Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Uecker

The MRI scan looked like I had swallowed a cantaloupe. It was an abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was shocked because, except for the back pain, I felt good.

Charles Osgood

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

Hootie Johnson

An invitation to become a member of Augusta National is very special and would never be tied to anything except personal relationships within this club.

Len Wolman

Everything you see is new except the structure of the rooms.

Fred Rodriguez

I started pushing in that last 150 meters, and I passed everyone except for (Michaelsen). You can only do so much. You always like racing at home and doing well at home so (this finish) is a treat.

John Wooden

An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.

Sharon Fearey

She was one of those people who never made waves except in a positive way. She was quiet. But when she saw something that needed to be done, she went about doing it.

Steven Duke

No, except for the ticket to get here, which I think you should pay for.

John Schuerholz

Nobody had any expectations except that he could be on our pitching staff and help us win. And that's what I go on.

Abdul Reeki

No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.

Bill Frist

Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity,

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Susan Goldstein

I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.

Benito Mussolini

Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State.

Elfriede Jelinek

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Calvin Coolidge

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it.

Calvin Coolidge

The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

Dan Harmon

It was never my direct intention to do anything particularly medium-defying.

Jim Carrey

It's our intention. Our intention is everything. Nothing happens on this planet without it. Not one single thing has ever been accomplished without intention.

Jill Scott

My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.

Chenzira Kahina

The intention is not just sexual, but it's intimate in a sacred way.

Eric Holder

I don't have any intention of resigning.

Mira Nair

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

Richard House

It wasn't my intention ever to leave Chicago, that's for sure.

Daphne Guinness

Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, it’s definitely going to be more satisfying in the end

Tom Lewand

We put the tag on Jeff Backus with the intention of keeping him here not only in 2006, but beyond.