Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ira Loss

I suspect that this is a relatively isolated event. I don't think there's a crime wave under way in biology research. These actions usually come about because someone is under tremendous pressure to perform.

Kofi Annan

I think it is all right for one ambassador to come and push, but an ambassador always has to remember that there are 190 others who will have to be convinced, or a vast majority of them, for action to take place,

Richard Holbrooke

He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.

Richard House

We are going to move forward and try to get as many definitive answers and as much input as we possibly can. I think all of us are in agreement that we want to make this something where we have action plans and a decision at that time to go forward as opposed to having a study that recommends certain things. We are trying to be more all-encompassing and get the best bang for the buck.

Adam Goldberg

The only thing that could stop it now is action in Congress.

Bob Metz

Going into a situation like this, we are concerned about the safety of all of our kids. We need to make sure we take the proper action to make sure our kids are safe.

Mohandas Gandhi

God never appears to you in person but always in action.

Jet Li

He said, 'Here is the deal: Play the bad guy first, then I give you a good guy next,' ... I asked him what the movie was called, (and) he said 'Romeo Must Die.' (It) sounds like a romantic story, not an action movie.

Bob Costas

He's got to do something (because) his tenure is going to be largely defined by this punishment. Bold action here is not the same as rash action. If he's got the evidence and he's in the right, he should take bold action. Even if he's defeated in court, he will win in the court of public opinion -- if he takes bold action. ... You can be deliberate and you can still be bold. Once he has it, he should do what he feels is in the best interest of baseball and let the chips fall where they may.

Dan Rooney

I think it could be done by July. We'll get it together after this meeting, sit down and talk and then come up with a plan. But we're too busy here right now. That's my opinion.

Here's a good thing to do if you go to a party and you don't know anybody: First take out the garbage. Then go around and collect any extra garbage that people might have, like a crumpled napkin, and take that out too. Pretty soon people will want to meet the busy garbage guy.

Paul Benjamin

He's gonna make it up here for the show. He didn't get hit too hard by Katrina but he's been busy helping people out ever since. We've got some things planned for the shows to help those in need, too.

Oscar Ortiz

It is going to be a busy night.

Ursula Andress

It's going to be over soon, so I don't really have time to get busy.

Liz Tucker

If you have a really busy and stimulating stressful life, the only way that you can keep that going is through relaxation. That is the whole reason why we have to sleep every night.

Steve Maraboli

In this busy world, we should never be a stranger to love and compassion. It is the fertile soil in the garden of peace.

Patrick Smith

In recent years, we've seen a lot of growth that's helped a lot ... but you still have to know which places will be busy and go to some of the less-popular ones.

Dylan Williams

It helps me write faster, type faster. They chose me and I've been busy going fast ever since.

Tommie Harris

I take my hat off to them because they didn't have a bye week and we did. There was really no excuse for us to lose and not play as well as we were supposed to.

Elizabeth Ryan

I think it's outrageous. I think they're making excuses so they can keep raising it.

Kobe Bryant

We can have all the excuses in the world. You can say we're young, we have guys hurt, but we just have man up and be ready to play every night.

Duaner Sanchez

I just didn't make my pitches. It was about location. I won't make (excuses) why I lost the game. I lost the game because I walked a guy. I was feeling good and had all my stuff. But you can't walk the leadoff guy.

Craig Whelihan

That is out the window now. The first two games, I think that was probably part of the problem. But now, going into Week 4 and after a long month of camp, that's not an excuse anymore.

Tim Carroll

It's an excuse for us to listen to music together.

Ben Kwong

It's time for a stronger open. Overseas gains will give local stocks a lift. But the rise will be moderate until the market gets a good excuse to move further up.

Charles Rhodes

They did a great job on me. That's all I can say. I can't make excuses for it.

John Roth

They have probably heard every excuse in the book, so be straight with them and they'll help you out,

Scott Rice

Joey's a talented kid. He did a nice job on his routes.

Matt McKay

Joe did an outstanding job on Biggs. We didn't want him shooting 3s.

Garrett Gravesen

Jobs can wait, but the lives of these kids cannot. And because no one else was doing anything else about it.

Allard Baird

He comes into Spring Training where it's his job to lose.

Phil Garner

He just likes going out and pitching, doing his job and saying, 'Thank you very much,' and going home.

Randy Foye

He's a big part of what we do. If he's out for the year, we just have to come together as a team. We still have a job to do.

Brian Sears

He's a superior horse, and Brett does a wonderful job with him. I knew he'd have him in peak form. He knows how to top them off.

Curt Johnston

I thought we were (friends). Now I'm not so sure. He's got a job to do, and we've got a job to do. We don't need to do each other's jobs.

Bill Cheney

I think the job market is on a roll.

Ronald Schmelzer

Having two languages is better than having 500,

Richard M. Nixon

The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor.

Robert E. Lee

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

Samuel Johnson

Languages are the pedigree of nations.

Vivien Leigh

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

W. H. Auden

Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature.

Roland Barthes

I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.

Voltaire

Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.

Confucius

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things

and City

I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.

William S. Burroughs

The idea was that we would decide the order when we looked at the proofs. I remember Brion Gysin saying "Well, why change it? It's perfect the way it is, the way it came from the printer." Made one major change, that is, the first chapter that came from the printers, which would be the beginning, we moved to the end. The first chapter became the last chapter. There's no actual cutups in Naked Lunch.

William Shatner

I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie.

Tucker Max

I take a lull from my CamelBak and choke at its potency. It tastes like bad decisions. It's perfect.

Virginia Graham

I have the perfect face for radio.

Sarah Dessen

I knew that it wouldn’t last. It was just a moment, a perfect moment, as time stood still and fleetingly everything fell back into its proper place.

Sarah Dessen

The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.

Sarah Dessen

It was just perfect, just right all at once.

Sarah Dessen

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.

Andy Robinson

It has been killing me watching from the stands, I want to get back into the action,

Brian Urlacher

If I was someone, I'd do the same to us after watching that film.

Hugh Johnson

We're all watching the same stuff. Like sheep.