Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tina Brown

I just wanted to have fun for myself-I felt I had a lot to say, and I realized that I missed having a magazine as a place to express my ideas. The Times column is a place for me to unload those perceptions.

Daniel Okrent

Right, but there's expertise and then there's inside information. And I think we have to make a distinction.

Daniel Okrent

Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other.

Daniel Okrent

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.

Margaret Anderson

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

Margaret Anderson

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.

Margaret Anderson

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

Margaret Anderson

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

Margaret Anderson

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too.

Sean Howard

I'm not commenting on who we are focusing on.

Jason Olim

We are not commenting on any rumors of investments.

Harold Holzer

We will not be commenting until it has been received and reviewed.

Tom Hoyt

We're not commenting on any of the speculation out there. All we're saying is stay tuned and we'll make our announcement on Monday.

Ashleigh Banfield

I have had it with people who are threatening me and my kids and my family over simply commenting on the law and criminal procedure, and respecting juries. Because they do work hard. They work way harder than I do; and they work way harder than the rest of those people making those peanut gallery comments.

Tom Walters

I think it's a great fit. (Kirk's) been really good with Department 56 and Byers' Choice.

Joel Klatt

I think it's important to most of us because of exactly what it provides to the whole program. Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect. Hopefully, we go down there and put together a solid effort and get recognized on a national stage where we feel we belong.

Laura Blackann

He has not been subpoenaed nor has he been contacted by the Justice Department or the FBI.

Michael Duffy

He loved his fire department and all the men in it,

Tasia Scolinos

O.P.R. routinely looks into issues of this kind. They will not be making a determination on the lawfulness of the N.S.A. program, but rather will determine whether the department lawyers complied with their professional obligations.

Jason Dean

In a department our size, there's a little more structure, we don't just hire somebody and put them out on the street. Here an officer has to ride with a senior officer for a period of time until we feel like he's able to get out on his own.

Bill Richardson

In this case, the fizzle was good, ... The fact the fire department didn't have to put out any fires this weekend doesn't mean we shouldn't have a fire department.

Scott McClellan

The Department of Energy is monitoring the situation. They will make assessments as they are able to do so and that's really where it stands right now." ()

Tim Gramling

The day I put word out in the department that we needed help I got just about 30 responses of guys who wanted to go. Just about all of them had the weekend off, but they were willing to sacrifice time with their families.

Bill Gray

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Russ Yarworth

He's a very tough worker. Mentally, he's tough, despite what he might tell you. He's got a good feel for the water.

Willie Green

I know I've been in motor sport for 46 years and some might think it is time I grew up, but I am still here, despite smashing up my legs.

Jane Jensen

I love 'Gabriel Knight' and will always be proud of it. Despite the fact that I've done many other things, it seems to be the one thing that people remember. I hope 'Gray Matter' is as memorable.

Robert Hall

The health fears are what stuck out the most for me, but I think the stuff we see on television and all of the victims affected, pushes me into helping, despite the fear.

Margaret Atwood

I planned my death carefully, unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it.

Patrick Fearon

So despite the indicator today, the report for February might not be quite as strong as this is suggesting.

Stuart Hoffman

At the same time, many retailers and the automakers have had good June numbers, despite the rise in oil prices (over the last month), ... Overall, there's some relief right now that the economy is indeed strong, but not overheating.

Steve Schmidt

John Kerry's shifting positions, his contradictions, his pessimism and his hopeless rhetoric send the wrong message to our troops, to our allies, to our enemies and to the world,

Henry Link

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.

Youssef Ibrahim

They're learning they have many enemies over there.

Don Piatt

The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Benjamin Disraeli

We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.

Elliott Abrams

The Iranians don't want the same thing we do in Iraq, not really; they want to control Iraq... the Ayatollah hates the United States; the Iranians are enemies of the United States.

Dar Williams

And we looked out to see your enemies and we see that you're looking at us instead.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Enemies think that by ... threatening us, launching psychological warfare or ... imposing embargoes can dissuade our nation to obtain nuclear technology.

Alvin Franco

Everyone you've ever met is actually a part of who you are today. Even your own enemies, the ones who have held you back and, like, disgraced in the past, without them you probably wouldn't have learned the hardships of life.

Herb Trimpe

I had joined Marvel in 1967, after a year in Vietnam and three years as a student at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Stan Lee, then the editor-in-chief, hired me as a production assistant.

John Whisenant

There's nothing like throwing it in the basket, ... I mean, that's why she's our hired gun.

Tim Maloney

Getting hired under 18 is somewhat of a privilege.

Tom Smith

If (the company) hired permanent replacements, then they don't have to give the strikers their jobs back upon termination of the strike.

Margie Feinberg

Jared Hunter no longer works for us and can never be hired here again.

Floyd Keith

We don't give favoritism just because an African-American was hired at the institution. That wouldn't qualify for what we're trying to do (by assessing the hiring process, not the outcome). That search probably could have been done better.

Russell Allen

We put a big sign in the window and hired a broker, so it's not like there was some secret deal.

Jim Oliver

If he was a Smith or a Jones, I would have hired him.

Shawnee Smith

I don't like to see a scary image because it sticks in my mind. Which is maybe why I get hired to do the scary movies because I'm truly scared and upset.

Gene Weingarten

When she was too young to resist, or even to understand, I turned my daughter into a lifelong, rabid Yankees fan.