Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Ridley

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

Larry Sabato

I sincerely believe he did try to talk Card out of it, he didn't want to accept this ... and I was told that by somebody who has some knowledge of it.

Lyndon Johnson

I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president,

Rob Kardashian

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Wayne LaPierre

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

Walter Mondale

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

Bob DuPuy

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

Lusia Strus

I used to say yes to everything. Now I have to be excited about a script before I accept a role. I've been able to let a lot of things go-like worrying-in a good way. I wish I learned that 'wear-it-like-a-loose-garment' attitude earlier.

Phil DeMeulenaere

I used to be opposed to the racing, but when you see how dearly these dogs love to run, you accept it.

Barry Ritholtz

If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.

Michael Ramsey

I think we're going to have a case that's largely about accounting allegations...where the government is going to refuse to call either David Duncan, who was the chief engagement partner for Arthur Andersen, or Rick Causey.

Joan Claybrook

The Congress and the president have to be brought to account for their rogue actions in moving to enact this very controversial legislation without complying with the Constitution. This time, they will have to answer for their actions.

Carl Rusnok

The consequences are based on her own actions. The charge has been made before about family separation. However there is a strong element of personal responsibility that has to be taken into account when someone violates the law and they are put away in jail.

Scott Krugman

The consumer has proved more resilient than many thought. We're still in the middle of a very busy week that can account for 10 to 15 percent of holiday sales, especially with all the unredeemed gift cards. It's not over yet.

Michael Showalter

I mean, do you really think Paul Krugman is checking his Twitter account every day to read what I write? Of course not. Every other day maybe, but not every day.

Stephen Roach

The case for a classic U.S. current account adjustment grows more compelling. This could lead to renewed weakening of the dollar and higher long- term real interest rates.

Jim Perry

The figures that are being distributed correct the mistaken estimates that were first provided to legislators (by other legislators) during the debate, which did not take into account the fact that grocery sales revenue will go up and cigarette tax revenue will go down, just as has been occurring for the past 10 years.

Robert Kabushenga

The figures do not take into account that there has been no significant violence in northern Uganda since 2003.

Rich Thompson

Anyone can be on their best behavior for an hour. Theory is, the more time you spend with someone the better the opportunity that you'll catch them saying something alarming.

Kurt Braunohler

Anyone can become a game show host. It simply requires a giant, narcissistic ego and an inability to do anything else. The closest thing to school I did was looking in the mirror one hundred times a day and repeating, 'People should listen to you talk.'

Mike Rucker

Anyone can be big guy. But it takes someone pretty special to be able to move as fast he does at that weight.

Salvano Briceno

Anyone can be affected, any day, anywhere by disaster originated by a natural hazard. Urban risks, the degradation of the environment and global warming make disaster reduction a top priority for all governments' agenda.

Lee Bottensek

Anyone can attend the show, but about 200 of the very best cars are by special invitation only, and those are the ones we park.

Peter Young

Anyone buying an on-sold ticket faces the prospect of being banned from admission. If it is determined they are not the original purchaser, we have a legal right to ban them.

Tony Guerra

Anyone bearing witness to Logan will certainly attest to his competitive style, but take a closer look and what you'll notice is a wrestler who has grown not only in confidence, but in maturity. Cohen outscored his opponents by a combined total of 56 points to 17 while earning 3 wins by fall en route to an impressive 3rd place finish.

David Brehm

Anyone at any time can say that they would like more time.

Morgan Freeman

Anyone anywhere in the world who has the service will have front row seats right in the comfort of their own home. Think about that.

Jennifer Kerns

The system was tested, the memory card was tested, but the source code was never tested. We believe that the source code is an integral part of that voting system.

Jim Sutcliffe

The Swedish mergers and acquisition practice is quite different from the UK. They believe in putting the offer into the public domain before recommending it.

Rick Woods

The suspect continued to flee on foot while firing his firearm. We do not believe the individual fired on police officers or at a specific individual at this time.

Mark Davis

The surgeon did not believe that surgery was necessary as Ceri's symptoms are resolving themselves,

Mark Bradford

The three occupants that we were looking for we believe we have, in fact, found.

Shawn McDowell

The Sullivan game gave us something to believe in. It was a very satisfying win. I told the kids after the game I was speechless and I usually always have something to say.

Paul Hoolahan

The Sugar Bowl cup, the original cup, believe it or not, was still there. We quickly left with that.

Jerry Bell

The speaker of the House predicts it'll pass, and I'd like to believe the speaker.

John Subers

The theme is, 'We're the PGA Tour, we're supporting New Orleans, we look forward to seeing you, we look forward to coming back and we believe in you. We're not trying to script it, but picture six weeks of commercials, with 15 to 20 players saying they're coming to New Orleans. We think it will make an impact.

Dan Chin

The bids then come to us in an e-mail, and we update (the page) every day.

Albert Brooks

If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money.

Bobby Cox

He's getting paid $12 million because he can hit.

Ernest Hollings

We can't keep spending $100 million on embassies,

Greg Dulli

Unless you are pushing three million albums, you are going to owe someone.

David Geffen

We had come to terms with them on price, and there were a million things that needed to be settled.

Mohamed ElBaradei

In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.

Rupert Sanders

Well, I wasn't just kind of standing in a queue at McDonald's and someone sat down and said, 'You're the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie.' I've been working in commercials for ten years.