Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Perlis

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.

Dan Farmer

Still, if they offer me a good job under my conditions - which is that I can do anything I want- then, sure. The NSA is not going to change me.

Paul Berg

Notably, some nations have enacted legislation that prohibits genetically-modified plants and animals from entering into their food supply.

Edward M. Purcell

It was a glimpse into some kind of wonderful world where electricity and mathematics and engineering and nice diagrams all came together.

Greg Turner

It seems like college has become more of a social club.

Jim Jones

A lot of people are tired around here, but I'm not sure they're ready to lie down, stretch out and fall asleep.

Raymond Duncan

A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.

Margaret Turnbull

This all comes down to what we know about life on Earth.

Barbara Dale

Think of the life of the working woman as the decathlon. If you even finish it's a miracle.

William Daley

I think it is important that China be in the WTO. But they must come in a commercially-meaningful way. And that means that their market has to be open for U.S. products to be sold into.? They should live by the rules the rest of the world lives by.

Promod Haque

What we don't want is to have someone dedicated to solely doing a deal in China or India or wherever, and then they're all by themselves.

Li Jian

Hitler used the Olympics to show his people that his government had legitimacy. The Chinese government wants a similar result: that countries recognize that China is a great and powerful country.

Tim Adams

I think it's important for us to get a better sense of China overall,

O. Henry

We think China is a growing regional power and we want to partner with them to manage their gradual rise.

Zhou Xiaochuan

I think it's very clear that China is introducing a new exchange rate mechanism. It is not a one-time adjustment.

Dennis McCarthy

There is a philosophical feeling that abolishing the leap second results in greater decoupling of the time scale from rotation of the Earth, and that this is not a good thing. But we put up with daylight-savings time in the United States, and China has one time zone for the entire country. My own feeling is that we all live with departures.

Michael Phelps

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.

Patrick McGovern

Human nature is the same everywhere in the world, ... The thought that there are lots of people with time on their hands to explore what the 20 million Internet users in China are doing is totally impractical.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Felix Rodriguez

He was awesome. He is one of the greatest pitchers, ... and I'm happy for the way he performed tonight.

Lance Williams

He knew he was better than Mark McGwire. It offended him when people said Mark McGwire might be the greatest player who ever lived.

Dontrelle Willis

He's already got it down to where he's telling guys when they're pitching. That's the greatest honor for any individual, to represent their country.

Ken Dunham

Historically, risk is much higher with Windows operating systems than Unix/Linux. How can I say that, look at all the major attacks. Which ones had the greatest likelihood and impact for 2005? Windows hands down.

Donald Every

I think it's his greatest accomplishment, one that has the potential for the longest-term impact.

David Osborne

I think the greatest security measure is pre-pay, period,

Honus Wagner

He was one of the greatest pitchers of all time. He (was) the smartest pitcher I've ever seen.

Vladimir Romanov

He hasn't got enough experience. I'm not looking for the greatest manager but somebody who has the same way of thinking.

Alex Rodriguez

Tonight we posted another win. Now they know where we're at.

Brian Waldron

We can co-exist with soccer, absolutely. They're essentially a summer sport and we're winter. We'll make it work beautifully.

Rob Sheffield

God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after 'Meatballs III: Summer Job?' His reign as Dr. McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy' is proof that there's nothing we love more than giving Eighties celebs a heartwarming second stab at life.

Richard Paul Evans

There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.

Tyler Perry

Developing a good work ethic is a key [to success]. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.

Truman Capote

Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.

Rick Riordan

She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.

William Law

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

William Wordsworth

The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.

William Wordsworth

Departing summer hath assumed An aspect tenderly illumed, The gentlest look of spring; That calls from yonder leafy shade Unfaded, yet prepared to fade, A timely carolling.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

David Champion

I think it's desperately time for a change.