Famous Quotes & Sayings

Xun Zi

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

Gwen Moore

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

John Vinocur

The American cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a great lawn at the edge of the sea, white marble crosses and Stars of David against an open horizon. very American in the best sense: no phony piety, simple, easy.

Jeff Austreng

That will be the third time we'll have bowled each other this week. We're in the same league Monday and Wednesday nights and, oddly, our teams were scheduled against each other both nights. He kicked our butts Monday night, so I'll have to try to get him back. But he's a great bowler.

Jim Hinkle

That will be a tremendous game against Barrington. Whoever wins, gets the thrill of a lifetime against Glenbrook North. We're really looking forward to the opportunity.

Bob Turco

That was so important. Against Red Bank we started slow, but I think it was because these kids had never been there before. So we went back to practice, watched film and felt we had to come out strong.

Thad Matta

That was probably the lift we needed. In both of our games against Michigan, our bench has been the biggest difference.

Patrick Baker

That weekend is a tremendous opportunity for us. It is really the only true college weekend of competition that we have this spring. We play two very good teams in UAB and the traditional powerhouse of North Carolina. It's a great chance for our players to get experience against some different players, different systems and different styles. And then ultimately to play against arguably the best women's soccer program in the country under the lights should be terrific.

Kyle Brady

The 1994 season at Penn State was just a fabulous experience, ... We knew we had outstanding talent, but we also had a bunch of guys who were very focused, knew what they wanted and understood what it would take to get the job done and we went out and did it against some outstanding teams. When you see a bunch of young men coming together like that for a common goal, it is very satisfying.

Gaylord Nelson

We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.

Brian Kernighan

Anytime you want to hear about graph partitioning, I will be glad to tell you what I know about graph partitioning. It remains a standard problem. I think it's an interesting problem, because it shows up in a variety of guises in real life.

Victoria Osteen

You may have made some mistakes, but just like a parent helps their child when they are learning to walk, God will help you get right back up anytime you fall.

Gian Fulgoni

The 2006 year opened on a strong note, with solid growth of 33 percent in online non-travel sales versus the same period in 2005. It's clear based on what we're seeing so far in 2006 that the strength in online sales will not wane anytime soon.

Mike Shanahan

The All-Star Classic is a great event to showcase our league and we are excited that we can bring it to the St. Louis region. We are so fortunate that we have one of the nation's best pediatric hospitals in our community, so anytime there is an opportunity, we want to support their efforts.

Patrick Whitesell

If you look at professional baseball in New York, you can get all 162 Yankee games on television anytime you want. But people still go to the ballpark because they are two different experiences. It's the same with film.

Pat Riley

We had our down period and we rebuilt. Now, New York is going through their down period. But they've got a lot of talent. They've got a lot of assets. They can start dealing their chips. Because anytime that you don't think that a big-money guy can be traded, it always happens.

Claire Coggins

We hadn't played in over a week. Anytime a team doesn't get to play within however long, they're going to come out a little rusty. Our fire was there and our intensity and that's what really got us going.

Mike Latendresse

We were still in the game when Matt scored, but anytime you dig yourself a 2-0 hole and have to make it up, it's tough.

Gilbert White

It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.

David Goodman

(The penalty) was a misunderstanding on the second hole. I was pleased with the way I played. I didn't shoot lights out but I'm happy to be going to districts again. It's nice a teammate (Karsten Reis) made it too so I won't be going alone. Overall, I'm pretty pleased.

Denis Napthine

When you nominate for a seat, the expectation is that you serve that district and serve that seat if you are elected.

Katy Atkinson

The 7th Congressional District will be one of the most competitive in the country.

Stephen Jones

That worked really well for a long time and the only deduction we had (for special districts such as the public cemeteries) was from the redevelopment agency.

Dan Hooks

We have a mega-school powerhouse district. We're used to being in a 4A league that was rough like that. I thought we might be in a five-team district but it didn't work out that way.

Walt Byrd

We can't have a high school at 5,000 on one side of the district and a school drop down to 2,000 on the other side.

Dawn Seiler

We have to win a game so we're the home seed all the way through the district tournament.

Sander Levin

I had panels - roundtables in the district - and the stories that were told are really difficult to accept. People who have diabetes who can't get insurance because of a preexisting condition; others who were laid off and the have no place to turn.

Yotam Ottolenghi

You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.

Yanni

The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.

Yanis Varoufakis

I was told once by a leftwing scholar that as a Marxist, you have to do two things: always be optimistic and always have a view about everything. That advice still sounds good to me.

Thierry Henry

I've always loved New York; I've been visiting New York since 1996. People don't look at you like, 'What are you doing? What are you wearing?' There is also that thing that when people know that you have worked hard to get something, people have that respect for that here. You worked hard - good for you.

Iggy Azalea

I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.

Ice T

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

Idina Menzel

I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

Idina Menzel

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

Ivar Giaever

Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.

Ann Richards

She's always going to take on whatever is the toughest challenge.

Mack Brown

It will come down to who will be the toughest the longest.

Stacey Koerner

Tuesday and Wednesday at 9 are probably the toughest battlegrounds.

Carole James

It was the toughest work I'd ever done.

Dusty Baker

That's what you want, to be better than .500 on the road. That's usually the toughest part of the equation, but we didn't play well at home.

Sergei Brylin

This is probably the toughest we (have had it) in a long time.

Matt Gray

This is one of the toughest conferences in the state.

Gordon Brown

This is the toughest and most challenging year for the economy.

Joe Nemechek

The toughest break, I think, we had was the Coca-Cola 600.

CC Sabathia

As long as we win games while I'm on the mound, I feel good.

Catullus

Away with you, water, destruction of wine!

Cecil Rhodes

To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life.

Carrie Underwood

Throw caution to the wind and just do it.

Carl Sagan

If the greenhouse effect is a blanket in which we wrap ourselves to keep warm, nuclear winter kicks the blanket off.

Carl Sagan

Science and mathematics [are] much more compelling and exciting than the doctrines of pseudoscience, whose practitioners were condemned as early as the fifth century B.C. by the Ionian philosopher Heraclitus as 'night walkers, magicians, priests of Bacchus, priestesses of the wine-vat, mystery-mongers.' But science is more intricate and subtle, reveals a much richer universe, and powerfully evokes our sense of wonder. And it has the additional and important virtue-to whatever extent the word has any meaning-of being true.

Bethenny Frankel

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

Bette Davis

I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose.

Bette Davis

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.