Famous Quotes & Sayings

Amelia Torres

We can confirm that we received the request last week. We are assessing it ... and expect to come to a conclusion in May.

Charles Stross

I am a lazy, cynical, middle-aged guy who has long since come to the conclusion that most historical periods really sucked, for most people, most of the time.

Seneca

He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct

Robert Falcon Scott

I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

David Vladeck

If you only read half the statute, you can come to that conclusion (that expert fees are not allowed). We think their reading overlooks half the statute.

Joshua Bell

Being a director or a conductor is a balance of many things. And to do it right is a very difficult tightrope to walk. I've come to the conclusion that there's really no way to be one hundred percent popular as conductor.

Orrin Hatch

In a sense, it's a foregone conclusion as to what the final vote is going to be,

Gary Stern

I just don't think you can pick a handful of commodities ... and reach a conclusion about inflation.

Mohamed ElBaradei

I haven't seen anything on the ground at that time that supported Mr. Cheney's conclusion or statement, so -- and I thought to myself, well, history is going to be the judge.

Joshua Bell

Good conductors know when to push and when to lay back. I've known so many great conductors that I'm still doing what I can to learn the craft of this role.

Ken Goldberg

The Earth will control these sounds just as a conductor controls an orchestra by moving a baton.

Joshua Bell

It's different for people who have not seen a symphony conductor conduct from a chair. I feel very connected to the orchestra in a way that a conductor sometimes does not feel. I think it's more visceral.

Joshua Bell

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural.

Dan Brucker

Our conductors found it much easier to move a dog or a pet when they're not in a crate.

Joshua Bell

The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

Robert H. Grubbs

Catalysts are the conductors who choreograph the chemical dance that results in the formation of new structures.

Joshua Bell

So many times, I've seen conductors that, every time they have a thought, they stop the orchestra and say it, and I can see the orchestra rolling their eyes and saying, 'Oh, God, he stopped again.' So there's a technique to rehearsing.

Anna Netrebko

There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do the orchestra. And then there are great conductors, who have their own opinion on the music, who are ruling everything - and not listening much to the singers, but the orchestra play amazingly.

Dave Bautista

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

J. M. Roberts

John is one of the top parks and recreation directors I've seen. He has a great feel for the needs of the community, and that's reflected in the facilities.

Stephen Chbosky

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me.

Aaron Johnson

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Bruno Tonioli

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

William Shatner

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

Rebecca Hall

You either are a good director or you're not.

Robert Rodriguez

Ever director has at least 10 bad films in them.

Vincent Cassel

I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.

Jonathan Joseph

We totally and one hundred percent sign off on 'the semiconductor sector is recovering' theory, ... There were a lot of analysts saying they were going to reduce the range. Midpoint is a victory.

Frederick W. Smith

If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.

Jeffrey Sharon

I had 37 lions and tigers, two chimpanzees, 10 or 12 baboons, a hundred big-horn rams, probably a hundred deer. Zoos would sell me this stuff or they'd trade.

Dr. Seuss

I meant what I said and I said what I meant - An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent! Dr

Wilson Mizner

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

Marc Bulger

You've got to go with Torry, but once they get going, maybe the second hundred (yards), Kevin would win,

Neil Davidson

It's not a particularly profitable business. There are a hundred other things (where) American investors can put their money to better use and more profitable use.

Patrick Corbett

It seemed like a hundred (officers) out there.

Jim Sheridan

It was like I'd known him for a hundred years.

Scott McCallum

What you don't read about, it's never a story of the 98 percent who are doing things right and view this as a public service and want it to work.

Robert McGrath

He's able to do about 80 percent of what he did this year.

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Michael Andretti

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

Walt Jocketty

I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.

Ed Peterson

We're probably doing 60 percent as many ships as we had been before the storm.

Eric Price

What you see here on the facility, we are probably running about 90 percent of our workforce.

Sarah Parcak

I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rate. Tens of thousands of sites will be lost, and we've only unveiled a tiny percent of the past.

Steve Alford

He's fine. If he had to play today, he would probably have to tape it and go. But he's going to be 100 percent by Friday.

Grant Hill

It wasn't popular for college athletics to embrace Title IX.

Will Wright

I think the primary thing that's made the Sims popular is that they're accessible,

Van Orden

He never put on airs. He never tried to outdo anybody. Because of that, his popularity simply grew,

Vance Havner

Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did.

William Devane

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

Jena Malone

If you took Lydia out of 'Pride and Prejudice' and put her into today, she'd be one of the popular girls,

Richard Lewis

You can't really find somebody that has been so prolific, so 'on the scene,' so popular and cutting-edge as Carlin, ... He is the Rolling Stones of stand-up.

Rep. Baxley

I want to tell you something about accountability: It's hard. It hurts. If you're going to do the right thing, it's not always going to be the popular thing.

Amy Robinson

It's become an increasingly more popular way to shop.