Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shona Robison

I would support a reduction in sickness absence, but the executive must address pressures that force too many people to work too many hours in stressful conditions.

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

Cynthia Ozick

I think at this moment, in the absence of Bellow, that Roth is the most courageous American writer. There's nothing he's afraid to say.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

John Barr

It is not RNZ's policy to comment on individual staffing matters, however media reports relating to Mr Plunket's absence from RNZ have been inaccurate,

Joost Hiltermann

Under Saddam, you usually were OK as long as you kept your mouth shut. Now you might get hurt or even killed almost arbitrarily, given the absence of rule of law, the sectarian fighting, insurgent actions and U.S. carelessness in responding to attacks.

Joost Hiltermann

Under Saddam, you usually were OK as long as you kept your mouth shut, ... Now you might get hurt or even killed almost arbitrarily, given the absence of rule of law, the sectarian fighting, insurgent actions and U.S. carelessness in responding to attacks.

Bhagavad Gita

Humility, modesty, nonviolence, forbearance, honesty, service to guru, purity (of thought, word, and deed), steadfastness, self-control; and / Aversion towards sense objects, absence of ego, constant reflection on the agony and suffering inherent in birth, old age, disease, and death.

Samantha Lewthwaite

Jamal is accountable for his actions 100 percent and I condemn with all my heart what he has done, ... I will try to remember for my children's sake the Jamal I loved and raise them knowing their father was a man who truly loved them. But the day will come when I'll have to tell them what he did.

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.

Tom Daschle

It again demonstrates why we have to address the infrastructure of our intelligence-gathering analysis and the actions that are taken as a result of that analysis, ... We've got a lot of work to do, and this is just the most recent reminder that we've got a problem here and it's got to be fixed and it's got to be done this year.

John Shaw

I think I told you (two weeks ago) it would be handled internally. I would prefer not to discuss what actions have been taken. But like I said to you, he was reprimanded, and it is being handled internally.

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.

Celso Amorim

Whatever the council decides on actions it wishes to take, they have to involve some kind of engagement of Iraq. You cannot put in place a system unless you talk to the people who have the system in place.

Simon Muhumuza

There is no excuse, they have a right to demand for their licenses and we shall not allow such actions to prevail when we are watching.

Karl Rove

The purpose of the terrorist-surveillance program is to protect lives. The president's actions were legal and fully consistent with the 4th Amendment and the protection of our civil liberties under the constitution.

Jay Vroom

We support a vigorous program of enforcement by state and federal officials to ensure that our products are used safely. Today's actions by the state of Florida demonstrate that regulatory officials continue to monitor and enforce the nation's rigorous pesticide laws. By following EPA's rules, we are confident that both public health and the environment are protected. This is proof that the regulatory system works and violators will not be tolerated.

Mark Ellis

I was almost positive it would be a one-year deal, so I was a little surprised yesterday. I'm happy.

Danielle Pletka

Katrina has changed many things but I don't think it will change Iraq policy. There is almost no elasticity in that policy.

Katie Gearlds

Just toughness. To have four games in four days with some players playing almost 40 minutes ... their will to get it done impressed me. We've got to come ready to play, that's for sure.

Horacio Ramirez

I think it's a little different because we're opening up here. It's a little more exciting because it's the opening series. But last year was almost as exciting, because it was the first time I pitched in L.A. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

Mike Browning

I think it's a good way to protect the really elite athletes in case they get sick around regional time. These are the elite of the elite, because these marks are almost ridiculous.

Zoe Lofgren

I think it's a blessing that we've managed to keep the heavy hand of regulation off the Internet, ... When the government moves in to regulate the Internet, we'll almost always get it wrong.

Dexter Filkins

I think - I think the real nightmare place now is less Afghanistan than it is Pakistan. I mean, again, Pakistan is this gigantic country, deeply troubled, kind of almost ungovernable, sitting on top of probably 50 or 60 nuclear warheads. Nobody really knows where the warheads are; the Americans certainly don't know where they are.

Mike Cooke

I think it is almost inevitable that it will happen. It's not going to go away.

Jolene Ortego

I think it almost provides comfort for parents to know they have that instant way of communicating with their kids.

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

John Capel

Just to let them know that I haven't given up yet. They thought I was just going to let them have the title, but not yet.

Robert McKinley

Just pay attention. Make sure you're not given a product you don't want.

Max Minghella

I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.

Steve Rives

He is someone who has given us a real go-to guy.

Muhammad Yunus

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

Ron Suskind

Haven't we already given money to rich people... Shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?

Omar Vizquel

He should've given it to us because of the way he was pitching.

Alan Phillips

His shoulder was looked at and he was given the all clear.

Danny Way

Just to see them get hurt and run back up there and go down again, they're like Superman.

Scott Bergland

I think it hurt us not having him in the third period. If we had him, I think we would have won the game.

Dana Carvey

He can't tell you, but he didn't hurt anyone,

Unknown

Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing, and wishing you had?

Doc Rivers

He just wasn't responding. He couldn't move out on the floor. He was hurting the team and he was hurting himself. I was worried about the confidence. At the end of the year the one thing I try to protect, especially with our young guys, is going into the (summer) with a positive feeling.

Ryan Herrs

He is such a presence. Losing Tommy hurt us more than anything else.

Dondi McGowan

He's a big guy, he moves well and he understands the game, so he can hurt you.

Tom O'Neil

His shyness is hurting him. He is pulling out of public appearances lately and it's been widely noticed. He's been pulling back when he should be campaigning.

Mike Sanford

He's a tough guy. He had shoulder surgery and has come back. His shoulder hurts him, but he still practices.

Talat Masood

This tension has been going on for some time, but at a much lower pitch. I'm surprised that they have taken it public to this extent. . . . The winners in this are the insurgents and the militants.

Carter Ham

There are some isolated instances of insurgent contact, but relatively light,

Douglas Feith

We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria.

Lamar Butler

Just to walk in, I kept thinking about Peyton Manning throwing all those touchdowns.

Lenora Fulani

he voiced his disagreement with me, and then kept right on going.

Daniel Gomez

He use to come here once and a while, but he was a musician and you know kept pretty much to himself.

Lee Dean

He couldn't sleep, ... He kept saying, 'What should I take? What should I bring?'

Reggie Theus

He could have played last week, but I kept him out because I wanted him to be 100 percent this week.

Frank Robinson

He kept yapping at me, and I was talking at him, and he's telling me, 'No more,' but he's still yakking at me, ... I'm trying to tell him, 'You stop talking to me if I can't talk to you.'

Brad Wilkerson

He kept us off-balance. He didn't really give up too many hard-hit balls.

Marc Suyematsu

He kept us off-balance and we were never able to string together any hits.

Joel Thompson

He kept those for a reason. He showed me those for a reason.

M. Wolfe

I would think he's worth it. They might not.

Jim Edmonds

I think it might be why I struggled in the World Series,

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He might be in the lineup tomorrow.

Bryan Smolinski

(Hasek) was the reason we won. It was really tough taking those penalties in the first seven minutes, but then we got one at the end and that might have taken the wind out of their sails.

Stephanie Mills

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of.

Alphonso Jackson

have come to realize they might not go back to New Orleans.

Andy Reust

It could be a possibility he might run it. At this point, I don't know where I'm going to go with it.

Scott Arneson

I think the proof is in the pudding. The Valley produces state championship contenders every year. Some people might not think that the Valley is that tough, but no one has proven otherwise.

Henry Giroux

I think that rather than saying that Occupy Wall Street has died, we can say that they're in the process of understanding what the long march through alternative institutions might mean.

Abraham Lincoln

I will be frank. The taste is in my mouth ... .

Woody Allen

We laughed over it, and Hemingway punched me in the mouth.

Sara Cox

I used to be double-jointed in my hips, so I could put my toe in my mouth. That can't be classed as a talent really, rather a mild deformity.

Sara Shepard

Here you go, dear."" The corners of Mrs. Colbert's mouth curled up. "You like meat, don't you?" Emily blinked. Was it her, or did that statement seem...loaded? She checked Issac for his reaction, but he was innocently selecting a roll from a wicker basket. "Uh, thanks." Emily said, pulling the platter toward her. She did like meat. The kind you, um, eat.

Robert Louis Stevenson

To the old our mouths are always partly closed; we must swallow our obvious retorts and listen. They sit above our heads, on life's raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

Zora Neale Hurston

Africa has her mouth on Moses.

Zora Neale Hurston

Slogans can be worse than swords if they are only put in the right mouths.

William H. Macy

Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. It's not right. Someone's gotta say it. They said it. I applaud them.

Frank Luntz

It can be done more wisely and effectively, or hey, not at all! We're okay with that too!

Herb Williams

He seemed OK to me, but he was sitting down for the most part.

Harry Redknapp

He should be okay for Saturday but he's going to have play through the pain barrier.

Tim Powers

We swam OK tonight. You could tell that we were still a little tired.

Bob McIntyre

Hopefully, they'll be OK by Thursday. There's different stuff going around. Megan was dizzy; she said she was sick.

Dusty Baker

He was ok. They all say they're ok (after getting hit).

Richard Paul Evans

The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.

Ronnie Dunn

I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

Woody Guthrie

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

Champ Bailey

I think we're tough when we do things like that. We were responding to some things they like to do. We're active.

Mark Vitner

I think they would be responding to all the talk of outsourcing and all the talk in the headlines.

Stanley Brand

I'm not going to get into responding to these things.

Anne Keene

We've accelerated the time structure. The students are responding very well to the new system, and they like writing.

Mike Holmgren

This is a new team, a different team, and they are responding differently. It's been that type of year for us.

Victor Borge

(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?

Thomas Heywood

Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen.

Ron Krumer

There are no rules to how long it could take to go away. It could take one day, it could take two days, it could take two weeks.

Guru Singh

He has no rival, no attacker, no enemy. His rule is unchanging and eternal, He does not come or go.

Charlie Brown

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Tom Daschle

I haven't ruled anything out or anything in at this point.

Larry Jones

You used to spend a lot of your time with a ruler in your hand.

Katherine Harris

God is the one who chooses our rulers

Brian Robertson

There's an old rule in politics: If you're explaining, you're losing.

Andrew Walpole

Vaughan is ruled out. He is going home.