Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tyrone Willingham

I am keeping J.R. very close. I like a lot of things that he is doing. I am still wrestling with the decision of whether to activate him.

Derya Unutmaz

Their purpose in life is to capture the enemy, bring it to the lymph node -- the command center -- and present it to the general, the T cell, to activate a battle plan. It's a very efficient system that has allowed us to survive many insults, pathogens and viruses.

Amy Poehler

Tina Fey and I have 15 things in development: 'Laverne and Shirley', 'Starsky and Hutch 3', 'Cagney and Lacey', 'Wonder Twins Activate From Two Hot Broads', 'Little House on the Prairie: The Musical: The Movie'.

P. James

You touch a screen to turn off lights in a room or activate the alarm system. The home owner can also control the temperature of any room in the house. And it's all not much more expensive than standard lighting.

Jim Hendry

It looks like, without snags this week, we're going to activate all three of them on the same day, which would be very refreshing.

Yubaraj Sangroula

I told him since the petition was already in court, he should ask it to be heard. Or he could activate lawyers to file a fresh petition. If parliament had been reinstated, the king couldn't have sacked him and begun direct rule.

Jimmy Williams

People can take the steps necessary to activate them.

Bob Graham

An error on the part of poll workers pressing the wrong button to activate voting machines prevented many from voting in the Democratic primaries.

Norman Dean

A program whose job is to track the pressure in a chemical plant's boiler ... may not activate until a certain temperature is reached. And that may not happen until next week and it may not happen until next year.

Rhonda Smith

Katie can be used anywhere for us. Her pitching is coming around and we'll need to work her in a bit to get her ready to take over there next year.

Joanne Callahan

KDHAP is for people who have been in public housing. If they are qualified, we will help them find a place for up to 18 months. ... Their KDHAP voucher is good anywhere in the U.S.

Tracii Guns

It can be. It can be crazier. It's not popular to be an outlaw anymore, so if you get into some trouble now you really get into trouble. In the old days you could pretty much walk into anywhere in the states with a joint in your mouth and a copper would say, 'Oh, you're a rock star.' Now, going from state to state, if you get caught with a valium in your pocket, you go to jail overnight. It's a little bit different but just as much fun.

Jeff Dorschner

He could serve anywhere in the country at the discretion of the bureau.

Rod Wright

Last year, it was USC-Oklahoma. Before that, it was Oklahoma-LSU. ... Your offense can score a lot of points, but you're not going anywhere without the defense.

Marc Galanter

Lawyers in the United States have a central role, a visibility and prominence that doesn't exist anywhere else.

Gregory Jordan

Law is a personal service business and building a firm is very much tied to building personal relationships. I spend a good chunk of my time as I travel building and maintaining personal relationships with existing partners and colleagues and developing new relationships with clients and recruits. Lawyers who can work anywhere tend to want to join a firm where they can be successful and where they can have friends and be liked.

Jason Segel

I went on a Hot Pocket diet where I ate two Hot Pockets every four hours. I only had the pepperoni pizza flavour. I didn't go anywhere near the cheeseburger macaroni.

Rick Wagoner

I was willing to go just about anywhere in the U.S. for the best job - except New York City. Of course, I received a job offer from GM - in New York City.

Tim Williams

I was in the main shop area when I heard a loud explosion. My ears hurt, and I took off running. I looked back and saw flames, and kept going.

Daren Beaudo

Knowing the impact area and getting it cleaned up, to us, is in a sense the most important thing.

Wendy Kopp

Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.

Cindy Hockenberry

I would suggest people start out by asking how long they've been in business, what their background is, and do they have a degree, which isn't required. Have they been in the area for a long time? Are they open all year? Do they stand behind their work?

Jon Lindhout

Just the vision of a revitalized Bellingham waterfront will make this place a desirable area for boaters. A new marina would also be big deal for the local boating industry, which plays an important role in this economy.

Douglas Porter

I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that the economy is moving to better times, but it will be a gradual process, and confidence may be flat in the next couple of months.

John Eade

I think investors should be ready to buy on the dips, particularly in long-term focus areas like technology or health care.

Bruce Schneider

I think in general things are getting worse, not better. There are lots of little victories. Spam is one of our industries shining victories. But there are lots of areas where we aren't doing very well.

Nancy Bell

It can seem so complicated, but to me it's really not all that complicated, ... There are certain areas we would never want to see developed.

Michael Bradley

Kids are exposed to this at incredibly early ages, when their brains are going through profound developmental changes. This has caught parents off guard. (Porn) has always been there, but it's always been in a lower volume.

Greg Walker

I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.

Zach Day

He didn't want to overwhelm me with a bunch of stuff, ... But I picked his brain and said, 'I don't care if you overwhelm me. I've got a lot of stuff to work on and the last month and all off-season to work on it and want to get right.'

Shiloh Walker

Ah, typical writing day? Well, I tend to do e-mail and the business stuff of writing more in the morning while my brain wakes up and then write more in the afternoon, sometimes from about 11 until 5, or 12 until 5. If a story is driving me nuts, I'll work more in the evenings, but usually I try not to do that. That's family time.

Ozzy Osbourne

What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by.

Michelle Paver

Have you ever held a snake? They are so strong. You can see why there are so many myths about them: they are unlike any other creature. It's extraordinary how that little brain can keep everything moving in different directions.

Ernie Irvan

Having this inaugural event at MIS is a testimony to those living with brain injuries. I am truly appreciative of the support everyone has shown - especially those who have registered to walk and the sponsors who have joined me in this mission.

Nick Nolte

I can't get any satiation. My brain is wired in such a way that I - in my research, I probably have a lack of D1 and D2 receptor sites. These are dopamine receptor sites, and satiation is a process that involves a cascade.

Mark Pagel

Humans like to think of themselves as unusual. We've got big brains that make it possible for us to think, and we think that we have free will and that our behavior can't be described by some mechanistic set of theorems or ideas. But even in terms of much of our behavior, we really aren't very different from other animals.

Walter Molony

We think 2006 will be another record for second-home sales.

David Walker

I think a lot of teams would probably have the same record if you look at who they've played,

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

AJ Michalka

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.

Brian Setzer

He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!'

Regina Spektor

I don't really make records chronologically.

Robert Crumb

I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Warren Buffett

An irresistable footnote: in 1971, pension fund managers invested a record 122% of net funds available in equities - at full prices they couldn't buy enough of them. In 1974, after the bottom had fallen out, they committed a then record low of 21% to stocks.

Rodney Melville

I will look for ways to restrict testimony.

Shayne Ward

I have been to see a specialist and they have told me that singers often suffer from this problem, but that it's nothing to worry about and that I need to rest my voice for a week or so.

Wasim Akram

First of all, convince yourself that you are the best because the rest of your life is going to go proving this to others.

Doctor Who

Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.

Alain Vigneault

Rest is as important as anything else right now.

Dennis Erlich

I like those scores -- everything in the 30s. Those are the types of scores we're going to need the rest of the season.

Richard Sanchez

I just talked the whole time and didn't let them rest,

Charles Meyers

can't just sit back and rest on our laurels.

Cynthia Davis

I'm a restaurant person, so I want the variety (of bistro row).

Robert Scoble

I get a lot of email, so if you're sending me an email, if you want to rise above the clutter, put something on it: say, 'Hey!'

Richard Paul Evans

I don't want to go to Peru. "How do you know? You've never been there." I've never been to hell either and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go there.

Rex Reed

Just living in Los Angeles guarantees the loss of a few I.Q. points each year.

Reba McEntire

Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.

Robert Duvall

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

Roald Dahl

Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense.

Richard Le Gallienne

All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveller knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal.

Richard Burton

One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.

Vanessa Carlton

Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass, and I'm home bound. Staring blankly ahead, just making my way, making a way, through the crowd. And I need you, and I miss you, and now I wonder... If I could fall, into the sky. do you think time, would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles, if I could, just see you tonight.

Robyn Davidson

The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.