Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keating Holland

So the pressure is on Kerry to meet expectations. And let's not forget the good news for the White House in this poll: Bush is still seen as a stronger leader who would better deal with Iraq and terrorism,

Howard Rubel

The stocks were better performers during the Clinton administration than they were during the Bush period. The stocks actually performed well in the second half of the Carter administration. And in the whole second term of Reagan administration they were pretty awful.

Brian Billick

Is Reggie Bush a 350-carry guy? Probably not. Even if he was, I don't know if you want to do it. You need the balance. From what I've seen of him with the 20 to 25 carries, you don't need him for the other 10. You got a 20-point lead and put the other guy in.

Charles Pena

It would not surprise me, ... just given how much President Bush defers to Rumsfeld on every issue. The president might see this as a vote of no-confidence in Rumsfeld. The surprise would be if he does sign off on it.

John Edward

It would be worth his weight in gold if George Bush would spend one day of his presidency doing what I've been doing every single day, out there listening to voters.

Howard Dean

I understand it?s always better to have a lot of passion around an election. But what more passion could we possibly invoke than stopping George Bush from continuing to destroy the country?

Neil Young

I understand we've got like a Bush subordinate in there now. That's unfortunate. But he's got a minority, right? So we can get rid of him pretty soon.

Saeb Erakat

I urge the Israelis to understand that we need to continue talking. I also urge the good office of President Bush to exert every possible effort to resume the contacts.

Joe Lieberman

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

David Lemmon

As always, our first concerns are for protection of people and our environment. With this in mind, we continue to work closely with the electric utilities as they re-establish service in Mississippi,

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Steven Ross

Our customers are going to be shut out with all the closed streets.

Gilberto Madail

Of those 12 cases, there was a response to only one, and that response was to close it for lack of proof.

Brian Archer

Anything relatively close to that is going to be a huge threat.

David Cook

The seniors on our team have had a little rivalry with Morgan from fifth grade. We always joke about playing Morgan in the state championship game. I guess this is as close as we're gonna get, but it'll be fun.

Larry Sabato

The Senate and the House are at loggerheads, and it would be virtually impossible for the leaders of those two houses to be close friends under those circumstances. It would lead to suspicions from their respective caucuses.

Amy Jaffe

The second we get close to $80, speculators will drive up the price just to get there. Clearly, $80 is achievable in this marketplace.

Ifzal Ali

The strength of the global economy remains a key determinant of growth in developing Asia. The major industrial economies are expected to grow close to potential and global trade will remain firm this year.

David Haas

The swap in principle is well-founded, but as it currently stands, some of the other processors represent higher-growth opportunities.

Bill Ayer

The steady demand for our product in the face of fare increases indicates that the market currently is less price-sensitive that it has been in the past. It also tells us that we are hitting the mark in delivering customer value.

Mark Goldstein

Through research, we have found that more than 40 percent of our subscribers to date are new users. So our efforts to reach out to the tens of millions of households not currently using the Net are in fact working.

Derrick Brooks

This was about helping the team and putting us in the position to keep a lot of our players here that we currently have and, at the same time, give us something to go get a player that we felt could help us win a Super Bowl. That's the way it's always been when I've done this, a two-way street.

Taizo Nishimuro

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is currently implementing various reforms at a feverish pitch.

George Felos

I am told that it was an emotional occasion. Prayers were said at the time, and the feeding tube was disconnected. Mr. Schiavo currently is with his wife, at her bedside.

Troy Thygerson

For several years our district student population has been about 475. Currently it is about 535.

Robbie Freeman

Most vessels of this size currently must leave our state for service.

Norihito Kanai

Mazda, like other automakers, is benefiting from the weaker yen. Currently they don't have many new models, but next fiscal year starting in April, they will release new SUV models in the U.S., which should help its earnings and sales.

S. Walker

Ashton's just a workhorse. To have one touchdown on offense, one on defense and one on special teams really says a lot.

Doug Wojcik

As a team, we play defense well and our kids listen. Memphis did a poor job at the free throw line (26-of-41) and that really kept us in the game.

Michael Lambert

As a human being I was incensed. As a defense attorney, I was incensed.

Scott Skiles

As long as they're good shots. You have to earn the right to take that many shots, and you do that by taking good shots, making a good percentage of them, by playing good defense and staying out of foul trouble.

Derek Thomas

Our shots weren't falling, but we were able to do it by locking up on defense and we just didn't let them score. On the other end, we had guys passing the ball, not turning it over and it got exciting.

Ed Sennett

Our defense took them out of it. It looked like their kids were a little tired. They played three pretty hard games in a row. We put the defense on them, got ahead, and when you're tired, it's hard to come back.

Jack Siedlecki

Our defense stood up each time we turned it over.

Doug Palow

Our defense shut down just about everything tonight.

Keola Nobriga

Our defense scored our only points today. The offense didn't do anything. Our defense is our team. We know that and we rely on them a little too much. The offense has to pick it up.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Amelie Mauresmo

It would be great (to end 2004 at number one), ... Hopefully, I can make it this week even though I know it will be very tough. She's been playing well also. I'm looking forward to the next match every day.

Lee Humphrey

This is a new year, and a different team. We're looking forward to making a run.

Sir Greenstock

The unity of the country, the forward progress of the country, would be lost.

Temeka Johnson

This gives us a boost, ... We're happy to be back at .500. We'll take this step forward and see what happens from here on out.

Marian Bromell

This gives them something to look forward to, something to rely upon. . Not every girl wants to be a cheerleader.

Esteban Loaiza

That's going to be really outstanding. It should be a great experience. I know everyone here is looking forward to Tuesday.

Nathan Sharpe

That's going to be a huge game for us and we're looking forward to it. It will be good to be back playing at home and in front of our own crowd.

O. J. Simpson

That's it, from now on I'm not looking forward to anything! Oh my god! Tomorrow there's a two for one sale on piano benches. I can't wait, ooh, ooh, ooh!

Anthony Weiner

Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.

Barbara Lee

Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.

Carl von Clausewitz

In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend who has not seen war.

Calvin Coolidge

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Carl T. Rowan

(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

Carl von Clausewitz

Only great and general battles can produce great results

Carl von Clausewitz

War is the province of chance. in no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. it increases the uncertainty of every circumstance and deranges the course of events.

Charles Kingsley

Look at the bow in the cloud, in the very rain itself. That is a sign that the sun, though you cannot see it, is shining still -- that up above beyond the cloud is still sunlight and warmth and cloudless blue sky.

Charles Cumming

I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more of the military makeup. Whereas MI6 is more of a cerebral, intelligence-based, relationship-based service, i.e., all they do is recruit people to get information out of them.

Mark Ferrulo

An oil pipeline is subject to significant oil spills.

Tetsu Emori

The supply of oil is still ongoing; most people feel there won't be a disruption, so they're taking profit now, especially after Friday's sharp increase.

William Teague

So when there were reports of an 80-foot (24-meter) wave striking an oil platform, they called it a rogue wave. We think it wasn't a rogue wave.

Peter Schiff

This is similar to the 1970s when there was a permanent readjustment in oil prices.

Jane Hirshfield

Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.

Ariel Sharon

Arabs may have the oil, but we have the matches.

Bobby Ray Inman

Iraq is not about oil.

Bob Dylan

All that foreign oil controlling American soil.

Jay Nixon

There's not a lot we can do about the big oil companies, refineries and pipelines,

Tom Daschle

All along, the administration vowed their policies would be painless,

Wesley Clark

I think his disadvantage is that he doesn't seem to know who he is and he doesn't know what his policies are.

Erik Jones

We don't even have any policies and procedures, yet.

Bobby Seale

I'm a progressive. The progression has to be manifested in a new direction in policies and legislation.

Sharon Reid

We are now in the process of reviewing our policies and procedures.

Elizabeth A. Sherman

It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.

Robert Hale

We've been doing this for a long time, ... We look at our policies on a regular basis.

John Hume

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

Arthur C. Clarke

After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.

Richard G. Scott

The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with members that will bring more into the Church.

Brian Weiss

Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.

Wang Jianlin

I know Bo Xilai well. But our relationship was based on our work; we didn't have a personal relationship.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Everybody's friend is nobody's.

Eckhart Tolle

[Relationships] do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you

Britney Spears

I think it's a positive for girls not to depend on guys.

Eleanor Porter

My relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.

Eileen Caddy

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

Benigno Aquino III

I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?

Charles Barkley

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Asa Butterfield

For every role you get, there are five roles that you don't.

Ben Foster

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Donna Mills

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Anthony Hopkins

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Andre Breton

It will in the end, be admitted that everything, in effect is an image and that the least object which has no symbolic role assigned to it is capable of standing for absolutely anything.

Renee Fleming

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Robert Lanza

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.