Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rig Veda

Knowledge makes capable of earning knowledge. It inspires us to perform actions and as a result one acquires desired wealth.

Joanna Stevens

There is going to be an enormous integration challenge for any company that acquires AOL.

Mark Pagel

Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, rather than from the genes they pass to us.

S. Jay Olshansky

Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce.

Jeff Deren

That project will burn a waste product imported from the Mainland until the developer acquires a local fuel source.

Kate Atkinson

Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along.

Spencer Tracy

For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once it has been tossed behind, like Deucalion's little stone, it acquires a separate and vivid life of its own.

Dave Reichert

It's basic due diligence to make sure that whenever a foreign entity acquires a controlling interest in a U.S. company that national security isn't threatened.

Rig Veda

A person who is respectful towards his land, civilization and language, attains greatness and he acquires all the happiness of life. His deeds should be such that makes the motherland, the culture and language proud.

Fred Haise

Knowing that you were going to fly to the moon, walk on the moon, defies description,

John Boyega

It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers.

Phil Savage

Ted defies logic, and he defies age. You can take any film from last year and watch it. He can still get the job done. He's not just huge, he can still move.

Shawne Merriman

We're a team that really defies the odds.

Mark McKinnon

One thing is clear: Ron Paul defies labels.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

HASH, x. There is no definition for this word --nobody knows what hash is.

Richelle Mead

Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story.

Tryon Edwards

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

Truman Capote

Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady.

Robert Penn Warren

In separateness only does love learn definition.

Robert M. Pirsig

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.

Saul Bellow

Excuse me ... but I reject your definitions of me.

Warren Farrell

I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.

Rick Yancey

The monstrous act by definition demands a monster.

Jim Duncan

Knowing that figure is a valuable tool that will help guide the Planning Commission's thinking as they work to update the Comprehensive Plan.

Johnny Hott

I yelled out, and no one answered, so I figured they all must be on a walk or something.

Jason Eldredge

Keep giving it to us, we've got to figure it out. When the whistle blows, let's play it.

Kawika Shoji

Kamehameha is well-coached and they're very athletic, so we knew it was going to be a battle. We figured it was going to be another low-scoring game. The key was just to be patient.

Brian Nichols

Just shut up. Just shut up. I gotta figure a way out here.

Dave Sitek

I think I tried on the hardcore scene's outfits maybe once, and then I just figured I'd stick to Hawaiian shirts.

Tony Kushner

He was a giant figure in American theater,

Cass Sunstein

He is unquestionably one of the most important figures in the history of American law.

Gary Sheffield

Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.

Steve Ralston

I was in the right place at the right time . . . if I had missed that one, it would have been embarrassing,

Dinara Safina

I think I played well today. I just missed some really important shots.

Thomas Ken

Redeem thy misspent time that's past, And live this day as if thy last.

Jeff Burton

He said it in a way that you couldn't miss it.

Buck Showalter

He's a treasure. Every day that passes, we realize how much we miss him.

Jack Ferraro

I think the players that we have right now are very good. But one thing we don't have is that big-time scorer. We're going to be missing Piazza, but somebody's going to have to pick up his slack.

John Shadegg

I think we need an idea person. It's something we've been missing for a long time.

Claude Tarver

I think a lot of them are wondering if they may have missed out on him.

Kitty Wright

I think a lot of people misunderstood, (thinking) that they were going to be there forever. Now that they're gone, they're missing them.

Robert Collier

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Down the well," Angela repeated, and had to go sit down and hold on to her letter opener. It was in the shape of a dagger. Angela said holding it soothed her; seeing Angela hold it did not soothe Kami.

Rob Bell

We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.

Craig Thompson

Christianity and Islam, they have the same morals, same lifestyle, some of the same stories that shaped them.

Felipe Alou

I'll take the swing. The shape is really not that important.

Eric Hoffer

It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors.

Eric Hoffer

However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us.

Paul Henderson

The Lord expects us to enjoy our lives. He says there will be some brutal times, but we shouldn't get all bent out of shape about it.

Kerri Walsh

It's not a sprint to get in shape.

Rory Bruer

I think it's a good, solid start for us,

Doug Mirabelli

He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.

Lawrence Lau

He may have been transferring waste without a solid waste permit.

Katie Uhlaender

In my training runs, I threw down solid yesterday.

Hubie Brown

In my opinion, they are the favorite, and they are a solid favorite.

Jose Bergamin

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

Clint Chamberlin

The JV got after it and had a solid outing.

David Ritchie

All this means. . . we have a really solid footing.

Mike Donahue

Once again, we had a solid third period.

Ellen Goodman

When you live alone, you can be sure that the person who squeezed the toothpaste tube in the middle wasn't committing a hostile act.

Woodrow Wilson

The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.

Michael York

No one has developed active tuberculosis.

Ellen DeGeneres

What goes up must come down, which is why I don't wear tube tops.