Famous Quotes & Sayings

P. J. O'Rourke

Our earliest evidence of government, in the ruins of Babylon and Egypt, shows nothing but ziggurats and pyramids of wasted taxpayer money, the TARP funds and shovel-ready stimulus programs of their day.

Scott Tucker

Of course, we probably should have left them where they were, ... But when we'd bring them home, they'd lay eggs, and next thing you know we'd have baby turtles running around. I love nature and wildlife, and it's always been a part of my family.

Bible Bible

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Dennis Means

Some parents really have trouble having their kids know their business. The parents of Baby Boomers, in particular, came through a generation where the father of the house usually did all the finances and the wife or mother may not even know everything, so it's hard to develop that line of communication.

Don Blandin

Some people think that we're kind of headed toward a train wreck when it comes to baby boomers' saving. They're saving, but not enough. Their money could retire before they're done retiring, which could cause a strain on our national fabric.

Brian Anderson

(Sophie) rules the house and all of the sudden a baby comes along. At the same time, they like each other.

Bob Crawford

Seems like the court kind of split this baby right down the middle, ... Gore won a little bit and Bush won a little bit.

Susan Thomas

Sarah is something else. I saw her baby pictures. I know how far she's come. What a success story.

Matt Herges

These are all baby steps we're going through and they're all positive.

Geena Davis

As an Independent, she has no party backing, ... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female.

Michael Gibson

As a direct result of his lack of leadership in this regard, fine revenues were down approximately 20 percent this last fiscal year, which causes a financial hardship on the city and our citizens, not to mention a safety hazard for his failure to properly enforce our traffic laws,

Christine Albertus

Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection.

Kary Mullis

People say to me, How many people have you seen die of this disease? They say, You don't know what causes it because you've never watched them die.

Justin Baldoni

People grow; people grow apart, and cancer... I've had a very in-depth and personal experience with cancer, and it really causes a perspective shift.

Nelson Mandela

No stone will be left unturned to establish fully what the causes were and where responsibility lies,

Steve Simmons

Any kind of glitch causes problems that send tremors through the whole industry.

Allen Wallace

A player makes a name for himself and then causes younger players to look and see what can be accomplished. The younger players start focusing on being like one of the older guys.

Glenn Kroll

The situation was what it was. It didn't cause me to stop being friends with him.

Robbie Bennett

We think it is his knee. But we're still not sure. That's where we're headed now.

Stephen Chick

We think Home Depot is headed for a stall.

Mark Waggoner

There's going to be these lingering problems. There's still too much uncertainty in the New Orleans area. I think we are headed back to $70.

Hugh Johnson

That was a signal that we were headed toward distress.

Larry Rodriguez

I had no idea where things were headed at that point. But I was ready for anything. He wasn't going to sucker-punch me again.

Pam Borton

A lot of things hurt us the last two games... fundamentals, physical play, decision-making, people showing up ready to play. Even as coaches, we have to work harder. We all share in the responsibility of what happened. We can't put it all on the kids. It's up to as a staff to get us headed in the right direction. This will be our test.

Tony Crescenzi

Treasury yields look headed to 5 percent by the May 10 (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting and possibly 5.25 percent by the June 29th.

Fred Hammond

I was in a marriage, and we didn't make it. So my hope is, through my music, I can help heal some relationships that may be headed in that direction.

Wayne Mason

We don't want to be on the way to someplace. We want to be the place that people are headed for.

Michael Davis

The money has just been piling up and isn't being allocated.

Howard Rogers

The money can then be used only for road resurfacing,

Darrell Bryan

A number of us are very upset about this slogan. By having too little money you come up with poor ideas.

Mike Stewart

The theory is that a thief won't spend the time or the money to replace the window.

Nick Hanauer

The thing about a real economy is that it actually is like the game of Monopoly in the sense that when one person has all the money, the game is over. And in a game of Monopoly, of course, that's quite charming, but in a real economy, it's much more problematic.

Reese Witherspoon

The thing is, we're not extravagant people. It's just unbelievable the amounts of money we make. But we don't spend it. It's too scary to spend it.

Marcus Camby

I've made plenty of money in my time. I'm not worried.

Dennis Washington

I've made more money than I could spend in five lifetimes.

Jason Blum

The one thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend, I think the worse that they get.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

Josh Pastner

We're here to win a national championship. This is not a rebuilding stage. It's not a question of talent. We've got pros on our team.

E. Helm

We're playing in a tournament where somebody's going to the national tournament. It's that simple. And we'll compete.

Zell Miller

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

Alfonso Scanio

The problem of railway safety has by now become a national emergency.

Rod Smith

Those are tragedies that have to be addressed on a national level.

Martha Stewart

I haven't been to Tasmania. I haven't been to the South Pole, and I haven't been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.

Hanan Ashrawi

Nobody wants him to resign and I don't think he will. He understands this is a question of the national interest.

Corey Brewer

Peyton never won a national championship but Humphrey is going to win one this weekend.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

Ted Eubanks

People travel for the experience. They want to try on your lives.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Philip Hoffman

People thought they had me pegged because of the way I am, because of the way I talk, ... And they're always wrong.

Doug Myers

People think we're taking something away, but they've never been listed.

Worsie Gregory

People think we have nothing to offer. They'll be amazed.

Angela Leisure

People think they know him, but they don't. I see him only as my child.

Waris Ahluwalia

People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.

Kay Bell

People think they have even more time, and they're putting it off even further.

Jane Bryant Quinn

It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

Dan Ariely

Money actually becomes even more difficult than other things because it's very hard to imagine what the benefits are to saving. So, imagine that you see a new bicycle, a new pair of shoes, or something today. You know exactly what you are giving up if you are not buying it, what are you gaining in the future if you are not getting it. So, you are giving up the bicycle today, what is it in the future? What will happen if you send another $1,000 to your retirement fund? What difference will it make? It is very, very hard to figure out.

Dan Ariely

When it comes to the mental world, when we design things like health care and retirement and stock markets, we somehow forget the idea that we are limited. I think that if we understood our cognitive limitations in the same way that we understand our physical limitations … we could design a better world.

Brian O'Driscoll

If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

Dick Van Dyke

I'm really in retirement. My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.

Ehud Olmert

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

David Platt

We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued greater retirement, or been more successful in the eyes of this world. Instead, we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when every nation, tribe, people, and language will bow around the throne and sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God who deserves eternal worship.

Suze Orman

If you do not have at least an eight-month emergency fund, and you think there's a probability you could loose your job - and it's not just losing your job; you could be in a car accident, get sick - continue to pay the minimum on your credit card every month. Everything beyond that needs to go to establish an emergency fund. And if you have an emergency fund saved, then fund your retirement account before paying down credit card debt.

Steve Israel

For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Brett Hoebel

Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.

Tiffany Thornton

I trained in Texas at Nikki Pederson Talent Academy.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training.

Ben Horowitz

Leadership is hard to train on.

Gary Convis

Through this cascading system, we will end up training everyone the same way.

Andy Kindler

I don't really know what's wrong with Jay Leno. I don't have the training to make a professional diagnosis.

Angelo Dundee

Training fighters is like trying to catch a fish. It's technique, not strength.

Robert Fripp

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Rick Moody

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

Matt Barr

'The Notebook' wrecks me! I cry like a 6-year-old girl at the end.

Bill McKibben

If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.