Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Reynolds

I was just absolutely flabbergasted that at this point in time, General Jumper would have to make a comment like that to get out of the room and go figure out an answer,

John Hewson

I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick.

Philip Short

King Sihanouk was an absolute monarch in the 1940s and 1950s. No one could publicly disagree with anything the king said. In the throne room, even ministers had to approach the king on their hands and knees because everyone's head had to be below the level of the king's feet.

Mike McHugh

Knowing the types of folks that are coming, absolutely there's pre-emptive development going on. It's easy to look at the demographics of these communities and figure out what kind of people will be living there and what they will want to buy.

Dave Ullman

Key West is the absolute best place to sail. I try not to ever miss this regatta.

Tim Winter

Kids who have repeated exposure to sexual content become sexually active at an earlier age. The research is absolutely there.

James A. Baldwin

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

Mary Giles

Kids love to play with boxes. It's absolutely fine to leave those out for them to play with. But check for any metal staples that might catch on their skin or their clothing. In fact, It is best to take them out altogether and re-tape the box.

Scot Meeker

Jacob Green came in and absolutely shut them down. He did a really nice job, gave them absolutely zero opportunities in the last three innings of that game.

Jason James

Knowing that my wish list was pretty lofty and already busy working on other projects, I wrote Johnny Repeat in distinct chapters so high-caliber artists could contribute without having to make a 100-page commitment. I'm calling it 'cosmic noir.' I can't wait for everyone to see it!

Eric Kandel

I would not necessarily say that scientists and artists need to collaborate with one another, but it would be helpful for them to talk to one another to, perhaps, give rise to specific ideas that may or may not be carried out together.

John McConnell

He knows the music. He knows the songs. He knows the people. He knows the life. But especially, he knows the stories ? and the artists and fans just seem to take him places they wouldn't most other people." ()

Graham Elliot

I'm inspired by artists who use a limited palette, like painter Piet Mondrian, and the White Stripes, two musicians who create an incredible sound. Our food is starting to go back to a 'less is more' style.

Gore Verbinski

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

Q-Tip

The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

Steve Vai

History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals. We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess.

Stephen Arnold

I think it's excellent. The attention to detail, the way the artists really love what they're doing. They're excited about it.

James Cromwell

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with.

Jesmyn Ward

It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and female authors are ghetto-ized as 'other.'

William Channing

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds. In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.

William Channing

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.

Stephen Carter

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

Lynn Coady

I think authors like me are always struggling with the idea that they should have a brand and a Facebook author page and they should get Twitter accounts. I don't know what to do with them.

Rebecca Makkai

I did teach elementary school for quite a while, and so I didn't have to reach too far back for the titles and authors that populate the early chapters 'of The Borrower.'

Jonathan Galassi

I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement.

Rebecca Stead

I am hoping to work with writers publishing books for first time, since I of course remember what that experience is like. It's all a bit of a mystery for new authors who don't know what to expect.

Samuel Johnson

Who left nothing of authorship untouched, and touched nothing which he did not adorn. [Lat., Qui nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit; nullum quod tetigit non ornavit.]

Franz Beckenbauer

There are technically better teams but we can compensate for that. We are not in the position to compete in Italy or other places but it is different at home.

Javier Ramirez

I will do some crazy stuff if I have to. I'll move kids in different positions to compensate for other teams' strength. I can do that this year.

Richard G. Scott

Investigators need a positive contact every day. Satan will work on them, and you have to compensate for that, and you need members' help.

James Van Der Beek

I'm kind of shocked that it's taken Hollywood so long to realize that so many great movie talents can come out of television. One of the reasons they do is that on TV you don't have the luxury of a film's big budget, and people have to compensate with creativity.

Oscar Wilde

Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Gary Sheffield

I'm getting on top of the plate like I did last year. I'm just trying to compensate and make adjustments. Running, I'm pretty much about half speed. That's about all I got.

Joaquim Chissano

Economically, this is a very big setback and we will have to work hard to compensate for the loss in the years to come. It is a big loss to the economy,

Luke Fowler

Everyone knew they had to come together. We knew we had to step up and compensate for the fire and energy that Scotty brings. We filled his role by committee.

Edwin Booth

Nothing of fame or fortune can compensate for the spiritual suffering that one possessing such qualities has to endure.

Andy Greene

I wouldn't say it's pressure it's more like a controlled nervousness. We've had a good season so far, but that doesn't mean anything to us right now. It's a whole different season.

E. O. Wilson

I think it is down-zoning. It would give the town control over what we could or couldn't do with the property.

Priscilla Feral

I think it is scandalous. The permits were recalled. They can't be reissued... The wolf control program was declared illegal.

Stephen Biddle

I think it is probably a good general description of American foreign policy that we don't have as much control as we think we do.

John Avery

I think it (ball control) was the difference in the game,

Rob Pratt

It can make the difference between a problem that spins out of control and one that's nipped in the bud.

Robert Anderson

He wants full control of the town. He wants to micromanage everything.

Marcia Clark

He wanted to control her and failed. And in failing, found the one way where he could keep her under control where she could never slip out of it again.

Pat Gillick

He didn't figure into the rotation. His inconsistency with his control makes him a tough guy to have in the bullpen. We thought it was better that maybe he went someplace and got a fresh start.

Richard Morris

It confirms what the Societe has said all along, which is that the Societe is the owner of the copyright and that any reproduction or even possession of plasters, molds and bronzes is a copyright violation,

Mark Stephens

There is no copyright in ideas. It's just about how words are expressed.

Phil Jackson

I'm going to copyright myself so he can have that distinction, sell them off.

Carl Johnson

The copyright law allows us as students and educators some wiggle room for scholarly use.

Robin Gross

The copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer.

Natalie Kerris

The French implementation of the EU Copyright Directive will result in state-sponsored piracy. If this happens, legal music sales will plummet just when legitimate alternatives to piracy are winning over customers.

Michael Geist

Education for many people would be the core copyright issue, yet it's largely neglected in this bill,

Hani Durzy

That is a copyright violation, one that we don't even need to hear from the rights owner about before removing.

Ronald Young

It is stealing the rights of another, just like anything else. We are not out just to rid Jamaica of piracy, but at the same time educate the population about having their copyright protected. It will free them to be creative.

David Barron

he said. ''He significantly narrowed the scope of constitutional protection. It's an unfortunate turn in constitutional law.

Travis Xiong

It is a lot more complicated than it seems. Back in Laos, there is no law on when one can marry. Only reasonable ages.

Tom Angell

We've been trying to repeal this law ever since it was passed in 1998.

Carolyn Brown

I think the ACLU may be able to support the law here in Kansas. It is being written in a way that does not take away the right to assemble.

Mark Almond

Law and order is now a big issue,

Cindy Sheehan

Lawyers in Washington (D.C.) are working on that right now. It should be filed next week.

Peter Andersen

Lawyers can't just get off a plane and walk with their briefcases into the courtroom.

Proverb Proverb

Lawyers and painters can soon make what's black, white.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Joe Horn

Just to make those people happy, it's all worthwhile.

Spencer Kayden

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Dave Breitenfeld

I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Andrew Kohut

His ratings for being trustworthy, which were his strong point for all of his first term, have tumbled rather substantially this year.

Robbie Bach

Historically, there's been one price point and one configuration. You got it whether you wanted it or not,

Rich Baccellieri

I think (the point spread) would go to 3 before it went up to 4. But I think it's pretty solid at 3 1/2.

Bruce Jackson

I think that's all been settled, I don't know what their point is now, anyway.

Frank Thomas

We've got to try and do something with this, because it's getting to the point where it's getting really frustrating. This is excruciating. After I run, it's just really, really sore. I ran the other day (Friday), and I ran hard, and it was really sore. I don't know what we're going to do now. Hopefully, we'll come up with something.

Royce Chadwick

We've done pretty well. It just comes down to whether we put an exclamation point on the season or a period.

M. Thompson

I thought she was going to make a four- point difference. Turned out, it was five.

Roy Wright

I think we?re getting to a point of equilibrium. I think we?re getting back to the norm.

Kevin Hassett

I think it's the only way it works politically,

Irwin Cohen

I think this works for New York City.

Sienna Guillory

I think that, with homoeopathy, if you get the right mix, it works 20 times quicker than conventional medicine.

Dan Ryan

It (mousetrap car) always works better at home.

Chris Squire

The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.

Frank Thomas

If I'm in a cast, I can't do it. We'll see how it works out, but I'll be around.

Jim Hodges

My latest works are these things with light bulbs.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Shane McAnally

When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.