Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Green

I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great value to the quiet, contemplative process of reading a novel, that reading great books carefully offers pleasures and consolations that no iPad app ever can.

David Wray

Have a compelling argument that speaks to the bottom line.

John Gibbons

He's got a valid argument for winning that thing. Very few rookies throw 200 innings,

Bill Schneider

His whole argument is 'Vote for me, and this is how I'm going to do it. I'm going to beat Bush, and here's how.' That's his whole campaign.

David Huffman

It could be a situation where there was a need for narcotics and she wouldn't give him the money, or it could be a situation where they got into an argument where she wanted to break off the relationship,

Douglas Berman

I think the oral argument could be very interesting. I am hopeful, but not optimistic, that some of the justices could tip their hand.

William Hazlitt

There is no force but argument in the case, and it is reason, not the will of another, that gives the law.

Rodney Barnes

There is enough argument for a defense attorney to get in there and work with, that you can really beat them up on it.

Marci Hamilton

The people who are burdened are the lawyers. Who are you talking to? Normally you would pitch your whole argument to her. You know the court is going to change.

Vince Young

I was laughing at the bottom of the pile, ... 'Man, y'all hitting out there. baby.' I appreciated the hits. You don't want to be out there playing no weak game.'

Nick Schmidt

I was losing control of my pitches. They (the Rainbows) thought I was throwing at them. I wasn't. Bottom of the fifth inning, you're not going to do that to a team. Wrong place, wrong time.

Rush Holt

I would say the president has the power to help us get to the bottom of this matter. And we in Congress want to do this not so much for what has happened but to prevent such a thing from happening again.

Vance Arnold

Just so many times before, we've had a lead in the bottom of the seventh and then not come away with the win. I mean, holy cow, their pinch hitter comes up with two outs and two strikes and slaps an outside fastball by the second baseman, and you go holy cow again. I mean, you think, what do we have to do to win?

Kenny Williams

Jose seems to understand the great opportunity he's been given here. And the bottom line is, I want to make sure I have the pitching to support all of the offense we've added. That remains the top priority.

John Bray

Jose Celaya needs to start living like a fighter, being in camp, doing all of the things a fighter does. That's the bottom line, ... I had legendary trainers when I was fighting -- Angelo Dundee, Lou Duva and Georgie Benton -- but I never listened to them. I always thought I knew more. And you know what? I didn't.

Kelly Stinnett

Jorge is going to catch. That's the bottom line.

Chuck Kearney

Joey was doing everything right. He just couldn't get points in the bottom position, and his opponent held that riding-time advantage.

Brian Dunseth

I think it helps to know you've got that kind of talent on the field. That being said, it's more than one person on this team. At the same time, you know, I think whoever is on the field we need to win. That's the bottom line.

Yao Ming

Her talent and poise is what's very compelling for companies. Her ethnicity is icing on the cake.

Judith Regan

Her history and her quest for stardom will make a compelling television series: she is a musician, a young woman, and, most important, a human being. She is a young woman who falls in love, has her heart broken, worries about her looks, doesn't always listen to her mother, and hasn't spoken to her father in years.

John Skrzynski

I think the main evidence is the one he provided to the whole country. I think this is about the most compelling evidence you could possibly have.

Jim Sutcliffe

I think that the offer is compelling in terms of its logic, and I hope everyone else will see it in the same light.

Ron Dittemore

It goes back to, how likely is it that you'll have a defect? Very low. And what is your test experience? Overwhelmingly positive. Then you look at your design, and your design is to be very safe. And you look at those, and it's a compelling story.

Cisco Systems

It has been hammered on an earnings warnings very recently, but their long-term earnings are very much intact; it is a compelling price in the low 40s.

Charles Bona

I think that the fluctuations are going to be very hard for the individual investor to keep up with. But our feeling is that Microsoft is a compelling software story at these valuations, and we have an 'outperform' on the stock. Buy-and-hold is a good strategy here.

Alan Mulally

I think someday we will make another stretch, the 787-10, for sure, because it is so compelling economically.

Alan Mulally

I think someday we will make another stretch, the 787- 10, for sure, because it is so compelling economically.

Randy Couture

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.

Linda Casey

I think it speaks to the convenience of convenience stores.

Sarah Palin

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

Robert Byrd

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.

Hassan Adams

(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared.

Hector Elizondo

I love Russian, because it's delicious to speak like that. If you have to speak French, you can also do that, because it's not difficult. Accents are a cool thing to do. And I love doing them.

Mahatma Gandhi

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

James Russell Lowell

There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.

Michael Redd

It speaks a lot about our team, because we've been up and down all year long.