Famous Quotes & Sayings

Xun Zi

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

Thomas J. Watson

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Wendelin Van Draanen

What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I see literature as a method of guidance, information, and contemplation, and consider it the greatest compliment possible when a reader tells me that a book of mine really made him/her think.

Virginia Postrel

People without children do have the freedom to do things that caring parents with dependent kids can't - to work long hours, to travel frequently, to relocate, and to do all these things on short notice if necessary. In return, they can achieve positions that devoted parents can't.

Bill Gates

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

Yehuda Berg

The whole point of all of this - why we are here, why the world is here, and why we have the political system and leaders that we do - is to achieve change. This is the purpose of life.

Chris Bohjalian

My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to write 800-1,200 words. I don't always achieve it, and the reality is that a lot of the words I write will end up on the cutting-room floor.

David Beckham

I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it, but I've come to the end of my career and can look back and say I've achieved everything with every club that I've played for.

Robert Rubin

The overarching point of the president's economic strategy going forward in the 1999 budget is clear: under no circumstances should we take any steps that will undo the fiscal discipline that we have worked so hard to achieve and has been so central to our strong economy of the last five years.

Giraldus Cambrensis

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

Ellen Key

On the whole, the experience that the activity of the soul obeys the law of least resistance has been verified even in regard to women's social morals. As a rule, these have been focused on the family and on charity - among other reasons, because woman's sense of duty seldom finds means of expression in other directions.

David Byrne

The physical sensation of gliding with the wind in your face is exhilarating. That automatic activity of pedalling, when you have to be awake but not think too much, allows you to let subconscious thoughts bubble up, and things seem to just sort themselves out. And the adrenaline wakes you up if you weren't properly alert.

Andy Xie

The policy is still very defensive. The government doesn't know what's going to replace the economic activity that is being moved to China.

Paul Sheard

The pickup in domestic demand seems to be starting to boost activity in the tertiary sector.

Andrew Mitchell

The pickup in construction of new homes is good news for the Australian building industry, pointing to firmer activity ahead.

Richard Donnell

The pick up in activity levels and prices over the final quarter has created optimism that values will continue to rise slowly over the year ahead. The recovery in London is set to continue and spread to the Southeast over the year.

Huda Zoghbi

The overall picture we have now is that glutamine expansion causes some aspects of the pathology of SCA1 in part by enhancing the activity of the domain that is outside the glutamine repeat.

Norbert Ore

The overall picture is one of continued softening in manufacturing activity during the month of December.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

Tina Brown

Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood that people fought as much for medals as for morals.

Idina Menzel

Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.'

Idina Menzel

I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time!

Isaac Brock

When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!

Isabella Bird

The traveller who aspires to reach the highlands of Tibet from Kashmir cannot be borne along in a carriage or hill-cart. For much of the way, he is limited to a foot pace, and if he has regard to his horse, he walks down all rugged and steep descents, which are many, and dismounts at most bridges.

Giles Foden

Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences.

Gil Gerard

I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider to be the classic science fiction film.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.

Yotam Ottolenghi

I keep returning to the combination of artichoke, broad beans and lemon. The freshness of young beans and the lemon juice 'lifts' the artichoke and balances its hearty nature.

Barclays Capital

U.S. gasoline inventories have fallen further below their five-year average, while U.S. oil demand remains strong. Our estimates of current market balances indicate a significant tightening relative to a year ago.

P. Sathasivam

There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, must have respect for the others and not encroach into each other's domain.

Rand Paul

My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget.

Peter Cardillo

We are optimistic with the technology sector, ... Most of the large technology companies have strong balances and they are likely to increase capital expenditure, which in turn, tends to generate better results.

Jimmy Bennett

I work mostly during the week, and on the weekend I get to hang out with friends, so it balances out pretty well.

Carl Cotman

Basically, it's a huge message to send out to women who are worried about hormone balances to make sure they stay fit. It's going to give women pause to reflect.

Robert Krueger

I have a feeling that any catastrophic increases are being blended in throughout the country. There are all kinds of risks everywhere -- hurricanes here, earthquakes in California, and some places where nothing happens. It eventually all balances out.

Jonathan Levine

For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized on '50/ 50' why I liked these blending of tones, because I think it's kind of what life is like: funny one minute, sad the next, scary the next.

Dave Trosper

We have a good scheme. We're causing some people problems. They've been the focus while our offense gets more experience.

Tom Ryan

Most of the outside electrical service was non-operative during the 2005 season, causing severe operational limitations.

Allen Sinai

It is causing some imported goods prices, which were falling a lot a year ago, now to start rising and this is outside of oil and energy. That's just one more ingredient that says there's more risks that inflation will go higher than lower.

Justin Dombrowski

The problems with these high winds is not only is it sucking the moisture out of the fuel or the vegetation that's going to burn, but it also fanned the fire for a half a mile long and also got it into the trees causing safety problems for firefighters.

Mark Calvert

We hope to be a destination. Our goal is to move from 1.8 days per stay to closer to 3.6, working closely with the convention center, causing a different type of experience.

Condoleezza Rice

We do have to be vigilant and to demonstrate that we know the difficulties that that government is causing for its neighbors. Those relationships are deeply concerning to us and to me. And we are very concerned about a democratically elected leader who governs in an illiberal way.

Hidetsugu Asanoi

We're deeply sorry for causing trouble to and disturbing our patients.

Zach Thomas

We're changing so many things, it's causing confusion for other teams. In the past, it's always been so simple. Now we're making offenses think a little bit. They don't know where I'm going to be.

Jonathan Patz

Those most vulnerable to climate change are not the ones responsible for causing it. Our energy-consumptive lifestyles are having lethal impacts on other people around the world, especially the poor.

George Rodriguez

We have to watch out for the mom-and-pop stores. They did not move out, they did not capitulate. They served the clients in the area.

Rick Greene

Typically, hospital clients just don't have the internal resources. They don't have the depth of resources on staff, so it's a natural evolution to go to an outside source for that.

Paul Otellini

We've known for a decade, since Intel was involved in the Desktop Management Task Force, that desktop clients need better security and better management visibility.

Terry Trippler

We have clients who are very finicky about their seats. I think they'll pay that extra $15.

Tony Perez

We have clients on the home side that have five or six computers with the sort of equipment you'd see in a small business,

Paul Downes

My clients are fighting for their lives in the port of Miami, and the losses they will suffer are very substantial indeed.

David Kock

My client keeps on saying he is not guilty.

Richard Katz

My client . . . is extremely upset and offended at the personal affronts contained in the letter directed not only at him but also at his players.

James Rubin

My client is entitled to a presumption of innocence at this point.

Nativo Lopez

The policies are already having the effect of loss of confidence in the police.

Robert Eaton

The outlook for the U.S. automotive industry remains favorable -- consumer confidence continues to be high while unemployment and inflation remain low,

Arsenio Hall

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

Charles R. Swindoll

Only you can determine your choice of attitude. Choose wisely, choose carefully, choose confidently!

Charles R. Swindoll

There are times we need to tell ourselves, "Good job!" when we know that is true.

Greg Sparling

The 2-0 start gives us tons of confidence. Confidence is huge, in anything you do in life.

John McElroy

The Angel's success gave us the confidence to be ambitious.

Jimmy Carter

The American people are losing confidence in the system, and they want electoral reform,

Kate Warne

The overall tenor of the market has been very positive because the economic numbers are relaxing fears of a rate hike (by the U.S. Federal Reserve).

Jim Gallagher

The overall intention is to try to have mares reside longer in the state. That's where the greatest economic development is derived.

F. Sionil Jose

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

Roger Altman

The 2008 economic crisis and Great Recession forced widespread restructuring throughout the U.S. economy - not unlike a company gritting its teeth through a lifesaving bankruptcy.

Arthur Levitt

The American economy is the eighth wonder of the world. The ninth is the economic ignorance of the American people.

Bill Grant

That would be great. The more economic development you have, the better it is for the region.

Rainer Guntermann

We have a more mixed picture (and) that would have made some people rethink economic prospects maybe towards the end of the year.

Paul Hubbert

We could have another economic downturn. We need to maintain a reserve.

Mike Schussler

We know that with a lot of the strikes, if they last only a day or three, we can make up that lost production. If it lasts a week or longer we make up only some of that production. That's when it starts having economic consequences.

Bob Turcotte

We have more than exceeded my expectations. I thought perhaps going 14-5 would be reasonable.

Don Meyer

We invited 1,000 of our volunteers, and expected from 200 to 300 to be able to attend. As always, their response has exceeded our expectations.

Michael Casserly

Wherever the powers that be set these bars, we're going to meet and exceed them.

Harold Brown

We forget that most students, if not all, can exceed the minimum.

Dan Fellman

I was very pleased with the opening. It exceeded our expectations.

Donald Brownlee

It exceeded all of our grandest expectations. We should have more than 1 million particles larger than 1 micron in diameter.

Dr. Roberts

I think Randy is a fantastic success story. He exceeded my personal expectations for recovery.

Chuck D.

We exceeded the predictions, but we lived up to our own internal expectations.

Howard Staunton

The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game.

Gianni Agnelli

And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.

Virginia Postrel

I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother.

Jacek Tyszkiewicz

The pavement underneath the asphalt is crumbling. The drainage wasn't that particularly good. The planners back in the 1960's expect only 150,000 vehicles a day.

Mike Quade

The past two or three weeks we've pitched it the way I thought we would from the get-go. This is also the kind of pitching I expect from Mitre.

Bill Bruford

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

Bill Bradley

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

Chris Allen

The 3 percent kicks in during year three. On paper, we're not expecting to show a profit for the first year; we hope to show a small profit in year two.

Erik Anderson

The 9-hole is my most favorite position in the lineup. Nobody ever expects that player can hit.

Chris Liddell

The analysts were expecting more of a launch spike than we were,

Wesley Clark

The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either.

Brittany Curran

Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy.

Dean Geyer

I think my time on 'Australian Idol' really helped train my voice for a lot of genres.

Cilla Black

I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that.

Alice Walker

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

Chris Harris

That was huge. That helped us out a lot .

Matt Mitchell

That was probably the one mistake I made, but my team picked me up and helped me through it.

Joanne Boyle

We could have helped ourselves. Now, it's a wait-and-see.

Randall Kennedy

Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

Derek Hall

UVSC is now the third largest institution in the state, and this survey shows that our support and perceptions have increased over the past two years,

Roy Barnes

As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.

Tony Gerlicz

We have a very arts-rich curriculum. I could get rid of all that. But if I increased my test scores, does that mean a student is better educated? No.

Robert Murray

Joy is increased by spreading it to others

Al Groh

I think it's been a positive spring for Chris, mostly because he's had an increased opportunity to demonstrate his skills now that he's taking the majority of the turns.

Kathleen Stoll

Had it not been for these (government) programs, the number of uninsured would have increased even more in each of the past several years.

Greg Simon

The period right after people start taking antidepressant medication is not a period of increased risk. In fact, risk after starting medication is lower than before.

Bryan Hopkins

We have increased results by more than 400 percent in the last two years because we have the right tools, people and process in place.

Chuck Brown

We recognize that tuition over time has increased pretty significantly.

C. S. Lewis

Thus, and not otherwise, the world was made. Either something or nothing must depend on individual choices.

C. S. Lewis

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.

Michael Greco

The ABA position is that some of these provisions are so invasive of individual liberties that there has to be a sunset provision. They're offensive, I think, to democracy,

Skip Holtz

Today was a teaching day. We were able to spend the majority of our time on individual work with a corrective mindset. We had the opportunity to throw it around a little more and key on execution.

Robert Waterston

We're really looking at an individual evolutionary event, and this is spectacular.

Pierre Omidyar

In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents.

Larry Jackson

Most of them have an individual drive, knowing they have to come in at a state level.

Tom Taulli

I think this will be a volatile stock. Individual investors should be wary.

Bede Griffiths

Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure.

Zadie Smith

I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.

Zac Goldsmith

I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.

Yoko Ono

I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world.

William E. Conway, Jr.

Generally, I have a strong interest in trying to help people who are maybe not as lucky as I am. I've been well rewarded in this world. I'm more worried about the next one.

Christina Baker Kline

As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.

Clint Eastwood

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

John C. Calhoun

Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.

Carrie Brownstein

For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me.

Carl Sagan

UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable.

Bernard Berenson

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Bill Bradley

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Charles R. Swindoll

I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying.

Michael Lynch

We have worked with Bode for several years now and know the type of person he is. Yes, he has been provocative, but we also recognize that he's revolutionized his sport and has energized the Turin Games, which is a positive for all of us who are vested in their success.

Rutina Wesley

When you're not working is when you have to stay positive and remind yourself that you're talented.

Lance Bass

We're working on that. We should know this week. I'm a positive person so I always think positively.

Richard Mitchell

We're working on a positive leaflet to give to adults, but nothing grim.

William Shakespeare

What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grief.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Isaac Brock

As frustrating as it is to not have a record come out, I have to make sure that it's worth putting out. I have to be trying to say something, for one. I have to not oversell what I'm trying to say. I can't 'Bono' it.

Bill Bryson

Most of what has lived on Earth has left behind no record at all.

Kenenisa Bekele

The 3,000 meters record has stood for a long time.

Bob McAnally

That was the most ever, a record number.

Scott Ritter

I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none.

Patricia Millett

I certainly have a pretty settled pattern at this point of what I do substantively in terms of reviewing briefs, record materials, cases, etc.

Madonna Ciccone

Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.

Johnny Marr

You can grow up without having to conform, stop going to shows, stop having a record collection, start being politically iffy.

Joshua Bell

I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.

Alex North

I like what I hear as a resulting combination of these two strands... something of a combination of familiarity and, for lack of a better word, strangeness.

Chuck D.

if they don't think he can play shortstop then they should think about trading him.

Carol Kennedy

We routinely look at any unusual trading activity.

Paul Diamond

Right now we're still in a trading bind,

Peter Smith

A lot of times you don't know who you're trading with or where.