Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Waters

Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ""God is crying."" And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ""Probably because of something you did.

The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?

Flip Murray

It is sort of a different lineup, maybe not one we'd use all the time. But I think I can play any role coach asks of me.

Mark Phillips

It is very fair, but asks questions all the way.

Kevin Bankston

Our goal is to go after the people who are making the government's illegal surveillance possible. They could not do what they are doing without the help of companies like AT&T. We want to make it clear to AT&T that it is not in their legal or economic interests to violate the law whenever the president asks them to.

Jamie Dixon

Our family thanks everyone for their support and prayers and asks for their continued respect and privacy.

Des Browne

I will do what the Prime Minister asks me to do; that is my consistent approach to politics and to service.

Barack Obama

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Tzipi Livni

The process clearly is a process that leads in the direction of two states, ... We will lead in the direction of two states.

Ken Peterson

And we'll do more, ... once it's clear from our colleagues what their needs are.

Rudyard Kipling

An' for all 'is dirty 'ide / 'E was white, clear white inside / When 'e went to tend the wounded under fire.

quran quran

And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear of what you worship, / Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.

Brent Erickson

DuPont is a big ship, and it doesn't turn quickly, but it is clear that it is turning in the direction of industrial biotech.

Joan Baez

Dylan made it pretty clear he didn't want to do all that other stuff,

Steve Fulton

Each tunnel in the sky must react to other tunnels in the same way as it does to keep clear of terrain.

Andris Piebalgs

Europe needs a clear and more collective policy on the security of our energy supply. Now, powers reside at the national level and we need a Europe-wide approach.

Adam Arkin

ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that we couldn't compete with that.

Don Wright

This is the first time that the major printer manufacturers and print service providers have converged on a single printing protocol. From a help desk perspective, companies are going to be able to converge three or four or five protocols, which makes the support issue much easier.

Ted Schadler

This is the first time that media companies and media executives are part of the show.

F. Schumacher

This is not a small business. There are two Disney shows on Broadway, but there are 16 companies playing around the world.

Charles DiSanza

This isn't a pleasant place for either of these companies to be.

Jonathan Pritchard

This is not the country to go in and say 'trust us' given how many companies have gone to the US and failed.

Pravin Gordhan

This is probably due to companies paying out lower bonuses and lower than estimated wage increases.

Mark Kiesel

This is still a prime opportunity if companies need the money.

Dana Mead

This is the final turn in the long road of the Tenneco transformation from a debt-ridden conglomerate of underperforming companies to a lineup of independent, 'pure play' growth companies,

Glenn Cooper

The utility companies are very good at not shutting people off during the winter, but we're seeing that people are going to be facing huge debt at the end of the winter.

Harvey Pitt

This is not an economic problem, it's a physical catastrophe,

James Gaston

You can't do right by the students in an economic vacuum,

Lauryn Hill

I had an economic system imposed on me.

Donald Trump

The plan I am proposing today does not involve smoke and mirrors, phony numbers, financial gimmicks, or the usual economic chicanery you usually find in Disneyland-on-the-Potomac.

Jeff Kleintop

Once again, we're seeing a reaction to soft economic data.

Bob Evans

That's something that could be of significant economic value.

Mick Fleming

They have recognized the region is the new economic principality in this world.

Juergen Falter

No jovial hand shaker would get far without helping the local economy. Make no mistake, jobs and economic prosperity are the main issues here.

Robert Rodriguez

It's more of a psychological event than an economic event.

Steve Smith

When I started racing here he was the benchmark, and he still is, ... He did it a little different than we do now...he did it on his own. I still have some work left...I'd like to get to that 151 mark if I could do it. The 10 win mark at Lincoln is another goal this season I'd be proud to do it...we'll just see what happens.

Joel Hyatt

We're going to be irreverent. We're going to be bold, ... Our goal is not to have the 251st network that looks like all the others. Our goal is to look different from anything you've seen.

Evan Osnos

Valuing the road over the goal was a Taoist goal in itself.

Robert Kiyosaki

Listen to the advice from the one who's already achieved your goal

Robert Kiyosaki

Life will get in the way. Count on it. Be prepared for it. Maintain focus and press on towards your goal.

Robert Kiyosaki

Most people know how to set goals; few know how to achieve them.

Sergei Gonchar

Everything was so tight, and nobody wanted to make any mistakes. Everyone was concentrating on defense. Our first goal would be key, and we were lucky to win.

Joe Balogh

Every year our goal is to win the conference. We're getting better.

Andy Kerr

The result of meeting the goal of a sustainable grouse population might mean the end of grazing on public lands, but that's a result, not a goal.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Danielle Jackson

Ryan has really stepped up and takes some of the pressure away from the rest of us. She's going to help a lot.

Deon Grant

We didn't play bad, ... But we sure didn't do a lot to help ourselves.

Ed Smart

We didn't know if it was Richard Ricci. We didn't know if it was Emmanuel. ... It took everyone's help to try and find out.

Charlotte Jones

We did shooting drills all week because we knew that jumpers were going to help us or hurt us. And tonight they hurt us. We missed 20 paint shots, and that's 40 points right there.

Craig Brehon

We had players step up, and that's what it's all about. At this point, players have to step up and do what they have to do to help the team advance.

Roger Ouellette

We give you all the vitamins you lose, plus some to help you.

Rodolfo Valdes

We all make mistakes. We are not here to judge each other. We are here to help each other.

Scott Hamilton

Theoretically, it's probably not going to be worth your while to apply. That's one of the problems we're working on. We have to go back to our original intent (for the money). It is our intent to help people who relied on the government. There are people who have already started to rebuild. How do you go back and help them?

Edmund Burke

A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins justice ends?

Elihu Root

I guess you will have to go to jail. If that is the result of not understanding the Income Tax Law, I will meet you there. We shall have a merry, merry time, for all our friends will be there. It will be an intellectual center, for no one understands the Income Tax Law except persons who have not sufficient intelligence to understand the questions that arise under it.

Michael Jackson

took place in a proceeding where neither my lawyers nor I ever appeared.

Daniel Quinn

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

Cynthia McKinney

The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws.

Cynthia McKinney

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

Duncan Hunter

In 2006, the Secure Fence Act was signed into law, requiring the Department of Homeland Security to build upward of 700 miles of double layered fencing along the U. S-Mexico border. While the Obama administration is quick to state that the targets have been met, only a small fraction - in fact, less than 40 miles - of the newly implemented infrastructure is double-layered.

Douglas Hofstadter

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law

Donald Trump

I assume I can give you a letter from a big law firm saying that we're under audit.

Les Brown

People couldn't get down here. They couldn't find it, so they'd go a different way and go somewhere else.

Carol Schatz

People couldn't get down here. Some stayed and went on walking tours.

Kim Clijsters

People come up to me here and say, 'This is your year,'  ... but I know it's not easy. You always have to focus.

Annie Golden

People come up to me all the time. If I'm with friends or in a crowd, I'm fine, but if I'm by myself, I get afraid because people are nuts.

Martin Berson

People come to yoga to find themselves. Stretching releases tension, but there?s also a meditative, spiritual aspect. ..You are going to get physical benefits, and that?s fine. But if you have the right teacher, you?re going to get all the other stuff, too.

Steve Farmer

People come to visit here, and they really like the place.

Bob Richards

People come to see the stars, and then they walk away with two or three new favorites.

Mari Dietz

People come back year after year to see what we're wearing.

John McGee

People feel more comfortable with that. They know everybody.

Hubert H. Humphrey

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

Hubert H. Humphrey

The President is the peoples lobbyist.

Howard Coble

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

Howard Dean

Barry Goldwater once said, 'I'd rather be right than president.' I can't tell you how much I disagree with that Barry Goldwater.

Ibrahim Rugova

As the president of Kosovo, I am more concerned about the current situation with the employment standing at around 70 % of the population, which is young, with great potential, speaking many foreign languages and having wide expertise.

Dick Cheney

He realizes he won't be president that long.

Geena Davis

For Thelma to be president -- I just think it's delightful,

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.

James Buchanan

I am the last President of the United States!