Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Mislak

Jon is a gifted athlete who likes to take the big shots. He is popular among his teammates, has a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. His versatility is a great strength and causes match-up problems for other teams.

Stephen Gengaro

Halliburton's product and services, down at the operating level, are among the best in the business. He leaves it in a better position than when he began his career there.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

HALF, n. One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided, or considered as divided. In the fourteenth century a heated discussion arose among theologists and philosophers as to whether Omniscience could part an object into three halves; and the pious Father Aldrovinus publicly prayed in the cathedral at Rouen that God would demonstrate the affirmative of the proposition in some signal and unmistakable way, and particularly (if it should please Him) upon the body of that hardy blasphemer, Manutius Procinus, who maintained the negative. Procinus, however, was spared to die of the bite of a viper.

Marc Basnight

Ham was a great senator and a great North Carolinian, but first and foremost he was a great American. He was the most special among us and he will be missed - God gave us the greatest when he gave us Ham.

George Ryan

Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. What effect was race having? What effect was poverty having?

Trevor Noah

If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.

Tim Crawford

There are still signs that Scotland is faring better than the U.K. as a whole, with pessimism among businesses less widespread and new order levels rising.

Drew Gilpin Faust

The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.

Unknown

Here's to health, peace and prosperity. May the flower of love never be nipped by the frost of disappointment, nor shadow of grief fall among your family and friends.

Mark Koenig

Just saying it was approved by the board and accountants wasn't going to cut it.

John Thompson

The only thing that has been approved so far is the subdivision of the land.

Sam Bodman

Last night I approved a company's request for loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,

Linda Malec

I am extremely concerned about the recent application, approved by current directors, to convert to a mutual savings bank. And I'm even more concerned about the lack of communication from board members and executive management to members.

J. Taylor

I'm excited and a bit worn out. At the same time we approved this plan I've been hit left and right by new development. We're learning the new code ourselves and explaining it to developers, so it's been exhausting.

Bill Fontana

The first South Korean company, High-Tech Movies, was approved for the program and the Indian government is interested in sending us a company.

Kofi Annan

The Iraqi people have made their decision and have approved the draft constitution,

O. J. Simpson

The troubling thing is the court has approved a federal system that forces taxpayers to subsidize religious indoctrination.

Cathy Andreen

All tuition rates are approved by the Board of Trustees.

Susan Cole

Kids need to learn financial lessons early when they have their parents as a safety net. If you're just learning about saving and budgeting when your first car payment is due, you could be in trouble.

George H. W. Bush

Joel Kaplan is a man of great talent, intellect and experience who possesses a deep knowledge of policy and budget processes.

Gerald Curtis

Handling the budget is a big part of the job, but you have to realize that 70 or 80 percent of the budget is mandated by the state; you can change very little of it. But you do have to look at cuts.

Brett Hall

His voice is strong. He's engaged in everything and wants to discuss what's happening right now with the budget and other bills.

Ozhan Bahrambeygui

I think it's important for kids to budget their time. I'm a big proponent of kids doing multiple sports. I like to think we put an emphasis on balance.

Tom DeLay

There is no fat left to cut in the federal budget.

Steve Utkus

We're pretty confident it will be maintained or continued. Unlike other Bush tax provisions, it actually raises tax revenue under the budget rules because participants are paying taxes today.

Tom Daschle

to convey our serious concerns about the deteriorating condition of the federal budget and the nation's economy.

Pat Abeln

It is on budget and looks like it's right on target.

Steve Lundholm

It always makes it nice when the team performs this well. I'm not surprised with the way they played. They have been playing better; I hope they peak at the right time with districts on Tuesday.

Tom Suelzle

I think it's going to be a good district tourney. If a team gets hot, anything can happen.

Chris Williams

I think it's fair to say that high schools all over the district are over capacity, but the north end is especially bad. We desperately need a new high school.

Mike Johnson

I think that people can see the results of everything that's going on and the progress in District 8 during my time in office, ... We've provided everyone a seat at the table.

Stephen Gussler

We may kind of fly under the radar a bit, but we have a good sound team. We were seeded fourth last year, and this year we'd like to go out and win a district title.

Steve Larson

We look at the developments that are occurring in the School District area.

Chris Steinmetz

If we come out and are ready to play, we'll have just as good an opportunity in our district to win it. It's all about the kids working hard. We're giving them the tools and strategies and getting them to work hard, but it comes down to them. We're not where we want to be.

Augustine Ruiz

I don't know what to expect. I would just like us to go out there and play hard. We have some good teams that we are going to play early in the season. Hopefully, that will prepare us for district play.

Todd Vesely

He was trying to stick the landing, and that's what you want. He had just watched two teammates in front of him stick their landings, and he was going for it. He's a competitor, and he's been in this position before. What I'm most pleased is the way the team improved from district to this meet, and hopefully that will continue.

Javier Solana

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

Mike King

I think it should get big. It's growing pretty rapidly.

Akio Yoshino

There is a growing view that insurers have had their run for the short term, ... Money is shifting to the laggards of the markets now, such as the technology companies.

Ryan Lochte

I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.

Tyler Perry

Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.

William S. Burroughs

An addict never stops growing. Stupider.

Richard M. Nixon

When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that can't happen.

Richard Rohr

Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.

Tracy Morgan

I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Bobby Smith

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

Bouna Ndiaye

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

A. Hodge

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

Kiki Vandeweghe

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

Doug Mitchell

He did everything he could to help this team succeed.

Stephen Jones

He can really help solidify our offensive line. We needed some flexibility there as well.

Antonio McDyess

I was a little more motivated for the win. It was my first finals. To lose like we did, I'm going to remember it for the rest of my life.

Jordan Zuppe

We made up our minds we weren't going to lose again.

Martin Straka

If you play like that for 10 years in the NHL, there's no way you lose it in a year.

Jim Haslett

If you look at tape in the NFL, the teams that lose are the ones that do those things,

If you lose your job, your marriage and your mind all in one week, try to lose your mind first, because then the other stuff won't matter that much

Brian Peterson

In the state finals, you win your match first and then you go for the pin. You don't put yourself at risk to lose the match just for a team title.

Daniel Gibson

I'm the kind of player, if I'm 1 for 55, I always think 56 is going in. I never lose my confidence.

Garth Ancier

I'll be more specific. The show will lose $16 million this season. . . . At least to us, that's a big number.

Freddy Ferrer

I may win or lose this election, but I'll speak for those who can't speak for themselves and I will be heard,

Adam Jones

Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.

Nina Simmons

You can put some procedures in place to try to prevent it - but if you're one of those schools that has that tradition, it's going to happen.

Jesus Christ

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.

Alexei Navalny

The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.

Bill Gates

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

Ben Bernanke

Preventing liquidation of an unbalanced market will leave you in tears.

Roger Smith

That?s good. It prevents the big earthquakes from coming.

Gore Vidal

To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.

Nick Hays

There's nothing that would prevent them from applying. They would, however, be required to go through the same licensing procedures as any other client.

Erin Runnion

I don't think there's a way to prevent this,

Igor Shuvalov

Having this tension is okay, it's a problem with any growth.

Youssef Squali

I think it's a trend. Problem is, you can't quantify it.

Judy Orihuela

He's been very cooperative. We've had no problems with him whatsoever so far.

Ray Stallone

Well, you have one problem with your rant. We didn't do it.

Mary Matalin

He was strategic in thinking that the way to respond to this problem was to take out the reasons and what sustained the enemy.

David Tom

I don't have any problem with it whatsoever, and I wish her well.

Keith Winkowski

I don't get the problem here at all. We're not making a profit.

Shane Matthews

He'll probably throw it at me first, ... But I don't have a problem with that. I kind of like it.

Ron McBride

He never had a problem doing his running. He usually set the pace.

Martin Winterkorn

If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.

John Catsimatidis

I promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.

Lydia Lenker

Those are agricultural products. We do promote Tennessee products.

Amanda Sandford

We wouldn't want to see it promoted as a completely safe alternative.

Lyle Mangum

Region 4 is tough. I think Region 1 is the toughest, but Region 4 is right after. I think our wrestlers have fared well.

Craig Drury

The teams in our region know he is a shooter, but I don't know if the teams up here do.

Grant McCasland

Once you win that, you concentrate on winning the regional championship.

Tim Beck

This doesn't take away from us winning the region title.

Carlos Gutierrez

only then will the region be truly reborn.

Saddam Hussein

for the sake of their own people, for the region and for world order.

Duane Gubler

Singapore probably underscores the need for regional controls.

Roy Nash

Our first win of the year could not have come at a better time. It was our first region game.

Timothy Simons

After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.

Michael Birch

Resources have underpinned the strength of the market.

Kevin McCarthy

If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free.

Michael Garcia

They are now fugitives. We will be using our resources to find them.

Joseph Stalin

There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.

Tony Robbins

It's not about your resources, it's about your resourcefulness .

Stephenie Meyer

The wasting of finite resources is everyones business

Laura Linney

History's a resource.

Peter Drucker

Managers are the basic and scarcest resource of any business enterprise.

Christian Nestell Bovee

It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them.

Glen Taylor

I do not see that as a possibility. As I stand here, I just don't see a possibility that makes sense.

Fred Miller

He has that persona. He stands in there. He's poised.

Mike Lynch

I really didn't think we'd be able to be standing here. I never really thought I'd be able to do something like this.

Johnny Christ

If I ever wanted a gnome, I guess Id just stand out on my lawn for a while.

Charisma Carpenter

You can't stand her, but you can't stop watching.

Maggie Lynch

It's pretty standard throughout the country. And we don't give them to families, like they do in New York.

John D. MacDonald

A nonreader is somebody standing there in a blindfold.

Frank Lloyd Wright

We boast the highest standard of living when it's only the biggest.

Joan Claybrook

These standards are written for Detroit, by Detroit.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Taro Aso

international responsibilities and the state of reconstruction work.

Roger Gerlach

I just thought every year you were going to go to the state tournament, as if there weren't other teams out there that also want to go.

Jim Hood

In doing so, they have defrauded the state of Mississippi,

George Pataki

I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.

Estelle

I'm never scared to ask a question or state the obvious, y'know.

Dave McCoy

I'm real ecstatic. This the first time we've won in the state team tournament. We did very well. I was kind of surprised." ()

William Shakespeare

Thus to persistIn doing wrong extenuates not wrong,But makes it much more heavy.

Wendell Berry

What leads to peace is not violence but peaceableness, which is not passivity, but an alert, informed, practiced, and active state of being.

Mahatma Gandhi

None, while in flesh, can be entirely free from himsa, because one never completely renounces the will to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

What you get with violence can be maintained only with violence

Pope Francis

Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!

Quentin Tarantino

Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment.

Terry Pratchett

I express preference for a chronological sequence of events which precludes a violence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

Leonard Nimoy

Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence.

Mustafa Akyol

Disapproving and boycotting is the Quranic thing to do, whereas violence and threats are not.

William Wordsworth

We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.

Sargent Shriver

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

Willa Cather

It is cremated youth. It is all yours--no one gave it to you.

Salvador Dali

The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it.

Samuel Johnson

It is not easy to surround life with any circumstances in which youth will not be delightful.

Narendra Modi

Coming out of indecisiveness and being determined is the pre condition for being called young.

Ellen Glasgow

Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.

Joey Ramone

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

P. D. James

Youth goes caparisoned in immortality.