Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Bierce

Woman absent is woman dead.

May Sarton

Absence becomes the greatest Presence.

Alex Honnold

So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody takes risks. Even the absence of activity could be viewed as a risk. If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you're running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer.

Gene Cisewski

He said my absence would be the only way to heal the rift.

Eroll Skyers

Generally, attorneys create a profile of the 'perfect' juror and then try to identify those qualities, or the absence thereof, in the prospective juror.

Kazi Shams

Good Luck is never the absence of bad luck.

Alan Zemaitis

Him not being here last year, you could really feel the absence. Hats off to him, that's just the first game. The kind of player that he is, he can just play all out. Next week he's just going to play better and better and better.

Mark Volpe

Mr. Levine is extremely disappointed about his continuing absence from the BSO podium, and sincerely hopes to return as soon as possible.

Peter Chandler

It is a tech wreck, that's for certain, ... You need capitulation to have good bottom. I didn't see that today. I saw an absence of buyers. Quite frankly there just weren't enough bids. Have we fallen enough here? Probably not.

Sharon Chang

People call each other when they see new books on the shelves. New books are usually checked out in two days, DVDs in (only) hours.

Ray Waddell

The Stones have written and rewritten the book on touring.

George Smith

I self-published the first edition, hardcover, in June 2003. The book is now in its third printing.

Philip Chien

The whole object of the book is to take the two-dimensional bios and make them into three-dimensional people.

Travis Paquet

This is a win in our book as far as I am concerned. We keep working hard. It'll come.

Gena Prochaska

That's why I chose it, it's the first book in a series. This way they get the first book and it will suck them in. It draws them in and gets them interested in the book, and then they want to continue the series. And it gets them reading, which is the whole point of this group.

Augustine Birrell

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.

Augustine Birrell

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Arthur Koestler

In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a text written in invisible ink, of which in our rare moments of grace we are able to decipher a small segment.

Ian Gold

We did not complete the mission and it's frustrating.

Jack Ma

Currently, it seems the second phase has been completed smoothly and even better than my expectations. Now we are entering the third phase of reshaping.

Janet Jackson

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

Ned Riley

Today we're in the bottom- fishing mode and there are a lot of people who think the tech correction is complete and we've established our lows for this cycle.

Thomas Russo

Warren comes complete with three skills: a consummate investor, a superb businessman and a great cheerleader.

Alan Curry

We are very pleased that the legal tactics of the defense have been rejected by the court of appeals, and we are hopeful that we can now finally place our complete focus upon going to trial.

What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe we'll never know

Adlin Sinclair

There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation of truth. There can be no faith when there lacks complete confidence of purpose.

Scott Muscutt

There is still a lot of work to be done, but this has been a very complete effort from the whole team. Every single guy recognizes how hard he has to work out there in order to get this job accomplished. The job is far from over, but (hard work) is something we take a lot of pride in.

Ray Emery

As an athlete, you have confidence in yourself all the time. I didn't really realize I was going to play this long.

Laura Harper

Our confidence in overtime is out of this world.

Bob Kummer

Developmentally, we still are growing. We still need to learn how to play together and gain confidence together. But we are more hungry and knowledgeable, I think, this year.

Kelly Scott

It was the only shot to make and we made it perfectly. We saw that spot a couple of times earlier in the game so we had pretty good confidence on how it would react. We had luck on our side with the way it reacted.

Bruce Willis

I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble.

Ryan Franklin

Every guy loves to have someone back there who knows what he's doing and has total confidence in his game-calling. That's what he have with Sal. There's a reason he's stuck around so long.

Billy Tauzin

As soon as one or more of these major corporate figures is indicted and convicted for the thievery that occurred at the expense of the American investor, I think confidence will gradually come back.

Geoff Cooper

At the moment we're estimating it will be mid-2006 before we see any kind of pick-up. There's the impact of consumer confidence and the housing market,

Mike Englund

Confidence should remain healthy well into 2006 given robust trends for employment, income, and consumer spending.

Richard Segal

There will be two new products next year. In the first half there will be a person-to-person skill game and in the second half there will be another more akin to casino.

Marquand Manuel

I've never missed that many tackles in a game. Ever.

Rory Sabbatini

It would be nice to get back. I haven't had as much success there as I would like, but I think my mental game is ready for it now. I'm a lot more mature.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Paul Lanclos

It was a lot different from last year's game.

Trent Dilfer

It was all good if you were in the game to just pick up a paycheck,

Rashard Lewis

It was a little stiff, but it started to loosen up as the game went on.

John Kuckel

It was a physical game and we saw that in the first quarter and we talked about it in the huddle. We like ourselves in a physical game. We think we have some big guys that can bang.

Asif Bajwa

It was a perfect turf where you can play your game and show your skill at the same time.

Steve Alford

I know Jeff was very much in pain. But he was phenomenal in the second half.

Eric Anderson

There will only be one first private mission to the moon,

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

David Nicholls

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

Trent Dilfer

Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.

Pat Scales

There's not a public school out there that doesn't have a mission statement that says it serves all students,

Mitch Landrieu

We miss you, and we want you back.

Alfred Kazin

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

Donna Karan

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

Dorothy Dunnett

If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Zeke Moreno

L.T. is fast. It takes 11 players to stop him. If 11 players are on the same page, then it's cool. But it's going to be very hard.

Mark Cooper

My players should feel embarrassed, especially the seniors.

Ryan Love

We have some players with a lot of experience.

Paul Mara

He was on his back and I don't even think he saw where the puck was and he took a swipe at it. That's why he is one of the premier players in the league.

Roy Keane

You shouldn't have spoken to the players like that. No, you should have.

Michael Chang

It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need.

Antony Starr

I've always had this rule of thumb: If you have fun making it, then someone will have fun watching it.

Patrick Leahy

I want an end to this thing. But where are we? Do we know what the rules are going to be?

John Tory

Even the rules that are in place are not being followed.

Jim Gallagher

give everyone a sense of equilibrium and ... of where the rule is going to wind up.

Marty Smith

That was two too many. The first rule was you must shower every day.

Stephanie Parker

You just don't want to rule anything out.

Brie Larson

For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school.

Mark Russinovich

This is a step they should have taken immediately.

Ernesto Hernandez

We stepped on American soil, we shouldn't be here.

Brian Rolston

We stepped it up tonight, and if we do that we can be in it. We can make the playoffs.

Stephen Sommers

I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step.

Lou Lamoriello

I don't look at it as a step back by any means.

John Clayton

He'll end up here. You're not going to see any other teams step up.

Damian Williams

It'll come. We've just got to take it one step at a time.

Sidney Crosby

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that I have to accept, ... I don't think there was ever a time where I stepped back and said 'I wish I was doing something different.'

Mike Stratton

They were stepping in it and stepping on it.