Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Troia McFarland

You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If you don't make good on the threats, you're asking for worse behavior next time.

Kathleen Hanna

I especially don't want men coming up to me and asking if sexism still exists. It's like, I'm seriously gonna barf a McDonald's salad on the next person to do that.

Bryan Mattison

I was like, 'Well, why not? This is what you do. This is your job.' So when I asked him for help, he sat down and helped me.

Matthew Perry

I was like: I'm going to ask Julia Roberts out but I'm going to be very nervous about it. Then she said yes, I got even more nervous.

Mark Turgeon

I was just asking our guys to get it close and put the pressure on them.

Chris Osgood

I was just asking him how he was, and I said I was ready and he didn't have to push it if he was injured, and that was it, really.

Roger Tamraz

I was introduced to the president, ... He asked me what I did in life, and I explained my project.

Diego Della Valle

I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.

Whitney Dosty

I was in New York for a dance program, and I decided to give (volleyball) a try. My mom called the coach and asked her if I could play.

Kathleen Hanna

I especially don't want men coming up to me and asking if sexism still exists. It's like, I'm seriously gonna barf a McDonald's salad on the next person to do that.

Mark Turgeon

I was just asking our guys to get it close and put the pressure on them.

Chris Osgood

I was just asking him how he was, and I said I was ready and he didn't have to push it if he was injured, and that was it, really.

Diego Della Valle

I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.

John Lovelace

I talked with the people I buy them from and we're basically not going to be getting any for a while, ... I told the people I won't be asking for them for a while. I'd hate to put one out down here when people so desperately need them down there.

Ermias Belay

Is what is happening in Idaho an anomaly, a statistical fluke? That is possible. But once it exceeds 1.5 or 2 per million, you start asking questions. If they are all confirmed, it could be odd.

Eric Soderholm

It bothers me to see people asking thousands of dollars. It's not right.

Connie Maute

He was about 10 to 12 weeks old and his left eye was swollen three times its normal size. It was so swollen he couldn't blink. They had no idea what to do and were asking if we would be good Samaritans and take him in and find him a home.

Gilbert Gallegos

He wants to expand, obviously. He'll be asking for more than $5 million, but we're not ready to give a dollar figure.

Thomas Glynn

Kids are bombarded by images of smoking. It is hard to pin any one thing as the cause of something when we are dealing with a behavior this complex.

Karl Hill

Keeping children from smoking starts with parents and their behavior. Some parents say they disapprove of teenage smoking, but continue to smoke themselves. The evidence is clear from this study that if parents don't want their children to start smoking, it is important for them to stop or reduce their own smoking.

Jeffrey Schmitz

It can be perceived as horseplay. There was risky behavior, but fortunately people were sober. ... People could be slightly hurt, but no one was ever killed or brought to the hospital.

Dr. Haselton

It can be costly to engage in that behavior.

Gianfranco Fini

Italy had not activated behavior intended to hide anything from the ally.

Thomas R. Insel

Reports that online cognitive behavioral treatment can be as effective as in-person psychotherapy suggest that technology will expand access, extend the impact of a therapist, and expedite treatment for people who might not find 'seeing' a therapist acceptable.

Charlie Strong

He's always harping on that; he's always talking about the behavior of the team. Now he's where he trusts this football team. The guys, they know how to act, they understand how to act. No one has gotten into any trouble, and I think they understand. Nobody wants to be the first one to get in trouble.

Kim Clark

It involved serious risk to the students, ... The behavior was intended to humiliate the victims.

John Hughs

I think when you look at the rally last week, the behavior we're seeing from the market today is pretty constructive, ... We're digesting the gains from last week, and if historical trends prove right, we should close the week a little higher. Technically and objectively, the market is doing everything it can.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Empty threats are often worse than saying nothing at all. It's like leading from behind. Eventually, no one thinks you're leading at all. And after a while, no one is even listening.

Goeran Persson

There are so many names that will be shouted today. It is so empty where someone is missing.

Lance Galbraith

He's a big goalie, and it's tough to find empty spots on him. It doesn't seem like the other teams are and that's a big plus for our hockey team.

Albert Haynesworth

I think it's down, because my first year or two my mailbox was so full they were putting it in an empty mailbox near mine. They haven't had to do that this year.

Sasha Cohen

It is a little weird without her here. It's kind of like me and all these little girls. It's a little empty without her here, but I've got some of my own things to worry about right now.

Sasha Cohen

It is a little empty without her here but I have my own things to worry about.

Regina Martindale

It is for people who have tried everything to feel that life is good. All the things that were supposed to make them happy left them empty inside.

Spencer Mayfield

I think we did a poor job executing our press offense. We had four empty possessions to start the third and they went on a run.

Allen Ginsberg

I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs -- when I was 17 -- that I realized I was talking through an empty skull, ... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts.

Stephen Colbert

Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.

Steve Hutchinson

Going into the playoffs, the so-called experts said that there were 12 teams in the playoffs and out of everyone, we had the worst defense. Well, you can't play any better than that, can you?

Bill Collins

It has been a great year so far. It's been a real joy to see how our students have benefited from these experts in their fields.

Merrill Goozner

It is ludicrous that the FDA could not find highly qualified experts in these fields who did not have ties to the manufacturer.

Peter Goldmark

I went to the government to seek help from our counterterrorism experts, ... The counterterrorism officials then in the White House refused to give us any help.

Keith Ellison

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

Tony Russa

He was underrated by the so-called experts. When we got him, people in the American League called me telling what an impact player we had. He isn't underrated by people wearing a uniform.

Tom White

He has the expertise and he was interested in doing it.

Rex Stout

Opinions, from experts, cost money.

Jaime Salazar

I wouldn't recommend the Foreign Legion for a thinking person, ... because it's going to wear you down.

Mike Forest

I would say since the Second World War, it was the most interesting time to be the foreign editor.

Howard Baker

I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism.

Dan Hall

I think it is wrong. I don't think it is safe to work with these foreign companies.

Peter Rohde

He's had this injury three times before, so it's not too foreign to him. He won't do much for the next week or two, but as soon as he's right he will be back up and playing pretty much straight away.

James Lago

There is a knee-jerk reaction to this short-term political concern. But should foreign investors realize that this is not for the short term, they may be prompted to sell as well.

Dmitri Trenin

I think what he did was a revolution in terms of Russia's foreign policy,

Jeff Gundy

Like most American or foreign players, he understands about half of what I say.

Hilary Clinton

I will be working with Senator Menendez to introduce legislation that will prohibit the sale of ports to foreign governments.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

John Fisher

I was like, 'You're kidding me. How could I be leading, not peddling a good portion of the course?'

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Shacoi Berry

I was kind of tired and I didn't warm up that good before the first match. I got a much better warm-up in before this last match and I wrestled a lot better.

Robert Crandall

I was looking for somebody who could operate effectively and had good personal chemistry.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Brandon Perkins

I was in the right place at the right time. The other side did a good job of containing, and (the quarterback) couldn't go anywhere. I just had to go get him.

Ben Sheets

I was in pretty good shape. I don't know how you could prevent it. It seems like it could happen at any time.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Thomas Hood

A hollow voice is all I have / But this I tell you plain, / Marry come up! - you marry, Ma'am, / And I'll come up again.

Richard O'Brien

So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing.

Scott Williams

This is not a hollow gesture. This is an unprecedented release of industry material.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.

Dan Hicks

There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.

Ian Paisley

is a hollow gesture, because we don't want words. We want actions.

Mark Brazil

I feel better than I did when I was walking around Quail Hollow at the Wachovia Championship in May, but I don't think we're out of the woods.

Martina Hingis

Just wait until the next matches, I'll be even better.

Monica Crowley

Just when you think you've heard it all from Team Obama, the next day brings another jaw-dropper.

Meredith Ostrom

John Casablancas was saying, 'You will be the next Claudia Schiffer!' But I said, 'Actually, I have to go to college.'

John Currie

I think, in the short time, it would stay there until the next flight.

Matt Herting

I think in the next three weeks, he'll make a decision.

Chris Ault

He did not past his test so he is not going to be with us right now. If he passes it, he is welcome to come on our program for a semester as a walk-on and we can put him on scholarship next year.

Patrick Biancone

He could be anything, ... He could be the next Secretariat. I don't know if he could be, but he does it so easily.

Dennis Erickson

He'll be back to play next year, but obviously he's out for Saturday.

Stephen Colbert

All I can do is today and tomorrow and have some idea of what we're doing next week. That's all I can worry about.

Miguel Rodriguez

Just spanking, yell at them . . . like any parent would.

Hallie Eisenberg

What? What is this? ... My sister and I wrote a little play for my parents. How is this out there?

Deryck Whibley

Hi, we are Sum 41 and we're just something your parents will never understand

Robin Riley

I think it's a terrible idea. As a parent and a counselor, I know our SROs do so much proactively.

Dawn Check

I think the program is really supported by parents. It's worthwhile to the community. It's part of their education, part of preparing them to go out in the world.

Stephanie Samuels

I think (the ordinance) is another safeguard for parents, and I'm relieved it was introduced.

Mary Long

We are first time parents and we're in our fifties.

Eric Porter

It is something that students and parents will have to get used to,

Naveen Andrews

I already had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. They wanted me to get a proper job, like any right-thinking parents would.

Lee Fuller

Having a clear, stable royalty policy was of value to independent producers.

Lindsey Tippins

I think administration has said, 'Well, we got to do that because that's what the policy says.' I don't think that's what the policy says.

Robert Townsend

If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'

Rick Warren

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Wim Duisenberg

Our policy is to be as transparent and as predictable as possible,

Bryan Hilferty

Not taking jailbirds has been our policy for decades.

Susan Smith

It's probably time to do the whole policy over.

Dan Smith

It's worth considering the value of these trees when making policy decisions.

Sherry Cooper

No surprises for the bank, so no shift in the policy program.

Bob Martin

He didn't make promises he couldn't keep. If he couldn't do something, he would tell you.

Benjamin Franklin

Promises may get thee Friends, but Nonperformance will turn them into Enemies.

David Clohessy

So much for their promises to be more transparent.

Kenneth Roth

These promises of proper treatment are unenforceable. Any suspect who reveals mistreatment risks being sent back to the torture chamber.

Gil Gutknecht

This is the first salvo in what promises to be a very interesting battle,

National Press

Undelivered Promises and Betrayals of the Uruguay Round.

Jonny Wilkinson

I am not making any promises about how long he will play, but he will get on at some stage.

Jesse Ventura

I don't want to make promises I can't keep.

Bob Beauprez

We need to stay to the promise. Promises made need to be promises kept.

Katey Sagal

I was very rebellious.

Brenda Lee

Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?

Brad Katsuyama

I didn't have this rebellious streak in me. To me, I'm a product of circumstance.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Janet Fitch

I write all the time, whether I feel like it or not. I never get inspired unless I'm already writing.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

David Small

I think it's a generational thing. It's time for a change.

James Hughes

I think it's about time we do something about it.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Bob Greenly

Justus is very much a work in progress, ... but he's getting better all the time.

Waris Ahluwalia

I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.

Mads Mikkelsen

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

Dan Kane

It can happen. We just all have to work together.

Eric Kristenson

It can be as much of a workout as you want it to be.

Tory Burch

I think you can have it all. You just have to know it's going to work.

Taylor Hawkins

Why go on vacation when work is so much more fun.

Steve Bigam

The only thing that didn't work out was we lost.

Lord Warner

What we've got to work on is the rest,

Quentin Richardson

Just when I thought we couldn't get any worse or go any lower, we find another way to do it.

Gerhard Richter

I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

Dusty Baker

He's day to day. He's no better or worse than he was yesterday.

Derrick Brooks

It could be a whole lot worse then where we are.

Richard Madden

I thought 'Game of Thrones' had this challenge in filming, and it's one of those things you think, 'It can't get worse than this,' because it's really cold, and you're in pain, and it's miserable.

Greg Watkins

In the hip-hop world, there's nothing worse than being called a snitch. It can be detrimental to your career, and to your health.

Ken Oplinger

In some respects, it's actually worse than a passport.

Tim Nelson

I'm thinking, do I have that or do I have something worse on my hands?

P. J. O'Rourke

In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'