Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lynsey Addario

As a woman, I have tried to take advantage of the extra access I have in the Muslim world: with Muslim women, for example. Many people underestimate women in that part of the world because, typically, they don't work.

Victoria Morgan

Normally, you don't have access to a piece like this unless you've got a company of 50 to 60 dancers. In 'Stars and Stripes,' there is no such thing as a version for a smaller group of people.

Matt Ryan

Denying or discouraging access to banking services is part of the cycle of poverty that undermines the foundation of our city. We're concerned that Fifth Third isn't living up to its commitment to the community.

Andrea Williams

AOL ( AOL ), ... is one of our top picks right now. We think there are two issues that have clouded this story. One was Internet access pricing models and the threat of Microsoft. The other was the cable modem issue. We think when they report their third quarter this September, we'll see indications that investors do not need to be concerned about the pricing issue. And that is going to be continued positive news for AOL stock.

Paul Davis

Any person who is running for governor should have equal access to anything that the party has to offer and that's about all I've got to say about that,

Karen Pearl

Anti-choice fingerprints have been all over the FDA approval process of over-the-counter access for (emergency contraception) since day one,

Teresa Jones

An opportunity exists for organizations to extend the reach of enterprise applications by providing support for the Internet, portals, communications convergence (particularly voice) and wireless devices. These access mechanisms will have a big influence on the way enterprise applications are utilized in the future.

Lee Bromberg

Apple Computer can argue that its use of the trademark has nothing to do with music. They could say, 'This isn't our music. We're selling access to this service.' That's another argument for a low royalty.

Carol Moore

A research library like the University of Toronto needs to preserve access to knowledge over the very long term.

Janet Dickey

Defense is, for some reason, always an asset here.

Bernie Schaeffer

The so-called risky assets are continuing to outperform.

Robert Stovall

The tech sector is where the money seems to want to flow. You can just look at last week's action, when all the averages were up, the money flows into technology, primarily in telecommunications. And even though the valuations have been high all of these quarters and still are, I guess if you want to do well in the market you've got to have some of your assets in technology, definitely.

John Whitehead

The teams bring diverse assets to the table. Some bring expertise in retail and residential developments; some offer experience in the design of large public infrastructure projects; others are best known for designing museums and cultural institutions.

John Whitehead

The teams bring diverse assets to the table,

John Murphy

These asset sales are indicative of a company in trouble attempting to head off a near-term liquidity crunch.

John Murphy

These asset sales are indicative of a company in trouble, attempting to head off a near-term liquidity crunch.

Shaikh Ahmed

These standards, when achieved, will contribute towards the development and progress of the Kingdom and its human capital, which is the main asset of this nation.

Rick Campagna

The stock market is very resilient. Earnings remain fairly strong, and stocks are still inexpensive when compared with other asset classes.

Meg Whitman

Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing user region with markets like India, China and Korea leading the pack as Internet and broadband penetration rise.

Derek Halpenny

The broader picture for the yen's decline is down to the continued deterioration in Japan's trade surplus.

Richard Lowe

The solutions being demonstrated run the gamut from those that serve operators, enterprises and ultimately consumers to new technologies that are changing our lives through broadband wireless connections.

Greg Gorbatenko

The switchover rate (from narrowband to broadband customers) will be key.

Bob Thompson

After a year or two, the number of business jets (with broadband Internet) will far outstrip the number of commercial airlines.

Jack Nerad

The most-researched vehicles list makes it clear that the import manufacturers are doing a better job than the domestic makers in conceiving and producing high-volume vehicles. The Big 3 automakers used to dominate the top sellers, but this list is another indication that imports are mainstream vehicles to a broad cross-section of Americans.

Rakesh Shankar

Sturdy product inventories should help to temper market fears of energy shortages, and should help cajole broader energy prices lower in the next few weeks.

John Nugent

Now, in order to make money, you have to come out with a new enhancement, and that's broadband data. They have to move to the next sweet spot.

Howard Silverblatt

Right now, we're looking at the 16th straight quarter of double-digit profits. We've seen broad gains, not for the entire world, but it's going to be a very decent quarter.

Glenn Miller

One of the funniest lines we hear when we visit with people in the Capitol and talk to the decision-makers is, 'Well, the Internet has pretty much made the library obsolete.

Cesar Pelli

I would have loved to be the designer of the Capitol of the United States. I would love to do some important major public building.

Ed Ferrigno

Who knows with this White House. It's proven to be very, very effective on Capitol Hill.

Lionel Barber

Our U.S. audience is composed of globally-minded Americans, an elite category, the ones who do have passports, the decision-makers, senior ranks in the administration, senators on Capitol Hill.

Ron Kaminski

We need to increase the Endowment Fund for the Capitol so it doesn't go the way of the Weidner (Center for the Performing Arts).

John Grahame

We have the right to petition Congress. We think that we shouldn't have to do it just up on Capitol Hill.

Ken Kendrick

Randy is obviously an icon for this city. We'd love to have Randy be with us and finish his career with us. I think he knows that.

Mathieu Schneider

This is the first time in my career in the NHL that I've played four games in five nights. It's just another part of the schedule that we have to deal with. The travel's terrible, but there are plenty of excuses. I think this team has done the same thing every night -- work hard.

J.P. Losman

This is not a straight road. It's up and down. And I have to somehow level it out and realize that I have a long career here, a lot of years left, a lot of games left.

Bill Johnston

This is simply a tragic turn of events. He had a stable and productive career as a police officer.

George Foster

This is putting in place an infrastructure so they'll have a much richer (post-football) career and can start planning that career earlier than later.

Zygi Wilf

The way this coaching staff responds to players, this would be the right environment for him to move his career forward. But all that's subject to his reinstatement.

John Bunting

That's what you look for in a running back, ... He doesn't look really big. He's 185 pounds right now. If he stays on course, he could have a great career here as a running back.

Chrissy Rainer

That's why I work hard every day. I don't take anything for granted. I don't talk about it much, but I've dedicated my whole career to her.

Charlie Ward

That takes too much of your time. But I've always thought about coaching, whether it was here, AAU or teaching and mentoring young kids, ... I'll see how this goes. All my career I've taken things as they come, so this is no different.

James St. James

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not part of the scene anymore. I'll always be interested in what's happening downtown, and I try and keep up with the changing faces on social media.

Mike Di

The storm patterns are changing in a short period of time. Since 1995 we've been having good rainfall years.

Justin Lane

I've been struggling, pulling my head out. The coaches have been working with me on changing to a stance where I could keep my head in better.

Robert Greene

There are enough things changing that if you have something that works, you stay with it. For a standard infrastructure server, there just isn't that great a demand on the processor.

Marcus Tubbs

Coming here last year, I heard the fans hadn't had a whole lot to cheer for. We're changing that. We're giving back to the city, we're doing good things and we're making the fans happy. And those are the people that matter.

Ronald Reagan

Tonight we are launching an effort which holds the promise of changing the course of human history.

Mike McDermott

This teaches problem solving in a changing environment. I wish I had a program like this when I was 10.

Windy Vancuren

We expect that there's going to be a significant impact to the refineries in terms of production, or changing the crude oil over to usable gas. And as well to the supply lines getting the gasoline to the stations.

Kiefer Sutherland

We saw that the music industry was changing and we felt that it needed to change. We have wanted to do this for a very long time.

Michael Haynes

The Rooney Rule is doing a good job. It's a nice process, but it does not necessarily mean a commitment to diversity. I think there's a difference. Right now this is working, but there's still some pitfalls.

Alan Keyes

Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are nothing but words--until by will, and conscience, and courage, and commitment, human beings turn them into reality.

Alan Lightman

Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.

bell hooks

All efforts at self-transformation challenge us to engage in on-going, critical self-examination and reflection about feminist practice, and about how we live in the world. This individual commitment, when coupled with engagement in collective discussion, provides a space for critical feedback which strengthens our efforts to change and make ourselves anew.

Clark Blaise

Indian standards of artistry, and Indian standards of humanity, and Indian standards of love, and of family, devotion, commitment, stand for me as the standard for how one should behave.

Richard G. Scott

The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments. The Lord will not prepare more people for baptism if we are not converting the ones we have.

Bob Dole

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

Diane Sawyer

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

Bruce Jenner

If you want to take your mission in life to the next level, if you're stuck and you don't know how to rise, don't look outside yourself. Look inside. Don't let your fears keep you mired in the crowd. Abolish your fears and raise your commitment level to the point of no return, and I guarantee you that the Champion Within will burst forth to propel you toward victory.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Bill Richardson

Sanctions on Iraq are not going to be lifted while Iraq continues to violate Security Council,

Craig James

Providing the economy continues to grow and earnings continue to rise and look set to continue to rise then we are going to see the share market respond to that, and indeed that is what we are seeing in terms of Japan.

Duane Grant

The work they do continues to be on the cutting edge of bio-energy.

Claes Fornell

The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets.

Parris Glendening

The fact is, if water consumption continues at the current rate, there is only a 35-day supply in these reservoirs.

Ian Blair

At the moment we have nothing that links the two groups, but the investigation still continues and there is an intuitive view that says that each group of four are so similar that we must have concerns, and we do.

Jerry Sanders

continues to show we have a systematic problem at the city.

Allan Cutler

The reason that I'm running is that I want to ensure integrity continues to happen, ... Integrity is a principal that covers all issues. It is an issue. It should be the natural state of affairs.

Ariel Sharon

deepening its involvement in incitement, violence and terror.

Terry Teachout

A play is not a play until it's performed, and unless it's a one-person play that is acted, directed and designed by the author, many other people will be deeply involved in the complicated process that leads to its performance.

Nancy Healey

The seniors know that this is their last year and last chance. They want to go as deep into the tournament as we can.

Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights,even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)

Mike Skelton

It was the opening three minutes that put us in too deep a hole.

Jacques Chirac

I share the pain of those families who have lost a loved one, and I offer my deepest condolences and sympathy,

Randy Jackson

They all hate each other deep down, but they aren't going to say it on camera.

Jim Hall

This is a sad way to end his career. His family has my deepest sympathy.

Randolph Morris

This is still Kentucky basketball. Not in the sense we're expected to win, but we have great tradition and we have great players still here. We can go 11 players deep and on any given night, any player can step up and produce. That makes us much more dangerous.

Steve Douglas

The Rural Fire Department (east of Pueblo), Rye and Pueblo West fire departments all have permit systems within their districts.

Don Allison

The onus is on us to demonstrate (there is enough water) to the Department of Water Resources.

Terry J. Lundgren

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

John Piper

The training is more extensive, the training has been upgraded, the training is very successful, and the training is monitored by the police department of New York City,

Victor Penman

From a fire department standpoint our number 1 priority is life safety.

David Kessler

If it's good enough for McDonald's, it should be good enough for the Department of Agriculture.

George Herring

He was a small person and very soft spoken, but he was a huge presence in the department and the university. His reputation was national and went beyond.

Brett Miller

She is the strength and glue that holds our department together and the success of our students can be attributed to her leadership and guidance.

Bill Chapman

I have a hard time understanding why the town and the fire department are involved,

Lisa Murray

collaborative education is a better way to learn.

Dianne Cox

Special education kids are always going to struggle with that accountability piece because special education kids are in the program because they have learning disabilities,

Ben Parr

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

Barbara Jordan

Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.

Barbara Jordan

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Benito Mussolini

At every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying.

Elizabeth Warren

A good education is a foundation for a better future.

Benjamin Disraeli

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Benjamin Disraeli

There is no education like adversity.

Membathisi Mdladlana

Once there's equity in the workplace, the law will become redundant.

Terence Winter

I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.

Barbara Steinmetz

That was a thing we were getting away from when the equity markets were on a tear. Everybody thought you were a fool to get into anything else.

John Schwartz

We can use the fund equity to get us through the next year. It's stable so we're able to do that.

Hans Johnson

I thought what we would find was that it was only people who had equity or very high incomes who were getting into the market. But that's simply not true.

Tom Roseen

People are saying, 'Okay, I'm ready to go play in the equity markets again.

Sandy Baum

The question for parents is: Is it better to take out a PLUS loan or is it better to take out a home equity loan? They need to look at all their options.

Warren Buffett

Today's equity prices presage only modest returns for investors,

Michael Hendricks

Progress was slow at first, but the evidence is mounting that restoration is working.

Brent Bracelin

This is further evidence of a deterioration in their business.

John Gorman

We turned that down. We thought the evidence was that this was a felony.

Jack Straw

So far there is no evidence of any transfer of the virus to human beings.

Bill Belichick

I didn't think there was enough evidence to warrant the challenge.

Bill Schultz

Why would she have done such a thing if she knew what she was doing. She never did anything else wrong. There's no evidence she had anything to gain.

Seth Shostak

We haven't yet found a speck of evidence for biology on another world, so we have no objective way to judge whether life is a onetime fluke or a near-inevitable phenomenon.

Eddie Jordan

I think the tape is very, very strong evidence of the use of excessive force, ... American Morning.

John Woolway

I think they're going to remain on the sidelines until we see some evidence of inflation.

Bruce Brown

As a CPA, I have the experience to prepare financial statements.

John Davis

Our experience has been very, very good. They are very comfortable, one doesn't think that they will be. They ride well ... we've had very little problem with them.

Sally Paine

Or they can just show up, sign in and walk around and volunteer. No experience is necessary.

Bob Tate

Something like that is just uncalled for. We want to get a good, positive experience for the kids that play basketball. Win or loss is not the important thing.

S. Walker

Now I've got so much more experience and I feel way more confident.

Jeff Lacy

Sometimes you need a loss to win. I think it could be a good learning experience for me. Joe is a great champion. I shot for the No. 1 guy in the division. Maybe someday we can do it again.

Donna Mechley

These sophomores have limited experience at the varsity level. But they are all playing very well as of now.

Igor Andreev

This is a new experience for me. I've had a good preparation this season and I'm just trying to grow in my game. I just have to keep playing the same way I have been this week and give 100 percent.

Joe Kasper

This is going to be my last year. I hope to get a little experience in the field.

Steven Burd

I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.

Aldrich Ames

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

Robert Erspamer

There was extensive fire, smoke and water damage.

Jessica Dyer

Our vocabulary will be much more extensive now.

John Sacchi

Ryan is starting to realize what it takes to win matches at this level. He keeps on improving every time he steps on the mat.

Tony Hawk

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.

Johnny Ensing

Peter is really improving. He's improving his places and that's what I am looking at right now.

Drake Johnstone

If they demonstrate improving revenue growth, they could get $20 a share.

O. J. Simpson

The AXP System automates what was typically an 18-step manual process while improving the recovery rates of the stem cells.

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

Houston Nutt

We're going to have to be ready. Not only running the football, we need to keep improving our passing game. Our receivers are going to have to be ready. I just think everybody, tight ends, backs, you can't be one dimensional in this league.

Arthur Adamov

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Bertrand Russell

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

Anton Chekhov

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Desiderius Erasmus

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.

Charles Bukowski

Knowledge is knowing as little as possible.

Jonathan Chen

Don't let what we know stand in the way of what we could know.

Pam Davis

Everything to my knowledge is speculation right now. For now, we have no comment.

Ahmed Zewail

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

Joanne Woodward

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

Marcel Proust

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

David Hockney

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Jan Schakowsky

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Daniel H. Pink

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

George Brown

So we're going to be looking into our legal options.

Philip Kerr

The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.

Joseph Sobran

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the destruction of legal protections

Bryan Whitman

You can do something perfectly legal, but that is inconsistent with the policy or procedures of the department. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

John Roberts

I do think that it is a jolt to the legal system when you overrule a precedent. Precedent plays an important role in promoting stability and evenhandedness,

Chuck Robinson

I think it needs some clarification as to what is what, ... I'm not sure you don't run into some legal technicalities.

Mike McCurry

I think it's a matter not so much of legality as of fundamental fairness, that the president ought to have a right to respond to any report if there is such a report." ()

Elton Gallegly

What I heard, unfortunately, was more legal hair-splitting,

Thomas Donohue

We support legislation that would provide a step-by-step process in which an undocumented worker could qualify for permanent legal status.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Lykke Li

I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new.

Ban Ki-moon

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Benigno Aquino III

I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?

Charles Barkley

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Asa Butterfield

For every role you get, there are five roles that you don't.

Ben Foster

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Donna Mills

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Anthony Hopkins

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Andre Breton

It will in the end, be admitted that everything, in effect is an image and that the least object which has no symbolic role assigned to it is capable of standing for absolutely anything.

Renee Fleming

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Robert Lanza

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.

Markus Steinbeis

The sentiment for the whole telecoms sector has now cooled down.

Norm Chow

I think he's a tremendous player. He's so explosive.

Dan Bennett

Dale Hansen is a tremendous talent, and we wish him the very best.

Kristin Baker

I've matured. I think I work better with the team.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Amanda Hale

I've come to realise I work so much better when I'm going by instinct.

Luis Castillo

This is terrible. Very disappointing. I've got to get back out there. There's so many things I have to work on.

Bryson Sumlin

That's not in the playbook, ... That's just excitement. Everything worked as clockwork.

Auguste Rodin

Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by little into the entirety. Method will be born in proportion to your interest.

Jane Fonda

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.

Kent McCord

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

Eric Maskin

The market doesn't work very well when it comes to public goods.