Famous Quotes & Sayings

Terry Carter

A peer complimented me on how well I handled a meeting, which turned hostile. I didn't even notice. I had come to expect such hostility and antagonism as the norm. I needed a break and decided to create an environment I wanted to return to each day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature is upheld by antagonism.

Eric Idle

There was often antagonism and chair throwing and stamping of feet, which is kind of a healthy thing to do when you're arguing about what's funny. That healthy tension was something that held the group together.

Joe Nathan

There's broad frustration and even antagonism out there. Americans perceive unions as people who put the interests of their members first. They don't feel the unions pay enough concern to getting rid of ineffective teachers. They see unions as challenging and often trying to stop school reform.

Eskinder Nega

In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

Miriam Toews

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

Karl Marx

But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade

Dennis McDonald

The antagonism is pretty much a thing of history.

Edward Grey

I cannot conceive any point which can arise in the immediate future which would bring ourselves and the Germans into antagonism of interests.

Judith Kilpatrick

He didn't do much arguing of the case, but probably did a lot of the research. And then, for the Supreme Court, he even had his train ticket, but was told not to go. It must have been crushing.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.

Lynn Reaser

He's arguing that the limit may be starting to be reached as foreign investors avoid an over concentration of their portfolios' in dollars, but that the impact would likely not be traumatic.

John Humphrys

It contributes to it. What do you think politics is, if not arguing about principles?

Oliver Goldsmith

There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it

Robert Frost

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

Bruce Kasman

There is no group arguing that the Fed has gone too far. There is a broad consensus that if the data shows rising operating rates, further moves will be needed.

Peter Jackson

I have greatly enjoyed my collaborations with Howard Shore, whose musical themes made immeasurable contributions to 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, ... During the last few weeks, Howard and I came to realize that we had differing creative aspirations for the score of 'King Kong.' Rather than waste time arguing with a friend and trying to unify our points of view, we decided amicably to let another composer score the film. I'm looking forward to working with James Newton Howard, a composer whose work I've long admired, and I thank Howard Shore, whose talent is surpassed only by his graciousness.

Katsuya Okada

I did what I had to do, but it was frustrating that we were never really arguing on the same plane. I wanted to debate policy.

Jean Miller

He is the comrade around whom the party people can coalesce. He should be chairman for life.

Trevor Rabin

I grew up in such a musical family, and my dad was the first chair in the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and my mom was a piano teacher and a painter, so it was kind of a creative environment, and it was kind of in my DNA.

Edward Leamer

I think it's a very good thing. I never understood why (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan was encouraging people to go into short-term mortgages, because of the risk they entailed.

Allen Sinai

I think that Greenspan will rank as one of the most effective and innovative Fed chairman that we have had -- a home-run champion.

Marion Hammer

I think the chairman is telling us where he intends to go, to put it politely.

Ron Bonjean

It is clear that we need a new chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission immediately. Sen. Lott is disappointed that Mary Sheila Gall, who is a clearly a qualified candidate, has not been confirmed by the Senate due to personal partisan attacks.

John Silvia

Labor costs were one of the key inflation concerns cited by Chairman (Alan) Greenspan in his latest testimony, ... Our outlook reinforces his concern.

John Davidson

To get a real turnaround you need to have a turnaround in earnings. The jobless claims number today probably keeps (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan on task in terms of lowering rates.

Harry Redknapp

It is something I have been thinking about for a while. I made it without any pressure from the chairman or the board.

Gary Waddock

He knows that he's let the group down. I'll be looking at the incident and if he needs to be fined, he will be.

Kevin Breslin

I think that the groups do get things done around here.

Vernon Briggs

There is no group that has benefited less from immigration.

Billie Armstrong

We've been together as a group for a long time so this means a lot.

Jeff Moorad

We're open-minded about the profile. The group that we've identified tends to be a younger group, but also a group that has significant experience.

Jordan Leopold

We're not working as a cohesive group of five, including Kipper,

Shireen Dodson

I think we're all now really friends, getting together, sharing things about our daughters, about ourselves, about our relationships with our spouses. It's a wonderful talk group just for us.

Jessie Ling

I think we'll stay in our same groups. It's way too hard to try to make new friends in a different group when you're starting in a new school.

Paul Taibi

I think we have a pretty talented group of players with a lot of skill.

Joe Gibbs

Keeping a team healthy is a huge deal,

Henry Chan

I think it's a healthy correction, some valuations got a little high.

Karl Dorrell

He's healthy enough, he's throwing the ball, he's getting his timing back,

Francis Gannon

I think it was a very healthy thing that we saw this week, ... It was a valuation correction, not a fundamental correction.

J. Horton

It is important to help the troops stay healthy as they help others,

Derek Jeter

He's been doing it every time out. We missed him when he was out, and now he's healthy and he's picking up where he left off.

Pat Riley

He'd go a week and he'd be OK, and then he'd get hurt again. So I just hope he's healthy now and I can use him in that role.

Kathy Miller

He looks like a healthy male, but you see at home what he has to go through,

Dan Nelson

He made a mess out of their house but, he's healthy and he's good.

Bill Thompson

I think a real marker is if a leader has aberrant theology and is not held accountable,

Isadore Sharp

It has been held to the principles of what Terry wanted. So 25 years is probably just the beginning.

David Pascoe

Law enforcement officers are held in a position of trust and they are held to a higher standard. That is why allegations like this are so troubling.

Tracy Egeland

I think they held up pretty well. We had a lot of skating, a lot of skill work. I think they did pretty good.

Jerry Only

The Ramones went through a couple different line-up changes, and Johnny and Joey held through the whole thing. So right now I'm the only one hanging in there.

Shahid Shamsi

The rally will be held in Islamabad. It will be a peaceful rally.

Jeff Gwaltney

He was really a passionate artist. Whenever he sang, he held nothing back.

Bob Haffele

He was getting held and bumped, but he just stays at it. He is a tough competitor.

E. Hicks

I have compiled a record that includes how we've held the line on taxes.

Josh Brown

I'm going to do something. There's a little tension between us.

Orhan Pamuk

When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am not afraid of the word tension.

Nadine Gordimer

The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.

Kanye West

Let the music defuse all the tension.

Albert Einstein

One lives one's life under constant tension, until it's time to go for good

Joe Mauer

He's just touching up. He was a up a little bit, but he was throwing hard.

Mike Hampton

If you're durable, if you're used to throwing a lot, ... I don't think there is any problem.

Gerald Laird

I'm throwing good, my thumb is 100 percent,

Rick Peterson

Any time you have a lot of time off that's always a concern. It is always a factor, but he's done a lot of throwing (in the bullpen).

Bobby Bowden

I wanted to see what we could do throwing the ball,

Mike Holmgren

They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but you can't worry too much about that.

Bill Parcells

Not at all. He was just throwing it indiscriminately then.

David Berry

You can't keep throwing us around. Accommodate your own people.

Jack Kokinda

This is the time of year you want him throwing this way.