Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Gilpin Faust

As we have sought through the centuries to define ourselves as human beings and as nations through the prisms of history and literature, no small part of that effort has drawn us to the subject of war. We might even say that the humanities began with war and from war, and have remained entwined with it ever since.

Thomas Galvin

I think we're returning to the inflationary worries which is more painful for interest rate-sensitive (companies) and less an issue for technology. It's a similar rotation that began yesterday (Thursday). People are concerned about inflation.

Roxane Gay

I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.

Shaun Treacy

It goes back 2 or 3 years when we began to see quite a large growth in our event business including meetings, conferences and banquets. Our whole business grew quite dramatically over the past couple of years and we felt we were running out of space.

JD Salinas

I thank Mr. Garcia for a good race and for bringing Hidalgo County this far. I've already began researching several issues that I consider critical to residents here, and I am ready to get to work.

Eric Matthews

It has been a privilege to work with Nate the last four years. He began turning our program around and the kids respect him. The number of kids out for the team says a lot.

Lindy Ruff

He's built for the game. He's got good tools at the back end and he's a very good defender. We've never given him a set role. He began to play well on the power play and he gained a lot of confidence from that. That confidence came from him knowing that he would be in the lineup night after night.

Joseph Alsop

I have begun to think that the seventies are the very worst years since the history of life began on earth...

Bob Edwards

I can do whatever I want to. I'm completely independent. NPR over the years began taking itself enormously seriously -- as it should. In the end I was so micromanaged that they were telling me how to pronounce syllables of words.

Chellie Pingree

I love to come home and work on one of my other jobs. Just to remember that the floors gotta be mopped, and that everything isn't centered around what you fought about in Washington last week.

Bruce Springsteen

Everyone remembers the experience quite truly, ... And everyone was centered around this thing, that we suffered. No one forgot that. Everyone had that in common.

Kevin Brockmeier

I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page.

Richie Sambora

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

Tom Wopat

I don't want to be the father on a sitcom that's centered on the kids, ... The way they're doing shows on HBO and Showtime, there's a lot of interesting stuff out there. I would want to do something significant.

Judy Wheeler

We recognize on going education for staff is essential. We provide monthly in-services for staff on issues and concerns related to dementia continuing to focus on person centered and resident directed care. We also utilize information on the Internet. There are many sites that have information about new research, preventative measures and early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

Blake Shelton

The way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn't really centered around a dinner on Christmas Eve. It was more about keeping the kids calm. Sometime after dark is when we were going to open all the presents underneath the tree from Mom, Dad and the kids and everything - just the family presents was every Christmas Eve.

Susan Barker

Most of 'Let the Great World Spin' is centered on the day in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center, creating an astonishing spectacle that intersects with the lives of many of the novel's multiple protagonists.

Diana Oblinger

I would surmise that the single most common characteristic of learners today is being time-constrained.

Kenneth Chenault

My message to Washington is the United States has gone through incredible crises, and our leaders have been able to find common ground. And that's what our leaders have to do.

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.

Bob Hunter

Hockey is steeped in our city's history and is a common touch point for Torontonians. It's time that Toronto hosted the world juniors. We know Torontonians will embrace this championship tournament, which will leave a lasting legacy for our world-class city.

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.

William Kingdon Clifford

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.

Ted Manning

I think it's a great concept. It's something unique to the market and something that hasn't been done before. I think they've created a niche people are going to understand.

Billy Donovan

He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3-point shots when they were trying to make a run.

Doreen Cronin

Harry has created this whole world out of little, tiny things we don't think about,

Mary Rosza

Harriet Nowell created the illusion of a hoop skirt by the types and placement of the fabric in her design.

Stephen Sondheim

Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of love, some don't. But none of these songs is me singing - not a single one.

Sugata Mitra

My wish for humanity is to invent a way to communicate between us and whatever comes next. And in the end that we the creator of the sentient sapient and the created we have a symbiotic relationship.

Wayne Besen

Having the founder of a movement he created say it doesn't work and is even harmful should send shockwaves through the 'ex-gay' ministry. This is like Randall Terry saying Operation Rescue is bunk, or James Dobson repudiating Focus on the Family.

David Keene

I think the president has created political trouble for himself. She may turn out to be a great judge ... but my own reaction to it is that it is not my fight, and I think that's the way that most conservatives feel about it.

Jim Rash

I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic.

Ronald Cohen

have great reaction time, and give their customers a lot of personal attention.

Al Bloom

Her toys are very popular with our customers so we're excited to have them.

Richard Gray

It is about retail as theatre. Our customers want to come in and be entertained so we have DJs in menswear, or we play movies on screens. Merchandising has to be very eye-catching.

Scott Helbing

We're offering the tools and services that help our customers enjoy the digital lifestyle.

David Graves

It is similar to the process in Massachusetts, where it is a six-month cycle for half of the customers and then the rates are blended.

Ed Zander

I think we have better products. We have to get them out there to our customers when we say we will and our products will win on the shelves.

Karl Albrecht

If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.

Dennis Cary

In the international markets ... the first- and business-class customers are about half the revenue on the airplane. These are customers who for a 12-hour journey are looking for a different experience.

Paul Matthews

In recent weeks we have seen increased demand from customers for a competitive term deposit rate,

James Hogg

He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.

Pierre Fermat

I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.

Matt Reeves

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

Michael Steger

I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.

Trent Reznor

I think the reason I was 23 before I ever wrote a song was that I was afraid of testing myself. What would I do if I discovered I didn't have anything to say?

Tristram Stuart

As human pastoralists discovered 8,000 years ago, raising animals can be an efficient way of harnessing otherwise unusable resources such as grass.

Janis Joplin

As a matter of fact, as we discovered on the train, tomorrow never happens, man. It's all the same f***ing day, man.

Wolfgang Ketterle

After earning my Ph.D., I stayed at the Max-Planck Institute as a postdoc, working on laser excitation of Rydberg states of triatomic hydrogen and helium hydride. I also succeeded in analyzing all the emission spectra of helium hydride, which I had discovered during my Ph.D.

Rig Veda

Sages discovered this link of the existent to the nonexistent, having searched in the heart with wisdom.

John Buchanan

I know that a lot of the fire stations down there have been destroyed, fire equipment has been lost or destroyed, firefighters don't have any way to communicate. So are these firefighters alive? Missing?

Ariel Sharon

I have ordered that there be no limitation regarding use of all means to hit the terrorists, the men of the terror organizations, to hit them, their equipment and their hideouts,

Hal Speed

The equipment used on the show has 'AMD Live' stenciled on it.

Jeremiah Gertler

The equipment is wearing out five times faster than normal operations.

Jake Moreland

The equipment does a pretty good job of protecting us, plus you never think about getting hurt. You think only about stopping the puck.

Jack McCarthy

All this high-vacuum equipment is expensive and cumbersome and also incompatible with materials like plastics.

Sarah Fisher

Danica's been put under a lot of pressure ... probably more than I ever was. No one ever expected me to win with the equipment I was given.

Bryan Williams

No matter what equipment fails, voting will not be interrupted.

Todd Spencer

This extra equipment allows them to stay on the road for a long time.

Julie Chapman

Katie could also be ready to do one or two events for us at Sectionals if we qualify.

John McEnroe

It can work. Hopefully, we can find a way into some of the big events; a combination of places like Naples, as well as having an event at the U.S. Open or Wimbledon.

Kenny Wallace

I always do look forward to the stand-alone events,

I. Stone

He can take two or three minutes with me just before an event and listen to what I want him to do and then put it all together and go do it. That's the kind of kid he is.

Chip Howard

There are so many events there - the floor is put up and taken down all the time, and that shortens the shelf life quite a bit.

Gil Jamieson

Had Hurricane Katrina not come through here, Rita would be the event of the decade.

Bob Nicholson

He's already missed two major events because of the suspension and now he's back. He's off suspension and now he is eligible.

Gillian Zucker

His name is synonymous with Southern California, making him a perfect fit to get the state of California's largest spectator event under way.

Denis Petukhov

I think it's just an honor to be an Olympian. I think it's the greatest event in the world. I think everybody is going to feel honored.

Karl Hobbs

He was fantastic today. He's a kid I've talked a lot about. It was a matter of time before he was going to show his talent.

Sasha Jackson

I live a fantastic life; I have fantastic friends - I stay out of the Hollywood stuff as much as I can because it's so much fun that you don't want to go down that path; you just want to work.

Juliana Rotich

I remember reading about Mae Jemison, that astronaut. That was immensely fantastic to me. This woman went to the moon!

Jeff Simmons

I know this is a fantastic opportunity with a great team.

Torrie Wheat

It's killing us having to wait so much because that was a very disappointing game. It was a combination of them playing some fantastic hockey and us not playing our best. You never like to lose, but it's made us more focused for the home opener.

Richard Gough

This is a fantastic opportunity for me to demonstrate my capabilities as a manager.

Prince Frederik

There might as well have been no people in the church, for me it was just the two of us living that intense moment which was quite the most fantastic part in that day I think,

Darryl Jones

It's a fantastic way to spend a Saturday. There's something for everyone to do for the young and the young at heart.

Ross Intelisano

It's a fantastic thing for investors. People thought all the money was gone. It's secure, sitting in the treasurer's office.

Bradlee Pelt

Jake knows that he's not John Elway, and I don't think he wants to be. He's Jake Plummer.

Philip Purcell

John and I have never disagreed about the businesses.

John Gartland

John always has a vision, with great, broad-stroked kinds of goals.

Susanne Bier

John le Carre's 'The Night Manager' is a relentlessly exhilarating thriller with profound emotional depths.

Douglas Brinkley

John Kerry only went to prep schools because he had an aunt who had the money to pay for his way into those prep schools.

Michael Meehan

John Kerry has a record in the military that he's running on, not from. Everything the U.S. Navy sent to Sen. Kerry, we'll post on the Web site.

Nicholas Burns

John is working very hard, hand-in-glove with Washington on this.

Pete Carroll

John is talking to everybody, all the time. That's the way he handles his business. He's got a marvelous spirit.

Jerry Slocum

John has been a work in progress the last two weeks. We need him.

David Briggs

That seems to be the latest reason to sell.

Thomas Morabito

They've been turning around for years now, and right now they're embarking on the latest phase of the turnaround.

Chris Beard

We're strongly recommending all users upgrade to the latest version.

Al Gillen

Users say their movement to Microsoft's latest operating systems will proceed on their schedule, not on Microsoft's schedule.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Pat Hill

He said, 'I think you can learn from others,'

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Dave Fullerton

I think what I am learning is to listen to my body.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Matisyahu

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

Amanda Voorhis

We have to become more proficient ball-handlers. They're learning from their mistakes.

Ernie Grunfeld

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He'll learn from it.

Dustin Milligan

I was always kind of a loudmouth and a class clown, and that kind of led to doing all the school plays and trying out all kinds of different stuff.

John Hull

Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed.

Wil Nichol

In the second period we turned the tide. We started doing the little things that make us successful. And that led to the big things, which is goals.

Mamie Gummer

I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.

R. Robinson

Thirteen and three. He's a 13-3 quarterback. You're going to just sit him down? That man led us to 13-3, so why would you sit him down?

Jeff Jodon

It was a solid team effort, led by the throwers. They were just steadfast.

Bobby Lamb

We've all been at Furman for so long. Being at Furman so long has led to loyalty. The transitions are so smooth.

Hideyuki Suzuki

A rally in US shares (overnight) led the market here.

Joker Phillips

I've never seen Tony Dixon work like he has this past off-season. He led all the drills. He was in the weight room. He was even there when he wasn't scheduled to be.

Kay Henderson

They're role models in their communities, ... These kids, I would take 'em anywhere. They've got so much to share.

Vernor Vinge

It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.

Sophie Monk

You know all those models who say, 'I was so tall and lanky and everyone picked on me at school' - I was not that girl. I hear that and I'm like, 'Oh, you poor thing!'

Paul Marciano

When models started getting skinnier in the nineties and were becoming sick-looking, I didn't get it! I think that's sending a totally wrong message.

Kathy Martin

We put things in there that this is the right thing to teach. We as role models need to send that message.

Maya Angelou

Her passion was never spent in public display.

Rick Clausen

I think it's the ultimate rivalry in the SEC. There's always a little more passion when it comes to this game.

Richard Whately

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

Rhonda Britten

Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.

Virginia Woolf

To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody—here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition and emulation, all so skilfully organised to prevent feeling alone.

Virat Kohli

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Woodrow Wilson

We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

Woody Allen

Jazz is a big thing with me. It's a very big passion of mine, to play it. I'm an amateur musician and I love everything about it. I was obsessed with jazz when I was 15 years old and I know a lot about it because I've loved it so much.

William Wordsworth

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the universe, and habitually impelled to create them where he does not find them.