Famous Quotes & Sayings

Leo Bosner

As long as FEMA is under DHS, problems are likely to continue. I'm told that at least three state emergency officials have turned down the job of FEMA Director because it is under the Department of Homeland Security. Everyone says FEMA needs a top-quality director, but how do we get one when the top candidates won't take the job?

Paul Maryniak

Perhaps at no time in the recent past has the need for quality city leadership been more critical to Mesa than it is now. We want Mesa residents to know as much as possible about the people who are running for a chance to provide that leadership, and The Republic's forum gives citizens an excellent chance to eyeball the candidates and give them the kind of job interview necessary for an educated vote.

George Fetherling

The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails - at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together.

Jim Matheson

We've been talking about this for a while, ... We had all the candidates in to talk to us. We talked about doing a vote long before this week.

Ron Walters

There are so many candidates in the race. Whoever can get a critical mass of voters will win the race.

Stephen Harper

I am confident about the next election. We have our candidates in place, we have our financing in place and we have our policies ready to go if need be,

Fay Vincent

I'm sorry that we're late. I'm sorry that we couldn't do this 30 or 40 years ago when some of our candidates were alive. But we're here now to make this right.

Jon Sundvold

I knew there were two guys interested. Two guys that I thought would be possible candidates to interview. After four weeks we were told that we shouldn't interview them. That was my list. My list had two guys.

James Baumgartner

I'm not being cynical. I'm being realistic. Most people have an honest view of how the candidates are selling themselves. Voters should be included in the situation and get some of the windfall.

M. Wolfe

Every time a gay or lesbian person is chosen as a leader by their non-gay and lesbian peers, I think it's a step forward for our community.

Mark Butler

Yes, we would have chosen to wait. We have a strict schedule.

Peter Lindbergh

Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.

Michele Moore

There had been countless overtures prior to this particular publisher. But others finally convinced him that Dell was at a strategic point in the business, and this would be an opportunity to further the brand. Personally, he wouldn't have chosen to do it. It was difficult for him. He is singularly focused on the success of the business.

Neil Hodgson

The race package we have is quite good. We have chosen a tyre and we know exactly what we have with our settings. There are some races that you aren't sure of where you stand, but this isn't one of them. Looking at the lap-by-lap times of all the riders, I think it's going to be a close race. I'm a little disappointed to be on the second row. I thought we had enough to start out front, but that's racing.

Nicholas Burns

One would have hoped that he (Ahmadinejad) might have chosen a speech with more humility, a speech with a greater inclination to compromise. He was quite defiant ... That did not leave a lot of room for compromise, for diplomacy.

Carlton Greene

She has chosen to concentrate on basketball, and she has given it 110 percent of her interest, effort and intensity 24/7, and that's really what has made her such a great player.

Chris Powell

The judiciary in Connecticut has chosen to obey the laws it wants to obey, and to tell you folks you can't pass other laws. The judiciary has got to get out of the legislation business.

Ramon Leyba

There are other things he could have chosen and still make his point and still be as literate or as sarcastic.

S. Walker

This is great news for The Johnnie Walker Classic and is a true reflection of its standing as one of the most competitive, international and high profile tournaments in the world.

John Baumann

We did it the classic way. We went to a gear shop, got some ropes and then were wise enough to back away when we realized we needed more training. Luckily, we picked something forgiving, nothing that was too outrageous or too difficult.

Clive James

An education without a Bible education is no education.

Zach Johnson

You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.

Renee Fleming

I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.

Scott Weiland

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

Gracie Gold

My go-to is a red lip. It's a timeless fashion statement, and I've loved doing it ever since I was little. My favorite classic red is CoverGirl Lip Perfection in #305 Hot.

Ted Cruz

I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.

Kevin Collins

That's a Valentine classic - 15 minutes in the back of a parking lot. Just to show her you care.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Flex Plexico

Prior to returning this detainee to Egypt, the United States received appropriate assurances from the government of Egypt regarding this detainee's treatment upon his return to Egypt. This includes assurances that this individual will continue to be treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international legal obligations, while he remains in Egypt,

Eddie Jones

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Mike Cahill

Denver's hotel market is just starting to turn around, so I think we're going to continue to see more and more sales in Colorado.

Leslie Tang

The strength in exports would continue to come from the sustained recovery in electronics demand, from the gradual recovery in the global electronics cycle, and commodities, especially from higher oil prices.

Larry Wachtel

So there's nothing to offset the economic news and stocks are muddling along. Until we get some surety about the economy or corporate earnings, we'll continue to have this drifting, dismal kind of day.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

Brett Boretti

Right now, we're trying to get better and trying to improve. We know what we can do, and we just need to continue to work hard.

Jane Austen

This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off and go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening when he'd come back with some whore he picked up in town.

James Beattie

Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrewn, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave!

John Morrison

Kelly had a very good swim. It's the fastest she has been in the event in several years. Our goal was for her to make it back to the evening session, but to miss by just one spot is still a great achievement.

Samuel Richardson

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Walter Savage Landor

Moroseness is the evening of turbulence.

Ed Pultz

I just think, in the playoffs, it's a matter of executing. Every team comes in even and you start thinking about the seeding and you have to look at that one evening (game) and only that one evening and not past that point.

Todd Burns

With this type of damage, it looks like some houses will be (without power) into the late evening before we can get to them.

Karen Dawson

We've tried to make the evening informative and fun too.

Jason Jennings

Seeing we have a relatively young staff and young team, hopefully I can get us off to a good start and take some of the leadership role. I am not a big vocal guy, never have been. I like to lead by example. I would like to give us a good example to go by.

Larry Wilcox

This is an example of the possible outcome of extreme prejudice and racism.

Stan Chesley

This is an example of negotiating and hard bargaining.

John Tory

This is another example of a government that has lost all respect for taxpayers.

Ken Kramer

This is the first example I can think of that gives the natural state of the coastline back to the people, rather than taking it away.

Dennis Brooks

The United Way organizations are an example of hope in what they provide.

Paul McAuley

The mobile wireless network also gives clinicians a number of other tools, for example we have a virtual medical library on-line in partnership with Queen's University.

Boris Spassky

For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.

Stan Natonek

Brandy is a good leader and a strong hitter, and she always sets a good example for her teammates. Jasmine is a great passer and our vocal floor leader while Maria is a strong server and a good hitter.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

Rebecca Hornbacher

Deb, on the other hand, is one of our most versatile players. She played midfield for her first two years here at ISU, played as a defenseman last year and now is switching back. Once again, she has done a great job with the transition process.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

David Phillips

Are we no longer the Great White North? It's incredible.

Richard Grimes

The smallest pleasures hold the greatest treasures like the smallest treasures hold the greatest pleasures.

Larry Diamond

The staff has just been doing a great job keeping us going in these severe weather conditions.

Drew Denzin

The speed of their forwards really had our defensemen on their heels at the beginning. They were great in the neutral zone and regrouped well.

Dennis McAlpine

The temptation is too great for Hollywood to resist.

Gurudas Dasgupta

The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement.

Brenda Lee

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

Desiderius Erasmus

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!

Miguel de Cervantes

My honor is dearer to me than my life.

Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Peggy Corrigan

I was really shocked, very honored and very humbled. That was 30 years ago. I didn't really feel like I'd done anything special. I just did it because I loved it.

Steve Sparks

If they had anything in that arena, it would be an honor to work for this organization.

Laura Miller

She's very conscientious about the work she does at school and always has been an honor student. She's very interested in more travel and knowing how other people live and the things they like to do.

Robert Jackson

People take liberties and one thing leads to another,

Michael McCord

Saint Clair has kind of taken the lead on this." ()

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Zeke Jones

I think in some spots we competed well and there were some spots where we could have done a little better.

Vincent Cassel

I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

Nelson Mandela

It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty.

Brett Ratner

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

Brett Ratner

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Brandon Sanderson

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Ayn Rand

He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...

Benjamin Cardozo

The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more.

Brad Pitt

I've been in these tabloids for 14 years now, and at some point you just become a Zen master of it all

Jan Schakowsky

In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.

Jamie Dimon

Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

Ben Goldacre

If you put me in charge of the medical research budget, I would cancel all primary research, I would cancel all new trials, for just one year, and I would spend the money exclusively on making sure that we make the best possible use of the clinical evidence that we already have.