Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Graham Sumner

We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate by an aggregation of capital, and a systematic application of it under the direction of competent men.

Zalmay Khalilzad

It is critical that the newly elected leaders of Iraq do their part by forming a government of national unity with a good program and competent ministers as soon as possible.

Gerhard Schroeder

We have a very competent parliament, a council and presidency, ... Europe is not without leadership, and that will become clear.

John Tory

Were all the protests really necessary? People have the right to expect better and more competent leadership than that.

Robert Edmunds

We don't have to do this to get accredited, but when (North Central) reviews the materials they look for how we are sure students are competent in areas. Every university is faced with accountability.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

We are right now going through the process, and it is -- as you know, it's always very important that we appoint the right person and the most competent person, the person that really is skilled and has the experience,

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.

Carlos Fernandez

He loves to fly and, from what I understand, flies very well and is a very competent pilot.

Jeff Davidson

We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker.

Barack Obama

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

Teresa Calcutta

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Francisco Goya

I am beginning to have more powerful enemies and more envious ones, too.

P. J. O'Rourke

The anti-individualist enemies that Ayn Rand battled are still the enemy, but they've shifted their line of attack. Political collectivists are no longer much interested in taking things away from the wealthy and creative.

Wolfgang Nowak

Merkel is permanently underestimated. All her enemies underestimated her, but where are these enemies now? If she was the weak leader that everybody describes, then she never would have gotten to where she is today.

John Linder

While the CDC is focusing on how our enemies could attack us, our military is focused on who may attack us.

Henry IV

I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.

Charlie Morris

When you stand up and tell the truth, you make enemies.

Thomas Jones

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Bobby Cox

I'm still energetic with the game. I've still got the passion for it. When I don't, I'll probably just walk away.

Bill Peters

The pre-season has been long and we've had a lot of practices but the guys are energetic and excited to get the season started,

Mads Mikkelsen

I was very energetic and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.

Mitch Miller

He was energetic and a little spunky. He had a sense of humor.

David Schwimmer

Ive always been pretty energetic.

Maria Bamford

In my stand up, I think I try to be less energetic because I feel embarrassed about how much enthusiasm I have. There's something about acting like I don't care, or if I act like I haven't spent enough time on it, it seems to go better. If I act like I'm really trying to sell it, it doesn't go as well.

Steve Matlock

We've assembled a team of dedicated, energetic people whose experience and enthusiasm for this industry is unparalleled. With these talented leaders in place, La-Z-Boy is in for an exciting ride.

Ronald Reagan

Touch you I must or I'll burst, This morning I'm ambitious, proud, energetic and very madly in love with you.

Jeff Calhoun

People are our most important asset, and hiring a friendly, energetic staff for our seasonal jobs is one of our top priorities each year.

Imelda May

I'm the youngest of five - three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.

Ian Mcewan

Some people are tied to five hundred words a day, six days a week. I'm a hesitater.

Zoe Sugg

Who knows what will happen in five years' time.

Will Shields

Just looking at society as a whole, there are a lot of different things that we are not doing as a group to make sure we are close. Everything is in transit. People are moving from place to place. You can have a neighbor you live next to for five years and never speak to, and nobody has a problem with that.

will.i.am

If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and it all happens in three minutes.

Evel Knievel

I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale.

Emma Watson

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

David Bailey

All my ex-girlfriends or wives are all kind of great friends and I've never understood somebody who can live with somebody for five or six years and then not like them.

Tim Armstrong

The overall radio space looks similar to the way the Internet did five or six years ago.

Thomas Tusser

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Alonzo Mourning

We can't look at them. We've got to go out there and do it ourselves. We're foolish if we're trying to look at the referees.

Marquis de Lafayette

It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king, or at least a nobility, are indispensable for the prosperity of a nation.

Joshua Johnson

We have a lot of talent for a nonscholarship team. People just don't understand. They're thinking, 'nonscholarship, I-AA, midmajor.' Don't let that fool you. This is a whole other level. It doesn't get better than this.

H. Hart

Waist-deep in the Big Muddy, and the big fool said to push on.

Uzi Landau

Who is the Palestinian fool who will sit in negotiations and will have to pay so that we evacuate territory, when he knows if he simply waits, Israel will evacuate the territory?

Charles Rogers

You listen to everybody, but Shawn played the game. You'd be a fool if you didn't listen to him.

John Paxson

You can have a team full of guys who play hard and hustle, ... But let's not fool ourselves. You need talent to win.

Casper Dien

I think it would be foolish to think we are the only life forms in this universe.

Ian Mckellen

Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.

Errole Rembert

We'll play the j.v. and they play the varsity. Rather than get destroyed, we get (our kids) to play the right way.

Mary Hansen

Most of them do walk rather than take the bus.

Joker Phillips

It didn't take long for me to say yes. Once we started talking, he said that we had been on the up and up with him and that he'd rather come here.

Michael Long

I think I would rather that he didn't run.

Zana Marjanovic

The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.

Terry Bradshaw

I will tell you what I feel, right or wrong. I don't want to do it. I would rather make you laugh. But that's my job. I did it. Archie's mad. I understand.

Tanith Belbin

We'd rather it be here than at the Olympics. So in that respect, it's good.

David Chaney

We'd rather her be here, even if she does win all the time.