Famous Quotes & Sayings

August Krogh

In the giraffe with a total height of 5 m., the heart is at a height of about 2.5 m., and it would be extremely interesting to know just how the giraffe avoids the development of filtration oedema in its long legs.

Charles Schumer

I'm going to do everything I can to try and craft a compromise that avoids a lengthy trial,

Dennis Patterson

It's a short meet, so anything can happen. Garcia is getting on some live horses for some top barns, so he might have a good shot to pull off an upset if he avoids suspensions and injuries.

Don Murray

This avoids the scenario of a 17cm pair of scissors ending up sewn into somebody's abdomen,

Jack Layton

This avoids the holiday election that nobody wants,

Mitchell Ribitwer

It's a fair deal because it avoids any more trauma and misery for the Weinstein family.

David Adelman

The ruling eliminates the risk of a large-scale financial verdict, should increase the market's visibility of Philip Morris' long-term U.S. tobacco market share and profit growth, and avoids press coverage of the industry airing its internal issues in public.

Michael Chertoff

The whole point of this program is let people decide the fate of their own lives, ... And I think that avoids the whole issue of someone coming from outside and saying, 'You must do this' or 'You must do that.'

Larry Harvey

It avoids a self-conscious relationship to the act. We live in the most self-conscious society in the history of mankind. There are good things in that, but there are also terrible things. The worst of it is, that we find it hard to give ourselves to the cultural process.

Sophie Hannah

In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11.

Jalal Talabani

It is a historic day. We have closed a sad chapter in the history of the Kurdish people.

Bhagwan Rajneesh

With me, a new chapter in the history of consciousness begins.

Ranya Young

Hopefully this will close the chapter of this book. I hope we can work together to get this district back to where it was and better.

Sylvester Stallone

I am drawing on a lot of my feelings that are in sync with many people's feelings about facing the last chapter of their lives and how they want it to be written.

Janez Drnovsek

I am glad that I received support of so many voters and that we can together start a new chapter in Slovenia's history,

Glenn Tilton

Today marks a new chapter for United, and it starts from a renewed position of strength.

Charles Jenkins

Today is the first day of the last chapter of my life, ... It is here on Sado island that I will hopefully live my remaining days with my wife and children.

Spike Lee

'Red Hook Summer' is another chapter in my chronicles of Brooklyn.

Peter Schultz

Jaco signed a three-year deal with NEC and it's unlikely they'll release him.

Dave Musgrove

Jack the Ripper remains an iconic figure today, and perhaps is seen as the forerunner of the serial killers that society has had to deal with since.

Richard D. James

I would say the Borg presented us with a great deal of imagination.

Tom Renney

Just something we have to deal with internally as a team when it comes to penalties.

Lee Mazzilli

Joe is the master in terms of dealing with people. But that has come with experience. He has a way about him now he may not have had before.

Larry Dixon

I think it's a little different when you're in the middle of the points deal for the championship going into Pomona with everything going on,

Mark Blondin

I think it's a good deal for our members or I wouldn't put my name to it.

Harry Peterson

I think it's a better deal for the village than we get from the county.

Christopher Hill

I think it is a good deal for everybody, especially for the DPRK, which does have a long road to travel,

Thora Birch

When you're making a film, you become incredibly close. It's not like you're filing away papers all day. You're creating with human emotions, so you do become very connected, so it is familial and romantic.

Eric Ballantine

The uncertainty on the filing is probably what the market is looking at.

Sheila Coronel

It's very insidious. They say they are studying filing sedition charges. They say they have lists, but they don't say who is on them. This is not how the game should be played. We know our rights, and we should not be harassed by psychological pressure.

Keith Ainsworth

The reason for filing the intervention has been accomplished.

Richard G. Scott

Learning, pondering, searching, and memorizing scriptures is like filling a filing cabinet with friends, values, and truths that can be called upon anytime, anywhere in the world.

Claudia Jones

We will be filing something seeking similar regulatory treatment.

Douglas Adams

But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

Randy Pausch

Develop a good filing system.

Gary Johnson

Make sure your filing status is the right one.

Frank Kimmel

He was a grizzly, old veteran, just a real hard-nosed racer, ... He would run all day long, and then all of a sudden with 20 (laps) to go, you would look up and he would be leading the race.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

Laurence J. Peter

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Sylvia Hatchell

Her leadership has also improved. For a sophomore, she has shown a lot of maturity.

Larry Kupczyk

He's a skilled player who has been able to put the puck in the net on a regular basis. Jesse also took more of a leadership role this season and is a very solid player.

Jerry Brookings

He showed me how to lead a band, which was something I had always wanted to do.

Rep. Bucher

I think the legislative leadership is pretty ripe to take up this issue.

J. J. Johnson

I think (the leaders) are there. It's whether or not they know how to do that yet is what we've got to find. I'm not sure they know who they are yet, so we'll see.

Bobby Bowden

What do you lose? I think you probably lose your most solid, mature, leader and blocker.

Rep. Lawlor

There is going to be a public hearing, and there is going to be a vote, and, more likely than not, he is going to be confirmed.

Lawrence DiRita

It is likely we will get down to the baseline after the election,

Sen. Nass

It is likely to not be successful when we come back in January. This is a promise that may not be kept.

Herb Kohl

Well, you're likely to be confirmed, as we all know.

Robert Hill

He'll more than likely have to go to counseling, get parenting classes.

Kenneth Fisher

If you're 35, 45, or even 55 - you have a very long time horizon - 40 years or vastly more. That is you, and/or your spouse, are likely to live about that long, and you'll be investing the whole way.

Maeve Binchy

If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'

Rick Sherlund

Intel's pre-announcement will likely raise questions about the strength of Microsoft's March quarter.

Thomas Mann

His background, record and silence on a number of questions spoke volumes about his likely performance on the court.

Ariel Sharon

I have no regrets. Even if I had anticipated the size of the opposition to my disengagement plan, I would have maintained it,

Peter King

There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction.

Gautam Gambhir

I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions.

Gretchen Mol

I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.

Emile Sheng

I think it shows the differences between the parties are pretty big.

Lorna Luft

It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

Adam Ereli

We will also make the point that all protests and demonstrations need to be peaceful, legal; all parties should refrain from violence.

Susan Gray

This was different than some other parties because of the sheer numbers,

Latin Proverb

Those who do a thing are consenting parties

Ahmed Hussein

Because we are not the only parties in this meeting, we can't predict the outcome.

Emma Roberts

I like to go to parties if I know who's going to be there, and if it's people I want to be with. I don't just go to go. And I always drive myself, because I hate being stuck places - there's nothing worse that going out and then being stuck!

Lee Dean

We're working to try to get the parties together and get the situation resolved.

Alessia Cara

I don't really dance. I don't drink or smoke. Being at parties is very awkward.

Trevor Noah

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord.

Rigoberto Medina

There is no connection. The nationwide strike has nothing to do with this.

Dan Nobbs

We throw strikes and play defense, that's pretty much our philosophy.

Tom Pratt

I thought (Shaver) had big-league command. Everything was down in the zone. He threw 43 strikes in 58 pitches.

Lorenzo Bundy

He was pretty good, especially early. He pounded the strike zone, but he still has to work on his location.

Jimmy Harris

He was spotting his fastball. He had a real tight strike zone.

Derek Jeter

He was throwing strikes, that's the thing. You try to be patient, but if he's throwing strikes with it, you find yourself in the hole.

Vance Wilson

If you look at the way he was continually getting strike one down in the zone ... if he does that, he can do whatever he wants.

Toby Hall

I'm safe, and it was strike three. So there it is.