Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Owen

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species.

Richard Jenkins

A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.

Richelle Mead

I'd never expected my first time to be in a cabin in the woods, but I realized the place didn't matter. The person did. With someone you loved, you could be anywhere, and it would be incredible. Being in the most luxurious bed in the world wouldn't matter if you were with someone you didn't love.

William S. Burroughs

I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first place? should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area.

William J. H. Boetcker

If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.

Will Cuppy

[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign,

Richard Rorty

If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we got except hope?

Samuel Richardson

There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.

Jim Johnson

Kerry's swift action in beginning this process to select a running mate indicates what type of president the nation can expect -- decisive, focused and ready to lead, ... I very much look forward to being part of the team that will bring change to America.

Robert Kerr

Kenya is a multi-party democracy and a modern world which has a benefit of hundred years of experience and debate from around the world on the subject of free speech and the accumulated wisdom that a free press is the essence of democratic governance, which makes government action during the standard raid so mystifying.

Sophocles

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save by trial

Samantha Lewthwaite

Jamal is accountable for his actions 100 percent and I condemn with all my heart what he has done, ... I will try to remember for my children's sake the Jamal I loved and raise them knowing their father was a man who truly loved them. But the day will come when I'll have to tell them what he did.

Tipu Munshi

I would take stern action against the factory owner for this accident.

Chuck McDonald

John Eddie Williams has taken a sudden and expensive interest in the SD7 race. But instead of being upfront about his involvement in a Republican Party primary, Williams apparently attempted to hide his contribution by sending it through an innocuously named political action committee. Voters deserve to know the true source of campaign funding and the real players in the race.

Ira Loss

I suspect that this is a relatively isolated event. I don't think there's a crime wave under way in biology research. These actions usually come about because someone is under tremendous pressure to perform.

Tom Daschle

It again demonstrates why we have to address the infrastructure of our intelligence-gathering analysis and the actions that are taken as a result of that analysis, ... We've got a lot of work to do, and this is just the most recent reminder that we've got a problem here and it's got to be fixed and it's got to be done this year.

John Shaw

I think I told you (two weeks ago) it would be handled internally. I would prefer not to discuss what actions have been taken. But like I said to you, he was reprimanded, and it is being handled internally.

John Patrick Shanley

I was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.

Willie Worsley

Kentucky was amazed at how disciplined and structured we were. You could see it on their faces. Black teams were supposed to run up and down ... and we'd pass the ball five, six or seven times. What bothered us was how people perceived us.

Warren Spector

I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another company. I thought I knew what I was doing in 2004 when I left Eidos because I had run Ion Storm Austin, which was my own independent studio. I had run a business unit inside Origin, but being part of a startup is crazy.

Jake Shulaw

I was amazed at how good his hips were, and he already knew how to do all the throws. I was excited.

Nathan Robertson

I was amazed at ho much still needs to be done.

Stephanie Reed

I was amazed at everything, ... We saw progress in her confidence, and her physical abilities improved with her confidence.

William Blum

I was amazed and amused. It's good publicity for the book.

Dennis Daniels

I was amazed about how he brought these characters to life, ... I was fascinated watching Paul Winchell, seeing how he interacted with these puppets and created this imaginary connection with them.

Stephanie Adams

The people from L.A. were completely amazed that someone would do something like that. They said that something like that would never happen where they were from.