Famous Quotes & Sayings

Manmohan Singh

Any redrawing of the international borders is not something that is going to be acceptable to us.

Sherwood Schwartz

As a man who tried to explain in his own way that people have to learn to get along with each other. I did it with comedy because that's what I'm familiar with, and I think it's more acceptable to tell it in comedy form. But that's how I'd like to be remembered.

J. A. Konrath

The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.

Robert MacIntosh

Banks, bond investors and equity investors will ratchet down their idea of what's normal and acceptable as far as earnings and cash flows go,

Alan Peterson

As long as there aren't any tie votes, it's acceptable to leave that seat open, ... It appears to be causing no problems.

Martin Reynolds

A single-provider solution may be acceptable today, but enterprises must make long-term plans to guard against possible loss of service. If BlackBerry users do not have confidence in the level of redundancy RIM offers, they may need to consider alternative providers.

Les Moonves

Radio -- which has extremely valuable assets -- is our one segment that is not yet achieving acceptable growth. We have implemented a number of recent initiatives to change that, including the new Jack and Spanish formats which have shown good success. And we believe this week's announcement to add a powerful new morning show will greatly improve the performance of our drive-time programming in the nation's largest east-coast markets.

Greg Sorbara

Our advisors informed you on July 27, 2005, that the plan outline does not meet the province's stated objectives for a successful Stelco restructuring and, therefore, is not acceptable to us.

Chris White

People expect a system to work 100% of the time; it is no longer acceptable to have downtime even for maintenance.

Don Cooper

Any time a pitching staff does well, I think the first thing you've got to look at is the defense and right along with that you've got to look at the catching. The catcher holds the brain. He's the guy that everybody is looking at to be the leader and take control of the game and keep that pace going. With A.J. and Widger, I haven't felt as comfortable with two catchers in the four years I've been here as I do with these guys. They remember the game plan and they carry it out. That's one of the reasons why we've had the kind of pitching staff we've had this year.

Al Dyer

Ashley Baker is our defensive specialist. That's what she did for us last year, and now her shot is coming along too.

Michael Russell

As far as I'm concerned the project is running along smoothly. The building is coming out of the ground right now.

Atharva Veda

As flies the wind, as flies the mind, as fly the winged birds, so do thou, O embryo,. ten months old, fall along with the placenta! May the placenta fall down!

Howard Rubenstein

As Global Crossing announced in May, a company-sponsored plan is being developed for submission along with other potential bids to the creditors. The creditors' committee has affirmed its support of this option.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

As a result of its tremendous box office success, the potential to tell a new chapter in its story and the popularity of the film's characters, we are excited to announce that we are making 'Madagascar' our second company franchise -- along with 'Shrek,

Jeremy Jones

As a whole, we are further along than we were last year. We want to continue that through the summer, making it an easier transition for next season.

J. August Richards

As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.

Douglas Brinkley

As a composer, Dylan now fits comfortably alongside George Gershwin or Irving Berlin, though he grumpily refuses to wear any man's collar.

Donald Knuth

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer.

Elizabeth Hagood

No sir, I'm not at all saying that, I'm explaining to you the process that has taken place so far.

Eileen Larrabee

The Senate still needs to explain why it's insisting, unlike every other state in the nation, that the Medicaid inspector general would have a five-year term.

Bob Woodruff

After I explained that, he recognized his statements don't apply,

Michael Six

Now, I have to try to explain to my son that his mommy is going to be gone.

Alyn McCauley

I've never seen a series like this. Nothing seems to turn out the way you think it should, and you can't explain why.

S. Walker

I've never seen anything like that. I can't even explain it to you.

Frank Busch

I've never seen anything like that before in my life. I don't know how to explain it. That was a guy, very talented, whose heart wanted whatever it took. You just don't see races like that.

Lindy Ruff

It would be tough to stand here and explain to you guys how they had our number if we had lost tonight.

Laila Robins

'Heartbreak House' was a lot of fun for me. I must have missed that day at school. I'd never read it or seen it. It's one of those things that a lot of people are familiar with.

Christine Elise

There are moments in 'Body Snatchers' that touch the sort of thing that I find scary... like isolation and the inability to trust even familiar things. But - is that a horror movie - or a thriller? I don't really know the difference.

Jamie Dixon

We've seen them and we're familiar with them. Having a short turnaround as far as playing them, at least it's good that we're familiar with them.

Gordon W. Allport

What is familiar tends to become a value.

Mason Cooley

The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar.

Melissa Leo

I was really not familiar at all with Edward Snowden. I like to get that right out of the way and really learned most of what I know from Oliver's [Stones] script.

Larry Nierenberg

Let me get you the hydrologist, he's much more familiar with tropical systems than I am.

Gene Luen Yang

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

Pat Buchanan

For years, my friends, we have all heard that familiar taunt, 'Don't worry about them; they have nowhere else to go.' Well, guess what? We have somewhere else to go. At long last, we have a home of our own,

Turkish Proverb

A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.

Scottie Somers

A wise man once told Me that an overnight success takes 10 years. But I may not have 10 Years. I might have to settle for a naptime success.

English 16th Century Proverbs

A young man married is a young man marred.

Fred Byrd

Back then, if a man could walk, he would go into service.

Robert Gottlieb

Raimund Hoghe is a little man with a spinal deformity who was once Pina Bausch's dramaturge.

Terry McAuliffe

People pigeonhole me - I'm known for raising more money than any man alive.

Everett Dirksen

An old man once taught me what a million is. He said, look at your watch, and watch the second hand. You can see it every second, every minute, every day, every night, every week, every month, every year - and in 3 years it would go around 1,000,000 times.

Harold Kushner

A prophet is not a man who tells the future; he is a man who tells the truth.

Marcel Proust

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

Dakota Blue Richards

As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.

Daniel Sharman

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Rick Riordan

As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.' There is no 'next' 'Harry Potter.'

Rocco Calo

As a stockholder myself, I want to see the stock do well but I also want to see them treat people well.

Shawn Amos

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

John Eales

As a captain, it's important to have the right people around you,

Peter Ueberroth

As a lot of people said, 'The U.S. is back,' in a way. We were well received.

Ray Santiago

As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.

W. H. Murray

The big thing is getting more infrastructure in place so that people can just pull up and get the fuel.

Doc Sadler

We tried some things. A triangle-and-two, some zone. And they made some shots.

Phil Budervic

We tried not to do that, because that's kind of unfair. But when we need a basket...that's who we're going to.

Dirk Nowitzki

We tried a lot of things that game, but he's just that good.

James Simpson

We all tried to get the word out any way possible. Did it help? Who knows. For all we know, the chopper was already on the way. But it did get attention, and now they're safe.

Denny McCrotty

We tried to manufacture some runs, it was too much. That's kind of been our story for some kind now." ()

Kylan Robinson

She tried to make it, but it was too late.

Grant Hill

I would probably say yes. I don't see getting another surgery. We tried it. It didn't work. I don't see doing another.

Bob Enos

We've tried surgery, medications, and nothing has changed.

Tom Daschle

We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.