Famous Quotes & Sayings

Zac Goldsmith

If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.

Elijah Cummings

The picture was being painted that things were not as bad as they appeared to be

Nathaniel Branden

When I was a child, I felt at times that I had been born into an insane asylum, that much of human life appeared to be an insane asylum. It was bewildering.

Robert Taylor

The 50th reunion had been a big concern as to whether or not we would have one, and if so, where. For a while, it appeared that it might be held in Latrobe, Pa., but that did not work out, so the Texas Wing stepped up.

Marquis de Lafayette

I am able to say that I was very much liked at the school. I even had quite some ascendancy over my comrades, and as soon as I appeared in the school yard, I was surrounded by young friends, most of them bigger than I, but who were quite willing to give the appearance of disciples; they would have defended me furiously if necessary.

Phil Schiller

I was pretty shocked at the appearance of the Galaxy S phone and the extent to which it appeared to copy Apple products and the problems that would create for us.

Rhoderick Chalmers

Most of the concessions he appeared to offer were very much cosmetic.

Spencer Abraham

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, followed just a few years later by East Germany's Soviet parent state, it appeared that after a half-century of hair-trigger tension, America's major security fears would ease.

Penny Lancaster

When the baby's head appeared it was covered in dark, sticky blood so it was hard to know which end was coming out. Rod said, 'What is that?!' He thought it looked like a lump of coal.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.

Chris Janowski

The picture that is emerging is very grim. There appears to be a policy of expulsions of ethnic Albanians.

Christo

It appears to be monumental only because it's art.

Richard Rohr

I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here - on this little bit of very unreal estate.

Kevin McCarthy

(The) 2006 outlook appears less robust than we would have thought.

David Rogers

The acquisition climate appears to be slowly improving.

Mark Zauderer

The appellate court said there's a lot of evidence to bring the case again. But the risk is it appears to look vindictive. And if they lose, it puts in jeopardy the government's theories on obstruction of justice. They've already heightened the public consciousness about the necessity to preserve documents. A loss could communicate the message that it's difficult to prosecute these kinds of cases.

Bill Dreher

The announcement by Neiman Marcus...makes us as concerned as we have ever been that this Christmas will be extremely lackluster. It appears now the high-end consumer is beginning to scale back their purchases, which does not bode well for the holiday season. This type of thing is clearly going to have an impact on other high-end retailers.

Bill Carroll

That was the test to see if they still had a big enough following to carry over to Sunday night. And it appears that it didn't.

Garry Hynes

I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.

William Wirt

He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.

Wendell Mayes

We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.

Virginia Postrel

By giving unusual people an easy way to find one another, the Internet has also enabled them to pool rare talents, resources, and voices, then push their case into public consciousness. The response, in many cases, is a kind of hysteria.

Michael McLachlan

The policy language is specific and clear, and the jury verdict says that. I feel sorry for these people, I really do. This is a case we should have settled a long time ago.

Anthony Lewis

The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.

Norman Ornstein

The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising),

John Danforth

The path is clear for us to get this case to a jury.

Dan Ravicher

The patent office's decision has no preclusive effect on a court, and there are indeed cases where the patent office made a decision in a re-examination supporting a patent and a court later looked at the same exact issue, disagreed with the PTO, and found the patent invalid.

Carl Sagan

Thus the recent rapid evolution of human intelligence is not only the cause of but also the only conceivable solution to the many serious problems that beset us.

Ashley Tisdale

It's really hard when a celebrity dies out of nowhere, 'cause it's very shocking... surreal.

Karel Schrijver

We have a much better insight into what causes the strongest, most dangerous solar flares, and how to develop forecasts that can predict an 'all clear' for significant space weather, for longer periods.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Despite their lack of visual impact, headline sex-appeal, and their 'out of sight, out of mind' nature, we should all care about aquatic dead zones because we are all connected to their causes and we all feel their impacts.

Joe Biden

Methamphetamine causes much more destruction in a much shorter period of time,

Jacqui Smith

It is disappointing that a stubborn minority of pupils, estimated at 8,000 in just 4% of secondary schools, remain determined to jeopardise their education and their futures through persistent truancy. While the causes of truancy are complex and challenging, we will focus on this minority who are responsible for much of unauthorised absence.

Edwards Deming

Management by results is confusing special causes with common causes.

Brad Childress

It doesn't hurt. But it causes a splitting headache for the coaches.

Michael Retsky

We don't have all the answers. We think our work has pointed out that the mammography paradox is real. We are confident we understand what causes it. We have identified a problem -- a mechanism that is testable. We have not found a solution. But identifying the problem is a major step in the right direction.

Imelda May

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

S. E. Hinton

'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.

Chloe Grace Moretz

Well, I used to have a sister, but I never got to meet her because she died after two days, I think. So if I got a tattoo, it would probably have to be something to do with my sister. I actually want to get a tattoo when I'm older of something about her.

F. Sionil Jose

From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by Pali, but even Pali died, too. Linguists say the only ancient language which was resuscitated from the grave was Hebrew of Israel.

Raymond Domenech

We could have died if we had not reacted after the break,

Horace

Vain was the chief's, the sage's pride! They had no poet, and they died

Rosecrans Baldwin

My grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and it was a big shock. For the families left behind, it is not an easy closure. It's not a gradual fading. The person is losing so much of their humanity as they're dying. Losing your memories, you lose so much of who you are as a person.

Gary Hopkins

Most of the people died during the storm and the aftermath, ... These were old or extremely ill patients.

Rob Pike

When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified.

Mike Ruddock

We have a lot of injuries but I still think we play some pretty sexy rugby.

Mats Sundin

We've had injuries before, but we have to play through them.

Jeff Bower

We have too many injuries to work on anything but PATs.

Ronnie Moore

Will has been unbelievably unlucky with injuries and it has been one after another.

Trevor Carritt

We have overcome injuries and sicknesses and wrestled real well at the state tournament. It's been a long season but we'll remained focused.

E. B. White

You just can't prepare for the injuries that we've had. Its also pretty tough when you also have young kids who haven't played at this level get thrown out there to play baseball.

Frank Gore

I'm still making my cuts. The injuries made me stronger and more patient. I feel like I might be a better and stronger runner.

Craig Fugate

We haven't had any serious injuries or loss of life, and we'd like to keep it that way,

Eric Musselman

We're a little surprised, because of the injuries and having so many new faces. We still haven't had our whole team together.

Frank Haas

Basically, we've become a victim of our own success.

Charles Fisher

I don't think I was a victim, I don't think I was a victim at all.

Piet Hein

Here lies, extinguished in his prime,/ a victim of modernity:/ but yesterday he hadn't time--/ and now he has eternity.

Bob Gainey

Jose was a victim of an unfortunate accident, and we all feel for him.

Ralph Sczygelski

He essentially has been victimized by Mr. Avery as well.

Byron Katie

Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.

Al Sharpton

I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim,

Charisma Carpenter

I wasn't willing to be a victim. I only wanted to survive, and I only wanted to get through.

Billy Tauzin

Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims.