Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wu Bangguo

We may introduce useful regulation from western laws and should never blindly copy them.

Nick Hardwick

I'd kind of go in blind and be fine in college, ... But now I've got to know what's going on ---- my opponent's every move and being able to see what the defense is going to do before it's going to happen. But that just happens through film study.

William Butler Yeats

I am content to live it all againAnd yet again, if it be life to pitchInto the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch,A blind man battering blind men.

Walter de La Mare

So, blind to Someone I must be.

Wyndham Lewis

The Relativity theory, the copernican upheaval, or any great scientific convulsion, leaves a new landscape. There is a period of stunned dreariness; then people begin, antlike, the building of a new human world. They soon forget the last disturbance. But from these shocks they derive a slightly augmented vocabulary, a new blind spot in their vision, a few new blepharospasms or tics, and perhaps a revised method of computing time.

Dom Capers

I have no doubt that this team's going to hang in and keep fighting. They're disappointed and frustrated, but they have to put blinders on and prepare for the next challenge.

Joe Moore

I like him. It's just that he has this blind spot when it comes to corruption. I don't think he ever realizes the seriousness of it.

Skyler Green

I love it. You can get killed on that play. It's just blind faith, and I have faith in my blockers.

Jalal Rumi

The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

Al Gore

I would not want to win the presidency by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or miscounted, and I don't think Governor Bush does either.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it is very important not to make a big deal out of it, because it is not, ... President Bush is always welcome to California.

Tony Juniper

He is right. The storm should be a warning to President Bush about the consequences of his climate change policies.

Roger Kubarych

Here's an appointment where Bush really can't make a mistake,

Paul Light

I think Bush takes a big hit. He's vulnerable on it, even if it's not totally fair.

Scott Milburn

President Bush is committed to fostering an environment where innovation succeeds and small businesses can flourish.

Ed Markey

President Bush has threatened to use his first veto to prevent scientists from using Federal funds to search for these cures. This is wrong.

Tom Daschle

President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.

Joe Allbaugh

President Bush has made this declaration so Tennessee can get back on their feet and go on with their lives as quickly as possible.

John Hall

Joe doesn't work with any candidate that contacts him. He picks and chooses. His confidence in my campaign is likely to extend to other people.

David Makovsky

He wants to demonstrate that under his leadership there will be no compromises over Jerusalem. If the Palestinians choose to confront him, he will use them essentially as props to say, like his campaign slogan, that he's a 'strong leader for a strong nation,'

Terry Holt

There are still a lot of questions about whether or not the Kerry campaign benefited from the information Berger took.

Gerry Adams

Here you see (Trimble) walking out of incomplete talks last week, orchestrating a campaign of mass intimidation and all that went with it, and then he walks back into the talks this morning.

James Browning

I think the issue of developers' influence is going to explode in the elections in Montgomery County next year, and our campaign finance laws have clearly failed to restrain their influence.

Roger Kay

I think the issue now is that growth may have stalled, and a campaign like this may be designed to reinvigorate it.

Terry Christensen

I think it's out of hand. Just the sheer volume of initiatives and the confusing campaigns have subverted the original intent. We should be able to vote on fairly significant things and be able to figure out what we're voting on without three hours of study.

Alan Rosenberg

I am honored that the members of this great union have placed their confidence in me. I ran a campaign that offered a simple and straightforward promise -- I will fight like hell to get actors their fair share.

Rebekah Brooks

I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won.

Italian Proverb

Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number

Scott Bilker

Keep all your records. By law, the credit-card company must investigate your dispute.

Gray Davis

Just the other day, we had to pay $1,900 for a megawatt hour, which a year ago would have cost us $30, ... And the reason this company named Reliant out of Texas gave us for charging us that much money was, they said, the state's credit isn't any good.

Stephen Roelofse

I think in time they will probably make an offer (for Western Areas). I can't see them taking a passive stake in the company like that.

Eugene Christiansen

Harrah's is putting together some very, very strategic real estate. You look at that, you look at Caesars Palace and the implication is that Harrah's is: a) Making a no-brainer investment; b) Is making provision for a major expansion in its Strip presence. I look at the map; I couldn't read it any other way. That's something the company needs Å  a greater presence on the Strip.

Susumu Tonegawa

My father was an engineer working for a textile company that had several factories scattered in rural towns in the southern part of Japan.

David Wray

There are studies that show participants in a 401(k) plans are less likely to leave the company and are better workers.

Patrick Burke

There is a fear of the unknown, ... I was the general manager for the chain, and it's one thing to manage someone else's company and another thing to be on your own.

Jeff Immelt

The purpose of this generation of GE leaders is to make the company as good externally and commercially as it has always been operationally and financially.

Keith Ashdown

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Bob Dole

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility: the constituent has a problem, ... We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything?' That's not what they elect you for.

Jerry Reed

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Phil Smith

I think what Sen. Specter has introduced is a very good step in the right direction and we're looking forward to Congress passing legislation to improve the safety of miners.

Greg Valliere

I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.

Michael R. Bloomberg

I don't know what goes on on ships, ... I can tell you exactly what goes on on the streets of New York City. You are safe. People are nice. It is exciting. It is easy to get around. We have rooms reserved for every member of Congress and for every delegate.

Claire McCaskill

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

Dick Durbin

I'm hoping that (the president and Congress are) sensitive to what consumers are needing,

Laura Castro

I'm hoping something will happen soon in Congress.

Brian Mason

I suspect that they want to maybe get in the game before the federal election takes over,

Wayne LaPierre

I think it may be the most important election in the history of the Second Amendment. We're telling people, if they value the freedom to own a firearm, this is the election you'd better get out and vote.

Bruce McPherson

Historically, the turnout for a special election is in the mid-30 percent range to 40 percent,

Brian Finnerty

I think the market is going to rally right around election time because of a very oversold condition. We have a market that is way oversold so I think it is going to bounce.

Kyle Walker

I think that as part of the mock election it was valuable to learn that so that the vendor can now understand that in the future that may be a problem that they may want to try to correct.

Safwat Rashid

It is impossible to have the final election results this week.

Tommy Franks

I don't know Senator Kerry's plan for victory,

Warren Christopher

The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.

James Lee

Our legal staff and election staff will review the letter.

Sherwood Schwartz

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

Greg Thompson

He'll say some pretty funny stuff at the expense of a lot of people in the audience, but then he'll come back and redeem himself five minutes later.

Mark Schonfeld

In the world of unregulated hedge funds, it can be hard to tell fact from fiction. This one was pure fiction. The defendants led lifestyles of the rich and famous at the expense of their investors.

Toye Taylor

I'm looking for quality of life, non-recurring expenses for these funds.

Howard Levine

Their (the students') goal was to get some money for the sisters to have, outside of the special trust that's been set up for them. The Key Club's goal was to give them some general expense money.

David Bridges

The food and the plating will be pretty meticulous, ... It's one of those things where no expense is spared.

Friso Abbing

The new regulation does not say: New immigrants can come to the EU, or you don't have to work and we'll give you more rights, even if you're living at the expense of our tax payers.

Ernesto Herrera

It is this negligence and indifference by the two departments that has precisely emboldened the oil firms to freely increase their prices, often in concert, as if they were operating like a cartel, at the expense of consumers.

Tom Schoewe

This impacted our operating profit by $30 million and our total utility expense rose by $100 million in the quarter,

Benjamin Franklin

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Larry McReynolds

He (Wallace) has fire in his eyes and wants go out a a winner.

Paul Tagliabue

He was a warrior, a neighbor and a friend ... In the eyes of many he was the greatest football player of all time.

Teller

Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

Yiddish Proverb

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth

William Wordsworth

Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair. . . .

Joe Girardi

He's got no fear. He could throw all of his pitches over at any time. He opened a lot of eyes this spring. He's come a long way in a short period of time.

Margarita Chaves

His pupils were dilated. I'll never forget that look in his eyes.

Jillian Robbins

I was just watching their eyes, and they were looking at who they were about to pass to. So I said, 'I've got to get this. I've got to leave it all on the floor.' My teammates had my back, so I went for it, and it worked out.

Billy Joel

I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin,

George Kell

Changes your life, getting into the Hall of Fame. For the rest of my life, I'll be known as Hall of Famer George Kell.

Ben Jonson

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith.

Kweisi Mfume

Our minds are open, ... I reached out to George Bush. I wanted him here.

Eddie Jones

If you remember back in 2000, Sam had an outstanding season with Queensland and was really pressuring George for the Wallabies spot.

Will Wright

Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.

Fred Hartsfield

I hope I have had an impact. I'm very impressed with George and how hard they play.

Max Minghella

It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.

Gary Bauer

There is so much work to do with George and so little time to do it,

Laura Bush

When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.

Pete Boone

I think you weigh all of the issues together, including the interview. It still may be close, but you've got to have all of the components.

Gia Coppola

I watched a lot of movies about teenagers, including 'The Last Picture Show,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Rumblefish.' It's one of my favorite genres.

John Powell

We have tightened just as tight as we can go including the elimination of personnel,

Gary Roberts

I'd like to wipe out the whole month, including the hurricane.

Mark Trakh

They are going to be scary for a long time. And I'm including this year when I say that.

George Will

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old books.

James Gleick

Encyclopedias are finished. All encyclopedias combined, including the redoubtable Britannica, have already been surpassed by the exercise in groupthink known as Wikipedia.

Dionne Warwick

Drugs of every sort, including aspirin, are not anything I even think about.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Erin O'Connor

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

Ben Wood

The industry will be lucky to get it out in 2008. Issues with rights, regulations and standards need to be overcome first.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Toshifumi Suzuki

The Japanese retail industry is totally unique. To be successful, you have to have a thorough knowledge about the market.

David Sowerby

It's more and more the sobering acknowledgement that the industry is significantly challenged.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Jim Knight

There are so many things that we try before we ever go to court. It's the last step, and we don't like to do it, but there needs to be consequences.

Justin Gray

I think (the fans) are going to talk about it all the time just because they know probably what we could've done with the team from last year. But that's last year.

Peter Currie

It is fundamentally different from the last time we restated, primarily because the scope is a lot narrower.

Marthen Manu

Last night one person was rescued, the rest have been picked up today.

Larry Sabato

He could have made millions in the private sector.

Jeb Putzier

It comes out to $310 million more for the players.

Jim Amos

It is significant in its impact. We do millions of packages a year with UPS.

Larry Anderson

I think the $12 million is just way out of the way,

Bobby Cox

He's getting paid $12 million because he can hit.

Stephen Breyer

He says, 'I've seen 50 million paintings, I know magenta,'

Walter Hagen

I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.

David Carr

I never thought in a million years we'd play like that, ... That was unbelievable.

Simon McBurney

In 1600, Shakespeare's London was a city of 200,000 people. At the same time, there were already over a million in Tokyo.

Dudley Etheridge

He kind of turned it around for us.

Dan Hinote

I made the hit, turned around and it was chaos. I still don't know what happened.

Tamra Strano

Once I turned in the packet, I didn't have another thought about it.

Steve Olson

It turned out to be the right project.

William Bass

No, ... That's just how it turned out.

Kris Britton

And they went in there and turned it up.

Monty Python

-She turned me into a newt! -A newt?-I got better...

Huston Street

Ginter and Elly, they turned it so quick. Off the bat, I thought they had no chance. That right there is the game. It's another run.

Heath Sager

I think so. I thought we were much better than an 0-3 team. Now we've kind of turned the corner.

Catherine Jones

I was wondering that myself. I don't know.

Vincente Minnelli

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

Robert Caro

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.

Roald Dahl

Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.

Vasily Grossman

Ivan tells Anna: "I used to imagine that being embraced by a woman . . . as something so wonderful that it would make me forget everthing . . . [But] happiness, it turns out, will be to share with you the burden I can't share with anyone else.

Robert Stack

It's all malarky; even the wonderful part is malarky.

Walt Disney

The wonders of nature are endless...

Sarah Hall

You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you.

Sarah Dessen

When someone starts to change, and it’s obvious, it's sort of natural to wonder why. Right?