Famous Quotes & Sayings

Solomon Asch

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting and lose meaning if isolated... No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

Chris Hope

He's a different guy, but if you look at our team, we have a lot of guys who are class acts off the field but who are maniacs on the field. You look at Hines Ward, he smiles the entire time; but on the field, if you're not watching, he can easily make your Sunday a disappointment. Jerome Bettis is a yes-sir, no-sir guy, but on the field he can hammer you, too. That's just the makeup of our team.

Mel Sachs

He should not be held responsible for the acts of his co-defendant at all.

George Berkeley

Westward the course of empire takes its way; / The four first acts already past, / A fifth shall close the drama with the day: / Time's noblest offspring is the last.

Din Syamsudin

We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq, because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism.

Mike Love

I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force.

Dana Hayter

I think any company that can make a case that it has been damaged by the exclusionary acts affirmed in the Court of Appeals opinion would be able to use the facts from this case once the case becomes final.

Mosab Hassan Yousef

It is not difficult for us to understand the love of God. When the love of our Lord is in a man's heart, this man acts totally different.

Jerry Smith

It is my understanding that there is a history of a violent acts prior to this. It had something to do with throwing rocks off an overpass at passing cars.

Adam Gacs

I was interested in German studies, and The University of Tennessee had an attractive program and a good professor. It is an opportunity for me to practice English and study German.

Gus Sauter

I wouldn't say mid caps are a screaming buy, but they are somewhat attractive on a relative basis.

Marisa Coughlan

Hollywood is full of men who need wraparound mirrors so that they never have a moment when they can't check themselves out. I love guys who don't worry about what they look like, who aren't aware of how attractive they are.

Rod Sierra

We made the settlement because we wanted to get 2001 behind us, and it was very attractive when you lumped in all these other years.

Mark Batty

Results so far are consistent with strength in capital markets. There is significant strength overseas, and volatility in interest rates and commodities is presenting attractive opportunities for trading.

Tim Evans

Really, we've had some focus (on oil) since mid-February, when both markets made a significant low, and both markets had a near retest of those lows on Wednesday. Oil is emerging as the focus for the gold market as a surrogate for general commodity inflation. Without that kind of commodity inflation, then gold becomes a less attractive investment.

Ronald Dollens

Recent product and communications issues have certainly had an impact on our business in the near term. However, we believe that the fundamentals of our business are strong and our markets and products have attractive prospects for growth.

Tobias Levkovich

Our overall 2006 bullishness remains intact, as an attractive buying opportunity is being set up.

Gary Balter

Our outperform rating was based on our view that the management team was doing an excellent job of turning around the margins at this large industry player. The market's valuation at around 6 times cash flow we believe made this an attractive acquisition target. The questions now will be whether another buyer steps in.

Ed Thiel

It barely passed, and it shows the pilots are not in favor of giving the company anything more. That's the smallest margin that anything has ever been passed by Delta pilots.

F. Schumacher

It barely opened anywhere! They didn't put any money behind it at all.

Ron Gardenhire

He just didn't make enough pitches today. He was all around the zone but he just missed. He was barely missing, but when you get behind these guys, those types of hitters, that's what happens.

Keith Simmons

He was pinned behind the dash board pretty good. He was in there so tight he could barely move.

George Beck

I'd like to have a third and a fourth. I'm hoping to stay away from injuries. We need more bodies because we barely have enough to perform.

Gary Mills

Really, this has been a tough season. We've had some chemistry issues. We've had to practice with machinery going on, so that we could barely hear each other. There's just been a lot of adversity, some of it self-made, but we came together.

Rory Bremner

In truth, I barely knew my father at all. He was 53 when I was born, and when I was ten he contracted cancer. Eight years later, in 1979, he died.

Stan Wasowski

If you slept too many hours, you didn't even know it. We barely caught the tail end of it.

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion with 600 other kids, no home-cooked food, no made-to-order clothes. It was a shock, but I adjusted.

Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Bob Cortelyou

Kiev will be the latest destination in Delta's expansion into the key business and leisure markets of Eastern Europe. Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve Kiev, and business travelers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as friends and family of Ukrainian heritage in the United States, will look forward to this new non-stop service between New York-JFK and Kiev.

Peter Warrick

Kit and I talked about this a long time ago. He said it would be a great system for the both of us. I never really thought it would happen. Then, once I got here (for a visit), Kit told me about the coach and how he is such a great guy. Here I am.

Dan Castellaneta

Kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential murderers.

Shawn Trent

Kids don't want to come off the field, but we try not to start them on both sides because they get too tired. and we aren't getting as much out of them (in the late stages of a game).

Greg Moore

I wouldn't say all the pressure is on them - we're both going into the game with the same goal. If they feel like they have more pressure because they are the home team and they are in front of their home crowd, then so be it.

Fabio Capello

I would not say we lost two points but that we gained one. Both sides tried to win. The result was fair.

Mike Davis

James came to Indiana to do both sports, so ultimately the decision is his. He had a great football season, and I am really proud of him. He has a bright future ahead, and we want to do whatever is necessary to help him reach his goals.

Eric Johnson

James and I have similar tastes. We both have high tenor voices and write melodic songs. And we both really like the Kinks.

Lesley Manville

I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.

John Searles

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

Sir Woodward

We are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is just such a character.

Joel Edgerton

I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock on a personality, even just in life, and then they'll shock you by their behavior.

Marc Guggenheim

I think it's very hard to talk about these characters in a closed-ended, sort of non-sequel way, especially characters like The Flash and Green Lantern, which have such rich, long histories.

Don Mischer

It had been kind of ignored before that. Disney would do halftime with characters dancing on the field, that kind of stuff. It's become much more intense over the years.

Joe Quesada

I think those characters are going to be around for a very long time thanks to you guys.

Michelle Huneven

It isn't as if a writer merely records life as it unfurls. Reality does not automatically transcribe as literature; real people are not shapely, compelling characters to be harvested. Charming facts and sharp observations rarely slide seamlessly into whatever narrative is at hand.

Ted Manning

I think it's a great concept. It's something unique to the market and something that hasn't been done before. I think they've created a niche people are going to understand.

Michael Cohen

I think it's a giant waste of money. I don't see a huge (environmental) downside to it, but the science still doesn't show whether it actually works. If they can create another 1.1 million acre-feet of water, that's a huge amount. I wish them luck.

Billy Donovan

He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3-point shots when they were trying to make a run.

Peter Evans

He could not live without adversaries, no more than a tree can live without soil; like mangrove trees, which make their own soil, he could create enemies from within himself.

Amy Maier

He didn't create that list; it was the Department of Homeland Security. He had no say in the process. He was never consulted.

Gilbert Arenas

He (Davis) bailed me out a little bit. Because then I'd have had to try and create and finish over a big man, which I probably would have done.

Eva Saint

He left it to me to create the character. Sometimes he would have a comment, and it was always right on the mark. Hitchcock worked the same way.

Stephen Sondheim

Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of love, some don't. But none of these songs is me singing - not a single one.

Sugata Mitra

My wish for humanity is to invent a way to communicate between us and whatever comes next. And in the end that we the creator of the sentient sapient and the created we have a symbiotic relationship.

Mike Ford

Recently, the news has been filled with big jackpots and winners. Wouldn't you love to be part of the winning?

Ray Brown

They did a great job of scheming. I was surprised at some of the looks we got. They filled (the gaps) a different way with their linebackers that we didn't anticipate. I don't think we did a good job of adjusting.

Mark Harmsen

There will be canyons of people grandstands filled with spectators watching them.

Dennis Smith

A year ago, I think I filled my tanks in the $1.15, ($1.18) range, and this year, we're pushing $2.25 to $2.30.

Rick Miller

A solo show is filled with 100 moments that you try to make better and better.

Bhagavad Gita

Then Arjuna, filled with wonder and his hairs standing on end, bowed his head to the Lord and prayed with folded hands.

Margaret MacDonald

The Spirit must and will be poured out on the church, that she may be purified and filled with God - and just in proportion as the Spirit of God works, so will he - when our Lord anoints men with power, so will he.

Atharva Veda

The One Lord of the Universe is the Support of His humble servants. They love the One Lord; their minds are filled with love for the Lord. The Name of the Lord is all treasures for them.

John White Geary

The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence.

Dawn Hudson

I think that's terrific that independent films are getting more and more mainstream press.

Asif Kapadia

I often make films about subjects I don't really know much about. Maybe it's laziness, but I don't go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I'm making the film.

Asif Kapadia

I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience.

Chris Robinson

These are films you won't see on Teletoon.

Scott Snyder

These films are a nice enhancement to what we usually do, which is to screen movies that would otherwise go unseen in the Lehigh Valley.

Cole Mueller

Everyone knows USC films help launch actors' careers. USC film students know what they're doing.

Alicia Keys

Everyone on the set had been working on films for 20-plus years. I was enraptured.

Kyle MacLachlan

Everyone has their 'Showgirls.' We remember the great films actors have been in, and the rest get forgotten. But occasionally, people like to revisit the ones that get swept aside.

David Smith

The biped robots that have been proclaimed for the past 50 years in sci-fi films are now on their way.

Philip Teel

Your resilience is incredible. Each of you proved to yourself and to the rest of the world that you are pretty incredible. You have left an indelible mark.

Michelle Buckley

Writing is the indelible fingerprint of my soul on paper.

Jennifer Baker

I would say maybe there are more mistakes.

Joel Klein

I think it could take a year, maybe a little more than a year,

Kyle Waters

I think in the past year, he wrote maybe one check.

Sarah Brightman

I always felt older than my years, maybe because I was married to someone older.

Mark Calcavecchia

I thought somebody would shoot 7- or 8-under for sure, maybe even 9-under.

Champ Bailey

I was a little shocked with the recovery I made so fast. I didn't think I'd be able to do anything today. I thought maybe tomorrow, but not today.

Matt Rawitzer

I was just trying to stay even par or maybe 1-over on the back 9. I thought that would probably get it done after the way I played on the front.

Joseph Ramos

I think they'll keep raising the rate this month and maybe every month until the end of the year.

John Gibbons

He's getting there. He's not full-speed. We'll see how it goes. Maybe this weekend. We'll see if he's ready.

Ang Lee

In a year when the Oscars have such an independent spirit, I really treasure this encouragement.

Philippe Falardeau

I don't like ostentatious galas and stuff like that, but if you get to the Oscars, you'd better get used to it and you'd better enjoy it.

Tobey Maguire

It definitely deserved an Oscar, but not a Golden Globe.

Jean Simmons

I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.

Conan O'Brien

The Northeast is being hit with a major snowstorm. Forecasters said they've haven't seen a whiteout like this since last week's Oscar nominations.

Oscar Campos

(We will do) whatever we have to do. One thing is what Oscar (Arias) thinks today and another thing is what he's going to have to think tomorrow.

Sam Hunt

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

Joe Gibbs

I think we realized what was at stake,

David Baker

I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.

Alexander Milinkevich

It is important that the Russian authorities realize that we are sincerely willing to respect Russia's interests. But we are not going to sacrifice our interests, either.

William Garay

You've got to realize that water is probably 50 or 60 degrees.

Chris Paul

It just seemed like we were scoring and they were scoring, we were scoring and they were scoring. And it can't be like that. We realize that we can score at times at will, but at the same time they were scoring every time.

Steve Jobs

Oh, I never realized that those spaces were for the emotionally handicapped!

Brian Silverman

It's like a dream. I never realized how big it is.

Audrey Rust

It makes you realize how important it is to do this well.

David Gower

As they say the sun shines on the righteous.

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Lauren Bacall

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Sven Eriksson

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench.

Assemblywoman Leslie

We've got to start somewhere. I want to see something in place.

Dale Jr

I think we're all right. I think we're going to start third and fifth. I don't know; the 38's on the pole, right?

Tim Ryan

I think we were a little timid to start the game. We had some trouble getting into our stuff.

Glenn Richardson

I think it's time we start talking about it,

Maurice Cheeks

I think it starts tomorrow. We have to start evaluating and find out where we are and see what it takes to get better.

Anquan Boldin

I think we are just starting to get where we need to be.

Ryan Miller

From the coaches on down, especially Jim Corsi whose been a great supporter, a true friend who really cares about his players and allowed me the chance to develop.

Whitney Cummings

A true friend will go with the instagram filter that flatters you.

Samuel Richardson

Virtue only is the true beauty.

Robert Pattinson

I see love as an evolution of true friendship.

Robin McKinley

[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous.

Wilmer Valderrama

If you loved once, and if you cared once, you never really stop. And if you build a true foundation, a true friendship, that never really goes away.

William Hazlitt

True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.

Nate Parker

How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.

Nancy Werlin

From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not?

Liam Fox

For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.

Judy Woodruff

Historically, when times are bad, voters, especially in the Industrial Midwest, have turned to the Democrats.

Charles Rangel

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

Lindsey Graham

We're going to need those voters in the fall.

Seth Rogen

I work under the assumption that, generally speaking, my taste and the taste of the Oscar voters are not one in the same.

Jeb Bush

Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

Bob Mulholland

Voters want to know, 'What are you going to do for me in office?' That's what it's about.