Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Bernanke

At some point in the future, the committee may decide to take no action at one or more meetings in the interest of allowing more time to receive information relevant to the outlook.

Will Holman

Progress has been made in some areas, but there is still a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. Our goal is to reach an agreement, but that will depend on management's actions at the negotiating table.

Robert DiClemente

People feel generally that we will see some equivalent forward-looking language that guides market expectations to expect action at least into the early part of next year.

Bob Stallman

Action taken by Japan today to halt U.S. beef imports is an unfortunate temporary setback to U.S. cattle producers, particularly in light of recent success to re-open the market. The vertebral column found in the shipments does not pose a health risk since the animal was less than 30 months of age.

Tom Daschle

Actions are not just physical. Actions are sometimes verbal.

Jai Courtney

Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn't suggest that all the roles should go to young American men.

John Snow

Action on any of the punitive legislative proposals before Congress now would be counterproductive to our efforts at this time,

Charles Murigande

Action, not words, would be the measure of our success or failure,

Jill Krutick

Action movies are typically the most high-budget features being made, so if you can come up with a great comedy like, There's Something About Mary,

Dick Cheney

A senator can be wrong for 20 years without consequence to the nation, ... But a president, a president, always casts the deciding vote. And in this time of challenge, America needs -- and America has -- a president we can count on to get it right.

Leigh Steinberg

As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.

Wally Schirra

As a Naval officer, I was trained, essentially bred, to be a military aviator. I was a Naval officer on assignment, not an employee of NASA.

Dave Blood

The boys on Pennsylvania Avenue have convinced a whole lot of the public that What's His Whiskers had something to do with 9/11. Stay tuned.

David Wu

The business of America must be more than just business, and engagement must be through more than just the cash register... Real engagement sees the Chinese people as real people, people like us, people with aspirations, with hopes, people who aspire to walk the path of freedom.

Richard Grimes

The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And, so they started to see a lot of that and there was, that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle.

Jim Grant

Bank of New York or Bank of America would come in and each would have their own regulatory or audit questionnaires. But it would be in a different form.

Pauline Dan

Bank of America only has a limited retail network in China. Given the size of its investment in China Construction Bank, it is more important than the retail branches.

Lance Jones

Bank of America is trying to move people to the idea of paperless statements. In a parallel study, we asked consumers if they received paper statements, and the majority that said 'no' were Bank of America customers.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Charlie Bell

As CEO, I intend to maintain the discipline and focus that Jim put into place, ... The best way to pay tribute to Jim is in sticking with our plan to win.

Jeff Bingaman

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

Gerald Grinstein

As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.

Amar'e Stoudemire

As a player, you should look at the teams you might want to play for. The city you may want to live in. The system you may want to play in. The economy. The cost of living. Everything. It's about what's best for you.

Shawn Springs

As a player, you're about the team. You do the best you can do to help out the team.

Chris Latham

As a player who finished last season starting with the Wallabies I'm under no illusions that I'll walk back in. But it's that sort of thing that brings out the best in any player.

Diane Keaton

As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.

Kenneth Branagh

I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.

Brigitte Bardot

I am really not interested in the cinema.

Viviane Reding

European films succeed not only on their own national cinema markets, but also and increasingly in other European countries and other continents.

Shahid Kapoor

Indian cinema gives you everything that western cinema doesn't. It's maseladar and spicy. If you like Indian food, I think you'll love Indian movies.

Dr. Walsh

We are very pleased that New Line Cinema has removed the pornography from the video game. However, we are still extremely concerned as to why an X-rated sexually explicit video game was used to promote an R-rated movie in the first place.

Gurinder Chadha

'Up the Junction' really made me understand the power of cinema to create a vivid sense of a community. When I went on to make 'Bhaji on the Beach,' it was this sense I tried to recreate.

Harmony Korine

When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.

Paul Dergarabedian

There's something cinematic about sports movies, ... They're easy to pitch. You always have a winner, usually an underdog, and a loser. You don't need a lot of special effects.

Andrzej Wajda

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

John Hill

The tag itself is not going to do a lot to prevent a guy from penetrating the container.

Dave Telep

The term 'combo guard' can sometimes have negative connotations. People think maybe a guy isn't a point, but doesn't shoot it well enough to be a wing. Nolan Smith is the opposite of that.

John Calipari

The thing about young guys is they don't think they will lose. They haven't been through it yet.

John Salley

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.

Chris Richards

The thing about our guys is they don't need the money.

Mike Cavic

The thing about Henrique is that he's kind of a lazy guy, but when it comes to racing, he's got this intense pride. The guy doesn't like to lose.

Mike Hargrove

the thing sat up and hissed at us, with those nasty teeth showing. We had guys running out of its way.

Lawyer Milloy

I've lined up next to many safeties. I've lined up next to at least 10 different safeties in my career. It's something that's not coachable. It's just two guys that just kind of get it.

Jeff Cirillo

I've never been to the playoffs and I'm running out of time. I know that I need to rely on those guys out there to try and make it to the playoffs.

Anton Yelchin

I don't hang out at trendy Hollywood bars.

Bruce Campbell

If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out.

Donatella Versace

Hollywood is a very inspiring place.

Spike Lee

I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.

Rachel Weisz

I find Hollywood really toxic.

John Schlesinger

Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place.

Mark Steyn

Hollywood gave us far more Muslim terrorists in the Eighties and Nineties than it has since 9/11.

Mark Ruffalo

Yeah, there's a tendency to get pigeonholed in Hollywood.

Doug Hall

Let's just say Hollywood is very different, a world in itself.

Curtis Brown

We have one request, ... We'd like you to send a note to Hubble to get ready, because we're on our way!

Ian Williams

I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.

Stephanie Scalessa

As a runner, the mental toughness Steven has is amazing.

Leroy Foster

The motivation wasn't there. I don't know if it was the layoff, but they just weren't ready to play. The mental mistakes, the turnovers, everything just showed they weren't prepared.

Megan Callahan

Roose has tremendous physical and mental toughness, leadership, skills, and experience.

Carol Hutchins

Samantha's one of the most mentally tough people I've ever met,

Sam Blank

It was a little different. I think its all about warming up and staying mentally focused.

Tony Russa

That's just the way he pitches. I think it has more to do with him mentally concentrating really well. He hasn't let anything get away from him.

John Sullivan

You smile with just the mere mention of his name.

Brandon Sanderson

They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems to me that the person you are when you're about to die isn't as important as the person you are during the rest of your life. Why should a few moments matter more than an entire lifetime?

Brandon Sanderson

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

Jim Tracy

A very wonderful note, I might add. A very professionally done thing.

Adelaide Anne Procter

No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.

Peter Beattie

The money might be better off used for things like law-and- order initiatives, schools and hospitals,

Pat Davis

The technician will see if the AC system is an old one or in need of repair. A suggestion might then be made to upgrade to a more energy-efficient system.

John Butler

See, I might have screwed the whole thing up in Buffalo,

Eric Desjardins

I've tried to play with the composites, and I still might go to it eventually, ... But I'm used to the feel of the wooden sticks and I like them.

Don Haskins

I spent 18 months, off and on, with the script writer. I might as well have not spent one second with him.

Ben Dattner

You should be truthful, constructive and not personal, vindictive or petty. You might say, 'Here are some suggestions for the next person who has this job.

Romesh Gunesekera

You might want to write 'War and Peace,' but that might not be who you are. You might be better off with nursery rhymes.

Brad Pitt

We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession...

Cameron Russell

I always wanted to become president! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with politics.

Shahid Kapoor

Personally, having an eight-pack is a high, but professionally, I cannot be obsessed with it. I'm an actor, not a body builder.

Robert Bly

It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

Michel Hazanavicius

I only have one obsession - not to be boring.

Jenna Jameson

I was still too young to know that there is no such thing as love without trust. There is only obsession and co-dependence.

Vladimir Putin

We are working in other areas [like ALROSA] as well, so there are no radical changes to our position. It is not the case when we have to, as we say, make a lot of fuss about it. In other words, we do not have to be obsessed with privatizing immediately and at any cost.

Emma Watson

I'm not obsessed with books, I'm not obsessed with school and homework, and I'm not obsessed with not getting into trouble.

Gary Clark, Jr.

I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Matt Smith

People think snow is the sole reason we go out, and it's a total misnomer.

Jennifer Lee

People think of fortune cookies as being Chinese, but in essence, they are fundamentally American.

Lauri Ward

People think it's going to make the room look bigger, but it's going to make it look worse.

Sarah Davis

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

Craig Newmark

Our sites are run by the people who use them. We just pretty much provide the infrastructure.

Jack Gillis

Our sense is that people don't have enough put away for a rainy day.

Lee Miller

Other people tend to value you the way you value yourself,

John Jones

It wouldn't have taken much to just pop over, would it?

Kelly Wood

The population is healthy, but it's not like we've got a lot of them.

Cynthia Reichelt

We really don't want it to pop over that ridge top.

David Bennett

We were doing things tonight they teach you not to do in Pop Warner.

Laura Merritt

We shut them down and another one pops up.

Allen Ginsberg

It's time we did something to assert ourselves. After all, we do comprise 10% of the population.

Clayton Christensen

It's like in biological evolution: The population will evolve, even though individuals can't. The same thing happens in the corporate world: The population of business units within corporations evolves, even though individual business units can't. That's because the capabilities of business units reside in their processes and their values, and by their very nature, processes and values are inflexible and meant not to change.

Ang Lee

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

David Dreier

We know it may not be the single most popular thing, but it's the right thing to do.

Carroll Quigley

In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible justification could be made that the activity was seeking to resolve a problem.

Asa Butterfield

For every role you get, there are five roles that you don't.

Ben Foster

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Donna Mills

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

It's always the script first choosing roles. [Then] whoever else is attached. I never like to be the first person attached, because I don't really trust what's going on, unless there's a really good director.

Anthony Hopkins

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Andre Breton

It will in the end, be admitted that everything, in effect is an image and that the least object which has no symbolic role assigned to it is capable of standing for absolutely anything.

Renee Fleming

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Robert Lanza

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.

Don Brunell

What we suggest is that they look at ones already in place to see if they are necessary.

Markie Workman

They're a lot better than what we play on the Western Slope.

Mel Brooks

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.