Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ivar Giaever

While classical mechanics correctly predicts the behavior of large objects such as tennis balls, to predict the behavior of small objects such as electrons, we must use quantum mechanics.

Irving Harper

With a computer, there are too many choices, and I always liked working within limits. You know, if you look at Mozart, who had this strict classical framework - an allegro, an andante, a scherzo and a finale - you see that within that formula, he got results he might never have gotten if he had all the options in the world.

Ismail Kadare

For me as a writer, Albanian is simply an extraordinary means of expression - rich, malleable, adaptable. As I have said in my latest novel, 'Spiritus,' it has modalities that exist only in classical Greek, which puts one in touch with the mentality of antiquity.

Wynton Marsalis

Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

Richard Bellzon

The pen was his voice and the page his tears, when he was done; they called it a classic

Brittany Howard

It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment.

Beeban Kidron

I had a sort of classic moment when a friend of mine rang up and said she'd just been to a funeral, and in the middle of the eulogy, this kid had taken out the phone and had a whole proper text conversation - while everyone was weeping!

Mark Thielen

That was very successful. It drew a younger crowd, some of whom haven't seen the symphony before. People say classical music is dying out, but I don't think that's the case.

E. B. White

The 28-day shuffle is just one example of the tenant rights violations facing low-income tenants.

Daniel Sedin

That was a great goal by three great guys. It was a good fit for it to come down to that. They've been an example to younger Swedish guys for a long time, so it's great to see them do it.

Rick Neuheisel

Today was an example of what Anthony can do. We let Kyle have the day off and rest his arm, and Anthony picked up, and we didn't miss a step. That's a luxury.

Brian Billick

We have a great example for the young guys. He placed that much value at one more opportunity.

Diego Maradona

You are an example for him because you are a conqueror.

Ross Mathews

When I was growing up I didn't know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I do. I feel like I'm setting an example for people everywhere.

Mikko Hypponen

Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon.

Will Marshall

who have set an example for responsible, progressive patriotism.

Lucille Baur

We have one very terrified, embarrassed father for this circumstance. This is an example, I think, of how rushed our lives are today.

Michael McNamara

The overall number did perk up at the end of the month. Higher gasoline prices did help a bit.

Red Adair

The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.

Dwane Casey

That was the main thing ? we ran out of gas with those guys. It was more a matter of running out of gas than anything else.

Gregg Laskoski

We know that they (motorists) are getting tired of hearing the rationalizations for the way gasoline prices are going higher.

Craig Gibson

We just didn't get after it tonight. I think we're just a little out of gas right now, but we'll get away from here and hopefully regroup Thursday and be ready Friday.

Tom Campbell

We were hoping for more RVs -- like 300. But it's tough to get them up north, and the gas prices didn't help, either, ... Last year it was $1.79 and now it's $2.69. You get about 6-8 miles to the gallon.

Lisa Madigan

We have a lot of information to sift through. There are 5,100 gas stations in Illinois, ... All you have to do is go out on the street and look up to see how much gas has gone up. We are making determinations as to whether or not there is a legitimate reason for that or whether or not we are being exploited.

Steven Wieting

We're not at gas prices that pose some kind of a tipping point.

Michael Woods

Virtually all of our natural gas is sourced through the Gulf region.

Bethany Hamilton

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Michael Panzner

We've got quadruple witching, which always has the potential to have an impact on prices.

Mark McKinnon

Technology has had more of an impact on the presidency and how the presidency communicates than anything.

Nicholas Graham

We haven't seen anything unusual or alarming. There hasn't been any impact on our members or our service.

Dave Wannstedt

I think Kevin Collier will have an opportunity to make an impact early.

Justin Gray

Man, they made some tough shots. The three-pointers can impact the game. Especially when you give them up in a row.

Barry Manilow

Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.

Simon Flannery

The quarter is likely to see a mix of positive and negative surprises, reflecting the impacts of mergers and competitive pressures respectively.

Thom McDaniels

I won't be shocked if he impacts the outcome.

Gillian Armstrong

I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore.

Buck Leonard

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.'

Bryan Cogman

I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.

Bridget Kelly

For me, the majority of my music is really dark and to the point.

Frank Pierson

There's no question that the '70s themselves were really wide open. There was just so much being done at that time. Every year, the major studios were commissioning things that they would never touch today or even thought of touching in the 1950s.

Tony Benn

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

Steve Forbes

The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off.

Sue Enquist

The ASA Major Championship is the pinnacle of women's major softball during the summer. I'm really proud of all the players that contributed to that team.

Arlen Specter

We have a major, major problem on our hands, ... It is a matter of very, very substantial urgency.

Henry David Thoreau

How sweet is the perception of a new natural fact!

Amy Adams

My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

Carrie Brownstein

I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty.

Mitchell Baker

People are more naturally protective of what they create than of what they consume.

Tony Lentini

Most of our oil production is shut in, and about 80 percent of our natural gas.

Brad Zeigel

Whitney is pretty natural back there, but she'd rather be on the field.

Bebe Neuwirth

Shakespeare feels very natural to me.

Tony McCoy

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

Mike Greene

Well, if you have a goalie like Colin, it's a natural choice. We don't plan on high-scoring games. It's just not what we plan to do.

Werner Herzog

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

Frank Quattrone

I don't follow any particular periodical anymore. I use Twitter as my customized news feed.

Marlon Wayans

With parody, you're referencing and sending up a particular genre, and mostly your material is going to be taken out of that genre.

Masahiro Tanaka

I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.

Chris LeDoux

Mostly it would be those who rode in a particular even would hang out with those who rode in the same event.

Jarvis Cocker

Will you see Pulp again? Who knows. I'm not stoking those particular rumours.

Scott McGehee

Juliette in particular - there is so much in her face,

Christine Benz

The predicament is not particular to (Janus) in any way.

Larry Coyer

We have to research a lot of things to see what particular scheme (they will run).

Mickey Loomis

We've had firsthand reports that it's a mess.

Arthur Helps

Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness.

John Felmy

What you have is an important set of steps in terms of these are high-temperature, high-pressure facilities. And that's if you have not had any damage, and we know from preliminary reports that's not the case.

Tony Fratto

We're always willing to talk about how to make reports like this as useful as possible.

Nigel Cameron

Certainly, if these reports are true, it's a tragedy for science.

Shaharyar Khan

We have seen these reports and we are trying to find out whether he has said these things.

Gary Mickelson

There have been reports of higher-than-usual absenteeism at some locations.

Bob Bennett

The reports of the settlement discussions are seriously inaccurate.

Sukarno

I am very unhappy about reports that I was seeking asylum in Manila.

Antoine Lavoisier

In performing experiments, it is necessary... that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed.

Gordon Campbell

We can't look at the results we've had and say those are the results we want.

Gustav Humbert

We're very satisfied with the test results and are on target.

Brett Tomko

I thought I pitched pretty well, but I've had the same results all year,

Hariadi Wibisono

We got the results back from Atlanta, and they were positive.

Glen Taylor

I think Sam is a closer, which is what we could have used right now. Sam could do that. The results are Sam is probably having a better year than Marko is having.

Joe Escobedo

It doesn't take 18 months; it doesn't take 18 days. The results were immediate.

David Healy

I would say that's the best-ever result we've had,

Nat Friedman

We're offloading a lot of the work to the hardware. The result is things look and feel a lot smoother.

Audrey Hepburn

Thursday? Oh no, it can't be! It's too gruesome.

Richard Midgley

If we didn't win this game, Thursday would have been pretty insignificant.

Brad Adgate

Thursday is going to be a very, very competitive night,

Friedrich Nietzsche

I wasn't sure what day it was because life is meaningless. Turns out it's Thursday. The thing about life still applies.

George Herbert

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

Carl Sagan

If the greenhouse effect is a blanket in which we wrap ourselves to keep warm, nuclear winter kicks the blanket off.

William Shakespeare

There's rosemary and rue. These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. Grace and remembrance be to you.

William Shakespeare

A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.

William Shakespeare

Poor and content, is rich and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor.

Dave Mattson

If they keep this up for years they are going to completely wipe out winter tourism.

Diane Setterfield

Our lives are so important to us that we tend to think the story of them begins with our birth. First there was nothing, then I was born...Yet that is not so. Human lives are not pieces of string that can be separated out from a knot of others and laid out straight. Families are webs. Impossible to touch one part of it without setting the rest vibrating. Impossible to understand one part without having a sense of the whole. - Vida Winter

David Suzuki

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

Charles Dickens

Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.

Charles Caleb Colton

Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.