Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tamsin Egerton

Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that being thin involves putting yourself through torture and punishing your body, but I'm just naturally skinny - you should watch me demolish a ploughman's lunch.

George Pipas

Our base planning assumption was not predicated on unemployment going down,

Scott Skiles

I guess the assumption I'll go under is that we'll start the same way we did (Saturday) night.

Christine Callies

This is only under the assumption that the full tax rate cuts go into effect.

Jerome Kramer

It's always important to bear in mind what a small tip of the iceberg any author is. When an author with some cachet gets behind the issue, the reasonable assumption is that the impact would be exponential and would get the conversation going.

Kat Edmonson

New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.

Milton Sapirstein

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.

Milton Friedman

Theories can be based on any assumptions, however bizarre.

Neal A. Maxwell

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Ken Hill

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Marty Heires

Know that we are fully cooperating with the authorities. You can be sure of that.

Karen Russell

It can be difficult workshopping novels because any questions or qualms you have as the author can be like, 'That's next chapter, don't worry about it!' I don't think the workshop is set up so well to do that for novels.

Tim Reese

He was able to find that median where he was an authority figure but cool enough that he would hang out with his students.

Zlatko Kranjcar

He decided himself to leave the squad. If we called him back, we would lose authority without any guarantees that he would not repeat such an act.

Jane Moore

He is old school. He's not a friend to the students, he's an authority figure. He is type of faculty member that students come to when they have problems. If they need a swift kick, he'd do that.

Jennifer Stephens

has no authority over the statements of that organization.

Paolo Iorio

Hamdi will have a fair and transparent trial. Public opinion is one thing, judicial authority is another.

Yasser Arafat

has to invest more of his authority, of his control. But there is a beginning of hope that I wouldn't put aside.

Joe Clark

I think it is probably just a matter of there being more bears and more people in bear range than ever before.

Max Frisch

He cannot bear old men's jokes. That is not new. But now he begins to think of them himself.

Dick Cheney

has a direct bearing on the quality of the administration that follows it.

Walt Disney

There is great comfort and inspiration in the feeling of close human relationships and its bearing on our mutual fortunes - a powerful force, to overcome the "tough breaks" which are certain to come to most of us from time to time

Dave Wannstedt

We thought we'd see some New England Patriots in their offense, ... but it was still Pitt versus Notre Dame, not the Miami Dolphins or the Chicago Bears versus the New England Patriots.

Aristotle

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

Joe Thornton

I thought we played 55 minutes of great hockey. We've got to learn to close the door when we get a chance. We say it, it seems like every game now. Until we start learning, we really need to bear down. It just wasn't good enough tonight.

Peter Cardillo

I think what you're seeing is the process of the market setting a bottom. Obviously, September is living up to its reputation (for volatility), but I think the market will eventually lose its bear grip and focus on the economy and earnings going forward.

James Awad

I think it's unlikely that you'll get a bear market because the fundamentals are too good. On the other hand, you're not going to make new highs in the market as long as we have uncertainty in terms of interest rates,

Christopher Brooks

I was in the process of tying it to my fishing rod, when I turn around and this Coast Guard boat was right behind me, ... It was the one thing I was hoping for and I guess it was like, 'Oh, well, here they are.'

Mona Sutphen

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

Elliott Sadler

Kevin's done a great job, ... He's been the man behind the scenes for the last two years. Everybody's been behind him the last two weeks and things are going really well.

Alison Parker

Kids who commit serious crimes shouldn't go scot-free. But if they are too young to vote or buy cigarettes, they are too young to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

Ron Prince

I wouldn't read too much into who's doing what with what group. We're trying to get all the quarterbacks the opportunity to play with different combinations. It's only what's fair to them when you're going to be behind a group that hasn't been blocking together but for two weeks.

Robert Gamez

I would've made a double bogey but I double-chipped, ... The wind caught me on my downswing on the first shot and I went long. The guys behind me hit good shots and came up short. The wind switched that quickly.

John Jones

I would say that we won when we had to win and did what it took to win (in the first half of district). I wouldn't say our wins were pretty, but we have to put that behind us.

Rohan Verplank

Katie skied great and was only 0.6 and 0.3 seconds behind the winner.

O. Singh

Just too slow. It took us 5 hours to play. ... Around the greens it just took forever to play. Toward the end, it took its toll. I had a partner that wasn't very fast, either. ... I have a pace and I play to my pace. I don't know what the officials are doing. We had 20, 25 minutes behind time, they are just not stepping up and saying, 'Hey, you are slow. Hurry up.

Sanjay Dutt

Journalists think twice before striking a conversation with me. I don't know why. I try to make people feel as comfortable as possible.

Martin Wright

He just ran out in the middle of the conversation. I thought it was a fight,

Sam Hunt

I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street.

Larry Page

We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.

Bob Watson

There is a heads-up in place. But there's no conversation with the clubs. It's the normal provisions in place for a situation like this, but we expect them to just play ball.

Pat McGovern

I went to the legislative hearings, and I was struck by how the conversation was primarily about the costs to employers, and there was no discussion of women's health. I knew that for some women it's a very joyful time, and for others it's very complicated.

Kurt Warner

He's doing great. It was a good conversation, ... I think there will be a lot of conversation before the game. We're still close. We all still love each other. It's going to be weird being on the other side of the football, but it's going to be fun and exciting as well.

Nick Nicholson

I could tell 30 seconds into the conversation that he was a race fan.

Randy Cross

I'd be talking to other coaches, and he walked up and joined the conversation.

Jim Rosborough

I wouldn't put anything past him. Whatever he says typically gets done. He's just never, ever let any of his handicaps hold him back at all.

Sitiveni Rabuka

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it.

Floyd Reese

I wouldn't be surprised if (Edwards), a veteran guy, gets gobbled up at some point,

Bill Cowher

Joey is the kind of guy who gets us going. We have some unique personalities, and Joey is unique in his own sense.

Mark Hastings

Josh is a very physical kid. He runs really well and has a great nose for the ball. When he gets a hold of you, he's going to tackle you.

John McNeley

J.R. has such a quick release, it doesn't have to be a situation where he gets that open.

Joe Nemechek

I think it gets back to being in the right place at the right time and getting the right break.

Bill Guerin

He just gets us all going. When you see him out there and he's stirring things up, it gets you wanting to do the same thing. He's one of our leaders out there.

Jeff Lerg

He just gets it and throws it to the net, I know his game. I'll be hearing about that one for the whole summer.

Kelvin Goertzen

I suspect we're just scratching the surface and getting the very tip of the iceberg of the marijuana that is being grown.

Kevin Towers

I really think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg with this guy. He's only going to get better and better.

Mike Boyd

That scraping sound may not be an iceberg after all,

Mark Twain

A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity

Susan Kevorkian

We're seeing the tip of the iceberg now.

Steve Mason

Iceberg is through the roof. All the leaf lettuce is pretty high.

Kris Benson

He's going to make a big impact on all of us.

Felipe Alou

It could be too late but an impact he'll make. It may not be visible big time, but it will be (impacting).

Bob Lohn

I think the practical impact should be quite small,

Ken Simonson

I think the impact is going to be nationwide for construction.

John Beck

To get a player of his caliber, they said they thought they were very blessed. They said he has the potential to be an impact player very soon.

Tony Tan

He has left an impact not only on the United States but on the whole world.

Sarah Palin

We have got to encourage other nations also to come along with us with the impacts of climate change, what we can do about that.

Ric Keller

The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic.

Rebecca De Mornay

I just want to tell stories that have an impact on people. Somebody needs to have an impact because people are lost. People are really lost.

Sheikh Ahmad

He is very stubborn. When he puts his mind into something, he will do it.

Laura Vandervoort

A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.

Alex Solis

He really won it very easy. That's what I had in my mind, not to squeeze him.

Jeff Judkins

Havlicek was my idol, so I didn't mind one bit.

Sandra Allen

Her mind was very sharp and never aged.

Heywood Broun

Her mind is so open that the wind whistles through it

Dave Tippett

His mind is in the right place now.

Susan Dolan

I think it's important to be mindful about how you live every day - what you think, and how you live. It's part of a mindful lifestyle.

Phil Jackson

I think the only thing it did was take our mind off the game.

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.

Jeff Tarter

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

Sen Sears

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

Robert Buchanan

I think that's reasonable over time, but it's not going to come easily.

Ogden Nash

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Sue Wright

They want to be on the podium. They feel like that's a reasonable go for them.

Terry Pratchett

When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.

Dave Scott

We're going to go to something that is a reasonable rate.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

Sgt. Reynolds

His statement was that it was a very small amount.

Darryl Frank

There is a strong (talent) pool, but a very small pool.

Ian Fleming

To come and see them live at a small track has appeal.

Kevin Jones

He doesn't play as small as he is.

Sander Levin

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

Vincent Van Gogh

I'll start with small things.

Tory Burch

Never underestimate the impact of a small act.

William Butler Yeats

Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.

Lee Humphrey

I don't know about that. I don't know if he can take any tips from me. We play two different sports.

Robert Plant

I'm tipping the hat and looking back.

Zach Braff

I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because share the wealth.

Stephen Murphy

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Tom Fitton

Is this the tip of the iceberg? We don't know.

Joe Cocker

A lot of times when you're young and carefree, you don't realize, when you tip over the edge, how difficult it is to climb back in.

Shannon Hoon

Life isn't a tiptoe through the tulips

Malcolm de Chazal

The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

Malcolm Gladwell

Look at the world around you. It may seem like an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push - in just the right place - it can be tipped.