Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth L. Pike

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

Kenneth L. Pike

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

Kenneth L. Pike

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Kenneth L. Pike

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

Daniel Bell

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

Kelly Miller

The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers.

Kelly Miller

The General Staff is naturally divided into five groups, each with its chief who is an assistant to the Chief of the General Staff.

Talcott Parsons

Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.

Talcott Parsons

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.

Bud Selig

I don't think that's true at all. There's no facts to support that and we're doing everything we can. We've taken care of the present future. Senator Mitchell has complete autonomy to go do whatever he has to do, wherever he has to go. In the meantime our minor league program is in its sixth year.

Grover Norquist

We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens.

Terry Vaughn

As an athlete, you've got to understand there's no loyalty in sports. I understand that and it doesn't bother me,

Anne Stevens

As a leader in both hybrid vehicles and in vehicles capable of operating on ethanol-based fuels, Ford is the ideal company to bring both technologies together for the first time.

Richard Shelby

a vigorous examination on both sides of the aisle.

Erica Eichert

Austin, of course, places a high priority on both citizen involvement and input and protection of the environment. So I think because of that, our regulations do tend to be a little difficult.

Russell Carter

Automatic. I just said, 'clutch' when he hit both of them because I knew he was going to hit them. He sealed the victory for us.

Edna Ferber

A woman can look both moral and exciting - if she also looks as if it were quite a struggle

Scott Lynch

A win this weekend would be awesome, ... It would take a little of the pressure off the last round. From everything I have learned, Thunder Hill is a great facility, one that has good grip and allows for running both high and low. It is supposed to be somewhat similar to Douglas Speedway in Roseburg, Oregon and that is a track we have done well at in the past. Whatever, I know we will be up to challenge and come race time, we will be set to navigate this uncharted territory,

Simon Gagne

A win on the road like this, we know it's never easy, especially here in Carolina. Both teams were tired after traveling. But I feel very good at the end when you finally get the two points.

Howard Davidowitz

Back-to-school has been very soft and therefore prices are coming down. The discount signs are already being made. Both Wal-Mart and Target have had anemic growth over the summer. The only sector that has done well is luxury.

Michael Strauss

An efficient and effective guest worker program should be created in order to stop the incentive for illegal immigration into the U.S..

Alan Young

Something has to be done in the short term, because we have created a panic in our community.

Perry Farrell

Punk rock was exciting because you could get your ass kicked for looking like a punk. Punks were atrocious. They created mayhem. Now you just throw on a plaid-that's not style.

Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed, and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by Man

James E. Faust

God and His Son are glorified personages. God the Father is our living Creator, and His Son, Jesus Christ, is our Savior and Redeemer. We have been created in God's image.

Elliott Abrams

A Palestinian state will never be created by terror.

Edward Carey

I inhaled Dickens as a kid, and I've always been fascinated by the Victorians. So many ridiculous objects they had! They created things like mustache cups, so you wouldn't wet your mustache when you were drinking tea. And eyebrow combs. What's happened to all the eyebrow combs? Marvelous things.

Kage Baker

In 1913, the noted German actor and director Paul Wegener was making a film in Prague when he heard the legend of Rabbi Loew, who created a golem to protect the inhabitants of the Prague ghetto from persecution.

Martin Jol

We did it. We pressed them all the time, we created chances. The only thing we could be disappointed about is that we didn't score more than one goal.

Ayn Rand

Since nature does not endow all men with equal beauty or equal intelligence, and the faculty of volition leads men to make different choices, the egalitarians propose to abolish the "unfairness" of nature and of volition, and to establish universal equality in fact - in defiance of facts. It is not equality before the law that they seek, but inequality: the establishment of an inverted social pyramid, with a new aristocracy on top - the aristocracy of non-value.

Bertrand Russell

For love of domination we must substitute equality; for love of victory we must substitute justice; for brutality we must substitute intelligence; for competition we must substitute cooperation. We must learn to think of the human race as one family.

Cardinal Richelieu

Who will be my equal?

Susan B. Anthony

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.

Ludwig von Mises

To the grumbler who complains about the unfairness of the market system only one piece of advice can be given: If you want to acquire wealth, then try to satisfy the public by offering them something that is cheaper or which they like better....Equality under the law gives you the power to challenge every millionaire.

Deborah Tannen

Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.

Aristotle

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.

Sathya Baba

You are not doing service for others. You are doing it always for yourselves, to the God in you, the God who is equally present in others.

Adlai E. Stevenson

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

Carl Mattei

After a game like that, to think we were one rebound away and we couldn't get it. I told the kids it comes down to free throws and rebounding.

Mahmud Abbas

after nearly 40 years of occupation, still do not live as free people in their own land.

Don Allen

Sometimes you have to have a little luck on your side, as well, especially the way we shot some free throws down the stretch.

Richard Levy

It would mean states are free to regulate abortions however they might choose.

Mike Shields

I used to sell drugs. I used to rob houses. (If it passes) it's going to give me a lot of free time on my hands.

Marty Manfredo

The whole tournament, the kids improved each game. They improved their skills and made free throws. Winning this trophy means a lot.

Carri Jenkins

There would be a restriction on free speech if it involves a matter that would not show respect to another person.

Nancy Wood

This is a safety issue. We want our roads and intersections to be free of obstructions.

Ayn Rand

It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices.

Ayn Rand

The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave.

Ayn Rand

Political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries.

Ayn Rand

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

Kate Bush

The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.

Alan Keyes

Freedom is first of all a responsibility before the God from whom we come.

Alan Dean Foster

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

Clarence Day

It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.

Brad Thor

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

Ray Elliott

I've never seen an individual request more time,

Lindsay Whalen

I've been having that my whole life, where there haven't been a lot of individual awards,

Ron Messick

They all had their own individual abilities, but I could tell they were special players.

Masaaki Kanno

This is a new trend in Japanese politics. People are increasingly voting on the policies of individual parties. Now the manifestos of the different parties have become very clear.

Leonard Leo

that they were very interested in making sure that the president nominated a second individual who shared the philosophy of judicial restraint.

Boethius

A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.

Jerry Colangelo

We wanted a team not of individual stars, but athleticism, shooters, role players and distributors.

Geno Auriemma

We don't score on sheer individual talent. Sometimes we run stuff just to run stuff without an idea what we're going to get from it.

Robert Kiyosaki

Capitalism is about producing a better product at a better price. As individuals, we have to keep producing better products at a better price, also, or we're obsolete.

Rashad Anderson

People say we may lose this tournament because of lapses. It's not happening.

Larry Nicks

Originally, we were going to lose tennis but we're one of two schools with tennis courts. So we may end up with tennis and give up something else.

Carmelo Anthony

You're kind of embarrassed when you lose like that.

Ingrid Seward

The only power they have is by the respect that the people have for them, and if people lose that respect they have nothing.

Sandra Gordon

The people of New Orleans have lost so much; we don't want to lose this.

Bob Hamley

You find out more about people when you lose than you do when you're winning. We're trying to find our identity.

Jay Hakkinen

There's just rules to what you're doing. No matter what's happening, you need to be aware, and if you lose that awareness, you shouldn't have a rifle in your hand.

Donald Trump

If you hang around with losers you become a loser

Robert Higgs

Intervene globally, lose freedom locally.

Stephanie Scalessa

As a runner, the mental toughness Steven has is amazing.

Leroy Foster

The motivation wasn't there. I don't know if it was the layoff, but they just weren't ready to play. The mental mistakes, the turnovers, everything just showed they weren't prepared.

Megan Callahan

Roose has tremendous physical and mental toughness, leadership, skills, and experience.

Carol Hutchins

Samantha's one of the most mentally tough people I've ever met,

Sam Blank

It was a little different. I think its all about warming up and staying mentally focused.

Tony Russa

That's just the way he pitches. I think it has more to do with him mentally concentrating really well. He hasn't let anything get away from him.

John Sullivan

You smile with just the mere mention of his name.

Brandon Sanderson

They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems to me that the person you are when you're about to die isn't as important as the person you are during the rest of your life. Why should a few moments matter more than an entire lifetime?

Brandon Sanderson

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

Rumi

What you are seeking is also seeking you.

Denise Monteiro

The social worker told her there was hope.

Connie Smith

This is not about me. It's just that social workers are needed. ... It really does a lot of good.

Cesar Chavez

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.

John Schneider

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.

Dorothy L. Sayers

The keeping of an idle woman is a badge of superior social status.

Chuck Hagel

Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.

Anita Roddick

a social conscience is not incompatible with profit.

Rob Portman

If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.

Rob Lowe

As far as my work for causes or social issues, that's something I'm doing as a private citizen.

A. Hodge

They are 4-0 for a reason. We know it is going to be a true test.

Cesar Chavez

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

Charles Kingsley

Love is sentimental measles.

Demi Lovato

He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess.

Dean Koontz

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away.

Eckhart Tolle

There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges--the power of Presence. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light.

Elbert Hubbard

The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Jan Lindholm

To some extent, this is also true in China.

E. B. White

Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.