Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Thatcher

Her guidance and advice are always most acute and as prime minister I was privileged to benefit from both enormously.

John Updike

He had a sensation of anxiety and shame, a sensitivity acute beyond usefulness, as if the nervous system, flayed of its old hide of social usage, must record every touch of pain.

Thomas Carter

If you saw what I did plus the MRI scan, that's not an acute injury from him just getting back.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both.

Steve Richey

The issue of school overcrowding has been more acute lately. If we don't work out the problem . . . we're going to be forced to shut down all development that is not age-restricted, and that would be a mistake.

Scott Stossel

The fear of vomiting, which for me is one of the most original and most acute of my fears, is actually fairly common. Emetophobia, it's called, and by some estimates, it's the fifth most common specific phobia.

Devin Brown

The costs are going to be astronomical. We need to be much more vigilant about focusing on prevention efforts and acute stroke therapy in this rapidly growing, high-risk community.

Sandra Ford

The idea was to kick-start the process, make it sustainable and then re-invest our resources elsewhere. As a private NGO our job is to go in, tackle an acute need and advocate that those properly responsible take over.

David Kern

The manufacturing sector's acute underlying weaknesses reinforce our view that we will need further interest rate cuts later in the year,

Courtney Lewis

There are so many books, once banned, that are foundations of English literature, so it was very important to gain awareness of this threat to English literature.

GM Howson

He's got great speed, good offensive awareness and great vision. He's just got to get experience, become an elite player at the college level. He'll play in the World Juniors, I suspect, next year and hopefully, he'll become and elite player at that level, too.

James Roosevelt

HIV/AIDS continues to be a major public health issue and the Mass Red Ribbon Ride is an important call to action. Tufts Health Plan supports the efforts of the Mass Red Ribbon Ride to increase awareness and decrease the impact of HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts.

Tim Neale

There is a greater awareness of what the regulations are.

Wu Yi

It is my opinion that awareness is the biggest problem in our work on HIV/AIDS, and it has to be addressed,

Brenda Bell

Human rights and gender awareness are built into the program.

Margaret Thomas

He has modified his Elvis songs to reflect conservation awareness.

John Bowers

His awareness on the field has really been a calming force for the secondary.

Jim Dunn

His hope is that because of the awareness through the loss of his wife, people would come out and give to the community.

Umberto Eco

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.

Vincent Van Gogh

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

Samuel Gompers

No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.

Van Jones

I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.

William Godwin

If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.

Washington Allston

The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.

Marshall Wittmann

Clearly, they have to make gains in 2006, or it's possible there will be a contest.

Chuck Robinson

I'm just not sure it gains us anything,

Art Hogan

The larger trend remains to the upside, but its hard to say whether we'll see gains in the short-term,

Jason Baker

In three years of protesting in Hong Kong I have never seen anything like this,

Howard Gorges

The Hong Kong market takes the lead from Wall Street and, to a lesser extent, other overseas markets such as Tokyo.

Charles Schumer

While the Port of Hong Kong is screening everything, we are screening next to nothing.

Hariadi Wibisono

The result of test from the Hong Kong laboratory was positive.

Victor Koo

At the Hong Kong festival, we were co-producers of the opening film, 'Aberdeen,' which is the third part in a popular movie series.

Ming Pao

Hong Kong needs a harmonious society and so does the movie industry.

Jaime King

We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting.

Rob Portman

We should not be lowering the expectations, nor lowering the ambitions in the round, ... Hong Kong is not the end of process.

Paul Giamatti

I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Tyrus Thomas

You've got to have the mentality it's like a battle. He wins, you die.

Kevin Towers

That is one of the toughest roles there is in the game. The mentality you have to have. The pressure. The situation that you inherit. The crowds, on the road, the noise,

Mark McKechnie

The 'warring tribes' mentality isn't working for them.

Ken Hitchcock

The mentality of our team, especially with the young guys, is that this is a real opportunity for them.

Drew Brees

with the mentality of going out and scoring 40 points.

Aaron Gagnon

We had a shot mentality in the first game. In the second game, we moved the puck around too much and we weren't moving it too well.

Pam Taylor

If the system's going to do what it wants with their grades, why should they even study? That's what their mentality is.

Kevin Parker

He's fearless. We think he's going to make it because he has the mentality of (Panthers receiver) Steve Smith.

Kristanna Loken

I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything.

China Machado

I'm practical. I see something, and I do it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had.

Richard Butler

These are very practical things, very important things.

Baruch Spinoza

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.

Bruce Graham

What we need to do is sell this idea (to the town). It's not going to sell as a 'Save the Church' (proposal). The way we need to present it to the town is to find a sensible, practical use for this structure.

Al Jarreau

My mother and father come from that post-Depression, middle-of-World-War -I kind of thinking that says, 'Find a practical job. You know what I mean, Mr. Big Shot? So, you can sing a song ...'

Paul Hubbert

Theoretically, they still have time to do it, but from a practical standpoint, I don't think they are going to let it happen.

Rick Snyder

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

Kate Winslet

I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.

John Beckman

And it actually works. A professional diver tested it in relatively shallow water.

Jonathan Burns

What we're talking about here are relatively small co-pays.

Jon LeCroy

I think they're relatively cheap. What we saw was a big run-up toward April, and now we're seeing a little more profit-taking.

Richard Preston

Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods.

Charles Browne

We are going after some relatively strong growth.

Ian Hart

I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light.

J. I. Packer

Evangelical churches are weaker than we realize because we don't teach the confessions and doctrine.

Olga Kurylenko

You know it's harder to be a girl in this world because we're the weaker sex.

Wayne Dyer

Amidst the rush of worldly comings and goings, I observe how all endings become beginnings

Miyamoto Musashi

I dreamt of worldly success once.