Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Kinzer

King Frederick I of Prussia conceived the Amber Chamber in 1701 as a magnificent gift to the Russian royal family that would seal the alliance between the two powers.

Brian Goldner

Hasbro recognizes that our brands can entertain a very diverse audience in so many ways. Our alliance with G4 gives Hasbro the opportunity to maximize the strength of our core brands like G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS in a new and innovative way.

John Fitzgibbon

This was one of the picks of the week and it certainly lived up to expectations. It's wireless, and that industry has been really rolling along. And it has an alliance with Motorola, which helps.

Michael Way

It is great that the North Carolina Botanical Garden has joined the Seeds of Success program, working with other Plant Conservation Alliance cooperators to save and study seeds from the wonderful flora of the Southeast.

Suriyasai Katasila

The People's Alliance for Democracy is calling for everybody to reject this election.

Ron Anderson

We're proud to continue our great association with Mac Tools as the title sponsor for our biggest annual event. We realize this event generates a lot of excitement throughout the drag racing community and the world because of its rich history. We've enjoyed strengthening and enhancing that experience through our alliance with Mac Tools and we look forward to many more years of this outstanding partnership.

Ayad Allawi

What I said, really, was 'history is history, past is past' and we need to start afresh and open a new chapter and look to the future, ... We definitely want to forge a positive alliance with Europe.

George Robertson

We are focusing entirely on the defense of Turkey in the circumstances where that ally believes it is under threat and NATO as a collective security alliance with obligations that go along with that. (But) we're not part of any decision-making process that is tied to the United Nations.

Andy Penman

I think it's very unlikely Alliance & Leicester will be around as an independent entity in five years time; it's a question of at what price and when, and there's a lot of bid speculation in the (share) price at the moment.

Mark Hansen

It becomes an annual family reunion ... a gathering point for musicians from all over the country.

Mark Davis

This was our second crab feed and we hope to make it an annual event. The funds raised by the music boosters go for new equipment, trips and scholarships.

Mohamed ElBaradei

The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that?

Shannon LaRocque

It comes down to liability. Two things have to happen to make this work. One is, Scripps has to have assets to back $100 million. Then, it is possible they are looking to the local governments to help make the annual premiums.

Ted Turner

It is after much deliberation that I have decided not to stand for re-election at the annual meeting. I have enjoyed working with (TW chairman and CEO) Dick Parsons, as well as the other board members and the management team. I wish Dick and the company every success.

Joseph Ramos

I think the central bank looks at the long range, and annual inflation has moved from the bottom of the bank's ideal range, to the middle and toward the top,

Art Inabinet

It is good competition and all six teams are good quality baseball teams. We always have wanted to do something like this and hope it can be an annual thing.

Anna Walker

We expect to see changes as a result of this work and we will be using participation in the audit as part of our annual performance ratings for primary care trusts.

John Schaeffer

We're proud to be the number one provider of solar power in America. We were the first company to sell a solar panel in the U.S. in 1978. Now, nearly three decades later, solar energy is one of the best investments people can make anywhere, with as much as a 15% annual return on investment. Try to get that kind of return in the stock market.

Tom Gordon

I was looking to be a closer again. That was the biggest thing.

Marcus Williams

I was always around. I ended up talking to him a lot and got really cool with him. But the biggest thing with me was, I wanted to get away from home and grow and build myself up somewhere else.

Karl Hobbs

I would think most teams will try to go inside from an offensive standpoint because we will be down an inside defender. I think that will be the biggest challenge.

Matt Mathes

Katrina is undoubtedly the biggest problem for the country right now. We had to look at national priorities.

Mark Martin

Just to be able to put an exclamation point on Richmond was the biggest goal, but in hindsight, knowing that when you have a chance to win the last regular-season race, it just propels you right into the Chase.

Annika Sorenstam

Just the scoring part, which is the biggest part. I mean, I'm working on everything and at least the last week I've been hitting it really well. I'm hoping that it's all turning around. I really am.

Yasser Arafat

is very important for the international peace all over the world, which means it is very important for the biggest power all over the world -- America.

Alessio Tacchinardi

Italian teams hold up very well in defense and make it difficult for teams to create danger, but it's our biggest match ever. We must try to play the game of our lives and give everything on the field.

Willie Anderson

I think it got too big for all of us. Everyone was saying that was the biggest game the city had seen in 15 years, and the whole momentum, the whole thing, got too big for us. So right now, we're trying to keep a level head, an even keel, not get too low or too high. Not get too excited too soon.

Peggy Jones

I think its a good example of how the community and the developer can work together.

Mary Bach

I think it's a direct reflection on the kind of community that we are.

Tom Daschle

I think it is essential we put as much pressure through the international community on North Korea to do the right thing and do it quickly,

Rep. Heaton

I think in Mount Pleasant we have a really great cross section of the community attending.

Susan Tucker

He was a visionary in the fact that he knew this community needed a place to gather. He saw this as the southwest hub, and it has really become that. His vision really has come to life.

Mark Curtis

Hamden is a great community. We look forward to a long relationship with the city.

Derek Slap

What would happen if every community said, ?We can?t reach out to these people because we have our own issues to deal with?? Then nobody would have helped these people.

Debbie Harllee

What we would like to get is some more community collaborators.

Jeff Raikes

What we want to do is to make sure that we're working with you and our partners, the community.

John Bunting

I was looking at the scoreboard all night, ... You can really get mesmerized by that thing. It goes on and the fireworks continue to go off (after each score). I thought at one point they might run out of fireworks. That's a big number and, basically, I'm numb at this point.

J. Hoover

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

Patterson Hood

I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.

Tom Davis

Keeping our staff intact enables us to continue to recruit as well as teach.

Charlotte Ronson

Just watching the people on the streets of N.Y. is inspiring; there are so many styles and unique points of view. Fashion is very much inspired by the streets, has always been, and I'm sure it will continue to do so.

Lofa Tatupu

Just that success only comes one way -- that's through hard work. Just continue to try to improve on getting better and it'll happen.

Dave Wannstedt

Joe's a good player for us and Joe will continue to be a good player for us, but we need to threaten people,

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Daniel Chan

Job prospects will continue to improve. Job security has increased and this will lead people to spend more.

Paul Blake

It could have gotten dragged out. But there were other issues. It got to the point where there were too many things going on.

Jason Giambi

I think it's pretty pathetic that they tried to drag my father into it.

John Niven

I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.

Ursula K. Le Guin

People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.

Walter Scott

Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!

Chris Blackwell

I'm trying to drag them into finding the market for this project. I love world music.

Gerald Cohen

If prices are rising in response to a pickup in global demand, that's a good sign for the economy. Though it does impart a drag on the economy, you don't feel it as much.

Joey Harrington

I'm not gonna quit. They will have to drag me out of here. I know I'm still a good football player.

Noah Hathaway

I have some friends trying to drag me back into acting, but I'm fighting them and trying to focus on getting this chopper thing going.

John Evans

This is just enhancing what they do for us.

Nina Garcia

As always, work with your figure; draping, pleats, and proportion can work miracles when it comes to hiding flaws and enhancing assets.

Kim Picciola

It seems that Sears would want a merchant running the business, and it would be investing more money into enhancing the shopping experience at its stores.

David Blunkett

Nothing is more important for young people than enhancing their life chances, liberating their potential and encouraging their contribution to a globally competitive and modern economy.

Peter Yesawich

People expect to see something a little nicer in a hotel room than they have at home. During the past five to seven years, people have spent a lot on enhancing their homes. So it is harder for hotel operators to keep up with things that people have installed in their own houses.

Madeleine Albright

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

Maxine Clark

These stores are part of our strategy to take Build-A-Bear Workshop to wherever families go to have fun. We look forward to being a part of more ballparks and of enhancing that family fun.

Dean Nelson

We've heard why people from around the world come to Gay Ski Week, and we are maintaining and enhancing those events that make the trip unique.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Barley and mushroom is a soothing combination. It's mainly a textural thing, with the barley both gently breaking and enhancing the mushroomy gloopiness.

Larry Brown

I thought with this young team he was vital for us, ... I wouldn't have enjoyed watching him play handicapped as he is.

Drew Johnson

I thoroughly enjoyed the meetings. It gave us an opportunity to get together and look at the issues we felt were appropriate.

John Reed

I thoroughly enjoyed my years at the newspaper. It was a fantastic, wonderful experience, and I had the opportunity to work with some really excellent people. I leave with a heavy heart.

Wade Miller

I thoroughly enjoyed my 11 years playing for the Winnipeg football club.

Lisa Kelly

We've been through a lot together. We always had fun. We were just a group of friends who enjoyed doing things together.

Henry Ian Cusick

I was a theater actor back in the U.K., and you knew the whole play, so you could plot your storyline and character. And then I did 'Lost' and didn't know, and it was kind of frustrating, but I enjoyed it.

Billy Donovan

I think it was a great experience for our players. Obviously, it's hard to prepare for the White House on such short notice, but I think they enjoyed themselves on the trip.

O. Henry

I was able to use my instinct, the goal was a purely instinctive one. I enjoyed myself in this match.

Aaron Boone

Underrated by who? I think he's an underrated player, period. I've just enjoyed playing with him and getting to see first hand how good he is.

Julie Chapman

Katie could also be ready to do one or two events for us at Sectionals if we qualify.

John McEnroe

It can work. Hopefully, we can find a way into some of the big events; a combination of places like Naples, as well as having an event at the U.S. Open or Wimbledon.

Kenny Wallace

I always do look forward to the stand-alone events,

Kim Williams

He could score out in probably four events. He's going to help us in quite a few running events as well.

I. Stone

He can take two or three minutes with me just before an event and listen to what I want him to do and then put it all together and go do it. That's the kind of kid he is.

Shyam Selvadurai

On a personal level, I think the political situation in Sri Lanka is very much on the mind of Sri Lankans in Canada. They have family here and family back home, and it's possible they've lost members in any one of those tremendous, unbearable events there.

Chip Howard

There are so many events there - the floor is put up and taken down all the time, and that shortens the shelf life quite a bit.

Gil Jamieson

Had Hurricane Katrina not come through here, Rita would be the event of the decade.

Kari Riendeau

Having her helps very much. She is pretty strong in every event and she is a good pep-talker, too.

Randy Halcomb

It is a good win, but the three hard reds take some of the excitement away from the win.

Tim Schuldt

I think this shows how much excitement people have for this team and these players.

Bill Spawr

He has been so upset since we got here. I'm so surprised that he ran this well. He started out in a stall that was facing the racetrack, and all the excitement just had him so unsettled. He was way off his grain, but obviously not all the way off it. He just never seemed to settle down. To have him run this well is a very nice surprise.

Virginia Woolf

What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with this extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was.

Vera Farmiga

It's terrifying to be the lead. There's a moment of excitement, and then pure terror.

Eric Kanagy

Part of the excitement about these 24-hour festivals is seeing where they will go. It will be interesting to see how everyone survives it.

John McMichael

I may be a little jet-lagged when the game starts, but I'm sure there will be enough excitement around here to keep me going all night.

John James

I'm seeing the same level of excitement as I would in a presidential race.

Lyssa Dennard

I'm nervous, but it's more excitement than nerves. I'm looking forward to the game.

Mike Piazza

kind of fun, especially in New York. I've seen it on smaller levels in other cities, but it's fun to get into the rivalry thing and experience it.

James Kirkman

just very humbled, and appreciative, and amazed; it was a very happy experience.

J. C. Chandor

Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.

Karen McCaffrey

Just this experience of getting to this point for next year will help us. The more situations we're in, the less we'll panic. With youth you'll get that. As soon as our skills improve, I think our panic will improve and we have a whole year to work on that now.

Lucas Glover

Just the experience is going to be great, just being there and walking around.

Chris Traulsen

I think it's a good long-term investment. They've got a ton of experience between Mason Hawkins and Stanley Cates, and the managers have significant portions of their own net worth in the Longleaf funds. They have every incentive to do right by their shareholders.

Rachel Dretzin

I think it fuels her. The fact that she can see the work she's done make an impactmost journalists don't experience that.

Mike McGlynn

I think it is good that we got some experience because all of it helps. I don't know if I'll ever take a snap in a game, but it is good to be ready and the more positions on the line you play, the better it helps you.

Mark Knowles

It can get lonely right out of high school going to the tour, especially if you are not winning. In college, you are part of a team, which is nice. It's an invaluable experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Dwight Freeney

I was like, 'What, we signed a free agent?' ... It's big. I think the owner (Jim Irsay) really sees the opportunity to move forward here and make that push.

Joey Porter

I would think somebody would say it, but I wouldn't think he would say it. He's too soft to say something like that. He's going to have an opportunity to back up his words and I'm going to have an opportunity to back up my words. It's something I'm looking forward to. I'm ready to get it on.

Jerramy Stevens

Joey's a great player. I look forward to the challenge.

Bill Stoneman

John has been an integral part in the success of our pitching staff. We look forward to another impressive season from him.

Jessica Wilk

JMU is a big in-state rivalry, and we're looking forward to getting back at it and getting on the right side of the win column.

Andrew Card

Harriet is an outstanding person ... I look forward to her hearings and I look forward to her confirmation and I look for to her taking that oath. It means so much to all of us,

Pierre Lacroix

He's a great man with a lot of potential after hockey. He's got a great wife and a great family, and he's still got a lot to look forward to.

Earl Boykins

He's a good friend of mine. I look forward to him being on our team. . . . I can't worry about what another man does off the court.

Renaldo Hill

He's a good friend of mine. I look forward to going out there and challenging him. It will take me back to my high school days.

Oliver Friedrichs

It really generates a lot of network traffic. It's really just going to slow down Internet performance.

John Keeling

It probably generates more room-nights than an All-Star Game.

Roger Gibbins

Ultimately we want to invest it so it generates income and then be able to use that income for a variety of purposes within the province.

Enrique Pena Nieto

The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence.

Mike Conway

He's the team. When he bowls, he generates the team.

William Schlesinger

My wife and I put (solar panels) on our roof and that generates some, though not all, of our power.

Ron Perlman

I don't think anything is ever going to replace the human heart and what that generates in terms of performance.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

B. B. King

Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.

James Patterson

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.

Mary Carskadon

Kids are too sleepy to learn well. They're too sleepy to be happy. And they're at great risk for such things as traffic accidents.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Jim Schmitz

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

Jim Fuller

Jake had a great meet. We kind of ran him to death, too.

Joe Archuleta

Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days.

Quincy Jones

I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'

Larry Harris

His teams win. He's really the machine that makes us go.

Bill Fleming

I was always mechanical. In 1978, I started out doing machine work. Now I'm back to my roots.

Kimberley Nixon

I have a PC because I don't know how to use a Mac. Actors always have Macs with them, and when I try to use someone else's, I can't get the hang of it. It's very strange; I don't like it.

Richard Dawkins

If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result.

Woody Guthrie

All about a human being is, it's a great big hoping machine.

Rod Serling

I don't have any system. I dictate a lot, through a machine, and I also have a secretary. But I used to type just like everybody else.

F. Stone

I prefer live dealers, ... but the machines treated me all right today.

Mikko Hypponen

If you run a Mac right now, you don't need antivirus. If you want to be safer, you should be using software that other people are not using.

Lynda Carter

Having them go to these premieres with me and tell me that they are proud of me is pretty cool.

Tom Gorman

We're proud of what happened. It was important for the community.

Manson Hill

We're proud of our players. We outplayed them in the second half, and we had a shot to win it.

Brian Smith

We're proud of Levi. He's one of 11 state finalists at Bellingham.

Kevin Ellis

We're proud of everything Raynham is and stands for. That's why it's worth it.

Greg Zipadelli

What I'm proudest of this season is how we've battled throughout every weekend,

John Torchetti

I was just proud of our whole team. This is a team win if I have ever seen one. From the goalie out, we competed.

Rick Barnes

He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.

Roger Clemens

He had no-hit stuff early. I'm so proud of that kid, and he's somebody we're going to have around here for a long time.

Jeff Gordon

I like Matt. I like racing with him. I didn't like racing him today.

Joe Nemechek

All types of racing costs a lot of money no matter what you're doing.

Cassandra Clare

He would look so young. They were both so young. Tessa knew it was unusual to marry at seventeen and eighteen, but they were racing a clock. The clock of Jem's life, before it wound down.

Murray Walker

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte

Puff Daddy

My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.

Kevin Keegan

I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.

Katy Perry

Recycle those nerves and make them adreneline.

Justin Bieber

My mind is always racing.

Juan Manuel Fangio

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something is, the greater the attraction that comes from it.

Sam Hunt

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

Joe Gibbs

I think we realized what was at stake,

Justin Upton

I think we're so competitive, ... he wouldn't even realize I'm his brother.

David Baker

I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.

Alexander Milinkevich

It is important that the Russian authorities realize that we are sincerely willing to respect Russia's interests. But we are not going to sacrifice our interests, either.

Jill Markowitz

I was a little intimidated at first. But once we started playing, I realized I could play with them, so I just tried to do my best.

Zack Greinke

I don't even realize how long it's been,

Richard Jefferson

I really didn't even realize it was that crazy.

Scott Lewis

I never thought there would be so many. I didn't realize the state has as much technology as it has.

Josh Billings

It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.

Samuel Johnson

Riches seldom make their owners rich.

William Faulkner

Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich.

William Graham Sumner

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

Robert G. Allen

Many things can make you rich, but only a few things can enrich you.

Samuel Johnson

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Kyle Petty

I never thought I had to live up to Richard Petty, ... I never had to live up to anything but what I expected.

Jose Saramago

Globalization is a form of totalitarianism... It is the rich who rule, and the poor live as they can.

Jim Rogers

I haven't met a rich technician

Chris Stewart

That's how it works, if it's catastrophic, it works off a sponsor agreement.

Keith Barnes

And they haven't been our sponsor for 10 years,

Alexandra Adornetto

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.

Guru Nanak

Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Phil Gramm

Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.

Mystikal

I guess I reinvented myself about 18 times throughout my career.

Tara Strong

We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.

Bob Mayer

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.

Mike Shanahan

We've been evaluating throughout training camp, two-a-days, the off-season program, all the way through. We'll be fine.

Larry Clark

I'd like to win one more title to make it an even dozen,

William Cowper

Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.

Henry Rollins

When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension

Marcia Gay Harden

The trophy wife must be in her 20s to earn the title 'trophy wife.'

Kay Redfield Jamison

One is what one is, and the dishonesty of hiding behind a degree, or a title, or any manner and collection of words, is still exactly that: dishonest.

Margaret Thatcher

Socialists have always spent much of their time seeking new titles for their beliefs, because the old versions so quickly become outdated and discredited.

James M. Barrie

All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title.

Frank Lampard

The title is still on the cards until it's off the cards

David Icke

I am a channel for the Christ spirit. The title was given to me very recently by the Godhead.

Louis Freeh

I think we have the tools there. I just think we need more resources,

Richard P. Feynman

Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.

Rick Riordan

The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction! -Bacchus

William J. Clinton

[W]hen Galileo discovered he could use the tools of mathematics and mechanics to understand the motion of celestial bodies, he felt, in the words of one imminent researcher, that he had learned the language in which God recreated the universe. Today we are learning the language in which God created life. We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of God's most devine and sacred gift.

William Howard Taft

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.

Werner Heisenberg

Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

Robert Pattinson

I'm just a tool, I'm just a big, hard tool.

Rick Springfield

I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.

Wadah Khanfar

Al Jazeera is not a tool of revolution. We do not create revolutions. However, when something of that magnitude happens, we are at the center of the coverage.