Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ebenezer Ekuban

I'd be lying to you if I said that it's just another game. It really isn't.

Andy Pettitte

I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a blow.

Richard Page

As someone who has shot in most disciplines, I can tell the House that when one is lying on ones stomach in Bisley with a sling round ones arm to hold the rifle steady, it is hard enough to hit the target on the right spot even when it is obligingly staying still. Foxes do not stay still. They move with remarkable rapidity.

Richard P. Feynman

The chance is high that the truth lies in the fashionable direction. But, on the off chance that it is in another direction — a direction obvious from an unfashionable view of field theory — who will find it? Only someone who has sacrificed himself by teaching himself quantum electrodynamics from a peculiar and unfashionable point of view; one that he may have to invent for himself.

Richard Hofstadter

Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual life lies not in the possession of truth but in the quest for new uncertainties.

Richard Hofstadter

To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes.

Rebecca West

There was too much hatred in the world; it was manifestly as dangerous as gunpowder, yet people let it lie about, in the way of ignition.

Umberto Eco

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

Umberto Eco

Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or divine, that lie outside books. Now I realized that not infrequently books speak of books: it is as if they spoke among themselves. In the light of this reflection, the library seemed all the more disturbing to me. It was then the place of a long, centuries-old murmuring, an imperceptible dialogue between one parchment and another, a living thing, a receptacle of powers not to be ruled by a human mind, a treausre of secrets emanated by many minds, surviving the death of those who had produced them or had been their conveyors.

Tim Maluga

Kate wanted a higher level of competition, which I was totally understandable. Also, American University is in D.C. and has a much higher ratio of international students.

Don Mattingly

I think it helps to be away for a while. You're ready to come back. You make the choice, you want to do it. You're not doing it because you have to. As soon as you start getting into the competition of the season, it comes right back to you.

Calvin Ayre

I actually think regulation is bad. An unregulated market creates competition at its highest levels, which means innovation, which is a good thing for the players,

Nick Saban

Gus is going to make us a better team at the quarterback position. His knowledge and experience that comes with being a veteran will help the development of some of our younger players. In addition, he is familiar with our system and he'll create competition at the position.

Chad Latch

He's handled himself well. He's had some big matches this year, and I think the competition he's had throughout the year has set him up and prepared him for the state tournament.

Greg Carlson

It could be difficult for them to gain much headway given all the competition out there, especially on the price side.

Cecil Burch

It is a good feeling to have that many guys up there. It is a good conference and the competition is really outstanding. The whole league is tight. I am impressed with the runners, they did a good job.

Jim Padilla

I think the nature of competition in the marketplace is very, very challenging for all of us.

Steve Davis

We suspect that the shares will probably mark time until either another bidder emerges, which seems unlikely, or the merger gets through the competition authorities.

Herman Edwards

He likes trying to make the big kick,

Kurt Busch

He likes to talk a lot. We like to race.

Priscilla Hill

He likes that they respect the sport there, not like in America, where it's all about football.

Graeme Base

Whether one likes it or not, the screen is a profoundly important source of imagery and storytelling for this generation. For me, books remain a stunning place to tell stories, but the screen has a place.

Ruth Reichl

I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I had to learn how to rein myself in and not terrify people.

Andre Johnson

I think any offensive player likes to touch the ball, ... That's what you're supposed to do.

Buddy Bell

He's come a long way, ... He likes being in that situation.

Sarah Rees Brennan

And about that," he continued. "Now that Kami and I have met, she likes me better than you. So you can leave.

Severin Bozung

I like a girl-do you think she likes me?