Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Loeb

I was also encouraged by the opinion of several experienced publishers, who agreed that the time is ripe for the execution of such a project.

Pete Domenici

Jack Lew (President Bill Clinton's budget director) and I just made the deal, ... ... The budget bill has been agreed to.

King Abdullah

Jordan also believes all final status issues, including borders, refugees, Jerusalem and settlements, should be a matter for the parties to decide. I am encouraged by what I've heard from you today, sir, that these issues are not to be prejudiced and should be mutually agreed by the parties.

Mike Holmgren

I talked with (defensive coordinator) Ray Rhodes and we both agreed that that was as fine a game executed as we could remember, all around. They were better than good. They were really good. Physical, smart, and they made key plays. They just set their mind to it and did it.

Sven Eriksson

I talked to the Swedish coach before the draw and we agreed we did not want to meet at this World Cup. But overall we are happy with the draw, its not easy but it could have been worse.

Gina McCarthy

It actually meets a standard agreed to by New York, Connecticut and the EPA that doesn't need to be in place until 2014.

Juan Gomez

I talked to the boss to tell him we were not going to work. He agreed we were not going to lose work or suffer repercussions.

Mike Long

I talked to pros like Shaw Grigsby and Roland Martin after John won that year, and they all agreed that it probably was the first time a guy who fished in his first pro tournament ever won over $100,000 at it. I wasn't surprised John won at Mead, though, because he always fishes well there. We always say it's tougher to fish in San Diego tournaments because you end up fishing the clock, people and in such a small area of fish that we're lucky to get our spots. At Mead, unless someone is following you, you get big parts of the lake to yourself.

Johnny Damon

It caught me by surprise. I kind of heard stories that him and Boston had agreed on a contract and what not, and I hear today that he declined and he might just take some time off. Theo is a very bright guy. I'll always wish him the best. He was always honest with me and was great for the Red Sox.

Ken Torkelson

I would say that every biologist believes they will come back, as they have for over 100 years, unless something drastic happens.

Melissa Norcross

KBR believes that all personnel should be treated with dignity and respect, and we are committed to maintaining a work environment that fosters these principles.

Steve Novak

Joe's been stepping up all year, taking big shots and making big shots. There is no question everybody on the team believes in him.

Denny Green

Josh has worked hard to get better. He really believes in himself as a player. I think he's been working with another guy who's had some great games in Kurt. I think they've helped each other.

Tracey Schmitt

John Kerry is either willing to endanger American forces on the ground or he really believes that ignoring the presence of terrorists is the best policy for the safety of America.

Paul Parker

Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism -- every religion believes in prayer for healing. Some call it prayer, some call it cleansing the mind. The words or posture may vary. But in times of illness, all religions look toward their source of authority.

George H. W. Bush

I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan, ... She feels strongly about her position, and she has every right in the world to say what she believes ... and I've thought long and hard about her position.

Michael Carter

it believes that it has not violated its EU competition laws.

Russell Schweiss

He certainly believes a portion of the surplus should go back into the pockets of taxpayers. We haven't reviewed either proposal.

Darren Shan

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

Cam McLeay

Having listened to family, friends, and everyone else, without exception everyone encouraged us to continue.

Peter Deblieux

It could be life-threatening to those people. Those people are already living on a precipice and could be pushed off. Those people are encouraged not to come back to the city.

Bruce Bochy

I was disappointed but encouraged. I'm encouraged that we'll get him back sooner than later.

Jake Delhomme

I was encouraged, very encouraged -- we'll leave it at that.

Barry Hyman

I was encouraged by today, but not overly so. We need to see a lot more than one day.

Josh Bard

I was encouraged by the at-bat but I'd rather have that last pitch be a strike.

Gary Sheffield

I was encouraged by that, to get there and slide and know my leg was O.K. after that,

Mike McAfee

I thought we played better each time we played. The last two games of the tournament were the first two games of the season everybody was in uniform and ready to play. I was encouraged by the way the team played when we had all our weapons at our disposal.

Chris Hill

Kelvin seems a lot more energized now. He finally got his legs back.

Savas Kyriacou

I think it's a day that Toronto has finally lost its innocence. It was a tragic loss and tragic day.

Robert Torricelli

I think it is all over but the final act.

Paul Ryan

It also tells the American people that we're finally getting serious about saving the Social Security surplus for Social Security benefits.

Jade Gribble

He is taking up some new styles. I just showed him a new offensive shot and he had three takedowns in the finals with it for six points.

Don Nelson

There are so many great things about Seattle, but we love our sports here and that's pretty clear. And we've finally got a football team.

Mark Turgeon

What you have to understand is that at our level, reaching the Sweet 16 is like reaching the Final Four. It raises the profile of a program like nothing else can.

Peter Gregory

What we weren't able to do was give him a good rest because of his fitness test before the final Test match.

Ron Averill

Having those three guys in the finals is going to nail our name to the wall pretty well.

Dorothy Smith

I was in on the meeting with the developers. I heard their presentation, and I liked what they said.

Greg Beratlis

I would've liked to have heard something out of his mouth. Yes, anything. A plea for his life or just his opinion on what went on over the last two years,

Mark Mandel

John is never at a loss for words. But when he heard the news, he was speechless.

Billy Donovan

I think in this tournament, they've been able to inspire a lot of different people, people that maybe are really, really in need. I heard Jim talk about some stories of some people and the letters he's gotten. To me, that's what his team has been all about.

George Thorogood

I take it that some of you people have heard this song before.

Felicity Huffman

I actually haven't heard the phrase 'overnight success,' but I know that most of the world doesn't know who I am.

Oprah Winfrey

I also heard I was helping you find a house because I wanted you near me.

John Thompson

He didn't say, 'I'm going to kick down this wall. I've heard him talk about it, and he was honest about what he did. He said, 'I'm going to win this championship, and this is what I've got to play with.' He wasn't even thinking about anything else, but they never listened to him. So he's not the one perpetuating the lie. We all are. It's crazy.

Crystal Merillat

He knew that was me talking if he heard that.

Laura Bush

When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.

Pete Boone

I think you weigh all of the issues together, including the interview. It still may be close, but you've got to have all of the components.

Gia Coppola

I watched a lot of movies about teenagers, including 'The Last Picture Show,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Rumblefish.' It's one of my favorite genres.

John Powell

We have tightened just as tight as we can go including the elimination of personnel,

Gary Roberts

I'd like to wipe out the whole month, including the hurricane.

Matthew Storin

Patricia Smith is a writer of extraordinary talent and this is a tragic development. We wish her well and she retains many friends at the Globe, including myself.

Takashi Sensui

Our message is this: We're prepared to do everything that's needed to make Xbox 360 a success around the world, including Japan.

Scott Shaffer

In 12 years of coaching, including nine years here, I?d never seen an overtime game. Now I?ve seen two.

Bill Reynolds

If you go back, including the Reynolds, I?m part of the Murphy?s, the McNally?s and the Cass. My sister even married an O?Brien recently.

Mike Quigley

Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are tearing into as many as you can.

Ted Cruz

I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.

Judith Sayers

There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but those negotiations will be between First Nations and government.

David Neumark

I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.

Tim Chelling

I think what it shows is that some of these issues are perennial. Some of these issues have worked themselves out.

Marshall Acuff

I think this could go on for another year or more. There is no short-term resolution of the major issues in sight.

Paul Robertson

I think some of the technical and infrastructure issues haven't been completely realized,

Duane Lewis

He's doing fine. I think it was just a routine procedure. It had been prescheduled. It was not the result of any issues the last two weeks or three weeks.

Bill Graham

I did point out (that) his is a minority that is even less strong than ours and on many of these issues he knows that not only (does) he represent a minority of members of the House, but also in terms of the electorate.

Yasser Arafat

Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state.

Winston Churchill

You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it was they who made it famous.

Bayard Taylor

I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected.

Nabil Sha'ath

There is no more time for interim issues, ... Jerusalem has to be solved, and the refugees and the territorial has to be solved, if we are going to make a permanent peace.

Ahmed Qurei

an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

Bible Bible

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

Ariel Sharon

I am the last person who would divide Jerusalem. I have said this many times. I don't plan to discuss any division of Jerusalem.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

Elaine Pagels

The Romans weren't trying to kill all the Jews, but they did destroy Jewish resistance to Roman rule. Jerusalem was turned into a Roman army camp, and it was a total devastation.

Sheryl Swoopes

Jordan told me, 'Mom, I love watching you play. You're going to be MVP.' This is for him.

Fred Hartsfield

Jordan is very quick, strong and he loves playing the game. When you turn the lights on, he is ready to play.

Ben Howland

Jordan is a perfectionist, so everything that doesn't go right he wears on his sleeve.

Monica Lewinsky

I think I told her that, you know, at various times, the president and Mr. Jordan had told me I have to lie. That wasn't true.

Sean Dockery

He shot 13 shots today and scored 40? (Michael) Jordan didn't even do that.

Tracy Morgan

The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!

Mark Jackson

Kobe Bryant will be better than Michael Jordan

Takuma Sato

At the restart, Michael and I were trying to overtake a Jordan ,

Queen Rania of Jordan

Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.

Bill Freeman

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

David Eckstein

Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it's you vs. him, that's all that really mattered at that point.

Greg Puhalski

He didn't play too badly. It's just a matter of getting a little rust off.

Doug Miller

He comes up with a lot of big plays no matter where you put him.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Sloane Crosley

Going to a museum is one of those inexplicably tiring things. You're not actually doing anything, more shifting your weight from room to room than walking. And yet it is one of the more tiring things one can do, no matter how thrilled you are by the exhibits.

Brian Beckwith

His success is all to him. It's all a matter of how he thinks each night and how he prepares for each game.

Dave Duncan

His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things.

Arlen Specter

I think it's more a matter for them than us because we've got ... a lot of matters which take precedence over this for our own time,

Emile Sheng

I think it shows the differences between the parties are pretty big.

Lorna Luft

It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

Adam Ereli

We will also make the point that all protests and demonstrations need to be peaceful, legal; all parties should refrain from violence.

Susan Gray

This was different than some other parties because of the sheer numbers,

Latin Proverb

Those who do a thing are consenting parties

Ahmed Hussein

Because we are not the only parties in this meeting, we can't predict the outcome.

Emma Roberts

I like to go to parties if I know who's going to be there, and if it's people I want to be with. I don't just go to go. And I always drive myself, because I hate being stuck places - there's nothing worse that going out and then being stuck!

Lee Dean

We're working to try to get the parties together and get the situation resolved.

Karen Finney

We should not be throwing parties at a time when we've got serious problems.

Kofi Annan

The status quo cannot work.

Garry Kasparov

Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.

Helen Mirren

A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot.

John le Carre

There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The status quo is working.