Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. Hunt

Joe DiMaggio is a quintessential American icon. And the treasures he accumulated during his storied career reflect many of the milestones in his life. They offer a nostalgic look at his triumphs with the Yankees and clearly affirm his status as the embodiment of the American dream. We are certain this auction will capture the attention of baseball fans worldwide.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish to operate as president on the merits. I think, on one level, we might say that I can affirm that women have the aptitude to do science or to do anything, including being president of Harvard.

Robert Barclay

Lastly, though I affirm that after a man hath arrived to such a condition in which a man may not sin, he yet may sin; I will nevertheless not deny but there may be a state attainable in this life, in which to do righteousness may become so natural to the regenerate soul, that in the stability of this condition they can not sin.

Ann Snyder

It is in this spirit of community that we have decided to forego this traditional celebration at this time. We trust that the generous sponsors and underwriters of the Hometown Heroes Gala will also affirm their commitments and support by helping Interfaith fund its ongoing programs as well as continuing to provide Hurricane relief as long as it is needed.

Robert Collier

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

Hu Jintao

In recent years, China and Canada have had quite some discussions about human rights on the basis of mutual respect, ... We affirm this constructive approach to human rights.

Dan Coats

I'm not going to affirm that. I'll just say he's a serious student of the law.

Dirk Kempthorne

I must wait until the hearing itself before I make comments on specific issues. That's the prerogative of the Senate, that's the process, and so right now this is just an opportunity to say hello again to a number of my former colleagues and affirm that I look forward to working with them.

Bob Goldman

Their motivations have been impugned, often by those with only a remote connection to their father, ... No one should dispute Claudia and John Henry's devotion to their father. In fact, those closest to Ted Williams -- his dearest friends, his doctors and those he chose personally to oversee his estate -- consistently affirm it.

Tyler Colvin

I was just a mental case, to tell you the truth. I worked on my approach and learned what pitch to swing at and it's paid off. I was just swinging at bad pitches.

Lou Holtz

Knowing Bill Snyder and the disciplinarian he is and the approach he has, yeah, I think he will bounce back, ... And he doesn't have to be real good to be pretty good in that North.

Klaus Toepfer

I would urge Presidents and Prime Ministers to make this WRI report and the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment indispensable parts of their reading. I am sure that the conclusions will suggest to them, as they do to me, fresh, imaginative, sensible and truly sustainable approaches to the pressing development issues of the day,

Ben Saylor

I take the same approach every time. Early in the count I'm hoping they throw me a mistake and that's what I feel like happened in the first couple of at-bats. It's really important when another team makes a mistake, you've really got to bury them. You have to go right after them and make those mistakes hurt. I think our team did a good job of that.

Allard Baird

He comes in where he's got to be beat out for the fourth spot in the outfield. He has some speed and defense, and a pretty good approach to the plate.

S. Hughes

He kept believing in his approach and kept his emotions in check.

Steve Plechaty

He just has a nice steady approach to the game. He doesn't get too high or too low.

Archie Manning

He'll be a real good player for Arkansas. He's savvy and has a great cerebral approach to the game.

Mort Sahl

I didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

Peter Kretzmer

It assures that the Fed continues to not buck what was built into the futures contract, and will move by 25 basis points in September.

Bill Belichick

I also coached the secondary and Tom coached the receivers, so we worked together on a daily basis with each other,

Anton Corbijn

For me N.M.E. was a very big thing. When I first came to the United Kingdom I started taking pictures for them and I became their main photographer for five years, and that's really been the basis of everything I've been doing since.

Salvatore Satta

His vocation was orderliness, which is the basis of creation. Accordingly, when a letter came, he would turn it over in his hands for a long time, gazing at it meditatively; then he would put it away in a file without opening it, because everything had its own time.

Rory Robertson

I think it's going to be 50 basis points because the Fed is worried about the economy, and I think the accompanying statement will reflect that.

Hazel Blears

I think it should be used fairly and proportionately on the basis of intelligence.

James Rayner

I think the point of it is it brings an outside person into the picture who doesn't know either party to collect facts and make a recommendation. It provides a basis for renewed negotiation, I would say.

Mike Tice

I think the only one on a week-to-week basis around here is me,

John Hughs

I think you've got a little bit of the Goldilocks scenario with the CPI, with investors concluding that growth is strong, but not so strong that we have to worry about a 50 basis point rise at the next meeting,

Alex Rodriguez

I always enjoy my stay here in Canada. It's one of those places where you just feel comfortable.

Stacey McAlpine

He's got his fair share of experience playing for Team Canada and wearing the Team Canada colors. He's proud to be a Canadian and is pretty excited about coming back to Canada.

Kirk Pengilly

He seemed to have the whole package. Canada must be proud of him.

Ezra Levant

He should be lucky we have freedom of speech in Canada because if we were in a country that didn't, he'd be in jail.

Bruce Arena

I think you can't overreact from one game, the Norway game, and ignore the Canada game. You judge players over time, not over a game. As he continues to move forward we'll have a better feel for the direction he's headed. Obviously, he's getting better. From my perspective, I need to see if he's developing into a guy who should be a player on the World Cup roster and can help us win a game.

Harvey Voogd

I think that being able to pay to get medically necessary services quicker violates the Canada Health Act. It's legalizing queue-jumping.

Angela Ruggiero

I think it's sad. For all of Canada to be upset with the United States for something that didn't happen...

Jim Magagna

I think this confirms some of the concerns we had all along, that they have a more severe problem in Canada than the U.S..

Buzz Hargrove

I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.

William Daley

I think it is important that China be in the WTO. But they must come in a commercially-meaningful way. And that means that their market has to be open for U.S. products to be sold into.? They should live by the rules the rest of the world lives by.

Promod Haque

What we don't want is to have someone dedicated to solely doing a deal in China or India or wherever, and then they're all by themselves.

Li Jian

Hitler used the Olympics to show his people that his government had legitimacy. The Chinese government wants a similar result: that countries recognize that China is a great and powerful country.

Tim Adams

I think it's important for us to get a better sense of China overall,

Li Ke

It is a clear signal China will revive the project as telecom giants have joined the industry.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

I think the implications for the rise of China are huge in terms of the political landscape, economic balance, de-velopment thinking, and the environment.

Rebecca Patterson

It is going to put a lot of pressure on the US to get China to move further on yuan flexibility and to the extent that they don't, that's going to raise protectionist rhetoric in Congress.

Richard Armitage

There is a growing recognition about China as a power in the ascent, and there is a question out there about what China will do with their new ascension.

Billy Graham

The people of the United States want peace. The people of China want peace. The people of the Soviet Union want peace. Why can't we have peace?

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques had done street theater in Paris. He'd always been interested in large architectural structures and how humans interact with them.

Milo Hamilton

He rode managers. He rode players. It didn't matter. He treated everyone the same way. In short, he was a miserable human being.

Paul Taylor

I think that's a Jewish trait, ... It's also a human trait.

Jenna Marbles

There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

C. Hughes

We are experiencing a human catastrophe of immense proportions, ... We pray today for those who have lost their lives ... and for those who are risking their lives to rescue others.

Jon Ronson

I was always out to paint them with human characteristics we could relate to. They really are, by and large, personable in the flesh.

Nick Cave

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

John Ashcroft

Human trafficking victims are too often people like Got. Too young, too frightened, and too trapped in their circumstances to speak for themselves, ... This is a 4-year-old child. He's a shy, tender little boy.

Paul Martin

Humans are really expensive, and they're really slow.

Xi Jinping

As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.

Will Rogers

There is nothing fairer than workmen having unions of their mutual benefit.

Wendell Berry

A good community insures itself by trust, by good faith and good will, by mutual help. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy.

Kim Dae Jung

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

Mark Hanna

Don't organize for any other purpose than mutual benefit to the employer and the employee.

Mark Hulbert

Index funds are the only rational alternative for almost all mutual fund investors.

John Henry Newman

It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Because I am female, I’m expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important.

Greg Chappell

Saurav and I share a strong and mutual respect for each other going back a long time. Thankfully, it was strong enough to survive what has occurred in the past week.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Mike Schmitt

He didn't quite make it back to the house.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

James Williams

I was completely speechless. I really had no idea at all, and it was quite a wonderful surprise.

Helen Clark

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

Kimberley Nixon

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Gwendoline Christie

I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look.

Mark Fields

If you look at the CUV right now, it's populated by a lot of vehicles, that, quite honest, are somewhat nondescript.

Kevin Flanagan

In San Diego, we don't try quite as hard.

Edmund Daukoru

In the wake of recent experience, no one is saying that this threat should be taken lightly.

Kathryn Taylor

It has to do with the recent reported suspicious surveillance attempts.

Mark McCutchen

Clarksville has hedged small amounts in recent months. They do know about hedging, they just haven't done much lately." ()

Phil Davis

Their achievements in recent years speak for themselves,

Marcelo Porto

Stocks that were most favored recently are being penalized now.

Chris Tarry

Swissair has been strengthening its relationship with American over recent months.

Marcia Miquelon

We've already rehearsed in the recent single-digit weather, so were ready.

Duane Ackerman

During my most recent visit two weeks ago, I was struck by the destruction that still remains.

Brandon Flowers

That's my instrument, ... It's been underutilized over recent years.

Margaret Williams

I think that the smoker has just as much rights as the non-smoker.

William Perry

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

Robert E. Lee

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Ryan Miller

Mutual respect among everyone for one another and for one another's rights is an absolute prerequisite for peace.

Romeo Dallaire

Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.

Reinhold Niebuhr

While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the needs and rights of other than those to whom he is bound by organic and physical relationship, there are definite limits in the capacity of ordinary mortals which makes it impossible for them to grant to others what they claim for themselves.

William Jennings Bryan

As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

Westbrook Pegler

Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn democracy. It is a fraudulent term used, often by ignorant persons but no less often by intellectual fakers, to describe an infamous mixture of socialism, graft, confiscation of property and denial of personal rights to individuals whose virtuous principles make them offensive.

Richard M. Nixon

It's long been common practice among many to draw a distinction between "human rights" and "property rights," suggesting that the two are separate and unequal - with "property rights" second to "human rights."