Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

Martha Stewart

My daughter doesn't allow me to wear fur.

Jim Marks

Multi-lender sites allow you to get a good look at the rate market. (Traditionally), it has taken a lot of time and effort to find out what rates are. You'd have to go to two or three different places and possibly even fill out an application each time.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

must not allow itself to be turned into an instrument in denying a nation of its inalienable right.

Hanna Rosin

Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people's views into account, allow you to be successful.

John Thune

my hope would be that the president will allow the process to work.

J. H. Wyman

My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.

Brian Turner

Now, with those games out of the way, we want to keep watching these players when they return to their clubs and make sure they maintain the standards we expect and that they don't allow bad habits to creep in.

William Dowell

Given the history of Pakistan's nuclear program, these figures will certainly raise a few eyebrows. Pakistan struggled unsuccessfully for decades to develop nuclear weapons, and half of their devices failed to go off in their 1998 tests, which created the impression they were still battling to perfect the technology. Pakistan's nuclear program is generally assumed to be heavily dependent on Chinese assistance, and it sounds a little far-fetched that Beijing would allow them to develop a nuclear program on that scale.

Ogden Nash

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Thomas Hearns

Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night.

Kevin Morgan

This night and America Supports You is important to the ownership and organization entirely due to the deep respect that we hold for the men, women and families that serve our military. We want to help in any way we can to show gratitude and make these families understand that we do care and our country cares about the men and women that serve.

Julius Rosenberg

There had to be a hysteria and a fear sent through America in order to get increased war budgets.

Bernie Sanders

CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

Bernie Sanders

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

Howard Dean

Together we can stand for honesty, hard work, respect and opportunity for each American. Together America can do better.

Ruth Adams

Together these things have really meant that we rely on the Guard much more and those troops are more likely to come from certain sections of America that have economic needs,

Melissa Bean

To keep America competitive in the global economy, telecommunications companies will be expected to invest heavily in infrastructure.

When the chairman introduced the guest speaker as a former illegal alien, I got up from my chair and yelled, "What's the matter, no jobs on Mars?" When no one laughed, I was real embarrassed. I don't think people should make you feel that way.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Don Pierson

The larger corporations have such significant resources, they take their initiative and move forward without significant needs.

Ben Stroud

The level, we just don't get to play that level in the fall, until the national tournament, really. And it's fun. The kids look forward to playing that and it raises their level a lot. The kids really get a lot out of that. I think our team really grows in the spring.

William Stafford

All right. I listen. My life sinks a little farther, for the pity; from now on I know it with them. We'll take a stand, wherever the end is. We go forward by this quiet sharing, they one way, I another. I am their promise: no one else is going to know.

Hilary Cook

The markets have been so strong that the only thing that will really get them going forward is M&A activity.

Rick Sund

This incident happened before the season and we're looking forward to this matter being resolved soon.

Pam Tweten

This has been a great year and we are looking forward to one more meet.

Gary Peterson

It's obvious to my mind that there's a lot more study that has to be done. We need to learn, we need to go forward but we also need people to understand that it's a good place to live.

Manu Ginobili

They are playing really well, so we are looking forward to playing them. We have the first- and second-best records in the Western Conference, so it is going to be a great game.

Graeme Smith

We all know the skills that Polly brings, and it will be great to have him back.

Catrin Nilsmark

We all know that we're going to have to win over here at some stage. And I think this is a great opportunity because they're all playing really well. We have nothing to lose.

Javy Lopez

We all knew they had great pitching, ... but with our offense, we should have done better than we did.

Earl Boykins

Tonight we showed that you don't have to shoot great to still get the victory. As long as you do all the other things on the court, you can be OK.

Eddie Jones

Tonight was one of those nights where things didn't go my way. I got great looks at the rim, I just couldn't knock them down.

S. Walker

To see that the work is still going on is a blessing. Being able to be communicate with the kids and make friends was also a great blessing.

Tracy Byrd

We all just hope a third of these people show up. It will make for a great show.

Mike Shula

We all hope that Brodie stays healthy because we think he's a guy that can do some great things for us this year,

Steve Hogan

Tom did a great job of training his managers and the staff on how to work, how to work together and how to keep pushing forward. That's what we're doing.

Bill Hicks

How many people disapprove of the job the Conservatives are doing? Seventy percent. Of those same people, how many will vote for them again? ...Seventy percent. What the f-k? Where did they take this poll, at an S&M parlor?

Barack Obama

Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.

Steve Swift

What is the monetary value of that? How many jobs are worth losing that?

Linda Ronstadt

I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much myself, but it's my job to make you cry.

George Scott

What we try to do is make the process the least painful as we can. Its got to be devastating when you find out your job is gone.

Alexander Ovechkin

Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.

Alexander Payne

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

Alex Van Halen

I look at Van Halen as social workers. What we're really doing is creating jobs for rock critics.

Alex Tabarrok

College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.

Debby Ryan

I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

Nick Lowe

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

George Carey

But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

Wole Soyinka

After the death of the sadistic dictator Gen. Sanni Abacha in 1998, Nigeria underwent a one-year transitional military administration headed by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, who uncharacteristically bowed out precisely on the promised date for military disengagement. Did the military truly disengage, however? No.

Winston Churchill

it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

Winston Churchill

In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action

Zalmay Khalilzad

Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all difficulties, it's very inspiring to see how the Kurds, the Arab Sunnis and the Shiites are coming together here, how they're jointly defining the basis on which their state is to be built, the political course this state will pursue and who is to receive which cabinet positions.

Walter Lippmann

Nobody has yet found a way of bombing that can prevent foot soldiers from walking.