most.

Akhenaton

As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.

Tony Allen

As a group, the young guys are getting better and better with each game. Tonight we had a good opportunity, but we came up with a loss.

Wayne Smythe

As a freshman, Bryson did everything, and more, that you would expect a freshman to do. He came in and wrestled like an upperclassman. He's one of those guys we knew we could count on. We could see growth from week to week.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Tom Lochner

Probably the most important thing was the educational process those students went through. Our role in the state symbol was to help those students have that experience.

Jim Bottorf

Our concern, of course, is for the people we won't be able to help during whatever time it takes us to get back up to speed.

Josh Young

People don't always realize how much we can help in these cases.

Delma Smith

Offer to help her with her house, if she helps you with yours. Then you're doing it as a team.

John Chaney

The national media hurts the A-10 more than any other league. We're always looked at as a stepchild. Our TV situation doesn't help recruiting. That's a major reason I play the type of schedule that I do, for recruiting.

Hayden Fry

The more down-to-earth things can help a lot.

Nick Exel

Definitely. I know I can help the team out more if I'm a little more aggressive. Basically, throughout this season I've been playing not to make mistakes, playing not to hurt the team.

Romeo Crennel

Dennis Northcutt was able to come in and make some plays that will help his psyche because I know he was a little down.

Carine Roitfeld

A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.

Al Gore

As many of you know, I was very instrumental in the founding of the Internet

Aristotle

We are what we reblog.

Ben Huh

The Internet's a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

David Clarke

We might just be at the point where the utility of the Internet stalls--and perhaps turns downward.

Chuck D.

The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.

Tim Berners-Lee

Things can change so fast on the internet.

Mark Zuckerberg

Free basic internet access should be like dialing 911 in the US or 100 in India.

Rod Lache

I think it's a smart move because it's less deceptive. People who are going on the Internet can get the right news up front.

Tom Ridge

a very unfortunate characterization of the work that people are doing.

Jake Bugg

At school, people would say I should go on 'Britain's Got Talent,' but I would never have done that because it doesn't seem genuine; it doesn't feel natural.

Renae Dreier

A year from now, people will look back and say that was nerve-racking, but it was worth it.

Randy Falco

Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.

Karla Reese

As people stop driving, we haven't been able to replace them as readily as we used to.

Michael Vick

As long as I can go out and make plays, people can say what they want to say,

Jake Barton

As long as your storytelling and emotional depth are intact, that's what people will focus on.

Ferdie Pacheco

As influential as I have been, do you think one of these people has ever called me? ... No.

Astro Teller

Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.

Jason Kubel

No problems at all to report. It hasn't been sore in a long time.

Michael Boyd

Delta's problem is not labour, it's debt. Until they can restructure their debt, they are in big trouble.

Benjamin Raich

I've always been strong in slalom. This season I've had some trouble finishing, but that wasn't a problem today.

Bob Hazel

Teachers have enough problems as it is. It's sure not positive.

Kurt Woerner

These weren't short-term problems. Some of those violations must have been there for years.

Bernie Ecclestone

I understand now that there may be some problems with that.

Christopher Williams

I understand they had a problem yesterday, a student problem, ... I talked with Matthews and he said everything was under control.

Pat Duffy

This isn't a problem of one district. It's a problem of many districts.

Jeff Berliner

The upside to the disk problem was that we recovered the old system to the SAN.

Carl Sandburg

God, let me remember all good losers.

Joann Johnson

We wanted to come here to remember those who died.

Pam Baker

Everyone was in a real dither, but we made it through fine. I was only a little girl, but I remember how upset everyone got.

Rudy Duran

You have to remember that Tiger is not Earl's only child. He had three other kids. He wasn't a rookie at this.

Deborah Espinosa

You have to remember he wasn't trained. He does make some mistakes.

Doris Lessing

You remember with what you are at the time you are remembering.

Craig Newmark

Follow through with basic values, and remember to provide good customer service.

Douglas Horton

Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.

Douglas Coupland

Remember how, back in 1990, if you used a cellphone in public you looked like a total asshole? We're all assholes now.

Chris Burke

I don't really have Down's syndrome; I just have a slight case of it.

Bob Dylan

Some things are too terrible to be true.

Auberon Waugh

Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.

Anna Nicole Smith

It's very expensive to be me. It's terrible the things I have to do to be me.

Matt Smith

I am a terrible sleeper.

Laurie Simmons

Any work that is really great hovers between terrific and terrible.

Jerry Jones

It's just a terrible loss. I'd like to have something to blame, but I don't.

Gina Hern

There is a terrible indentation where the implant is misplaced.

Pat Barker

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.