Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Thatcher

Her guidance and advice are always most acute and as prime minister I was privileged to benefit from both enormously.

John Updike

He had a sensation of anxiety and shame, a sensitivity acute beyond usefulness, as if the nervous system, flayed of its old hide of social usage, must record every touch of pain.

Thomas Carter

If you saw what I did plus the MRI scan, that's not an acute injury from him just getting back.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both.

Steve Richey

The issue of school overcrowding has been more acute lately. If we don't work out the problem . . . we're going to be forced to shut down all development that is not age-restricted, and that would be a mistake.

Scott Stossel

The fear of vomiting, which for me is one of the most original and most acute of my fears, is actually fairly common. Emetophobia, it's called, and by some estimates, it's the fifth most common specific phobia.

Devin Brown

The costs are going to be astronomical. We need to be much more vigilant about focusing on prevention efforts and acute stroke therapy in this rapidly growing, high-risk community.

Sandra Ford

The idea was to kick-start the process, make it sustainable and then re-invest our resources elsewhere. As a private NGO our job is to go in, tackle an acute need and advocate that those properly responsible take over.

David Kern

The manufacturing sector's acute underlying weaknesses reinforce our view that we will need further interest rate cuts later in the year,

Ron Prince

James Franklin is a bright and accomplished young offensive mind. He is hardworking, intense and creative and clearly fits the mold of what we are looking for here at Kansas State. As important as anything, though, James is a man of integrity and I am very excited to announce his addition to our staff.

Peter May

Kathy has broad experience in the mortgage insurance industry. She is very familiar with the territory and knows all of the major customers. She is a great addition to Triad and the Northeast Sales Team.

Julie Cooper

Jon has just been a wonderful addition to the Ankeny Chamber of Commerce, and he steps in and just does whatever is asked of him and then some.

Mark Brenner

It can mean thousands of dollars in additional costs to American families. And those with higher debts are definitely looking at significant increases. So those families who most need to borrow are the ones that will be most affected.

Mike Woods

He was a great advocate of cycling, a great role model for cyclists. I met him at a public meeting in Leesburg. And he got up and spoke to the presenters. He spoke in support of additional trail projects. And I think he was instrumental in bringing other people to the meetings to speak their mind.

Kent Conrad

He wants an additional $18 billion that is not in the budget. And my question to him is, this is spending you say is needed. How do you intend to pay for it?

John Sanders

He kept the place going while President Graham in particular pursued the additional ends of those involved in the presidency.

Freddie Shepherd

He is our first signing of the summer and will be a valuable addition to our squad. He is still young but has a lot of experience and we welcome him to Newcastle.

Stuart Roy

He is very good at keeping people as part of his extended family. It gives him additional reach and additional eyes and ears.

Tom DeLay

He vetoed the foreign aid bill because he wanted to increase foreign aid by 30 percent, and he wanted to take it out of the Social Security surplus,

Sarah MacQuiddy

Greeley always comes to the aid when there is a need.

Anthony Kennedy

has become a leading proponent of one of the most cosmopolitan, and controversial, trends in constitutional law: using foreign and international law as an aid in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

Jacques Chirac

had decided to write off all of the aid and development debt owed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

Keith Greene

I think it should be required that every paper says something about AIDS in their pages,

Peter Harris

There is a kind of common linkage among these diseases. Our hope is that this new finding will aid us to devise new treatments for a broad category of disabling disease.

Chris Garza

We're obviously very disappointed. We're hoping that Congress will see the importance of leaving the food aid budget as it is -- that 25 percent needs to stay in the U.S..

Frank O'Donnell

Hurricane Barton has gone from a Category 5 to a Category 3. But it is still a disaster, ... weaken environmental laws, interfere with states' prerogatives and give undue aid to oil companies.

Vickie Warehime

He was not out there when the initial fight started. He was coming to the aid of a friend.

Wolfgang Schuessel

He knows that his Freedom Party has emerged from chronic opposition to become a party which shares in government. He will do anything not to spoil this historic chance.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.

Jennifer Grey

Chronic pain can be very lonely. It can have a shame-based quality.

Robert Beaglehole

All governments must be prepared to deal with the infectious diseases because they could be overwhelming this year or next year, but the long-term problem is with the chronic diseases.

Donna Bassi

The BMI gives us a little more information than height and weight. It's a good predictor for who's going to develop a chronic disease. Unfortunately, we're in a society of overweight people. Period.

Jeffrey Koplan

As obesity rates continue to grow at epidemic proportions in this country, the net effect will be dramatic increases in related chronic health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Jim Gilmore

They don't do very well in salt water. One possibility is to increase the salinity of the lake. That can have a chronic effect and they just succumb over time.

Robert Ross

This devastating hurricane creates special hardships for those with disabilities and chronic diseases,

Webster Thompson

It's not just for seniors. Lots of people experience pain getting in and out of their vehicles... people with physical challenges, sports injuries, surgery recoveries, chronic conditions, pregnancy...they all like having extra support handle to help get in and out of the car.

Jiang Zemin

I was invited by President Clinton, ... So it will be up to the United States to handle these events.

Bengie Molina

He kept saying he was sore, he was sore. He couldn't do another pitch. He couldn't handle it.

Wayne Lawson

He knows he scares people. You get the impression he knows how to handle them.

Quincy Jones

I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That's something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie 'Precious.' I couldn't handle it. So I said to myself, 'I don't have a mother. I don't need one. I'm going to let music be my mother.'

Paul Hackett

What you have to like is how he handled the situation, how he handled the team, his calmness, how he ran the team,

Todd Shipley

He's a big, strong kid who can handle the pounding an inside runner is going to take.

Garrett Gomez

He's a grinder. I was very impressed with the way he handled everything.

Dan Peitz

Going a mile, I didn't know if we could handle everything. Our horse wants to run farther.

Sidney Crosby

Going through two years of junior, it taught me a lot about myself, how I can handle it, ... You have to worry about hockey. Handle stuff outside of that when you need to, but just worry about hockey. That's what I learned.

Joe Gibbs

Keeping a team healthy is a huge deal,

Henry Chan

I think it's a healthy correction, some valuations got a little high.

Felipe Alou

He seemed to be healthier today, his legs and everything. He said he needed work and threw 52 pitches.

Karl Dorrell

He's healthy enough, he's throwing the ball, he's getting his timing back,

Bob Filner

With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county.

Jacques Rogge

We support that (tests). The reason for the tests is to protect the health of the athletes. These are health tests, they are not doping tests.

Francis Gannon

I think it was a very healthy thing that we saw this week, ... It was a valuation correction, not a fundamental correction.

J. Horton

It is important to help the troops stay healthy as they help others,

William Dietz

I'd like to think this shows women are leading the way in recognizing obesity as a health threat.

Martha Washington

He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.

David Katz

Lawn mower injuries require an interaction between person and machine, and research such as this can serve to make adjustments to both.

Rassie Erasmus

We lost some players, mostly through injuries picked up last year.

Tim Ruskell

We lost our two starting receivers to injuries at various times. If we didn't have Joe, we would have had a skid. We wouldn't have had our 11 in a row and we wouldn't be here.

Brian Barnhart

Paul Dana succumbed to his injuries shortly before Noon.

Jim Daley

Injuries occur and they are always unnerving and you always have to adapt. Sometimes, you have more notice than the end of the week.

Venus Williams

Injuries are part of sports, but right now, (I'm) solid.

Bobby Charlton

The injuries worry me because they all seem to be long term.

Simon Gagne

It's tough news to take right now, especially with the start I have had and everything was going well. Right now, we're going through so many injuries and my turn came.

Eric Steinbach

He wants us to come out showing a lot of energy, play hard, no mental mistakes.

Malik Rose

He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen.

Sheldon Brown

He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.

Yoandy Garlobo

We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .

Trevor Doughty

We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.

Larry Eustachy

We made the plays down the stretch. I thought it was the most mentally tough we played down the stretch all year.

Jodie King

I am disappointed in how we played. I really think it's a mental block. We were so keyed up, we had a letdown.

Rachel Hall

He teaches me to become mentally prepared and tells me to work hard.

Robert Ringer

You can never be free until you develop the mental strength to stop fretting over things you cannot control.

Linda Maxwell

The nurses and staff at the hospice were the most wonderful people. I can't say enough about how they made my parents stay dignified.

Deborah Burger

Nurses are required to be patient advocates and do no harm.

Teju Cole

Never say 'I went to Harvard.' Say 'I schooled in the Boston area.'

Jessica Pare

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

Julie Brown

I was always trying to do things to make school fun.

Richard Madden

I was at a rough high school where admitting you were an actor didn't go down well.

Jan Murphy

I think we've done just about everything that can be done on a school vacation.

Ron Messick

Lauren's so big as a player. A lot of schools are starting to take notice.

Ruben Blades

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Ruben Studdard

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

Rose McGowan

I went to regular schools and I was home schooled a lot but I don't have any history in schools. Like, I literally don't exist. I didn't even get a birth certificate until the mid-80s. I always feel like I could be, like, 10 years younger, or maybe I'm 70!