Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maureen Johnson

'Harry Potter' achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a children's book.

Shah Rukh Khan

In the world of creativity, laziness translates into an inability to be rigorous enough to create fearlessly. It makes us plagiarise or water our creativity down to make it more acceptable to the public.

Clarence Briggs

There are some who've asked us if this isn't simply part of the cost of doing business. That high a cost is neither acceptable nor tenable.

Greg Taylor

I was disappointed in the process, but all things considered, I believe we achieved an acceptable result,

Pam Carpenter

We expect to have a lot of first-time, in-person voters taking advantage of a more acceptable process.

Fred Anderson

We expect to have acceptable margins on the iMac, ... We're not down in that sub-$1,000 space where people are having difficulty making money.

Ruth Collins

We're producing the medically acceptable benchmarks. So we're doing everything we can. We're willing to work with governments at any level to produce access for patients. What are the governments doing?

Brooke Smith

I think that as a team we've come a tremendously long way since November and December. But I don't think that makes this loss more acceptable or makes it hurt any less.

Elizabeth Goreham

I think as long as each council member feels they're allowed to express their views -- (any candidate) who would fit that bill would be acceptable to me. That's my main need, to make sure all views are given a fair hearing.

Ken Ham

There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in America where students aren't even allowed to critically think about evolution, the issue of origins; they are not allowed to hear other points of view; they are taught incorrectly about science and taught that evolution is fact.

Stephen Fried

I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and to work with him once. I felt as if I had been allowed to try on the Crown Jewels. He was a great, remarkable man.

Kurt Warner

I was looking for someone that was willing to give me a chance to play the game the way I played again. He definitely allowed me to do that. ... It wasn't necessarily what he had done with quarterbacks in the past, although it never hurts to be a part of a team or with a coach that has had great offensive success and great success with quarterbacks.

Ben Wizner

Kidnapping an innocent man and sending him to a secret location to be tortured is not only illegal, it is immoral. We need a full and complete investigation of a policy that has allowed countless detainees, some of them entirely innocent, to be tortured in our names.

Owen Williams

Know your stuff. That makes it easier to avoid nasty surprises, such as a contract coming up for renewal with no clauses capping price increases in it, when you have allowed yourself no time to renegotiate anything.

Lori Allain

I would've been back immediately if they had allowed somebody in my family to take my children. That day.

Joe Madrigal

I would support them getting a chance to retake the test. I'm almost positive that they would be allowed to retake the test in this type of case, but we don't make those decisions.

Robby Gordon

Just not being a new race team. Pretty much every guy on this team was here last year. That allowed us to work on our cars and be prepared over the winter time. I can remember a year ago the night before Bristol, finishing the car late at night on Thursday night and then come to Bristol.

Bill Frelick

Jordan is slamming the door in the face of a small, but desperate group of people, who have seen their relatives murdered in Baghdad. Jordan should not treat Iraqi Palestinians fleeing persecution more harshly than other Iraqis fleeing violence, who have generally been allowed to enter Jordan.

Ken Ham

What is sad to me is not what Bill Nye thinks about me. What I found really unfortunate is that after presenting my stand on God's Word, there were a number of Christians who were more complimentary of Bill Nye than of me because Bill Nye was defending evolution and billions of years.

Don Tapscott

Kids are very savvy about the technology. But I'm not sure they totally understand the implications of a billion people being able to see them doing whatever is posted.

Doug Elliott

I would think his election increases the likelihood of a pension bill this year.

Bill Harding

I think investors have become more serious about the impact of taxes because they were saddled with tax bills in 2000 -- but many funds performed poorly as the market crashed.

Michael Crowley

He was a broadcasting icon and true renaissance man -- in every sense of the word -- whose loss will be felt in many circles. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bill and his family.

Mark Leno

He cannot veto the bill until it gets to his desk, ... It may not get there for a couple more weeks and in that time period, we're doing everything we can to communicate with him.

David Carroll

He (City Auditor Bill Morrissey) should not have the power to deprive those people of voting on the referendum.

Carte Goodwin

He is planning on introducing a bill shortly.

Andy Wilson

Handling multi-data feeds increases the complexity, things that you want to see on a fixed bill are different to a mobile bill.

Kofi Annan

I think the important thing, ... is the council stood together and insisted Iraq rescind its decision before any other reviews can be undertaken.

Dale Graham

I think the council has good intentions but they need to really think this through.

Hoshiyar Zebari

What I said was in fact, we are ready as the new Iraqi interim government to resume our responsibilities, especially now that we have a new U.N. Security Council resolution,

Kofi Annan

I will leave it to the council to determine what message it wants to send.

Dennis Lynch

I do a lot of litigation and lot of municipal work throughout Rockland County, and the town was interested in getting the most experienced council they can.

Ron Dennis

I am delighted that the senate and the world council have held that way too.

Kofi Annan

I am in touch with several heads of state, ... We need money, police and troops. I hope not only France, but other states, and not only Security Council members, will help us.

Debbie Wing

Our office of general council will work with the judge to determine how FEMA will respond to the ruling.

Paul Weller

In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more.

Stephen Harper

I actually think the (U.S.) ambassador's intervention was inappropriate... I don't think foreign ambassadors should be expressing their views, or intervening in an election.

Doug Armstrong

He knows we like him. He's been here for a number of years, and I've tried to express to him that I've been one of his stronger supporters over that time. Nothing to me has changed. When the time comes and he wants to stay here, we'll talk to him.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.

Q-Tip

I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.

Stan Williams

Guys don't have very many ways to express themselves. Facial hair is equated with masculinity, and men's fashion is very masculine right now. They also make younger guys look older.

E. B. White

We think gene expression is a major part of what separates chimps and humans.

Gary Mickelson

We support our Team Members' right to express themselves on this important matter. We are telling them, if they take part in a rally Monday, and their plant is scheduled to operate, we hope they will not take any unauthorized time off but will instead get pre-approval from their supervisor to participate during non-work hours.

Cecilia Munoz

We are expressing our hopes that the Senate will do something different.

Amber Limbaugh

To express a feeling without words, that is the true gratification of art.

Bill Self

I think it is fair to say that (the) winner of this game has a serious leg up on the other team. The winner of this game, if you are able to win a home game, is guaranteed at least a piece of it. There is not much margin for error.

Roy Barnes

He was a fair and honest judge. He will be missed by many.

Audrey Lewis

He didn't think he was getting a fair shake in the media, which is why he hired me.

Alan Cole

This was a goal of mine for a long time. To come over here and win a Fair race. My owner gives us what we need and this is how we should be running all the time.

Mike Mueller

He's a fairly reclusive fellow, and our interview is pretty fun.

Mike Holder

He's got some fairly serious injuries. He needs to get healthy. That's what we said in the press release.

Christopher Hill

I think it's fair to say we have a rather major disagreement on this point.

Michael Buckley

I think it's fair to say this is going to be a record.

Tim Finchem

I think it's fair to say that the purse level increases year-to-year will not be as steep in the next six years.

Tony Young

Knowing that you are automatically in feels really good. It takes a lot of stress off your head knowing that you are automatically in.

Tom Crean

Jack and Jackie gave Jim a great value base. He saw how Jack did it and how Jackie supported it. Jim is such a natural leader and a natural competitor. He feels a responsibility to lead people. That's what led him to be a head coach.

Byron Scott

It always feels good, but it feels good just to see him back out there. I'm just glad to see him back on the sidelines.

Felipe Alou

He wants to play. He always wants to play. As long as he feels healthy enough to do that.

Sierra McCormick

There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

Henry Hall

He's 19 years old, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how he feels about that.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heroism feels and never reasons and is therefore always right.

Brendan Morrison

Going into to the game, I knew I had to step it up. There's no sense hanging your head about it. You've got to go out and do the little things and help the team win. Last game I felt good, but didn't get too many chances. It feels good to get the first one. I knew it's only a matter of time before I notched my first goal and got a few points.

Richie Sambora

God, it feels as if we're as big as we've ever been.

Rosalind Wiseman

Kids for the most part talk to me about parents gossiping about each other and the other kids. I can't think of one kid who didn't know where her parents fit in the parents' social hierarchy.

Pierre Littbarski

Jacob looked good today. If he's fit he will play.

Justin Bocot

I talk to him. I tell him I know it's going to be hard the first two years fitting in. He was the star of his eighth-grade team. He's in the same spot as me. I talk to him about my experiences and tell him what not to do.

Dinara Safina

I talk to him every day and he is getting fitter and hopes to return in Rotterdam next week.

Carl Crawford

He knows what's what and what he needs to do. He just has the mind-set to be a real professional and business-like and to find where he fits in.

Tom Hansen

He's a drop-back, three-step quarterback. His forte is throwing the football, ... Physically, I think his talents fit well with that style offense. It's similar to what he did in high school.

Mark Shapiro

He's a good fit for us as a person and a player. His style is different from everyone else in our rotation.

Rafer Alston

good fit for this team. I don't know if I'm a good fit for this league.

Jonathan Ross

He said: 'I don't know how you manage to fit them all in.' I said: 'It's not too late to take this back.'

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

John Capel

Just to let them know that I haven't given up yet. They thought I was just going to let them have the title, but not yet.

Robert McKinley

Just pay attention. Make sure you're not given a product you don't want.

Max Minghella

I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.

Steve Rives

He is someone who has given us a real go-to guy.

Muhammad Yunus

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

Ron Suskind

Haven't we already given money to rich people... Shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?

Harry Redknapp

Gus has given him a great reference and talked him up so he might be worth a go.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.

John Tortorella

It better not be hard. We have to maintain it.

Suki Waterhouse

Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.

Daniel Bruhl

Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.

Saku Koivu

He's a strong man, tough to maintain down low.

Sergio Garcia

I think it's been a solid season, but I wouldn't say it's been extraordinary mainly because I haven't putted well,

David Moody

We talked about what they already know ? that they spend a lot of time watching TV and that what they see is spread into mainstream ideals.

William McDonough

we (the Fed) will do what we have to do to maintain price stability.

Barry Hyman

I think we're going to go down to the wire whether or not it's a half-percentage point (increase). If you want to maintain market stability, a quarter percentage point could keep the market at bay.

David Pringle

It is not enough to preserve open space. We need to maintain it.

Haroon Lorgat

He is well established and respected as a senior member of the squad.

Jim Moran

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

Brad Dayspring

I think a lot of members will be supportive of the legislation.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Michael Hopkins

He was never a member of this organization! That's all I have to say about ... Pete McGowan.

Hut Landon

I'd like to uncover some worthy recipients and I'd like it if the member booksellers nominated programs in their communities.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Warren Cuccurullo

Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

Suzanne Williamson

Just make sure you throw out the bottles,

Gar Heard

He'll be back, I am sure he'll be back.

Johnathan Joseph

He's been there. He's making sure we don't go into this thing blind.

Tom Fisher

He's a veteran quarterback. I'm sure he'll be on top of his game.

Chance VanGundy

I thought for sure we were a top-10 team in our district.

Ralph Richardson

I think we can use (the study) to make sure we're in balance,

Richie Sexson

I was wondering why, when he left, he kind of got the boos. I wasn't really sure of why exactly,

Gary Sanders

He was really on target. He made sure that he didn't let up even though we got the big lead.

Reuben Droughns

I don't know about that. I'm sure it'll get me some carries.

Robert Collier

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

Rob Zombie

When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly generic that it has no point of view.

Richard Paul Evans

Sometimes our arms are so full with the burdens we carry that it hinders our view of the load those around us are staggering beneath.

Richard P. Feynman

[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is - absurd.

Richard Dawkins

We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.

Richard Whately

Of Rhetoric various definitions have been given by different writers; who, however, seem not so much to have disagreed in their conceptions of the nature of the same thing, as to have had different things in view while they employed the same term.

Richelle Mead

We've had to deal with so many complications. We're still dealing with them. And what can we do? Nothing - well, unless we take your side's point of view and make deals with the devil. But why? Why can't we make deals with God? People do all the time. 'God, if you do this for me, I promise to be good.' Stuff like that. Yeah, but I don't see any contracts like you guys have. No hard evidence that it works. How come we can only get things we want by being bad? Why can't we get them by being good?

Tyler Oakley

I remember having 100 views on a video and being like, "I don't have a hundred friends." So that was a moment.

Truman Capote

Most contemporary novelists, especially the American and the French, are too subjective, mesmerized by private demons; theyre enraptured by their navels and confined by a view that ends with their own toes.