Famous Quotes & Sayings

Olympia Snowe

As a Greek-American, I am especially pleased that Ambassador Negroponte has earned the honor of being nominated to this most prominent position of responsibility in the intelligence community. He is a role model to all Greek-Americans, making the entire Hellenic community proud.

Richard Holbrooke

The British Ambassador is coming this morning with us to Pristina for talks, representing his own government and, by extension, the whole Contact Group.

James Costos

Prince Felipe is the best ambassador for Spain: I have already told Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, minister of foreign affairs, that the prince should travel to the U.S. more often.

Jim Parks

Of course, we'll give him a couple breaks. Mike is a great ambassador for us. He has been at the event the last three years but we were in a gated area. Now we're offering him up to the public.

James Rubin

During that conversation the prime minister requested that ambassador Dennis Ross return to Israel as soon as possible to discuss how to bridge the remaining gaps needed to start accelerated final status talks in Washington.

Gigi Hadid

I've always said that I feel lucky to live in the era of social media and be a working model in this time. Back in the day, models were just another face. But social media has given people a voice and not just another face. Not only can you show the world your personality and stuff like that, but you can be a brand ambassador easily.

Roger Smith

After his meeting today . . . Harper continues to work on the transition. He's in meetings every day now, figuring out who's going to be in his cabinet, planning policy initiatives, writing legislation to be introduced, and now thinking about who he will name as ambassador to Washington now that Frank McKenna -- a prospective Liberal leadership candidate -- has resigned.

Rob Bois

Salesforce.com is an ambassador for this space because it reached critical mass first. So when Salesforce.com has a problem, people start questioning the whole delivery model.

Larry Sabato

Rarely do you have a governor who's already been U.N. ambassador and energy secretary as well as congressman. I mean he really does have a very rich resume. This just underlines it for Democratic primary and caucus voters,

Chet Culver

As a lifelong Iowan who has been a farmer, a registered nurse, a small businesswoman, a state senator and secretary of agriculture, Patty has spent her life devoted to her community and her state.

Keith Richman

Avenged Sevenfold is a blockbuster music group that recognizes the massive online community of users on Break.com, where they can connect with their community of fans and reach a growing online audience.

Robert Blendon

Bam, if it hits their community, they're going to stop doing everything.

Mark Murphy

BA is great for parental support and the community.

Chris Ellison

ASIO is responsible, of course, for protecting the community from security threats and all forms of politically motivated violence, including violent protest activity.

James Myart

That picture only expresses what people in this community are feeling.

Pat Julmiste

That was a big win for us. A great game for our community and the university.

Jon Peck

Really, all you can do is look at a given community and compare it from year to year.

Jen Schlegel

Our theme is, ?Every walker counts in a community that cares,? because a walk like this shows the number of people who do care. I think the numbers speak loudly and are overwhelming that this is a great place to live.

Dean Foster

Even though we had less rest time because we had to play the second game, I still thought we performed with a lot of energy. They've earned some rest, so I guess I won't make them run home from here (Michigan City).

Led Zeppelin

Every day I work so hardBringin' home my hard earned payTry to love you baby, but you push me away.

Mike Purcell

We want to play Mitchell. They have been the measuring stick of where you need to be with your team. We've earned this and we're going to enjoy it. Now, we need to get our kids prepared in just a few days.

Dan McCarney

There's no question he's one of the top recruiters on my staff. He's earned this.

Tim Phillips

The top 10 ladies last year earned more from Wimbledon than the top 10 men did.

John Chavis

Obviously I think enough of (Mayo) to be a starter. That's what we've done, and he's earned that. I feel good about him playing.

Jay Wright

Now that we've got a good thing going here, I'm happier that it worked out that way. Everyone feels they earned it. You kind of know who your friends are. There was plenty of time for people to show whether they were loyal to the program or not.

Steve Hutchinson

Frankly, we get sick of hearing it. You'd think we'd earned respect. All we can do is keep winning.

Tiger Woods

I enjoy tournaments where if you shoot a round in the 60s, you've earned it and you're going to move up the board. I'm 1-under par and I'm in 10th. That's pretty good.

Wolfgang Bernhard

Ten of them will be entirely new models.

Doug Aitken

The 'Station to Station' film is made entirely out of one-minute films, and each of the 62 minutes is a completely different person, place or encounter.

Jeremy Northam

I've never had a huge circle of friends. I can't spread myself that thin and go 100 million miles an hour all the time. I choose to give truly of myself, entirely of myself, to the people I choose to do that with, and I can't do that with everyone.

Rabbi Katz

This is a simple 16-minute speech, but it's so profound. It's one thing to have read it, but entirely another thing to hear it in its entirety. King's speech is one of the top inspirational writings in all of American rhetoric, ever.

Craig Davis

This proposal is unfair because the entire requirement is placed on the taxpayers of Jackson County.

Kristin Gore

In actuality, 'Sammy's House' can and should be read as an entirely fictional comedy set in a fascinating political world.

Olesya Rulin

I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.

Daniel Benjamin

The protests were entirely to be expected. The Pakistanis know the U.S., if it gets high-quality intelligence, is going to act.

Lewis Clarke

I've been through the entire list of Polar problems. I knew it would be hard, but it's harder than I ever thought it would be. I've suffered from blisters, a high-altitude cough, frost nip, and I even managed to break a ski they told me was unbreakable.

Gurudas Dasgupta

The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement.

Gustavo Chacin

It would be an honour for me to win rookie of the year.

Ryan Church

It would be an honor to stand out there next to him. I'm pulling for him. I've got his back. Hopefully, this is history.

Aaron Harang

It would be an honor. This is the oldest franchise.

Scott Marshall

It was truly an honor for the town to host such an event.

Marco Selle

It was an honor to see the podium in all blue.

John Shuster

It was an honor to represent the U.S., Minnesota and curling.

Dat Nguyen

It was an honor to play for an organization with such a rich tradition. For me to be part of it was just amazing.

Scott Gomez

It was an honor to be there and I'm not going to get into that. I was just proud to be picked.

John McCarthy

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

Michael Howard

did not tell the truth about the intelligence he received.

Stephen Hadley

We all looked at the same intelligence, and most people -- on the intelligence -- reached the same conclusion.

Madeline Albright

use intelligence to shape policy, not twist intelligence to justify policy.

Doris Lessing

Intelligence forbids tears.

William Shakespeare

That affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence.

Richard Leakey

To have arrived on this earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony.

Saadi

Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable.

Paul Kemp

That's what modeling does, it makes something real before it happens.

Robert Mintz

He was a model of contrition on the stand.

James Allan

It is a reasonable model which could be used in other ways.

Gigi Hadid

In California, I'm more of a beach chick, and I kind of take on a model city girl when I'm in New York.

Wade Lange

It's really a model for how to do these things.

John Mozeliak

It may seem like it, but it's not a strategy. Is there a risk to running that model year after year? Sure.

Shannon Elizabeth

When I was modeling, I worked out every day or other day.

Toshizo Tanaka

The IXY model sold well without steep discounts,

Nils-Axel Morner

Geologists don't do that! We go out in the field and observe, and then we can try to make a model with computerization; but it's not the first thing.

Bible Bible

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

Anne Robinson

They are always so pleased with themselves aren't they? I've never taken to them. What are they for?

John Lloyd

We are very, very pleased with progress so far.

Bob Wynne

We are very pleased with the Commission's decision.

Steve Burd

We are very pleased with our 2005 results.

Dick Parsons

We are very pleased to have reached an understanding with Mr. Icahn.

Gary Muto

We're very pleased. We wouldn't be rolling out if we weren't pleased with our results.

Susan Tolchin

We're very pleased that the sirens worked this time.

John Dunning

We feel like there's a lot of things happening. We've been pleased with what we've seen.

Phil Ramon

As for penalties, it hasn't even been discussed. Our position is we want them to return to work as quickly and as safely as they possibly can.

Ann Veneman

no specific position has been taken on that proposal.

Javier Solana

The substantive position (of Iran) has not changed.

Juelz Santana

After a year with him I got to a position where I didn't have to do nothing in the street no more. But you have to be willing to work hard.

Graeme Souness

Sometimes you have to play in a position that you may feel is not your best.

New Giants

So now we're in a position to have to explain, even further, every thing. It won't speed this along.

Nick Saban

It would be very unfair to put it on that position when things aren't being done well around them.

Darek Braunecker

It was the position of the club. There was no sense him being there if he wasn't going to contribute.

Francois Girbaud

is like accessory, with a different position on the body.

Napoleon Hill

You are the sum total of your dominating or most prominent thoughts.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

If woman's sole responsibility is of the domestic type, one class will be crushed by it, and the other throw it off as a badge of poverty. The poor man's motto, 'Woman's work is never done,' leads inevitably to its antithesis - ladies' work is never begun.

Barbara Jordan

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

Ayn Rand

A man who seeks escape from the responsibility of supporting his life by his own thought and effort, and wishes to survive by conquering, ruling and exploiting others, is NOT an Individualist.

Ayn Rand

Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.

Ayn Rand

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

Benito Mussolini

We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility.

Brian Sandoval

I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.

Brian Tracy

The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.

Brian Tracy

Accept complete responsibility both for understanding and for being understood.

Benigno Aquino III

I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?

Eric Walters

I wrote my first 30 books as a teacher. I would read to my classes, and they'd give me feedback. I was trying to role model.

Carroll Quigley

In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible justification could be made that the activity was seeking to resolve a problem.

Charles Barkley

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Asa Butterfield

For every role you get, there are five roles that you don't.

Ben Foster

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Donna Mills

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

It's always the script first choosing roles. [Then] whoever else is attached. I never like to be the first person attached, because I don't really trust what's going on, unless there's a really good director.

Anthony Hopkins

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.