Famous Quotes & Sayings

Virginia Postrel

The Internet's abundance - of information, goods, tastes and sources of authority - creates unparalleled opportunities for individuals to get exactly what they want. But this plenitude threatens political and cultural authorities who believe in telling individuals what they can have rather than letting them choose for themselves.

Chris Carter

There are things I'm doing with 'The After' that would've never flown on 'The X-Files' and on network television, so it's more permissive. That's not to say that you want to abuse that. I think that a show like 'The X-Files' actually worked better as a network show with the restraints put on it, the censorship that was applied.

Steven Anderson

The Pennsylvania senate bill is the most comprehensive legislation in the country. It slams the door on runaway eminent domain abuse and completely redefines the overly permissive definition of 'blight' that has been repeatedly used as an excuse to take property from one private citizen and give it to another private citizen.

Bradley Byrne

The state of Alabama is serious about economic development, and we have shown that the Mobile region has a skilled workforce that is developing every day, strong infrastructure, and an abundance of natural resources.

Chris Crutcher

My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then... never judge.

Winona LaDuke

On my reservation, we had one of the most abundant fisheries in the world and hundreds of thousands of acres of wild rice beds. We've lost a lot of it, but there's still natural wealth that could support our communities.

Naomi Wolf

As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.

Bill Rogers

The abuse of executive sessions is the biggest problem we have with the law.

Martha Coakley

The allegations involve situations where the young men are attending a weekly class. Father Shanley is the pastor at the time. He asked for one or more of the students to come to assist him and talk about an instance -- and that's when the victims allege the abuse would occur,

Elizabeth Warren

Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those.

Mahmud Abbas

We have before us an opportunity to relaunch the peace process, an opportunity provided in the aftermath of the disengagement in the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank ,

Don Carty

With the economy weak and fuel prices still relatively high, we and the rest of the industry were experiencing a very difficult financial quarter even before the September 11 attacks. But the attacks and their aftermath further weakened traffic and had a staggering effect on our overall financial performance.

James Rubin

We are obviously engaged in a serious discussion with (Pakistanis) about their security in the aftermath of this decision by India to test, and how our relationship with them could be enhanced.

Boitumelo Mahlangu

We are now trying to help pregnant women who are also caught in the aftermath of the floods. Sick people cannot even get to the clinics because of the high level of waters surrounding their homes.

John Zogby

The president has managed to do early in his second term what his father did in just one term: go from record-high approval numbers in the aftermath of 9/11 to his present numbers.

Jerrold Nadler

I witnessed firsthand what happens when the federal government fails to protect public health after disaster strikes, ... The long-term impact on human health -- and public confidence in government -- is devastating. Sierra Club's report is a wake-up call that it could happen again, and I confess that I am concerned for the rescue workers and residents facing the aftermath of the Katrina Hurricane. We need a full investigation of what happened at Ground Zero and what our government plans to do in all future emergencies.

Maajid Nawaz

I was imprisoned in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, when Egypt's state security was rounding people up in unprecedented numbers.

Melinda Shiraki

It felt like someone was pounding on the window. But it was the aftermath that was shocking.

William John Wills

It is of great importance to note these meteors, even the small ones, as very little is yet known of them; and every observation, if carefully made, will some day help to show what they are.

Clive Thompson

Insurance firms have always carefully studied real-world data to figure out what, precisely, constitutes a risky activity.

Viggo Mortensen

We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

Richard Fisher

We have to watch things very carefully here because there are inflationary pressures and ... (the Fed's) duty is to be especially vigilant on that front,

Gloria Arroyo

We have the evidence, we have the proof . . . this was a carefully planned rebellion,

Michele Johnson

We have to look very carefully at any proposal to ensure it takes care of the sickest and the neediest.

Dan Turner

We're watching these winter storms very carefully as well as the storm surge and surf conditions that are off our coast, because all of that combine to create some real serious situations for us.

Marshall Prentice

We're watching the market carefully for any signs of a turn, for any signs of the 'bursting bubble' that some analysts have been predicting. So far we're not seeing anything other than the normal incremental changes you would expect in the ebb and flow of a real estate cycle.

Kim Masters

When Spielberg later watched Cruise's manic declaration of love, Levy says, he sensed that the film's carefully orchestrated media plan might be slipping off the rails.

Xavier Becerra

Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.

Timothy Noah

Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president.

Giles Foden

I can't think of a specific meal, but my favourite country for food has got to be France. I love those restaurants in the middle of the village squares.

Gilbert White

You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter.

Donald Trump

Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune.

William Shatner

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog.

William Whitelaw

Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.

William John Wills

This country is undergoing great changes for the better.

Valerie June

I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.

Greg Boyle

My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.

Thaksin Shinawatra

We have no involvement at all, ... We don't have any detention or secret jails or whatever.

Michael Ignatieff

The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias.

Manfred Nowak

We want to have all information about secret places of detention because whenever there is a secret place of detention, there is also a higher risk that people are subjected to torture.

Nolan North

I've always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, 'Have a think about where doing these funny voices might get you someday.'

Carla Ponte

Milosevic has very good doctors in The Hague and all that he needs for his health. He can have it even in the detention unit....

Ike Skelton

Meaningful oversight must include proper scrutiny of all U.S. detention facilities, whether those facilities are located on U.S. or foreign soil.

B. F. Skinner

There's an expansion in the detention operations going on.

Sudip Pathak

The number of disappearances and illegal detention by the state has, however, considerably decreased in the review period.

Joe Biden

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

Daniel Craig

We can't go fully monty in Bond, Because we can't get the rating.

Magic Johnson

All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.

Tom Daschle

time bomb. This is going to be $4-to-$5 trillion when it is fully implemented.

Marcia Wieder

Use your precious moments to live life fully every single second of every single day.

Peter Scolari

I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.

Ian Shepherdson

Most notable was the leap in the prices-paid index, ... this is simply a reflection of higher oil prices but it may not have been fully anticipated in the markets.

Ricky Stuart

Whether he runs out or not, he'll be out there at some stage, and we'll find out whether he's still recovering or fully recovered from that shoulder problem.

William Ackman

I think McDonald's is doing the right thing and we fully support it.

Alex McLeish

I thought it was his hamstring. When you see him going down, you think he's torn something. But I don't want to make any harsh predictions.

Su Chi

The PRC was harsh in tone but hollow in substance.

John Stack

For too many years, we only saw pictures like that in a Hollywood movie. Now it's harsh reality, and it's sobering.

Don Stark

He speaks out pretty strongly and quickly and some would say harshly on ... what he would see as a sort of giveaway to big business.

Benjamin Franklin

Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.

Aml Ameen

We as people often subscribe to hope to feel better about our lives, to escape the harsh and sometimes cruel injustices of the world.

David Beckham

I thought the first yellow was harsh and the second even harsher,

Dwyane Wade

I think it's what he wants. He knows he's an important option on offense and knows what we expect. I'm sure he doesn't think we've been harsh about it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves than with others

Red Cloud

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.

Nina Easton

I've made decisions along the way so I would be there for my kids, and it's kept me from going places I would have gone.

John Schwartz

The $24 million jumped off the page. At first, I thought it was a typo, ... Then I kept reading and said, 'No, they're not joking.'

Connie Lemos

We were his legacy, and we just want to thank all of the people who have kept his memory alive.

David Phillips

We were going to play it here if we kept these theaters.

Sarah Soesbee

We've kept our reputation by playing hard. We may have less superstars, but we're probably more team-oriented.

Kevin Coleman

We've kept all the artifacts, all the character.

Ilian Evtimov

We just couldn't stop them on defense. They just kept scoring at will.

Ian Snell

I thought I was getting squeezed a little bit. I wanted to lose control, but I just kept my composure. I'd just turn around and slap my thigh.

Patricia Birch

What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.

Christian Louboutin

It is extremely necessary to realize that the world doesn't only have one way of seeing things.

Javier Solana

We have not been able to reach agreement. A precondition to constructive confidence, which is necessary now, is stopping all uranium enrichment activities.

John Dryden

Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings.

Angus King

If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.

Brian Cashman

He's got time to do what's necessary to get us where we need to be.

Jay Wright

He just did what was necessary to win the game. And having that weapon is valuable.

Bob Poole

If we can get it into the township and get the necessary approvals, we can get it under way as soon as possible.

Sam Bodman

We are prepared to do what is necessary with respect to strategic reserves,

King Abdullah

worked together as effectively as the terrorists do.

Michael Hayden

The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.

Ian Mckellen

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

Jim Snyder

That was huge, it took away that 2-0 advantage.

Raymond Bonner

I'm not the only foreigner who took up golf while living in Jakarta.

Andrew Griffin

We had everything it took this year to get over the hump. We just didn't execute.

Steve Francis

I was trying to get to the basket, but I took what was there. It was a tough shot. I got enough arc, but it was a little strong.

Kurt Thomas

We clamped down on him. We took him out of his game.

Neil Callaway

Basically, we took him just because he's a big kid.

Donald O'Connor

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

Kenoy Kennedy

I think I took off before he started to slide. I'll take a look at it on the film.