Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Copeland

It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as "industrial action", for they are nothing of the sort, almost as daft as the sexual act being described as "sleeping together

John Copeland

It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as ""industrial action"", for they are nothing of the sort, almost as daft as the sexual act being described as ""sleeping together

George Pierce Baker

In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending.

Stephen Hunter

Considered purely as effects-driven filmed drama, 'The Day After Tomorrow' checks in somewhere in the middle of one of Hollywood's most absurd and least lamented dead genres, the disaster pic of the '70s. It's a little better than 'Earthquake' but not as good as 'The Towering Inferno,' because it doesn't star Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.

Kenneth Koch

Here I was in my 20s, and life seemed to me so exciting and full of girls and gardens and steamships and drinks and tennis games and countries and cathedrals... I mean, it seemed absurd to be writing these drab, depressed little poems. I knew there were things like death and poverty and injustice, but they weren't everything.

Tom O'Neill

Historically, they've demonstrated a shocking lack of humor for people in such an absurd industry.

Guy Quaden

It is absurd to think that such an interest rate could kill growth.

Dan Bennett

It is so absurd what this alleged victim is saying. He's saying that he fought two guys with a stun gun and a knife, and he jumps out of the car.

Ron Allen

I think it was absurd and the court thankfully reversed itself.

Hasim Rahman

I suspect that. I saw him a week after the alleged injuries and he's walking around like he is today, ... I know one thing -- he won't be faking it November 12th.

John Temple

I think it gets at what some people might think is the ludicrous nature of the alleged reward for a suicide bomber, so I think its legitimate and fair comment.

Joshua Dratel

Here's a guy that does not have a history of violence -- was alleged to have carried out logistical tasks. He was not involved in the bombings himself, and there was nothing in evidence that he knew about the bombings.

Charles Ruff

Whatever relevance such evidence may have to prove other elements of plaintiff's case, it does not have anything to do with the issues presented by the president's and Ferguson's motions for summary judgment. I.e., whether plaintiff herself was the victim of alleged quid pro quo or a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, whether the president and Ferguson conspired to deprive her of her civil rights, or whether she suffered emotional distress so severe in nature that no reasonable person could be expected to endure it.

Ronald Reagan

In spite of the wildly speculative and false stories of arms for hostages and alleged ransom payments, we did not -- repeat did not -- trade weapons or anything else for hostages nor will we.

Rod Blagojevich

I have no involvement whatsoever in anything surrounding the alleged corruption at the teachers retirement system, and nobody close to me does either,

Bud Selig

I'm very troubled by the alleged depth of the relationship between certain players and those involved in the illegal distribution of performance-enhancing substances.

Shami Chakrabarti

The entire system should be under review to ensure that there is not a culture which would allow the alleged abuses to take place.

Andrew Cohen

The key battles in these cases are likely to come early when the government challenges the claims and then argues that the data that might prove what the plaintiffs have alleged cannot be disclosed due to national security concerns. So right off the bat we'll see a legal defense, not a factual one.

Jim Haslett

I think it is a great testament to the guys that they fought this hard.

Keith Cieplicki

I thought we were physical in the first half, fought for balls.

Jill Officer

It is a disappointment but you can learn something from everything. We did really great this week, we fought really hard and we should be proud of ourselves.

Charles Kennedy

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

Joe Nemechek

We took our licks, but nobody knocked us out. We fought like our soldiers right to the end.

Tim Madden

I thought we fought really hard throughout the lineup. I was really impressed with how some of our guys were able to come back and gut out some wins.

Laura Watten

I think we had a good day. We had one rough inning, but we rebounded and fought back. The team has a lot to be proud of; they have shown growth and improvement.

Marcus Hall

I think that's where the maturity of our team comes in. We kept our cool, kept our heads and just fought it out.

Pat Fitterer

I think we're healthy and ready. We got hit with some sickness at the end of the season but we fought through it and won some tough games. I like the way we finished.

Louis Graham

The people who are turning the guns in are not the problem,

Dennis Hastert

We support common-sense legislation that keeps guns out of the hands of unsupervised children,

Sylvester Croom

I thought we got better every day defensively. And we made improvement offensively. We had some big guns out most of the spring.

Robert Logan

I think that it's jumping the gun a little bit,

Anton LaVey

The ideal woman to me would be the gun-toting moll. Someone who is true blue and ready to face the world. Open to ideas and suggestion, not stubborn and closed minded.

John Wright

He had a gun on his person. People saw it and called 9-1-1.

Rick Riordan

Die human, DIE!! Die nasty polluting person!!!!' yelled Grover. I turned him so he faced me. He kept on clicking his plastic gun towards me as if I was part of the game.

Raymond Chandler

When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.

Raymond Chandler

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Stan Gaines

He can tell guys to hit the weight room because he's in the weight room. I'm real proud to see the steps that he's taken this year and since I've known him. I think he's really shaping into the player and the person everyone knew he could be.

Ron Lee

He can run, but he can't cut. He knows what we're doing, so there's no rush and some other guys who need it are getting reps.

Main Street

Have you noticed that guys wear white socks even after Labor Day?

Randy Johnson

Have you guys seen anything like it? ... It's frustrating.

Ewen McKenzie

Just play on and see who jumps up. We don't use them.

Alan Knipe

He jumps really high, and he's tough to block.

Brick Haley

He jumps out and scares the (explicative) out of them,

Krystal McKenzie

If she jumps as well as she did this weekend she may pull it off.

Mike King

I have not seen tremendous change, but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see one or more jumps here real soon.

Leonard Sonnenschein

See that parrot fish? He likes to swim up and see people. So if he doesn't see any, he jumps up (from the water) to take a look.

Michael Jones

Right now, we're just making sure nothing else jumps that line.

David Hallberg

Every company has its style, and that's what makes the Bolshoi so impressive: their attack on jumps or their attack on choreography.

Steve Wright

There's just not one team that jumps out off the page. It sure does make it more interesting for everybody.

M. Wolfe

I was like 'Why am I saying not guilty?' ... I thought I had to or something. It was the wrong decision.

Joe Wooden

Just like the old saying goes, "Vasser's boon-doggling again.

David Shearer

What we were warning before was that stocks were getting low. Today we are saying stocks are gone, and the end-point has been reached.

Scott Simms

I think this is what we expected, ultimately. We didn't do anything wrong -- that's what we've been saying all along.

Greg Rucka

When they're saying 'it's too dark,' they're saying, 'I'm scared.'

Ranit Schmelzer

He was not saying anything the administration has not said -- that we need to find these guys.

Giulio Tremonti

I have been saying for three years that Fazio is not suitable for this job.

Herman Edwards

I don't even know, ... I'm not trying to start a quarterback controversy and say who the quarterback is. Anything is possible. But I'm not saying we're switching, I'm not saying that.

Heyneke Meyer

He will play, but I'm not saying where.

Ralph Sczygelski

He essentially has been victimized by Mr. Avery as well.

Thomas Hardy

Once victim, always victim -- that's the law!

Judith Butler

It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.

Leon Trotsky

He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.

Margaret Atwood

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Kweisi Mfume

We do not have to be victims of circumstance.

Joel Osteen

Be a victor , not a victim.

Rep. Schultheis

You don't want to make two victims from the same crime.

James Ragan

They're kind of a victim of their own success.