Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Biden

Judge, if I looked only at what you've said and written in the past, I'd feel compelled to vote no.

Paolo Bacigalupi

I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.

Joe Carson

Previously the Fed had a reason to raise rates. There is no compelling reason to raise rates at the present time.

Kim Edwards

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.

Bob Murray

If you deny the delusion, you only make it worse; you compel the delusional individual to strive to prove you wrong. Elevating someone with delusional disorder first and then cutting them down is a recipe for exacerbating the delusion, absolutely.

Bruce Cain

In Sacramento, the sense of urgency is what often compels them to do anything and the sense of urgency is now gone.

Frank Lautenberg

The compelling factor, I've got to tell you, in my decision was the searing reality that I would have to spend half of every day between now and the next election fund-raising,

Tim Cranton

This is compelling information that will hopefully get people's attention.

Neil Young

It's incredibly exciting to be collaborating with Steven Spielberg, ... He shares our vision for the potential of the medium and has the passion and creativity to help us finally deliver on the promise that a game can not only engage and compel you with its interactivity, but can also move you emotionally.

Ben Romans

I think it helped my creativity to be in a town that didn't have that influence. It helped the productivity to be in a place where there wasn't much structure. You had to make it happen for yourself.

Muhammad Yunus

In my experience, poor people are the world's greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income.

Richard Holbrooke

The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to synergy.

Roger Enrico

Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things.

Umberto Eco

Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.

Truman Capote

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.

William S. Burroughs

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it 'creative observation.' Creative viewing.

William McDonough

We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?

William J. Clinton

The seven principles of Kwanzaa - unity, self-determinat ion, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith -- teach us that when we come together to strengthen our families and communities and honor the lesson of the past, we can face the future with joy and optimism.

Philip Greenfield

Historically, a parallel relationship exists between inventory and service: if you want high service levels, you need a lot of inventory. We want to switch that, and deliver high service levels with less inventory.

Og Mandino

Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!

Keith Rockwell

It has been a wonderful election. It means we are able to deliver when we need to deliver.

Viktor Yushchenko

I have heard a lot of stories and legends on how this poison has been delivered, where it has been produced, which secret services were used for delivering it in Ukraine,

Ricky Hatton

I have been very pleased with Dennis Hobson, ... We spoke to many people about the prospect of working with them and Dennis delivered. He put his money where his mouth is and delivered the fight.

Derek Moyers

He'll deliver a hit when he needs to, too.

Warren Spector

On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.

Chuck White

Our patents are around the delivery of services,

Jeff Bezos

In Q4 of '99, we did a great job of delivering for customers, but it was very costly for us, ... In Q4 of 2000, we did an even better job of delivering for customers, but at a much, much lower cost.

Ernie Conwell

Here was a guy who had nothing and wanted to do the right thing, ... He wanted to go on with his life. He said he had some engagement rings in Louisiana but had lost them all.

Neil Young

What you'll see in these new titles are things that evoke feelings, ... They won't engage you only interactively, but they'll strive to move you emotionally.

Elinor Howard

It goes with my engagement ring very nicely and I love it.

James Schamus

We looked for the places that sophisticated moviegoers seek out to find things that interest them. These are the people who are engaged with the world, who are informed about the big conspiracies going on out there.

Rick Peterson

He was getting to the point where he was going to engage the rubber like he does during the season. That was the step we wanted to take today. He took that step and he felt great.

David Kirk

I'm passionately interested in the media and want to be engaged in it,

Brian Hill

I'm sure sometime (today), we'll engage in discussions about that,

Paris Hilton

I like it, ... but it's yellow, and I'm like, I didn't want yellow for my engagement ring.

Tom Kehoe

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

Joey Carew

Jamaica is also strong with talent, and this makes for a very competitive and exciting contest.

Bryant Young

He's a very electrifying player, an exciting player to watch, definitely. I think he could be an exciting player in this league.

Lisa Hammond

I think it's an exciting opportunity for him. But as always, the timing couldn't be worse for us.

Gisele Bundchen

I think 25 is a great year; I think every year is a great year, ... I feel like life is so special and so great, every year I feel like I learn more, and I grow, and I think it's exciting to grow up. Twenty-five is so far, so good.

Dave Morris

In good writing, the contemplative and the exciting happen at the same time.

Ron Kuhl

I'm disappointed with the loss, but we played the whole game and didn't let up. This was an exciting night. By playing this way, tonight, the kids showed that they're here to stay. We proved that we are a team to beat, that we are a contender.

Justin Wilson

I just want to get out there and race and win championships. But it's exciting they're into this.

Katie Meier

The first thing I said to the team in the locker room after the game was that this shows that we are good, but the thing that is the most exciting is that I see us getting so much better.

Adam Burish

The guys are excited. We know it's going to be a red-and-white filled building. People are going to be screaming for Wisconsin, so it's going to be an exciting atmosphere.

Art Hogan

I think the dollar's recovery has a huge impact on the market, when you look at things like gold, which is getting tattooed today, ... I also think it's important psychologically, like when oil finally peaked in the mid-50's.

Jeff Gordon

He wasn't real happy with me, but we finally worked it out.

Albert Camus

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Sam Rockwell

I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.

Maria Corbalan

I'm happy. I'm very happy that it's finally going to be done.

Warren Moon

I'm as happy for the guys as if I had played in the football game. I'm so relieved. This franchise has been trying for so long and to finally get there is great.

Greg Olsen

I had a minor medical problem and they said I couldn't go. It took me a year to get well and then I finally went into space. That should just let you all know that you should never give up.

Frank Thomas

I'll finally get some real work in. It will be great to see live pitching for a change.

Craig Biggio

I know he's smiling right now, ... He's overjoyed. We were so happy for him when he finally won the Stanley Cup. We couldn't wait to get through on the phone to him and congratulate him.

Paul Doughty

Knowing that I have these younger girls who are playing and getting better every game is encouraging.

David Ward

Jacob pitched a really good game for us today. He was throwing pretty hard. If he can keep pitching like that, we'll be in good shape.

Larry Finucane

I would say the pressure is on them (Mills). They're the #6 or #7 seed and have the game on their home court.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Joel Allen

Joe has gotten the most out of his senior season and his selection to the all-star game reflects that.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Champ Bailey

John, he knows everything, he studies the game very hard and he'll knock you out.

Clint Hurdle

I talked to Todd (on Sunday) night after the game and left another message for him (Monday) morning. He told me he might not make it on this road trip and laughed.

Mo Rocca

It addresses a life-long concern, the risk of someone ruining your game. I just don't want you, 50 years down the road, to have your game killed by some guy with a shinier walker.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Bobby Smith

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

Bouna Ndiaye

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

A. Hodge

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

Kiki Vandeweghe

He wants to be helping his team. Let's just leave it at that.

Doug Mitchell

He did everything he could to help this team succeed.

Stephen Jones

He can really help solidify our offensive line. We needed some flexibility there as well.

Colin Egglesfield

I think it's incredibly important for kids to be able to express who they are and feel like they can be themselves without being persecuted for it or bullied for it.

Andy Cheng

The object has not been co-operative at all. It is an incredibly nasty place to land,

John O'Connor

It's been incredibly busy. We have been trying staff-up, but there's no stop to it.

Jay Groves

It's an incredibly important position to everyone on campus.

Curt Smith

sad, selfish, self-defeating and, in the long run, incredibly stupid.

Timm Sharp

Integrity is incredibly important to me. As long as you're authentic, you can do no wrong.

Adeo Ressi

A high openness score means you're open-minded - you see the world for what it is - whereas a low openness score means you're incredibly closed-minded, and you see the world the way you want to see it, regardless of what is actually going on.

Steve Earle

Even though I talk about them every day, I was still incredibly nervous and shaken. It was a stressful situation.

Brendan Sexton III

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

Henri Matisse

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

Lewis Gordon Pugh

Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet.

Ryan Hansen

I can play 'Guitar Hero,' most of the songs on Medium and some of the songs on Hard. No Expert.

Roberto Aguire

I do think you are mainly thrown into one medium as an actor, and then hopefully you grow from there.

David Alan Basche

Though television is a smaller medium than the stage, you can't be afraid to be big.

S. Hughes

I would take a pause and see how it goes. I think the big move has been made already.

Dale Shull

I wrestle him and he's a lot stronger. Then the same moves I try to put on him I put on the other guys, and it's a lot easier.

Corey Kline

He can't show any moves until the semifinals.

John Woodring

He's done, so we have to move on.

Dan Evans

We just have to get the president to move it up on his priority list.

Carmelo Anthony

We've got to roll with it and just move on. Everybody's got to pick up the slack.

Andrew Hanlan

We suspect that will be the only move this year.

David Steel

We think big trends like convergence, and the move to wireless and networking, will play to our strengths.

Scott Peters

I think we need to move past that,

Maya Angelou

Her passion was never spent in public display.

Rick Clausen

I think it's the ultimate rivalry in the SEC. There's always a little more passion when it comes to this game.

Richard Whately

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

Rhonda Britten

Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.

Virginia Woolf

To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody—here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition and emulation, all so skilfully organised to prevent feeling alone.

Virat Kohli

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Woodrow Wilson

We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

Woody Allen

Jazz is a big thing with me. It's a very big passion of mine, to play it. I'm an amateur musician and I love everything about it. I was obsessed with jazz when I was 15 years old and I know a lot about it because I've loved it so much.

William Wordsworth

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the universe, and habitually impelled to create them where he does not find them.

John LaMattina

I think this will be the norm. When you have something new, there is the theoretical potential for harm.

Alex Wong

PCCW still has more upside potential but I think we will see some resistance when it reaches HK$15.5,

Jerry Jones

It has the potential to have that kind of impact.

Hines Ward

It's tough to go undefeated, but they have the potential.

James Raia

This race has the potential to be around for a while. Right out of the chute, it's prestigious.

Bill Carr

And we'll be sensitive to that as we look at the potential changes.

Susan Hayward

There's so much potential here in Huron and the fairgrounds are beautiful,

Cody Wright

If we have a week of temperatures in the 50s when it's rainy and overcast that turns right around and it's 75 and sunny for a week - that's a situation when the potential can be pretty great.

James Armstrong

I feel we were proactive to prevent any potential problems, ... In 10 years, I've never seen anything like this.

Carl Jung

Didn't I promise I'd always look after you and keep you from harm?

William Carey

The future is as bright as the promise of God.

Rick Yancey

If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?

Tony Snow

God doesn't promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity.

Robert Green Ingersoll

I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders.

Zig Ziglar

Never make a promise without a plan.

Zig Ziglar

When you make a promise, keep it.

James F. Byrnes

What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.

John Bevere

Simply put, the promises of God are not automatic; they must be acquired by faith.

Tyler Oakley

You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience.

Reid Hoffman

There's an ability to learn & adapt, an ability to constantly have a vision that's driving you, but to be taking input from all sources.

Will Smith

If you look at somebody like 50 Cent, ain't nobody telling 50 what to do and how to do what he does. He has a vision of who he wants to be, and he instructs everybody along those lines.

Will Smith

You have to create something in a way that has direction, that it has vision, and then your partner will take it and figure out whatever their expertise is.

Virginia Woolf

It doesn't have to be the truth, just your vision of it, written down.

Virginia Woolf

Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigues, I have had my vision.

Virginia Woolf

I have had my vision.

Samuel Goldwyn

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.

Wayne Dyer

I am worthy of attracting unlimited abundance and prosperity into my life, regardless of what life experiences have gone before me. I only reinforce and contemplate images that are in harmony with this vision.

Van Morrison

Everybody's got their own particular vision which is a personal thing.