Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Grey

The American public has accepted legalized gambling as a means to spend their money for entertainment. America is on a gambling binge. The more available and accessible it becomes, the more gambling is acceptable to people.

Bela Anda

That would not be acceptable for the German government. And it wouldn't be in line with the spirit of looking to the future together and not into the past.

Stephen King

We know that they obtained these bodies in a fraudulent way and off the scale of acceptable practice.

Thomas Carroll

We know that that's not acceptable down here. A three-loss season, hey, that's great for some teams. But guys do come back here and they're like, 'Nah, that didn't cut it last year, man.' They don't expect us to lose three games. I really think guys from other schools don't expect us to lose three games. It's really unheard of down here, especially in the last four or five years. We're looking forward to stopping that trend.

Margaret DiNinno

We have tried every alternative-dispute resolution, including fact-finding. We're trying to find an acceptable resolution because it's obvious we're at an impasse.

Richard Carlson

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.

Paul Auster

You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.

John Lampe

We have been working closely with the state attorneys general on this issue for more than a year now, and believe that these efforts have allowed us to reach an acceptable agreement that permits us to focus our energies and our resources on rebuilding our company and the Firestone brand,

Ann Cooper

U.S. forces continue these alarming detentions of working journalists without any acceptable explanation, or anything resembling due process.

Nabil Nasr

The picture is going to change, it has to change. Definitely there are some healthy areas, but overall the trends are not good. It's time serious attention is given and not just lip service.

Bridgit Mendler

I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.

Fran Dunphy

We need to keep him off the glass number one. He's stepping away from the basket and making jump shots, so we have to pay attention to that detail. When he does post up, he's got some pretty good inside moves as well.

Kwame Brown

We have watched a lot of film. When I was coming off the bench, other teams were not paying attention to me and now they are still not trying to play me. I think Kobe and Lamar are doing a great job passing the ball to me when I have a guy sealed.

Sendhil Mullainathan

If you have urgent current expenses to cover, then future priorities like college and retirement fall off your radar because they are simply less pressing. Scarcity of attention prevents us from seeing what's really important. The psychology of scarcity engrosses us in only our present needs.

Marlon Wayans

Look, I want to be able to make the stupidest movies ever, because they make people laugh and they make money. But that's not all I want to do. And I think I've proven to some people - the ones paying attention - that I can do more. Everybody else, well, they can wait and see and make up their mind.

Michael Arrington

We have to start encouraging women to get into math and science early on in life... But to just say TechCrunch is perpetuating the problem because there aren't enough women speakers at our events is just a way to get attention and not solve the problem. So do we want to solve the problem, or do we want to just pick on me?

Patrick Ness

I don't purposely push the boundaries... I think if you pay attention to a story, it will have exactly as much 'difficult material' as it needs, and nobody will complain about it because you've earnt it.

Russell Smith

I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously, cover to cover, paying special lip-smacking attention to all the incredibly gruesome chapters about the violence of human history.

William Kirby

The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.

David Selby

The movie, if I recall, didn't have to do with the television show because there were concerns from everyone that they didn't want it to be like the TV show.

Chris Clarke

We have tremendous respect for the president's concerns and opinions. They have been and always will be very important to us,

Mike McCormack

We had one fatality there and a lot of concerns about near misses." ()

Jane Johnson

We have the opportunity now to have some input, to listen to what's happening, offer up some of our concerns and have them addressed before the rules are put in place. This is important information.

Bennie Thompson

to look into this contract and see if there is a legitimacy to my concerns that we may be paying twice the price for this product.

Dave Kvamme

With the great societal concerns about impacts on fisheries and other wildlife, its not likely we are going to see many new hydroelectric projects developed. We're not planning any.

John Steiner

We have had more concerns come in since the fatality Tuesday night, but as far as the process of doing the work, we're still on the same schedule of this spring, this summer, for possibly getting out there getting the work done.

Lindsay Shearer

We have had concerns about the safety and effectiveness of pill splitting but are re-evaluating our position right now.

Chino Moreno

I've always had a deep passion for a lot of early electronic and sampled music.

Lloyd Coker

The peak outages hit between midnight Saturday and early Sunday morning.

Brenda Russell

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

David Carson

I did an early version of my site where it was virtually impossible to get through it, just as a statement about the web. But after a few laughs and some angry e-mails, I realized it wasn't doing me much good. I think the web has become more about the final product, not what it takes to get to it.

David Bradford

That was a terrible thing he did in his early 20s and he's been very upfront that he's made some serious mistakes,

Mack Brown

That was a killer. It was early enough in the game that it shouldn't have been so big.

Jane Soepardi

We have already made a plan to hold another round early next year, maybe at the end of January or early February.

Rob Keck

We need to hook them on hunting at an early age, so they become appreciative of the hunting tradition. This will also increase hunter retention and ensure the future of conservation remains strong.

Ron Wilson

We just didn't have the energy level we needed to do the job and it was pretty obvious early on. The only thing I was hoping for was their energy level would sink because it was their third game in four nights, too.

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!

Joshua Hoyt

The political parties have to understand that this is something that is not going to disappear.

Mike Journee

We're working with all the parties to see how we can do recharge when we've got all this snow in the mountains.

Lee Dean

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

Rosa Hawkins

We do weddings and we do private parties and we do all of that stuff.

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.

David Gibb

I don't think it's productive for the parties to snipe back and forth.

Emile Sheng

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

Phoebe Philo

I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.

Jerry Glanville

Will we get them? The percentages won't be high. But you have to let them know you want them. We're showing them we have a strong interest.

A. Johnson

Just showing off my personality. Once I get in the end zone, that's all it is.

Robert Horan

He wasn't showing affection, he was killing them. Do you understand that?

Bob Baffert

He just had little pesky injuries. He's showing his stuff now.

Joss Whedon

For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy.

Nicki Minaj

Like to me, I did the 'Harajuku' stuff. I did the crazy stuff. And now I kind of want to tone that back, and it's not toning my personality back, it's just showing like I don't only have to do that.

Brene Brown

There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.

Brene Brown

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Charlie Kaufman

I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.

Neil Jackson

I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better.

Sal Viveros

Most U.S. users updated their anti-virus solutions because of Melissa, so they are safe.

Dave Tippett

You think about a lot of situations. That's just part of coaching. You're trying to find solutions every day. We haven't had enough of them in the playoffs.

Margaret Atwood

We are very short on organs, and the pig solution is probably a lot better than the human clone solution - though maybe not for the pigs.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Angela Merkel is the best solution for Poland.

Gregory Nunn

A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles.

Jeffrey Pfeffer

Point at solutions instead of at each other.

Paul Wolfowitz

To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.

Carl Sagan

We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world.

Bill Buford

The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.

Rick Wakeman

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Emma Stone

I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don't think it could have worked out any better. They've always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do.

David Blunkett

My sense is that there is a new understanding, yes.

Gene Orza

My understanding is that Pedro, very frankly, is doubtful.

Crystal Chappell

My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on.

Ray Nelson

My understanding is that he didn't have a weapon when he was arrested,

John Sweeney

I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job.