Famous Quotes & Sayings

George W. Bush

You cannot lead an alliance if you say you're going alone.

Cassandra Clare

Fine,” Kyle said. “I’m a werewolf. I’m not part of a pack, but I do have an alliance. Have you heard of the Praetor Lupus?” “I’ve heard of lupus,” said Simon. “Isn’t it a kind of disease?

Ogden Nash

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.

Mikhail Kamynin

We hope that the alliance will observe its political and legal commitments in terms of military restraint when deciding on the deployment of the bases, and in particular the commitment not to deploy considerable combat forces in new member states.

John Hewson

I don't think the U.S. alliance is worth this. Being a lap-dog to the United States is an outrageous concept, but that's where we are, unfortunately.

Mahmoud Othman

If the position of the Shiite alliance is final, then things will be more complicated and the formation of the government might face delays.

Simon Phipps

If the ODF Alliance had existed a few month's ago it would have been a lot easier for Massachusetts to focus on the technology issues rather than the personalities involved.

Angela Merkel

The campaign is over and now the point is to form a stable government. We, the Christian Democratic alliance (CDU/CSU), have been given the mandate as strongest parties,

Sergio Marchionne

the industrial alliance will not be with an Asian company.

Katie Gearlds

Aya was everywhere tonight. She had a great performance all around.

Dr. Fauci

The surveillance is going to be so intense that it is very unlikely that there is going to be the type of situation we see everywhere from Nigeria to Indonesia.

Chris Cole

I wanted to be that guy when I was younger. I had pictures of him everywhere -- on my walls, in my notebooks. Everything he did, I wanted to do. He was my favorite skater, by far.

Laurie Harrsen

Vanilla was on the list a few years ago. And vanilla is everywhere now, in toothpaste, sodas, candles, it's pretty much mainstream.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.

Carl Sandburg

There are people who want to be everywhere at once and they seem to get nowhere

Margot Robbie

I always have more fun when I stay in hostels - you just meet so many more people. A hotel makes sense when you're doing work things, but travelling, you don't really get a feel for a place if you're in a hotel. I find it seems to make it all feel like everywhere else.

Aaron Brooks

Just about everywhere we go a hurricane hits,

Michael Thompson

I went to the post office, the grocery store and the drug store today, and everywhere I went people were talking about it.

Charles Bukowski

You are thirty minutes late." "Yes." "Would you be thirty minutes late to a wedding or a funeral?" "No." "Why not, pray tell?" "Well, if the funeral was mine I'd have to be on time. If the wedding was mine it would be my funeral.

Amy Poehler

We may all host ourselves to death, and if we're all dead who will host our funerals?

Thomas Lynch

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

Steve Earle

Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.

Marilyn Miller

We want to make sure they can't do this at the funeral of a hero.

Karl Shapiro

Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say.

Pauline Kael

I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know.

Josh Groban

My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

Jim Morrison

the time to hesitate is through no time to wallowin the mire Try now we can only lose and our love become a funeral pyre

Ayn Rand

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call

Dean Koontz

The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.

Bob Dylan

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Charles Spurgeon

When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude.

Dorothy Day

Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward.

Dalai Lama

In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.

Debbie Macomber

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

Andre Norton

There's no night without stars.

David Jones

People don't mind spending money on their homes and basement.

Mary Scott

Ten percent of our homes are now rentals. It's a big problem.

Dan Gallagher

These are the homes we need to address, because we know they are not going to do anything with them until we take action,

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

David Williams

We need more volunteers, particularly during the week, ... A lot of (damaged) homes haven't been touched and people are trying to live in them.

Michael Brown

I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever.

Ernesto Zedillo

I will not permit these homes to be rebuilt in the same places,

Freida Pinto

In L.A. you hear all these stories of people being filmed in their own homes through their windows. I think that is so scary.

Robert Reich

What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes.

Amy Chua

I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there's a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem.

Michael Storm

Dr. Larry and Viki are the only original characters left on the show.

Antonio Davis

Larry and Isiah, they need to get on the same page. Is the team going younger or older? What are they doing? Where's the team going?

Theo Epstein

Larry and I like each other. As with any other working relationship there are complexities, there are ups and downs.

Robert Rubin

Larry and I have been true partners through this whole period, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful partnership,

Eric Snow

They are pushing the tempo more. Whenever you do that, you get more possessions. Under Larry Brown, they were more of an opportunistic fast-break team. Now, they are trying to run more.

Brian Sullivan

At the local level, to be able to say that you're doing better than you were, or you're not, is pretty important.

Larry Rogers

Ninety-five percent (of the workers) will be from the local area.

Nathan Moss

I got to thinking of the school system, especially our local school here.

David Dunn

Since Sept. 11, the local police, our role has changed, ... Before, we were worrying about burglaries, thefts.

Mike Adams

Occasionally, you'll find a little tool. It all tells a story. I can show you some rocks that they used as a local source of materials.

Alan Curbishley

He is a local ref and perhaps it is something we have to look at.

E. B. White

Its important to do things locally as well, ... impeach.

Ricardo Garcia

We want to keep that money here, and we want to use local people.

Paul Decker

We've been briefed by the local organizing people.

Don Stewart

As many members as there are in Congress, there are that many opinions on how to secure the border.

Richard Durbin

The secretary testified without even indicating to the members of the Senate that this story existed, about to be disclosed to the American people. That is unacceptable.

Amartya Sen

The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.

Daniel Defoe

Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head.

Clay Shirky

In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public.

Rick Nielsen

If I weren't as tall as I am, I would've been a member of AC/DC.

Thomas E. Mann

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.

Shane Carruth

All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater.

George Henderson

I am very appreciative the members thought enough of me to make me their president.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

E. Helm

We're playing in a tournament where somebody's going to the national tournament. It's that simple. And we'll compete.

Alfonso Scanio

The problem of railway safety has by now become a national emergency.

Rod Smith

Those are tragedies that have to be addressed on a national level.

Martha Stewart

I haven't been to Tasmania. I haven't been to the South Pole, and I haven't been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.

Larry Diamond

How can we communicate effectively if you risk being intercepted by the National Security Agency?

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Ban Ki-moon

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Sarah Davis

People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do.

Richard M. Nixon

People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

Johnathon Schaech

People recognize me on the street for all kinds of different things that I've done. 'That Thing You Do' remains to be my favorite film in which I played my favorite character. That role is the one that I'm most recognized for.

Karlos Dansby

People really dont know or they really aint watching, ... Got to give them something to see.

Howard Dvorkin

People spend what's there. If it's not there, they're not going to spend it.

Kevin Spacey

People sometimes have to be reminded, I'm not Frank Underwood. I'm an actor named Kevin Spacey.

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Kevin McBride

This win was for the pride of Ireland, ... I proved everyone wrong tonight.

Craig Ferguson

I found out it is just as hard to make a movie that you are not proud of as it is to make one you love.

Blaise Pascal

Pride counterbalances all our miseries, for it either hides them, or, if it discloses them, boasts of that disclosure. Pride has such a thorough possession of us, even in the midst of our miseries and faults, that we are prepared to sacrifice life with joy, if it may but be talked of.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

As God adds his ‘Yes’ to your ‘Yes,’ as he confirms your will with his will, and as he allows you, and approves of, your triumph and rejoicing and pride, he makes you at the same time instruments of his will and purpose both for yourselves and for others. In his unfathomable condescension God does add his ‘Yes’ to yours; but by doing so, he creates out of your love something quite new – the holy estate of matrimony…

Edward Abbey

The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.

Dorothea Lange

I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit.

Adolf Hitler

In this hour I would ask of the Lord God only this: that, as in the past, so in the years to come He would give His blessing to our work and our action, to our judgement and our resolution, that He will safeguard us from all false pride and from all cowardly servility, that he may grant to us to find the straight path which His Providence has ordained for the German people, and that he may ever give us the courage to do the right, never to falter, never to yield before any violence, before any danger.

Aesop

Pride goes before destruction.

Alexander Pope

Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.

Stefan Hell

Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few.

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

David Williams

They are truly the ones that do all the real work.

Julie Foudy

It wasn't just that we were together; we were truly a family. There was always laughter.

Aristotle

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

Lisa Kleypas

I’ll tell you what I’m fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It’s all come down to the hope of being with you..

David Letterman

Today is Veterans Day. Thank you to all our men and women who have served the United States armed forces. In honor of Veterans Day we are marching out a few jokes that have already served.

Dan Lipinski

On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.

Kurt Vonnegut

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

Baruch Spinoza

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Auguste Comte

After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.

Ayelet Waldman

I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton.

Carter Burwell

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Arthur C. Clarke

What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.

Austin Mahone

I promoted myself on Twitter and Facebook as hard as possible, nonstop. People started realizing that if they commented on my videos, I'd reply to their comment, so I started getting a lot more views and comments.

Delta Goodrem

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

Brian Cox

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

Billy Corgan

My view of the world is always tempered by the fact that there are people who are less fortunate than I am.