Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

Mahatma Gandhi

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.

Robert Schenkkan

He was the chief architect of the Fugitive Slave Act -- though he abhorred slavery. Runaway slaves could be returned to their masters no matter where they were, no matter how long they had been living free. It was violently detested. There were riots.

Rob Lowe

In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk.

Thomas Jefferson

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor

Mark Pearson

A national accreditation scheme implies regulation and de facto licensing of reporters, a concept abhorrent to most of us. Let individual journalism programs forge partnerships with industry rather than force-fitting everyone to a single system. Employers know which courses produce the best graduates and many choose to look no further.

Teresa Stover

The most obvious and condescending tell-tale sign that manipulation is taking place is that no one takes responsibility for the actions of the administration, its always some other department who is to blame and never the people who have authority, its always some nameless foot-soldiers, a few bad apples, when we all know that such excuses dont hold water, we know who gave the order for soldiers to engage in the abhorrent techniques of torture, we know who told subordinates in the corporation(s) to fudge the numbers and be creative, we know full well who makes these decisions. President Truman said, The buck stops here, now the buck effectively floats over many people never stopping anywhere, so theres no one to blame.

David Miliband

I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, it's perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.

Michael Shermer

The reason people turn to supernatural explanations is that the mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. Because we do not yet have a fully natural explanation for mind and consciousness, people turn to supernatural explanations to fill the void.

Keith Terry

It brought up a lot of mixed feelings, ... At a certain point I realized I just had to let go and let it wash over me. And it was such a remarkable collection of people playing amazing music. Just the vibe in the room, I'd never felt so appreciated. I'm an only child and it's easy for me to feel alone in the world, and it counteracted a lot of the thoughts that I have running in my head. It was such a clear outpouring of love and generosity from people. That's a remarkable feeling, one that I don't normally let myself enjoy.

Darren Benitez

He left the car alone and when he came back to the car it was gone.

Lori Miller

It is a hard thing to want to come back and play after something like that. Everyone was just really concerned for her. It was so emotional. It was just tough to finish that game, let alone come back and play another.

Rick Metcalf

I thought Brett dominated the game from what I saw. It's just his mere presence alone out on the floor (defensively).

Joss Stone

I think winning three is a huge achievement. I think winning eight is a ridiculous thing. I can't imagine winning half a Grammy let alone three. She went through a lot, and everybody knew it. She's come back on top.

Dwayne Hickman

I was always very shy but my older brother, Darryl, was working and my mother couldn't leave me home alone so I was dragged along to the studio.

Michael Koryta

What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what I love about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.

Randel Johnson

We support the concept of this new travel card, but it must be affordable, easy for travelers to obtain and should not delay passage through our ports of entry. More than 400 million inspections occur at our nation's borders each year, with more than $500 billion in surface trade alone between the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Uwe Boll

Today, I looked out at the word of mouth on Alone in the Dark and there seems to be a lot of medium, okay and good reviews coming out.

Chad Reitz

I was looking forward to the 2005 season when things fell apart. I ended up in a dispute with my sister (Chanda) and father (Les) about our race team, and we parted ways. It was a bitter ending and there are still a lot of hard feelings.

Shawn Reynolds

Kent pitched a good game. His pitch count started to get high and I didn't want to kill the kid. We talked a little bit before and he was getting a little tired. We can rely on (Weaver) to close it out.

Kaley Cuoco

I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

Rick Adelman

Kenny came up huge in the end. He was the guy they were leaving open and he hit that one shot with a little bit of luck, then the second one was dead center and he hit the free throws.

Glenn Mitchell

Kennedy knows how to use traditional poetic forms to give us both joyful and truthful observations about the human condition. His sketches of people and experiences combine playful irreverence with language full of sound and rhythm, and refreshing bites of irony.

Jonathon Shockey

Kelly has been a warrior. He has had some real struggles and battled through. He's an emotional leader, and he's definitely been a spokesman for our club. He also puts a bit of reality in what we do for a living and what a great life we have.

Stephen Stanley

Katrina is a little bit different because you're also threatening the energy system. We're still trying to figure out exactly where we are on that. The near-term implications are pretty extreme.

Peter Moody

Just watching her last two runs, other horses have quickened around her a bit faster and I think the hood will help,

Mike Woodson

Joe is the description of what they're looking for. When you're putting a team together you're looking for guys who can do a little bit of everything. You want guys that can score, handle the ball, pass, defend and make shots in the open court. Joe can do all of those things.

Brendan Gaughan

We've gone through a transition (changing crew chiefs) ... so it has been successful when you take all the factors we had to put in of rebuilding this organization.

Dan Ronayne

If you look at CREW you see nothing more than a shill for the Democratic Party.

John Glenn

I know there's a lot of interest in this, ... But I'm here to be a working crew member, training as a working crew member, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

David Starr

Not only am I going to Daytona to test to get ready, for me I am going to get acclimated with a new crew chief. This will be our first time to work together. Been to the shop, but it will be the first at the racetrack.

Hamilton Peterson

It's probably one of the most significant milestones in our effort to memorialize the heroism of the passengers and crew of Flight 93.

Naomie Harris

When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.

Jacob Pelton

It's just nice to have a crew of people I can have support from.

Jeff Thomas

They've got a good crew of singles players, and their doubles are good too. We just got outplayed today.

Jose Ortiz

There were 93 passengers and seven crew members ... Most are safe.

Toby Keith

I write all year long, and at the end of the year I pull these forty or fifty things out and say, 'Which of these things do I want to record?'

Don Schossow

Don't know about that. I'd love to see The Senders make it to fifty years.

James Boswell

Boswell: "Pray, Sir, do you not suppose that there are fifty women in the world, with any one of whom a man may be as happy, as with any one woman in particular?" Johnson: "Ay, Sir, fifty thousand

Bobby Gaston

You hear the statement that holding could be called on every play. I'd say it's more like fifty percent. There're three types of holding: there's the holding that could be called, the holding that should be called and the holding that actually is called.

Bobby Gaston

You hear the statement that holding could be called on every play, ... I'd say it's more like fifty percent. There're three types of holding: there's the holding that could be called, the holding that should be called and the holding that actually is called.

Robert Brown

With shrieking and squeaking / In fifty different sharps and flats.

Christopher Marlowe

We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.

Anne Rice

Whipping is fifty percent show and noise.

Davy Jones

I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.

Mike Darnell

I swear, it must (have been) 13 hours a day, ... And I still do. It's on all the time. I was sort of hypnotized by it as a kid, I think. I just loved it.

Roger Bedford

I think it's an outrage that these hours would be billed on a state holiday,

Brian Mehler

The purpose is to pay them for their work. They worked 20 hours per week -- it's like a part-time job.

Felix Bloch

It is indeed my profession to speak to students and I do this every week for several hours in the lecture rooms of Stanford University.

John Tracy

Well, you should be, ... You've been saying 'Yes' for three hours straight.

Maxwell Anderson

He spent hours and hours sifting through different sites.

Mark Tyndale

I don't know what hours he likes to go, but whatever hours he comes up with, I'm willing to work for him.

Michael McKinney

I could sit and talk to them for three hours if I have the time,

William Bolar

He loves for it as I do. We can talk on the phone for hours about it.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Wayne Dyer

Any success that I've had in my life has been in spite of my education rather than because of it.

Joyce Carol Oates

Yet I will make you all love me and I will punish myself to spite your love.

Bette Midler

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

Paul Mooney

Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.

Brad Childress

If a daily, 'How you doing, Terrell?' is antagonistic or spiteful then I must be on the wrong planet.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

John Shimkus

It is a bittersweet time for many of us to be here,

Jack Smith

It is a long season, we have a long time to get at them.

Lorrie Moore

I think women do write politically all the time. Margaret Atwood does; Doris Lessing does.

Scottish Proverb

What may be done at any time will be done at no time

Lorena Ochoa

There is going to be a time when they come my way.

Ray Bradbury

The novel's not organized like a screenplay. If you shot the novel, you'd have a twelve-hour movie.