Famous Quotes & Sayings

Milton Friedman

I am myself persuaded, on the basis of extensive study of the historical evidence, that... the severity of each of the contractions - 1920-21, 1929-33, and 1937-38 - is directly attributable to acts of commission and omission by the Reserve authorities and would not have occurred under earlier monetary and banking arrangements.

Plutarch

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Elizabeth McCracken

In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior.

Edsger Dijkstra

Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun clarity lest their work is considered trivial.

Abraham Verghese

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

Tom Stoppard

You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.

John Owen

He, then, that would mortify any disquieting lust: let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and know that every lust, every omission of duty, is burdensome to God, though only one be burdensome to him.

Marianne Moore

Omissions are not accidents.

Myrtle Reed

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.

Ned Colletti

I take nothing for granted. I know the value of finances, I know the value of people. I've had to be street-smart since I was a little kid,

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Dale Scott

He'd been disgruntled since the sixth inning, so it was time for him to go.

Stieg Larsson

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Carrie Underwood

I thought about deviating from that and singing other things, but then I thought, 'Well, if I don't win ... this is what I want to do after the show, so it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.'

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

I was doing community theater since I was about nine.

Nick Saban

He has been one of our most productive players.

Woody Allen

I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have done all of that without being in psychoanalysis.

Joe Gibbs

That is my responsibility. Obviously, we want to be more productive than we were in the playoffs.

Jim Bowman

They were very good. It was a very productive meeting.

Drew Rosenhaus

We had a productive meeting. We talked about things important to us, and they talked about things important to them.

Kathryn Minshew

Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness.

Mike Huckabee

A healthier, less impoverished planet is good for all of us. From an economic standpoint, it allows people to contribute more to the marketplace and lead productive lives. U.S. foreign assistance opens new markets to U.S. goods and services and creates new trading partners and allies.

Katherine Dunham

I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years.

Daron Schoenrock

All of those were shots. He shortened his swing a little bit. He has been a little long. He's got enough strength where a short swing like that can be productive for him.