Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charlize Theron

And the process is very physical, which is something I always wanted to do, since I came from a ballet background and I really like telling stories with my body. That was the challenge... . I don't want to keep repeating myself.

Bob Bowlsby

The temptation is to begin drawing conclusions, and I think that's a real mistake, because lots of things happen in the month of February and the conference tournaments, ... The process is best served by doing some background work and not coming to any conclusions.

Rebel Wilson

Some people think success is overnight. I suppose, considering I came from Australia, it has been pretty quick. But I have a background in stand-up and improv, so I've really had to prove myself.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

One day during filming, George Clooney was wearing his surf shirt and board shorts, and my six-year-old daughter was in the background as an extra, playing in the sand - playing herself. She and Clooney suddenly looked equally Hawaiian, equally related to the place I call home.

Elizabeth Thornton

We perceive through our senses a person, a situation or an event, and in an instant, we project our mental models - our fears, background and experiences - onto that perception. This often results in cognitive errors, which means we judge and respond incorrectly.

Tom Hooper

If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.

Jeffrey Berry

Even if that's not her background growing up, it's how she's defined. I think she still has a problem - she needs to make people feel like she's one of them.

Kevin Finan

Ben brings an extensive background in safety and operations to the role. His leadership and organizational skills combine with a real passion for aviation. He is a true pilot's pilot who knows the importance of communication and trust.

Beth Riesgraf

My background is in dance. No, I'm kidding. I was actually really uncoordinated as a child, when it came to dance, but I did play a lot of sports, and I do some break-dancing from time-to-time. No, I really don't.

David Novak

The southeast division of the Bureau of Prisons is in total disarray, ... I could eat my words but I'd be shocked if they did (assign Stewart to Coleman).

Robert Baer

The CIA is an incompetent bureaucracy, generally.

Muhammad Ali

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.

Larry Simmons

It's my understanding that we're holding them at the request of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. Since we're holding them for a state agency, we'll wait for the state agency's direction on how to dispose of them.

Leon Trotsky

Yet the proletariat has not only a vanguard, but also a rearguard, and besides the proletariat there are the peasantry and the bureaucracy.

Barack Obama

Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.

Norman Mineta

The Bush administration is committed to improving vehicle fuel economy while protecting passenger safety and American jobs,

Mickey Edwards

The Bush administration is certainly not the first administration to do this kind of thing, ... but they seem much more heavy-handed about it.

Larry Birns

The Bush administration has tried to make Venezuela seem like a spooky, murky place. But they have cried wolf too often. Without serious evidence, you can't take their accusations seriously.

Ryan Ford

The Bush administration has squelched freedom of speech.

Mark Gottdiener

The Bush administration has never cared much for cities, and by extension, the people who live in them,

Scott Ritter

The Bush administration has its sights set firmly on Tehran. The same deception is taking place right before our eyes and most Americans remain blind. It is going to happen. It is happening as we speak.

Edward Markey

The Bush administration has given a pass to the cargo industry,

David Yalof

The Bush administration has done a great job in reviewing the candidates, going through their opinions, backgrounds, and speeches,

Russ Feingold

The Bush administration has been very successful in one thing: in intimidating people into not uttering the words timetable or timeframe,

Patrick Ryan

no credible evidence to suggest that others were involved.

Jim Sullivan

Some of the pickup reflects mix shifts, with payroll growth in above-average-wage sectors accelerating relative to growth in below-average-wage sectors. That said, some legitimate pickup in wage gains is probably credible given the low unemployment rate and the energy-led rise in inflation expectations recently.

Ian Gow

Having somebody as credible as him ... probably meant that we established that we could be trusted quicker.

Fred Viskovich

PACs are a credible source of money. We're open to PACs.

Eric Knight

There are serious and very credible parties interested.

Michael Hendricks

Progress was slow at first, but the evidence is mounting that restoration is working.

James Heckman

The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion.

Ryan Ward

I've spent a lot of time doing the fitness stuff, taking it to the next level. I guess that I'm kind of evidence that if you stick to a game plan and work hard, that good things can happen and maybe you can have the opportunity to do something that you love, which I've been fortunate enough to do.

Marcia Clark

I've never seen so much evidence even on the first day, as I did in that case.

Glenn Tilton

These solid results are evidence of real progress in our work to make United competitive and resilient.

Chuck D.

These settlements are evidence of systemic, industry-wide problems that need to be addressed.

Don Peters

These returns are pretty strong evidence that tax-efficient investing does work.

Charles Schumer

is good evidence that Mr. Fitzgerald is, indeed, following this investigation to its logical conclusion, even if it reaches the highest levels of our government.

Maria Cheng

It would not be surprising if it had spread from Turkey, but at the same time, we have no evidence yet that it has.

Charles Grassley

The FBI would have preferred to get rid of the messenger

Ed Rendell

then the FBI owes that explanation not only to the mayor, but to the people of Philadelphia.

Rebecca MacKinnon

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.

Mike Leavitt

Schools are fundamentally local creatures, and they need, while there is a national interest, and we need a national obsession with improvement of schools, it must not become a federal agenda.

Anthony Chan

This is a report that represents judgment day for the Federal Reserve,

Scott Berry

This group hasn't been fazed by the Federal Reserve's string of interest rate hikes.

Judd Gregg

You need a single point where all federal funds go through so you have accountability,

Alex Penelas

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

David Phelps

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

Stephen McClellan

CSC has a long presence in government systems integration and outsourcing. By contrast, EDS is keeping its military work to a small percentage of the total, and IBM sold its Federal Systems division." ()

Stephen McClellan

CSC has a long presence in government systems integration and outsourcing, ... By contrast, EDS is keeping its military work to a small percentage of the total, and IBM sold its Federal Systems division." ()

Richard Nichols

We could see the Murrah federal building. It was demolished.

David Duncan

search personal files and search extraneous items that wouldn't be part of final work papers and get rid of them.

Aaron Rowand

After playing 14 innings, when my head finally hits that pillow, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble sleeping tonight.

Lauri Hakala

Sometimes it goes that way, sometimes it doesn't. I've been really mindful of my footwork. I'm happy it finally worked.

Andy White

I slept in today until about 12. I had finals (scheduled), but I hadn't studied for any of them, and I was really tired, so I took a break.

Nancy Evans

This is the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle which will let us get the most prized piece of information about a star, that is, its mass.

Michael Matz

That's it. There's not that much more to do. Most of the final touches have been done.

Mark Rickel

All are in consideration until the governor makes a final decision.

Darin Erstad

We're happy that spring training is finally over. It's always fun to get the season under way and to keep score for real.

Dennis Schain

We did go through the proper process here in issuing the final permit.

Bela Lugosi

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Seth Godin

We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,

Cedomir Jovanovic

We have to remove the judges who were the spearhead of the former regime.

John Hanson

It's great having a former Governor step up -- we're honored to have her as part of the team.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.

Werner Arber

In the 1950s, the Biophysics Laboratory at the University of Geneva was lucky enough to receive each summer for several months the visit of Jean Weigle. He was the former professor of experimental physics at the University of Geneva.

Cherie Blair

No, I don't want to be like Hillary Clinton.

Mary Wilson

I think these are things Hillary has exhibited forever.

Richard McLaren

As a spy, under the laws of war, and his house being designated a military target, we are perfectly under international law in our right to do this,

Richard Gordon

Of the 300 houses in the area, only three are left that are not covered.

Bible Bible

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Grover Norquist

I've been in the White House more in the last two weeks than I was in the last two years.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.

C. S. Lewis

Imagine yourself as a living house.

Bella Abzug

This woman's place is in the House - the House of Representatives.

Arundhati Roy

Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house---the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture---must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. Preserved. Accounted for. Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstitutred. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story.

Coco Chanel

It's not houses I love, it's the life I live in them.

Luisa Deason

Often time people who are involved in such tragic situations are not forthcoming the first time around.

Gareth Edwards

After JPR Williams was involved in a road traffic accident: 'Bloody typical, isn't it? The car's a write-off. The tanker's a write-off. But JPR comes out of it all in one piece

Dave Christie

It was well involved ... The whole thing was gutted in the end.

William Taylor

This is an important case. We are going to stay involved in Connecticut.

Sharon Moss

We like to wow them when they come. We want the kids heavily involved in the planning. If it's successful, they are a success. If not they take responsibility. We've never had a failure.

Mike Browning

Even though his scoring was down, he got more kids involved which made us more of a threat.

Dan Henning

There's going to be a lot of temptation on people around the league this year on (wide receiver) Terrell Owens. I can tell you right now, we won't be involved in that temptation. That's part of the plan.

Henry Ian Cusick

I like romantic comedies, as it is a fun and light thing to get involved with.

Ray Arvidson

Water was involved in practically every one we have seen so far.

Rick Vymlatil

Years ago at this fair, I had a promoter tell me he could get me a young lady named Reba McEntire. I could've got her for $5,000, but we wanted big names that year, so we passed.

Tom Sawyer

As congressman, my voting record on these matters is clear. I know how to get things done.

Frank Dixon

As a matter of fact, it would be a shock if we weren't. As long as I've been here, we've been No. 1 every year for 15 years. Very seldom have we been out of the No. 1 slot.

Stephen F. Lynch

other matters have been referred to us, and we are taking a look at those matters.

Christopher Hill

The sense is we should be able to wrap this up in a matter of days, not weeks,

Shyam Saran

These matters should be resolved through discussions and not through confrontation.

Alicia Figgs

Some people usually don't come awake, no matter how long they live.

David Morse

No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Somehow it doesn't seem important. Maybe it's because you've been without money for so long as an actor.

Nigerian Proverb

No matter how long the night may be, the day is sure to come

Tony McCoy

No matter how long I go without riding winners, I know in the back of my head that I can ride.

Ed Goeas

Running away from the president makes the situation worse.

Ben Nelson

Any time the president talks, you listen.

Ben Nelson

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

Barbara Olson

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

Augusto Pinochet

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

Calvin Coolidge

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them.

Calvin Coolidge

The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

Calvin Coolidge

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

Calvin Coolidge

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.

Dylan Smith

Prior to Box, I was a professional wiffleball player and then a professional poker player.

John Wallace

Prior to today, you were from the three towns, ... But from today on, you are from Passaic Valley.

Ron Bonjean

The speaker is making it a top priority to get that done.

David Atkinson

The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.

Jeremy Shada

I've actually done a lot of on-screen, live-action stuff prior to 'Adventure Time.'

David Townsend

This is the first time we've had this type of occurrence. There just had been no prior experience.

Michael Loomis

This is probably the highest. I think that in most years, spending exceeds the prior year, because our sales tax revenues keep increasing.

Joel Sawyer

That's going to be one of our priorities going into this session.

Douglas Brinkley

Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.

Larry Jensen

Even if the reports are good, I'm still not going in unless I have to.

Dwayne Andreas

I never knew what a reporter looked like.

Robert Scheer

I was a finalist for the Pulitzer as a reporter.

Charles Parker

They called 911 and reported it to the police,

David Sedaris

But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter.

Arthur Helps

Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness.

Shaharyar Khan

We have seen these reports and we are trying to find out whether he has said these things.

Larry Jensen

Even if the reports are good, I'm still not going in unless I have to.

Arthur Helps

Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness.

Shaharyar Khan

We have seen these reports and we are trying to find out whether he has said these things.

Rumi

What you are seeking is also seeking you.

Douglas Coupland

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin.

Adepero Oduye

I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.

Andy Grove

There's a tendency at the senior and middle-manager level to be too big-picturish and too superficial. There is a phrase, "The devil is in the details." One can formulate brilliant global strategies whose executability is zero. It's only through familiarity with details - the capability of the individuals who have to execute, the marketplace, the timing - that a good strategy emerges. I like to work from details to big pictures.

Ally Carter

Kat picked up a folder labeled Senior. "What are these? Bank records?" She did a double take, looking at Hale. "Did your dad really pay two million dollars to the campaign to elect Ross Perot?" "I..." Hale said, stumbling for words and thumbing through another file. "Wow. I guess my cousin Charlotte isn't really my cousin." "Don't worry," Kat said. "It looks like there might be a kid in Queens who is.

Ally Carter

We're seniors." "I know," I said "So aren't you... curious?" "About what?" "About life. Out there. Life!" she said again. "Tell me, Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up?" We'd reached another door, and I stopped and looked up at the camera that monitored the entrance, just as I whispered, "Alive.

Alistair Cooke

I hasten to say to snobs from the Surrey pine-and-sand country that no invention since the corn plaster or the electric toothbrush has brought greater balm to the extremities of the senior golfer than the golfmobile, a word that will have to do for want of a better.

Alistair Cooke

I wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I thought you might like to have it done in needlepoint and mounted in a suitable frame to hang over Little John's bed. It says, The rewards of golf - and of life, too, I expect - are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules." I never heard from Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I can only conclude that the letter went astray.

Andrea Jung

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

Alec Baldwin

I was in college in Washington, D.C. I did three years full-time. I did all my requirements, and my senior year was really a gut year. And I said, 'Law school will always be there.' I was in no hurry to get right into that.

Brian Marshall

The staff told me they were going to do this. I told them it wasn't necessary.

Oliver North

The teachers that teach here could make more money. The staff could do something else.

Mark Sanchez

That's what the staff wants to do with it.

John Roberts

I was a staff lawyer, ... I didn't have a position.

Paul Tagliabue

I think that I see (finding a replacement) as one of opportunity. I told the staff that we have a lot of things in place, a lot of initiatives under way.

Brad Barkley

I want to show you something,” I say. What?” He dabs at his lips with the napkin, and for a moment I’m wishing so hard that I am that napkin that I can almost feel myself changing, becoming thin and papery and white. “Cal?” I sit back and feel myself blushing, feel it from the tips of my toes all the way to the heat at the backs of my ears.

Juvenal

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.

Al Green

I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death.

Janis Joplin

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

bell hooks

It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term “feminism,” to focus on the fact that to be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.

bell hooks

When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as prejudice or domination (especially domination that involves coercive control), they cannot recognize the ways their actions support and affirm the very structure of racist domination and oppression that they wish to see eradicated.

bell hooks

Feminist pedagogy can only be liberatory if it is truly revolutionary because the mechanisms of appropriation within white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy are able to co-opt with tremendous ease that which merely appears radical or subversive

bell hooks

We don't hear much from revolutionary feminists who are white because they're not serving the bourgeois agenda of the status quo.

bell hooks

Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.