Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Troia McFarland

We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace fails. For us, war is something that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. When it is over, win or lose, the warring factions lay down their arms and resume their normal lives.

Gerard Kennedy

I think the independent report makes it very clear and in very plain language, and it gives the board a fresh opportunity to attend to its affairs on behalf of its students.

Tang Min

It is getting free from tedious affairs in order to serve more as a body that conducts guidance and supervision.

Jack Brooks

I think that there was a substantial shadow government trying to run foreign affairs for the United States.

Marsha Blackburn

Inserting the FCC into our states' economic and fiscal affairs sets a dangerous precedent and violates state sovereignty in a manner that warrants deeper examination.

Joseph Wu

In fact, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has continuously discussed the opening policy over the past two years and the government has also prepared completely for the opening.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when it is thrust into the affairs of another, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.

Navtej Sarna

Circulation of such scurrilous material is not becoming of a senior member of the Foreign Service. The Ministry of External Affairs will deal with the matter in accordance with its well established norms.

Boris Yeltsin

I'm thinking in particular of the appeals for humanitarian interference -- this is a new idea -- in the internal affairs of another state, even when this is done on the pretext of protecting human rights and freedoms,

Roger Tamraz

I was introduced to the president, ... He asked me what I did in life, and I explained my project.

Mike Holmgren

I talk about that a lot. I think if you asked one of my players, they'd probably tell you I kill them with that stuff. Just being careful. It's the last thing I told them Sunday night after we broke from the stadium after the game. After this incident, it gave me another opportunity because they were listening. I mean for the guys who kind of tuned me out before, now I had everybody listening and we talked about it, which, I think, is my responsibility as a coach. You know these guys are my family, and it would be like talking to your own kids, you don't want bad things to happen to them so let's try to help them a little bit.

John Remington

I think it is about both. Not only does it help the financial situation, but it sends an appropriate message to employees that they're not the only ones being asked to bite the bullet.

Geoff Jenkins

He was a great player. We were doing our outfield drills today and I asked Davey Nelson and Gary Pettis to tell us some Kirby stories. They were telling us about some of the good times they had with him. It was nice.

Chris Lynne

He couldn't have asked for much more from his body. He did the best he could.

Bill Cowher

Good football teams have quality depth. When players are asked to step up, there's not a drop off. Ideally, you go through the whole season and don't lose anybody. But those are rare occasions.

Brian Barber

Going to back to my youth league days, ... I played on the defensive line. I finally asked my coach if there was a position to play where I could hit somebody. He told me he had a position and it was at linebacker. I've been there ever since.

Scotty Morris

He said, 'Hey dude, I wrote this script. Would you consider doing it?' I asked him to talk to me next Wednesday and went on the road for the weekend. He hit me up and I told him that the script was great. I hadn't even read it.

Hal Holbrook

He said he had this play and asked if I'd read it, ... I liked it a lot and told him that I'd do it. At the same time, it occurred to me, 'You know, Dixie would be wonderful for this.'

Dave Rubio

I think it really speaks well of the program, when you're preparing your assistants and they're put in a position to become head coaches.

Colin Roy

I also think he won't be a dictator but that he'll be an open coach. He wants his assistants to do their jobs. He also has good insight as to what is the purpose of high school athletics and what his kids will have learned when the season is over.

Cy Alexander

He was a big surprise. I jumped on my assistant coach who scouted (Ball State), 'Tell me about this guy. Who's he?' Everybody has their day in the sun, and he had his today.

Bob Shrader

I think the players wear really in the game because of that (loss) in their preparation. My assistant coach ran practice Friday and he said they were just primed. They had a real enthusiasm for the game.

Erich Leinsdorf

I was an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan. It was my first trip to America. During that winter, Austria was swallowed up by the Nazis.

Ryan Bishop

I think they have one of the best offensive lines I've seen. I'm telling one of my assistants in the second quarter, you take those guys to University of Utah or BYU and they're as good as some of those guys. They move their feet, they block. They're very good.

Rob Bliss

We looked at the tape of the first two games to see what worked. I give credit to my assistant coaches. They remind me of those things.

Tom Greene

He was my assistant for seven years and after his fourth year we named him associate head coach. The thing about Fred is he's has a terrific basketball mind and he's an extremely hard worker.

Quentin Moses

He was like another assistant coach out there. Every time we came off the field, he was telling us things he had seen.

Joanna Lumley

I was involved with the landmines before the Princess of Wales, and nobody gave a damn about people losing their limbs. It only became a success when she came along.

Dan Brown

I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.

Frank Bruno

Just recently I got a request for a proclamation in Volusia County for a gentleman that became 80 years old, ... That is not appropriate because you are proclaiming the day because that person is 80 years old. So I sent a letter instead.

Mark Badgley

I think it just became too formula, ... Everybody looked the same. Certainly women have to dress very practically by day now, so I think they really love the idea of indulging themselves in dressing up for night.

Randy Levine

I think it became obviously clear that no matter under what analysis, this deal is a good deal for taxpayers.

Zulima Farber

I think it became a big case only because of the names involved. I think it would have been a routine -- if there is such a thing -- illegal gambling case if it wasn't for the names of those people involved. However, because there was a trooper involved, it was big to us.

Courtney Pratt

It became pretty clear we weren't going to get any kind of wage concessions from our labour union,

Gordon Huether

It became pretty clear to me the place to expand it was where the population is.

Daisy Ridley

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's economic policies would raise taxes on minority small-business owners, whose numbers are steadily increasing as a result of the President's pro-growth policies. Under President Bush's leadership, a majority of minority families are homeowners for the first time in history.

Bernard Baumohl

Katrina has shaken the very foundations of the U.S. economic expansion when it ruined much of America's energy infrastructure, ... While a recession is unlikely, the probability of stagflation has greatly increased with inflation moving higher even as the economy slows.

Zhang Guobao

It also delivers substantial economic and environmental results, alleviating poverty.

Ken Robinson

You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it's more important than ever to look deep inside yourself to fathom the sort of life you really want to lead and the talents and passions that can make that possible.

Larry Goldstein

Goldstein said. ''There does seem to be some lessons learned. Whether they are economic lessons or political lessons, or some combination of the two, I don't know.

Tomoko Fujii

Good economic figures will surely be euro supportive. The euro-zone economy is expanding faster than expected.

Zhu Rongji

Lack of water resources is a serious limitation on the economic and social development of our country,

Robin Urbanski

Right now, the air-to-ground solution is much more economical to us.

Stephen Gallagher

Investors maintain a healthy economic growth outlook, but now with lower inflation and interest rate risks.

Greg Jackson

Kids who come here, I see them grow. My philosophy is not winning and losing. When I see a kid like Tracey, it puts this job in perspective.

Travis Moyer

Jordan did a very nice job out there. He pitched excellent. He only made one mistake.

Scott Rice

Joey's a talented kid. He did a nice job on his routes.

Matt McKay

Joe did an outstanding job on Biggs. We didn't want him shooting 3s.

Galen Hall

Joe did a miraculous job keeping that squad from not splitting offensively and defensively.

John Caudwell

Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school.

Garrett Gravesen

Jobs can wait, but the lives of these kids cannot. And because no one else was doing anything else about it.

Glen Smith

He viewed it as a job that had to be done.

Allard Baird

He comes into Spring Training where it's his job to lose.

Brian Griese

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw them later in the year.

Susumu Tonegawa

Even under normal conditions, how we can distinguish various events, various experiences, and be able to reproduce it later is, of course, a very interesting question and, I think, one that we face in day to day life.

Allan Ray

He was just real angry, telling me I've got to take more shots when I'm open because I might not get them later in the game.

William Shatner

Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.

Twyla Tharp

Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly.

Waylon Jennings

I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

Pam Carpenter

If you have a little flexibility you can stay open a little later at one site or another.

Kathleen Wynne

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

Kit Williams

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles.

David Barron

he said. ''He significantly narrowed the scope of constitutional protection. It's an unfortunate turn in constitutional law.

Travis Xiong

It is a lot more complicated than it seems. Back in Laos, there is no law on when one can marry. Only reasonable ages.

Tom Angell

We've been trying to repeal this law ever since it was passed in 1998.

Carolyn Brown

I think the ACLU may be able to support the law here in Kansas. It is being written in a way that does not take away the right to assemble.

Cindy Sheehan

Lawyers in Washington (D.C.) are working on that right now. It should be filed next week.

Peter Andersen

Lawyers can't just get off a plane and walk with their briefcases into the courtroom.

Proverb Proverb

Lawyers and painters can soon make what's black, white.

Jason Young

Law of averages. We've played pretty well in some of them and had some not go our way.

Rev Musyimi

Law enforcement officers were also seen to be wanting by the public.

Mel Stottlemyre

I would tell him what it's like and I wouldn't leave anything out, ... You've got to satisfy two sets of people here and it shouldn't be that way.

Leslie Moonves

Katie's someone we like a lot. But you know what? Katie's been at NBC a long, long time. We'll leave it at that.

Paul Sanders

I think I subconsciously do (try to leave people out). I don't want to be intruding in people's lives.

Steve Clarke

He leaves a strong legacy for the country.

Stephen Hunter

I have never connected with 'Gone With the Wind.' 'Lawrence of Arabia' leaves me cold.

Kenny Rogers

He's a dead-pull hitter. Leave it to me to get him to go the other way with what I throw.

Gordon Roberts

He's a worker. He never misses a day. He's (in the weight room) first and leaves last.

Jose Guillen

We're poor people who live here and we don't know where to go. The situation is tough. We'd like to know specifically what they're going to do and not leave us stranded on the street.

Ray Nagin

Today I feel better about Rita, and I'm not as prone to do a hard, mandatory evacuation, ... But I want to leave that open as an option.

Duncan King

There are so many more mergers going on now.

Tom McKillop

I'm not at all frightened, ... We are big enough now -- we now have the scale from this merger to compete.

Martin Reynolds

For Dell and IBM, the HP-Compaq merger is a win,

Gigi Sohn

This merger makes a net neutrality requirement all the more urgent.

James Rogers

This merger is all about shaping our future.

Michael Schneider

This is the type of merger that we've seen in the past and that we're going to see more of in the future.

Jim Valentine

These mergers are messy. They take a long time to do. That's why you don't want to own that name during a deal.

Earl Comstock

These mergers are a big step toward recreating the old AT&T monopoly that the Reagan administration courageously dismantled.

Mark Davis

The one question that comes to our mind is how will the merger be viewed by rail shippers overall,

Ann Barney

It was more us putting everything together as a team.

Jeff Ross

I'm not hurting anybody. Comedy's all about innuendo. I'm putting it out there just like anybody else.

Bobby Robson

I took a risk in putting Dyer on because I trusted our public. They didn't let me down,

Tyler Oakley

For any YouTuber, if you're too nervous to have somebody else document, it may be that what you're putting out there isn't authentic.

Michael Rodgers

The situation is serious. That's why I recommended no travel for this year. We've been putting this off, and the situation hasn't improved.

Gene Luen Yang

The most labor-intensive part of putting together a comic is the drawing.

Maxwell

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.

Philip Kerr

Publishers just want you to write the same book over and over again. But why would I want to do that? It would be like putting on a threadbare dressing-gown day after day.

Kourtney Kardashian

Nothing comes before my children. I find that putting everything else in order of importance also helps to get everything done.

J. Stoltzfus

This is the secretary of transportation bill, that's what this is.

David Cross

[If Donald Trump does get elected, I will be] probably Secretary Of Reeducation. Or I don't know. I'll probably end up working in the cafeteria.

David Brooks

It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well.

Philip Reeker

The secretary reiterated what we have said before. We are not seeking to escalate this problem, but we are not going to give in to blackmail.

Michael Bloomberg

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

Suranne Jones

She worked in one as a secretary when she was 21 or 22,

Hillary Clinton

My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces.

Hillary Clinton

When I was secretary of state, we actually increased American exports globally 30 percent. We increased them to China 50 percent.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

Sgt. Reynolds

His statement was that it was a very small amount.

Darryl Frank

There is a strong (talent) pool, but a very small pool.

Ian Fleming

To come and see them live at a small track has appeal.

Kevin Jones

He doesn't play as small as he is.

Sander Levin

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

Vincent Van Gogh

I'll start with small things.

Tory Burch

Never underestimate the impact of a small act.

William Butler Yeats

Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

David Wojciechowski

He?s going to play. It?s the state championship game.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Larry Small

What we are trying to do is make a statement -- If you can't come to the Smithsonian in Washington, we will come to you,

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Quinnetta Claytor

We can do it, we can win state championships.

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Willy Brandt

Peace, like freedom, is no original state which existed from the start; we shall have to make it, in the truest sense of the word.

Steve Lyle

Other states have called us, and are taking a look at it.

Umberto Eco

I seem to know all the cliches, but not how to put them together in a believable way. Or else these stories are terrible and grandiose precisely because all the cliches intertwine in an unrealistic way and you can't disentangle them. But when you actually live a cliche, it feels brand new, and you are unashamed.

Tre Cool

Life is like breakfast: you just mix all ingredients 'cause in your stomach it will all come together.

Rick Danko

Paul Butterfield and I had a band together at one point.

William Jennings Bryan

Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.

Virginia Woolf

But when we sit together, close,’ said Bernard, ‘we melt into each other with phrases. We are edged with mist. We make an unsubstantial territory.

William Shatner

I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.

William J. Clinton

The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.

Ryan Reynolds

Martin Campbell is a director who has that ability to marshal so many forces together and create a film .

Wendy Palmer

If you want to help someone - get yourself together

Dudley Etheridge

He kind of turned it around for us.

Tom Lochner

Has it turned the world upside down? Probably not.

Seth Tharp

I think we have the turn of the tide. I think we're all on the same page.

Jason Garey

I think it turned out pretty well for me.

Elisa Massimino

I think things are really turning on this.

William J. Clinton

Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.

Ryan Reynolds

When I exhale, I just turn right into Louie Anderson.

Wayne Gretzky

A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

Peter Plagens

I like touch. I like to make twists and turns -- but I don't want (my paintings) to be too elegant.