Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlo LoParo

We are hopeful that the judge will see the merits of our argument.

Alistair Cooke

Curiosity ... endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

Ray Tanner

Drew understands our situation. Most other guys would have been in my office by now. He has an argument for being in there every single day.

Howard Kurtz

To take a step like this -- to out someone associated with the CIA when it's clear that the motives of those providing the information were to get even with her husband, who is an outspoken critic of Iraq policy -- it's hard for me to understand what the argument is on the other side, why this information was so important that it needed to be published,

Stephen Breyer

Virginia is now pursuing an execution schedule that leaves less time for argument and for court consideration than the court's rules provide for ordinary cases.

Capt. McCoy

There had been an ongoing argument for about two weeks that started at some nightclub. Some money was supposed to have exchanged hands between the victim and the (suspected) shooter.

Jennifer Hoyle

We'd have people coming in who otherwise were required to have a city sticker making the very technical argument about why the tickets weren't properly written. The change is basically to clarify it for the purpose of enforcement.

Joe Sheehan

The other argument for Sutter is 'dominance,' the notion that he was a player who was a special one in his day, and that his value went beyond the numbers.

Bill Robertson

This was a carryover argument between the two girls that started (Monday). There is evidence that (the shooter) thought this out.

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Bill Richardson

And the president is basically saying, on Social Security, 'This is my issue. This is my proposal. Take it or leave it.'

Bob Hill

I've basically just played since I moved to The Villages. I had played in maybe 20 or 30 games before that.

James Pasheilich

The M.O. was basically the same. They wore masks and had guns. They demanded cash. They usually were looking for the safes.

Jonathan Evison

After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and do publicity for free just because I like a book. Some people think of it as hubris or careerism, but I love to champion books. You can't use your whole sphere of influence just to help yourself.

Paul Pinegar

After a loss like that, you think of everything you could've done to maybe have changed the outcome, ... That's a game we should have had and were in position to win. We know the BCS run is basically out of reach. We just have to have a short memory from here out.

Bob Stiles

After Opening Ceremonies, we've gone to every venue as it opened, my team. We've helped them open on their first days. Now we're basically firefighters if there's something going on.

Scott Aukerman

After I did 'Mr. Show,' I was basically just a writer for a while. I was really young, and I kinda was like, wow, I'm 27 and I was already on this iconic show, and now I can just coast. But no one likes coasting, because you have to fill your day with stuff.

Jim Calhoun

As far as we're concerned, we're incredibly happy to be a No. 1 seed. Obviously, I don't think anything we did changed us from being the overall No. 1. I think it's what Duke did.

E. Hicks

No substantive change was made to the process,

William Petersen

The name change isn't for those of us here in New England. The name change is for those folks entering the region.

Srivats Sampath

Oil Change will detect all of the hardware and software on your PC and ... compare it with our database.

Emily Martin

Once we figured out where the game was and what time it was going to start, we did a pretty good job. But it was kind of weird at the start. I'm just glad we found out about the change on time.

Mike Donato

Actually, it was just a change of heart more than anything else.

Jeremiah Gertler

The more high-profile a recommendation by the Pentagon, the more likely they (commissioners) have been to change it.

Jim Cooper

The mood has been loose. We've done everything exactly the same way. We can't change who we are now. There are some nerves naturally. But hopefully they'll have them too.

Kent Redfield

The money situation doesn't really change the dynamic too much.

Sylvia Pankhurst

A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola.

Mark Wigley

Any city that only tries to preserve itself is already dead. The great tragedy would be to embalm New Orleans by simply rebuilding it the way it was.

Elizabeth Warren

A family relying on a teacher's salary or a city employee's salary is solidly middle class as long as that money's coming in. When it's cut off, they're committed to financial obligations that will quickly turn them upside down.

Brian Clarke

The Oliver site has a lot of potential uses. We've been hired by the city to rediscover its potential.

Richard Perez

San Antonio is probably the most Mexican city in the entire United States.

Steve Carell

It was a lot like Second City in the sense that there was a great freedom to fail there.

Mel Pearlman

This is an issue that will come up in the next generation in Four Corners. In Four Corners, it's going to be particularly difficult to incorporate. Under Florida law, a city has to be in one county, and Four Corners is in the confines of four counties.

Christyne Nicholas

This is a tremendous economic value for New York City, but it's also an incredibly valuable symbolic message and media message that New York City is open for business.

Hank Sheinkopf

This is the first election in New York City history where the majority is minority.

Rep Curry

The original goal of the committee was to clarify the existing language.

Bayan Jabr

I am ready to face all my accusers, and there will be an investigation committee that will clarify everything. These accusations are politically motivated.

Khaled Mashaal

No conditions will be put forward during our visit to Moscow. We will listen to Russia's position and clarify ours.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Helen Humphreys

Our concern is that this is spring, and typically ground water and streams are recharged during the spring. Moreover, not only is precipitation down, but vegetation, which is coming out of its dormant state, will be drawing on the ground water.

Joe Hammer

People focus on the Nasdaq indices because in general they represent the kinds of companies that are coming out - younger companies,

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Brenda Frese

Coming up to the arena, most of the players had no idea what we were doing. It showed them what we were playing for.

Danny Culler

Coming to the checkered. Watch your mirror. Watch your mirror.

Chuck Darby

Coming out of the Dallas game and through that Giants game, that's when things really started to pick up for us. We've had players go down and other guys had to step in, but everything kept going. We didn't miss a beat.

Carnell Williams

Coming out of spring we knew exactly how good we could be,

Jim Tracy

Coming out of Spring Training, I thought we'd score some runs. We've scored 20 runs in the last three days and haven't won a game.

Reed Hundt

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?

Madeline Albright

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

Hicham Guerrouj

Otherwise there is not much point in me going.

Alan Greenspan

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

David Strom

You have to be smart about how you use e-mail. Otherwise you let it ruin your life.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Sarah Davis

People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do.

Richard M. Nixon

People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.

Christian Louboutin

People say I am the king of painful shoes.

Laura Baranek

People say 'Hi' to me I don't even know. They say 'Good game' and 'I saw you' and 'Great job.

Vinnie Jones

People say you can get bored of the sunshine in L.A. No, you can't.

Daunte Culpepper

People say what they want to say and people are going to make their own opinions.

Lucious Jordan

People say we're going to be the underdogs. We're just going to go in there and play hard. We've been underdogs every year before this, so we're going to go out there and play our game.

Russell Tovey

I came out to myself when I was about 15 or 16, and to my parents when I was 18. When you come out to your parents, that's when it's properly official.

James Van Allen

My position is that it is high time for a calm debate on more fundamental questions. Does human spaceflight continue to serve a compelling cultural purpose and/or our national interest? Or does human spaceflight simply have a life of its own, without a realistic objective that is remotely commensurate with its costs? Or, indeed, is human spaceflight now obsolete?

James Van Allen

Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe without bounds.

Brandi Carlile

The purpose of it all is love.

Bruce Jenner

For all intents and purposes, I am a woman

Douglas Adams

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

Dalai Lama

The purpose of life is to be happy.

Amelie Nothomb

The purpose of the photograph is to reveal the love that is felt in a single image.

Ambrose Bierce

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

Ambrose Bierce

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London

Ronald Hill

When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,

Marilyn Moon

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

Fred G. Gosman

Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.

Scott Westerfeld

Warning stickers on books would be a nightmare.

Robert Orr

This is not some technical or arcane requirement.

Scott Stewart

That type of technical analysts does not have a lot of value.

Derek Magyar

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

Sylvester McCoy

There's always pressure on filming. There's the weather, people, various different technical problems. There's always pressure! And there's never really enough time for anything, really!

John Perry Barlow

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

George McGovern

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

Sally Ride

Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!

Marcel Proust

A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has the ticket that shows its price.

Jerry Only

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

Edwin Louis Cole

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.