Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Butler Yeats

Style, personality -- deliberately adopted and therefore a mask -- is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers.

Michael Barry

You have a situation where the board made a commitment to the shareholders and adopted a policy in response to the clear majority of the shareholders. Now, they're turning their back on that and with impunity just disregarding it.

Emma Biel

My mother died young. A lot of people wanted us to be adopted out, but before she died, my mother asked Dad to please keep the children together. He did.

Nicholas Johnson

Colorado's economy had been growing faster than most other states long before it adopted TABOR. The claim that TABOR explains Colorado's prosperity in the 1990s -- and that other states can boost their economies by adopting TABOR -- isn't based on fact.

Mary Gauthier

I was adopted when I was about a year old. My adopted parents tried, but their marriage was doomed. Music saved my life. I couldn't relate to things in Baton Rouge, but I found songs that spoke to me.

Ed White

I think what happened is we all adopted each other.

Dave Walker

I'm pleased to receive this award, ... I have been a constant with this organization for many years now, but we wouldn't be here today if I wasn't surrounded by many other talented people along the way. I'm extremely proud of the Burlington community's dedication to professional baseball as evidence by the fact the Bees have survived and now prospered as the smallest full-season market in the Minor Leagues. I'm also pleased with the response we've gotten on a regional basis from the baseball fans all over Southeast Iowa and Western Illinois that have adopted the Bees as their hometown team.

Steve Johnson

In legislation that became effective in 2005, Congress adopted a uniform definition for most people. It won't change what they can take, but it'll make it easier for them to understand.

Pat Toomey

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations,

Beat Siegenthaler

Any sophisticated investor will recognize the country is not about to fall apart.

Dick Mountjoy

Rank and file Democrats are very patriotic. They love this country and support the military.

Patty Murray

Our entire country owes Sam a debt of gratitude for all he has done for so many,

Alwi Shihab

Any country in the first two weeks, they are always criticized.

Rodrigo Rato

And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or maybe give that county the support, the financial support that the market is not willing not do.

Bob Dylan

And the country I die for, has God on its side

Kofi Annan

an opportunity to elect a president to lead the country into a new era of peace, democracy and prosperity.

Robert Ebel

Any time a country threatens to cut off oil supplies, the people in New York say, 'Golly, that'll happen,' and the price of oil goes up. They have a little leverage with their oil production. But if you cut off oil exports, you cut off your foreign exchange earnings.

Rudi Giuliani

Anything that happens in any part of the country can happen in New York,

Bob Howell

I've been around long enough to know that football only occupies a portion of what I do in life,

Herman Edwards

It would be the first time he didn't show up for one since I've been here. The one thing about Curtis Martin, if he doesn't think he can help the football team, he won't do it. If he thinks he can help the football team then he will play.

Pete Carroll

This is not the same football team, this is not the same offense, ... The players are the same, but they are performing at a higher level because of the guy who is running the thing.

Ben Roethlisberger

This is probably the most nervous I've been before any professional football game.

George Russell

This is one of the most humiliating results in our football history. I did not think it could get worse but it has.

Norv Turner

The wear and tear of playing that type of schedule took its toll on this football team, and we were not a good football team in the second half.

Jake Delhomme

The way that you get people not to roll with Steve is you run the football effectively.

Eddie Quick

This group is mentally and physically tough. We've got a lot of football players and guys that have been with me.

Angelo Wright

This could be football Armageddon for teams having to release quality veterans.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Jennifer Pahlka

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

Jack Kozuchowski

I've spent half my life here. And they've always given me a lot of space to do what I thought I needed to do. It's been a labor of love.

John McDermott

The statement was very similar to the statements he's given previously,

Alan Trammel

I sense some players have given in a little, and that's unacceptable.

Ringo Starr

The whole quote was, 'Let's hear it for the vertical man, because so much praise is given to the horizontal one,'

Ron Reed

The right to have this resource for our physical well-being was something we feel was given us by our creator.

Bill Daly

This is not something we are taking lightly. Given what happened, would we revisit our policy? I would never say never.

Bob Roper

This is still a rescue incident, ... We have not given up hope.

David Jones

People don't mind spending money on their homes and basement.

Yvonne Martinez

No one was at home at the time.

Mary Scott

Ten percent of our homes are now rentals. It's a big problem.

Alex Cintron

It was unbelievable pressure to win in your home country. It was kind of like playing in a World Series, but you are playing for your country.

Frantisek Kaberle

It was very important that we come back home and get back on track. One point? I don't know -- at home, we need to get two points.

Eric Williams

It was all about the hustle plays. That shows a team that doesn't want to go home yet.

Carolyn Hinsey

It was a little small-minded of NBC to take their marbles and go home and I don't think the actors appreciated that. NBC shows are really popular with the fans.

Luis Avila

It was about as different from home as I could imagine.

Daryl Hall

I specialize in early homes, and what I care about the most is renovating a home and taking it back to its original construction idea.

Don Lynn

It's not a one-shot deal. It's an ongoing situation.

Bruce Ross

This has been an ongoing story for us.

Loyiso Pulumani

This has been an ongoing problem in our province.

Doug Bachert

This has been an ongoing pattern with him for years, decades. This is not going to stop.

Phil Ramon

As for penalties, it hasn't even been discussed. Our position is we want them to return to work as quickly and as safely as they possibly can.

Ann Veneman

no specific position has been taken on that proposal.

Javier Solana

The substantive position (of Iran) has not changed.

Juelz Santana

After a year with him I got to a position where I didn't have to do nothing in the street no more. But you have to be willing to work hard.

Graeme Souness

Sometimes you have to play in a position that you may feel is not your best.

New Giants

So now we're in a position to have to explain, even further, every thing. It won't speed this along.

Nick Saban

It would be very unfair to put it on that position when things aren't being done well around them.

Darek Braunecker

It was the position of the club. There was no sense him being there if he wasn't going to contribute.

Francois Girbaud

is like accessory, with a different position on the body.

Estee Lauder

I can understand the skepticism, particularly regarding Estee Lauder,

Robert Louis Stevenson

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.