Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.

Yann Martel

I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

Todd Rundgren

Exploitation was rampant before statehood, and various factions actively tried to eradicate the roots of Hawaiian culture in the process of converting the natives to European religious beliefs. Some of the results can never be undone. We try to honor what is left.

Idris Elba

I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.

Ivar Giaever

Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don't really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is. There are better ways to spend the money.

Ian Mckellen

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

Ian Mckellen

Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

When I went to San Francisco for the first time in 1975, I went there for a summer, this acting training program for three months in the summer - I've never been the same.

Gad Elmaleh

My dream is not Hollywood, but to perform my act in English to 30 people in a Soho comedy club, to show New Yorkers what they look like from the French point of view.

Scott Stossel

I had no trouble with strangers finding out about my anxiety. It was my friends and colleagues I was concerned about.

Sally Kroha

My colleagues at Quaker Oats gave me some referrals, since my product is in no way competitive with their food business.

Tim Palmer

My colleagues are developing our methods for Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Some research is being done for the more complex terrain of Kenya, though here the results are less well developed.

Charles Hennekens

My colleagues and I were quite surprised that the FDA has taken such an extreme position,

David Owens

It'd be kind of nice, but it's already been enough to be recognized here by my colleagues in Northern Kentucky,

John Cornyn

is to make sure that my colleagues do not misrepresent Judge Roberts' views to the American people.

Ben Bernanke

When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve... mustered the moral courage to do what was necessary.

Virginia Foxx

Like the rest of my colleagues joining me today, I am strongly in support of scientific research to save and improve human life.

Alexei Krasnov

We hope that American shuttles will resume regular flights and we are offering our NASA colleagues the use of Soyuz as a rescue spaceship.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. There is a saying of the elders that goes, 'Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting.' This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.

Gloria Gaither

Everything is a part of what God's up to in your life, so I think our job is to embrace it. Everything. Embrace it all and consider it God's will for this moment.

Gillian Armstrong

Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.

Zoe Kravitz

I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day.

Zayn Malik

I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.

Yoko Ono

I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.

Vikram Seth

Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.

Brad Berenson

The overall lesson of the two nominations taken together is that there is considerable safety in drawing from the very small pool of people who are universally considered qualified for appointment.

Brian Bell

When I was thinking of people for the Space Twins, I wanted people who were sort of space cadets in the first place. I consider myself to be one.

Ron Reagan

We have very few working farms left, ... I'm one of about six or seven dairy farms left where there used to be that many where I live. Farming as an element, economically, it's not there anymore.

Judy Gold

I have decided now that my mother should be the GPS woman, don't you think? That would be fantastic: 'Make a left in 11 miles. Get over now - I want you to be prepared. Turn right on Elm Street, I want to see if Myrna Rosenblatt is still alive. Make your second left by the Dairy Queen. Don't go in, they're anti-Semitic.'

Kate O'Mara

I never drink cow's milk; I always opt for the soya alternative, and when I eat most dairy products, it tends to be in extremely small doses. However, being a vegetarian means I have to get protein from somewhere, so I do eat eggs and cheese about once a week.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.

Don Roose

Lower feed costs. That will be good news for your ranchers and dairy farmers.

Linda Greene

Most of the spreads didn't have much of a dairy flavor and had a fatty waxy feel in the mouth.

Dong Junfeng

Shares in the dairy sector have performed well this year due to great expectations in the industry and the overall good performance of the stock market.

Rob Hastings

It's been everything from a dairy to a poultry farm to a vegetable operation. I'm running it as a naturally grown, small fruits and vegetables and sizeable maple operation.

Mark Greene

Dairy policy isn't partisan, ... As a Republican in the majority, I'd love it to be partisan. It's not. It's geographic, so getting the support for it is much harder.

Barbara Steinmetz

That was a thing we were getting away from when the equity markets were on a tear. Everybody thought you were a fool to get into anything else.

Bob Parker

Valuations in European equity markets are looking stretched.

Saul Rubin

We hope that the equity markets perform as we expect them to, but it's impossible for us to project what equity markets are going to do.

John Schwartz

We can use the fund equity to get us through the next year. It's stable so we're able to do that.

Daniel Morgan

I would characterize March as a relatively good performance in the equity markets.

Ken Miller

Because of the cooperative's financial soundness, tonight we are returning over $ 1.8 million of your equity back to you.

Mike Lenhoff

Fundamentals remain positive for equity markets so our view is: stick with the trend, it's not the end, it's still your friend.

David Tepper

Given the question of where the liabilities lie, there should be a fight. That fight can't be made without an equity committee.

Luis Rodriguez

Global macro will produce the highest returns, followed by equity hedge funds.

Naomi Shihab Nye

I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.

Gordon B. Hinckley

I've been blessed so abundantly that I can never get over it. I just feel so richly blessed that I want to extend that to others wherever I can.

Frank Jordan

Our extended family is an integral part of our daily lives and Connie and I welcome you with open arms.

Sander Levin

Extending federal unemployment insurance is vital for millions of Americans laid off through no fault of their own, and it serves as an important economic stimulus.

Alex Rodriguez

We couldn't get that extra hit to extend an inning or score a run.

Bert Hochfeld

I think the stock had been very extended in terms of valuation, in any event, so I think it was very vulnerable to something like this, ... I think that the valuation of the shares at several hundred times revenues was so extreme that it didn't take much.

Jusuf Kalla

We are now evaluating the possibility of extending AMM.

Martin Rees

There are lots of ideas which extend the Copernican principle one step further. We went from the solar system to the galaxy to zillions of galaxies and now to realising even that isn't all there is.

Russ Ortiz

I was trying to extend my running to make sure I was ready and felt something, and that's kind of where we're at right now.

Chris MacMillan

I don't think it's fiscally possible to do.

Shari Brannock

We've been very fiscally responsible in the past. Our taxpayers can look forward to that.

Tom Greene

We've been increasingly fiscally conservative, knowing this could happen.

John Sununu

Social Security modernization will result in a retirement system that is stronger and more fiscally sound than the pay-as-you-go system we have today.

Alan Autry

It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound.

Marjorie Smith

We would like to keep the drive-in if it remains fiscally operative.

Jim Roberts

That's what we're trying to do. We're trying to do it in a fiscally responsible manner. But I don't think there is a perfect solution out there.

Phil Angelides

There's no question we're in worse shape fiscally than when this governor took over,

Tom DeLay

He's not even trying to be fiscally responsible,

Tina Brown

When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.

Will Chase

'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote.

David Wenham

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

David Foster

With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses.

Dev Hynes

'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that.

Mickey Rourke

The acclaim I'm getting for 'The Wrestler' means everything in the world to me. But it also means I can't take my foot off the gas pedal.

Charles Gargano

That was why we privatized the World Trade Center, by means of a 99-year net lease.

Marcus Samuelsson

For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!

Mary Ellen Mark

What you look for in a picture is a metaphor, something that means something more, that makes you think about things you've seen or thought about.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys.

Darell Hammond

The national nonprofit I founded, 'KaBOOM!,' is on a mission to save play for America's children, and has long been championing the cause in high-need communities.

Francois Arnaud

I started studying theater in school, and then I got into drama school at, like, 19, and it was a national drama school in Montreal, and so it was just you and nine other students for three years, and it was really intense.

Jalal Talabani

We have the right to be proud in saying that today was a day of national consensus, ... So congratulations to our people for their constitution.

Maurice Ager

Winning a national championship. You really can't top that. ... I feel like I'll be kind of underachieving within myself if I don't win a championship before I leave.

Rod Wright

We made a pact that we were going to win a national championship. Now, we need to get it done.

Zell Miller

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

Alfonso Scanio

The problem of railway safety has by now become a national emergency.

Rod Smith

Those are tragedies that have to be addressed on a national level.

Fabio Capello

We had other options but Vieira was the one I wanted,

Scott White

Toll roads may be an option we consider, ... Everything is on the table out the gate.

Joe Krier

Tolling is an option today we can do.

Alan Knipe

We have a lot of options with him.

Tom Woodruff

We have a lot of options in the infield.

Jill Mesaros

We have been working the past two years on several options which we will be weighing in making our decision.

Paul Gillmor

It does seem fair to give them the option of a better return.

Tony Blair

You don't ever take any option off the table.

Ronda Rousey

I'm selling a product, and I have to be out there; I don't have the option not to be.

Ashton Kutcher

I learned what a Birkin bag is from the price tag. You'll never forget what it is once you've paid for one.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?

M. Wolfe

We are rating UPS 'attractive,' ... Our price target on this stock is $70; it's at about $56 right now.

Frank Verrastro

My sense is there's going be another price spike.

Kay Johnston

I feel they raised the price too much at one time. They should have done it a little at a time.

Allen Sinai

I don't think we have price stability any more.

Roy Turner

I don't think price gouging is going on here.

Dan Niles

For those who thought the price war was aggressive, you haven't seen anything yet.

Tim Noest

If it doesn't get there, prices will rise again. They may not be able to find the ships.

Natalie Kerris

We are not providing a way to run Windows within OS X.

Charles Wang

We have to see the follow-through in terms of implementations and providing support for foreigners.

Mike McGuire

He's going to put all his resources into providing for his family.

Kevin Mitnick

A log-in simulator is a program to trick some unknowing user into providing their user name and password.

Mary Barra

My definition of 'innovative' is providing value to the customer.

Andrew Patel

We will be providing him with a zealous defense.

Todd Swindall

We're not just providing shelter, we're providing housing.

Tom Krause

They're trying to speed up their transit times in respect to providing better service for their customers.

James Perkins

We wanted to respect him and that is why we are providing the appropriate honors,

Hussein Chalayan

I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture.

Kerri Strug

I think it's just really important for youth today to have a passion and pursue something seriously.

Oona Chaplin

I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because there's no applause at the end of writing a book.

John Hume

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

Bakul Dholakia

If we wish to rub shoulders with them, then we have to pursue a similar strategy.

Thomas Middleditch

I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits.

Dan Stephens

We'll aggressively pursue ... (the lawsuit) as was planned.

Jim Margolin

We often receive threat information. We run it out. We pursue it.

Ken Ham

We just can't get comfortable with the stability of the situation.

Klaus Kleinfeld

It comes down to the long-term stability of this corporation,

Bernard Laporte

Our success comes from stability.

Valentino Rossi

For sure tomorrow will be difficult. We are still struggling with stability and grip.

Darcy Regier

A year ago we were just trying to survive. Now we have a sense of stability and direction.

Gene Robinson

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

Jean-Claude Juncker

We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.

Ben Howland

He's righted them with stability and direction. He's done an outstanding job.

Frances Newton

If you allow yourself to get bothered by the change, then you're not stable. But God is so stable, and if you keep yourself in Him, that stability is going to come off on you, too.

Kent Conrad

Those are the very things I've urged the administration to do for some time.

Jerry Jones

I don't feel an urgency to get a young wide receiver.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.

Carl Sandburg

The more rhymethere isin poetry the more dangerof its tricking the writer into something other than the urge in the beginning.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The one who pulls is the one they urge on.

Kate Fleetwood

I'd quite like to direct. I don't think it will happen, but my urge is that way inclined.

Rick Thomas

It is a different world in that the sense of urgency and sense of need is so much heightened.

D. J. MacHale

I have a sudden urge to pee.- Spader

Jan Egeland

It's even more urgent than it was in these other hurricanes or tsunamis.