Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Copeland

It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as "industrial action", for they are nothing of the sort, almost as daft as the sexual act being described as "sleeping together

John Copeland

It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as ""industrial action"", for they are nothing of the sort, almost as daft as the sexual act being described as ""sleeping together

George Pierce Baker

In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending.

Stephen Hunter

Considered purely as effects-driven filmed drama, 'The Day After Tomorrow' checks in somewhere in the middle of one of Hollywood's most absurd and least lamented dead genres, the disaster pic of the '70s. It's a little better than 'Earthquake' but not as good as 'The Towering Inferno,' because it doesn't star Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.

Kenneth Koch

Here I was in my 20s, and life seemed to me so exciting and full of girls and gardens and steamships and drinks and tennis games and countries and cathedrals... I mean, it seemed absurd to be writing these drab, depressed little poems. I knew there were things like death and poverty and injustice, but they weren't everything.

Tom O'Neill

Historically, they've demonstrated a shocking lack of humor for people in such an absurd industry.

Guy Quaden

It is absurd to think that such an interest rate could kill growth.

Salman Rushdie

I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity.

Robert Brown

I have written three books on the soul, / Proving absurd all written hitherto, / And putting us to ignorance again.

Keke Palmer

I can't even tell anyone how it feels when I'm acting, I don't mean to say that I don't have to try. But there's something in my heart that explodes, and I feel like I understand. When I'm acting, I feel like so in control and so centered. This is something that I solely get from acting and music. It's like love itself.

Angel Carter

Just like i said before, I am not into the acting or instrumental like the others, and I have NO idea what I want to be when I grow up, I am just. . me!

Geoff Brown

It affected me a lot how people can just biff these helpless little kittens away. They are acting no better than animals themselves.

Donna Hughes

I think it is sad, the way those two are acting and the kind of example it is setting for our children. I think they are both acting childish.

Jane Badler

I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me.

Gary Cole

It also shows how successful the A-League has been in acting as a showcase of talent.

Michael Brown

He was acting irrationally. He was acting in a rage, an explosive rage.

John Ensign

He was acting as an advocate at the time, that's a different role than as a judge,

Dan Campbell

He's been the same old coach to us. He's not changing anything up. He's not acting bizarre. He's not acting different.

Tommy Chong

Just recently up in Utah, some guy got 55 years for selling an ounce of pot to an undercover agent.

Elizardo Sanchez

I think it's a humanitarian gesture on the part of the Canadian government and we now hope our government will continue the process of prisoner releases. Right now, 110 people have been released, which means that the number of political prisoners in Cuba is diminishing.

Brian Mulroney

He certainly made an important mark on Canadian journalism.

Ross Outerbridge

I think the encouraging things are to see some of the performances of the young Canadians that have been at their first Games.

Naomi Fink

There is good reason for oil remaining positive for the Canadian dollar, if you look at what's going on in Iran. The Canadian dollar should be well supported.

Rene Fasel

I think Vancouver will be sensational. Canadians love winter sports.

Klete Keller

I was a little nervous. I didn't expect the Canadians to be so close.

Bob Lee

There is a more visible presence, with Australians, Canadians and Brits.

Ryan Gosling

I don't feel like I would be a good mentor. I don't know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons.

Mark Stephens

He knew this was a judgment that would be of enormous interest. So I think he's playing to people who like intrigue.

Gerry Adams

I think that opens up an enormous opportunity for all of us but also presents a huge challenge.

John Calvert

ID is making enormous progress. Is it going to happen overnight? No. Is it going to happen? Yes.

Peter Douglas

He had an enormous impact on the department. He laid the groundwork for the system we have today.

Richard Dawkins

The evidence for evolution is so compelling that the only way to save the creation theory is to assume that God deliberately planted enormous quantities of evidence to make it look as if evolution had happened.

Ron Chernow

Unless you devote an enormous amount of time to anticipating the future, you won't have any future.

Walter Benjamin

The present, which, as a model of Messianic time, comprises the entire history of mankind in an enormous abridgment, coincides with the stature which the history of mankind has in the universe.

Peter Sorensen

Removing one female lamprey isn't always a terribly valuable exercise. But to prevent a group from spawning, there is enormous payoff there.

Pete Carroll

Reggie has had a great season. He's done everything. Every play he's on the field, he's been an enormous factor.

Jonathan Spira

Knowledge sharing and collaboration are a key foundation of research and development.

Sakie Yokota

I survived this hardship for 20 years until I found out she had been abducted by North Korea.

Al Borges

He did a wonderful job considering he found out less than an hour before the game. We tried to keep it as low maintenance as we could.

Randy Monroe

He can score, and he found ways to score tonight.

Joanne Rowling

>in Divintation< Lavender: >squealing< Oooo! Professor look! I found an unknown planet! Professor Trelawny: That is Uranus my dear. Ron: Can I have a look at Ur anus too Lavender?

Roz Foster

What we found was more than what we anticipated.

John Lilly

Here's a guy who is obviously not the ideal size, but we've found out a lot about his heart. I think that is something you always get when you get somebody from Madison County.

Aaron Boone

He's a good dude. I found that out right away. Obviously, he's going to be a good player, and he knows how to act, too. I want to be there to help him out. But I don't want to overkill him with Johnny Veteran stuff. We're all men here and we're all teammates here. Plus, I like him.

Doug Risebrough

He's a guy that you know has played at a higher level before and maybe just hasn't found the right fit.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Erin O'Connor

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

Ben Wood

The industry will be lucky to get it out in 2008. Issues with rights, regulations and standards need to be overcome first.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Toshifumi Suzuki

The Japanese retail industry is totally unique. To be successful, you have to have a thorough knowledge about the market.

David Sowerby

It's more and more the sobering acknowledgement that the industry is significantly challenged.

Mark Landy

I would venture that we are now outside of gentlemanly territory,

Charles E. Wilson

We've been wearing sweaters and hats. We had plastic put over the windows outside too.

John Emerich

Resist your time - take a foothold outside it

Sam Harris

If you're out of school sick and you're sitting outside on the porch getting some air, that's one thing.

Siri Hustvedt

In sleep, we leave behind the sensory stimulation of the outside world.

Ian Harrington

I just tried to work the outside part of the plate and stuck with that today.

Amit Hazan

I like the strategy they're taking, which is to consolidate the smaller players outside the U.S. to become a stronger player,

Gavin Rossdale

It's such a legacy, it's insane... even outside of America, CBGB is synonymous with New York, with music.

Taylor Momsen

Switching the public's perception and view of me was, and still is, kind of a challenge to get them to see me outside of a character that I played on TV for so long.

Tom Casey

He is the established constitutional president of Mauritania.

John Edwards

It is actually the responsibility of the president of the U.S. to be able to do two things at the same time,

Orrin Hatch

I think the president has to do some compromising here, not just the House.

Gary Chaison

I think that (AFL-CIO President John) Sweeney will have to make a strong statement about the AFL-CIO and how it's strong and still relevant.

Dale Bills

He was strong and vibrant and it was vintage President Hinckley.

Ryan Lochte

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

Reza Aslan

Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

William Safire

Our rogue President, after selling face time...

Woodrow Wilson

Liberty cannot live apart from constitutional

Douglas Brinkley

Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.

David Healy

I would say that's the best-ever result we've had,

Chuck Hill

I think that Q4 results will be terrible.

Andrew Johnson

I think that's been a really important, big step in the U.S. having more competitive results internationally.

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Norah Alberto

The end result is a much more comfortable garment.

Mr Bush

Ahmadi-Nejad is a result of all this appeasement,

Billy Davis

It was a big result and there were some terrific performances as well.

Pat Barker

The result was I went nowhere.

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Matt Kiefer

He had a long rehab. Ever since he could play (again), he has been a leader. A vocal leader.

Samuel Smiles

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Zane Grey

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Mike Purcell

He really wouldn't stand out in the crowd.

Glen Taylor

I do not see that as a possibility. As I stand here, I just don't see a possibility that makes sense.

Fred Miller

He has that persona. He stands in there. He's poised.

Robin Williams

As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.

Mike Lynch

I really didn't think we'd be able to be standing here. I never really thought I'd be able to do something like this.

Pink Floyd

In a world we need to share, it's not enough to stand and stare.

Johnny Christ

If I ever wanted a gnome, I guess Id just stand out on my lawn for a while.

Charisma Carpenter

You can't stand her, but you can't stop watching.

Maggie Lynch

It's pretty standard throughout the country. And we don't give them to families, like they do in New York.

Michael Morris

I'm trying to get to a comprehensive, system approach.

Ben Agosto

The new system allows for some of that unpredictability.

Farid Abdulkadir

It's the first time this system has been used.

Myles Munroe

External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.

David Garrett

This is a system that we take for granted,

Chuck Wilson

We have all new duct work and a new heating and ventilation system in there, so we won't be using the old system,

Bob Ray

We have to have a system for response.

Zane Grey

Jealousy is an unjust and stifling thing.

Emanuel Celler

I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.

Suzy Kassem

No effect occurs without cause, and no cause occurs without effect. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.

Victor Hugo

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

Sophocles

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Margaret Drabble

How unjust life is, to make physical charm so immediately apparent or absent, when one can get away with vices untold for ever.

Matthew Scully

Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy. Sometimes--not often, but sometimes--the cranks and radicals turn out to be right. Sometimes Everyone is wrong.

John Rawls

The natural distribution is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into society at some particular position. These are simply natural facts. What is just and unjust is the way that institutions deal with these facts.

Oscar Wilde

It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.