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.

Judd Gregg

Anyone who knew my father knew he was an extraordinary and special person who brought humor, energy and optimism to all his infinite endeavors, especially those involving promoting and improving his beloved New Hampshire. He will be greatly missed but always remembered.

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.

Gary Root

Anyone who wants to learn how to use this equipment is more than welcome to come by.

Matt Thornhill

Anyone who wants to grow his business in the next 10 years will need to target more than the 18-to-49 group.

Brenda Frese

Anyone who wants to go on the Albuquerque diet and lose a quick five pounds, it's a great way to trim up before you get out on the Final Four stage.

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.

O. Henry

I feel happy that I was chosen to attend the program. I am very excited about traveling to Washington, DC and hope that I will get to meet one of our Senators or Representatives.

Rod Reid

Because there are only three made each year, depending on what it is, the mint value of that knife is $1,000 at a minimum, and sometimes can range as high as $10,000. Incidentally, the people who won our grand prize last year are from Mississippi, and won't be able to attend due to the hurricane. So, we want to keep those folks in our thoughts.

DeAngelo Williams

I don't really care about if they're making money off me in college, ... They're paying for my education. If they're going to give me $65,000-plus to attend their university and they make $40-, $50-, $60 million I don't care. That degree will mean something to me forever.

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.

Eric Moulds

He knows a lot of veterans want to win now. The window is closing on the guys who have played 10, 13, 14 years. For me, every game counts now.

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!

Bob Richardson

They are cutting the mountain cattlemen out, they are always closing more of the timber industry down. There is a lot of hypocrisy in what they are doing here.

Mike Sackett

Our window of opportunity to help Malawi and the rest of the region is closing fast.

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.

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.

Carlos Moya

You have to play perfect and wish that he is not going to be at his best. I think today these two things happened.

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.

Cristiano Ronaldo

If I can have the chance to be the best ever, then that would be perfect.

Claire McCaskill

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

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,