Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Pierce Baker

The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.

Tom Daschle

I think it's important that, to the extent possible, those contingency plans be coordinated, that each branch work in concert with the other. I don't think that's been done adequately to date, but I am confident that it could be in the future,

Peter Angelos

I think the past three years Jim Beattie has been leading the effort with strong assistance from Mike. Now it will be Mike's chance. I think Mike is very capable and a very bright guy who certainly is adequate to perform the job.

Kathy Lewis

Lack of adequate NIH funding is particularly dangerous in a relatively small field like spinal cord injury. For our field to continue to grow and push therapies to the patient, NIH funding is critical. Our scientists are telling us the situation is desperate. How do you tell someone recently paralyzed that the science is there but the funding is not?

Piet Smith

We're not working as efficiently and effectively as we could be. Without adequate staff, appliances and equipment, we can't render this service as well as we should be.

Richard Martin

We are finding that the President has surrounded himself with some capable and pretty knowledgeable people. I am comfortable that they will adequately be able to represent the issues.

Gerald Garrett

It is probably not going to happen, ... At this point, I have had no indication from the members that we need to have a formal hearing to adequately explore this matter.

John Hines

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

James Loney

I am grateful in a way that can never be adequately expressed in words. To the British soldiers who risked their lives to rescue us, to the government of Canada who sent a team to Baghdad to help secure our release, to all those who thought about us and prayed for us, for all those who spoke for us when we had no voice, I am forever and truly grateful. It's great to be alive.

Marty Heires

Know that we are fully cooperating with the authorities. You can be sure of that.

Tim Reese

He was able to find that median where he was an authority figure but cool enough that he would hang out with his students.

Zlatko Kranjcar

He decided himself to leave the squad. If we called him back, we would lose authority without any guarantees that he would not repeat such an act.

Jane Moore

He is old school. He's not a friend to the students, he's an authority figure. He is type of faculty member that students come to when they have problems. If they need a swift kick, he'd do that.

Jennifer Stephens

has no authority over the statements of that organization.

Paolo Iorio

Hamdi will have a fair and transparent trial. Public opinion is one thing, judicial authority is another.

Yasser Arafat

has to invest more of his authority, of his control. But there is a beginning of hope that I wouldn't put aside.

Lane Crothers

I think it's less about coming up with a list of what is or is not allowed, and it's more about making sure people understand the classroom is supposed to be a place where learning can go on, and if it's disruptive, people have the authority to eliminate disruption.

Scott Lindy

I think it shows that we should be bringing all the port authority control and management under U.S. government or U.S. companies.

Italian Proverb

Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number

Scott Bilker

Keep all your records. By law, the credit-card company must investigate your dispute.

Gray Davis

Just the other day, we had to pay $1,900 for a megawatt hour, which a year ago would have cost us $30, ... And the reason this company named Reliant out of Texas gave us for charging us that much money was, they said, the state's credit isn't any good.

Stephen Roelofse

I think in time they will probably make an offer (for Western Areas). I can't see them taking a passive stake in the company like that.

Eugene Christiansen

Harrah's is putting together some very, very strategic real estate. You look at that, you look at Caesars Palace and the implication is that Harrah's is: a) Making a no-brainer investment; b) Is making provision for a major expansion in its Strip presence. I look at the map; I couldn't read it any other way. That's something the company needs Å  a greater presence on the Strip.

Susumu Tonegawa

My father was an engineer working for a textile company that had several factories scattered in rural towns in the southern part of Japan.

David Wray

There are studies that show participants in a 401(k) plans are less likely to leave the company and are better workers.

Ray Neidl

It is good for Continental and good for the flight attendants. Continental got the cost structure it needs. That is what the company needs to make it.

Daryl Plummer

Last fall, I gave the company 18 months. They were about to become the next DEC.

George Herbert Mead

Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member.

Steve Collins

Gustav is a true master of the traditional repertoire; it's a real inspiration to work with someone who knows the repertoire with such intimacy. He's such a skilled communicator, and his conducting technique is unparalleled.

Joshua Bell

Good conductors know when to push and when to lay back. I've known so many great conductors that I'm still doing what I can to learn the craft of this role.

Jay Garner

to conduct assessments of how to establish local policing, local security.

O. J. Simpson

I will not conduct my own fire drills

E. Hicks

He was suspended for tonight's game for conduct detrimental to the team,

Sheriff Haggard

He is a walking library. He used to conduct four-hour seminars, and you would feel like you have been there 15 minutes.

Dennis Kucinich

Recently, it has been reported that U.S. troops are conducting military operations in Iran.

Robert Hanson

He would read scores like most of us read novels. Even at the end of his life, when he wasn't conducting any more, he would sit down and read scores without any music going just hearing the music in his head.

Ron King

Having said that, any single financial institution can have a failure in its internal controls and it only takes one or two transactions to create a significant risk to its reputation.

Ben Borries

He runs our team and controls things very well. He gets better and better every week. He works hard and he's one of those kids that right after a game wants to know how many turnovers he had.

Len Mead

I think a lot of houses are like mine where my wife controls the television on Mondays so if I want to watch the games, I can on my computer.

Royal Masset

In this situation, she is the most powerful player. She controls the variable in this session the spending limits.

Jim Peters

The instructor took over the controls and the student got on the radio, declared an emergency and a mayday.

Chuck Miller

The engine (for Pallotti) is the Faulkner kid. She controls the ball, defensively she's a bulldog, offensively, she controls the offense. She's one of these kids who walks up to you before the game with a smile, then walks out on the court and kicks your butt.

Gennaro Gattuso

At any rate, I don't see where the problem is given that nothing is obligatory. We should plan the controls well, making them equal for all and then I would be happy to adhere.

Keke Palmer

Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions.

Christie Coombs

As far as I'm concerned, this guy murdered my husband as much as if he had the controls in his hands and flown the plane into the building, which is what his intent was.

Steve Cassidy

Today is an immensely sad day in the history of the department. Sadly, these dual tragedies serve as a reminder to New York of the extreme dangers firefighters face.

Rick Abbott

If you start to practice medicine you are doing so with incomplete information and I think there are some real dangers there.

Judd Gregg

The Internet is a remarkable learning tool for children, but as this report shows, there are significant dangers online for children,

Lisa LaFlamme

This is just an indicator the dangers they are facing down here are not just related to the terrorists, but also to the conditions.

Gigi Hadid

Not enough people know what Lyme disease is and the dangers of being bitten by an insect.

Jennifer Stater

A lot of parents think it's a difficult subject, talking to their kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. They don't know what to say, when to say it and where to begin. So they end up starting too late.

Robert Bennett

They simply did not warn this family of the dangers that were involved with that particular kidney.

Kevin Clark

We're in schools at least three or four times a week trying to teach students and parents about the dangers on the Internet. We try to impress upon them that the odds are in their favor. They most likely won't be a victim, but if they are, there can be severe consequences.

Dave Bennett

People don't realize the dangers of getting into a steam like that. There's not that much water, but it's slippery,

Najib Razak

My priority is to ensure peace and harmony in Malaysia. That is uppermost in my mind.

Greg Gallaspy

What we want to do is ensure there's a balance. That's the key.

David Hartley

Having a new state-of-the-art plant is encouraging, but it does not ensure that Cott will do a better job of managing its entire plant operations.

Norm Coleman

He's actually a good man (but) an incompetent administrator, ... heavy lifting that will ensure success for reform.

Michael Chertoff

to ensure a work environment free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation.

Denis MacShane

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities,

Charles Grassley

We must ensure that this nightmare NEVER occurs again,

Jon Postel

reserved for infrastructure purposes to help ensure stable operation of the Internet.

Martin Winterkorn

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

Stephen Meyer

The Cambrian explosion occurred within an exceedingly narrow window of geologic time, lasting no more than 5 million years,

Sarah Wright

It's been kind of an explosion this year.

Mukesh Ambani

China and India will, separately and together, unleash an explosion of demand.

Jim Guerard

As we look at the longer term, some of the trends we see are for rich media. Over the last 12 to 18 months we've seen an explosion in growth-rich media instead of static media.

Igor Dygalo

There were no flames and no one was hurt. Nor were there any prerequisites for an explosion or radioactive contamination.

Ahmed Hassan

Some worshippers were leaving and others were praying inside when the explosion blasted glass all over us and smoke filled the mosque.

Vladimir Ivanov

An explosion may occur if welding is conducted now. For this reason all workers repairing the pipeline have been taken to safety.

Jim Hall

the origin of the explosion is not yet known.

Mike Morgan

With flammable liquids, the risk of explosion was pretty good, ... The pucker factor was pretty high there.

Charlie Gill

It can be hazardous going out on a test drive, even if you do get a driver's license.

John Stewart

We then made sure that the remnants of the RPG were no longer hazardous to the ship or the passengers,

Woody Allen

Sometimes the critics will like a film, and the public doesn't come. Sometimes the critics won't like the film, and the public will come. It's completely spontaneous. It's a hazard.

Walt Whitman

I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy

Jack Morgan

Being kissed is an occupational hazard of police work.

Ron Walters

This is one situation in which I would not hazard to guess. I wouldn't have a clue.

David Boothe

Effectively reporting seismic hazards considerably reduces vulnerability to it, if not totally eliminates it,

Jeff Scott

The biennial reports provide the EPA, the state and local communities with important information on what hazardous wastes are in their communities.

John Fowles

There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves.

Ron Iwami

I talked to A&B and HCDA, the two parties involved and they told me 'Ron, we will not move on this signing until the Legislature decides'.

Jim Bell

I think it is our role to get involved and not just sit back and wait for someone else to help.

Mark Francis

He wants to be involved in a lot of things this term so that he can become more acclimated with the position.

Charles Mason

There are simply too many players involved for a (conspiracy) to be plausible.

Sandy Goldstein

We're probably involved in 10 of the 30 most prominent investigations in the country.

Lee Baig

It is preposterous to think that they could be involved in any kind of criminality. They have not had so much as a speeding ticket in their lives.

Raymond Cruz

I went to college and studied writing, and I got involved in theater. It's always been my passion.

Pete Carroll

He's going to be involved in a lot of special teams.

Nick Cave

When you're making a film, there are so many people involved that you get opinions and notes from people and you don't even know who they are. I find that quite difficult and it wears you down.

Paul Herbert

I think it could be significant, and a potential drawback.

Lori Enright

Her scoring potential would be a lot higher.

Kamerion Wimbley

I think their potential scares us the most. I still think they have the talent to be one of the top teams in the nation.

Adam Turville

I think we showed through a little bit. We saw a little of our potential.

John LaMattina

I think this will be the norm. When you have something new, there is the theoretical potential for harm.

Pete DiPol

He has the potential to do whatever he wants.

Alex Wong

PCCW still has more upside potential but I think we will see some resistance when it reaches HK$15.5,

Jerry Jones

It has the potential to have that kind of impact.

Amy Vanderbilt

They're worried about potential under-cutting of the road surface.

Mahmud Abbas

If the preparations can be finalised, there is nothing to prevent this meeting.

Nina Simmons

You can put some procedures in place to try to prevent it - but if you're one of those schools that has that tradition, it's going to happen.

Dikembe Mutombo

The goal, by 2015, is to prevent this catastrophe,

Joel Fuhrman

We're not going to find a magic cure for cancer. We've got to prevent it.

Ashley Judd

You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.

Tertullian

Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.

Jesus Christ

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.

Scott Tucker

It was something unexpected. I didn't know this was going to happen. I just wish more could have been done to prevent it.

Alexei Navalny

The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.

Ron Chernow

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

Troy Polamalu

Being compared to the greatest-ever safety is pretty ridiculous. I continue to work toward that, but I'm not there and I know that.

Virgil

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

Will Smith

Anything can go away. There's no such thing as safety and security. You can do things that give you the illusion of safety and security, but there's really no such thing.

Warren Buffett

The three most important words in investing...Margin of Safety.

Salman Rushdie

If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.

Robert Maxwell

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.

Wil Wheaton

Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow.

Wil Wheaton

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

Paul Otellini

I think you'll see very aggressively priced systems out there.

Myles Munroe

External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.

Alan Paller

It would have been terrible (without the widespread patching). That got a lot of systems fixed.

Mike Claffey

Fortunately, the weather did end up cooperating, and it's all systems go.

Ram Dass

As one individual changes, the system changes.

John Ortberg

I need an inspiration that is grounded in reality while thoroughly transcendent.

Simon Williams

It was a very well-planned, thorough development strategy.

Eckhard Pfeiffer

I am a very thorough person.

Sathya Baba

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

Daniel Radcliffe

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

Daniel Radcliffe

I am a frighteningly thorough person.

Nicolas Malebranche

I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.

William Shakespeare

Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere.

Tasnim Aslam

We have conducted thorough investigations in this affair.

Pope Francis

Press on! Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope. Understood?

Stephen Covey

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

Byron Katie

We fear only what we haven’t understood.

Carl Jung

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

Hilary Clinton

As I understood it, it was not, no,

Joan Van Ark

It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.

Charles Darwin

Music was known and understood before words were spoken.

Elie Wiesel

My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.

Daniel Johnston

To understand and be understood is to be free.