Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marilyn Miller

What I don't get is: When you have two interstates running east and west, why do they work on both of them at the same time, for three years in a row? And then, you try to use Michigan Avenue and Ford Road instead, and they're working there, too.

Richard Duncan

When this project comes in, Western Avenue will go back to what it was before (the opening of the Route 3 bridge in north Augusta) and Capital Street will become another Western Avenue. If you have the power, deny them the use of Capitol Street.

Charles Schumer

The states have a total of $80 billion in deficit spending. What are they going to have to do? Well, they are either going to have to cut programs, which will drag the economy down, or they are going to have to raise taxes, which will drag the economy down.

Gordon Sinclair

Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts.

Barack Obama

Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.

Bobby Bowden

I want both of 'em practicing with a No. 1 mentality.

Joe Faraldo

This is a reasonable solution. We'll both lose some things through arbitration, but that's what a negotiation is.

Davey Lopes

You respect both players, their tremendous playing abilities. But they're totally different personalities. They carry themselves differently. They're from completely different eras, so you can expect some differences.

Vojislav Kostunica

Yugoslavia has turned to its future and to improving relations, both bilateral and multilateral relations, ... That is very important for us.

Felix Rohatyn

You've got very powerful, very intelligent and very imaginative people on both sides.

Brad Miller

You've got to tire him out, push him, run him. You need to make him work at both ends of the court.

Chris Porter

You've got to tip our hats to them. They worked hard this weekend. I thought our effort was better tonight, but we need to bring it both nights.

Davis III

You see the effort they put into it, ... and to have them do it three times, we certainly want them to have a win. All of us have seen both sides of it, too. It's not a whole lot of fun when you lose, and tying is about the same.

Manny Lawson

You see one guy coming around the corner, you definitely aren't going to run his way so you're automatically going to run the other way to the next guy that you don't see. I feel like we both complimented each other.

Bob Horn

In the end, the evidence that was presented really convinced the jury to the standard that we were set to.

Demi Lovato

Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look Hispanic, I was white.

Alexander Herzen

We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play, to enjoy itself, to be a child. If we merely look to the end of the process, the purpose of life is death

Will Smith

You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.

Ellen DeGeneres

You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet.

Shannon Miller

Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.

Hayley Williams

For me growing up, I've found that I don't really go out and party and I don't hang out - when I come home and I'm home, I'm a pretty chilled person.

Barbra Streisand

. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

John Wilhelm

We've become persuaded that, after two years of trying to reform the national AFL-CIO, it is unwilling to change,

Tony McCoy

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

Robert A. Heinlein

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.

Vernon Jordan

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Why do photographers start giving numbers to their prints? It’s absurd. What do you do when the 20th print has been done? Do you swallow the negative? Do you shoot yourself? It’s the gimmick of money.

Alexei Mordashov

My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company.

Irv DeGraw

I would like to think they can get in the 20 percent range, but with that number of shares it could be difficult.

Bill Gates

I have to admit that business-type thoughts do sneak into my head: I hope our customers pay us, I hope this stuff is decent, I hope we get it done on time. The little additions and subtractions that one has to do. Take sales, take costs and try to get that big positive number at the bottom.