Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Watson

The other respondents involved in this case settled with us and admitted wrongdoing,

Tom Fitton

The point is we need to get all of the facts on the table about this admitted felon's contacts with White House officials.

Mark Ogden

We've also seen cases involving rapidly deteriorating performance and the employees later admitted that they had gone several days without sleep, because they were using the drug.

Jeff Justice

We're in a position where one of these two statements is a lie. He's admitted he's lied about the most important part of his testimony so how can the judge allow this person to testify? But that's what judges do, they make decisions.

Martin Jacques

Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a means of reducing Russia's reach on its western frontiers and seeking to isolate it. Its former East European client states were admitted to NATO, as were the Baltic states.

M.I.A.

Madonna did amazing songs. She had an amazing sense of style, without a stylist. And she was flawed, and sometimes she admitted it. I'll fight the fight for Madonna. I think she should send me some chocolates or something to thank me.

Leonie Brinkema

Unless the United States demonstrates a legitimate reason why these recordings are essential to an issue in dispute either in the guilt or penalty phase of this case, these tape recordings should not be admitted at trial,

Leonard Boswell

Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846.

Ken Bruen

After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?

Monica Lewinsky

I think probably the qualities that I look for in a man are somewhat different than they were before I became a public person, but not that much different. I think that, sort of, the element of trust is certainly much bigger for me, but the other things that - the other qualities, intelligence and kindness and sense of humor, those things.

Vicki Long

The only reason it became a class is we needed insurance to book these buildings.

Tommy Tuberville

We are proud of Blake Field, ... He became our starter with an hour's notice. He did a great job handling the football.

Sara Labberton

We believe that she had the best of intentions, but that she just became overwhelmed with the number of cats and the cost of cat food and medicine for the cats.

Louie Anderson

One time, I came off stage and a guy named Roman Decare, God rest his soul, he was a comic. 'Louie, if you do that family stuff, and you're a clean comic on stage, you'll become famous.' And, for some reason, a switch clicked, and I started doing the family stuff, and it became a giant part of my life.

Luke Nosek

As I became a venture capitalist, it's almost like I went to the dark side for a while.

Li Bingbing

I got into the Shanghai Drama Institute because my parents, like all parents, want their children to have good grades and to go to a good college. I became a college student because of them.

Mark Harmon

I used to hang out in my dad's workshop on weekends. Later, when I was starting out as an actor, I became a roofer and a framer to make money. But what I really enjoyed was the finished work. I like the longevity.

Michael Ende

She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on.

Fran Quigley

We are pleased the court decided the Indiana Constitution prohibits the Evansville school corporation from imposing a fee for programs and services that are essential to young Hoosiers' education.

Louie Gohmert

The truth is that anyone... that wants to subvert our Constitution to Shariah Law is an enemy of the United States.

Carl Levin

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

Benjamin Franklin

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

Sen. Argenziano

Amending the constitution is not a good thing.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue.

Tayyip Erdogan

This constitution opens the path to all parties to participate in the next legislative elections in order to elect representatives of all the Iraqi communities,

Ray McGovern

This is a matter of principle where she said my oath, my promise not to reveal secrets is superseded by my oath to defend the constitution of the United States.

Bill Clinton

They've got a right to try to override any veto that I make. That's the way the Constitution works.

Richard Doherty

Whether Microsoft launches on November 20 or December 5, we expect they will sell through every unit they can deliver before New Year's.

Andrew MacLeod

What they have on 1 December is what they have all winter.

David Hahn

We're looking for quality yards that can deliver quality product in time for December (2008), and I think we've got a big obligation to the people of the north to see that take place.

Brian Campbell

We better start turning things around. We're getting near the end of the season, and things change. It's not the same hockey you're playing in December. It's different. It's playoff hockey. We're still playing December hockey.

John Longworth

As retailers had feared, the spending surge seen in December was short-lived and not sustained into the new year.

Fred Taylor

It's just one game. I want to be here for the long haul, playing in December and January. It's a good start. I'm happy, but I'm not content.

Ernie Speranza

For a toy company, you really don't know until November and December. You can do all the things you want now, but you better have it right then. One day in December can be worth a week now.

Kerry Sieh

This looks like a fraternal twin of the December 26 earthquake.

Ian Livingston

It was a reasonable performance and it would have been good if it were not for mobile phones. We think we might be seeing the first signs of recovery in the PC market. December was a reasonable month.

Paul Robeson

For many years I have so labored and I can say modestly that my name is very much honored all over Africa, in my struggles for their independence.

Jeff Judkins

This is very special to me to have that number up there. I'm very honored . . .I've had a lot of wonderful memories in this building.

Edward Gardner

This is a way for his memory to be honored and have a presence in the movie.

Brad Thor

I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

Larry Miller

The real idols . . . are the people who work for Polk Works. I'm honored by this.

Bill Gibbons

Phoenix is honored to be the newest member of the Glen Raven team.

Scott Stevens

I am truly humbled and honored to be here tonight.

Calvin Coolidge

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

Henry Cisneros

If we are not honored with the games, that might be for the best. We don't want to mix motives here, and our motives are to be helpful.

Al Sharpton

I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.

Al Sharpton

The GOP`s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?

Buffalo Bill

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.

Nik Moser

This is the sweetest win over Iowa that I've experienced. We wanted to prove a point, and I think we did.

Kathleen Sullivan

The most frustrating thing of all to me is there is no need for this dispute. We've always worked well in Iowa and could have in this instance,

James Van Allen

Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go.

Kim Burningham

The reason it (the Iowa results) didn't come out was me. There is nothing meant (by) it.

Chuck Grassley

Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities

Chuck Grassley

It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere.

Alan Hovhaness

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

Alan Autry

I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.

Alan Alda

For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff. One day, though, I realized I was no longer a believer, and realizing that, I couldn't go back.

Al Pacino

The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.

Al Pacino

The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Nothing is complete in itself but requires something outside itself in order to exist.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in order to make up for His absence, we have to do something to keep up our own spirits.

Chico Hamilton

A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.

Chris Chocola

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you are good and the Yankees are good and you are playing a big series in September in Yankee Stadium, four game series, there is no greater excitement anywhere than the Yankee Stadium.

Bob Taft

Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.

Bill Gerstenmaier

We probably won't make the September 22 window.

Barbara Olson

What do I tell the pilots to do?

Jane D. Hull

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

Brent Scowcroft

The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.

Tony Dungy

You don't win championships in September or October. You don't win them in week eight. You don't win them with one game.

Doris Lessing

September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.

Carol Moseley Braun

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

Clifford Garnto

We wrestled better than we did in the first. We got after the guys, and they wanted to get to the state final.

Paul Tagliabue

to play in the state in which they're franchised.

Mark Warner

A lot of states wanted to help, but there was no place to turn.

Troy Pachner

They made the type of adjustments that a state championship team makes.

Tim Koerber

This ain't getting any easier. The top two state teams were in our region. You just never know.

Kelly McKeon

This has always been our goal, to get to the state championship game. We want to go there, and we want to win.

Eddie Rodriguez

It's not right. The United States is nothing without immigrants. The United States is nothing without Mexicans.

Adam Campbell

It's the state tournament. Everyone comes to play.

Bill Ayers

When I was young, communism, which had a certain allure to me, was clearly a failed experiment in the Soviet Union and in China. And yet, anti-communism was as bad.

Brian Herbert

Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Reasonable and vicious are quite consistent with each other, in fact, only through their union are great and far-reaching crimes possible

Clive James

Delivering the State of the Union? That bloke couldn't deliver pizza.

Alexander Haig

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.

Albert Camus

It would be unjust, and moreover Utopian, for Shakespeare to direct the shoemakers' union. But it would be equally disastrous forthe shoemakers' union to ignore Shakespeare.

Anatoly Chubais

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

Timothy Garton Ash

The whole project of European Union is one in deep trouble.

Thomas Jefferson

If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation... to a continuance in union... I have no hesitation in saying, 'let us separate.

Chris Chocola

Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States.

Denis McDonough

The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.

Charlaine Harris

Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States.

Charles Rangel

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

Madeleine Albright

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.

Hillary Clinton

There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.

Robert H. Connelly

They're watching Katrina. They're watching Rita. They're watching what it's doing to the United States.

Jerry Costello

The United States transportation system is the envy of the world.

Evan Osnos

The United States, of course, in the late 19th century was extraordinarily corrupt.