Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Shermer

The reason people turn to supernatural explanations is that the mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. Because we do not yet have a fully natural explanation for mind and consciousness, people turn to supernatural explanations to fill the void.

Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

John Bisio

Anyone who suggests the number is inaccurate is way out of bounds. What would we have to gain from that? We are in no position to mislead people. A lot of people have an interest in working at Wal-Mart.

David Beckham

Anyone would welcome a player like Michael back into the team. He'll be on a high after signing for Newcastle,

James Rubin

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the FBI and Diplomatic Security Service immediately. The United States will ensure complete confidentiality to anyone who provides information on Mr. Dahoumane, to include possible relocation to the United States.

Richard James

Anyone who wears black knee socks with Bermuda shorts are not to be taken seriously.

P. J. Harvey

Anyone who wants to show a car that has something special is encouraged to come and show it.

Jay Hayes

Anyone who wants to do this job - if you're not organized, maybe you shouldn't be a head coach. Marvin learned and took those things from other people. He built things his own way; he does it his way. But he's taken something from everyone he's worked for.

Gerhard Schroeder

Anyone who wants to defend the European social model must ensure that the German-French relationship remains intact.

Alan Bishop

Anyone who wants to be mischievous can have an awful lot of fun with the numbers. But we provide an efficient service for government, and the aggregation of spending creates efficiencies.

Kathy Banks

Anyone who uses credit could be a potential candidate for the Web site.

Scott Stephens

E2V also creates a new type of sponsorship opportunity for leading companies tired of the old methods. We believe that over the course of the year, event organizers of E2V-covered events will find attendance numbers increasing. Our product will help shape networking in the local business community and bring balance to executives' schedules.

Jake Gold

Attendance is way, way up, and I think part of that is the success of the Idols themselves.

Kerry Cowart

We are in the final stage of this project and we are now waiting on the city and fire marshal to go over the building to make sure we are in compliance with all of the codes. We are also attending to punch list items such as checking all of the equipment in the building to make sure they are working properly.

Thomas Essen

On Father's Day 2001, the mayor and I attended the funerals of three brave fire-fighters lost in the line of duty. I couldn't help thinking, as we were winding down our terms of office, that it was one of the saddest days I could remember, not knowing my life and the lives of those around me would change forever very soon.

Tom Roberts

If it's a technical issue, he won't just have the engineers of that product attend the meeting. He has all the right people assembled. He really knows how to rally the forces.

Bob Jones

If indeed it was a legal public meeting where public business was discussed, I would have liked to have been given the chance to attend it.

David Scott

My largest disappointment was that I could attend only three out of nine workshops. I would like to see the program extended to two full days to provide more opportunities to engage in workshops.

Lindsey Williams

Obviously, we don't plan to attend the rally.

John Leighton

Managing physical and attendance expansions is part of my CV, ... but we shouldn't put too much of an emphasis on trying to double them. What's most important is the quality of what you have to offer and how you get the audience engaged in the collections. That's more important to me than a monitor at the door that salivates every time you have another 100,000 visitors.

Ruth Reichl

Given a choice between great food and boring company or boring food and great company, I'll take the great company any day.

Diane von Furstenberg

Don't let any of your good habits get boring.

Cynthia Payne

It's been a rollercoaster life but it hasn't been boring.

Richard Kimball

Say you sold someone a round of drinks for $17.50, ... You'd ring in $7.50, put the $17.50 in (the register), and put a swizzle stick in the drawer as a reminder that the drawer is up by $10. At the end of the night, if you had eight swizzle sticks in there, you'd pocket $80 before closing out your register.

Peter Cardillo

I would not be surprised to see this market register a new high, perhaps closing at a new record high. But then we'll probably see some sort of a pullback.

James Melvin

If he hadn't had a good system of closing the gates, I think the miller could have drained the lake.

Rick Platt

The closing varies from mid to the end of January.

Joel Osteen

Nothing in life has happened to you, it's happened FOR You!

Richard Grenier

We need to score a goal in the first half in order to win, ... We were controlling (the play) for a good 15 minutes. We just couldn't put a goal in. Again, credit North Smithfield. They did a good job closing us out on defense at the end of the first half.

Peter Whitney

Try to distract yourself from it. Even if it means closing the shades to your windows. It's the ostrich syndrome. If you can't see it, you don't have to think about it.

Charles Schumer

Any talk of dismantling it would be inappropriate given its unique expertise and resources.

Ben Nicholson

I'm not an expert, but I want to be.

Stephen Cambone

The experts have been through it, and they have not found another plausible use for it.

Susan Collins

An expert is anyone who can already do what we want to do.

Theo de Raadt

Only failure makes us experts.

Carl Jacoby

But it won't be with my merchandise, my expertise or my wife's.

Harry Carey, Jr.

I was an expert horseman.

Andrew Yang

We are the experts and these markets and we can help.

Eduardo Ermita

He can be removed and, as a CESO, he can be moved to another place where his expertise can be utilized,

Brent Weeks

The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.

Aristotle

Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit.

Ben Jonson

True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.

Eleanor Smeal

She [Carolyn Maloney] knows the financial issues, that's why we thought she was perfect because we're in a - we're in, as you know, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, and I know that she'll see the whole picture.

Stu Jackson

This was another perfect storm of sorts in that the timing was such that he wasn't available.

Brad Miller

Everything went perfect for them. And obviously, we didn't play worth a crap.

Daniel Pinkwater

Looking back over my life so far I am able to remember specific days that were perfect. These tend to be days, and parts of days, in which nothing in particular happened, except that I was utterly happy.

Adam Dunn

So perfect — I’m right where I need to be!

Adam Dunn

Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

John Roberts

I was a staff lawyer, ... I didn't have a position.

Paul Tagliabue

I think that I see (finding a replacement) as one of opportunity. I told the staff that we have a lot of things in place, a lot of initiatives under way.

David Garrett

This is a system that we take for granted,