Famous Quotes & Sayings

B. F. Skinner

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing. They were under a lot of pressure, and they took a lot of shortcuts that may have resulted in a lot of waste. And they may have abused their authority to enter into contracts that they were not authorized to do.

Toby Miller

In a world where 50 percent of the budget of a film actually goes on promotion, as opposed to what you see on screen, the idea that we have a worlds where the consumer can exercise authority and sovereignty is absurd,

Albert Einstein

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Robert Lindner

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt

Marc Kasowitz

The Port Authority is confident it will prevail.

Scott Ishikawa

Unfortunately, he went beyond his authority and he should have contacted someone higher up.

Thomas Mitchell

Unfortunate impracticability of temper and spirit of opposition of those in authority over oneself misled oneself into frequent collision with my predecessors.

John Kyl

FIDNET won't monitor any private network or e-mail traffic or confer new authority on any government agency, and will be fully consistent with privacy law and practice -- right?

Hillary Clinton

Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.

Michael Rubin

To have a result like this after two decades is extraordinary.

Troy Williamson

Nate being hurt is something we'll have to overcome. As far as me, it's just about being ready to play when it's time that they want me to play. I feel like I'm ready for it. If push comes to shove, I'm ready to go in. No big deal.

Kurt Robinson

My roommate and I had been talking about how far the game had come.

Kathy Whitworth

I'm such a fan. It's terrific fun to watch these kids; I had a number of them on my 1990 team. It's fun to see how far it's all come and how well the young kids play.

LaDainian Tomlinson

I thought I threw it too far but I guess the old man's still got some legs,

Steve Payne

He's never complained or felt sorry for himself. That's been the hard part for me, having to watch him go through this. It's been an inspiration for our guys and our program to see how he's handled everything as far as being unselfish and how tough he's been.

Bruce Bochy

How we go about things as far as stations is a little different, but nothing major. We always work hard on fundamentals, and we've turned up the volume on that.

Rashad Williams

I could have made fewer mistakes out there. But I am going to try and come back and win next year since I got this far as a freshman.

Vincent Lecavalier

I think we're far away from each other.

Kevin McCann

Hunt set the table. That was pure conditioning there. He's by far our hardest worker. He stays after practice, works on his feet. He waited for his shot.

Bobby Cox

This ranks right up there. This goes back 14 years.

Sonam Kapoor

No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate.

Craig Biggio

The guy goes into the stands. How'd he pull it out? If I was a fan, I would've mauled him.

Mike Serba

A huge momentum shift. Raphael's been huge. When we're not playing as well as we want to, he's a guy who goes out and works (hard) and you get the momentum shifted back our way.

Larry Coyer

You can trust him to do anything. And this isn't just an old guy that goes out there. He can play. He's physical. He's tough and he knows what we're doing. And the whole team respects him.

Tommy McWhorter

The main thing we have to remember is, with all the talk that goes into it, we still have to play the game.

Mike Kitchen

You've got to know where the puck is. It goes off the glass, you've got to look around ... for the puck.

Jennifer Johnson

All we want to do is make sure that no one else goes through the pain we've experienced.

James Murphy

This is a lot of strain for the neighborhood. We'll see how Buffett goes and go from there.

Calvin Coolidge

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it.

Chuck D.

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

Alveda King

Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.

Anthony Eden

All prejudices are equally fatal to good government.

Amy Goodman

Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We're supposed to be holding those in power accountable. We're not supposed to be their megaphone. That's what the corporate media have become.

Clayton Christensen

Government mandates, incidentally, are likely to distort rather than solve the problem of finding a market. I would, therefore, force my organization to live by its wits rather than to rely on capricious subsidies or non-economic-based regulation to fuel my business.

Daniel Inouye

There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.

Daniel J. Boorstin

In America, communities existed before governments. There were many groups of people with a common sense of purpose and a feeling of duty to one another before there were political institutions.

Amy Smith

It makes a big impact on their lives. The residents get that one-on-one personal socialization.

Mark Ishikawa

It's going to impact the Sirius radio subscribers. Why would you pay $13 a month when you can get what you want from the Internet?

Jay McIntosh

It's going to have a significant impact on their costs.

Phillip Jones

It's going to have a devastating impact on the small, boutique properties. They don't have the national sales office.

Allan Ramsay

It's going to take some time for the impact to become clear.

Nelson Mandela

You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

Newt Gingrich

Stop costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation's global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures.

Noam Chomsky

Resource extraction impacts a global environment that is increasingly at severe risk.

Noam Chomsky

Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.

Cate Blanchett

There's very little reason in politics these days.

Milton Friedman

A crackpot theory. Instead of saying labor's exploited, as Marx did, Kelso says capital's exploited. It's worse than Marx. It's Marx stood on its head.