Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pat Doyle

The movie was outstanding, very compelling and very well done.

David Treadwell

The most important thing for Windows is being compelling to developers. Developers are the linchpin for the success of Windows.

Marjory LeBreton

There would have to be a compelling reason.

Janet Reno

that she is not compelled to force Juan Miguel Gonzalez to keep his son in the U.S. and indicated that she would do nothing to stop him from going home with his son to Cuba.

Andrew Neff

While the stock could remain under pressure near term, we maintain our 'buy' rating on IBM owing to a compelling second-half story.

Adam Rayner

Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible.

Jay Rosen

There is nothing to compel a tenured professor of journalism to engage with the Internet other than as a user.

Diane Feinstein

The United Nations should be given an opportunity to compel adherence to the 16 or so resolutions in the past which Iraq has effectively not complied with ... maybe some language could be added.

Chris Hill

So it's very difficult for them. But there are compelling reasons for them to come to the talks. The settlement on offer is a good one and I'd hope they would see their way to doing that.

Tom Schneller

As a teacher I've given up my raises, my pension is negatively affected, my Social Security is negatively affected. But the union -- the money making machine -- told me this is what I should accept.

Jay Fisette

As a local official, any tool that can be given to help effectively manage development is welcome.

John Carroll Lynch

As an actor, I've given up judgement of evil, as long as it's human evil - we have to see ourselves for what we really are, and we're capable of horrific things.

Chuck Alexander

As of right now, we have given $105,140. And it's been a wonderful labor of love, and I don't even like to use the world labor, it's just been all love.

Stephen Reitman

Probably the success of Audi and Mercedes with small offerings has given them pause for thought.

E. P. Thompson

People don't have to tan, but we want people to know that it is a luxury they can treat themselves to. So, if you haven't given us a try, come down and treat yourself to a tan and a massage. We know you'll like it,

Susan Scott

People had given up trying to protect their privacy, but this will make them think about it again.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Granth Sahib

O God, that one, unto whom You have given shelter, is not touched by the hot winds.

Jack Straw

are here for the long-term to see Iraq through to a better future.

Mr Bush

I've made my decision. We will stay on the offensive. We will stand with the people of Iraq and we will prevail,

Richard Engel

Afghanistan and Iraq were lumped together in what was called a 'global war on terrorism.'

Cindy Sheehan

So you're the little woman who stopped the Iraq war.

Scott McClellan

It would be wrong to suggest that he (Bush) was saying that there would still be substantial number of troops in Iraq after he is out of office. That is not he was asked. That is not what he was talking about.

Don Harper

This is a priority because of all the difficulties they're having in Iraq getting convoys from point A to point B.

Joseph Biden

This is poppycock that Iraq will be able to pay its way out.

Evan Bayh

We should be proud of liberating the 26 million people in Iraq and should remember that this is why it is important to stick it out to it's successful conclusion.

Craig Kilborn

In a new poll 54 percent believed President Bush exaggerated the size of Iraq's missile threat. Hey, he's a guy.

James Zoltak

Reading the language in some of the recent filings, it seems very personal.

Renee Zellweger

The term 'fraud' as listed in the documentation is simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny's character.

Thomas Bulfinch

The Welsh language is one of the oldest in Europe. It possesses poems the origin of which is referred with probability to the sixth century.

Sathya Baba

A language is as sweet as the tongues of the speakers.

Julie Wilson

Your language is really vivid. It was a lot to take in. What would you do to revise it?

Bob Simon

Your language is pretty much that of a martyr.

Billy Connolly

Politically correct is the language of cowardice.

David Hamilton

Everyone wants to do the right thing and meet the spirit of the legislation. The language now leaves so much up to each municipality. We need a cohesive plan that addresses everyone.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Consequently, a general-purpose programming language should support a variety of ways of thinking and a variety of programming styles.

Pete Madland

A wild guess, maybe 5 or 10 percent stay open all night.

Michael Gambon

People should be shrouded in mystery. Especially actors. No, hang on, maybe actors should be blown up.

Tim Raines

Now maybe they'll talk about us more than the Cubs,

John Talbot

The scanner's about the size of a toaster, maybe just a little longer,

Ellen Borakove

The work on the roof has only just started, so maybe there will be more discoveries to come as the work progresses.

Kiki Vandeweghe

That's interesting. Maybe it was a Freudian slip.

Rick Beggs

You might recover some hardware, buttons, maybe the back of a skull.

Golshifteh Farahani

The Iran I'm dreaming of maybe doesn't exist anymore.

Dana Stabenow

Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.

Boris Johnson

I'm a one-nation Tory.

Kofi Annan

the United Nations will do whatever we can to help.

Nicholas Burns

We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.

Lord Palmerston

Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Arthur Miller

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Brad Pitt

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

John Allen

As pope, he has to be the pastor of everyone.

Dave McGillivray

No runner will be at a disadvantage over past participants and most will reap significant benefits.

Flip Saunders

Antonio's been playing like that for the past month. He's been playing phenomenal.

Tim Priest

The old school of police of the past has been replaced with academics, who haven't the stomach.

Michael Fincke

Space has shown us over the past years that things aren't always what we expect, and that we need to be ready.

Orlando Bloom

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

Richard Lugar

Russians in the past had placed severe limitations on inspections at these storage sites, so this is a significant breakthrough,

Tae Kim

I spent the past 22 years in tears, and I had no hope,

Marit Bjorgen

I've been skiing too many races this past week.

Thomas Sowell

When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution.

Michael Lewis

The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged,

Melinda Gates

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

Paulo Coelho

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Nikita Khrushchev

The thought sometimes -- the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of ... so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came -- if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just -- it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back.

Nikita Khrushchev

We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.

Michel Hazanavicius

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

Allison Hooper

No one else (in the United States) is making it.

Strom Thurmond

New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States.