Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Bierce

Woman absent is woman dead.

May Sarton

Absence becomes the greatest Presence.

Alex Honnold

So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody takes risks. Even the absence of activity could be viewed as a risk. If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you're running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer.

Bill Cowher

It is an unexcused absence. I'm very disappointed in his decision and we are ready to move on with or without him.

Bill Cowher

It is an unexcused absence, ... I'm very disappointed in his decision and we are ready to move on with or without him.

Barry Hyman

I think there's apathy in the market. The cruel reality is that earnings do matter and, in the absence of any new catalyst, you're going to get days like this.

Andy Alexander

I think there were some things that needed to be taken from public view after September 11. But we have seen, around the country, a number of cases where information has been taken down in the absence of good public discussion. Those discussions need to take place.

Ghazi Hamad

I think there is definitely a possibility for a coalition. I prefer to be in the government. ... The first focus is on internal issues. People are suffering from an absence of law.

Rich Conover

Jen has exhibited a great deal of leadership in Rachel's absence. She is a very vocal leader. She is continually pushing her teammates to stay positive and give their best effort.

Rasheed Wallace

As long as we got the win. We gotta deal with that other (stuff) every night. But we fought through it and got the W.

Brian Baker

After going through what he went through last year, nothing is that big a deal to him. I think now he respects that it's important to win a tennis match, but it's really a small part of his life.

Andrew Larson

Some people make the connection, some don't. It's not something I would ever make a big deal about,

Dave Scott

Right now we're just trying to deal with the needs of the kids.

David Moser

Things like that just eat her up. If it happens in practice, it's no big deal to her. She gets back up and keeps going. But it shows at meets and she has to be able to get past that.

David Thurtell

The worry is that if prices come off a bit, demand will rebound and we've still got to deal with the Northern Hemisphere winter.

Greg Wall

The wind picked up. And we didn't deal well with the elements.

John Updike

The writer must face the fact that ordinary lives are what most people live most of the time, and that the novel as a narration of the fantastic and the adventurous is really an escapist plot; that aesthetically, the ordinary, the banal, is what you must deal with.

Kristin Gore

The wrists, the Achilles' tendons, and the neck are some of the weakest points of the human body, so a lot of people have phobias about those things. I can't deal with the undersides of wrists.

Brian Perry

The older they get, the harder they are to find parts for,

Brandon Jennings

The harder you work when nobody’s watching the less you bleed when it’s time to perform.

Tyler Murovich

When I hear stuff like that it reminds to work harder and stay in the weight room.

Eric Ferguson

We were ready for the aggressiveness they (the Rebels) were going to bring. But they just played harder than us in the second half.

Dan Simmons

Its hard to die. Harder to live

Eric Anderson

There will only be one first private mission to the moon,

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

David Nicholls

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

Trent Dilfer

Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.

Pat Scales

There's not a public school out there that doesn't have a mission statement that says it serves all students,

Mitch Landrieu

We miss you, and we want you back.

Alfred Kazin

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

Donna Karan

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

Dorothy Dunnett

If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.

Brett Ratner

Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate - my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house.

Barbara Mandrell

I am loving being Momma. I really, really am.

Miley Cyrus

Every day after work, my mom and I go shopping. My dad is about to kill me. I say, We need it, daddy!

Miley Cyrus

My dad has never actually grounded me. He always tells my mom to do it. He tells her, "Miley was so bad today, you need to ground her."

Carol Alt

My mom cooked pot roast with noodles and frozen vegetables. Or she'd make spaghetti or hot dogs, or heat up TV dinners. Before I started modeling at age 19, I was 5'8" and weighed 165 pounds.

January Jones

It’s not witch-crafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms!

Livia Landry

There are moments when I am so distraught, I can't function.

Kourtney Kardashian

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

Dikembe Mutombo

When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.