Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sophie Hannah

I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.

Tom Moran

Remarkably, within minutes of being released he was committing another burglary.

David Bennett

If people are working, they're less likely to be committing crimes.

Larry Coker

It used to be you waited until the final week before signing day to really go after players you wanted. If you do that now, with all the kids committing early, you'll wind up with nobody.

Mike Dowling

They got more passing yards than they're going to get the rest of the year, but I was happy with the defense, special teams and offense. We cut down on penalties (three for 31 yards). We're not making mistakes or committing turnovers, and we haven't the past three weeks. I think we're really developing.

Jalal Talabani

It's not regular war. This is a very difficult kind of war. ... These people who are committing these crimes are not respecting any kind of rules of war, of Islam or of humanity.

Marcia Angell

It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it.

Joseph Stefano

It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son. I don't think it's possible to create the kind of shock today that we created in 1959. And I don't even want to try.

Brenda Frese

For her to be able to say yes to Maryland, was a huge validation for our program. I really think it opened up the doors to a lot of perspective student-athletes and recruits out there that, hey, as they see these talented players committing to Maryland, that Maryland is definitely a top choice.

Christopher McQuarrie

Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely.

Kurt Barnard

Kmart's earnings were lower than a year ago, and the reason why they were lower is because there is a lot of money being invested in infrastructure. But it's going to pay huge dividends in the future, ... Kmart is finally very excellently positioned to turn around and create a very strong place in the sun.

Stephen Pagliuca

Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies.

James Collins

I suspect they'll probably get a kick out of the illusions that can be created to give them a more total immersion experience as part of virtual reality,

Ted Manning

I think it's a great concept. It's something unique to the market and something that hasn't been done before. I think they've created a niche people are going to understand.

Michael Cohen

I think it's a giant waste of money. I don't see a huge (environmental) downside to it, but the science still doesn't show whether it actually works. If they can create another 1.1 million acre-feet of water, that's a huge amount. I wish them luck.

Craig Mattox

It can create a major headache. You can have six or eight people with the same ticket trying to sit in the same seat. At last year's SEC Championship football game, I confiscated around 70-75 counterfeit tickets. I had about 30 with the same seat location.

Samuel Berger

He used the most vicious form of nationalism to try to create an ethnic empire in the heart of Europe. He wanted a greater Serbia, and he wound up with a lesser Serbia.

Billy Donovan

He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3point shots when they were trying to make a run.

Stephen Pagliuca

Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies.

James Collins

I suspect they'll probably get a kick out of the illusions that can be created to give them a more total immersion experience as part of virtual reality,

Ted Manning

I think it's a great concept. It's something unique to the market and something that hasn't been done before. I think they've created a niche people are going to understand.

Billy Donovan

He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3point shots when they were trying to make a run.

Billy Donovan

He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3-point shots when they were trying to make a run.

Stephen Happel

Greenspan's policies have created huge amounts of wealth for Arizona.

Doreen Cronin

Harry has created this whole world out of little, tiny things we don't think about,

Mary Rosza

Harriet Nowell created the illusion of a hoop skirt by the types and placement of the fabric in her design.

Stephen Sondheim

Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of love, some don't. But none of these songs is me singing - not a single one.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated. We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated, ... We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Samuel Beckett

All has not been said and never will be.

William Arthur Ward

Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.

William Ralph Inge

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I really do not aim at any originality.

Andy Weir

I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.

Ray Stevens

I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Mario Theissen

I think it could be possible but in the end it's a sport.

Greek proverb

It is not possible to step twice into the same river

Tomas Vokoun

I don't feel any pressure. I don't think this has got anything to do with pressure. Sometimes you just play really well, and then get in a slump. Now is the worst possible timing.

Robb Felton

I'd like to see them as soon as possible and get them out. I'm sure they're probably going crazy, they're not used to being in a kennel.

Richard P. Feynman

It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

Richard P. Feynman

So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's impossible. It's just very unlikely". At that he said, "You are very unscientific. If you can't prove it impossible then how can you say that it's unlikely?" But that is the way that is scientific. It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

Bob Williams

If there was something someone wanted that we didn't have, we could usually get it for them in a day or two. We tried to make things as simple as possible for our customers. I think they appreciated that.

Manuel Pellegrini

It has come at the worst possible time. But we have other options.

Cindy Sheehan

I'll be back as soon as possible but we'll keep you posted.

George Bernard Shaw

It is all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

Janet Jacobs

When he told us, I got up from the table, shocked and surprised,

Donna Baker

I think it was kind of a shock to us, how it was missed.

William Cooper

I will be shocked if he didn't play.

Dan Brown

I have been shocked at their reaction. Furthermore I do not really understand it.

Hope White

I'll be very shocked if we didn't use all of it.

Mick Durham

I'm really shocked with the way we played.

Barbara Smith

I'm really shocked something like this would happen.

Derek Keenan

I'm not shocked we're doing as well as we are.