Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth L. Pike

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

Kenneth L. Pike

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

Daniel Bell

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

Kelly Miller

The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers.

Kelly Miller

The General Staff is naturally divided into five groups, each with its chief who is an assistant to the Chief of the General Staff.

Talcott Parsons

Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.

Douglas Brinkley

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan , D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion.

Suliman Baldo

Deby has a very small army on whose loyalty he cannot count, so the edge he has is the French.

Samina Ahmed

It would have made a difference if he had been elected president. It might have even made a difference if he had given up his title of chief of army staff,

Elie Wiesel

Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.

Louis Caldera

Earlier this year, our Army Center for Military History did a search and found nothing in the official records that substantiates the claims that U.S. Army soldiers perpetrated such massacres,

Luis Mandoki

did not include the recruitment of the children, and when we were filming, in the scene where the children are lying down on top of the roofs, I asked, 'Oscar, why are they on the roofs?' and he said, 'Because the army was coming to take them away,' and he hadn't included that in the script because for him it wasn't important, it was everyday life.

Paul Wolfowitz

We want Army weapons systems that are more mobile, lethal and deployable,

Alexander Golts

There is no supervision at all, and the army just stews in its own juice.

Daniel Radcliffe

I think it speaks to the fact that other people are as excited about originality as we are. I think the thing that has been wonderfully communicated in the trailers and all the promotion for the movie [Swiss Army Man] is that it isn't like anything else you've ever seen, and we're not just saying that. I think that excites people.

Rick Robertson

The people of Michigan are generous in their concern and assistance in times of need. We pull together as a community to help in any way we can.

James Wolfensohn

We can only have success in partnership with others in the development community, including civil society and the private sector. There must be effective performance in utilizing development assistance -- corruption-free and reaching the poor.

Terri Teuber

We want to ensure that all who are eligible know about the program and receive nutrition assistance with dignity and respect.

Michael Bolch

Those who had uninsured or underinsured losses as a result of the hurricane should register without delay. Even if you already repaired the damage, replaced the property, or received partial reimbursement from your insurance company, make the call before the March 11 date. Registering with FEMA will also determine what housing assistance you may qualify for.

Bill Foster

Getting help to our colleagues is problematic at this time due to emergency restrictions. However we are preparing our plan and will be ready with immediate assistance when supply routes are open.

Robert Latham

If any family has suffered losses or damages as a result of Hurricane Katrina and has not registered for assistance yet, I urge them to call and register before the March 11 deadline and learn what types of assistance they may be eligible for.

Samuel Johnson

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.

Tony Pfaff

We are the experts. That's what people want when they are going to invest in a top-quality piece of exercise equipment. They want the assistance of someone who is proficient in the fitness and exercise industry, not just some sales guy.

Kent Willis

Jails may accommodate the religious needs of inmates by funding chaplains' services that offer assistance to all prisoners regardless of their faith. But they cannot pay a Christian ministry to bring only the Christian message into their jails.

Alan Horowitz

I've always been a confident person, and this just helped.

Bastien Ripoll

It was very very hard (but) it's great to win a race that worked perfectly. It was exactly what we expected. We were very confident during the warm up and we knew it was our chance.

Robert McCann

This is a solid deal for us at Merrill Lynch , and we are confident about the long-term benefits. We will definitely consider other acquisitions like this when they become available.

Ken Schrader

You've just got to be confident or you wouldn't be here at this level.

Lindy Ruff

We really feel we've got a hidden gem if we can get him back to that level that he was at the end of '03-04. I'm confident that we can get him there.

Bill Simmons

Even though a decision has been made, the war is not over. Some of those jobs we are confident will stay here.

Richard LeVine

You have to have a feel for what's really going to work in the long run, what the issues are that may seem controversial in the short run, ... If you're pretty confident that you've thought it through, you'll go ahead. But if there's a lot of controversy and you actually listen to the opposition, sometimes you decide they're right.

Brian Mason

We were confident that we were going to win. We knew what we had to do in order to get the job done.

Ali Dabagh

We were confident before, but now we are totally confident.

Bob Johnson

I spent six years in the marine corps and I think I played three games of poker in those years, ... If we have an out-of-date ordinance, let's look at it and see if it needs to be changed.

John Barry

My intent is not to point the finger. I still have a high regard for the corps. Holding back the Mississippi River isn't an easy thing to do. They've done an extraordinary job at flood control, and that's what makes this all the more devastating. I'm sure the corps is devastated, too. They know people put their faith in them and that faith was betrayed.

Larry Fitzgerald

He's a great person to be around, ... He's a great influence on not only me, but the whole receiving corps and this whole football team. He's going to help us out in the locker room and he's definitely going to help us out on the field.

Steve Johnson

This isn't a 'doping positive'. This is just a publication in a French tabloid newspaper. That's our perspective.

Eddie Izzard

ello, Sue. I've got legs. Do you like bread? I've got a French loaf. Bye! I love you

Ken Lee

You get French fries that are really just warm potatoes.

Li Keqiang

China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods.

Marcel Carne

The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were gamblers.

Pierre Dubois

Many immigrants are doing the work the French don?t want, ... They are more likely to take on short-term contracts.

Megan Hilty

I'm a sucker for French fries - I love that they're salty!

Guillaume Apollinaire

French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great traditions, only it is full of life.

Justine Henin-Hardenne

I don't think I was at the level I was at the French Open or the other times I played her, but Mary played well,

Chad Pennington

I'm proud of the response and I'm not surprised. Robin and I received a lot of support while we were here. People were so generous to us and other players here. Once people find out what it's for, they come through. This is a way to give back to the community. People are interested and want to be a part of helping improve quality of life.

Ruth Collins

Oh, my God, it's terrible. She was very generous and charitable, a very lovely person.

Oriana Fallaci

I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents were not generous with weak people, see?

Steve Shoff

We shut down their two big guns but we couldn't mark them all.

Warren Zevon

Send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan.

Jim Cavanaugh

They were throwing everything at us. Their guns sounded like cannons and our guns sounded like pop guns.

David Senior

When the D.A. and A.G. show up with badges and guns and say whatever, they can intimidate a lot of people and that's their game.