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.

Ron Marks

Anybody who says there's such a thing as 'actionable intelligence' has never seen intelligence. Almost never in my 23 years have I ever seen anything that said to me that at such and such a time and such and such a place such a thing was going to happen. It just doesn't happen that way.

Dick Leggitt

These conversations he said he had with me are total fiction. Almost everything he said will be refuted.

Jimmy Ruff

The system has an automatic eye and it makes adjustments almost instantaneously. This means we can get the photo registered much faster.

Josef Duben

The swan was found near the same location as previous cases, so protection measures will be almost unchanged.

Kathy Dais

The sophomores have matured very well and I'm counting on them a lot to really step up and almost take the lead and get some things done this year. Katie has great potential to win tournaments and Denise practiced a lot over the summer and she came back really good. I think she's ready to break out.

David Deutsch

The theory of computation has traditionally been studied almost entirely in the abstract, as a topic in pure mathematics. This is to miss the point of it. Computers are physical objects, and computations are physical processes. What computers can or cannot compute is determined by the laws of physics alone, and not by pure mathematics.

Jimi Mistry

The thing with Ramu, my character, is he wants to come to America to succeed. He almost exploits a perception of society that they see, a perception of him and what he knows and what he can offer.

Douglas Coupland

The things worth writing about, and the things worth reading about, are the things that feel almost beyond description at the start and are, because of that, frightening.

John Sarbanes

A deep cynicism is taking hold of the country, with more and more Americans convinced that big money calls the shots in Washington and that there is nothing that can be done about it. We must resist that conclusion and fight back on behalf of everyday citizens. Reform is possible, and it is imperative.

Anna Tibaijuka

This is the first effort of its kind on behalf of Safer Cities and we are proud to work with Tim and UNFCU to continue to strengthen civic responsibility within communities, engage youth and prevent crimes.

Ken Williams

There should be no question about the respect this organization has for Frank and all that he has helped us accomplish, including a World Series championship. He is the greatest hitter in White Sox history. At the same time, it is my responsibility to make the best decisions I can on behalf of the organization. Our plan is to continue to speak with Frank and his representatives over the coming months as more information is known about his health.

Webb Hubbell

What I do know is that I don't know of any wrongdoing on behalf of the first lady or the president, and nothing the independent counsel can do to me is going to make me lie about them,

Les Kotzer

More often, it's the lawyers who have to work it out. And once a lawyer gets between your kids -- say the lawyer sends a letter to a sister on behalf of a brother -- their relationship won't be the same anymore.

Arthur Schlesinger

She was a quiet revolutionary on behalf of all women,

Mike Driscoll

He submitted claims on behalf of numerous individuals,

Greg Miller

We're all just amazed, ... that the Seattle Symphony people have stepped forward on our behalf like this. But I know that people in the LPO would have done the same thing for them. It's a small world symphonies are like families, so we're all sort of related.

Keith Primeau

He brings not only that (toughness) to the game, but also to the locker room. He'll be sorely missed on their behalf ... not necessarily so much on our part.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Jeff Bingaman

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

Gerald Grinstein

As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.

Steve Fleming

As a father, I did a poor job at dealing with my son. The Special Olympics taught me how to deal with my son, and now he is my best friend. We do everything together.

J. M. G. Le Clezio

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.

Russell Baker

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did. I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Keating Holland

So the pressure is on Kerry to meet expectations. And let's not forget the good news for the White House in this poll: Bush is still seen as a stronger leader who would better deal with Iraq and terrorism,

Tom Brokaw

This race is all but over, ... President Bush is our projected winner in the state of Ohio.

Karen Finney

As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Unfortunately for the American people all President Bush did today was make it clear that they should expect nothing more than the same failed policies they have come to know all too well.

Bill Daley

upset with mistakes Bush made, upset with his behavior.

Nigel Hamilton

What George W. Bush learned in his pre-presidential years - and what he omits in his new memoirs - was not how to lead a nation, but how, with sufficient toughness, to cheat the democratic system to get elected.

Jiang Zemin

Let's find out more about what Bush wants to do with Taiwan, the Dalai Lama and the missile-defense system,

Katie Couric

Many White House photo-ops are staged events, but did the most recent one go too far? President Bush held a video conference on Thursday with U.S. troops in Iraq. But some eyebrows were raised by what came over the satellite beforehand: A Pentagon aide rehearsing the soldiers' answers. We'll have more on that just ahead.

Pamela Falk

Secretary of State Rice made clear in her remarks that the U.S. favors a referral of Iran to the Security Council for sanctions if negotiations fail, ... because the Bush Administration suspects that Irans uranium enrichment program is a nuclear weapons program, but the resistance from Russia and China to vote for sanctions, may undermine a U.S. referral.

Ed Rendell

There are people on the left who think John Kerry's too conservative, as well as the Bush administration that's trying to paint him as a wild-spending liberal.

Rene Preval

During the electoral campaign I felt the enthusiasm. This is my third campaign, my second running for president, and this was the most enthusiastic.

Richard Engel

The Muslim Brotherhood, or 'the Brotherhood' for short, is an Islamic group founded in Egypt in 1928. It has been pursuing a secret campaign to take over the government since its creation.

Ali Behnam

These data show that there's a lot of value to branding. A lot of times when you're trying to promote your product, you may not see immediate results, but in the customer's mind, that campaign may be contributing to some of these bookmark conversion rates later on.

Paul Dergarabedian

The very strong marketing campaign will produce some strong numbers this weekend.

Michael Cornfield

This is an opportunity for citizens to have an impact on campaign practices next year and beyond. We want to learn what people want to look at and what they regard as true or misleading in what they see.

Larry Makinson

There are two ways of looking at campaign finance,

Al Franken

What you see on the campaign trail is me. It's easy being me.

Tad Devine

We want a debate and a campaign about the issues,

Roger Williams

The Public Health Minister who should have done her homework instead defended industry. But critical mass has been reached and many other campaigns have been initiated to eliminate aspartame.

Tim Powell

The BRAC issue is as important as it has always been, but things are fast and furious here, ... We are fully engaged and sustaining lives.

Ira Sorkin

As I understand the law, all the jury has to do is find is that somebody at Andersen engaged in illegal conduct. They don't have to be unanimous as to who at Andersen is the agent.

Kenzaburo Oe

During the last few years I have been engaged in writing a trilogy which I wish to be the culmination of my literary activities.

Marcus Williams

So much so that who he really is and the world around him has sort of passed him by. He lives in the past and he's not very engaged at all.

Joseph Biden

The American public must become engaged on this issue,

Joseph Castelo

I can't wait to start working on something else. You make a film. You are very engaged and insolated. And you come out on the other side, it is over and everyone wants to know what do you mean by this and that?

Tom Kehoe

I hope the village gets engaged in it because there's a lot of serious things going on.

Jim Clark

It was a very touching service that engaged the hearts, the minds and the souls of the participants, ... It made us feel like we're glad to be who we are and to be able to be of some help. God has given us something to share with other people because there are a lot of people who don't feel they have something to share. We need to help them feel like they can be full participants at the table again.

Saint Francis de Sales

Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.

Jennifer Granholm

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

Susan Thomson

These are all fully-licensed and fully registered brokers,

Peter Coleman

This is still a significant injury, but one that with rehabilitation Troy will be able to fully recover from.

Irish Proverb

You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,

Russell Simmons

To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for.

Linda Hamilton

Life has worn me down to a very real shape. I'm a fully realized person, one that is truly in the world with talents and flaws.

John Mortimer

should recognize the true importance of a single moment in time, the instant when you are fully and completely alive.

Donna Shalala

I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me.

Joanne Harris

I first saw the island of Noirmoutier when I was two weeks old. I think it's probably safe to say that I didn't fully appreciate it at the time; but I grew to love it as year after year I spent holidays there at my grandparents' cottage.

Jerry Rucker

Defensively our intensity level picked up. They went through a spell of about 25 possessions from midway through the second to about mid-third quarter where they only scored six points.

Sthefany Thomas

That's why you can never lay back. You can't play to the other team; you have to play with your own intensity that your team always plays with.

John Lazicki

We've seen this team this year with the same level of intensity that they had, but we just couldn't match it tonight.

Kenny Carter

You have to have intensity for 32 minutes. It didn't happen.

Mario Chalmers

We just tried to match the intensity they were bringing.

Tim Wise

We haven't played with the intensity on that end that we need. That's where we'll put our emphasis.

Rafael Nadal

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

Michel Houellebecq

Now abideth beauty, truth, and intensity; but the greatest of these is intensity.

Ken Jr.

Now that the second round is here, I think the intensity is going to pick up.

John Gallagher

Do you want performance level one or performance level two,

Dwayne Slay

The talent level is rising around here. It's going to be a surprise next year.

Eric Hecox

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

Landon Donovan

Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. We have an obligation to do that and most people take that seriously.

Mario Caminiti

Sometimes we just play to the level of the opposition. We can play better.

Jake Goebbert

(The state tournament) is a different level of basketball. We need to come out a little harder.

Simon Greul

I see now that I can play at this level and I can play with these guys. I'm playing my game, I'm playing well.

Conor McGregor

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession.

Patrick Ho

At some point, you have to have a level of absorption.

George Meredith

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

Brandon Marshall

I try to live by the principles the Bible speaks on.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

Brad Paisley

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

Brad Feld

While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do.

Jane Jacobs

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams.

Jane Hirshfield

Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want to try to stay with -- whatever is going on.

Cameron Diaz

I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.

C. S. Lewis

You never know what you can do until you try, and very few try unless they have to.

Alan Dundes

In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.