Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Mitford

Dogs are all, more or less, physiognomists, and commonly pretty determined aristocrats, fond of the fine and averse to the shabby, distinguishing, with a nice accuracy, the master castes from the pariahs of the world.

Samina Ahmed

It's a huge decision for them to take; there will obviously be some that are averse to shifting the role.

B. F. Skinner

I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.

Thomas Gray

What female heart can gold despise? / What cat's averse to fish?

John Cruickshank

He was constantly demanding that we write negative stories about nonadvertisers and positive stories about advertisers - which, of course, we didn't do. He wasn't averse to quality journalism; he just thought it should go on someplace else.

A. Hodge

I don't think any of us are averse to the development. St. Joe has had trouble in dealing with the law.

Robert Christensen

The Irish people, who are commonly thought of as peasants, have developed a cuisine using these kinds of items that, for them, are common food. For them it's not high-end items. For them it's regular food.

Robert Barclay

That it is not lawful to give to men such flattering titles as, "Your Holiness," "Your Majesty," "Your Eminency," "Your Excellency," "Your Grace," "Your Lordship," "Your Honor," &c., nor use those flattering words commonly called "compliments.

Lakhdar Brahimi

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

Mark Changizi

Company logos, for example, are meant to be recognized, and we found that logos have a high correlation. Shorthand systems, which are meant to give a note-taker speed at the expense of a commonly recognizable system of symbols, do not.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

CURSE, v.t. Energetically to belabor with a verbal slap-stick. This is an operation which in literature, particularly in the drama, is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless, the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insurance.

Robert Reid

The trees that most commonly fall are dead, diseased or obviously hazardous... for example, leaning in a precarious manner.

Bob Muglia

The fact that DPM works well with other Microsoft products that customers commonly use is a big differentiator.

Ron Pernick

Solar stocks as a group are probably up 4 to 6 times more than most of the commonly followed indices.

John Wycliffe

It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

Jerry Sloan

Guys played a lot harder. They played a lot more determined to try to win, rather than the way we have been.

Mewelde Moore

He's a classy, determined individual. Those are the characteristics you love to see in a head coach.

Nick Cave

I was determined not to spend inordinate amounts of time on something I felt would fundamentally never get made.

Jay Weatherill

We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.

Alexei Miller

Today in fact we have determined the time frame and the scale. We are talking about large scale deliveries (of gas).

Linda Pinney

I thought, 'This is crazy; I have ADHD,' ... I was determined that this was a problem that needed to be solved.

Cherie Blair

I think, when I was a young lawyer starting out, I was so determined to prove that I was as good as the men and that I could be given the same opportunities as the men, and it wouldn't make any difference at all that I was a woman. But actually, looking back on it now, I did do things that I wouldn't recommend to other women at all.

George Foreman

I have determined that the severity and magnitude of this event necessitates the need for supplementary federal assistance,

Nick Lidstrom

He has been talking about the playoffs since training camp. He has been real determined to get back playing playoff hockey.

Randy Bennett

He just needs somebody that understands these kinds of dogs.

Mark Hines

We're pleased that it is working and making the dogs happier.

Shannon Elizabeth

I have been trying to find gas masks for dogs. I have a vet friend who said that somebody in his office got some

Dick Samuels

I couldn't script a better way to spend my time. It's all about good dogs and good people.

Robert Browning

Others mistrust and say: "But time escapes - live now or never!" He said: "What's time? Leave Now for dogs and apes - Man has For ever

Gloria Estefan

I'm totally animal-oriented, ... I've got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish and I had wallabies at one point.

Carlos Arreola

I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with the humane society.

Darek Farmer

I love dogs and little kids innocent beings.

Jill Bell

All you can hear up there are the dogs barking.

Mike Scioscia

Kenny's a fine manager. He was my vote for manager of the year.

David Walker

I think in the run game, we'll be fine and I think we'll be able to have some success with it -- we really need to, in order to help the passing game out,

John Diamond

He was a fine teacher in the classroom. The worst thing that he could have done for me was to retire.

Brandon Roy

Guys made shots tonight. It didn't have to be a 'Brandon Roy makes shots down the stretch' night, and that's fine with me.

Chris Kitchen

He's a finesse player who understands the game. He's not a true guard or a true post, but he's a nice combination of both.

Stan Gundy

He's a guy that if you tell me, 'You've got an injury or whatever and you've got to play Wayne 24 minutes a game,' I'm fine with that.

Danny Meyer

I think that more and more and more really talented restauranteurs and chefs from the fine dining world are going to try their hand at fine casual. They're going to say, 'Why not us?'

Mike Cooper

I think as a small private school we do get overlooked sometimes, but that's fine with me because we know how good we are, and we are going to go out and play hard every night.

Frank Miller

It is, not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda.

Mary C. Jones

He showed in the last interview, as on the later portions of the chart, a genuine fondness for the rabbit.

Dennis Hutchinson

He doesn't seem to be very fond of them.

Marcus Trescothick

I have fond memories of doing the job before and I am happy to take on the responsibility again,

Martina Hingis

I have fond memories of Doha and I hope the public here will support me like they did in 2001.

Deborah Moore

I have such fond memories of going to my polling place, ... and not only seeing my pollsters, but my neighbors.

Janet Fitch

I'm particularly fond of the Mulholland Fountain, at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard, when it turns colors at night.

Michael Baroni

I have nothing but fond memories of Jennifer as a friend and only wish her well.

Scott Skiles

I'm very fond of Eddy. I always found him to be very honest and open. He was never a problem.

Mike Perry

I'm sure the town of Carver has fond memories of him. You lose something when you lose someone like that, but he's left his mark.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

Jules Verne

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

Dave Parker

He is 50-50 right now for the Masters but we should know more after the operation.

Sarah Lewis

The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost,

Sara Teasdale

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

Wilhelm Reich

We shall no longer hang on to the tails of public opinion or to a non- existent authority on matters utterly unknown and strange. We shall gradually become experts ourselves in the mastery of the knowledge of the Future.

Jack Molenaar

If you look at spaces per person, there are more spaces per person allotted right now than were allotted in the master plan.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

A master sees the bad in the good, and the good in the bad.

Mahatma Gandhi

Khadi work without the mastery of the science of khadi will be love's labour lost in terms of Swaraj.

Tim Haskins

Kelly, our sweeper, had nice shot in to the top corner.

Brendan Fehr

had a nice talk since we haven't in a while.

Frank Taylor

He's a big, scopey, nice colt. He's got a lot of size and scope for a Kingmambo.

Tom Hoppe

He's a real nice young man. He's real knowledgeable.

Craig Allen

He's a real nice guy, he's a wonderful person.

Bill Stoneman

He's always had the potential to do what he's done toward the end of this season. It's nice to see him do well.

Tina Barrett

I think it's kind of nice to be in the lead, it's kind of fun. Why not get as much under as you can?

Mike Robinson

He was pretty much a terror there. He really racked up some points for us, so it's nice to have him back and wrestling well.

Judy Crist

He'll come over and take my trash can out for me. He's just a really good, polite, nice boy.