Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elizabeth Strout

As a novelist, I like the contained drama and complexity of the courtroom, though I don't watch those shows on TV. I prefer the hospital shows because I wanted to be a doctor.

Gilbert Newton Lewis

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties.

Richard Kerr

increases the complexity of their threat to the rule of law.

Jason Silva

If the process of life is about moving toward increased complexity and organization, a sort of sublime unfolding of greater and greater self-organizing systems, then we're actually doing pretty well.

Patrick Ryan

no credible evidence to suggest that others were involved.

Jim Sullivan

Some of the pickup reflects mix shifts, with payroll growth in above-average-wage sectors accelerating relative to growth in below-average-wage sectors. That said, some legitimate pickup in wage gains is probably credible given the low unemployment rate and the energy-led rise in inflation expectations recently.

Eric Knight

There are serious and very credible parties interested.

Mark Fuhrman

A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can't figure out.

Asa Hutchinson

These criminals are leaders and mid-level brokers of Internet drug-trafficking rings. They used the World Wide Web as a worldwide drug market.

Val McDermid

A society gets the criminals it deserves.

Rand Paul

We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.

Paul Miller

Nothing criminal occurred. It was a tragic accident.

Lucille Baur

Now that we have Mr. Short in custody, we'll investigate to determine whether or not he is linked to any other recent criminal activity.

Stan Lowe

From our perspective, what I think is important is the prosecution team, in conjunction with specialists from the criminal justice branch, are reviewing the decision and the proceedings. After that review, they will determine what action, if any, should be taken.

Charles Kelly

If (a criminal suspect) makes a million in drug money and plows it into a legitimate business, you can trace the proceeds through there; and once illegal proceeds are commingled with legal proceeds, it contaminates everything.

Frank Rich

Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals.

Charlie Brotman

The starting time of the parade is actually determined by the length of time of the traditional brunch,

Toni Chovanetz

After interviewing the passenger, it was determined to be appropriate to release him at this time.

Eryn Witcher

EPA has an extensive effort underway to determine the sources of PFOA, how the public is being exposed, and whether these exposures pose a potential health risk.

Bennett Miller

For me, personally, the value of a film is not determined by a review, but the health of the film is.

Deyon Pitter

You are the pilot of your life, therefore you determine your destination, and which direction will take you there.

John Quinn

We had a really good test there last month so I don't see any reason why Ricky wouldn't have a shot at the win. It's one of his favorite tracks and this whole team is determined to get a victory in these final five races.

Bob Sweeney

We've got two good young players and three positions to fill. That will determine how our season goes.

John Harwood

At other institutions, faculty has no choice. They just move everything from print to digital. Our faculty will determine exactly which materials students see.

Dick Cheney

At the very least, we have a right to know what he is saying to foreign leaders that makes them so supportive of his candidacy, ... We are the ones who get to determine the outcome of this election -- not unnamed foreign leaders.

Michael Hendricks

Progress was slow at first, but the evidence is mounting that restoration is working.

Brent Bracelin

This is further evidence of a deterioration in their business.

John Gorman

We turned that down. We thought the evidence was that this was a felony.

Jack Straw

So far there is no evidence of any transfer of the virus to human beings.

Bill Belichick

I didn't think there was enough evidence to warrant the challenge.

James Rubin

If, however, there is any new evidence that emerges, we would want to see the Salvadorans vigorously urge the government...to investigate and, if warranted, to prosecute those implicated.

Ahmed Nazif

I don't think that we have enough evidence to prove the second assumption, ... So for now we are taking things as they really look and looking at the people living there.

Mark Potok

I don't see any evidence that these fires are hate crimes.

Richard Murray

I don't see much evidence of overall planning and guidance.

Mike Leavitt

Schools are fundamentally local creatures, and they need, while there is a national interest, and we need a national obsession with improvement of schools, it must not become a federal agenda.

Alexander Hamilton

It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue; and those which will require a state provision. We shall discover that the former are altogether unlimited; and that the latter are circumscribed within very moderate bounds.

Eric Stern

But we're not a federal lobbying group. Our work is electoral.

Stephen Bernstein

But at least we have the federal judge saying he should be released.

Robert Hartwig

New Orleans is what it is because the federal government made it that way. And what it is today -- underwater.

Neal Fried

If it does happen, it'll be over time. It's not going to be like losing 1,000 oil industry jobs in Anchorage or even 1,000 federal jobs.

Harry Lee

If the federal government would have responded as quickly as Wal-Mart, we could have saved more lives.

David Fine

If the ruling is simply that nothing in federal law prohibits mid-decade redistricting, that will not help them.

Bruce Kennedy

If this (the discrimination decision) was made by a federal court, and not a federal agency, we might look at it differently,

Paul Hamerman

The initial scenarios are pretty thin, but I think more importantly they are providing a more comprehensive vision around what kind of applications could be offered under this partnership.

Tim Buckley

I've had some initial talks. But other than that, I can't comment.

Takashi Miyazaki

It looks like an initial target has been achieved.

David Card

There will be initial resistance to this type of service, because privacy and security are concerns.

Karisma Kapoor

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

Kenny Williams

This talk could have been had way back when if he'd returned my initial phone call.

Roxane Gay

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Fred Harran

Anything that a pedophile can utilize to find the location of the child. These people are smart, just because they have issues doesn't mean they're stupid.

Charles Bass

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

James Wolfensohn

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

Diane Duane

The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.

Craig Kilborn

President Bush said John Kerry is on both sides of every issue. And Kerry replied, 'No, I'm not ... but there is some truth to that.'

Elbert Hubbard

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.

Alex Karpovsky

My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death.

Donald Rumsfeld

When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.

George Brown

So we're going to be looking into our legal options.

Joseph Sobran

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the destruction of legal protections

Bryan Whitman

You can do something perfectly legal, but that is inconsistent with the policy or procedures of the department. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

Elton Gallegly

What I heard, unfortunately, was more legal hair-splitting,

Thomas Donohue

We support legislation that would provide a step-by-step process in which an undocumented worker could qualify for permanent legal status.

Jorge Zamora

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Erich Dumbeck

I'm not sure on the legal side of things, I'm not well versed in that, but I'd like to see something done through the legal system that says, 'Don't do this again,' and I don't know what that means to do that are.

Steve Hall

I have two legal opinions that say that it's unconstitutional.

Tom Donohue

The comprehensive legal reforms enacted in 2004 truly have made Mississippi open for business.

Andy Reid

We limited his reps, but the reps he was in there, he did a nice job. He worked it today (Thursday) and we've got to see if the swelling stays out.

Paul LePage

We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.

Gary Becker

The most fundamental constraint is limited time

Zach Duke

I just had an aggravated spot and it's kind of limited my mobility more than I expected,

Marc Ganis

They are limited in the means by which they can spend money.

Seth Godin

Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.

Siri Hustvedt

Each person does see the world in a different way. There is not a single, unifying, objective truth. We're all limited by our perspective.

Michael Schroeder

Unlike a lot of retailers, they are somewhat limited in what they can offer. I just don't think they are ever going to make much money on their retail stores.

Roger Lewis

With a passive tag, the transmissions are limited as the only signal comes from a transmitter/receiver and tend to be spasmodic.

Lauren Kellin

We usually get it done somehow. We've always been a third-period team. As soon as we put all three periods together, we feel there will be no stopping us.

Alice Cooper

There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.

Mahela Jayawardene

We know it is a period that we have to rebuild.

Travis Barker

I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation.

Cindy Sheehan

It's remarkable that in a 27- day period Crawford has stood for something other than war. It has stood for peace.

David Cutcliffe

That's probably the one position that has stayed the same the most over that period of time.

David Greenberg

They can be done in a short period of time,

Pat Robertson

Never place a comma where God has placed a period. God has spoken!

Barry Trotz

They threw a lot of rubber at us. The 21 shots in the first period were embarrassing.

Ryan Evanochko

That was just the shot that presented itself. I tried to take my time and find an opening.

Shannon Davis

They put together a scholarship and presented it to me,

Marilyn Moon

We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.

Michael Brown

Thanks for update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?

Shannon Edge

Even though you do not live in a specific area, you can come to any of the meetings.

Justin Vernon

I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create another Bon Iver record, and I'm just not there.

Bob Hamilton

We?re still proceeding at best-possible speed and we?re still trying to get the specifics on the street.

Gustavo Torres

We are going to target them in a specific way.

Don Brunell

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

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.