Famous Quotes & Sayings

Leo Rosten

Humor is, I think, the sublets and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers

Michael Sullivan

Residents of Massachusetts and particularly those along the Buzzards Bay coastline have experienced first-hand the devastation to the environment that can result from accidental oil spills. However, there was nothing accidental about this case. The defendant knowingly violated anti-pollution laws, intentionally dumping oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean--and even went so far as to manufacture a so-called 'magic pipe' to accomplish the crime. Our hope is that this substantial $10 million fine will send a strong message to those in the maritime community who would try to circumvent our Nation's anti-pollution laws.

Jennifer Sky

Cleo is only an accidental warrior, whereas Buffy is a slayer. But they're both kinda like valley girls, so more than likely, they'd quickly get over their differences and go shopping together.

Luke Metzger

Higher fences and more security guards aren't going to be enough to stop a deliberate or accidental release of dangerous chemicals. Texas has the most to gain and the most to lose.

Richard Feast

Their jobs are to find out whether the fires are accidental or arson. It also includes collecting evidence, arresting the suspect and presenting the case to the prosecutor.

Enrique Garcia

It's probably going to be an accidental death. There was nothing suspicious . . . that we could determine.

Sorin Cerin

Then we have to run towards Nowhere, to shout that we want to keep the wind on the top of our palms so wrinkled by time, to look towards our Creating Factor and Unique Accidental one and say: This is your Accidental Occurrence, our Intended Destiny, such a sad Destiny as sad as your Accidental Occurrence was in this magical world of Knowledge! Then our Creating Factor will face our sacred self because it will face towards Him!

Greg Baucum

It wasn't an accidental shooting. It was more like they knew who they wanted and did what they had to do and just shot and killed him.

Bobby Hernandez

There might have been an accidental discharge or it could have been a hit-type of incident.

Darry Sragow

Had he been able to portray the Democrats as a party that's preventing him from solving the problems of California, I think we could have painted ourselves into a very dangerous corner.

Cindy Hockenberry

I think it's dangerous any time you spend money before it's in your hand. You never know what's going to happen.

Werner Herzog

My crew [on "Fitzcarraldo" filming] actually said, "We have filmed it from outside on the rocks of the shore. We should be on board [the ship]," and I said it's dangerous, I only do it if you cinematographer Thomas Mauch and you actor [Klaus] Kinski decide on your own.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Fettuccine Alfredo is dangerous for your health.

Saul Bellow

Strict seriousness was far more dangerous than any joke.

Billie Armstrong

Rock 'n' roll can be dangerous and fun at the same time, so thanks a lot.

Teresa Belew

Repeat offenders are the most dangerous drunks on the road.

Benjamin Tal

Relying solely on real estate-based savings may be dangerous because this type of saving can be illiquid and selling a home can be an inconvenient and expensive transaction,

Robert W. Service

Pitched on his head, and pumped full of lead, was Dangerous Dan McGrew, While the man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast of the lady that's known as Lou.

Juan Enriquez

I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species.

John Dingell

This is a gross and deliberate misrepresentation of the fact,

Cary Elwes

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

Mike Baker

They'd like to be more deliberate on offense and they do a good job with that. If we can do what we do, we'll be all right.

Jordan Rohan

They are talking about a deliberate rollout, and that means late.

Julie Rochman

People run red lights because they think they can get away with it, and they don't want to sit and wait for the light. For the most part it's a deliberate act.

Peter T. King

Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done.

Mark Ruffalo

You really can have your dreams and at the same time have a family. But it has to be a really deliberate practice.

William Stone

Many people think all I do is some random engineering work in between caving expeditions. It's been far more deliberate than that.

Thomas Szasz

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; love by love.

Howard Dean

Karl Rove breached our national security for partisan gain and that is unpatriotic and wrong.

Jill Koenitzer

I think in some ways there are more things gained through this type of day versus a traditional first day.

B. F. Skinner

When he was in school and worked in the store, I think the interaction between people is really what gained his interest.

Eddy Cue

We've gained a lot of credibility in the industry in the past 2 1/2 years with what we did with songs. And that's what we're trying to mirror in the video space.

Bronco Mendenhall

He was poised and gained confidence. I'm proud to be his coach.

Charles Thomas

He taught me a lot. It's a big loss for our office, obviously, but it's a great gain for the 7th district. I'm thrilled for him.

Brian McCutcheon

He had to gain a much better understanding of when to try one-on-one hockey and when he could try some of the moves he has.

Richard Swain

He is a great tactician who will gain the utmost respect from the players.

David Padgett

Their guards are so unbelievably quick on defense, they slap down a lot and get a lot of steals. Their press makes it hard for you to run your offense.

Bob Hofman

They made the plays when they had to, and we didn't. And their guards hit the big shots when they had to.

Tony Fannick

There were two things that killed us. We couldn't score enough points and we couldn't stop their guards from penetrating.

Josh Page

We want to pressure them and get some turnovers right away. Hopefully we can pressure their guards and not let them get comfortable in the half-court set.

Richard Thurin

We've got more size than they do, but they have the quickest guards in the area. They will be a challenge.

Greg Graham

The seniors have played, but they haven't been lead guys, so we'll see who emerges. The guards have the most experience. They need to show leadership. We need our seniors to step up.

David Booker

Scoring all of those points doesn't matter. All that mattered to me was winning the game. Our guards set me up all night and kept getting me in position to score.

Lori Ulferts

I've seen tape of Shaw and they love to shoot the three. Their three guards shoot the three more than we shot them as a team.

Kenton Paulino

It was tough for our guards to get through their traps. It kept us on our toes.

Dave Curry

There is nobody here at all. Ian Thorpe pulling out obviously has a lot higher significance.

Bradley Hunter

When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.

Josh Bernoff

I thought they would start higher and work their way down. The problem is, you can't go up.

Sarah MacQuiddy

I think we'll have to push the higher ed piece.

Tong Lixin

In South Korea, short-track speed skating is the popular sport, just like the table tennis in China. The level of its young skaters is much higher than the youth in China, where the sport is only practiced in two provinces with about 300 registered skaters.

Mitsushige Akino

Higher oil prices and a strengthening yen accelerated selling.

Gregory Klump

In general, the higher end of the market is holding up much better than the lower end.

Ben Shapiro

In Britain, where the social safety net is more like a social swaddling cloth, crime rates other than murder are significantly higher than in the United States.

Albert J. Nock

Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge; history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will - are all gone.

Alberto Lopez

Whatever is in the release is what we're saying officially.

Zola Jesus

And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.

Odalis Perez

It's no good. I started throwing, and when I go down, when I release the ball, it pinches me.

Matt Groening

Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons." --Mr. Burns

Kevin Rose

Release early and often.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

...happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release...

Simon Bolivar

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

Katey Sagal

Going to set was always a great release.

James Taylor

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Ken Stern

It has to come to a head. We won't have Social Security if it doesn't.

Shaharyar Khan

The ECB should not feel insecure. They have strict security at all the grounds.

Taylor Swift

I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.

Fatih Birol

We think security of supply will be a big problem.

Colin Powell

Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America, that allows us to monitor, track down and capture an American citizen.

Alice Cooper

How old are you? Sixteen? S-seventeen? [asks security guard] Is seventeen legal?

Thomas Brooks

He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.

Rand Beers

The precondition to freedom is security.

Alberto Gonzales

Security is a concern, ... It is a priority.

Mike Gatting

He's got 600 but he won't be stopping there,

Joseph Druce

I was just, like, 'That's it. That's it. I've got to stop this. I couldn't get it out of my head.

William Devane

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

Shaul Goldstein

Our battle, ... is to try to stop it all.

Randy Kortokrax

If you want to win at the Coliseum, you've got to stop penetration, penetrate yourself and play half-court defense.

Frank Williams

I'm trying to be lenient here, ... but I've told you before to stop testifying.

Samuel Fuller

I'm trying to be a voice of reason. I'm not trying to stop them from developing.

Saina Nehwal

I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.

George H. W. Bush

Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me.

William H. Wharton

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.

Jon Meacham

The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others.

Molly Ivins

the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.

Molly Ivins

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

Molly Ivins

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

Molly Ivins

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

Molly Ivins

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

Krista Allen

I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall, so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took $1,000 and headed to California. Along the way I stopped in Vegas because I had always wanted to see Caesar's Palace. So I stopped there and won $2,500 on a slot machine! It was amazing.