Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Stross

I am a lazy, cynical, middle-aged guy who has long since come to the conclusion that most historical periods really sucked, for most people, most of the time.

Seneca

He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct

Warren Riley

It's still ongoing, but we hope to have a conclusion within a few weeks.

Matt Miller

This leads us to conclusion that the single sanction seems to be deterring honor offenses at large.

James Barksdale

As I review Microsoft's proposed remedy, I reach the unfortunate conclusion that it would not have helped Netscape in the mid-1990s by preventing Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior.

Jack Shaw

are reaching a home stretch. We're hoping that we'll reach some kind of conclusion in the very near future.

Pieter Mulder

The silence of the president and the government on, for example farm murders, leads a lot of people to come to the conclusion that these issues are not a priority for the government.

Arthur C. Clarke

My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents...

Kasim Daoud

we have reached the conclusion that there should be a prime minister for all Iraqis, not just one group.

Mary Pierce

Kim has been incredible on hard courts this year.

Michael Adams

Josef Ackermann's personal integrity is not in question. He didn't see the red line that some courts have seen. But it's a squishy concept.

Adam Barrett

I think we all feel better going into the tournament, including me. We know the layout of the Dome. We understand that the courts and the backboards are different. It's a different environment, but we've been there, so we understand that.

Gary Wagher

In the '80s, the water would seep up through the cracks when it warmed up and the courts would be slick. Plus, they sloped the courts from the east to the west instead of putting a slight grade on each side so that it would slop either direction. That didn't help with the drainage.

John Blackburn

Instead of going all the way to Alabama, Murray was kind enough to give us some neutral courts so we could meet Jacksonville and Samford half-way.

Matthew Myers

In this case, the courts are going to find that the FDA is right,

William Chandler

If neither the courts nor the markets are able to restrain executive compensation, and if you the decision-makers fail ... the result will be imposition of regulatory controls,

Diana Gabaldon

All romance novels are courtship stories, and I'm not really interested in that,

Bill Threlkeld

We feel the courts in the end will see it our way, but we have to let that process go through.

Joe Gibbs

I know a lot of people will disagree with this, and I understand that,

Josefa Iloilo

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

David Barr

We strongly disagree with the ruling. It's not supported by the facts of the case.

Robert Ingersoll

But if the witnesses are inspired of God then there is no reason for their disagreeing on anything, and if they do disagree it is a demonstration that they were not inspired

Tom Gallagher

We just happen to disagree with how we would lead this state.

Alan J. Heeger

I started out as a physicist; however, I am what I have become. I have evolved, with the help of many colleagues in the international scientific community, into an interdisciplinary scientist.

Amy Fisher

It was really interesting, ... It was scientific illustration.

Sigmund Freud

The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied.

Wayne Murdy

There has never been a scientific study showing that we have polluted the bay.

Sasha Roiz

I have this tendency to play these horrible, horrible characters.

Donald Rumsfeld

It tends to be speculative, ... It is not actionable. It is not verifiable.

Katherine Center

Beauty comes from tenderness.

Edith Hamilton

A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait.

Chris Jordan

My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.

Laurie Helgoe

I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.

John Updike

A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.

Dan Shechtman

Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.

Ray Anderson

I don't think it's that simple. But historically, there have been some 'copycat' tendencies in the league.

Teller

Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

Susanna Moore

The task of understanding the past is neverending.

Richard Whately

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

Ryan Reynolds

I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line.

Robert M. Pirsig

There's so much talk about the system. And so little understanding.

Robert Jordan

Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.

Yoshihiko Noda

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.

Arthur Young

Resellers will need an understanding of messaging systems.

Japanese Proverb

If you understand everything, you must be misinformed