Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Ridley

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

Larry Sabato

I sincerely believe he did try to talk Card out of it, he didn't want to accept this ... and I was told that by somebody who has some knowledge of it.

Lyndon Johnson

I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president,

Rob Kardashian

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Wayne LaPierre

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

Walter Mondale

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

Bob DuPuy

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

Lusia Strus

I used to say yes to everything. Now I have to be excited about a script before I accept a role. I've been able to let a lot of things go-like worrying-in a good way. I wish I learned that 'wear-it-like-a-loose-garment' attitude earlier.

Phil DeMeulenaere

I used to be opposed to the racing, but when you see how dearly these dogs love to run, you accept it.

Kim Clijsters

I felt like I got a really good workout and I had some good rallies even though I wasn't on the court very long but that's to my advantage.

Andre Agassi

I feel like I missed Wimbledon two years in a row, and I feel I've missed the French two years in a row, ... I was out on the court in Paris and I literally couldn't move. Everything was hurting me...to sit down, it was hurting me to stand, it was hurting me to walk. And it was just helpless. I don't like that feeling.

Bonnie Mathis

I feel that Judge Hayman is an extremely fair judge, ... Whatever he decides will be the right decision. It is in the hands of the court and I have a lot of faith in Judge Hayman.

Phil Hansen

I can't say enough about Austin. He stepped up and ran the point and played good press defense full court the entire game and hit shots. He had a great game.

Marcus Camby

If I was in that situation, I would rather (play the Nuggets) too, considering you would have the home- court advantage.

George Herbert

At Court, every one for himselfe. [At court, everyone for himself.]

Carl Tobias

By and large, the court is very deferential to this administration and others before it.

Jack Lewis

But we are gratified that the Supreme Court has acknowledged and clarified the distinct but separate roles of sheriffs and police officers with regard to law enforcement.

Maurice Cheeks

Hopefully, it's not a lingering thing, not a major problem. We need him on the floor, we want him on the court as quickly as possible.

Chris Ahearn

We have storm recovery teams ... leaving in the next day or so. The issue is places for them to stay and road closures,

Jim Jeffords

Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.

Andy Williams

For the most part, a lot of these issues are things that we knew and we've been working to address.

John Dalton

I don't think these issues will pull people to the polls, ... I think that those who normally vote in the primary will be the only ones voting on them, unfortunately.

O. Henry

Our point here is that what we don't want is for people to walk away and say, well, those are yesterday's issues and they have been or will be addressed.

Jim Crace

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

Michael Fiore

The issue of whether the remedy was forward-looking was an old one for the Justice Department,

Robert Garcia

The issue is were these people ever really married.

Chuck Carlson

The issue is: Things can't get any better for the group.

Jean Paul

Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.

Jerome K. Jerome

I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.

James A. Baldwin

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

James A. Baldwin

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

Jackie Robinson

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Eva Longoria

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

Estelle Parsons

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

Evita Peron

Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance.