Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald McDonald

He is what amounts to another union representative rather than representing the people who elected him.

Lady Bird Johnson

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.

Elliott Abrams

In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Their voices have been heard. They elected me to be governor, and they sent me up here to do the job, ... That's what I'm here to do, and so that's why I'm concentrating on this right now.

Viktor Yushchenko

that I have lived to the time when the Ukrainian president is elected not in Moscow, not in Washington, but in Ukraine.

Sandra Buckler

There's a natural pursuit of elected officials which I think is healthy and normal.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

The American people, in their own families, they understand that you have to do that. You have to make the tough decisions. You have to get your budget. You have got to put it in order. And they expect their elected officials and their leaders to do likewise.

Tony Tan

I'm glad that Singaporeans were receptive to my message and have elected me to serve as their president.

David Harsanyi

Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism.

Michael Angarano

I would say that my favorite action film is the 'Die Hard's. They're kind of perfect, I think.

Abram Himelstein

John Kennedy Toole is one of my favorite writers, but he's not someone who means a lot to the kids I teach. This is all about having other voices.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I have always loved animals, and as a child, I read a lot of horse books. I had a particular favorite called 'Silver Snaffles' that my mother gave away.

Quvenzhane Wallis

My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.

Eileen Wilson

He (Rowland) is really a favorite in this community. He is performing straight off a tour in Spain so we are really lucky that he can fit us into his schedule.

Sandy Nelson

Her favorite thing to do was walk to the library,

Jamie Jackson

We've generally become favorable of shorter-dated (agencies) inside of five years as of December. Spreads widened out, more so in the front of curve.

Greg Gilchrist

I think we'll be able to work things out, ... Right now, I'd say we're 75-25 in favor of shipping Saturday.

Ryan Costello

I think we're the favorite if we play our game.

Matthew Morrison

I actually grew up break-dancing. When you break-dance you listen to hip-hop and rap, so I've been listening to that music since I was a kid.

Bill Sharpe

Guys like Greg and Rusty grew up as watermen, because their dad's one, too. And being a hot surfer was secondary to being a true waterman.

Bob DiBiasio

Hal was a real journalist. He grew up in a time when newspapers were kings and always kept the sense that the printed word was magic.

Quinton Aaron

I like to be someone else. I like to be someone other than myself. I grew up watching movies and being a fan of what I'd seen portrayed in the movies, and I always wanted to do that one day.

Laura Vandervoort

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

Stefan Edberg

I think that over the years people grew to understand what I stood for. They knew what type of player I was. I think they respected me for that.

Bob Wietharn

It is my heart, where I grew up, and where I'll always be.

Bill Sullivan

Last year, our revenue grew by 30% in India and we hope it continues.

Whoopi Goldberg

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

Jim Moran

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

Brad Dayspring

I think a lot of members will be supportive of the legislation.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Roger Toussaint

Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.

M. Wolfe

I would think he's worth it. They might not.

Jim Edmonds

I think it might be why I struggled in the World Series,

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He might be in the lineup tomorrow.

Bryan Smolinski

(Hasek) was the reason we won. It was really tough taking those penalties in the first seven minutes, but then we got one at the end and that might have taken the wind out of their sails.

Stephanie Mills

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of.

Alphonso Jackson

have come to realize they might not go back to New Orleans.

Andy Reust

It could be a possibility he might run it. At this point, I don't know where I'm going to go with it.

Scott Arneson

I think the proof is in the pudding. The Valley produces state championship contenders every year. Some people might not think that the Valley is that tough, but no one has proven otherwise.

Mike Kemp

I think that might have been a turning point in the game.

Robert Walpole

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

Norman Tebbit

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

James Otis

Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.

Thomas Jefferson

It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.

Jerry Spinelli

I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.

Jeremy Shockey

You can't shake him. How young he is, the adjustments he's making week to week -- it's pretty rare in this league.

Jane Curtin

It's rare to read a half-hour script that actually makes you laugh,

Roy Johnson

Its just not that rare if you look at the whole picture,

Stewart Butterfield

I rarely in a working day go more than 10 minutes without looking at Slack.

Roy Williams

I've rarely watched film of T.O. or Jerry,

Marni O'Doherty

This was rare because there were very persistent, prevalent rumors for about three weeks.

Richard Thaler

So the world is much more correlated than we give credit to. And so we see more of what Nassim Taleb calls "black swan events" - rare events happen more often than they should because the world is more correlated.

Randy Pausch

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

Salvador Dali

I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.

Robert Staughton Lynd

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

Brian Eno

Saying that cultural objects have value is like saying that telephones have conversations.

Chuck Palahniuk

I disconnect the telephone to keep the outside world in it's correct place.

Richard Armour

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

Jesse Eisenberg

To criticize Facebook is to criticize the telephone.

Ann Thompson

They were wealthy and there have to be more.

Fred Lawrence

I can see where they wouldn't want this to happen, but when you get up around $4,000 ... I don't have that kind of money. I never was and never will be a wealthy person.