Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yael Grobglas

Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.

Yanis Varoufakis

In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.

Tina Brown

Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense - almost a covert longing - that the old corrupt structures on which that job depends needs to be, ought to be, swept away.

Ice T

My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive.

Idris Elba

If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'

Isobelle Carmody

I have never forgotten the almost mystical power over an audience a storyteller has, when the story is deep and links you.

Gavyn Davies

Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.

Donald Trump

You've seen my statements; I do very well. I don't mind paying some taxes. The middle class is getting clobbered in this country. You know the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys, but I know people in hedge funds that pay almost nothing, and it's ridiculous, OK?

Zadie Smith

It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for that, I suppose, is 'faith.'

Silvio Berlusconi

The accession of one of these countries to the UN Security Council runs the risk of embarrassing three or four other countries,

Frank Sciolla

That would be good for the kids. Council Rock played great. They played like you have to play to win.

Charles Meador

We have the discretion to pick who we want to pick. I don't see any reasons why this council should tie its hands and limit its discretion as to who should serve us.

Matthew Daily

We were so successful with those original goals that the council decided to update those for the next four years.

David Storrie

We've made a better effort to educate the council on the overall project. The council had some objections about removing the permanent habitation clause, so we've softened the language, and there's still going to be no permanent habitation on the acreage where the hotel will be. We've made it a friendlier document.

Richard Miller

We're very pleased with the support council has given to the fire department in starting the process indicated in the master fire plan and we look forward to the progression the department will take,

John Bolton

I thought it was a good example of how the council can work together effectively,

Terry Adams

We formed a global warranty council last year.

Peter Pace

I was in every meeting with the joint chiefs. I was in every meeting with the combatant commanders. I went to the White House multiple times to meet with the National Security Council and with the president of the United States. I have never seen that colonel,

Bill Vaughan

Only if the dragon and the eagle turn their sights from each other and make room for each other in the world they share, can they reach new and brighter horizons.

Roger Stone

If you have to drag somebody to register, they're not highly motivated.

Roger McGuinn

I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.

James Russell

You can drag something onto a page, preview it to see what it looks like, tweak it and put it into production very quickly. You can do very useful things with not a lot of lines of code.

Alan Greenspan

will undoubtedly be a drag from now on.

Russell Tovey

I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one.

Marsha Thomason

I think that Vegas is one of the wildest places I've ever been to. You can look to your left and there's a drag queen getting married by Elvis, to the right there is some old bird sticking quarters into a slot machine for hours.

William Shakespeare

Advance our standards, set upon our foes; Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George, Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!

Bob Dylan

I wish that for just one time / you could stand inside my shoes / and just for that one moment / I could be you. / Yes, I wish that for just one time / You could stand inside my shoes / You'd know what a drag it is / to see you.

Kate Warne

The overall tenor of the market has been very positive because the economic numbers are relaxing fears of a rate hike (by the U.S. Federal Reserve).

Jim Gallagher

The overall intention is to try to have mares reside longer in the state. That's where the greatest economic development is derived.

F. Sionil Jose

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

Roger Altman

The 2008 economic crisis and Great Recession forced widespread restructuring throughout the U.S. economy - not unlike a company gritting its teeth through a lifesaving bankruptcy.

Arthur Levitt

The American economy is the eighth wonder of the world. The ninth is the economic ignorance of the American people.

Bill Grant

That would be great. The more economic development you have, the better it is for the region.

Rainer Guntermann

We have a more mixed picture (and) that would have made some people rethink economic prospects maybe towards the end of the year.

Paul Hubbert

We could have another economic downturn. We need to maintain a reserve.

Mike Schussler

We know that with a lot of the strikes, if they last only a day or three, we can make up that lost production. If it lasts a week or longer we make up only some of that production. That's when it starts having economic consequences.

Yosef Lapid

will not live under the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb.

Mehrangiz Kar

It doesn't mean that the majority of the Iranian people think like that. They are staying in their homes. They are not on the streets.

Javier Solana

We have to see what is the response that the Iranians give us.

Mark Gwozdecky

IAEA received a prompt response from Iranians to visit the site, prompt access,

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.

Nicholas Burns

We want the Iranians to negotiate, whether it's with the EU-3 or Russia or any other country, on a serious basis.

Chris Christie

When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

David Garcia

We're urging people, particularly on Padre Island, in the strongest possible terms to evacuate.

Korey Rowe

It didn't seem possible and it took a long time to sink in.

Mark Warren

We are doing everything possible to treat the water,

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.

Asaf Shariv

We have to prepare for the worst possible scenario.

Yuri Andropov

Responsible statesmen have only one choice - to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Any other position is short-sighted; more so, it is suicidal.

Michiel Huisman

One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I've been really lucky in that sense, I think.

Pete Carroll

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

Mario Theissen

I think it could be possible but in the end it's a sport.

Sergei Lavrov

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.

Sergei Lavrov

We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

Mario Pescante

Penal sanctions are O.K. for those that peddle ... For athletes, sporting sanctions are much more severe.

Bob Williams

I'm not sure any sanctions would have any effect.

Jochen Clausnitzer

Sanctions weld together the state and the population.

Ahmad Khatami

They threaten us. Their threats and sanctions have made us independent.

Ralph Nader

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked

John Hayes

We have always escorted our programs. We've always had security staff on our programs.

Simon Crisford

Wherever we travel around the world, we take security personnel, and this time will be no different.

Hamid-Reza Asefi

We are not worried by the Security Council, but it is the wrong method.

Jim Keller

It does give them a sense of security.

Lawrence Lindsey

I don't think we're going to be touching Social Security at all.

John Gadd

He didn't want welfare. He didn't want Social Security.

George Tenet

If one side does something, and the other side does something within the span of a security meeting, we can say we are into Tenet.

Byron Katie

There is no security for those who seek it outside of themselves.

Atifete Jahjaga

The security of the woman is the security of society.

Danys Baez

We didn't seek this out, but after an in-depth exploration, it made sense for us.

Charles Miller

My understanding is we were seeking what keywords are put in and URLs. Nothing personal.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

We are commanded to seek out those who are lost. We are to be our brother's keeper.

Cynthia Kenyon

I was a little truth seeker as a child. I wanted more than anything to understand myself and also other people.

Julie Myers

I will seek to work with those who are knowledgeable in this area, who know more than I do.

Atharva Veda

Servant Nanak seeks Your Support; he has come to Your Sanctuary.

John Ortberg

Evil exists. Evil is real. One of the hallmarks of evil is that it seeks to convince its victims that it exists 'out there.'

Phillip Nalbone

They will seek to use it as a negotiating tool.

Mahatma Gandhi

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.