Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sophie Hannah

I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.

Tom Moran

Remarkably, within minutes of being released he was committing another burglary.

John Davidson

If you're out of the market you need to be in the market if you're saving for your long-term retirement or for other elements, ... People have been waiting on the sidelines, not committing as much new money. I don't think you should be investing next week's rent check, but your long-term investment is going to really grow in the market, and technology will lead that.

Noam Chomsky

In November 2007, the White House issued a Declaration of Principles demanding that U.S. forces must remain indefinitely in Iraq and committing Iraq to privilege American investors.

Gloria Grahame

I married Nicholas Ray, the director. People yawned. Later on I married his son, and from the press's reaction - you'd have thought I was committing incest or robbing the cradle!

David Bennett

If people are working, they're less likely to be committing crimes.

Aaron Klein

In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.

Phillip Daggett

I knew that the only way that he would be taken down just because of his attitude, his demeanor that night. I figured it was going to be either him committing suicide, suicide by cop or just as it actually was with the shootout.

Lee Rubin

The first question is, Is it truthful? Or is he committing suicide, effectively?

Sean Combs

I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced it because the producer didn't show up.

Peter Swire

Just like a Social Security number can get copied today, a fingerprint could get copied tomorrow. And it's real hard to get a new fingerprint.

Flip Saunders

I think it's a cop out to say that you've been there. Just because you've been there doesn't mean you are going to be there again.

Gerard Burg

What we've seen over the last couple of weeks with disruptions at copper mines has narrowed the opinion of whether the market is going to be in deficit or surplus. More and more people are thinking it's going to be in deficit this year.

Charles Davidson

Gold, copper and zinc have been moving strongly, but currencies have been more difficult for people. The largest (managed futures funds) focus on currencies, and that's been more difficult.

Richard Morris

It confirms what the Societe has said all along, which is that the Societe is the owner of the copyright and that any reproduction or even possession of plasters, molds and bronzes is a copyright violation,

Larry Kane

I think that their impact is yet to be felt, their full impact. First of all, their music is now listened to as part of the psyche of everybody, day in and day out. It's the most recorded music in the world, the most copied music in the world, the most enviable music in the world. It's inspired thousands and thousands of artists. Culturally they've had a tremendous impact on the entire 20th century.

Mark Stephens

There is no copyright in ideas. It's just about how words are expressed.

Rick Blum

There is no cop on the beat. In Washington, it is easy to get away with denying and delaying until a request dies.

Jim Thomas

I think it's his rough demeanor that I like. He's one of those guys that just keeps going. You could knock him down, but he'd just get up and go after it again.

Pat Riley

He has a great demeanor about it. If he got upset, it would be awful.

Kent Conrad

He has the right kind of demeanor to be a judge. He listens to others and is not dogmatic,

Nicolas Cage

I just liked Tom's demeanor -- I liked his energy,

Mark Walters

You can see it in his face. He is excited. I can tell. Last year he was down in the dumps. You can tell in his face and his demeanor that he is ready to play.

Keyshawn Johnson

When you win, it obviously makes things a lot better, ... demeanor never really changes.

Jerry Gray

And if you've got the guy with the demeanor and the talent, I think it's the move to make. The tough thing is finding that guy with the demeanor and the talent. Just one without the other isn't going to get it done.

Kim Newbern

You see a whole new demeanor in the girls.

Muggsy Bogues

We're just trying to improve our team every time we step on the floor. They could have easily folded because of the situation this season. These ladies understand what my vision is, what my demeanor is and they've given me 110 percent.

Bob Paduchik

Ken Blackwell is either a huge hypocrite or very incompetent.

Billy Gillispie

Joe shouldn't have shot it. He knows that. It was my fault. I probably should have either called another timeout right there and told them exactly what we wanted to do or just reminded Joe that we didn't really need to have a 3-point shot at that point.

Peter Greenaway

I think it is really important to be in some way provocative - either intellectually or viscerally - in the films one makes.

Jim Rice

I think it is one of the most picturesque views that we have encountered in either mission thus far.

Shimon Peres

It can't happen as long as there is still shooting. Either there is shooting or there are talks,

Karan Johar

It can be either of the two Fridays.

Andy Reid

He can play either side. He was a starter all his years at Georgia. When you see him, you will see he has a little size to him.

Steve Smith

He can play either position equally well, and I don't often say that about guards. I hear that and when I see most kids, I think they become one or the other. He can honestly play either. And that helps.

Doris Lilly

He demolished people . . . . You either loved him or you hated him, but there was no one remotely like him, except, maybe, Lucifer.

Johnny Hott

I yelled out, and no one answered, so I figured they all must be on a walk or something.

Kawika Shoji

Kamehameha is well-coached and they're very athletic, so we knew it was going to be a battle. We figured it was going to be another low-scoring game. The key was just to be patient.

Dave Sitek

I think I tried on the hardcore scene's outfits maybe once, and then I just figured I'd stick to Hawaiian shirts.

Gary Sheffield

Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.

Louis Menand

He's got everything all figured out. It was hard to get him off track.

Jeff Hironaka

He's just money when he plays us. We knew the right-hand hook was coming, but we haven't figured out a way to stop it.

Dale Jr

I thought we were going to pull through and get one at Atlanta, one of the better tracks for me. But we do run good every time we come here. Some guys have this place figured out; we'll just have to go after them.

Joseph Biden

I think the American people are a lot smarter than that. They've figured this out.

Alex Lewis

We took a game-by-game focus. If we took it like that, we figured we'd have as much success as we've had so far.

Mariangee Bogado

I was looking at the scoreboard a lot. I knew I had the no-hitter, but I think it's all mental. I was just thinking about getting everyone out.

Tamba Hali

I think in the back of his mind, he knew we were coming. He still had to do his job, but he knew we were coming.

Matt Thornton

He wanted to make sure he knew I can compete, for me to pitch like he knows I can, like I know I can.

Pete Fenson

He just shook it off and played the way we knew he could play.

Army Sgt.

He just refused to go until he knew he had a welcoming place,

Jeremy Rowell

He knew what he was getting into. He's such a physical player on offensive side. I don't think he'll have any problems transitioning to defense. He understands how to get after the football.

Jeff Backus

He knew what he was doing. It's a letdown, but we move forward.

Melvin Mora

He knew we needed to eat. We didn't have much money.

Alan Alda

He knew there was something wrong, but there wasn't even a name for it in those days.

Richard Paul Evans

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

Rose McGowan

There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that.

Ronald Wright

the most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one's interest. It is a suicide machine.

Tyler Perry

I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

Travis Barker

I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.

Reza Aslan

Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

William S. Burroughs

Most all methods of capitol punishment are designed to inflict the maximum of humiliation - not attempts to prevent suicide.

Virginia Woolf

I feel certain that I'm going mad again, I feel we can't go thru another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices

Woodrow Wilson

Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide.

Graham Elliot

Dining should be something that isn't always taken extremely seriously.

Tony Stewart

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

George Best

It has been a long week but things have taken a turn for the best. I am very optimistic.

Richelle Mead

Well," he said, clearly enjoying my confusion. "It was actually for two souls, since you and Seth were both saved. But even if it wasn't, it still would've been worth it. Do you know the price of one soul, Georgina? It's beyond rubies and diamonds, beyond any mortal reckoning. If it had taken me centuries, if it had taken a dozen more angels to help me, it all would have been worth it.

Richelle Mead

I’ve come to ask you where Seth is.” "Funny,” said Andrea. “We were going to ask you the same thing.” I was taken aback. “How would I know?” They both just stared. "I don’t!

Ron Chernow

A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm of knowledge, while a man well informed but indiscreet and unreserved will not uncommonly talk himself out of all consideration and weight. (Alexander Hamilton's 'thesis on discretion' written to his son James shortly before his fatal duel with Burr.)

Tryon Edwards

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Trish Stratus

I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself.

Richard D. Zanuck

The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we've unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies.