Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Adamo

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

Martin Jacques

One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy - above all, the war in Iraq. During the Cold War, the Wilson government resisted the suggestion that it should send troops to Vietnam.

Paul Ballew

I would describe it as a pretty solid year for the industry and one that is above our expectations that we had at the beginning part of the year.

Jeremy Bonderman

If we don't play some games that matter late in the season and finish above .500, it'll be a really disappointing year.

David Scott

If we get interest rates above 7 percent, we'll see a significant pullback on housing valuations.

Jason Fuchs

I got stuck on the Peter Pan ride when I was nine years old with my dad at Disney World. We got stuck on that part of the ride when you're suspended in the pirate ship above the miniature London, and I was fascinated by the why of it all. 'Why is Peter Peter Pan, why is he in Neverland, how did he learn how to fly, etc.?'

Harry Redknapp

If we can pick up six points from two games then we can close up on the teams above us and make a real fight of it.

Mike Hofland

She's shooting above 35 percent from the three-point line. Our other girls are starting to look for her more often. She does a nice job of coming off screens.

Kathy Thomas

She's gone above and beyond. She works hard.

Bill Gates

We need to move beyond voice to voice and data, ... Microsoft can do this by bringing all the pieces together. And once we do, we are really going to surprise people.

Burke Magnus

From a general sense, there's certainly more than enough product out there for more than one network to be in this space. I hesitate to call it a niche, because it's way beyond a niche.

Bruce Davis

We're beyond looking at other options. That's been done.

Karen Bass

We have some schools where 50% to 70% of students failed the exam, ... How denying diplomas to 60% to 70% of students raises standards is beyond me.

Stephen Harper

We can win because it is time for a change, time to move forward, time to get beyond the scandals and investigations and corruption.

Robert Zoellick

We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, ... It is time to take our policy beyond opening doors to China's membership into the international system, we need to urge China to become a responsible stakeholder in that system.

Lilian Thuram

We are tired. Tired - but beyond the sporting aspect, there's something more important.

Gerald Sadler

When you're in the service - you're alone. A lot of times soldiers will find out about their wives leaving them when they're overseas. Information spreads faster these days with the Internet. Any kind of encouragement is valued over there - way beyond money. I've talked to many soldiers and they tell me they'd much rather have a letter than a gift card.

Steve Howe

I think if humans are really going to explore the solar system, or go beyond our immediate neighborhood, we are going to have to go with nuclear power. Nuclear power really is the development of the steam ship compared to sailing ships.

Marianne Wolk

I find it illogical to make a case that it's better to be diversified when search is growing so much faster online.

Andrew Levy

If you fail on either of these two counts, your case will disappear in front of your eyes.

Gary Sheffield

If you look at the type of swings I've been taking the last couple of days, I'm right where I need to me. If I'm healthy, I'll be fine. That has always been the case with me.

Andrew Hudson

In this case it was a no-brainer. We had empty seats (so I said), 'Let's do it,'

Javier Solana

(In) the European Union we feel a profound respect yesterday, today and tomorrow and we never had wanted in any case to offend their feelings.

Porter Goss

In the intelligence community, everyone does his job and you don't share the information unless there is a need to know. This could be a case where the right compartments didn't talk to each other.

Joseph Tacopina

If you don't get Schwarz in the bathroom, ... you've got no case and then there is no conspiracy.

Kevin Luibrand

I'm living proof that a monkey can try a case if the facts are good.

Brian Berry

The case was shoddily conceived. And he lost it.

Graham Nelson

The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes a sequel conceivable when compared with, say, the plot of 'Hamlet' but none is planned.

Linda Evans

Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television.

Charles Stross

To boldly go where no uploaded metahuman colony has gone before' has a certain ring to it, doesn't it?

Alan Zweibel

I've been writing for people long enough to know that it has got to feel comfortable coming out of their mouths, especially when you're doing something that is first person and is so near and dear to you.

Jessica Simpson

I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me.

Ryan Clark

I've been proving people wrong for a long time,

Tim Miles

I've been in that situation a lot. People look at you like they're going to whip you.

Brad Wilkerson

I've been in this organization, the Montreal/Nationals organization, from the onset of it. It's just a shock that I'm not going to be with the same organization, the same people I've been around my whole career. That's going to be different.

Mandy Moore

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.

Christie Brinkley

I urge people to make your workout fun.

Robert Gerard

I unequivocally think there is no place for steroids in the sport. There are tens of thousands of young people that look up to these athletes.

Ted Strickland

The zeitgeist is clear. People in this state want change. They're tired of scandal. They want to turn things around, and that's just what we are going to do.