Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Greene

Any evaluation of Robertson would be fairly mixed. If you're in the White House, you wouldn't want Robertson on his TV program attacking you. On the other hand, you probably wouldn't want to be closely aligned with him.

B. F. Skinner

Strategic initiatives aligned behind McDonald?s Plan to Win are strengthening our competitive position and delivering positive results worldwide. Performance for the first quarter reflected more customer visits and enhanced profitability as we continued to connect with our customers and increase the relevance of our brand.

Michael Schroeder

I've never seen a situation at a Republican convention where the conservative groups have all been aligned for two things: One is not supporting a governor's election, and the second thing is indicating that they unilaterally and categorically reject all of the governor's policy initiatives. This governor has gotten a free pass from conservatives for two years. The party is over.

Jack Messman

This cost restructuring initiative is part of the comprehensive transformation of Novell's business that the management team has been designing and implementing over the past year. While it is a difficult decision to eliminate positions in our talented and dedicated workforce, this move is necessary to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy.

Ken McGee

You would find it hard to find two companies more closely aligned from a cultural perspective, a technology perspective and a heritage perspective.

Rob Cheng

Borland is an innovator with software development. And our emphasis today is entirely aligned with that.

Roger Avary

Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'.

Patrick McGurn

While these payments may seem eye-popping, it seems more closely aligned with the company's performance and is less likely to raise the ire of shareholders than in years past.

Tom Reed

We aligned with Co-Op Network because we wanted to increase our organizational and financial strength.

Casey Stengel

I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched all of them talk, and listened to them and seen them and I'm not interested in politics. If you watch them and listen to them you can find out why.

Aaron McLear

We had such a successful convention in 2000, we knew Philadelphia could handle it.

Harold Ford, Jr.

I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point.

Ralph Brennan

We need to be able to increase our efforts and the efforts of the CVB to sell the Convention Center. This is a huge investment for the state, and we need to make sure it pays off.

Rush Limbaugh

I reject most conventional wisdom.

Justin Trudeau

In 2012, the Liberal Party affirmed overwhelmingly at the policy convention that we are a pro-choice party. It means that we are a party that defends women's rights, and therefore, it would be inconsistent for any Liberal MP to be able to vote to take away women's rights.

Michael Long

If our party's convention was held next week, I think Spencer would be the choice.

Joan Didion

I lead a very conventional life.

Barack Obama

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan.

Sam Reed

As a consequence, Americans are more comfortable in India because of human freedom and democracy.

Yasser Arafat

a victory for our people, for all the free and proud people and for every freedom movement in the world.

Juergen Peters

That people don't want to give this away of their own free will goes without saying.

Kurt Opsahl

That was a big win for free speech.

Shaukat Aziz

Progress on Kashmir would pave the way for free trade between the two countries,

Henry Ward Beecher

On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans; on that, children; on this side, captives; on that, free men.

Kate Ford

Do you miss it? What are you doing with your free time?

Sarah Olson

Definitely, our free throw shooting sealed the win for us tonight. The girls really stepped up in a lot of pressure.

Chris Holt

Device-makers use free logistics as a way to compete. The down side is that doctors, because they are not paying, have no incentive to manage inventory tightly.

Kenneth Williams

As of now, we haven't gotten any kind of request from the state to open our shelters.

David Vitter

The situation has gotten a lot better. The water is not rising right now in New Orleans.

Doc Sadler

The thing about Southern Miss is that they've gotten better and better each game.

Shari Brill

I've always gotten a kick out that show.

Rich Aurilia

The one thing I wish would have happened was we would have scored one more run for Milton. I wish he could have gotten a win out of that instead of a no-decision.

Timothy Ghriskey

So the message here, spread your investments around, ... If you've gotten hurt this year in technology, learn from that and diversify your investments.

David Hunt

Publicly, we're saying we're better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11.

Claire Rubin

The sad part is 13, 14 years later, we don't seem to have gotten much smarter, ... If anything, we've lost traction.

Jimmy Williams

It was windy and the situation could have gotten really serious.

Lynn Kippax

This is a small, humble step the governor has taken to demonstrate that everyone can take small steps to save energy.

Tony Quinn

This is a real sign of how terribly weak the governor is.

Kathy Walt

This is still a legal matter and I think it would be the wrong time for the governor to weigh in. Let's let the legal system work.

Lydia Lenker

This is obviously a very important decision. The appointment will be made in a timely fashion, but the governor will give the process the time it needs.

Rob Stutzman

This governor has always been out there more than other governors.

Chuck Logsdon

There are some key issues where we've not received a response that is what the governor wants to hear.

Adam McKay

Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.

Margita Thompson

While we are disappointed we did not make the June ballot, everyone knew it would be very difficult. The governor has always said what is important is not June or November but that he and the Legislature work to rebuild California.

Kathy Walt

With his Hollywood looks, he was typecast to play the governor of the great state of Texas,

Kenneth Prewitt

are groups not likely to use the Internet.

R. Inge

You would think the overall market should be stronger, but the reason it isn't is because the heavier weight groups (financial services) are weighing down the market.

Barry Gibb

Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.

Robert Lacey

It's true; I'm fascinated by elite groups.

Red Buttons

Zsa Zsa Gabor, the only woman ever to apply for group alimony. Never got a dinner!

Richard Harris

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.

Michael Emerson

We just say there are five, you know, racial groups in the US. I say that these folks are what we call a sixth American. There's something different. They are somebody who - they don't exist in any particular racial category, so they all feel it and they kind of congregate to each other.

Sienna Miller

I have the same group of friends I've had since I was three.

Margaret Mead

Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.

Brett Favre

There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.

Argus Hamilton

President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot better lately. They love to compare notes on ways the Tea Party's always trying to overthrow their rule in America.

Barbara Jordan

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.

Barbara Jordan

We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.

Barbara Jordan

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

Bashar al-Assad

The place where the interests of all parties come together is the international community, along with its resolutions.

Bashar al-Assad

If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take sides only with one party.

Barbara Stanwyck

[On a dull party:] It was a fête worse than death.

Barbara Mikulski

When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.

John Lurie

The thing with sculpture is, 90% of the time, when I pass a piece of sculpture, it's in public or somewhere, and it's just, how inconvenient that that's there. It takes up so much room, and it's so oppressive.

Rob Hummel

I've been too passive (on offense) and I thought about that a lot on my visit to N.C. State.

George Osborne

They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself.

Ayn Rand

The only man never to be redeemed is the man without passion.

Jane Hirshfield

Passion does not make careful arguments: it declares itself, and that is enough.

Jane Fonda

I don't like the word 'calculated' because it sounds pejorative. Intentional. Intentional is better, I think. Wild in passion and intentional in expression.

Jane Fonda

I like to be wild in passion and calculated in expression! I'm both. I like to be wild in passion more. But I think the balance is what's essential.

Carl von Clausewitz

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind.

Celine Dion

Don't make your career be your life. let it be your passion. Let it bring you pleasure. But don't let it become your identity. You are so much more valuable than that.

William Shakespeare

Policy sits above conscience.

Rick Warren

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Susan Smith

It's probably time to do the whole policy over.

Jimmy Wales

IAR is policy, always has been.

Nigel S. Wright

Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.

Auguste Rodin

How painful it is to find that my figure can be of no help to my future... how painful to see it rejected on account of a slanderous suspicion!

Brian Tracy

Refuse to let the fear of rejection hold you back. Remember, rejection is never personal.

Chuck Palahniuk

I am Joe's Enraged, Inflamed, sense of rejection.

Anthony Doerr

I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something.

Tony Blair

There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?

Loni Anderson

Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.

Ariel Sharon

Once in a while such reports are published, ... I'm not rejecting anyone.

Oprah Winfrey

I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.

Donna Brazile

We were not republicans or democrats during Katrina. We truly were all Americans, and Trent Lott came through for me.

Stephanie Miller

I was actually abandoned by wolves and then raised by Republicans.

Megyn Kelly

Reagan Republicans do not criticize the other Republicans

Joe Lando

I'd be honored to be playing a Republican, although I'm not.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Republicans simply don't know how to manage the economy.

Chely Wright

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

Edwin Whipple

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Andrew Griffin

The second one, I thought it was going to fall.

Cam Newton

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

Reba McEntire

We did, Monday, a read-through, the first act; Tuesday, the second act. And then we did two shows.

Charles R. Swindoll

First impressions never have a second chance.

Bear Bryant

Don't give up at halftime. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Milan Baros

We were down psychologically after that second goal, but there was still so much time to play,

Keith Andrews

We just kind of went out and we were going, but we weren't going full-bore. Then that second quarter, I thought was huge.

Wazhma Mojaddidi

There is so much more than second thoughts in that affidavit.

Mike Archer

I've been around a long time, ... and I've never seen anything like this in my life.

Carl Willis

Tell me the youngest person you have ever seen play this game.

Felix Sabates

Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.'

W. S. Gilbert

I've seen it in all sorts of industries.

Claire Foy

I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line.

Robert Williams

I've never seen anything like this in Detroit. It's different for sure.

Todd Pratt

I've never seen anything like that, ... You just sit down and go, 'This is unbelievable that this is happening.'

Doug Graham

I've never seen (a case) where they've taken the vehicles together.

Steve Rixon

I've not seen a series like it in a long time,

Todd Jones

When I left, I didn't like the situation and didn't want to be here.

Brad Williams

Women feel safe with me. Because a woman with me knows that she can stop the situation from advancing to a point that she's comfortable at any time.

Russell Dynes

We really haven't had a situation like this.

B. R. Hayden

We'll have to take a look at it and see what the situation is and find out what's going on.

Bill Belichick

Every situation is independent. It takes two parties, or three to a point, to make a deal, and when that happens, we have one, and if it doesn't, we don't.

Commissioner Steele

This sounds like a win-win situation to me.

Sha Zukang

This situation is very undemocratic, unfair and unreasonable,

Adam Ereli

We are watching the situation in Togo closely.

David Greenlaw

You have a much, much different situation today.

Waris Ahluwalia

Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.