Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rig Veda

Knowledge makes capable of earning knowledge. It inspires us to perform actions and as a result one acquires desired wealth.

Juliene Berk

Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way -- by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

Steve Pohlman

It cost $6,000 to $10,000 a lot to acquire park space in 2002, 2003. Now it costs $90,000 a lot. The parks master plan put the (total) costs at $70 million. That's not even close today. People want their kids to play soccer. There isn't even a playground, not one, north of Pine Island Road. That is an expanding part of the city.

Frank Robinson

I think you have to ... take an MRI on every pitcher that you acquire in a trade or free agency - the elbows, knees and shoulders. That's the only way you're going to be able to look at the elbow and shoulder and knees, and get a pretty good idea of what's in there.

Mitchell Reiss

It is fundamentally, existentially, in their own interest that they and their neighbors do not acquire nuclear weapons.

Jamie Retterath

What Microsoft liked about us was that we'd done a lot of image collection. They also liked the precision of our system ? we can make very precise maps and image location from that ? we also have a very long list of patents that we've acquired over the years that deal with efficient processing of that imagery and turning it into meaningful content.

Tom Hall

There is a huge umbrella of programs that homeowners and businesses will be eligible for if we offer to acquire their property,

Jonathan Williams

There is a difference between the illicit trade, a position the museum has taken a stance on, and of things that were acquired or removed under different times and circumstances.

Joanna Stevens

There is going to be an enormous integration challenge for any company that acquires AOL.

Rick Glancey

I think it is safe to say Chairman Sensenbrenner understands that border security is the third part of the equation. Without it you don't have homeland security and national security.

Uri Dan

Herzl declared the Jewish State in Basel and Sharon outlined its borders in Crawford, ... From the moment he decided that he has to consolidate the Jewish state lines, it was as good as done.

Len Munsil

Her executive order uses the National Guard as window dressing. She wants the National Guard to be solely in a support role. The National Guard should not be used to change the oil for border patrol vehicles, nor should it be used as a political prop for her re-election.

Dave Heineman

I will commit myself to making this state an even greater place to live, work and raise a family. I intend to reach out from border to border to hear first-hand from our citizens about their thoughts, concerns and ideas for our state.

Edward Thomas

I have come to the borders of sleep,/ The unfathomable deep/ Forest where all must lose/ Their way.

Steve Israel

I am enormously concerned with our Nation's lack of border security and the dysfunctional nature of our current immigration system.

Derek Jeter

He did a great job. He just kind of teased the strike zone, throwing borderline pitches and making you chase them. It shows you that if you have good pitching, it stops good hitting.

Dave Nabity

He is not dealing with illegal immigration and doing everything he can to close the borders and stop the influx of illegal immigration.

William Empson

Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

Lamar Butler

He crossed his legs. He folded his arms. He was just talking like it was a normal conversation.

Gwen Stefani

L.A.M.B. is a fashion line that -- fingers crossed -- will just get more and more sophisticated, ... What's different than what's out there is the way I put things together. And, if you look inside the pants, you'll find secret details in there.

Whoopi Goldberg

I think actually there's another young lady who would like to do it and so I've got my fingers crossed for her. I think it's Ellen. I think she would be good.

Adrian Aucoin

If there is any doubt, normally you go upstairs. He's not giving us any leeway. That's accountability on his part. You gotta be a man about it. Clearly, everybody thought it crossed the line.

Atharva Veda

By His Grace, servant Nanak has crossed over this terrifying world-ocean; I am united with my Beloved.

Bernie Williams

Being human, it has crossed my mind, but as a team, we have a lot more things to worry about than my personal future. We have a lot of very important games to go, and that's where our focus should be right now.

Gordon Gee

I must say that I could see in their eyes that they felt like they had crossed a Rubicon,

Serena Williams

I love tennis. Quite frankly, I'm tired of people saying I put tennis third and last in my life. If I did, I wouldn't be here playing. I wouldn't be here practicing. I could be at the beach. I could be retired. I could be drinking lemonade with my legs crossed in the sun on the beach. I'm not doing that. I'm not in Saint-Tropez.

Serena Williams

I love tennis, ... Quite frankly, I'm tired of people saying I put tennis third and last in my life. If I did, I wouldn't be here playing. I wouldn't be here practicing. I could be at the beach. I could be retired. I could be drinking lemonade with my legs crossed in the sun on the beach. I'm not doing that. I'm not in Saint-Tropez.

Herb Grace

Kevin Lynch was huge tonight, especially on the post. He gave us a great effort and is the heart and soul of our team.

Frank Robinson

Hector has been a nice, pleasant surprise with another great effort on his part tonight. He has pitched four good starts. I don't know how he does it at this stage of the season. He seems to thrive on it.

Steve Kellar

This was a good game for us in that everybody played and everybody scored. It was a good, solid effort on everybody's part.

Dwane Casey

He's just made a concerted effort going to the boards. It's called him being a great player.

George Haddow

It comes down to leadership, and this effort is without a leader. I don't think they understand how to do this at the top level.

Nate Altenhofen

I was disappointed in our focus and our effort in the second half. I think we got complacent.

Ed Thompson

The people started using it unauthorized. It was a construction site. We had to make some extra effort to secure the site to keep the public from using it because they were getting in the way.

Mark Cooke

We've been very competitive, especially at home. So far I'm pleased with our effort at home, but I'd like to see us play on the road better.

Gerald Myers

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

Bret Bielema

He informed me he might be interested in pursuing another option with LSU. I said that's all I needed to know because I want people that need to be here.

Patricia Sanders

I'm not trying to be difficult, ... but I want to be informed before I make a decision. Until then, everything is still in place, all the rules.

Patrick Ryan

informed me of the same allegations that he made in (the) press conference...

Deborah Kole

The more the public is informed the better.

Ken Kettenbeil

They have informed us that their phone has not stopped ringing.

Ivor Heerden

They should have been monitoring this and informed people all the way to the top, then they should have warned people.

Ben Davis

That's just life. It's unfair and the only thing you can do about is become informed more about the issue.

Donna Hayes

We weren't informed and we were not prepared for the meeting.

Benon Sevan

Similarly, I informed the U.S. government, effectively the policeman for sanctions violations in the Gulf, of maritime smuggling on a massive scale that was occurring, to no avail.

Zac Posen

I am totally unattached to material items.

Julian Schnabel

I work with things left over from other things.

Ruth Buzzi

The funnier the material, the funnier I could make it.

Aaron Copland

I don't compose. I assemble materials.

Don Brownlee

But the study of these materials will go on for decades.

Jim Adams

We're already working on getting prices on materials for the building.

Brunello Cucinelli

I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all.

Peter Diamandis

We're not seeing any breakthroughs in physics or materials science here,

Dan Modzelewski

We're using materials that are very tough and very strong to withstand the weather.

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Todd Borrison

I thought we got a lot of second and third shots and every time you do that, you put yourself in position to be successful.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Mila Kunis

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

Carl Banks

He was the standard for that position in that era.

Robert Payne

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

Clare Short

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.