Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keating Holland

So the pressure is on Kerry to meet expectations. And let's not forget the good news for the White House in this poll: Bush is still seen as a stronger leader who would better deal with Iraq and terrorism,

Tom Ridge

This is something we've waited for, planned for a year and it feels real good to be under way. Right now, people feel good about the warm hospitality Philadelphia has extended, and I'm pretty excited about the positive tone Gov. Bush has set.

Bill Carrick

This isn't going to be a sequel. This is a new environment for Bush to try that message with. Democrats should engage and don't look like they are rolling over here.

Howard Baker

The welfare of the planet and its environment is paramount. But what we do, and do equally and evenhandedly, is more difficult to identify. I have no doubt in mind that President Bush is serious in his determination to reexamine the overall issue and that would include reexamining the language of the Kyoto treaty.

Howard Dean

The White House wants us to have a permanent commitment to Iraq. This is an Iraqi problem. President Bush got rid of Saddam Hussein and that was a great thing, but that could have been done in a very different way.

Kathleen Sullivan

The wheels have come off the Bush bus. People are mad. We could win Congress. But Democrats need to explain why we can do a better job.

Douglas Altabef

The U.N. says go slow, the U.S. says the fact that Blix can't find anything is more of a comment on Blix than anything else. The point is, Bush is not going to be deterred by these findings.

Nicholas D. Kristof

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.

Dana Perino

That's what President Bush found in Judge Roberts and what he'll look for in the nominee for the new vacancy. The president has a constitutional responsibility to nominate someone to the bench, and no one should have veto power over the president's constitutional responsibility.

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Richard Hatch

Apollo, Athena, these are characters out of Greek mythology-we used a lot of the Egyptian mythology, as well. And we tapped into the premise of, you know, Who is mankind? Where did we evolve from?

Jason Shirey

It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league.

Scott Adams

You should always stay in character, ... Don't go up to your friends and say, 'What's up.'

Jon Stewart

You're dealing with a show where the lead character is making the irritating and uncomfortable choice,

David Henderson

Your decision on this will determine the character and quality of the Highlands landscape for many years and possibly irrevocably.

Brandon Lee

You're dealing with a character who is, at some points, quite insane. And I hope that any wicked, dark sense of humor Eric exhibits comes out of the fact that he'd been pushed to the point where it seems quite sensible to say some of the ridiculous things he says.

Brandon Routh

I'm really excited to be a part of it and sharing the legacy, any documentary I look up at the sky and Kevin Burns did and Bryan did and showed me again you know the history that's in this character and you know.

Brandon Sanderson

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

Luis Suarez

People ask, 'How can you let a defeat hurt you so much?' But it comes back to the effort you have put into your career as a youngster.

William Daley

No question it will come down to the wire. We don't have the 218 votes yet to win it, and the opposition doesn't have them to defeat it,

Tom DeLay

is going to be very hard to defeat.

Kim Cattrall

There is no need to feel defeated at 40, 50 or 60. I'm having the greatest time in the second half of my life.

Dirk Nowitzki

If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace.

Budge Pountney

We turned around a big defeat at Leicester last week with a relatively new team, and that's good. I think they found the passion we've always had at Northampton.

Jeff Greenfield

Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.

Jalal Talabani

We will set no timetable for withdrawal, Mr. President. A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat the superpower of the world and the Iraqi people,

Daniel Pipes

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.

Carl Forti

Any incumbent running for re-election that needs our support will get it.

Tom Leach

As far back as we go ... it's the lowest for any kind of election, and I think it's the lowest since 1920 when women got the vote.

Gina Martin

An uncertain election will do that -- people don't know who the president will be, what's ahead.

Howard Duvall

The municipal election can get lost in the shuffle.

John Breaux

The most important speech of this election is ... going to be given by the loser when they concede because it will set the tone for the next four years,

James Conway

Right now, we're just short of 160,000, ... That's sort of the baseline figure that we think we'll probably see all through the election period.

Hosni Mubarak

These elections come at a turning point in the history of our country, which is facing new challenges,

Alcee Hastings

These elections can only be described as free and fair.

Colin Powell

This is election season. They're even having elections in Iraq. Saddam Hussein won,

Gary Bauer

There is so much work to do with George and so little time to do it,

Michael Showalter

George Pataki is a Baxter, no question. But Mario Cuomo is not a Baxter.

Bruton Smith

I was around George about a half hour once and I knew right then I could do what he did and with less expense. the only thing that is holding me back is a signing bonus.

Harry Belafonte

I don't think that (U.S. President) George Bush...is a man of honor.

Ben Jonson

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith.

Casey Affleck

The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it's a very different movie.

Frances Farmer

The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true.

John Fahey

So what I do is this - when I go to the venue, I become the entertainer John Fahey.

Peter King

Now John Kerry voted for the war and now he says that he would still vote for the war, so what's the difference?

Jeffrey Lichtman

This is not the same John Gotti that he was in '92, or even in '99.

Brian Gray

When I made it down to work the state tournament, I think John was tickled just as much as dad.

Tobe Berkovitz

The problem with John Kerry is he had his opportunity -- the 2004 Campaign.

Alex Pettyfer

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

Marlon Brando

At Paramount, I sat at lunch with John Wayne. I couldn't even talk.

Philip Kerr

I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman.

Larry King

... various work sites and pick up stray nails and returned them, and clearly, he never lost his perspective. My condolences to you and your family. Sincerely, John Kennedy.

Mike Wallace

I've known (Democratic presidential nominee John) Kerry for 25 years. He's a patriot. I'm listening to what he has to say,

Johann G. Seume

People should always have something which they prefer to life.

Steve Slaton

This is the first time ever in my life that I've scored six touchdowns. And I didn't realize it until afterward.

Charles Jones

The unlived life is not worthy of death.

James Altucher

The universe wants us to have fun doing more than one thing in life. That's how it learns. You don't have one purpose in life. You have maybe 500 or so.

Marcus Aurelius

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

Tyler McMeans

That's my life story. If it wasn't hard, it wouldn't be my life.

Evo Morales

That's how life is in peasant families. What luck that three of us survived!

Matthew Perry

That's like the greatest experiences of my life still, 'Friends,' so it's not something I want to get away from, but I do want to try and show something new.

Tim Shea

That's life in the MAC. When you come out with low energy, you're going to get beat.

Anthony Sampson

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Jane Goodall

To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities.

Booth Tarkington

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

David M. Kelley

I always found that if you handle a problem in a benevolent way and a transparent way and involve other people, so it's just not your personal opinion, that people get to the other side of these difficult conversations being more enthusiastic.

Samora Machel

Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain.

T. S. Eliot

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion,

Stone Gossard

It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other.

Sonia Choquette

We have bodies. We have personalities. We have histories, stories and experiences. But we are not those things - we are Spirit.

Tia Carrere

When I first met my agent, I said, If something comes up and it fits my age range and personality, I would like you to send me up for it, even if it specifies blonde or brunette.