Famous Quotes & Sayings

Reza Aslan

In the 5,000-year history of Jewish thought, the notion of a God-man is completely anathema to everything Judaism stands for.

Tim Jackson

The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to an ecologist.

Slobodan Milosevic

As a pretext for military engagement, genocide carried out by Serbs will be made up... by making it appear a genocide was carried out, an anathema will be placed on the heads of Serbs and measures will be carried out,

David Mixner

Sam Nunn might bring us Georgia and maybe even another Southern state but, in my opinion, at an unacceptable cost to our principles and to the concept of change that has stirred millions to rise and work for Barack Obama. Sam Nunn would be a disaster as a running mate and a total anathema to millions of Americans.

George W. Bush

As these milestones approach, we can expect there to be increasing violence from the terrorists, ... They can't stand elections. The thought of people voting is anathema to them.

Peggy Noonan

What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that those who hold conservative views on abortion, gun rights and marriage are extreme, anathema and have no place in the state.

Zadie Smith

I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.

Jack Abramoff

I don't want to bother you guys with a meeting request, so I was hoping you could pass on to Karl that Interior is about to approve a gaming compact and land in trust for a tribe which is an anathema to all our supporters down there.

Martin Amis

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.

Steve Bartlett

I would think it's something that will deserve consideration at some point. But first, they have to find a deal they're interested in, and nothing at this point appears to be on the front burner. I assume that teams will sit back and make decisions closer to the trade deadline.

Capt. Froomin

I would say the odds are very high that it's a homicide. It does not appear to be natural causes or suicide.

Ken Dunham

It actually appears to be a pretty good design.

Kelly Flinn

I think it does give the appearance of preferential treatment with respect to gender or with respect to rank,

Mike Ledford

It certainly appears there is very little control of the procurement cards in the department. It is clear the sheriff is not reviewing what is going on in the department.

Scott Skiles

It appears what is happening to us when we finally do decide to really get after it for two or three possessions (is) we don't have the energy to go get the ball. That's distressing for sure.

Nancy Pelosi

It appears we will only be given one month for that national debate.

Sean Coffey

It appears to us that bankers were more interested in pocketing their fees than protecting their clients.

Tom Shea

It appears to be a disturbing pattern of violations of the law. At best, it's a disturbing pattern of violations of the spirit of the law.

Roy H. Williams

James and Dee didn't seem to be too carried away or too emotional out there. They were just businesslike, and they got their team into what they wanted to do.

Bob Bolen

He was a hard worker at Woodrow, and it's carried over to his coaching, I think he's doing a great job. He was a tremendous player and always a joy to be around. He's always been a great kid, he was a great kid growing up, now he's a great young man.

Scott Erickson

He carried us. Before the game he guaranteed that we would win.

Joe Torre

He carried that with him the first half of the year. If for some reason his routine gets disrupted, (he's) sort of off-center. But he left spring with a good look in his eye.

Mike McGee

He is probably one of the most competitive people I've ever met and that has been carried on to me,

Stephen J. Cannell

I formed my own studio, carried my own deficits, owned one-hundred percent of my negatives, and made a lot of mistakes, but we ended up being the third largest TV studio in Hollywood.

Fiorenzo Facchini

God's project of creation can be carried out through secondary causes in the natural course of events.

Brad Shaw

I thought we paid the price a little harsher than maybe we would have some other nights. I thought we carried the play for the most part.

Tim Corbin

I thought our pitching and defense carried us in this game. Pedro not only led us at the plate, but made some good defensive plays at third as well.

Darcey Addo

The kids were really shocked to learn that genocide is still happening.

Jenny Lewis

What motivates me to go to Washington is that, during World War II, so much of the world stood idly by as the genocide happened.

Tim Walz

You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.

Dick Cheney

Cheney, Cheney, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide.

Paul Franklin

Keep your heads up, boys. This is your job. Don't let these (suicide bombers) intimidate you. We're here for the right reasons.

Paul Pierce

We've got to keep our heads up. We're going to turn this around sooner or later.

Charles Stross

I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or get inside heads that are interestingly broken.

William Cowper

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Rashad Mitchell

It helped a ton. We never put our heads down and thought because we were down that we were going to lose. We just kept pushing and pushing.

Michael Lehmann

I really like getting inside the heads of female characters. I think I can do that well, and I enjoy it.

Jill Soloway

I really like writing television, and I like the collaborative writers room feeling. It's ten people, and you're together every day laughing your heads off.

Charles Richardson

Their heads were down when we were making big shots and big plays. We had them on their heels and we didn't let up.

Jamie Ullman

They kept their heads about them and that's the important. It was pretty much everything I expected. (I thought) it was going to come down to the last possession or the last minute and sure enough, it did.

John Proctor

There are similar security measures to those of online banking.

Sheila Thomas

A lot of times, patients can't think of a single thing they like about their body. The number on the scale, this measures how they feel about their body. They have a very abusive relationship with their body.

Li Yizhong

We've met unprecedented safety pressures and all in all, all the iron-handed measures should be implemented thoroughly.

Michael Clarke

We used sophisticated security procedures and measures to make sure only people who are supposed to be on the network can get onto the network.

Alex Jones

In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves.

Janet Reno

There are obviously a number of instances with respect to military personnel, with respect to Native American claims, with respect to Medicare,

Richard Perle

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.

Richard Holbrooke

I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.

Ruben Blades

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.

Woodrow Wilson

Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America.

Richard M. Nixon

The lesson of all history warns us that we should negotiate only when our military superiority is so convincing that we can achieve our objective at the conference table, and deny the aggressor theirs.

Ulysses S. Grant

A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect,

Ulysses S. Grant

The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make.

Robert A. Schuller

I think family-run ministries are fabulous, but they have to be placed in proper governance.

Bill Steele

Unlike soap or deodorant, which can be placed by marketing, shaving is very much performance.

Walter Martin

Text without context is pretext.

David Magara

He would rob some sex workers who he 'lifted' on the pretext of seeking sex and he sometimes also raped his victims.

Ephraim Sneh

This is a tragedy, and they do it with a pretext or without it.