Famous Quotes & Sayings

Judith Kilpatrick

He didn't do much arguing of the case, but probably did a lot of the research. And then, for the Supreme Court, he even had his train ticket, but was told not to go. It must have been crushing.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.

Lynn Reaser

He's arguing that the limit may be starting to be reached as foreign investors avoid an over concentration of their portfolios' in dollars, but that the impact would likely not be traumatic.

John Humphrys

It contributes to it. What do you think politics is, if not arguing about principles?

Oliver Goldsmith

There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it

Robert Frost

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

Bruce Kasman

There is no group arguing that the Fed has gone too far. There is a broad consensus that if the data shows rising operating rates, further moves will be needed.

Peter Jackson

I have greatly enjoyed my collaborations with Howard Shore, whose musical themes made immeasurable contributions to 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, ... During the last few weeks, Howard and I came to realize that we had differing creative aspirations for the score of 'King Kong.' Rather than waste time arguing with a friend and trying to unify our points of view, we decided amicably to let another composer score the film. I'm looking forward to working with James Newton Howard, a composer whose work I've long admired, and I thank Howard Shore, whose talent is surpassed only by his graciousness.

Katsuya Okada

I did what I had to do, but it was frustrating that we were never really arguing on the same plane. I wanted to debate policy.

Eddie Jordan

He just said, 'OK, Coach,' and that was the extent of it. It was a very brief conversation, and he was agreeable. I'm sure he's going to be professional. He's always played well under these circumstances. He's always responded the right way on the floor.

Kacey Musgraves

I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.

Ted Allen

No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a section and we do a brief overview of our subject area.

Ella Wilcox

So young, and yet I have had all of life.Why, men have lived to see a hundred years,Who have not known the rapture, joy, and strifeOf my brief youth, its passion and its tears.

Paul Di Filippo

Science offers no brief for the telekinetic powers of Darth Vader and hardly any greater justification for the faster-than-light travel that makes his empire possible. And yet what is 'Star Wars' if not pure quill SF?

Marshall Steeves

There will likely be a brief (post-hurricane) spike as with Katrina. Hopefully it will not be prolonged.

Greek proverb

The rose's prime lasts one brief hour of morn, That past, I find no rose - only a thorn

Dave Reed

It was a brief conversation. I told (Brooks) that I didn't want to hear anything.

Philip Morris

This is an inappropriate effort by these organizations to improperly inject themselves into a lawsuit to which they are not parties, ... We will be responding in detail to this brief in a future filing.

Linda Allen

Kim kept going back to medical, complaining about the contractions, but they just kept sending her back to her cell.

Randi Osberg

The only thing that is really different is that inspections are not complaint-based any more. Originally, it was totally complaint-based and no inspection was done unless a complaint was received.

Ken Smith

Having to get more than one market pass hasn't been on the same level of complaints as high hotel rates and other hospitality costs.

Dexter Williams

Whatever Josh allegedly did, I'm very shocked because Josh is a good kid. Since he's been with us, our relationship has been good. We didn't have any complaints from teachers or anything.

Liz Smith

We took all the technological know-how that we had and took all the things women complained about and married the two.

John Greene

He's conservative by temperament; many of his policy positions, such as cutting taxes, are on the right side of the political spectrum. But he doesn't have a consistent set of conservative principles. That's what a lot of the complaint has been about, especially after the State of the Union.

Bill King

Our number of complaints has gone from over 100 a day during the peak of the problem to over the weekend, one single complaint for Saturday and Sunday. We've had about one a day this week.

Lisa Dey

In the first two games of the season, we've scored quite a few runs, and I'm not complaining if the offense keeps rolling.

Jim Calhoun

I'm not complaining, but that takes a toll. The league is just so difficult.

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.

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.

Jack Wyant

I think it'll be nice because we get the courts all to ourselves. It's our show.

David Cardwell

I think it is a very diverse court that represents the diversity of Florida.

Kim Clijsters

I think I stayed very focused and very patient throughout the whole match, ... Even when I was 4-1 up, I was playing really well at the start. I was moving around, just from side-to-side, opening up the court a lot.

Jerry Summers

He (Cooper) does maintain his innocence and will defend himself in court if indicted.

James Wood

Golf takes me out of the crap of a sick world. Golfers are genuinely courteous in a discourteous world. Show me a guest on The Jerry Springer Show who's a golfer.

Anthony Kennedy

It involved a constitutional issue of the gravest importance decided 4-3 by a state court on a federal issue that it was our responsibility to take the case, ... Sometimes it is easy, so it seems, to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of our court.

Ed Servais

I was interested to see where people would rank us, and obviously we're fifth or sixth. They obviously don't have a lot of respect for what we have returning. We'll talk about that occasionally with our players on days where we lack a little motivation.

Mac Gifford

Katie, her stress fractures, even though she is able to play, by the end of two days of playing, she's really sore and her mobility is really affected; same thing for Victoria with her arm. We need to have some other people come up in singles and contribute.

Tiger Woods

Just one of those weird days where I just didn't have it. I didn't feel very good over the ball, putts, chips, full shots, you name it.

Bronson Arroyo

Just one of those days that every hit they had, they were all mistakes and they smashed him,

Zach Malvik

It actually felt pretty good the next day. It hurt more two days after, but it didn't hurt worse than before I played.

Shiraz Peled

It can take up to three days for one piece to dry, depending on how thick it needs to be.

Jeff Moore

It can take more than three days just to route the request to the right individual.

Steve Dunn

I taught somewhere between 600 to 700 students while I was here. I can tell you those were great days in this old school building.

Mike Bellotti

He could have practiced, but we're hoping two consecutive days off might put him over the hump.

Sarah Jewett

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.'

Emily Giffin

But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.

Kenneth Lieberthal

Everyone else sees the substantive issues. But you spend endless hours working on all the other stuff: Who's going to get invited to the state dinner?

Larry Sabato

It splits his base, and it will be endless trouble for him if it goes forward, and I'm sure he won't let it happen.

Marcus Aurelius

Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.

Elizabeth Peyton

Romanticism is not just about being in a fixed state of endless beauty, because you can't live like that or live on that, that's what I've learnt.

Holly Lisle

Don't talk about writing. Write. Don't show unfinished work to anyone. Don't show finished work to non-writers. Get your opinions, not from friends and family, but by sending your work out to editors. An endless stream of rejection slips means you need to learn more. So learn more.

Max Mutchnick

It was time for us to come up with a new series, and Peter Roth, whom we work for at Paramount, really liked the story of our (personal) dynamic. Everything pretty much that goes on with us speaks to our history, and we thought this would really be a great place to write from, because we would just have an endless supply of stories to tell.

Lawrence Grossman

You wait for a gem in an endless sea of blah.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Robert Taylor

I don't know what they think going federal is going to do for the local people. It's actually going to do nothing.

John Dwyer

I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution.

Linda Wallace

Kevin was a fighter up to the end, to live, but she wants everyone to know he fought real hard.

P. James

Kevin Payne was my friend. His wife and children, we shared quality time together. I will always honor him as my friend, first, and a fighter second.

George Baker

I wouldn't say it's futile -- the opportunity is there. It's worthwhile to keep fighting to save the resources we have there.

Lenny Harris

Keep pushing. Keep fighting. We'll get it done. We have to get it done.

Frank Warren

Joe Will be ready to fight in 2006 and hopefully Lacy will be in the opposite corner.

Jens Orback

I think it is very problematic and unfortunate that people who have been in Sweden for so long make proposals such as this that are so opposed to our intentions, when we are fighting for women's rights and the right to divorce.

Ray Rivera

He just got too comfortable in there. Any fighter knows, you see a right hand down, you throw that left hook.

James Johnson

He knew I was about to stop him. This time I will finish him early, ... I got tired of him parading around like he was the future of the division. Come Oct. 15 I will stop him in his tracks. He may never fight again.

Mike Bryan

The only thing left that we could fight was the new scoring system. We're going to give it a shot for a year. If it's not working, we're going to go back to the old system.

Mikel Haas

We've got to try and verify every one of those registrations. There's no way someone can get on the statewide voter file without it.

Helane Becker

I think that they will file before October 17 for sure. With oil prices where they are and big pension contributions due, and without higher airfares, Northwest had no choice,

Helane Becker

I think that they will file before Oct. 17 for sure. With oil prices where they are and big pension contributions due, and without higher airfares, Northwest had no choice,

John Whitaker

I didn't want to file this lawsuit, ... But all we got from the university was, 'Not our fault.'

Nancy Williams

I did not see itI would have had to have actually seen it to file a report,

Jon Stewart

I don't file reports anymore. I do movies,

John Messina

Henry and Pam were under the impression that if you spent less than $250, you didn't need to file a waiver,

John Hamm

He mentioned the file to me and I said minister on this file I can't tell you what to do. Do what you think is right.

Steve Johnson

The IRS position is that these folks have to include all $75 in income. (However) a lot of people 65 and over won't have to file income tax returns at all.

Meredith Vieira

I thought about this long and hard, and I am so, so honored to join this family.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Britney Spears

I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year.

Peter Schaffer

He has nothing but the utmost respect for Mr. Wilson and would be honored to interview for such a prestigious job.

Saint Augustine

Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.

Craig Morgan

I'm honored to receive this award. I feel entertainers are obligated to give back, especially to those who make such huge sacrifices.

Ted Cruz

I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.

Kevin Dixon

I really loved it there. I very much appreciated and was honored to work there. Everyone was fantastic.

Bay Buchanan

He did everything correct. They feel that they have a right to all information about his life, and they simply do not.

Chris Hill

I think it's important that people get to know as much information as possible. I was very supportive of it.

Rob Baskin

I think the key is to share the information you have when you have it with the public, with the press, with regulatory or governmental officials. That's important, to be open and transparent with communications.

Jim Moran

It is premature, we don't have enough information and . . . it may turn out to be unnecessary.

Bryan Whitman

I don't have any specific information on these images.

James Jeffrey

I don't have any more information for you on that.

Arlen Specter

Had that information been shared with the FBI, which was trying to get it, 9/11 might have been prevented,

William S. Burroughs

Paranoia is just having the right information.

Sam Walton

Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.

David Sanderson

We're prepared to sit down and talk, I'm not quite sure they're ready to talk yet.

Kevan Barlow

Regardless if it's Terrell Owens or Marvin Harrison, we are going to prepare the same way.

Deion Sanders

I prepare to win, I prepare to dominate, I prepare to conquer, ... I prepare to win it all, and that's one of the reasons I'm here.

Roland Mesnier

In the White House, you have to be prepared for any eventuality.

Dilip Shanghvi

I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.

ReShard Lee

I really don't know the situation. All I can do is prepare and be ready when called on.

James Rogan

I'm prepared to win and I'm prepared to lose, but I'm not prepared to sell out my principles,

Bill Cowher

I'm prepared to latch on to his coattails and ride him for a long time.

Lonnie Bartley

I had to go into the season prepared not to have her. So we had a plan.

Kenneth Chenault

Regular feedback is one of the hardest things to drive through an organization.

Jerry Kelly

He runs on a regular basis, I truly don't know what his capabilities are.

John Servis

He's been able to train on a regular basis, and it's been a long time since he's done that.

Rabih Alameddine

I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.

Scott Joyner

If we use three in the tournament, we should have three in the regular season.

Manny Montana

If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.

Jay Wright

It's real sign of respect for what we did in the regular season.

Vladimir Putin

The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information.

Garry Marshall

I think she's a find. She's got a shot. She's pretty, but she's not a sexpot. She can play a regular person in a film. And she's also very bright.

Kamisese Mara

I had a request today from Mr. Speight for him to come and see me,

Roger Boyd

They have not made that request ... if they do I am sure we would.

Victor Borge

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.

Ariel Sharon

I don't think it would be suitable (to request aid) at this time so we will wait a while.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Trust is not a request, Trust is earned.

Bill Steele

Our trustees are not employee-friendly. We request you appoint new trustees who are employee-friendly.

Michael Birch

Resources have underpinned the strength of the market.

Kevin McCarthy

If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free.

Michael Garcia

They are now fugitives. We will be using our resources to find them.

Joseph Stalin

There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.

Tony Robbins

You don't lack resources. You lack resourcefulness .

Tony Robbins

It's not about your resources, it's about your resourcefulness .

Steve Jobs

The most precious resource we have is time.

Stephenie Meyer

The wasting of finite resources is everyones business

Laura Linney

History's a resource.

Andrea Dworkin

Violation is a synonym for intercourse.