Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Cheney

A senator can be wrong for 20 years without consequence to the nation, ... But a president, a president, always casts the deciding vote. And in this time of challenge, America needs -- and America has -- a president we can count on to get it right.

John Hawkes

As he was telling us about these pleasures, at that very moment, in the ruin and the tall grass, I stepped on a hornets, nest and got stung.

Leigh Steinberg

As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.

Stephen Kinzer

As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs.

Roger Warren

As a PGA Professional, I believe that PGA Free Fitting & Trade-Up Month offers a tremendous opportunity to bring new customers to our facilities and stimulate equipment sales. The promotion is a natural extension of Play Golf America and PGA Free Lesson Month, and will undoubtedly elevate the status of PGA Professionals in the eyes of the public.

Jose Antonio Vargas

As a newcomer to America who learned to 'speak American' by watching movies, I firmly believe that to change the politics of immigration and citizenship, we must change culture - the way we portray undocumented people like me and our role in society.

Dorian Missick

As a black actor, you always have the feeling that there's not as much work out there as for a white counterpart, but is America after all; you have to play ball if you're going to play ball.

Reggie White

As America has permitted homosexuality to establish itself as an alternative lifestyle, it is also reeling from the frightening spread of sexually transmitted disease. Sin begets its own consequence, both on individuals and nations.

Wally Schirra

As a Naval officer, I was trained, essentially bred, to be a military aviator. I was a Naval officer on assignment, not an employee of NASA.

Justin Timberlake

I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.

Thomas Otway

Children blessings seem, but torments are;/ When young, our folly, and when old our fear.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment.

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature.

Paul Cox

How sad it will be if in three or four centuries all that is spoken in the world is English, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Japanese and a handful of European languages, ... We will also lose much healing knowledge and much conservation knowledge embedded in indigenous cultures.

Ramez Naam

The accumulated knowledge of materials, computing, electromagnetism, product design, and all the rest that we've learned over the last several centuries converts a few ounces of raw materials worth mere pennies into a device with more computing power than the entire planet possessed fifty years ago.

Dan Monnat

That plant on our state flag is not a marijuana plant but a sunflower.

Maria Brown

That was a big red flag for us; we need to work with organizers on it next year.

Will Adams

No one wants to withhold relief funding for survivors of Katrina, ... the red flag to show there's something wrong going on here.

Brent Glass

The survival of this flag for nearly 200 years is a visible testimony to the strength and perseverance of the nation, and we hope that it will inspire many more generations in the future.

Roald Amundsen

So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!

John Bunting

I've never seen so many flags fly in a game.

Bob Reed

You need to be hitting it to a green with a flag stick, not a bucket. I mean, it helps that we can hit some wedges in the bubble, but it's not the same thing.

Philip Cook

Flying the flag at half-staff is showing respect and loss of a leader or a good person.

Rafael Betancourt

Everyone was wearing a Venezuelan flag (including the players). You saw the flag everywhere.

Joe Mihalich

As good as (Jordan) was, our team was fortunate to pull it together and be better than Marist. It's not a game for individuals. It's a game for teams, and our team, today, was better than them.

Keith Henderson

Officer Price is very fortunate that his injuries were not more serious,

Don Hill

Not working is a luxury, ... I feel fortunate to do the things I want to do.

Larry Coyer

Same old John. Reliable. A leader. A little better than you might think he is. A little more skill there than you might first perceive. We're fortunate to have him.

Martin Brodeur

I've played enough in the NHL to know most of these guys. Most of the time I know their tendencies. I've been lucky. I've been fortunate to make some saves and help us win some games.

Scott Skiles

It would be nice if we could play well and put somebody away. We were fortunate to get out of here with a win.

Herb Sendek

It was very back-and-forth all game. We just kept trading shots and we were fortunate to have one more run in us.

Jaycee Carroll

I've been very fortunate two years in a row. I couldn't be happier. ... The one thing I remember about last year's tournament, it was a little too short. I know everyone wants to come and compete.

Sean Connery

I've been very fortunate and have never had any real problems with people. But I've also had the guts to tell them, 'you're a bore'.

Ayn Rand

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

Cameron Diaz

I have gratitude. I know myself better. I feel more capable than ever. And as far as the physicality of it, I feel better at 40 than I did at 25.

Arundhati Roy

Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call

Dean Koontz

The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.

Bob Dylan

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Brene Brown

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

Charles Spurgeon

May gratitude to God permeate my entire life.

Charles Spurgeon

When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude.

Toby Keith

Probably 75 percent of the people in this town think I'll fail, and the other 25 percent hope I fail,

Peja Stojakovic

Probably I won't be available. My knee is still hurting. Hopefully we can get it better.

Jim Bolla

Officially, all we're saying is she's suspended right now. It's day-to-day, and hopefully when we get to Reno, we can get some things resolved one way or the other.

Christian Prudhomme

After seven years of implacable domination, there will be a different race which I hope will be open.

Dave Roberts

The more interesting we make this, the more I'll have to try to push the envelope. But hopefully it doesn't come to that.

David Nabarro

The more I find out about an influenza pandemic and the lack of readiness, the more I am concerned. But I am more hopeful about the scope for international cooperation.

Andrea Gaston

The team has been doing everything right mentally and physically, so now we just have to hope that we peak at the right time.

Kirk Pedersen

Right now we are struggling a little big with our relay teams. We are going to work on those and hopefully get them to run a little better.

Mike Slive

Right now, there is peace in the valley. We hope to keep it that way for a little while.

Dennis Kucinich

the United States must seize this moment and end the occupation of Iraq.

Jim Riccitelli

You never want to give the other team momentum for a long time, so fortunately we took it away.

Steffen Schmidt

There are moments when people have to realize their credibility, which is the only thing politicians have, is hurt.

Livia Landry

There are moments when I am so distraught, I can't function.

David Arner

There are moments in the music that are really talking about the violence, as a society, that we do to our water.

Brent Weeks

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

Brennan Manning

God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.

Arthur Schopenhauer

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

Eckhart Tolle

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

Josh Pastner

We're here to win a national championship. This is not a rebuilding stage. It's not a question of talent. We've got pros on our team.

Boris Johnson

I'm a one-nation Tory.

E. Helm

We're playing in a tournament where somebody's going to the national tournament. It's that simple. And we'll compete.

Albert Murray

The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not black.

Calvin Hill

We didn't have to be on national TV every night talking about Duane. If we had been, then it would have been a distraction.

Lisa Murkowski

Together we have to let the nation in on a valuable secret: When it comes to our natural resources, Alaskans know what we're doing.

Jim Delgado

We're supporting the national position for a day of rest. Not purchasing anything from stores, not purchasing gasoline.

Brentson Buckner

We don't want national cameras. We just want to play football. Let the people write what they write, let them report what they want to report.

Sarah Dessen

Stop it. Seriously. This isn't funny.' 'You're right.' A pause. 'It's pathetic.

Ari Schwartz

Seems as though it takes a violation of peoples' privacy to make people pay attention.

Olivia Mellan

Put a picture in your wallet of what you're wishing for. That way every time you go to pay for something it will be staring you in the face.

Joe Rooney

It was tough. We want to pay them back a little bit.

Harley Viera-Newton

I started D.J.-ing my first year of college just for fun and to pay bills.

Dale Tallon

I understand. Listen, we have to pay the fiddler. I'll take responsibility.

Linda Perry

I understand why people don't want to do that, but I just think the pay out of doing that is so much greater.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I understand. Wherever Eunice is, don't pay any attention,

Madonna Madonna

This is embarrassing, ... I thought we were all up to date. If we owe, we will pay it (today).

Jack Kingston

This is not going to pay for all prescriptions,

Carlton Forrester

The site is a reflection of society. It's an enter-at-your-own-risk kind of thing.

Joe Gallegos

The score doesn't reflect how well we played.

Craig Thompson

The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.

Stanley Hauerwas

I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible. That is one of the reasons, moreover, that the scriptures remain paradigmatic for how we are to write.

Ken Starr

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Olesya Rulin

I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldn't do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, 'Wow, they never told me no!'

Cesar Chavez

Our language is the reflection of ourselves.

Jane Austen

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Bill Cowher

At this point, it's not about the reflection on what we've accomplished. I'm not into too much reflection. You can do that when the season is over.

Sammy Morris

Personally, I don't think the team was teetering on whether (Williams) apologized or not. Rick just wanted to say something, and the team was able to respect that.

Chris Hanson

You would think that would be enough. There is nothing wrong with being an underdog. We just go out and make teams respect us.

Jane Haddam

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

Alan Dershowitz

If we move away from the American tradition of lawyers defending those with whom they vehemently disagree -- as we temporarily did during the McCarthy period -- we weaken our commitment to the rule of law... So beware of an approach which limits advocacy to that which is approved by the standards of political correctness.

Baltasar Gracian

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Blaise Pascal

We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem.

Bruce Lee

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Bruno Bettelheim

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

Britney Spears

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.

Arthur Hardy

I think Mardi Gras is a symbol that we're down but not out.

Philippe Starck

Everything I do is a symbol. Everything, has a meaning.