Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Rankin

The smoke was so thick it blocked out daylight.

Louise Arbour

Rules that block persons with disabilities from obtaining personal documentation or from voting in elections can be modified, often at little expense.

Paul Steinhardt

The search for a structure that blocks the passage of light in all directions has fascinated physicists and engineers for the past two decades.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.

Ban Ki-moon

The basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development. It is a key to all problems. Why? Because it allows us to address all the great issues-poverty, climate, environment and political stability-as parts of the whole.

Bridgit Mendler

The voting station was like a block and a half from my house, so me and my parents just walked on over and cast our ballots, and it was really cool. I love the civic pride of being a part of this national activity.

Kirk Lewis

Between classes, eight students walked the halls cheering, blocking the hallways, chanting. They were protesting.

Michael Robinson

Blocking downfield overall was great from the receivers.

Terry Hoeppner

Vince Lombardi had the seven blocks of granite. Well guess what? We have the seven blocks of limestone.

Daunte Culpepper

As far as being efficient and able to move the ball in the air like we always have, I think we will be. We've been doing it in the preseason and in the minicamps. I know we can move the ball. It's going to be fun and exciting to do that throughout the season.

Troy Diels

That was a big momentum change. Unfortunately we turned it over, they banked in a 3 and took the air out of us.

Michael Allen

Profits are elusive. Airlines either need to raise fares, or the price of oil has to come down.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

During my career as an airline pilot, I had the opportunity to be a check and training captain. Part of this job was to train and test experienced pilots to ensure that they had the necessary knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently operate those magnificent big jets.

Yousuf Stanizai

Coalition ground and air forces are on the ground ... they are bombing the Taliban.

Gary Kelly

Denver has been a missing link in Southwest's system for too long, and we've known the demand for Southwest Airlines service is strong in Colorado. Today, we're not only celebrating the start of our new service, but we're pleased to announce two new destinations that Southwest Airlines will serve nonstop from Denver International Airport.

Ruth Ginsburg

A plain speaker without airs or affectations, the chief fostered a spirit of collegiality among the nine of us perhaps unparalleled in the court's history.

Al Goodman

The strike is the first by Iberia's pilot's since it was privatized and the company says the present row could lead to it losing $100m, canceling aircraft orders and cutting jobs.

Johns Hopkins

The speculation is that it would be released into the air as an aerosol, possibly from an airplane or perhaps in a closed room. People would then breathe it in,

Arthur Schopenhauer

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

Sebastian Bellomo

You don't have to worry about safety. It's very safe.

Alexander Hamilton

The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed.

Andy Stanley

Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.

Thomas Guthrie

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

Thomas Jefferson

The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people.

Veronica Roth

I came here so that no one else would die. I came here to protect as many people as I could. And I care more about Tobias's safety than anyone else's. So why am I here, if he's here? What's the point?

Steve King

We shouldn't turn the safety net into a hammock. It should actually be a safety net.

Michael Scheuer

The U.S. intelligence community is palsied by lawyers. When we were going to capture Osama bin Laden, for example, the lawyers were more concerned with bin Laden's safety and his comfort than they were with the officers charged with capturing him. We had to build an ergonomically designed chair to put him in, special comfort in terms of how he was shackled into the chair. They even worried about what kind of tape to gag him with so it wouldn't irritate his beard. The lawyers are the bane of the intelligence community.