Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Ignatieff

I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the Bosnian war.

Martin Short

He is a complete goof and so stylish, I mean everything about Franz is about chic, it doesn't really matter if there's peace in Bosnia as much as if they're beautifully dressed at the peace table.

Boris Trajkovski

If NATO troops stayed on, this would only give us a sense of false security ... and create another Bosnia or Kosovo in the Balkans.

Peter Erben

In Bosnia in 2002 there were 55 percent, in the parliamentary elections in Colombia 42 percent, India 59 percent, Switzerland 42 percent.

David Owen

It's sad that justice in a way has been cheated. He was the first head of state to be given a trial, he's been given a very fair trial, it's taken an extraordinarily long time. I think people everywhere, but particularly in the former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia were wanting this verdict. They now will feel cheated and it's a tragedy in a way that justice has not been able to give the verdict which we was important to hear.

Richard Holbrooke

It's hard exaggerate this. If it had been for Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnia would not exist today ... He was the visionary.

Richard Holbrooke

It was his ruthlessness and vision that helped to create Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Richard Holbrooke

The main reason for this is that the Bosnian Serbs still have not given up their core dream of creating a separate state, and that is unacceptable.

Jim Hooper

And because they have been unwilling to intervene early in the crises in Bosnia and Kosovo, they have ended up having to intervene -- in particular in Kosovo -- in a much greater fashion, a much stronger fashion later on after the crisis has grown, has expanded and the killing has gotten very serious.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

As long as the United States - and the world - gets its oil from the Middle East, we will be drawn into the endless crises that seem endemic to the region. American energy independence would not only liberate us, it would also drive down the worldwide price of oil.

Sidney Blumenthal

Like oil crises in the past, it strikes at American feelings of independence, mobility, freedom and exceptionalism.

Pan Yue

In the long run, industrial structure and localized environmental crises will replace individual polluters as the No 1 environmental threat in the country.

Vicente Fox

The era of recurring economic crises has come to an end,

Dorothy Moore

Studies have shown that daily doses of hydroxyurea decrease the number of painful crises a person may experience and lengthen their life span as well,

George Fulton

This is one of the worst (economic) crises of our lifetime, we're facing not the worst winter but a winter that never ends.

Terri Blackstock

One of the themes in my novels is that our crises can turn into blessings. We can feel like our world has crumbled, but ten years down the road when we look back on that time, we can see God's hand at work. I love writing that theme into my books.

John Prendergast

There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places.

Tipper Gore

Crises like these remind us of what it really means to be human.

Casey Neistat

I was in New York City for September 11th, and I was there for the 2003 blackout. I think in hindsight, you get a real perspective as to how unique those moments of crisis are in a place like New York City.

Musikari Kombo

Kenyans feel that there is a crisis in Government. The party wants to find the truth. That is why an independent inquiry is best.

Susan Roces

Kailangan na natin ang katotohanan at maayos natin ang tinatawag nilang kaguluhang ito (We need the truth to come out for this crisis to be resolved),

Joe Queenan

It can help protect the market in times of crisis. Instead of shutting down all trade, it helps you respond to the situation at hand.

Jeff Bingaman

has an obligation to find a solution ... before the crisis worsens.

Dawn Roberts

There are so many nominations to look through, but the crisis team stood out. We were really impressed with what they have done.

Muhammad Yunus

To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before and write social fiction. We need to imagine things to make them happen. If you don't imagine, it will never happen.

David Hipgrave

What we have now is a looming crisis.

Nachman Shai

He's has successfully ignited the Middle East. He's shooting everyone now. He doesn't really want to settle the current crisis.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Helen Brown

I would say that Cosmo was always a feminist magazine; it was before the movement really took shape. The early feminist movement felt I put a lot of emphasis on beauty, which was true.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Frank Warren

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

Charles Woodson

I think it is what it is -- we come out and we play well early in the game and then just let it slip away late in the game. It is second team, third team. What we're looking at is when our starters are in there, we're doing a good job.

Kevin Merkle

I think it is too early to form a long-lasting opinion. It is good to get some feedback first.

Paul Roos

I think in the past three years we've had a number of young guys who have got in early in the pre-season and played all throughout the season. Probably the main focus for tomorrow is to see how they go.

Gary Kellough

It can happen quick. That was a play where we thought there should have been a foul on our end, but it ended up (later) being a foul on us. It's not that we're playing that bad, but it's the little things that are making a big difference.

Bronson Arroyo

It always ended up, 'Oh, he'll be back,'

Gary Powers

He did more than he needed to do. He did the job because nobody could do the job (on Saturday). Unfortunately, he just gave up that key walk in the ninth that ended up being the winning run.

Dan Hendricks

He just seems better than ever now. I didn't plan for the Derby. I planned for the end of (last) year to have a fresh 2-year-old, and I think it ended up a good plan. I have a lightly raced 3-year-old ready to go.

Dave Witzig

He is the missing ingredient for that team. He really got hot in the third quarter and ended up with a great game.

Jim Moriarty

This was a good win. Our goal was to win and even our season record at 10-10. We ended the season .500. A lot of people said we couldn't do it and we did it. We got the last three games and we did it.

Monica Johnson

We have all been guilty of complaining, but God does not look at it as lightly as we may think. Complaining was the reason the Jews ended up wandering in the desert for forty years. If we were more grateful for what God has done for us, abasing ourselves would not be a problem.

Corey Held

Here I thought we were in good shape because Tyson's my ace. I ended up starting (Matt) Wagner and he had a great game, but he just got tired (in the sixth).

Jon Sundvold

It could have ended in one day if Mike Alden had said here's what happened, why it happened and what he could have done differently.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.

Ron Rolleston

Halston is a fashion brand, and Jeff is a stylish guy.

Kate Bosworth

The fashion world feels more normal to me when I'm with them.

Sally Singer

I think it's another indication that the momentum of fashion and Fashion Week has moved back to New York.

Marshall Cohen

Like Nike, Adidas also needed a better fashion fit and Reebok provides that.

William Wilberforce

When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of fashion.

Richard Holloway

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.

Richard Hofstadter

The tradition of the new. Yesterday's avant-gard-experiment is today's chic and tomorrow's cliche.

Richelle Mead

Don't get caught up in fashion games. These kids probably think we're old, nark conformists or something, but really, they're just conforming in their own ways. They're conforming to nonconformity.

John Chaney

Kids will say whatever sounds good, and you guys print it or whatever. They've gotten together on things before, and it hasn't made a difference.

Steve Pilcher

Just when you think the world has gotten as weird as it can get, something like this comes along.

Greg Olson

Joey's been through a number of different coordinators now when you look at it. Has he ever really gotten into a system where he's been able to get in and get comfortable?

Jeret Peterson

I think I should've gotten more points for landing on one ski that's so much harder than two skis.

Tony Robichaux

What we haven't been doing is scoring early. We've gotten better at that. It helps when we can put up runs every other inning, but any team plays better when they trust the pitchers.

Rick Hendricks

Had it been Europeans, the Inquisition might have gotten involved from Mexico.

Sen Freedman

Having power outages in our state is nothing new, and Northeast Utilities' response time has gotten worse, not better.

Jeff Williams

He's been real durable, ... I think he's gotten better ever week.

Willie Randolph

He's gotten some big hits for us. I like his swing. I like his energy.

Nate Robertson

He wants our expectations to be greater than maybe they've been.

Randy Perreira

Hawaii people have a greater tolerance for fairness.

Bill Tierney

His role is no less than mine is. And it is a lot greater than mine in some ways.

Dirk Brockmann

I think the greater significance of this is that human travel ... obeys some quite simple, independent rules.

Tim Fox

There is a greater tendency toward lower rates.

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

Frank Tyger

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

Rodman Philbrick

There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a troubled child.

David Borden

Going to school is their way of getting back on track. This is a second punishment that can intervene with the process of recovery.

Seijiro Takeshita

If there is an accelerated depreciation to 105 yen, they will intervene without a doubt.

Kevin Evans

You can't come here as a Pollyanna. We're able to intervene upstream and stop it.

Mike Smith

The problem before was, so you intervene -- where do you send people.

Javier Solana

NATO is ready to intervene if the situation requires,

Alan Steinberg

If any party tries to intervene in the litigation, it could be delayed.

Masood Khan

If we do not intervene aggressively now, many lives will be lost,

Ruben Aguilar

The president's office does not intervene in union decisions. We respect citizens' demonstrations.

Madeline Albright

I mean at the moment, Kosovo is practically depopulated of Albanians, and that is not what we think is an appropriate end,

Charles Wald

Any target in Kosovo that's a military target will be vulnerable from these aircraft.

Doug Henderson

What is going on in Kosovo is nothing short of criminal,

Eliot Engel

I very much regret that our administration has pushed the whole issue of Kosovo to the back burner.

Brian Griese

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw them later in the year.

Ken Bacon

He (Cohen) did have tentative plans to go in June, and he has postponed any trip until some later date.

Susumu Tonegawa

Even under normal conditions, how we can distinguish various events, various experiences, and be able to reproduce it later is, of course, a very interesting question and, I think, one that we face in day to day life.

Penny Brown

Here we are months later and we're talking about the same things,

Cameron Wade

It has a potential threat to property later this afternoon.

Jake Plummer

Later in the season, you don't remember how they came, you only remember it's a win.

John Wright

Later in life, you have a different perspective of what sex is all about.

Lou Hatter

There are several places they could pull the convoy off the road later in the morning.

Allan Ray

He was just real angry, telling me I've got to take more shots when I'm open because I might not get them later in the game.

Seth Shostak

In general, when moviemakers talk to scientists, they usually see them as a resource to solve particular technical problems or script problems for them. So, something like: what sort of weaponry would aliens be able to wield?

Jim Martin

There are so many parts of this project that are intertwined that they have to be staged and set up in a particular order, and they would like to get this particular ramp done first so other ramps can follow.

Lino Spiteri

What would politics be without its own particular peculiar sense of humour, even if it is not quite funny, ha ha.

Don Stewart

I think that the staff are all very well versed in the process and in this particular nominee, but so are the senators. I think you will see, and already have seen, quite a lot of support out of the senators.

Kelly Pleasants

We have to be particular about what we can take.

William Golding

I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.

Guy Ritchie

I like to think it's not violence for the sake of violence and in this particular film, it's actually violence for the annihilation of violence.

Dave Chappelle

I like that particular kind of attention. People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

David Lee

All these things were on her mind, stewing and stewing. And all these things boiled to the surface in one particular moment.

Michael Culver

I wrote: Vicki and Michael, stronger than fire.

Rusty Agte

Her voice is much stronger than it was, and getting better each day.

Richard Paul Evans

We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside

Tupac Shakur

Fear is stronger than love

Robert Reich

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

Willa Cather

Setting ... is accident. Either a building is part of a place, or it is not. Once that kinship is there, time will only make it stronger.

Virginia Woolf

Nothing is stronger than the position of the dead among the living.

Roberto Bolano

Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.

Rod Stewart

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger