Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Pierce Baker

The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.

Tom Daschle

I think it's important that, to the extent possible, those contingency plans be coordinated, that each branch work in concert with the other. I don't think that's been done adequately to date, but I am confident that it could be in the future,

Peter Angelos

I think the past three years Jim Beattie has been leading the effort with strong assistance from Mike. Now it will be Mike's chance. I think Mike is very capable and a very bright guy who certainly is adequate to perform the job.

Kathy Lewis

Lack of adequate NIH funding is particularly dangerous in a relatively small field like spinal cord injury. For our field to continue to grow and push therapies to the patient, NIH funding is critical. Our scientists are telling us the situation is desperate. How do you tell someone recently paralyzed that the science is there but the funding is not?

Julia Gillard

Labor supports the Productivity Commission's recommendation with regard to the delegation of tasks and ensuring that the MBS (Medicare Benefits Schedule) provides adequate incentives for this to happen.

Javad Vaeidi

There is no adequate reason to pursue the Russian plan.

Percy Williams

There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.

Piet Smith

We're not working as efficiently and effectively as we could be. Without adequate staff, appliances and equipment, we can't render this service as well as we should be.

Holger Schmieding

We think around 4.5 percent is the adequate level for U.S. interest rates -- you could call it a neutral level -- and as there are modest inflation risks in the U.S., we expect the Fed to go slightly beyond that to 4.75.

Michael Chang

In the 1980s and 1990s, no one wanted to touch a narrow-focused antibiotic, something that treated one or two things. Everyone wanted to pursue broad, across-the-board antibiotics. That's all changed.

Bill Simon

I really just want to pursue other avenues, ... I got a lot accomplished in my tenure here and I wanted to try new things.

Emile M. Cioran

Pursued by our origins…we all are.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because there's no applause at the end of writing a book.

Thomas Middleditch

I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits.

America Ferrera

There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option.

Jerry Yang

The time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo.

Viggo Mortensen

I pursue the things I do because I'm interested in them.

Viktor E. Frankl

Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued

Brian Sabean

I would say it has to be somebody who's a veteran, who's an innings-(eater) who's had reasonable success on a winning team.

Joanna Lumley

I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.

Susanna Moore

Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin.

Mohamed ElBaradei

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

Terri Johnson

He's a big reason why we're having the success we are as a program.

Jeff Tarter

I think it's a reasonable model. It eliminates flakiness of patching and upgrading software.

Joel Fox

There is every reason to take it seriously when they are involved.

Sen Sears

I think we have come to a reasonable consensus. I think it will have strong support in the Senate.

Ron Ellis

It has been frustrating, but there is no reason why he can't come back at 100 percent.

Mikhail Bakunin

The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.

Ronald Reagan

I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.

PJ Crowley

It's NATO's view that Russian troops should not deploy until all the arrangements have been completed.

Lee Harvey Oswald

As my Russian improves, I become increasingly conscious of just what sort of a society I live in.

Lucas Till

It was awesome and liberating to play a Russian spy.

Natan Sharansky

There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.

Modest Mussorgsky

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.

Paul Watson

Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English.

Dan Glickman

Russian films, together with American films, incur losses.