Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Frohnmayer

Keep in mind that we are only halfway through the season, and there remains a lot of football yet to be played. So it's impossible to address the dozens of hypothetical situations with the BCS standings.

Capt. Ready

I suspect that the division commanders are aware of this. As your story breaks, I'm sure it'll bring some attention to it and they'll address it.

Rep. Litvack

It answers the call from the public to address this issue. It gives law enforcement and prosecutors the tools to address these issues.

Nancy Becker

Having a functioning justice system is vital to the recovery of those states hard hit by Hurricane Katrina because it provides a needed sense of normality, and a venue to address grievances, ... Allowing attorneys displaced by the storm to temporarily practice law from Nevada is a simple step on our part that can assist their justice systems and preserve the rights and liberties of their citizens.

John Woods

has sent us a letter with numerous inaccurate and unfounded allegations that we intend to address with him directly.

Ted Danson

Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.

John Becker

What you got is a bunch of lies, and I won't address a bunch of lies,

Charla Baker

What we have are basically individuals, whether it be an installer or a contractor, installing illegal systems in the county and not going through the process, which includes contacting our agency for a permit, letting our inspectors assist them and then actually inspecting the sewage system to make sure it works properly, ... We are trying to come up with some options to address what we can do about that, and we want the public's input. We want to invite installers, Realtors, lending institutions, the commission and the prosecuting attorney's office to give us input on that. Right now, if we have a violator, all we are able to do is turn that over to the prosecuting attorney's office.

Piara Powar

What we don't want is a law that should be addressing anti-racism contributing to the problem.

Leonard Sand

I don't believe First Amendment rights are being infringed,

Dick Thornburgh

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

Jim Cooper

Immortality awaits the legislator fortunate enough to have a significant law named after him. Think of Pell grants or Stafford loans for students, Sarbanes-Oxley to regulate Wall Street, or the Hyde Amendment on abortions.

William Kelly

In contrast to the prescribed right to statewide referendum process, there is no affirmative right under the Maine Constitution which enables citizens to enact local ordinances by petition. This conclusion is in accordance with Maine law.... In conclusion, the city drafted the charter to provide for a citizen's initiative process and the city can amend the charter to limit that process. The proposed amendment is in accordance with state and federal constitutions, as well as state statute.

John McCain

I know that money corrupts. I would rather have a clean government than one where ""First Amendment rights are being respected,"" that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government.

Sen. Baker

The intent had been to provide them with $1 million each. There was not as much in (the budget) as initially thought. We're going to be able to correct it with a floor amendment tomorrow.

Joe Curtin

The military must be very careful in not violating an individual's First Amendment rights,

Jerry Yang

The Internet, as a First Amendment medium, hinges on free expression, and that means free advertising.

Greg Allen

The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech? The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make no law (abridging the freedom of speech).' No law, period.

Kay Redfield Jamison

I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do.

Alex Guerrero

I was like, 'I can't believed I missed that.' It was a one-in-a-million that I'd miss that. That goal could have taken us to OT. I wanted to win this one. I'm so bummed out right now. This one was tougher than our last lost to them. We had our chances, and that's what kills me. We had more chances.

Hal Miller

I was lucky to get away from that with only a few small injuries, ... The next day I looked at the car and just couldn't believe I had survived it.

Richard Byyny

Knowing these individuals as I do, I believe them,

Chad Vollmecke

Knoxville brought a tough team to town last night and we wrestled the best we could under the circumstances. There were some very high points for us and we made some big strides in a few weight classes. A few of our boys still need to learn better position and mat sense, but that comes with time. Time is running short for this year, but I believe we are seeing things at this stage of the season that were not here last year.

Robert Browning

Kiss me as if you made believe You were not sure this eve, How my face, your flower, had pursed It's petals up ...

Mike Jarvis

Kids believe practice makes perfect. It doesn't. It makes permanent.

Tom Shaheen

I wouldn't say it's scientifically an absolute, but I believe it personally from my experience in the lottery.

Gisele Bundchen

I wouldn't say I'm going to quit modeling and become an actress, especially because I can't do that because I have contracts, but I definitely enjoyed it. I wouldn't call myself an actress, but I at the same time, if there is an opportunity... I believe in taking chances and living your life.

Ken Ham

What is sad to me is not what Bill Nye thinks about me. What I found really unfortunate is that after presenting my stand on God's Word, there were a number of Christians who were more complimentary of Bill Nye than of me because Bill Nye was defending evolution and billions of years.

Doug Elliott

I would think his election increases the likelihood of a pension bill this year.

Tony Buzan

The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time.

Gene Munster

Hitting the 1 billion mark means that the business of selling music online is real. Over the next 10 years, the retail music industry will be turned upside down and 25 percent of worldwide industry sales will be made online.

Jean Lapierre

I think the only thing the government can do in a concrete way is to look at the supplementary revenues we have with the GST and ... return them to the poorest people of our society who have to pay more for their energy bill in general,

Tom Daschle

I think the bill would be hard to oppose.

Henry Hyde

I think the bill that the Senate passed is a good bill,

Karen Ryan

It is charged on the total bill before taxes.

Chris Lynch

We expect total expenditure to increase to around $6 billion (in 2006). This will include around $4 billion spent on growth projects and $550 million on exploration.

Edward Thomas

I have come to the borders of sleep,/ The unfathomable deep/ Forest where all must lose/ Their way.

Dave Nabity

He is not dealing with illegal immigration and doing everything he can to close the borders and stop the influx of illegal immigration.

William Empson

Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

Nkosana Sibuyi

Ordinarily at this time of year we do have an increased number of people crossing the border to their respective countries and this does cause some congestion.

Connie Hair

In October, we start nationwide in eight states on the northern border and four on the southern.

John Cornyn

I think (a border fence) is futile because I don't think you can build a wall high enough or wide enough to keep people out of the country who have no hope or opportunity where they live,

Michelle Dallacroce

By us supporting the Minuteman, our Border Patrol and every other group that's out there, we working together to protect our families.

Transport Canada

Canada and Ontario are pleased to confirm today the announcement by the Office of the Governor of Michigan the elimination of eight alternatives within two corridors under consideration for a new border crossing between Ontario and Michigan,

Oscar Martinez

In this movie, they talk about controlling illegal migration, violence on the border and sovereignty issues. This is definitely a good fit for us.

Chuck Hill

I think the analysts will now exclude more stuff than they would have otherwise. If I'm faced with all or none, I'm going to say all. If it's broken out, I'm going to be more reluctant to exclude the indirect costs.

Mike Holmes

He may not have broken any law, but it seems to me there are some serious questions.

Will Estes

I try to date, but I take it so seriously. I am bad at having a casual relationship, so I kind of don't.

Vincent Van Gogh

Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter who dares-and who has once broken the spell of 'you can't.'

Salman Rushdie

People don't like being around despair. Our tolerance for the truly hopeless, for those who are irredeemably broken by life is strictly limited. The sob stories we like are the ones that end before we're bored.

Ryan Reynolds

I've done things to my body, mechanically, that I'll never do again. I've done stunts that I shouldn't have done 10, 11, 12 times. I've broken a ton of bones on sets.

Wangari Maathai

When people can't use you, they ridicule what you represent. I was lucky that I understood that, because when one does not understand that, it is very easy to be broken and to be subdued.

Winston Churchill

The Russians will try all the rooms in a house, enter those that are not locked, and when they come to one that cannot be broken into, they will withdraw and invite you to dine genially that same evening.

Zachary Quinto

I probably get eight straight hours of acting in an entire season or two seasons of Suits. It's broken into such small pieces.

David Thwaites

I suspect it's going to be a fairly weaker open. Stocks are still looking for direction in Europe -- there are no big macro drivers today.

Taha Ramadan

It (Iraq) is cooperating with all initiatives in this direction provided there is no encroachment on Iraq's sovereignty and security,

Tim Wakefield

I think with Jason as our captain, he can lead us in the right direction.

Tony Fabrizio

There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country.

Dale Tallon

We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

Michel Therrien

I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.

Mark Zeller

I think that it shows that the people have trust in the direction the school district is going in, and they would like to see it continue.

Ryler DeHeart

It is just another stepping stone in the right direction for this team.

Jim Sterk

Last year, I let Tony and Dick know what my intentions were and this summer I put it into writing so there would be no question about the direction of the program.

Justin McCareins

I was wondering who that guy was throwing that ball. We'll get it fixed up for when it matters the most.

Chris Gray

In the past, he would really jump your case. This year, if something happens, or someone makes a mistake he comes up to you and says, 'You know what you did wrong, right? Well, fix it!

S. Walker

If you have a concern, we want to know so we can fix it.

Kent Scheidegger

If the provision holds up, it should fix the problem.

Scott Johnson

If there's something wrong with the no-fault laws, let's fix those problems.

Billy Tauzin

If the networks and the VNS system made a mistake, the first good thing to do is to say we made a mistake and many of you did, ... And the second good thing you can do is to find out how you can fix it so it doesn't happen again.

David Meredith

If you can feel the air, you can fix it,

Jeff Samardzija

I have to go back to fundamentals during the week. There are some things I need to correct, but it shouldn't be too hard to fix them.

Rob Sumner

I liked our start and our finish, and we can fix the way we played in-between. I really liked the way we played with desperation once we got to that point.

Stella McCartney

I was in this stadium with 200,000 people looking at my mum and dad. That was mind-bending.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking out there with two minutes to go thinking 'Don't do this to me again'.

John Smoltz

I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.

Trot Nixon

I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does,

Jim Crawley

I was looking at our play sheet at halftime,

Dwight Davis

I wouldn't be surprised to see anything at this point; this is the Wild West in terms of licensing models, ... Everyone is looking for models right now.

Kenneth Clarke

I think it sends a message that they are looking for a younger leader.

Les Harrison

We're on the radar now and we're looking to get on the map.

Before Veeder

When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.

Werner Erhard

You and I want our lives to matter. We want our lives to make a real difference - to be of genuine consequence in the world. We know that there is no satisfaction in merely going through the motions, even if those motions make us successful, or even if we have arranged to make those motions pleasant. We want to know we have made some impact on the world. In fact, you and I want to contribute to the quality of life. We want to make the world work.

Virgil Goode

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.

Virginia Madsen

It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.

Wayne Dyer

Solitude can become your most meaningful companion and it can assist you in being a more giving person in your spiritual partnerships. Rather than regarding your partner's need for time alone as a threat, see it as a time of renewal that you celebrate. Make every effort to help each other have that space. Treat that space as sacred.

Robert Penn Warren

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.

Robert Penn Warren

The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

Sandra Fluke

Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts to distract from meaningful policy discussions and to silence women's voices regarding their own health care.

Sandra Bullock

I don't need any more stories. I have enough stories. I need a life.

Sandra Bullock

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It's what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it.

Joseph Allen

God's timing in moving me down here was perfect,

Alan Black

This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on.

Rob Reiner

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to go, you're making it up as you go, and you're acting it.

Rob Sheffield

Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on with you.

Rob Zombie

When I watch a movie, I don't make a sound or move. The more I'm into the movie, the more bored I look.

Richard John Neuhaus

In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea what this person would want in this circumstance in which they cannot themselves tell us what they want, a 'rational' person - meaning, myself - in that circumstance would want to die.' So you move very quickly from so-called voluntary euthanasia to involuntary euthanasia. These legal and medical developments are not simply hypothetical They're in the courts right now.

Richard Dawkins

Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base though.

Richard Whately

Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move from place to place, or that a ship provided with a compass can sail without a wind.

Richelle Mead

You…you need to move on,” I managed. Yes, that was a sound reason. “You need to find someone else. You know I don’t—that I can’t. Well, you know. You’re wasting your time with me.” He remained firm. “It’s my time to waste.

James Wicklund

There are so many variables to watch. With the API numbers on the way, everyone is in a wait and see attitude.

Charles Steinberg

What we have not seen in any significant numbers is people who refuse.

John Lindsey

Here, we're running into the problem of specific numbers again,

Bob White

I don't feel that their numbers and 'facts' are very accurate.

Alex Brown

I don't know that we've got his number yet.

Robert Keats

I don't know where their number comes from.

Steve Tisch

I'd be shocked if the suggestion internally to recommend two teams ever comes up. I think the numbers are too big. I think it would be an overwhelming suggestion. Over time, possibly.

Doreen Marchione

Ideally, we'd want to work ourselves out of business. There will always be some people who need help. But, ultimately, we want to work to see the numbers going down.

Homer Simpson

Hello? Operator! Give me the number for 911!

Narendra Modi

Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective.

Justin Amash

There seems to be a lot of momentum behind immigration reform.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every reform was once a private opinion.

Phil Bredesen

It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation.

John Garamendi

I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.

John Mica

Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

Fred Upton

While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid.

John Lancaster Spalding

Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.

Ken Stern

It has to come to a head. We won't have Social Security if it doesn't.

Shaharyar Khan

The ECB should not feel insecure. They have strict security at all the grounds.

Taylor Swift

I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.

Fatih Birol

We think security of supply will be a big problem.

Colin Powell

Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America, that allows us to monitor, track down and capture an American citizen.

Alice Cooper

How old are you? Sixteen? S-seventeen? [asks security guard] Is seventeen legal?

Thomas Brooks

He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.

Rand Beers

The precondition to freedom is security.

Alberto Gonzales

Security is a concern, ... It is a priority.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Tom Anderson

That's right on top of us. It would be right in our backyard.

Stuart Appleby

It will be one of our top 10 doing something,

Alex Kelly

It was hellish conditions, if you will, on top of the chimney.

Bobby Cox

They're very similar. They're on top of their games.

Robert M. Pirsig

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Patrick McVerry

Defensively, again, we are going to be tops in the league.

Lance Corcoran

Anything and everything they are doing at the top is not translating to the staff, to the facilities.

Mark Ellis

I just feel good. I didn't think anything of it until (Mark) Kotsay said, 'If you get a chance, keep running.

Robert Harrison

I'll be here every year until I die.

Dee McCann

I'm anxious. Little nervous. You know how it is. You never know until that day comes.

Charlotte Rampling

I haven't got ambitions. Actually, I'm determined not to die until I get very old. I want to be a great-great-great-grandmother.

Ozzie Guillen

If not then he'll have to wait until Monday.

Carol Davis

If I was the council, I wouldn't want to wait until July. It's been too long.

Rita Ora

I never knew how small L.A. was until I started to work here.

J. Horton

I'm not going to do anything until it's at least two-thirds full.

Josh Trank

I'm a believer that you shouldn't really talk about the drawing until you're done with the drawing.