Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Mount

The state's water policy and all its plans for restoration of the delta are predicated on one flawed assumption -- that the delta is a fixed landscape and will look the same for the indefinite future. And it won't.

Alain Badiou

Love can only consist in failure...on the fallacious assumption that it is a relationship. But it is not. It is a production of truth.

Ariel Levy

There is a widespread assumption that simply because my generation of women has the good fortune to live in a world touched by the feminist movement, that means everything we do is magically imbued with its agenda, but it doesn't work that way.

John Taylor

The price point is certainly an impressive value statement, ... I think the going assumption is you have to pay about $10 a month to be involved in a gaming community like this, so to offer a one time fee of $49.99 is going to make it a lot less challenging for kids or teens to get permission to play. I think it's a key price point position.

David Lawson

We spend a lot of time teaching them about collaboration and in establishing one coaching approach. While everyone has his own coaching style, we want some structure to the coaching. For example, the primary assumption is that every operator wants to work safely. The job of the coach is to work with employees so they work safely. The emphasis is on working collaboratively, rather than dictatorially.

Douglas Adams

Assumptions are what we don't know we are making

Albert Einstein

Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.

Anthony Bourdain

There's always this assumption that you're going to get everything right immediately. And any professional understands that that's just not so.

Tim Fitzpatrick

My assumption is that ... they ... found out that PC World had named the 7170 to its top 10 list in 2005, so the choice was easy for them.

Joe Arbona

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the woman's family.

Dan Wheldon

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Dana family and all of Rahal Letterman racing. It's a very, very sad day. I think hopefully we put on a good race.

Tim Curley

Our thoughts and prayers are with Kevin's family and friends,

Ron Grantski

Our family is waiting until we are told personally, not told by the press.

Alan Moore

Our family has slaved away out here for 40 years. We want to be able to maximize our profits when we go.

Alan Moore

Our family has slaved away out here for 40 years, ... We want to be able to maximize our profits when we go.

Moshe Katsav

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

Lisa Maxwell

Our family has done mission trips and we're reminded about trying to help people.

Sam Sheppard

Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.

Hebrew Proverb

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

H. Tejomayananda

Be tender towards the fault of others, be strict towards your own.

Don Young

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

Anna Freud

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Angelus Silesius

God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault.

Scott Cameron

Unfortunately, we got down early. But you can't fault Hoof for that. He did what he had to do.

Roger Daltrey

I know my faults, but I'm comfortable with me.

Saadi

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

Tom Perrotta

Jill felt an emptiness open inside of her as she lifted her arm, a sense that something vital was being subtracted from her life. It was always like that when somebody you cared about went away, even when you knew it was inevitable, and it probably wasn't your fault. (341)

Henry Ellis

The sun and the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

Matthew Goode

I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.

Billy Flahive

I've never seen silver limit down. It hasn't happened since the 1980s.

Bryn Terfel

It was the worst thing that's ever happened to me in my very short time on this planet.

Mark Bellhorn

It was unfortunate what happened to me this year in Boston, ... I've just got to turn the page and start a new chapter. There's no hard feelings, but this is my team now.

James Welch

I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians.

Mark Nash

The worst thing that happened to Zephyrhills might have been us losing last week.

Steve Kerr

This ranks right up there, ... Right up there at the top with anything that happened with the Bulls.

John Green

Whenever you use historic models, the housing market is going to be underestimated, and I think this is what has happened here.

Jose Maria

The start of the work is (Saturday), but they are practically working now,

Elena Dementieva

I usually start to play well when I'm in trouble.

Carnell Williams

Sometimes you need this. It's tough, but now we can stop talking about 13-0 and start talking about being this 0-1 Tiger team and what we're going to do about it.

DeShawn Stevenson

Sometimes you've got to switch up the starting lineup to get a spark, just to get a win.

Nick Jones

Tech blitzes so much, the only way you can get them to back down is start to gash them,

Colin Montgomerie

I used to say I'm here to win. Now I say I'd like to win. But I have to start winning.

Darren Sproles

I use it as motivation, ... I'll always use it as motivation, even if I start getting respect. It's something I'll always use.

Linda Bannister

Things look bleak. It's unclear when things are going to start to look better.

Jeff Davis

They always do that, ... because they think we're going to start some kind of trouble with him.

William Shakespeare

Here is my journey's end, here is my butt; And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.