Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Fund

I think the bitterness generated by this election should prompt people of good will in both parties to try and find common ground, or as Democratic Senator Chris Dodd put it, ""Make it easy to vote, but tough to cheat.

E. B. White

We can choose how to think about and react to disappointment, ... At the extremes, one line of thought leads to bitterness and a shriveled soul. The other leads to wisdom and growth.

Richard L. Evans

The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any of us - whether we realize it or not. None of us can avoid it. It comes alike to the great and to the unknown; to the righteous and to the unrighteous. Wherein we differ is not in our ability to avert it, but in the preparedness with which we meet it. At such times some question the judgments of God. Some find bitterness because of the circumstances and because of the seeming untimeliness of death.

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

William Makepeace Thackeray

If I mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the use of a friend?

Travis Gerke

I'm most influenced by people I hate, since most everything I do stems from bitterness and anger. Off the top of my head, I think Gwen Stefani is pretty useless.

James Richardson

Bitterness is a greater failure than failure.

M. Scott Peck

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

Leo Rosten

Satire is focused bitterness.

Ken Ham

Most students are presented only with the evolutionary belief system in their schools, and they are censored from hearing challenges to it. Let our young people understand science correctly and hear both sides of the origins issue and then evaluate them.

Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Michaela Dorfmeister

I was like a horse in a box before the race. Now I go home from these Olympics with two medals, and they are both gold.

Jon Heacock

I was just as surprised as everyone. You're disappointed. It hurts and bothers you. Our football family is like any family.

Matt Carle

I was joking with Chris and Brian up there, how all three of us were just glad this thing was coming to an end after all the hype in the last three months. Now they're both competing for a national championship tomorrow (today).

John Paxson

Kirk is a very big piece of this team's foundation. He is a great leader for our team both on and off the floor and I am very excited to watch him develop.

Julie Martin

Kingma is just a phenomenal player, both offensively and defensively. She really got into Dunbar in the second half and was a great leader for them.

Don Williams

Kim woke up to hearing some people screaming. We smelled some smoke and we both walked out on the balcony and saw these embers flying by.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Kevin is a big guard who can defend both positions on the perimeter, ... We liked the effort he put forth during summer league play and wanted to take a second look at him.

Gayle Alvarez

I was like a kid on Christmas morning.

Robby Albarado

I was just a passenger tonight. The couple times I have ridden him, he does all the work. I just guide him. I'm so appreciative of Chris and Jeff flying me into Houston to ride him. I had a fortunate trip and was able to save ground.

Chadd Little

Just to see Chris fight through the years with what was going on ... it was just something I thought that I could do.

Colleen Atwood

It actually is as fun to make men's costumes, especially if they are as good-looking as Chris Hemsworth.

Poncho Broner

I think it happened during our Christmas tournament. It had been a few games.

Vincent Van Gogh

It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that when we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation - of loneliness, of poverty and misery, the end of all things, or their extreme - then rises in our mind the thought of God.

Jon Gruden

He did some good things. Chris made some fine plays today. We just didn't get enough done.

Mayor Cartmell

He is the most prominent citizen in town. We try to recognize our citizens ... People turn out for Chris Lofton here.

Fred Williams

Hall is a good Christian boy, never any trouble, ... I've known the whole family for years. I'm shocked, completely shocked. I just don't know what's going to happen. These are good people.

Sally Forman

I was interested in stepping out as a woman in philanthropy because I know that there are lots of powerful and generous women in the community and it gives us a common cause, which is schools. We show that we have strength and influence.

Ed Cogswell

I wouldn't say it's common - it really is dependent on a large number of factors,

Diana Oblinger

I would surmise that the single most common characteristic of learners today is being time-constrained.

Frank Penela

Just spray and just do the common sense things you'd do at this time of the year.

Platen

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Todd Spencer

I suspect that is going to be a pretty common situation for the guys who worked the port.

Wang Guoliang

I think it is common practice. This is something that other countries have done in the past. The US put such a levy in place in 1972.

Joseph Cheng

He is there to promote common interests between the two countries and to try to reduce the 'China threat' image. This is a very serious challenge.

Thomas Piketty

Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are compatible with democratic ideals.

Jalal Talabani

I swore to respect the Iraqi democratic regime and the Iraqi laws.

John Kitzhaber

has less to do with me than the general malaise of the Democratic Party right now.

Daniel Greenberg

We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy.

Larry Jacobs

We've gone from a situation of Democratic dominance to parity.

Jalal Talabani

We support the principle of democratic change, even with American assistance.

Stephen Breyer

I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control.

Thomas Mann

I think was Harry Truman who said, 'If you want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic,' ... The idea that somehow a Democratic majority is harmful for the economy strikes me as fanciful. It's financial fiction.

Tony Leon

I think voters are repulsed by the floor-crossers who took away their democratic mandate and this is an opportunity to make it right.

Nkosana Sibuyi

It is our firm view that the declaration of this day as a public holiday will enable voters to exercise their democratic right to vote as enshrined in our Constitution.

Mark Martin

Kind of made it easy on me here at the end without me having to fight for it.

Gail Goestenkors

I wouldn't say it's an easy fix. I think it's a mentality. Once again, I feel like we have to become mentally tougher.

Roger Ailes

Jack and I are very easy with each other, ... He'll run the operation. He and I will meet daily. I'll offer my advice.

Brian Cresta

Just take a look at this - it can work for you. It's easy to say 'It doesn't work for me,' until you actually look at the numbers. This can make a big difference.

Al Carter

I talked to the guys about maximizing their opportunities. We missed seven or eight easy baskets in the first half, and I thought we needed to do much better in the second half.

Rick Soracco

I think in that first quarter we could have been out by a lot more. We missed some easy shots.

Jim Kramer

It can be easy to be not ready to go. We liken it to a game. You have to be up for every game.

Malik Rose

It always reverts back to sharing the ball, making the easy pass as opposed to the spectacular pass, ... His whole mantra is keep the game simple. If a guy's more open than you are, he gets the ball.

Sherwood Schwartz

He was a great actor, ... People think it's easy to fall down and get hit in the head with a coconut. And, every time, he'd find a different way to do that.

Terry Holt

Kerry's foreign friends may prefer him as U.S. president, but the election is in the hands of the American people.

Brian Mason

I suspect that they want to maybe get in the game before the federal election takes over,

Massimo Franco

Italian voters are not going to be overly impressed by television footage of Berlusconi with George Bush. The overriding issue in these elections is the economy. In 2001, Italians voted for Berlusconi because he promised they would be better off: actually they feel worse off.

Wayne LaPierre

I think it may be the most important election in the history of the Second Amendment. We're telling people, if they value the freedom to own a firearm, this is the election you'd better get out and vote.

Mark DiCamillo

What will be more influential on the outcome of (this year's) election is the shape of the turnout: Who will (vote)?

Paolo Bonaiuti

Here it comes, in time for the elections, the voting statement of the Milan prosecutors' office.

Guillaume Soro

Here, in our territory, the elections will not take place on October 30.

Bruce McPherson

Historically, the turnout for a special election is in the mid-30 percent range to 40 percent,

Kimball Brace

History show that it's the first election with new equipment when jurisdictions are most likely to experience problems.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

John Fisher

I was like, 'You're kidding me. How could I be leading, not peddling a good portion of the course?'

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Shacoi Berry

I was kind of tired and I didn't warm up that good before the first match. I got a much better warm-up in before this last match and I wrestled a lot better.

Robert Crandall

I was looking for somebody who could operate effectively and had good personal chemistry.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Brandon Perkins

I was in the right place at the right time. The other side did a good job of containing, and (the quarterback) couldn't go anywhere. I just had to go get him.

Ben Sheets

I was in pretty good shape. I don't know how you could prevent it. It seems like it could happen at any time.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Emile Sheng

I think it shows the differences between the parties are pretty big.

Joko Widodo

I'm willing to work with all parties to reform Indonesia.

Lorna Luft

It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

Adam Ereli

We will also make the point that all protests and demonstrations need to be peaceful, legal; all parties should refrain from violence.

Susan Gray

This was different than some other parties because of the sheer numbers,

Latin Proverb

Those who do a thing are consenting parties

Ahmed Hussein

Because we are not the only parties in this meeting, we can't predict the outcome.

Emma Roberts

I like to go to parties if I know who's going to be there, and if it's people I want to be with. I don't just go to go. And I always drive myself, because I hate being stuck places - there's nothing worse that going out and then being stuck!

Mike Journee

We're working with all the parties to see how we can do recharge when we've got all this snow in the mountains.

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.

Carlisle Floyd

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.

Travis Bradberry

Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people can see right through it when a kind leader has an agenda.

H. Hart

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

Sally Quinn

I would say I think it's about time. People have a tendency to think that entertaining in Washington politically and diplomatically is frivolous, but it is not. It is part of the work.

Karen Russell

I wrote 'Ava Wrestles the Alligator' when I was 22 or 23. These people and that world have been evolving in me for a while. It's such a shift not to be in that world.

Jason Robert Brown

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Don Miller

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

Miguel de Cervantes

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

Neena Moorjani

We are working toward prompt ratification of CAFTA.

Kojo Annan

What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?

Robert Torricelli

I know that's your testimony, Senator Torricelli, but it is not accurate.

Harold Ickes

The trouble with Senator Long is that he is suffering from halitosis of the intellect. That's presuming Senator Long has an intellect.

Arlen Specter

No senator that I have talked to has come down and made up his or her mind.

Brenda Ellis

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Mark Grudzielanek

Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.

Barry Alvarez

He's a tough little guy. He's only 175 pounds, but he's a tough guy.

Glenn Mason

He's good, he's durable, he's tough and he's smart. I'm going to try to get him another year of eligibility.

Pete Domenici

I think it's going to be very tough for them,

Ai Sugiyama

I think it's going to be a tough match,

Dawn Fraser

It is going to be a very tough series,

Avery Johnson

We thought we had it won in regulation. Carmelo made a tough shot. If we had to do it all over again, we probably would have fouled.

John Silvia

I think it's way overdue for this administration to get tough on spending,