Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Ron Chernow

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

Travis Tritt

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

Regis Philbin

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

Reid Hoffman

Finished ought to be an F-word for all of us. We are all works in progress. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, grow more in our lives and careers.

Woodrow Wilson

There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of God America will once more have an opportunity to show the world that she was born to save mankind.

William Weld

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability economic, political and social.

William J. Clinton

The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the basis of their gender, or race from opportunities to develop, perform, achieve and contribute. Affirmative action is an effort to develop systematic approach to open the doors of education, employment, and business development opportunities to qualified individuals who happen to be members of groups that have experienced long-standing and persistent discrimination.

William J. Clinton

What if [Saddam] fails to comply and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction? ... Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal.

Gary Schatsky

If you have a choice, pick a different departure date.

Coco Chanel

Perfume heralds a woman’s arrival and prolongs her departure.

Keith Schwer

Since month-to-month variation is anticipated, the most recent information suggests only a modest departure from the strong upward trend.

Jimmy Carter

If we think that Arafat can just issue an edict or an order, like a dictator, and everyone is going to get off the streets, or everyone is going to comply completely with a peaceful settlement, we are sadly mistaken,

Nachman Shai

Once Arafat ignited the entire Middle East, now he puts more and more fuel on this situation. He wants the fire to burn and to be as high as possible ... and he does every effort now to bring the entire Middle East into an armed conflict.

Ariel Sharon

It's completely clear that in order to ease (the sanctions), there are steps that Chairman Arafat must take. The steps came up in my discussion with General Powell and I imagine they will be made clear also to Chairman Arafat.

Elliott Abrams

At Camp David in 2000, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat 94 percent of the West Bank; ten years later, Ehud Olmert offered Abbas 93.6 percent with a one-to-one land swap.

Ariel Sharon

Arafat is looking for (an) excuse not to proceed with negotiations, though he knows exactly that the (Israeli) government is ready to move forward and to implement the second phase of withdrawal (from the West Bank),

Steve Largent

This is precisely the type of event that people like Mr. Arafat ought to be invited to,

Yasser Arafat

to give Arafat a nudge, no -- more than that -- a push.

Kofi Annan

We all have our respective positions. The U.N. still recognizes Chairman Arafat and we will continue to deal with him.

Ehud Barak

I stand my ground, look reality in the eye, remove the mask from (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat , remove the filters from the eyes of Israelis and I am ready to weigh ground-breaking ideas (for peace).