Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ira Loss

I suspect that this is a relatively isolated event. I don't think there's a crime wave under way in biology research. These actions usually come about because someone is under tremendous pressure to perform.

Richard Holbrooke

He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.

Gordon Brown

It is no longer about promises of aid tomorrow, it is about signing up today to concrete actions starting now to deliver for every child in the world the chance of education.

Robert Hall

There aren't any agencies that I know that can take punitive actions against the city in regard to worker safety.

Colleen Kelley

We made known our differences at that time, and since then, through our determined and thus far successful legal actions against the department's regressive personnel rules.

Brian Pozzi

Hurricanes have hit downstate New York, and hurricanes will hit downstate New York again. Our very high market share numbers therefore compelled us to take appropriate, measured actions that balance the best interests of customers, shareholders, agency owners, employees and the community at large.

James Nesbitt

I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.

Walt Blomberg

He taught us with his actions as well as his words -- he taught the power of nonviolence for human dignity. He was a humble man from ordinary beginnings who became a great man and a hero and one of our greatest teachers.

Doc Rivers

He's back. We had another talk. It went well, but actions obviously speak louder than words.

Sandy Bridgeman

Katie is a proven scorer and we look at her as a leader on the attacking end. She's an extension of the coaches out on the field. She's multidimensional in the way she can attack you because she has a hard shot that complements the way she reads defenses and sets up teammates. She's a threat to score or assist. But when we need a goal, we know we can count on her.

Alice Cooper

What you have to do is attack them on a level where they can't take their eyes off of you, ... Maybe they came but are kind of indifferent. They want to hear a couple of songs, and then they're going to leave. What you have to do is make sure they're glued to you so they can't leave because they don't want to miss anything.

Mickey Irving

Going into the fourth quarter I said forget the scoreboard, the scoreboard means nothing now, and if I catch you looking at it I'll pull you out. Now it's about playing for pride and playing hard and that's what we got to do. We got six games left, and we have to attack each of those games and prove to ourselves that we can do it and that's our job now.

Bill Daley

He's been their attack dog for a good number of weeks,

Mary Lyon

It improves your heart muscle, it lowers your risk of having a heart attack or stroke, and it improves your circulation. It also helps with your stress management.

Zwelinzima Vavi

It is a full-frontal attack on our revolution itself.

Oscar Lua

I think their running attack is the unsung hero of their offense.

Ricardo Sanchez

I think the enemy has shown he has adapted, he's shown he's willing to use just about any means to attack the Iraqi people,

Dan Patrick

The purpose of the letter was to let his (Nixon's) contributors know he was 40 points behind and also to let them know that they should not participate in giving money to someone who is running an attack campaign.

Lawrence Wilkerson

Katrina gives us no confidence, ... I am 10 times more worried about what happens to civil liberties after that attack.

Stewart Brand

I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization.

Jaspher Ombati

It is not our intention to violate people's civil rights. Our intentions are noble -- to save people's lives.

Michel Bonnardeaux

Hundreds of civilians have fled the fighting and the militiamen have been torching houses as they disperse.

Rose Macaulay

what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization?

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments --his feet. --Thompson Johnson

Daniel J. Evans

Interestingly enough, I met and had classes from several professors that my father had had many years before when he took civil engineering.

Lonnie Bunch

In some ways, we've romanticized the civil rights movement. We often forget just how strong the walls of segregation were, just how close to the surface racial hatred was. This wasn't simply a walk in the park.

Diane Davis

In our lawsuit-happy society, focusing on personal responsibility as a way to protect our civil justice system is critical. We look forward to hearing Col. North's perspectives on how this philosophy is relevant given current affairs.

Larry Coker

It used to be you waited until the final week before signing day to really go after players you wanted. If you do that now, with all the kids committing early, you'll wind up with nobody.

Cory Schaefer

We're not going to win many games committing five errors.

Michael Goodman

People dedicated to committing piracy are going to find ways to do it.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Walid Jumblatt

If he had any responsibility in the death of Hariri then he did the right thing by committing suicide.

Tom Golisano

It's concerning to me. I'm very interested in the topic. How I would get involved is undetermined at this point.

Tim Manning

It is concerning to me that the same thing happened twice at the same location.

Ritchie Blackmore

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.

Rick Santorum

I'm probably known most by the work I do in Washington on the big issues of the day and I'm criticized sometimes for taking on the big issues of the day like Social Security,

John Murtha

I like guys who've never been there who criticize us who've been there,

Brad Adams

The message is clear: If you criticize the government, you will be thrown in jail.

Angie Lucier

It just seemed to happen so quick. It really messed up our rotation. I'm not one to criticize officials, and we don't want to use anything as an excuse, but it just threw off everything we did.

John Ferguson

It's very unusual for there to be a situation where there is nothing to criticize ... This is one of those very special colts.

Joel Osteen

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

John Wooden

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.

Wes Walz

I took so many things for granted as a young hockey player. From the time I was 20 to 24, I was the first guy to criticize somebody else if I wasn't playing well. I was lazy. That frustrated my dad a lot. I remember him telling me, if you put something into it, and work hard, you'll always get something out of it. You won't know when it's going to happen. It could be years down the road.

Lori Snell

We made too many errors and did not have the sticks to back ourselves up.

Kevin Bowler

I don't know exactly how many errors we made, but it was way too many.

Yogi Berra

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

William Osler

Gentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell you which half it is

Joe Archuleta

Part of the reason they had errors is because we're hitting it hard. We hit some on the nose.

Loren Jacula

I just don't think we were prepared to play at such a high level. Mount Royal played really well and they're a very good team. They're ranked third in Canada. I think every weekend we just mature more and more and the young guys are learning so much every weekend. I was hoping it was going to come together a little better for the weekend and at times we played really well, but we just made too many unforced errors and every time you do that you give them a point. So I wanted to reinforce the idea of not making unforced errors.

Mike Sanchez

I'm trying to work on little errors that I am still doing. It's all technique. I can throw, but it is technique that is going to take me far.

Pete Williams

I'm not suggesting there are any errors at all. I'm saying that without a proper audit, there's no way to be sure.

Mary Thomason

I'm glad we pulled this one out. We were 48-of-60 serving, which was uncharacteristic of our team. We're not quite in sync right now. We're making a lot of errors on the floor. But I'm happy we got the victory.

Thomas A. Edison

I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work.

Hans Zimmer

You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.

Charlie Munger

A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail.

Diego Klattenhoff

Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor.

Benjamin Franklin

The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail.

Billie Joe Armstrong

When all else fails...be a rockstar

Bonnie Hunt

When you fail by your own standards, it's a form of success.

Abraham Maslow

One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities.

Albert Einstein

Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Mike Hammond

I think it's a great opportunity for people to come out and have fun. They're not running a marathon. It's great for people who want to come out and test themselves.

Steve Sanchez

I think it's a great idea for the city.

Pat Hill

He said, 'I think you can learn from others,'

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Dave Fullerton

I think what I am learning is to listen to my body.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Matisyahu

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

Ernie Grunfeld

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He'll learn from it.

Shawn Olsen

I didn't come out pitching like I should have. I wasn't really myself. We'll learn a lot from these losses.

Stephen Warnock

He had an idea of how he wanted us to play and where he wanted us positioned, but it just took a long time for us to learn it.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Jeff Gundy

What matters is that we fouled too much, we turned it over too much, and I think we probably shot in the 20's. We didn't play well enough on offense to win. We have professional players out there, so we have no excuses.

John Agius

There are one or two matters I wish to take up with them.

Bryan Whitman

He was relieved for matters of personal conduct.

Paul Taylor

Price matters in this market. This is an increasingly price-sensitive consumer.

Thomas Jefferson

In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.

Andruw Jones

All that matters now is another World Series. It's been a long time. We have done everything else, so now it's time to win a World Series again.

Jerry Steffen

Nothing matters but the weekend from a Tuesday point-of-view.

Steve Ballmer

It never matters where we are, ... We know we have to push, push, push, push, push to be better.

F. Schumacher

Going from two wheels to four, we've seen in the past that this can be done.

Ronda Rousey

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Richard M. Nixon

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

Richard Gilman

I want my poor value to exist past me, somewhere else.

Robert Dale Owen

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past?

Robin Hobb

Life is not a race to restore a past situation. Nor does one have to hurry to meet the future. Seeing how things change is what makes life interesting.

Robert Smithson

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us

Robert Plant

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

Satchel Paige

One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.

Greg Gilchrist

I want to win this race really badly,

Allison Duncan

I don't know that there is any more urgency now that Erin has run a Busch race,

Sarah McCune

I don't know what happened. It's not the way you want any race to go, especially when you're leading." ()

William J. Clinton

The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all.

Robert Redford

For me, personally, skiing holds everything. I used to race cars, but skiing is a step beyond that. It removes the machinery and puts you one step closer to the elements. And it's a complete physical expression of freedom.

W. H. Auden

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?

Tony Stewart

Race cars, no matter what size or shape they are, they do the same things. It is not complicated.

Wes Anderson

When you're doing a live-action movie, you have your day set up and you're going to do this shot and this shot, and eventually the sun is going to go down. It's a sequential race to whatever is going to end the day.

Roger Bannister

Beating John Landy was my defining race.

Steve Harvey

I'm not a relationship expert. I'm an expert on manhood.

Richelle Mead

See? Things are already looking promising.

Whitney Cummings

I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the guy is sort of weak and spineless. And that's never been my experience in a relationship. I think it's much more interesting that the guy is the boss. And there are stakes.

Wayne Dyer

When you have a choice whether to be be right or to be kind, choose to be kind.

Van Morrison

I've got love in my life, as well as trouble and strife.

Walt Whitman

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Sarah Dessen

Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside

Roger Ebert

Now I see that all relationships are virtual, even those that take place in person. Whether we use our bodies or a keyboard, it all comes down to two minds crying out from their solitude.

Rod Stewart

All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick me in the head.

Rosaleen Tallon

It is all wrong in its symbolism. I look up to the sky to remember him. I will never go down.

Denise Moore

He never remembers us together. This is the only time he remembers me is in prison.

Richard Paul Evans

In the end, we all lose it. Remember that. In the end, we own nothing.

Richelle Mead

„Ma'am?“ She glanced up at me, pushing her glasses up her nose as she did. “Hmm? Oh, I remember you. Miss Melbourne.“ “Melrose,“ I corrected. “Are you sure? I could've sworn you were named after someplace in Australia.“ „Well, my first name is Sydney,“ I said, not sure if I should be encouraging her.

Zora Neale Hurston

Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget.

Vince Staples

I remember, once, my sister used to tell me that they found me in the trash-can when I was younger, so one time I pushed my sister into a trash-can - I put it over her head and pushed her down the street. And then after that, we been close ever since.

Rodel Natividad

If you think someone is weird, remember that they are probably thinking the same of you.

Craig Horner

I remember I used to watch 'Buffy,' and I'd be like, 'Ah man, I would kill to be on 'Buffy,' to be part of that little crime-solving team fighting demons and monsters.'

Jess Yates

I remember he was drafted, but never called up.

David Healy

I would say that's the best-ever result we've had,

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Mr Bush

Ahmadi-Nejad is a result of all this appeasement,

Pat Barker

The result was I went nowhere.

Molly Ivins

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Pope Benedict XVI

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Greg Aiello

This is not a result of any specific threat.

Ben Hatfield

We are very discouraged by the results of this test.