Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Johnson

Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around - decisively - the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries.

Alice Oswald

I've always felt, with 'The Iliad,' a real frustration that it's read wrong. That it's turned into this public school poem, which I don't think it is. That glamorising of war, and white-limbed, flowing-haired Greek heroes - it's become a cliched, British empire part of our culture.

Jackie Stewart

We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.

David Taylor

We have always been strongly opposed to anything that would threaten the separate identities of the British football associations and that has not and will not change. The present set-up has been around, in our case, since 1873 and we have separate privileges within FIFA and UEFA. From a football perspective, that is more important than participation in an Olympic Games.

Chris Avery

We have already had a sequence of downgrades from British Airways, Lufthansa has reduced its guidance once, and KLM has massively reduced its guidance,

Harold Johnson

We have two British Airways jets parked on our runway.

Rod Eddington

We can survive this, British Airways is a strong company, and will come through this in good shape, but we have to take the necessary tough measures.

Rory Stewart

In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker.

Mark Shand

If you look back at history, the various Maharajas of the Indian empire actually helped support a whole British industry. The royalty in those days ordered exotic cars in huge numbers.

Liaquat Baloch

We are of the view that Indian movies spread obscenity and vulgarity. These (Indian) movies cannot be watched with family members and as such we will be opposing their exhibition in Pakistan.

Vauvenargues Marquis

We are often dismayed to find that even disasters cannot cure us of our faults.

John Murtha

We cannot win this militarily. Our tactics themselves keep us from winning,

William Gaillard

We cannot talk about any punishment until we have the results of the B test.

Timothy Kaine

We cannot take the progress we have made over the past four years and put it in the hands of the most persistent and vigorous opponent of that progress.

Chris Henderson

We cannot take them looking at the table and seeing a last place team. If we do that, we are going to lose, ... If we take them as a team that is fighting and scratching for every point, kind of like we are, we will be successful.

Roxane Gay

We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong.

Ron Gettelfinger

We cannot sugarcoat what we're facing as working people and as a nation. These are very serious times, and it is time for us to take very serious actions. If we don't stand up, who will?

Arthur Griffiths

We cannot stress how important it is for people to make sure that they strictly follow the bio-security arrangements.

Leo Beenhakker

He's still a great player. Nobody has to tell me that we still have a lot to do. The players can still improve. If it's good enough to surprise some of our opponents at the World Cup I don't know, but they still have a lot of room to grow.

Kiran More

It is a important tour for us as we will be playing at World Cup venues. It is an opportunity for players to experience the conditions.

Diane Forden

It's got to either be made legal or shut down,

Norman Herren

That machine has sat and hammered away since 1994 with no major repairs, but we've had to repair something every year now for the last few years, so it was time to either get a new baler for $100,000 or try to do some refurbishing.

Lee Cohen

That gives us some time to come up with a plan B - either flying to Nova Scotia, or sailing south.

Kevin Browne

Taxpayers can be victimized at either end of the scale.

Booth Tarkington

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously

Tom White

Swimming is like licorice. You either love it or hate it.

Jon Daniels

It's impossible to quantify David's leadership with the loss of a No. 2 starter. If I had to choose, I wouldn't want to part with either of them.

Rob Gooch

It looked like he got hit in the face by either a knee or a shin guard.

Tom Peterson

It seemed kinda like the time. I thought it was gonna be radical, one way or another. Either he was going to get roofed or he was going to be great.

Barry Gibb

Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

Barry Gibb

He was the average guy. Maurice, I think, reflected every man.

Thomas Hobbes

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

Peter Hermann

Language patterns solidify at 10, 11, 12, so I was able to learn English fairly easily, with no accent. I didn't do speech or vocal work to get rid of the German accent; I was just lucky.

Barry Gibb

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

Barry Gibb

Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

Barry Gibb

We had to leave Australia to become international stars.

Lucian Freud

Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.

Bobby Bowden

As I look back on my 51 years of coaching, ... that is the hardest thing to explain.

Dusty Baker

At this point, it's hard to imagine him not pitching forever.

Terri Lemos

(Diver) Ryan Jones qualified for State in El Dorado last weekend. So Cody is working hard so he can qualify for State.

Rob Sanderson

DirecTV is having a hard time getting compensated appropriately for what they've delivered,

Mark Greenberg

Could they be a little more aggressive? Yes. Should they be a lot more aggressive? It's hard to say.

Patty Griffin

I don't actually have to think very hard when I'm writing. I mean, there are times where it's a task, and you have to plug away and plug away. But then there are times when a song writes itself in 15 minutes, and you're just struggling to keep up with it.

Paul Arden

I've now discovered that if you know what you want and try hard to achieve it, everyone else will try hard, too.

Steve Buscemi

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung out in cliques, and it's very hard to get accepted; lots of competition.

Robert Allenby

Towels are the worst. They're hard to sign and the strings get stuck on the pen. Then the next one you sign is smudged.

Dennis Prager

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

Amy Weber

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.

Alfred Nobel

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

Alfred Jarry

It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom

Alexander Pope

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.

Alexa Chung

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort. When I get new Converse I dedicate some time at home to shoving mud on them so they don't look squeaky clean.

E. L. Konigsburg

Jamie, you know, you could go clear around the world and still come home wondering if the tuna fish sandwiches at Chock Full O'Nuts still cost thirty-five cents.

E. O. Wilson

Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our genetics, to our physiology, to that particular environment in which we live. The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.

Donna Karan

I feel at home most places I go, but my very top of the list are Bali, Italy, and London. Those are like second homes to me.

Eve

I live in a neighborhood where there's a lot of West Indian culture, so it's nice.