Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Robertson

public trust is essential to an effective judicial system and one judge's conduct may have a significant impact upon the public's perception of the entire judicial system ...

Christopher Dodd

This is the first time in more than 200 years that the federal government will take a very proactive role in the conduct of elections,

Tommy Franks

Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid,

Robert H. Grubbs

Catalysts are the conductors who choreograph the chemical dance that results in the formation of new structures.

Brad Mitchell

If, after conducting market research, we find the public wants Christopher, we may revisit the decision.

George Adams

The cleanliness is essential to conducting nano-scale research.

Gerhard Schroeder

The importance of these debates will not be the same as in America.

Bill Bradley

We're going to have two debates in Iowa in January, ... You can't have a debate in Iowa without agriculture being a major part of it. So we're going to debate agriculture in Iowa.

William Daley

There are three debates and I think the American people are going to make a decision after they see all three formats,

Edgar Watson

You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him.

Dries van Noten

One of the big luxuries of being in Antwerp is that I can easily walk in the city. In Paris and New York, I am more recognized.

Anne White

I was terrified and could easily have flipped the car,

James Morris

I wish the problems of this region could be easily solved, but the reality is that many millions of people will face extreme difficulties even if there are better harvests this year.

Billy Donovan

I can't live their lives for them. They could just as easily get hurt doing something on the court.

Bruce Steinberg

October job loss could easily be worse. The unemployment rate is headed for 6 percent, in our view.

P. Herbert

Some of us are like wheelbarrows, only useful when pushed and easily upset.

Bobby Bowden

Well, if you saw all three games, you know we could very easily be 1-2 right now,

Jeremy Mayfield

If everything would have played out right, we would have had a top-five finish or maybe even a win the way it was looking toward the end of the race, ... It easily could have been a great day for us, but we're going to take 16th and not look back.

Michael Brady

elected to make tough decisions, and this was one of them.

Gore Vidal

I was like everyone else when Obama was elected - optimistic.

Gabrielle Giffords

I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.

Phil Boyer

The statistics don't support planes falling out of the sky.

Marcus Miller

This is the first time we've played soccer in the spring; we have just played in the fall in the past, so it's kind of fun to see some different teams.

bell hooks

If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.

Billy Blanks

When you become confident with your inner-self, the outside's just going to fall into place.

Bobby Darin

I had these shoes made and 2 to 3 inch lifts inside and the heel was another 2 and half inches. I walked around that way, wherever I could without falling over.

David Robinson

Another flake doesn't have to fall and we're going have a fourth consecutive year of above-normal snowfall.

Griffin Bell

did not want any embarrassment to fall upon Mr. Young.

John Robertson

We are oftentimes not given a reason for having a booking fall through.

Joe Wojtkiewicz

We had some chances. It seemed like we had some nice shots that wouldn't fall or they'd hit a free throw or a tough basket.

Charlize Theron

I think the most important thing that I got from them was when I got to be with their families and with their children,

Amar'e Stoudemire

It hit me personally because I've been in that type of situation when I was a kid (living in a number of different homes in Florida), when I really didn't have a household to go to. When I see those families and kids down there, I see myself.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what we do is probably quite similar.

Vance Moss

We'd wake up in the morning and there'd be a line of mothers, fathers, grandchildren waiting for us. We knew that we were there to save lives.

Jay-Z

The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.

Pope John XXIII

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Chief Joseph

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

Donald Rumsfeld

It has to have forces which are not paper forces,

George Casey

The development of the Iraqi security forces is very much on track,

Anthony Sims

It's a lot better than a loss. Van Buren is a great team, even better than last year. But we played solid all-around. I think the forces were with us tonight.

Tasha Alexander

When you have a child, it forces you to take stock of what you're doing with your life.

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Susan Goldstein

I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.

Elfriede Jelinek

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Calvin Coolidge

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it.

Jan Brewer

Government just simply can't do everything for everyone.

Chris Bell

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

Larry Craig

We do not take away the powers of surveillance, ... We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.

Bernie Sanders

I do not accept the belief that the United States of America and our government can't stand up to the ripoffs of the pharmaceutical industry which charge us by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

Bernie Sanders

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Dougray Scott

I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.

Sidney Spencer

I could tell when she took off. I was like, 'Oh, here it goes.' That was awesome. I was so excited. I couldn't even find the person I was guarding because I was so excited. I was just jumping up and down on the court. I was screaming at her.

Ryan Lochte

Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all'a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Dwight L. Moody

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

William Shakespeare

Everyone I meet is in some way my superior.

Oscar Wilde

Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once.

Louis Farrakhan

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

Christine Pelosi

Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come a time when we don't need to tell our kids that Halloween is no excuse for hate, and that blackface has no place in a civilized society.

Daniel Anderson

This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly.

Tom Goguen

There are also some 30 kickbacks that we are starting to use in the mainstream of the operating system.

Art Garfunkel

They say in the darkest night there is a light beyond

Miley Cyrus

When I went through a really intense break-up - you know, I was engaged - the thing that gave me the most anxiety was not knowing what to do with myself when Disney wasn't there to carry me anymore or if I didn't have him. And now I'm FREE of both of those things and I'm fine. I lay in bed at night by myself and I'm totally OK and that's so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would have thought they would have died if they didn't have a boyfriend.

Daniel H. Pink

While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night.

Barry Gibb

I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.

Nick Fazekas

When I don't see a double-team I have a big smile on my face. I know it will be a long night for the other team.

Earl Nightingale

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Bobby Collins

Is that all? That seemed like a 25-turnover night to me.

Andy Goldsworthy

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.

Alec Baldwin

[American family court] is a system that is corrupt on his best day. It is like being tied to the back of a pickup truck and dragged down a gravel late at night. No one can hear your cries and complaints and it is not over until they say it's over.

Hayley Wickenheiser

We are a pro team in every sense of the word outside of being paid like pro players.

Tim Shea

One of the things I'm trying to do, and we all need to do, is look outside our public schools.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.

Joe Torre

I don't think that's outside the realm of possibility,

Baz Luhrmann

I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Pam Brown

People can sip tea and have a little tidbit to eat.

Ed Rollins

People don't view him as a Republican or Democrat, and he has the resources to run without having to worry about funding.

Brent Carpenter

People don't understand the law, and they get in a hurry.

John Waters

People don't understand how this water went, and people don't understand this bridge.

Matt Eastwood

People don't throw out technology for no reason.

Kevin Spacey

People don't tend to hassle me because when I've got a hat on, I look like a banker. I'm just a plain guy.

Jim Miller

People don't shop the way they used to. We had to throw in the towel.

Tom Watkins

We need more entrepreneurs in private and public life,

Wil S. Hylton

The tension between public and private science is powerful.

Bob Hazel

Teachers have enough problems as it is. It's sure not positive.

David Filo

You'll run into problems where governments don't share those values. Long term, these values will win out.

Jon Heacock

I know they are special team problems, but they are important ones.

Steve Courson

There's a whole minefield of problems, and the minefield doesn't go away,

Dan Stessel

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

Alicia Munnell

With public employees, the day of reckoning is more in the distance.

Adam Smith

We want the public to be more engaged.

Robert Reich

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Michelle Williams

When you're in a relationship with somebody who is also a public personality, then it doubles the attention from the media.

J. Taylor

He said she was trying to push him to keep him from getting up at her.

Grady Jackson

I'll be ready for Detroit. I just have to get the footwork down, get used to pushing and everything again.

John Niven

If pushed to say what I like about Elizabeth, who, as I'm sure most of you know, overtook Queen Victoria this week to become our longest-serving monarch, it would be her uncomplaining, getting-on-with-it ethic.

Nicole Perrot

Winning is always great, I'm ready for it to happen, but I'm not pushing it,

Jeff Ballard

We should make a push to the top 10.

Eleanor Clift

Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.

Allen Tate

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Aldous Huxley

God: a gaseous vertebrate.

Christy Turlington

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

George Carlin

Results like these [state of the earth] do not belong on the resumé of a supreme being.

George Bernard Shaw

All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.

Carl Sagan

[S]cience has itself become a kind of religion.

Rashid al-Ghannushi

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

H. L. Mencken

A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.

Jeff Thomas

Bellingham's pretty tough. They're solid all the way through. They don't seem to have any weak spots.

Jill Wagner

When work seems like a job, I don't do it anymore. I always want it to be something I'm interested in and something that challenges me.

Tony Hsieh

Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.

Jim Boeheim

I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.

Erin Morgenstern

To be rather than to seem.

Mark Russinovich

This is a step they should have taken immediately.

Ernesto Hernandez

We stepped on American soil, we shouldn't be here.

Stephen Sommers

I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step.

Mike Stratton

They were stepping in it and stepping on it.

Kevin Hart

I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going.

Cecilia Bartoli

This is the secret-the repertoire. You have to try to consolidate your repertoire. It is a big step if you know how to do that.