Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Kennedy

As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English.

Josh Elliott

As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.

Carlo Rubbia

As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues.

Jonathan Levine

As a director, there's no natural career progression. So after 'The Wackness,' which was very personal to me, I was very, very picky about what I was going to do next, to the point where I think that I was almost too picky.

Jim Lanzalotto

Anyone who has worked for a big brand-name company with a good reputation, and was successful there, has a real advantage, especially in moving to a different industry. Hiring someone is really a leap of faith, and interviewers know they can only tell so much about you from the interviewing process, so having that brand name in your background is important. It's almost like an endorsement.

John Shields

As a judge, you look at the basics of a recipe: Does it make sense, does the ratio of ingredients make sense? And is it a crab soup? Some of the entries we get are almost anything but.

Daron Malakian

As a musician, I don't think I'm the greatest guitar player. I'm a bigger fan of the drums than I am the guitar; I just happen to play guitar. I play drums almost every day at my house. I wrote a lot of songs behind the drum kit, just having the music and vocals in my head and playing the rhythm.

James Zogby

The bottom line is that NSEERS is a failed and unfair program. An understaffed INS (Immigration and Naturalization Services) couldn't implement the program and almost 14,000 of those who complied were placed in deportation proceedings.

Josh Bernoff

The cable operator almost has a responsibility to give you a tool to better figure out what to watch, now that it's given you all those choices.

John Dunford

A school's reputation can easily be lost through bad behavior on the buses. There is always a degree of uncertainty about the extent of power outside school and this will clarify that right.

Bruce Vladeck

As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing.

Brian Riedl

As bad as the last five years have been, it's going to get even worse the next five years.

Guy Williams

As bad as the government response was, the regulatory response was wonderful.

Jeff Gordon

As bad as that was, we had to move forward in a positive way. If you look at James Dean or Elvis Presley after his death, it's the same thing with Earnhardt. That's the type of persona Dale Earnhardt had in our sport and the publicity of his death took it to another level.

Brett Favre

As bad as that was, the worst is yet to come. To think we're going to try and play football, it's difficult.

Cam Ward

As bad as that second goal was, it was like it woke us up.

Maj. Raines

As bad as it was, it could have been worse.

Johnny Damon

As bad as it sounds, being struck out by Roger Clemens is not a bad thing.

Abraham Lincoln

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets

Connie Higgins

Ballots are automatically mailed out if you're registered to vote.

Kenneth Blackwell

The president wouldn't have carried Ohio if the issue (to ban same-sex marriage) hadn't been on the ballot driving out the base, ... not going to evaporate, they're not going to retreat, and they will be a real and influential and sustainable force.

Richard Berman

Now that the secret ballot is off the table, abuses that come from the peer-to-peer intimidation to sign cards are in play.

Carl Guardino

If the conditions are right to mount a campaign for a quarter-cent transportation sale tax ballot measure in November 2006, we will need the leadership and guidance of thoughtful elected officials such as yourself. We hope you will join us in this effort.

Safwat Rashid

Some of the complaints are minor and others may be grave enough to cancel the results of a ballot box.

Stephen Johnston

We just want to put it on the ballot so people can have a choice.

Eliseo Medina

If Congress fails to act, we will deliver our message in the ballot boxes come November. We will continue to march and speak out until the President signs a comprehensive immigration bill into law that works for all working people in this country.

Larry Moore

Our position is that Ms. Wade has not met her burden to show that there were improper ballots that were counted here.

Mickey Edwards

The Bush administration is certainly not the first administration to do this kind of thing, ... but they seem much more heavy-handed about it.

Larry Birns

The Bush administration has tried to make Venezuela seem like a spooky, murky place. But they have cried wolf too often. Without serious evidence, you can't take their accusations seriously.

Ryan Ford

The Bush administration has squelched freedom of speech.

Mark Gottdiener

The Bush administration has never cared much for cities, and by extension, the people who live in them,

Scott Ritter

The Bush administration has its sights set firmly on Tehran. The same deception is taking place right before our eyes and most Americans remain blind. It is going to happen. It is happening as we speak.

Edward Markey

The Bush administration has given a pass to the cargo industry,

David Yalof

The Bush administration has done a great job in reviewing the candidates, going through their opinions, backgrounds, and speeches,

Russ Feingold

The Bush administration has been very successful in one thing: in intimidating people into not uttering the words timetable or timeframe,

Barbara Kellerman

The Bush administration has been charged from the start with being cavalier about democracy. The tension between on the one hand protecting our democratic privileges and on the other hand trying to protect the American people is one we've had with us from the start.

Joe Harris

That was a big part of the motivation because this was my last season and my last chance to play with a team like this.

Joy Couch

That's where the hurt is. For the rest of us, we get a chance to do it again. Losses make you stronger.

Steve Nash

Raja and Kurt are always there for us, physically and mentally. They always make it difficult for the other team and always give us a chance to win.

Teruhisa Tsuji

Propelled by strong economic indicators, the market is increasingly pricing in a chance of a Fed rate hike to 5 percent in May. The dollar looks strong.

Karen Friedman

Pronounce your words clearly and don't trail off at the end of a sentence. You want to make sure you are heard and understood. Additionally, pause to give the person on the other end of the line a chance to digest what you are saying and to participate in the conversation.

Bob Schneider

Private schools won't have a chance in that scenario. There won't be a football playoffs for us.

Steve Spurrier

Probably one or two freshmen will get the chance to play for us this year.

Curtis Sliwa

People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.

Gary Mitchell

People took a chance on him (Cody) and hope he recalls that.

Carl Forti

Any incumbent running for re-election that needs our support will get it.

Bruce Cran

Any relief is welcome. However, this looks like election goodies and temporary solutions.

Tom Leach

As far back as we go ... it's the lowest for any kind of election, and I think it's the lowest since 1920 when women got the vote.

Gina Martin

An uncertain election will do that -- people don't know who the president will be, what's ahead.

Howard Duvall

The municipal election can get lost in the shuffle.

John Breaux

The most important speech of this election is ... going to be given by the loser when they concede because it will set the tone for the next four years,

James Conway

Right now, we're just short of 160,000, ... That's sort of the baseline figure that we think we'll probably see all through the election period.

Hosni Mubarak

These elections come at a turning point in the history of our country, which is facing new challenges,

Alcee Hastings

These elections can only be described as free and fair.

Siri Hustvedt

The brain is an immensely complex organ, and many mysteries remain. Exactly how brain and mind or soma and psyche are related is one of them.

Bill Cox

Of course, we don't know exactly all the facts and circumstances. But apparently, there had been a disagreement. We weren't there. We don't what all went on. But we know how it culminated. We know how it ended. It was tragic and horrible.

Jim Sheehan

No one was ejected and the reason explained to me is that the officials couldn't identify exactly what happened. That to me is disappointing.

Christopher Sands

So the sense of where the problem is has shifted as people become more sophisticated about what exactly is going on,

Steve Cooper

No two viewers perceive a play exactly the same. In addition, each moment on stage is a new experience for an actor, too.

Michael Allen

Sonny was a no-frills kind of guy. He shot straight from the shoulder. You knew exactly where you stood with him.

Tom McClintock

Proposition 54 simply says that our government has got to stop classifying us by race, ... It doesn't matter what race you are. The government should treat everyone exactly the same." ()

Aaron Miller

I skated pretty good today, but my back gets tired. It's going to take some time, but I'm not exactly sure how much. Hopefully soon, if it keeps getting better like it has and I don't have any set backs.

Sam Shepard

I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.

John Rice

Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,

Ian Wright

It would be different if it was someone you didn't like and he was a horrible person, giving it all the time, but he's not like that.

Jeff Parker

I've been on the kids since Day One about playing hard and never giving up when you're down,

Billy Donovan

The whole thing with them is, if they pull up on jump shots in the lane, they take runners in the lane, and we are giving two, we are going to live with that. But we were not living with threes.

Robert Kirkman

The X-Men have just been through a lot. It's pretty much been non-stop since the beginning, really. So I'm giving them the night off.

Brian Griese

This is a sad, sad day for me, ... Sean Mahan got me. I'm a man of my word, though. I'm going to take it like a man. This thing is already giving me a headache, though.

Thomas Mitchell

The way you get (approval) is you demonstrate to the public that you are giving a quality product, which is what Medicaid is supposed to be,

Travis Lee

That's not like me. I want to be more selective, instead of giving away some at-bats.

Rep. Simrill

You're just taking it from the smokers and giving it to the eaters.

Patty Douglas

To me, it's perfect. We're here, and Jerry is getting stronger again, and we are so grateful.

Bill Gray

Jerry Lamb was one of my heroes. He wouldn't let us lose.

Peter Roth

Jerry is the architect; Jonathan is the contractor.

Dennis McNally

I think Jerry would be very pleased by this.

Tim Brice

As long as the low pressure stays to the west, we'll see some rain in our area.

A.J. Jones

Dentists are not taking Medicaid because of the low reimbursement and the cumbersome paperwork. It is not surprising that they do not take Medicaid.

Marcos Basaglia

The special of the day was low volume. The market was practically tied to Nasdaq.

Garry Beers

It was unanimous and foot-dragging. It's a pretty sobering prospect to go on international television and pull your pants down as low as we did. We trusted our instincts, we trusted ourselves.

Art Spinella

It would have to be an entry-level model, like the Hyundai Excel. It would take low price and some style, though low price triumphs over style any time.

Bob Klein

The risk is so low that nothing needs to be done.

Lee Kuan Yew

If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.

Bode Miller

A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.

Jim Puckett

When you're a cash-strapped school system, you're going to go to the lowest bidder. The lowest bidders are the ones who are going to export.

Charles Singley

Ruth was my girlfriend's name at the time.

Willie Gary

Your name is all you've got. People can take away a lot of things, but if they take your name away, you're ruined. That's what they tried to do.

Randy Ferreira

You name the pie and we do it. They are all made from scratch.

Richard Beck

You name it and we're going to do it.

Brett Favre

Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.

Arthur Adamov

What is there? I know first of all that I am. But who am I? All I know of myself is that I suffer. And if I suffer it is because at the origin of myself there is mutilation, separation. I am separated. What I am separated from -- I cannot name it. But I am separated.

Jamie Farr

It makes you famous, you get money from it, you go on and do the best you can, but it really is dreadful that people don't know your name.

James Van Der Beek

I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall.

Jane Smiley

Charles Dickens was an avid seeker of names - he read directories and looked for odd names on gravestones.

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Arnold Palmer

Tell you what ... I'll wear it at the next tournament I play in.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Mike Lamb

This is one of the most resilient teams I've been on. Whether we get shut out, whether we lose, whether we win this team the next day, it doesn't faze them,

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

John Wilson

Prices have stayed up because people in control of supply decided they could keep them up.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

Stephane Dion

People who have sent their delegates here want real progress, ... That's why here in Montreal, we have to get results.

Lucy Mathiak

People who feel that things are going well will vote for Juan.

Raf Simons

People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.

Bobbi Brown

People used to look out for their brothers. I'm going to look out for James.

Jay Stewart

People understand we're not deviating from our plan. We're sticking to it.

Paul Adams

People understand it's a robust role and they're comfortable with it. But we're not suggesting it (support for the mission) is so strong it can't be moved.

Josh Fox

People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set.

Wally Buono

A very tricky situation. Some of the salaries are at the point of being out of whack, really out of proportion.

Pat Robertson

a vote (on the Supreme Court) that reflects his point of view.

Wendy Murphy

At what point does it really matter. This is such a strong case. The statement to the police is going to kill him, and I don't know if you need much more than that.

Greg Beals

At times, we've pressed to the point where it's tough. When you're not winning, it makes it even tougher to have fun.

Wayne Fischer

At some point in time you must ask, 'how much is enough?

Chris Horner

At some point in the future, there may be a market, but it's not like that's anything we've really factored into our planning.

Ray Giacoletti

Offensively, I'd say he's more of a point guard. Defensively, I'd say he's better off guarding a two.

Sarah Brown

No one wants to look like they are spackled. The point is to make your skin look better than it is.

Sarah Brown

No one wants to look like they are spackled, ... The point is to make your skin look better than it is.

Mike Pearson

We've been working on putting this in place for two years.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Henry Cotton

The big trick in putting is not method; the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.

Jeff Carter

This referendum is just not going to fly.

Garry South

The timing was not accidental. There's more to come.

Bill Swain

The timing of this weather is a little unfortunate.

Stuart Sternberg

The timing is not as important as getting the right people.

Michael Parkinson

Confidence has a lot to do with interviewing - that, and timing.

Chauncey Billups

I wish the timing was a little different.

Erin Morgenstern

Timing is a sensitive thing.

Warren Buffett

We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.

Joyce Meyer

The right timing is not always our timing.

Edward Boyden

A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.