Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Haring

I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.

Keith Haring

People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical.

Joe Henderson

I was joking but he took responded seriously: 'I would know, and I couldn't live with myself knowing that I'd only run 97 miles or whatever.'

Adrian Belew

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

Ken Mehlman

Kerry's political attacks are not supported by reality, which shows rising employment and higher wages, and his policies -- higher taxes, increased regulation and bigger government -- would move America backward.

Amy Walter

Kerry's focus and his message has really been middle class, middle America, 'I'm standing up for the little guy' and middle class investors respond to that, but that raises the question of how do you go back and talk to the business community after that.

Colleen Atwood

Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.

Judith Krantz

Knowing what I do now, I certainly wouldn't decide to write a first novel because I wouldn't have anything like the necessary life experience.

Carol Foreman

Kids are healthier these days... more kids are in school around the world, and partly that's because Australians have been willing to invest in aid.

Hanya Yanagihara

I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

Amy Jones

Kevin wants to change the course of his life and just get out of the industry. It was his decision. It's a life choice.

Richard Applegate

I would try to talk to your employer and see if they would change the investments, ... You might as well try if the choices stink or the offerings are really expensive.

Jeff Murray

Jack Reynolds (the developer's attorney) told me that a simple language change in their development proposal resulted in the need to rezone the site. They changed the language from 'senior living' to 'age-restricted' and apparently, doing so requires a rezoning if they want to develop the site in the way that they propose.

Clay Ogden

I would say some people change drivers one or two times a year.

Barbara Ryan

I would say that Merck's been so adamant in its position that I would be extremely surprised if they change their position after only two cases.

Robert Robbins

I would simply urge people to not get too distracted by the very, very short term. We all like to talk about the latest development and how it might change everything. But keep your eyes focused on the super bull. And the way that we could get derailed there just doesn't look likely at all. A monetary policy that throws in the towel in fighting inflation, that's far from the case. The Fed's been preemptive in trying to solve this inflation problem,

Barry Smith

I would say we're OK. I think we can get better. I like the tempo they had out there. I think the guys are working hard. We're going to change the flavor every day so it's not the same old, same old.

Callie Khouri

I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is going to change the landscape,' but I don't see that result at all. When we saw some female studio executives, we were hopeful that more women would be hired as directors, but that didn't really seem to happen.

Greg Rogers

I wouldn't say it is a complete surprise. We're in a climate today in which companies restructure. Are we saddened by it? Absolutely.

Robin Pollard

Just like Washington state, we think Tampa is the perfect climate for wine.

Steve Brown

Just tasking a team to 'be creative' won't get you to be innovative. It's having a corporate climate that gives people the space to experiment and take risks. Only then can you truly sustain it.

Steve Robinson

It could be that there's a climate there that creates the stigma which prevents people from coming forward,

Geno Auriemma

I think because of Diana (Taurasi playing for the Mercury), circumstances are different in this one, ... Maybe people sense that the climate is different at Connecticut than it was in the past.

Jim Sweeney

I think we are entering a watershed era where we can expect high levels (of oil prices) not just for a transitory period, but for an extended period. We are still dominated by the traditional sources of energy. If you want to deal with global climate change, you must come to grips with oil used in transportation and coal used for electricity generation.

Margaret Beckett

It is imperative that we find new ways to cooperate and develop a shared understanding of how the world can respond to climate change.

Erik Solheim

There is a need to create a climate that is conducive to peace. The violence has to stop.

Ken Buck

I think it's wrong to compromise your values to fit in with the social climate in Washington, D.C. When it comes to spending, I'm not compromising. I don't care who, what, when or where, I'm not compromising.

Allen Mesch

I wouldn't say it's as good as we're going to get. Our heating season's done, even though we may get some cold snaps.

Mike Ledsome

Katie still pitched a great game. The cold weather made her a little tight in the sixth inning, but she was still able to work out of the jams.

Michael Besancon

Just standing here you realize all this cold is just coming out, and emanating into the store We do use a lot of energy. We've got an obligation then to mitigate the impact of that on the environment.

Johannes Laitenberger

Jonathan's voice is under some kind of strain from a cold -- some kind of virus. No pun intended.

Paul Bubb

It can tend to get cold inside Holt Arena. That can be remedied. I am working with the facilities people to better control the temperature. We are looking at a number of different things.

Markus Persson

The only thing I think that is wrong with modern gaming now is the free-to-play stuff on mobile phones. I think it's very cynical and cold and weird.

Ani Difranco

Here's a toast to all those people living on the pine ridge reservation under the stone cold gaze of mount rushmore

Glenn Kroll

He said he was sick of the cold and the snow and wanted to get down to Florida where it was warm.

Chris Probyn

I think the Fed keeps going as long as GDP growth stays between 3 percent and 4 percent. That would be not too hot to make them go faster or too cold to make them pause,

Tim Henman

I think I said I would put on a skirt if I dropped serve again.

Jarret Stoll

Guys are dropping like flies. Hopefully one day will make a difference.

Bill Cowher

He's a good target. He doesn't drop many balls. He can get anything near him.

Pat Mastelotto

Here's the exact date: The day I got word we were dropped by the label was on Monday 25th September 1990, a year later than I remembered!

Mark Harnly

He's (Davis) tough, and he'd be real fun to watch if I was sitting in the bleachers and scouting, but he's not real fun when he's dropping 21 on you.

David Wright

He seems to be the one to always drop the hammer.

Buddy Bell

He's dropping a few pounds and starting to look better. He's got a ways to go.

Thomas Boykin

He's dropped about 50 pounds since last season. He used to not be able to run the floor.

Terry Ruskowski

It could have gone either way. You don't understand. It's just like King Kong dropped off my back. I can actually walk without him off my back. It's been a war.

Curtis Eccles

Jack is taking fewer shots because of the double-teams. He's doing a good job of finding the open man.

Anthony Chukumba

Pier 1 needs to fix the problem with its merchandise. Fewer people are going into their stores because they're not selling anything different,

Jon Peck

Our report can only reflect the numbers provided to the state. There are larger communities that reported fewer than some smaller communities.

Ken Goldstein

Part of the real story here is that, through July, producers were still getting more output, with fewer labor hours put in. Productivity in the third quarter is probably going to be stronger than in the second quarter, confirming the idea that, while the stock market's not in good shape, the overall economy's not that bad.

Preity Zinta

I'm more grounded now. I've started doing fewer films. I've started meditating. I want to live my today because I may not have a tomorrow.

Li Yongbo

If not the 21-point scoring system, there would be fewer opportunities for the young players such as Wang Lin to come out.

Anita Elberse

In investing, we intuitively think we should make a number of small bets. A blockbuster strategy is the opposite. It means making fewer huge investments. But it turns out to be safer.

Karen Thomas

I'm noticing fewer buyers, and I know some people are holding out to see if prices will drop.

Maureen Shea

I love having her back there between her and Stephanie and our other two outside backers, it just relaxes you. We have the talent back there to handle fewer people back, and hopefully we can the numbers forward and get some goals.

Thomas R. Insel

I was sure I was going to be a doctor of global health or tropical medicine in some underdeveloped country.

Tara Lemmey

I think that privacy is sort of the nature of your identity, and how you transfer your identity is a very important global issue.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Don Budinger

He's been our consultant, that's public knowledge. People are speculating that he's our prime candidate. Obviously we need a globally competent, experienced leader to navigate the road map. Somebody of his talent obviously would come on to our radar.

John Klein

He has a good global view, and there's an immediacy because he has been up at the legislature.

Zach Braff

If global warming is such a bad thing, then why is it taking out all of mankind's competitors? It just seems to me that the less species are out there, killing all our Caribou, the better.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

Shane Oliver

Our market will be largely hostage to what's going on globally this week.

Guenter Verheugen

In the new global situation, our strategy is more justified than ever,

Adrian Grenier

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

Robin Hobb

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until I was on stage. They needed to be thawed overnight.

Vladimir Nabokov

The lost glove is happy.

Ian Paisley

The gloves are off. We're taking no more nonsense from anybody.

Ashok Kumar

The gloves are off. They realized the urgency of the situation.

Joseph Stalin

No revolution can be made with silk gloves.

John Turner

Prior to the chair, (detention officers) would have to put on rubber gloves and go into (the inmates') bodies.

Paul Bliss

We give them gloves and put them right in there. We don't pull any punches.

Kelvin Goertzen

I suspect we're just scratching the surface and getting the very tip of the iceberg of the marijuana that is being grown.

Jeff Perry

He can skate and sees the ice very well and he has a big shot.

Mike Dunleavy

He's got ice water in his veins. He just comes in and makes big plays.

George Smith

What do you do when you want to keep meat fresh? You put it on ice, right? Well, we have ice in our blood, so we are preserved well.

Ken Hitchcock

He wasn't ready. He was sweeping the ice away. What are you going to do? This is the new NHL.

Chris Reitsma

He was great, ... I think all of us knew he was going to be fine. He's got ice water running through his veins. It's unfortunate that we weren't able to help.

Russell Crowe

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

Rex Stout

A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.

Woody Allen

Nietzsche says that we will live the same life, over and over again. God - I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again.

Kelly Shackelford

Kids are being told they can't mention God.

Andy Schulz

Kids were making plays all over the place. They refused to lose. We refused to lose. Time just ran out. Fortunately, we were ahead.

Lionel Anderson

Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing little things to show support. It's really great.

Linda Jones

Kids today need to know that people think they're special. Each day and each thing that they do is so precious.

R. L. Stine

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

Mark Goodwin

Kids see this too much on TV and think it's OK to do this. They see taunting at the professional level and it trickles down.

Lisa Murray

Kids saw their town from a different perspective, through the lens of a camera.

Madeline Carroll

Kids nowadays, I remember when I was in school, they were just rude, even to the teachers and stuff.

John Lawrence

Kids need to try different things. They're making us do this and we shouldn't be doing this. There is no reason.

Paul Otellini

I think it is going to be less than people expected. But it's probably not as poor as looking only at retail would indicate.

Fisher DeBerry

Going into Washington we probably know less about this team than any,

Frank Badillo

There is more of a risk this season that people will be less able to make payments on these offers.

Billy Hunter

When he told me that he was guaranteeing us no less $500,000 and up to a million, I said, 'Cool,'

Joe Hopkins

What you saw was the lesser of two beatings.

Sergei Kupriyanov

It is possible that some of our partners are getting less than they would like.

Dave McAlindin

It has always been our philosophy that less is better.

Mark Twain

It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble

John Husing

It is much more of a local draw. The races are less popular. That is part of the problem.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Ted Dexter

The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.

Tanya Chaplin

I think that when they went out they were a little tight because they were trying too hard. But that's actually not surprising to me in that every single one of them, this is the first national championships.

Aldo Radamus

It is Julia's first year on the national team, and she's been successful in downhill.

Ward Grant

He was so proud of his heritage, and his national pride is legendary.

Mark Grindstaff

He has wrestled in many, many national competitions.

Sean Dockery

He doesn't get the national props he deserves. Without him, we would not be sitting here today.

Wallace Stegner

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

Lena Headey

Really, I still just think of myself as a Northerner, ultimately. It's in my DNA. I'll always have those Northern qualities. We can be mischievous. We can be bold.

Rob Collins

If there's a better player in Northern California, I haven't seen him.

Chuck Keller

It's not a novelty for them as much as it is in western North Dakota.

Brent Walston

Everyone here at North Johnston wishes him well at his new job.

Ben Graham

This is kind of the cornerstone of our expansion. It's the first one of its kind in North America.

John Crysler

It's been a very deliberative process and, in fact, has substantiated our solution in North Carolina.

Condoleezza Rice

The northwest is very different from what I could have imagined.

John Stephens

It took us seven years to saturate Northern California.

Mohamed ElBaradei

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

Travis Hafner

I read a lot of Socrates in the off-season. Don't print that, or it'll ruin my rep.

Walter Benjamin

In the convulsions of the commodity economy, we begin to recognize the monuments of the bourgeoisie as ruins even before they have crumbled.

William Makepeace Thackeray

If success is rare and slow, everybody knows how quick and easy ruin is.

Joseph Addison

A money-lender--he serves you in the present tense; he lends you in the conditional mood; keeps you in the conjunctive; and ruins you in the future.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Every life is, more or less, a ruin among whose debris we have to discover what the person ought to have been.

Jonathan Swift

The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.

Henry Rollins

You can still function as a living ruin.

Mahatma Gandhi

I call the Lancashire trade immoral, because it was raised and is sustained on the ruin of millions of India's peasants.

Mahatma Gandhi

I do not want India to rise on the ruin of other nations.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Buddy Bell

We told Peralta when we sent him down that we'd probably be seeing him soon. We just didn't think it'd be this soon.

Kevin Sheridan

Remember, this has only been operational for 90 days. What you're seeing is version 1.1.

Steve Godsil

I really like seeing all the different gyms. That makes the travel fun.

Sam Stovall

In general, we are seeing things that look a lot better.

Carl Anderson

I keep seeing them go up, up, up.

John Criscuolo

I just can't support seeing any teachers walk out the door. They're our backbone.

Joe Thornton

It's nice. It's different waking up and seeing sunshine.

Michael Goodman

It's sort of like you're seeing Yahoo spread its wings and be more of a portal that ties into the TV in your home.

Alexandra Adornetto

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.

Guru Nanak

Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Phil Gramm

Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.

Mystikal

I guess I reinvented myself about 18 times throughout my career.

Tara Strong

We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.

Bob Mayer

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.

Mike Shanahan

We've been evaluating throughout training camp, two-a-days, the off-season program, all the way through. We'll be fine.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Greg Martin

It can be time consuming. It took off a lot of pressure.

Iain Dowie

He did brilliantly for us in the time he was here,

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.