Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Archibald

some people who have same-sex attraction have changedand instead have successfully actualized their heterosexual potential and are now ex-gay.

Bruce Allen

Qwest without a wireless network is a little bit like the kid who never gets picked for a team in high school. I'm not sure what the attraction is at this point.

Larry Goldfarb

This is not just a great attraction but also a contribution to keep this great institution going strong. We hope to have a capacity crowd.

Lionel Tiger

Beauty is a marketing tool for Mother Nature's most basic product - reproduction - which in turn depends upon sexual attraction and success.

John Updike

Appealingness is inversely proportional to attainability.

mucor dedaliv

Love in the peace of the blessing in the inheritance with a god in the worship of the man and an attraction in neatness is a GOOD MARRIAGE.

Joel Kotkin

People want to know whether a place is a credible first-world city. What they found in New Orleans was that underneath the gloss and facade of a first-world tourist attraction was a third-world reality. It will take a lot of work to erase that view.

Rupert Adams

She is living the dream of so many people who watch Big Brother and her attraction is therefore huge.

Billy Kennedy

I'm so excited to be here at Murray State. For me, the biggest attraction of all is how the fans and students of Murray State are basketball crazy. I'm looking forward to experiencing it and continuing the great Racer tradition. I'm used to coming into a program and turning it around. This is one that I need to keep going and take it another step further.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Jeff Bingaman

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

Gerald Grinstein

As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.

Steve Fleming

As a father, I did a poor job at dealing with my son. The Special Olympics taught me how to deal with my son, and now he is my best friend. We do everything together.

J. M. G. Le Clezio

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.

Russell Baker

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did. I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Elizabeth Thompson

As a Panhellenic whole, we do not support one candidate or the other, ... Part of exercising the right to vote is exercising the right to choose. We always hope for a good turnout at the elections, and we expect to see a large number of women participate this year.

Leo Bosner

As long as FEMA is under DHS, problems are likely to continue. I'm told that at least three state emergency officials have turned down the job of FEMA Director because it is under the Department of Homeland Security. Everyone says FEMA needs a top-quality director, but how do we get one when the top candidates won't take the job?

Paul Maryniak

Perhaps at no time in the recent past has the need for quality city leadership been more critical to Mesa than it is now. We want Mesa residents to know as much as possible about the people who are running for a chance to provide that leadership, and The Republic's forum gives citizens an excellent chance to eyeball the candidates and give them the kind of job interview necessary for an educated vote.

Oscar Aguilar

They are all going to be making the same promises: more education, better economy. But if one candidate is more marketable, or comes out with a killer line, that could mean a lot.

Thomas Insel

The way I see it, there are three types of studies in science: one that moves a theory along, one that closes it and another that opens a new door altogether. This one opens a new chapter, introducing an entirely new molecular candidate for the study of anxiety, and we're going to be hearing a lot about it in the next 10 years.

George Fetherling

The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails - at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together.

Terry Hall

Every single candidate for Texas governor is talking about this issue. This is a major issue in many political campaigns, because this is a major issue for the citizens of Texas. Even Kinky (Friedman) is talking about it.

Jim Matheson

We've been talking about this for a while, ... We had all the candidates in to talk to us. We talked about doing a vote long before this week.

Alberto Fujimori

I am qualified as a candidate for president, ... I want to work for the Peruvian people.

Jim Gray

The team that won last year prides itself on being the last team to register. So they usually register around 4:30 p.m. on the Friday of the competition and they have won the last four or five years that they've been playing.

Chuck D.

It was a huge step forward for our program and our school for the type of competition we're in.

Todd Bertuzzi

I sincerely hope Steve Moore continues to progress and is back in competition soon,

Julie Withington

They also have year-round swimmers, and they give us some good competition. We expect to have another good meet.

Steve Olson

We have a pretty good shot at doing well at the regional on Saturday. We've wrestled strong competition all season, and that helps this time of the season. Realistically, I would like to think we can get eight or nine guys through, maybe even one or two more.

Paul Buck

We have pretty good competition between about 10 guys,

Alan Greenspan

Competition is the necessary driving force toward delivering a superior product or service, ... We should not shy away from it.

Herman Edwards

Curtis understands that he's going to be back here, (but) there's going to be open competition (for the starting position). Obviously, Curtis Martin will have a role on this team.

James Ware

eliminates the probability that excluding competition was a reason for the modification.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Flex Plexico

Prior to returning this detainee to Egypt, the United States received appropriate assurances from the government of Egypt regarding this detainee's treatment upon his return to Egypt. This includes assurances that this individual will continue to be treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international legal obligations, while he remains in Egypt,

Eddie Jones

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Mike Cahill

Denver's hotel market is just starting to turn around, so I think we're going to continue to see more and more sales in Colorado.

Leslie Tang

The strength in exports would continue to come from the sustained recovery in electronics demand, from the gradual recovery in the global electronics cycle, and commodities, especially from higher oil prices.

Michael Hecht

After five years of 20 percent growth, fixed income trading is unlikely to continue at that pace.

Larry Wachtel

So there's nothing to offset the economic news and stocks are muddling along. Until we get some surety about the economy or corporate earnings, we'll continue to have this drifting, dismal kind of day.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Craig James

Providing the economy continues to grow and earnings continue to rise and look set to continue to rise then we are going to see the share market respond to that, and indeed that is what we are seeing in terms of Japan.

Duane Grant

The work they do continues to be on the cutting edge of bio-energy.

Claes Fornell

The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets.

Parris Glendening

The fact is, if water consumption continues at the current rate, there is only a 35-day supply in these reservoirs.

Ian Blair

At the moment we have nothing that links the two groups, but the investigation still continues and there is an intuitive view that says that each group of four are so similar that we must have concerns, and we do.

Howard Dean

Sending delegates to the convention only continues to energize our party. Fight on in the caucuses; we are on the ballots,

Mark Warner

We need to look at what is going to be the long-term future of our Guard when states need to rely on these soldiers for emergencies and the nation continues to rely on them for overseas deployment.

Karolyn Grimes

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

William Whitson

Good jobs are the lifeblood of a community. All the land can't be just taken up with houses. There needs to be employment centers.

John Silvia

Manufacturing output is up, yet employment in the manufacturing sector is down. This result suggests that the firms are producing more in the U.S., but doing it with fewer workers.

Bruce Arena

I would imagine I'll find some kind of employment after the World Cup. If not, I might want to be a sportswriter.

Gus Whitcomb

We fill a void that is very important in the employment arena.

David Penn

For some of them, it's pretty straightforward. Like manufacturing. That's its own classification in the employment statistics.

Kathy Lively

I don't think the unemployment figures fully reflect the situation of seasonal employment in the retail field. Unemployment will be down now because of seasonal, holiday work that started in October and is just ending.

David Kelly

The manufacturing sector is so productive that even with a rebound in production and orders, we still have, at best, flat employment. This is encouraging, but manufacturing employment remains a sore point in the American economy.

Zach Shafran

People are going to be watching employment reports and other things very closely. It's our expectation that we're going to start seeing some improvement.

Tom McIntyre

People are expecting a strong employment number ... and I think they are being a little hesitant.

Kazunori Jinnai

The Nasdaq gains gave a gentle nudge higher to a market that was ready for a rebound after last week's losing spell.

Jere Adcock

The most impressive thing to me about him now is how many yards he gains after contact. He doesn't give you a big target to hit, and he's exceptionally strong.

David Briggs

The S&P lost 50 points last week and today we gained back four. This is not great.

Cheryl Smith

The whole thing with the power of prayer in our minds is true. And a lot of what has happened, and the strength he has gained back and progress he's made, without sounding corny, I think a lot is attributed to prayers.

Sarah Bolton

The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work.

Richard G. Scott

I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

Lisa Johnson

Women are our marketing manual. If you understand them, you'll understand how to gain competitive edge, how to reach men.

Gwin Price

You give up a lot. I gave up my job, my family, the life I had. But I gained so much, too.

Joe Biden

What they gain is not having to tell the American people the truth.

Roxane Gay

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Fred Harran

Anything that a pedophile can utilize to find the location of the child. These people are smart, just because they have issues doesn't mean they're stupid.

Charles Bass

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

James Wolfensohn

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

Diane Duane

The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.

Craig Kilborn

President Bush said John Kerry is on both sides of every issue. And Kerry replied, 'No, I'm not ... but there is some truth to that.'

David Nabarro

The real issue will be how the money is going to be managed and how we are going to coordinate.

Elbert Hubbard

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.

Sonya Boralv

We just learned of this issue and are looking into it.

Madhavan Nair

ISRO has made all security arrangements and put on red alert. We are taking all possible steps.

Pete Carroll

If I'm lucky, I can see 7-8 possible recruits at these meets.

Nick Harper

I was trying to get it as soon as possible and get to where there were no defenders, find a clearing, and score.

Greek proverb

It is not possible to step twice into the same river

Robb Felton

I'd like to see them as soon as possible and get them out. I'm sure they're probably going crazy, they're not used to being in a kennel.

Richard P. Feynman

It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.

David Pursell

It's possible (we'll see $4), but I don't think so.

Gary Pruitt

It's possible that (contract farming) could go another year.

Kelly Everhart

It's still possible we'll be able to tape Curtis up and get him through the season.

George Davis

They're kind of saying that it's going to be OK, but that remains to be seen,

Brian Jacques

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

Diane Cilento

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Artur Davis

Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.

Brian Van Holt

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

Eckhart Tolle

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

Rush Limbaugh

The best way to create and bring dependent voters in is to bring people that don't have much education and therefore do not have many skills and therefore are not as capable as others of providing for themselves. That's the gold standard in immigration, if you're a Democrat in 2016, 2002, 2000, as long as this current debate has been raging, that's their objective.

Stephen Hawking

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

Roy H. Williams

If you want the truth to prevail, you must cause people to realize the truth. This requires much more skill than is required to simply tell it.

Sugata Mitra

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

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.

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.

Carnie Wilson

I can be a lady - surprise!

Steve Smith

We weren't surprised by any of them. We were just surprised by so many of them. In my recollection, that's the most anomalies that's ever come up.

Dana Cody

We are disappointed but not surprised with the judge's ruling.

Stephen Colbert

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.'

Mae West

Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.

Jerramy Stevens

So it's not a surprise that he's got something to say about it and that he's getting upset. Because that's his style, and I know that.

Jim Noonan

I was surprised that one didn't go in too.

Ezra Koenig

Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences.

Jalen Rose

I wasn't surprised about being traded. I would have been surprised if it was a team that wasn't speculated in the rumors.

Johan Botha

The tests went all right, but I was very disappointed in the results.

Brigham Young

Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test

Stephen Jay Gould

Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade-a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above all, that evolution generates no predictions, never exposes itself to test, and therefore stands as dogma rather than disprovable science. This claim is nonsense. We make and test risky predictions all the time; our success is not dogma, but a highly probable indication of evolution's basic truth.

Mark Rosenker

We terminated the test because it was unsafe at that point.

Daniel Tosh

I don't know what's funny and what's not so I test out all of my material in front of audiences.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Timothy Leary

The universe is an intelligence test.

Swami Vivekananda

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.

Swami Vivekananda

Satisfied is no test of truth. Actuality is steadily far from idiosyncratic secure.