Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joshua Shapiro

The Fed tipped its hat to the fact that growth has slowed a bit, and blamed it on energy prices,

Christian Chartier

The tribunal has nothing to be blamed for.

Joe Sinagra

Democrats are not as indignant over the high costs of energy now as their party controls congress and it is harder to point the finger at anyone. To date the Democrats, who had blamed the policies of a GOP-led Congress for helping fuel record oil-industry profits, now control the House and Senate. The silence is deafening.

Larry Lopez

They just kinda blamed each other. 'That's not ours,' the city says, 'that's not ours.' The state said, 'that's not ours.' It hasn't been done.

Mary Jordan

Sometimes things happen around here and you know, we get blamed for it.

Kevin Durkin

Every time this has happened, in my view, Metra has blamed the victim.

E. P. Thompson

Every time the taxes went up, we got blamed for it. But our tax rate at the school district hasn't changed over a decade.

Anthony Shaffer

There was a feeling ... if we give this information to the FBI and something goes wrong, we're going to get blamed for whatever goes wrong,

Fadel Gheit

Obviously, if they had cut production more, prices would have probably moved higher, and that would have curtailed economic growth, ... They want to make sure they will not be blamed for any economic slowdown in the second half of this year.

Keith Ashdown

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Jerry Reed

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Phil Smith

I think what Sen. Specter has introduced is a very good step in the right direction and we're looking forward to Congress passing legislation to improve the safety of miners.

Greg Valliere

I think sometimes after we have this type of party, there is a hangover -- and this comes in '05, ... The new Congress in '05 will make efforts to restrain growth. They may not rescind the tax cuts, but there will be spending restraint. But between now and then, it's just a party.

Michael R. Bloomberg

I don't know what goes on on ships, ... I can tell you exactly what goes on on the streets of New York City. You are safe. People are nice. It is exciting. It is easy to get around. We have rooms reserved for every member of Congress and for every delegate.

Claire McCaskill

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

Dick Durbin

I'm hoping that (the president and Congress are) sensitive to what consumers are needing,

Laura Castro

I'm hoping something will happen soon in Congress.

Lennart Johansson

I'll decide tomorrow after the Uefa Congress whether I will speak or not.

Royal Masset

In this situation, she is the most powerful player. She controls the variable in this session the spending limits.

Jim Peters

The instructor took over the controls and the student got on the radio, declared an emergency and a mayday.

Chuck Miller

The engine (for Pallotti) is the Faulkner kid. She controls the ball, defensively she's a bulldog, offensively, she controls the offense. She's one of these kids who walks up to you before the game with a smile, then walks out on the court and kicks your butt.

Michael Young

There are no controls on (legislative spending). One of the problems is accountability. There is not enough information about what they are spending money on, and how much they are spending.

Joseph Zwilling

We have since put in financial controls and oversight to try and prevent something like this from happening again.

James Brennan

Even though there are controls placed on the processing, the smell that will come out from the new plant would be overpowering.

Henry Paulson

A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers.

Michael Mann

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot.

Matt Elledge

To win four titles in a row, you know they have a great program. It's going to depend on tempo. Whoever controls the pace of the game will probably win.

Javier Bardem

There are so many movies and it's a waste of time and a waste of money. Basically, movies are made with what it costs the external debt of all Africa.

Kay Runge

It costs us probably a third per square foot to run as the other building.

Marilyn Rush

It costs so much money, and we're poor people.

Dennis McAlpine

It costs more now to go skiing than to go to Disney World. That's going to drive skier-days down.

Melanie Bien

It costs a lot of money and effort to do this. Most people would opt for a bridging loan.

David Thompson

I think it's very likely that these costs will be passed on to consumers.

Sean Ross

It goes in 10-year cycles. One of the things that's happening now is that radio is in transition. So everything is up for grabs. Also, you have a very slow market out there - labels aren't putting out so many records. And, because they're looking at the costs of promoting records, they're putting out fewer left-field ones.

Richard Price

There are short-term costs related to rescue efforts but it will probably have more of a psychological than a financial effect.

Michael Dortch

HP's latest earnings are a Valentine to shareholders, and to Mark Hurd and his team. Hurd has done a good job focusing on the basics, getting costs and expenses down and morale up.

Jeffrey Vasser

Going into (Thursday), I - we all - thought that's what we're going to be hearing, that they had a date for us.

Roger McDowell

He seems to be day to day. We're not putting a date on anything.

David Gill

We've given them a date and it would be nice if it could happen. Everyone at the club, particularly the supporters, would like to pay tribute to Roy after everything he's done for us.

Pat Roberts

I have found no evidence to date in the rather voluminous material, floor to ceiling, that we have 10 staffers going over, that there was any manipulation on the part of the administration,

Justin Gimelstob

I date a girl on the women's tour, ... I think there is nothing sexier than a girl who is athletic.

Jody Kielbasa

I can honestly say this is far and away the strongest lineup of films we've ever had, and our new dates help. This year's festival offers something for everyone with over 185 from all over the world.

Leslie Campbell

He will never be a teenager, go to a school dance, date or drive a car. He was excited about junior high and walking to school.

Candace Kita

In my humble opinion, preserving racial purity isn't a worthwhile goal. You should be able to date whomever, whenever, wherever without the threat of a backlash.

Justin Chon

I had a date with a girl I called 'the parrot.' All she did was repeat everything I said. She never had an original thought of her own. Everything I liked, she liked. Everything I hated, she hated. It was annoying!

Jim Stuart

Republicans have not been doing their share of registering voters. The Democrats should be congratulated.

Dennis Hastert

I pledge to work with those Democrats who want to work with me.

Craig Smith

In the national struggle between Democrats and Republicans, Ohio is ground zero.

P. J. O'Rourke

Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference.

Barney Frank

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.

Jennifer Duffy

The problem with having a state as expensive as New Jersey in play is that it might divert resources from other races. National Democrats would prefer not to spend money in New Jersey. But they may have to if this race gets close.

Julian Castro

Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.

Reid Ribble

Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.

Ken Mehlman

Maybe he was responding to James Carville, who warned the Democrats that the public wanted reform. The Democrats seem stuck in concrete.

Lee Humphrey

He was big for us tonight. He's been around for five years; he knows how to prepare for games. He knows the right mindset to have, and he stays focused. Tonight he gave us great energy off the bench.

Siobhan Davies

What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity.

Ross Gittell

Historically, spikes in energy prices are followed by a recession. The possibility (of a recession) is there; the probability is less than 50 percent, but it's there.

Chelsea Levine

There is energy and it's exciting performing on stage with other people.

Willie Wilson

I thought our guys really did a good job down the stretch. I thought we really played with a lot more energy and a lot more focus and played at a higher level that we need to play with to win in this kind of environment.

Brian Brohm

I think we were up pretty handily and some guys got a little complacent. We didn't have as much energy and didn't execute like we needed to, and that contributed to Kentucky getting back into the game.

Chuck D.

I think we are going to see the push for renewable energy gain a steadily higher profile.

Amber Bacon

I think us losing to JSU was a big wake-up call. ... I honestly don't think that will happen again. I don't think we will lose energy anymore, because that was a big loss and it hurt us really, really bad.

Dan Kammen

It is not a massive savings, not like putting in 10 percent energy and getting out 100 percent. We find it is somewhat better than gasoline, but it's not a home run.

Glen Campbell

It hurts and I'm going to have to have it operated on. Sometimes, I have to use just three fingers on my left hand when I play.

Ian Paisley

There is a finger pointing tonight at IRA-Sinn Fein.

Frank Ostanik

I didn't, for whatever reason, get our guys to play hard. I can't point fingers at our guys because I didn't get them ready to play the way they needed to.

Dusty Baker

He hadn't had anything to this point. We'll keep our fingers crossed.

Adam Eaton

I'm healthy as can be. The finger is a non-issue.

Jack Bowman

I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book open. You can see how long they lingered on each page by the finger stains.

Leandro Barbosa

I really like to do that finger roll.

Greg Beals

I haven't been able to put my finger on it exactly. I think it's guys motivating themselves and getting ready to play and getting off on the right foot. We haven't been able to get ourselves fired up until the other team does something to get us fired up.

Nathan Lane

I'm not going to wear this in the show, ... Have you met my finger puppet Melvin?

Gunnar Lindstrom

It (hydrogen fuel cells) needs a major breakthrough in technology.

Veerappa Moily

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

Katsuaki Watanabe

In the United States people are getting more fuel conscious,

Roger Price

In the whole scheme of things, it's not that big of a deal. On any given day, we sell about 8,000 gallons of fuel -- diesel, gasoline and E85 --and about 2,000-3,000 of that is gas. Of that, about 300 gallons is E85. So, it's a lot to me, but probably not a lot to you.

John McLaughlin

If the North Koreans have mastered solid fuel rockets, that would be an important development,

Mark Savage

In this case, the fuel was always in a safe condition.

Jonathan Tucker

You have to eat, all day, and you have to have the right fuel to get you through different physical and mental obstacles that fighters have to get through. Just dealing with the diet alone becomes an all-encompassing, fully immersive experience. And then, there's the physical side of it, having to put your body through everything required to make you look like a fighter.

Rik Paul

The Highlander is very quiet and comfortable and the Hybrid version gives you quicker acceleration and moderately better fuel economy.

James Hansen

The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.

Chauncey Billups

He's a volume shooter and he's pretty much the No. 1 and No. 2 options for them. He's going to shoot a lot of shots, and he's going to make some tough ones and score some points. We'll be right there doing whatever we can to make it harder on him.

Shari Schau

I think we just played harder than they did.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers. It was really that simple. And I think with the proliferation of the Internet and Internet media, it has been a little harder to maintain that gatekeeper position.

Herman Edwards

It is harder for me because we know all the work he has put into it,

Lindsey Graham

If you increase taxes now on - at any level, it's going to make it harder to create jobs And we've lost 2 1/2 million jobs since the stimulus package passed. We're at 9.6 unemployment. So I don't think we tax too little, I think we spend too much.

Pete Smith

in rural Mississippi, it is sometimes harder to get to them.

William Greene

I just didn't know what to expect. . . . There's no substitute for experience. Now I realize I need to work a lot harder off the field. It's not about just getting out there and running, it's about studying and knowing your opponent and knowing the job you've got to do.

Barry Bonds

I'm used to it. It's harder with my leg, though, a lot harder. Why should it be different past to present?

H. Hunt

If the purpose was to simplify the process, why are we throwing up obstacles? ... Where I'm hearing this going is that we're making it harder ... for an overlay than for a conservation district.

Kiki Vandeweghe

He wants to be helping his team. Let's just leave it at that.

DeAndre Rice

Here, he's more humble. He's taking his time with us and learning from the mistakes he made. And he's helping us to be together and play as a team.

Bob Cole

He's a lot better from where he was last year. I think all the reps he is getting are helping him out. He's played more than he thought he was going to play.

Schoolboy Q

I think we - the way to stop anything violent or anything wrong is by really just paying attention to your own circle. You only can help the world by helping the people next to you.

Paul Wolfowitz

Helping people lift themselves out of poverty is truly a noble mission.

Lynn Upson

Helping other communities is a really big thing for me right now because it's a horrible thing to feel so helpless.

Reid Hoffman

Trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace.

William S. Burroughs

Dennis Cooper, God help him, is a born writer.

Samuel Smiles

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

Courtney LaVere

I was looking for Mel (D'Amico) with the high passes so she could score.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Jackson Wheeler

He was a big-time recruit out of high school, so a lot of people liked what they saw in him.

Stan Butler

He'll be a high NHL pick. He'll be a first round pick.

Trish Routte

He is very likely a witness to the crime. There's a high probability that he saw something.

Graham Elliot

I tried to start my own religion in high school. I was very eccentric. I've always loved attention.

Fadel Gheit

The only thing keeping prices artificially high is the potential for supply disruption, ... Fundamentally, prices should be at $20-to-$25.

Noelle Reed

Had I had that in high school, I would be dangerous.

Rose Rosetree

Gwen's got that very rare characteristic, high ears. This relates to being unusually quick at learning and understanding things.

David Stanley

He didn't go over to that guy's house for a confrontation, he just wanted to know what was going on.

Jerry Shuster

He (O'Connor) can't be indiscriminate. He can't tear down a house here and tear down a house there, because then it looks like it's more for show. But if they can do three, even though they need 30 taken down, if those three are strategic, it's a tremendous plus.

Mike Moore

We take it from the house and turn it into what you see here.

Robert Hoehn

I think by the end of next week they'll be cheaper. We'll get through some House legislation yet.

Ruth Rendell

I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage.

Robert Sweeney

I was just sitting there watching t.v., and it sounded like the whole house shook.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.

Tori Amos

I like cosy, intimate houses.

Rodney Mullen

You build something but you cant live in the house because you sit around guarding it.

Richelle Mead

Did you follow me from the party?" "Yes" "I didn't even know you were there." His dark clothes indicated he must have been on guardian duty at the party. "So you saw the illustrious Janine cause a commotion by dragging me out." "It wasn't a commotion. Hardly anyone noticed. I saw because I was watching you.

Ronaldinho

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.

Wu Bangguo

Especially when there are difficulties in our relations, parties and statesmen in China and Japan should look over the situation from a higher point of view and preserve the political foundation of bilateral ties.

William J. Clinton

There's a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there's almost virtually no outlets that you can compare with the vast array of conservative press that's out there.

William J. Clinton

Constant conflict is actually often good politics, because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at Election Day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.

Sarah Palin

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.

Sarah Palin

Well, it's always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk. To just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built. Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good.

Sarah Palin

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.

Sara Cox

To be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Andrew Kohut

His ratings for being trustworthy, which were his strong point for all of his first term, have tumbled rather substantially this year.

Rich Baccellieri

I think (the point spread) would go to 3 before it went up to 4. But I think it's pretty solid at 3 1/2.

M. Thompson

I thought she was going to make a four- point difference. Turned out, it was five.

LeBron James

It got to a point where it was kind of mental. I've got to regroup.

Steve Rucchin

I don't feel I've done much of anything through this point of the year.

Kobe Bryant

He has been solid for us all year. Now he's putting points on the board, which is very popular with the people.

Jeremy Miller

He has the right to go to trial, but it would be a moot point by the time he did, because his shares will be gone.

William Golding

For a small island, the place is remarkably diverse. Writers tend to see things from their own points of view, looking in one direction very much.

Heinz Kramer

A lot remains to be done when it comes to Turkish policies towards minorities.

Tom Daschle

All along, the administration vowed their policies would be painless,

Craig Hill

We did all we could. Policies and procedures were followed. Everything went very well and effectively.

Wesley Clark

I think his disadvantage is that he doesn't seem to know who he is and he doesn't know what his policies are.

Erik Jones

We don't even have any policies and procedures, yet.

Bobby Seale

I'm a progressive. The progression has to be manifested in a new direction in policies and legislation.

Sharon Reid

We are now in the process of reviewing our policies and procedures.

Elizabeth A. Sherman

It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.

Robert Hale

We've been doing this for a long time, ... We look at our policies on a regular basis.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Waylon Jennings

Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.

Tony Visconti

The object is to make a great record and you have to do whatever it takes.

Tony Visconti

My profession is called record production.

Tony Visconti

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.

Vince Gill

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

Sade Adu

I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I'm not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand.

Roy Ayers

The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors.

Young Jeezy

I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.

William S. Burroughs

The forward step must be made in silence. We detach ourselves from word forms - this can be accomplished by substituting for words, letters, concepts, verbal concepts, other modes of expressions: for example, color.

Virginia Woolf

I need silence, and to be alone and to go out, and to save one hour to consider what has happened to my world, what death has done to my world.

William Saroyan

What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace.

Ray Winstone

There is something about silence and being in the middle of nowhere that is really very attractive.

Tullian Tchividjian

Holy Saturday. The best reminder that the silence of God doesn't equal the absence of God.

Uma Thurman

Thats when you know youve found somebody special. When you can just shut the f**k up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.

Robertson Davies

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

Sarah Dessen

See for me, it’s immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn’t sure which.

Sarah Dessen

and I wondered if, in the end, this is how all disputes are settled, with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, I take something from you. We all want balance, one way or another.