Famous Quotes & Sayings

Terry Carter

A peer complimented me on how well I handled a meeting, which turned hostile. I didn't even notice. I had come to expect such hostility and antagonism as the norm. I needed a break and decided to create an environment I wanted to return to each day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature is upheld by antagonism.

Eric Idle

There was often antagonism and chair throwing and stamping of feet, which is kind of a healthy thing to do when you're arguing about what's funny. That healthy tension was something that held the group together.

Joe Nathan

There's broad frustration and even antagonism out there. Americans perceive unions as people who put the interests of their members first. They don't feel the unions pay enough concern to getting rid of ineffective teachers. They see unions as challenging and often trying to stop school reform.

Eskinder Nega

In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

Miriam Toews

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

Karl Marx

But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade

Dennis McDonald

The antagonism is pretty much a thing of history.

Edward Grey

I cannot conceive any point which can arise in the immediate future which would bring ourselves and the Germans into antagonism of interests.

Jeff Phillips

He wanted someone on the broadcast who would give Clemson a face it didn't particularly have at that time, and it still really doesn't. At least the university is starting to move in the right way.

David Rosenberg

Has the roof collapsed? You get trends like this at the tail-end of the Fed rate-hiking cycle, and what follows next is either a soft or hard landing in the broad economy.

Jeff Bezos

This was our fastest sequential growth as a public company, and we are grateful that so many customers chose Amazon.com for such a broad range of products,

Tracy Lefteroff

What you are seeing is a shift away from e-commerce and back to the plumbing of the Internet. The telecom sector and software are doing quite well as are DSL, broadband and fiber optics. Most of them are retooling to enter the fiber optic age.

Scott McClellan

Her record is one of being a trailblazer for women in the legal profession and a record of being a tough and strong litigator who has represented clients before state and federal courts on a broad range of issue." ()

Rich Greenfield

Going direct over a broadband (Internet) connection is a very smart business and I think you'll see other broadcasters follow suit.

James Graham

Good disaster response planning requires broad involvement of several community groups. Pediatricians, local school officials, school nurses, public health officials, emergency officials and school physicians should work together to improve the preparedness of schools for the unwelcome possibility of a mass casualty event.

Gordon Smith

History shows that pay-TV subscribers flee in droves to alternative providers when there is even a rare service disruption - demonstrating a quantifiable value for 'must-have' broadcast programming.

Chen Xiaodi

It could broaden their investment channels as they could engage in business that is currently unavailable in domestic market such as trading of financial derivatives.

Hiroichi Nishi

Key U.S. monthly jobs data, due later in the day, a three-day weekend and concerns that the Tokyo market has gone too far too fast are expected to encourage investors to take profits.

Paul Spiegelman

I would support a recall of the mayor. I'm really troubled when a man talks about sunshine and hatches deals in back rooms. I'm very concerned that the process is being manipulated by some very wealthy people.

Robin Cook

It accentuates our grave concern about the increased risk of nuclear and missile proliferation in South Asia, and of escalating tension in that region.

Joe Donnelly

I talk about it. It's a concern to a lot of people.

Melanie Sloan

I think it's a little too cozy. It's not an uncommon practice, but it is a concerning one.

Kent Yau

I think it's a good gesture. The government is showing concern about the financial industry especially with some of the smaller brokers complaining about the lack of business.

Kelly Kisio

I think it'll be fine and I know there's some concern on a lot of people's part but if you watch around the league, the guys who play, and play a lot, get better. It might be tough for a year or so but once those guys get playing, they'll become good hockey players.

Anthony Crescenzi

I think it is more psychological than anything. But there is concern more money will be put in euro reserves than in dollar reserves.

Anthony Crescenzi

I think it is more psychological than anything, ... But there is concern more money will be put in euro reserves than in dollar reserves.

Peter Costello

It is in Australia's interests that we promote it in preference to other areas,

Doug Bereuter

Releasing Mr. Pollard would put vital U.S. interests at risk and send the message that we are not serious about punishing espionage.

James Franklin

Interests in Bermuda should monitor the progress of Leslie.

Kevin Zeese

I'm running for U.S. Senate because the two major parties no longer represent the interests of most Americans,

Sen. Garrett

I'm sure there are some special interests who would love to see this go away, but it's not going to.

Jane Clayson

I love to hear about ordinary people's lives and interests and what motivates them.

David Miliband

Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues.

Mr Bush

The Iranians have said 'We want a weapon' and it's not in the world's interests that they have a weapon.

Stephen Farnsworth

The truth is that it is profitable for private interests to give things to lawmakers. And if it weren't, they wouldn't give them. If it were not profitable for them to put some of their resources in the pockets of lawmakers, they wouldn't do it.

Jim Moran

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

Brad Dayspring

I think a lot of members will be supportive of the legislation.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Warren Cuccurullo

Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Eric Swanson

I think in the long run, it'll pay off,

Harry Anderson

What you get when you come here is you pay way too much for my stuff, but you get it signed by me, demonstrated by me,

Josh Thomas

He really works with you and pays attention.

Darren Clarke

He said, 'You do know which TV tower I was talking about, don't you? I said, 'Yeah, the one on the right.' And he said, 'No, it was the one on the left.' It was all my fault. I didn't really pay that much attention.

Bryan Colangelo

He's a thug, and I want him out. He's always been a thug. I'll do everything in my power to see that he pays for it.

Bill Dudley

I think you have to be somewhat skeptical about the payroll number.

Jay Bender

I think a reading of the statute supports that it has to pay something for on-reservation children.

Anja Thiessen

I will have to pay 12 percent of my salary for six years.

Robby Gordon

I will pay him back. NASCAR, listen. He's getting it back big time.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Joe Horn

Just to make those people happy, it's all worthwhile.

Spencer Kayden

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Dave Breitenfeld

I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do.

Scott McCallum

I will say we now, in the polling in Wisconsin, much different than many other races, the public didn't perceive that we were getting a fair shake from the media.

Park Chan-wook

The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.

Jodi Picoult

There is no one truth. There’s only what happened, based on how you perceive it.

Paul Arden

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

Ricky Boren

It's a perception issue, ... It's the way the public perceives our investigation of our own officers.

Lord Puttnam

The substance of what we do and how we do it is probably even more important than how that is perceived and how we communicate it.

Oleg Cassini

What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.

Karen Woodall

The poor are not perceived as voters. You can see that's what legislators think when they make these spending decisions.

Jeffrey Gitomer

In sales, it's not what you say; it's how they perceive what you say.

Howard Fineman

I think in the end, we were fair. He was riding a wave that overtook him. I don't think that was our fault.

Wayne Lawson

He wanted to ride Vexing because he thought she could win.

Laura Melisi

He couldn't get her out of his life. She wouldn't leave. She wanted everything, and he didn't know how to get rid of her because of her threats.

Kunda Dixit

He really wants to ride it out. It may take some time (for him to go).

Lisa Sampson

Here's them trying to get rid of him.

Nicole Scherzinger

We're on a wave, ... And we're going to ride it as long as we can.

Patrick Surtain

We told him to get out, but he wanted to ride it out. He was a little stubborn,

Ken Buck

I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

Carlos Chitty

I could talk to him. He would ride in my car. We were really buddies.

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.

Aaron Johnson

I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

Richard Madden

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

Alexis Gordon

I thought the school would never be done.

Diane Benczkowski

I think we?re suppressing our residents, school and students.

Jan Murphy

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

Deirdre O'Kane

I think boarding school does give you an independence.

Bruce Willis

Just Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.

Ashraf Nubani

Just stop the pain, I'll say anything, ... one lash after another.

Mike Gatting

He's got 600 but he won't be stopping there,

Joseph Druce

I was just, like, 'That's it. That's it. I've got to stop this. I couldn't get it out of my head.

Tony Longa

We made some strides defensively. But we just couldn't get a big stop in overtime.

Steve Gray

He wasn't communicating, ... and if he's not going to talk to us, fine. If he's in violation, then let's stop it right now.

Josh Fodor

He was stopping everything. We had a lot of opportunities but couldn't get any in.

James Rubin

I don't know who talked first. Let's just stop it, okay?

Mike McBride

He was unbelievable. We couldn't have stopped him with 16 tanks.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Jennifer Fallon

I actually started writing publishable stuff the day I decided I'd actually like to write something I'd like to read, and stopped trying to think what does everyone actually want.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Mark Krikorian

I think it's going to implode. They're trying to do too much.

Steve Foley

It hurts, man. We've done everything we can do to this point; trying not to aggravate it.

Estelle

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

Jacquelyn Jablonski

I was always trying on clothes, always really into fashion, ever since probably kindergarten.

Greg Bowers

We've been trying to play at Brooke's level, and we've been disappointed in past, but this is an accomplishment.

Richard Rogers

The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

Jose Manuel Barroso

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

Jose Manuel Barroso

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

Henry A. Kissinger

The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Employers and employees alike have learned that in union there is strength.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.

Paul Trainor

You wonder how long the unions will take it.

Eric Bolling

A lot of unions are doing the same thing on the left that the NRA is doing on the right.