Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Green

I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great value to the quiet, contemplative process of reading a novel, that reading great books carefully offers pleasures and consolations that no iPad app ever can.

David Wray

Have a compelling argument that speaks to the bottom line.

John Gibbons

He's got a valid argument for winning that thing. Very few rookies throw 200 innings,

Bill Schneider

His whole argument is 'Vote for me, and this is how I'm going to do it. I'm going to beat Bush, and here's how.' That's his whole campaign.

David Huffman

It could be a situation where there was a need for narcotics and she wouldn't give him the money, or it could be a situation where they got into an argument where she wanted to break off the relationship,

Douglas Berman

I think the oral argument could be very interesting. I am hopeful, but not optimistic, that some of the justices could tip their hand.

William Hazlitt

There is no force but argument in the case, and it is reason, not the will of another, that gives the law.

Rodney Barnes

There is enough argument for a defense attorney to get in there and work with, that you can really beat them up on it.

Marci Hamilton

The people who are burdened are the lawyers. Who are you talking to? Normally you would pitch your whole argument to her. You know the court is going to change.

John Dowd

I just don't have a lot of confidence in Senator Mitchell. I think he's burdened by having an interest in the game. This matter is so serious that it requires complete independence.

Alain Badiou

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

Selig Harrison

It's very valuable to the State Department to have what are called second track contacts with North Korea because they are more frank, and they're not burdened by the official process.

Jackie Wagner

It's not my job to get people to vote. My job is to make customers go out and have fun. I don't want them to feel guilty or burdened about voting.

Reggie Witherspoon

It's not like our need for him went away because he was hurt. It still was there, and sometimes there in greater fashion. What has happened is that other guys have been burdened with more of a role than they are fully ready for yet.

Ann Nocenti

I've never written a character that wasn't burdened by years of pain and trauma. Let's face it: Most comic-book heroes have some serious baggage. Not Green Arrow. He's a healthy guy - imagine that? Carrying your hero around in your head, imagining the world through his eyes, is just a hoot.

Stephan Pastis

I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky.

Kurt Barnard

With gas prices the way they are and with people suddenly being burdened with monthly car payments, they are looking for bargains. People are taking their money from Bloomingdale's to Penney, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS - news ) and Target (NYSE: TGT - news ).

Dan Blum

Users do not want be burdened with having to remember to carry a device like a smart card.

Stephon Marbury

I was kind of tired tonight, but I play. When I get on the court that is all I do. I love basketball. Mentally, I just had to get my mind in another place.

Michael Riedel

I was interested in politics very much when I was growing up, and that's what I think I really wanted to be - either a senator, or a Supreme Court Justice, and I always wanted to be a lawyer.

Robert Shapiro

I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field.

Mary Pierce

Kim has been incredible on hard courts this year.

Chris Braier

Just walking off the court there with a minute to go and everyone standing, it was awesome. Words can't express.

Michael Adams

Josef Ackermann's personal integrity is not in question. He didn't see the red line that some courts have seen. But it's a squishy concept.

Jeff Adrien

Josh is kind of quiet. But what he does on the court is very loud.

Larry Powell

Judge Moore doesn't have very large coattails. He went too far when he refused to obey the court order, and that was sort of a turning point and his popularity has been dropping ever since then.

Kenyon Martin

I take the responsibility of representing the Denver Nuggets very seriously and I truly hope Nuggets fans understand that. I support the team fully and can't wait to rejoin them on the court as soon as possible.

Scott Skiles

Just to run down and double-team Shaq all over the place, it normally doesn't pay off.

Scott Johnstone

It can be as little as $1, but normally it's $500, $1,000 or $2,000.

Mo Johnston

He said he was sorry. End of story. I'm not worried about that. He buckled down in the second half. Normally in the past, he would be sent off.

Mike Listerman

We take 21 more shots and make the same amount. I like to think we're a little better shooting team than that, but today we weren't. We just didn't stick it in like we normally do.

David Barnes

It is impacting a portion of our employees, specifically in housekeeping and the kitchen. They normally ride the bus.

Billy Donovan

He got back to playing the way he normally does.

Ben Sheets

I'm proud of myself because I didn't (overthrow), which normally 'stupid Ben' will do.

O. J. Simpson

I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!

Annika Sorenstam

You can play 'steady Eddie', which is normally my game, but I've got to make some birdies this week.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Carlisle Floyd

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.

Travis Bradberry

Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people can see right through it when a kind leader has an agenda.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Sally Quinn

I would say I think it's about time. People have a tendency to think that entertaining in Washington politically and diplomatically is frivolous, but it is not. It is part of the work.

Karen Russell

I wrote 'Ava Wrestles the Alligator' when I was 22 or 23. These people and that world have been evolving in me for a while. It's such a shift not to be in that world.

Jason Robert Brown

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Bruce Bochy

Jake's a gamer. He's a big-game pitcher with an outstanding future.

Dusty Baker

I talked to him. He's tired of it, too. You could tell he was a little distraught about the whole thing. He wants to pitch. He wants to pitch with nothing wrong.

Brad Arnsberg

He wanted to pitch Sunday, but we had to slow him down a bit.

Jeff Blauser

He could throw two pitches for strikes pretty much whenever he wanted. When you can do that, you'll be pretty effective.

Frank Robinson

He could go out and pitch the same way this year and have a tremendous year because things go his way. This may be his year to get run support.

Clint Hurdle

He didn't pitch down enough. He didn't throw his sinker enough. He has to remember he is a sinkerball pitcher.

Brian Giles

He'll be a presence. They're still not going to pitch to him, even though he hasn't played all year. But he's going to get on base. Any time you get on base, you're a threat to score a run.

John Gibbons

Gus battled through it. I think he'd rather pitch in a tight game. He doesn't like the comfortable lead.

Jeromy Burnitz

He's got every pitch. And he executes every pitch he's got.

Ian McCulloch

I was like 'This is Mac' - I didn't even know who I was talking to." ()

William Farmer

I think it'll be ok; I think by the end of this year, we won't be talking about PeopleSoft at all.

Bob Lachky

I think you're talking about a two-year play at least.

Stephen Smith

It is frustrating because we're not getting 10 to 12 inches. You're talking about 2 to 4 inches. We live in Wisconsin. It is not like this is unusual.

Bill Callahan

What do you mean? What are you talking about?

Denise Holmes

It is significant. We're going from talking to doing.

Nancy Currie

I think some of the difficulties are in the tight tolerances that we are talking about,

Chris Lofton

He was just talking about how he wished it would have worked out for me up here.

Graham Murray

He was open-mouthed when Tallis walked up to him and started talking to him.