Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bible Bible

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Sandy Alderson

It appeared to be of the size of something you would use to baste a turkey, and not a syringe per se.

Mike Gillespie

He looked peaceful. He appeared to be just taking a nap.

Toshihiko Matsuno

Retail investors here as well as some European investors appeared to buy banks actively.

Charles Dickens

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until at last the village lights appeared before them, and the church spire cast a long reflection on the graveyard grass; as if it were a dial (alas, the truest in the world!) marking, whatever light shone out of Heaven, the flight of days and weeks and years, by some new shadow on that solemn ground.

Peter Boockvar

The market appeared to have had a case of vertigo. We have had a big rally in recent weeks and it seemed that the theme of buying stocks because its the end of the year has played itself out.

Iyad Allawi

This man who dropped the gun appeared to be panicked when the gun fell from his hand.

Charlie Sharp

It's a fairly significant jump. But there is no fundamental reason for it to go up. There was a little blip before when there was the threat of action. But last time there appeared to be no reduction in output from Iraq during the four days of military conflict.

Raymond James

Until six months ago, it appeared the Internet brokers were on the periphery,

Jesse Goodman

This is an important approval for patients who need lifesaving immune globulin products. This new product provides a unique new treatment delivery option to patients and their physicians.

Charles M. Schwab

My own experience is that there is no real effort in life that is not done better under encouragement and approval of our fellow men.

Terry Davies

If these allegations turn out to be true, the crucial thing is whether these flights landed in the member states with or without the knowledge and approval of the authorities.

George Takei

Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

Bill Sammons

Certainly, the specter of this grand jury investigation hanging over the White House doesn't help the president's approval ratings.

Ed Sarpolus

People in Michigan, by a 2-to-1 margin, blame President Bush rather than the governor for Michigan's economic problems. While her job approval ratings are up from being below 50 percent in August through October, they are not at the 60 percent level she once had.

Gary Forsee

Sprint Nextel shares with Nextel Partners a commitment of excellence to our customers, employees and shareholders. As we work through the regulatory approval processes, we intend to focus on plans for efficiently integrating Partners' business into our operations in a way that is seamless for customers and employees.

Joel Edgerton

I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or an offshore release, then it does mean a lot to a local audience.

Chuck Todd

If he gets his approval ratings up to the mid-40s, then at least Republicans can fight on their own.

Chuck Logsdon

There are some key issues where we've not received a response that is what the governor wants to hear.

Margita Thompson

While we are disappointed we did not make the June ballot, everyone knew it would be very difficult. The governor has always said what is important is not June or November but that he and the Legislature work to rebuild California.

Larry Pendleton

We don't want them going to the Cactus League or anyplace else. We're pretty adamant about trying to keep them and I think the governor is, too.

Paul Hoolahan

We want to be able to go to the legislators, the mayor and the governor knowing that we did everything humanly possible to make it happen in the state of the Louisiana.

Ric Williamson

Those are two guys under a lot of stress, as were all of us. They speak with candor, and that's what the governor expects.

Kate Phillips

Several major research institutions were present with the governor to show their support of the new program.

Ronnie Milsap

I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.

John Jay Hooker

On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.

Karl Rove

He tried to psyche the governor out. And it didn't work.

Andrew Stanton

I almost feel like it’s an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

Ambrose Bierce

DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.

Jim Craig

My views may have had some influence ... But their views have influenced me as well,

Curt Schilling

He obviously sat next to me in Washington and lied. I don't know that there's any way to prove that anything he did was not under the influence of performance-enhancing drugs.

Jim Haslam

I don't give so I can have influence over there,

Joseph Campbell

The influence of a vital being vitalizes.

George Crumb

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

Mahathir Mohamad

No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned about each other's problems.

John Knox

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Charles Barkley

When you get arrested it's in big letters. When you get acquitted it's in small letters.

Stephen King

Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.

Ray Bradbury

If someone sends you a love letter you've got to answer back.

Norah Jones

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

Julian Kurtz

We even sent them a certified letter but they won't pick it up.

Carrie Cunningham

He said he would get a letter out to students seven weeks ago and we have not received it yet.

Donna Mitchell

We sent the letter registered mail with confirmation to the TSA. We got confirmation back that they had received it. That was at the end of March 2005.

Margaret Atwood

More and more I feel like a letter—deposited here, collected there. But a letter addressed to no one.

Rochelle Cancienne

The students will be contacted by the schools in regard to registering. At registration they will be told their official start date.

Dylan Penn

I have a private Instagram and an official one, so I'm not opposed to social media.

Ken Ham

We are going to officially wave you off for 24 hours.

Ken Ham

We are going to officially waive you off for 24 hours.

Tom Anderson

Our official position is that we are opposed to the inn.

I. Stone

You want a reasonable standard so you can receive and send help.

Benjamin Disraeli

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Charles Darwin

We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.

Aristotle

If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.

Charlotte Bronte

When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.

Joe Torre

You go up there and you try to reason with yourself and there's nothing that makes sense to even think about. They're all very capable.

Philippe Lopez

There's no reason we can't be in the top 20.

Irwin Schiff

There's no reason to put me in jail.

Adam Carolla

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks.

Benigno Aquino III

I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?

Asa Butterfield

For every role you get, there are five roles that you don't.

Ben Foster

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Donna Mills

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Anthony Hopkins

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Renee Fleming

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Robert Lanza

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.

Victor Garber

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.

Michael Urie

A good role comes along, and a good role is a good role.