Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barney Frank

I would say this: What I'm basically saying here is the federal government cannot and should not be the nanny of the states in everything here.

Dan Sharp

It basically reaffirmed the City Commission's ruling that we are the legitimate electric provider for Boulder Ridge.

Jess Bosque

He couldn't run, so he did other things like swimming and the elliptical machine just to keep him in shape. We gave him rest and it basically went away.

Mike James

He couldn't be stopped tonight. He basically beat us by himself.

Ray Lewis

He didn't mean any disrespect. He was just basically saying he wasn't happy. Some people aren't happy with their job or their wife, they say it. That's all it was, him voicing his opinion. He has a right to do that.

H. Hart

He denied fighting birds here or being involved in fighting birds, ... but he basically stopped talking about it once we showed him what we had found.

Marcus Trufant

He just said basically that he expects a lot out of me and he wants me to play like it.

Nick Fazekas

He just ran into me and that was basically it. The ref saw something that wasn't right and threw him out.

Michael Greene

He knew when to put the pedal to the metal if some defendant needed a harsh penalty but his first inclination was always to make someone better. He was basically a wonderful, kind man whose chambers were always open. In the 18 years that I've been here, I think the system is a better place because of judges like him.

Matt Hasselbeck

What you find is that the better you are at listening, the better friend you are, the better person you are, the better player you become.

Rich Falasca

He's always positive, never negative. He's just a friendly guy that we can relate to.

Linda Kent

Last Look' is a devastating look at humanity. A friend who saw me in it said, 'My God, you look like you're on nerve gas.' It's people relating to each other badly, people trying to tear each other's skin off.

Juli Lax

I was a paralegal who worked in the office quite a bit. I think she just realized I was a friendly person and responsible. She thought it would be a good jump for me.

Karen Russell

I think that different pleasures work for different readers - a friend of mine won't read anything that's not a cardiovascular sort of page-turner. I tend to care less about plot, but I'm a sucker for humor and strangeness.

Will Rogers

We can get mighty rich, but if we haven't got any friends, we will find we are poorer than anybody.

Richelle Mead

Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.

Trey Parker

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

William Cowper

She that asks Her dear five hundred friends, contemns them all, And hates their coming.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

Skyler Green

Guys are trying to get back to normal as much as possible. It's getting better, but it's not quite there yet.

Ron Gardenhire

Guys are trying. Guys are out there playing. You've also got to score some runs, too. Our starters haven't been getting it done. Our offense has to pick them up.

Scott White

Guys are sore. It's very, very demanding. But he's really challenging us to play through it.

Robert Esche

Guys are putting the onus on themselves to get this right. It was an ugly win.

Justin Leonard

Guys are little more relaxed here, ... You don't have the media buildup. The intensity is there, but for whatever reason the pressure is different. This event, you don't think about it until you get here. With the Ryder Cup, six months out people start talking about this and that. The next thing you know is we're all white-knuckled.

Darrent Williams

Guys are going to make plays. You've got to come back and fight.

Tony Bethel

He's able to find guys when they're open. And if they're not, he's open. He's going to score or get fouled. When you play with a big guy like that, it's a lot of fun.

Mark Gwozdecky

IAEA received a prompt response from Iranians to visit the site, prompt access,

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

the same as those of the Iranian nation.

Hassan Rouhani

When it comes to nuclear technology, the Iranian people are very sensitive. It is a part of our national pride, and nuclear technology has become indigenous.

Alexander Yakovenko

Moscow sees no reason to submit the question of the Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council,

Jacques Chirac

I was profoundly shocked by the statements of the Iranian president, which are totally senseless and irresponsible,

Mehrangiz Kar

It doesn't mean that the majority of the Iranian people think like that. They are staying in their homes. They are not on the streets.

Sergei Kiriyenko

Our Iranian partners should come here in the near future, and talks will take place constantly.

Tetsu Emori

Traders are looking at the Nigerian and Iranian issues. They don't like to sell at present.

Richard Ben-Veniste

Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.

Traian Basescu

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Robert Byrd

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money

Sandy Berger

The possibility that Saddam Hussein will use his biological and chemical weapons to attack us, directly or in concert with terrorists, cannot be dismissed.

Walter Cronkite

The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

Richard Engel

Initially, before the modern state of Iraq was created, there were three separate provinces here: a Shiite in the south, a largely Sunni one in the middle, and a Kurdish one in the north.

Don Evans

I'm not scared here, ... I feel very safe here, quite frankly. And I'll tell you what else -- the people of Iraq are not scared.

Nancy Pelosi

The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader,

Nancy Pelosi

Saddam Hussein certainly has chemical and biological weapons. There's no question about that.

Pig Miller

Just like Rockford, everyone else will step up. Just because Snap isn't there doesn't mean it's going to be easy.

Sophie Winkleman

I tried to go to the gym a while ago and hurt my foot. I thought, 'Well, exercise and I just aren't meant to be.'

Chris Higginbottom

Going to the state tournament means lot for our team, the school and the community. I think it's been six years since they've been, and to go in my first year here, there's just nothing sweeter.

Elizabeth McGovern

Hollywood never suited me, I didn't ever feel comfortable with it, it took me a couple of years but I found where I was always meant to be... Chiswick!

Bill Walton

It is a big deal, because it is money and it's money we always meant to be able to pay (the state), but the money was never there to pay them.

Jason Statham

What do you mean for a change, mate? ... There are always more people more sinister than myself.

William Cowper

To dally much with subject mean and lowProves that the mind is weak, or makes it so.

Lorraine Kelly

I think we were meant to be painting outside originally,

Joe Wilcox

It is meant to be an idea factory.

Gary Gaetti

He's got some serious power. I'm talking big power.

Sandra Tsing Loh

With more women in power, the world would be better off.

Alfonso G. Robles

The fact that lately some circles, not less powerful by their small size, have been actively promoting certain theories, as dangerous as they are illusory, of a "limited", "winnable" or "protracted" nuclear war, as well as their obsession of "nuclear superiority", make it advisable to bear always in mind that the immediate goal of all States, as was expressly declared in the Final Document of the Special Assembly of 1978, "is that of the elimination of the danger of a nuclear war"

Richard Dawkins

You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you want to make sure it is used for good purposes, not bad ones. That is a political decision.

Richelle Mead

This is insane," I said blankly. "I'm the instrument of an all-powerful primordial deity's wave of chaos and destruction." "That's kind of extreme" said Dante jovially. "It's not like you work for Google or anything.

Richelle Mead

The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.

Troy Polamalu

As a territory, American Samoa has no representation in the U.S. Senate, and we Samoans lost a respected and powerful ally with the passing of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye.

Raymond Chandler

The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion.

William Wordsworth

A power is passing from the earth.

Bill Uttley

I want to thank Mr. Edwards for his time in the negotiations.

Whitey Herzog

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.

Robyn Carr

My husband was an Air Force pilot man years ago and recently an Air Force wife thanked me for my service! I laughed and said, 'No, I wasn't in the Air Force, my husband was!' And she smiled and said, 'If he served, you served. And thank you.'

Virgil Thomson

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

Saint Basil

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

Zakk Wylde

If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot

William Tecumseh Sherman

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

Lofa Tatupu

I just want to thank you for your unwavering support.

Kristen Staab

I'm done with the whole thing. I don't want to say anything. Thank you, though.

Robert Torricelli

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert M. Gates

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

Virginia Foxx

In the face of terrorism, a united front is one of the strongest weapons.

Zhu Rongji

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade

Donald E. Graham

I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.

Nancy Pelosi

Yes, [I am accusing the CIA of] misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I am.

Northrop Frye

We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States, but then the Americans are being swallowed up by it too. It's just as much a threat to American culture as it is to ours.

Leon Panetta

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

John Garamendi

Every American deserves their day in court. Every American is innocent until proven guilty. These are core values enshrined in our founding document - the United States Constitution.

Richard Holbrooke

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

Townsend Harris

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

Townsend Harris

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

Rick Riordan

When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war.” “Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

Rick Riordan

I'm so glad you're here," Aphrodite said. "War is coming. Bloodshed is inevitable. So there's really only one thing to do." "Uh... and that is?" Annabeth ventured. "Why, have tea and chat, obviously

Regis Philbin

The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

Reinhold Niebuhr

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

William Safire

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.