Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennifer Dunn

This is not a ripple effect. This is a tsunami.

Jamie Fellner

An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained.

Jody Watley

The time was ripe for Flower. The vibe was right.

Alberto Manguel

Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach to the backs. These evil white scabs rip off with difficulty, leaving leprous wounds and traces of slime to which adhere the dust and fluff of ages, making me wish for a special gummy hell to which the inventor of these stickers would be condemned.

Dan Brown

Look, you runny-nosed little runt. You're going to back off right now, or I'm going to rip that safety pin out of your nose and pin your mouth shut.

Andrew Greeley

It should be no surprise that when rich men take control of the government, they pass laws that are favorable to themselves. The surprise is that those who are not rich vote for such people, even though they should know from bitter experience that the rich will continue to rip off the rest of us.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Chasing after a guy who's not interested in you will rip the hell out of your self-respect. Better to face facts now because the longer you put it off, the harder it'll be.

Steve Irwin

My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I don't give a rip. Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me.

Red Buttons

Rip Van Winkle, who said, Don't make the bed; I'm just going to the bathroom. Never got a dinner!

Arthur Conan Doyle

My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

Baha'u'llah

Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

One thing Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't is self-effacing. Everything has to be the biggest. His money, his muscles, his movies and his machines.

Azar Nafisi

With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem.

Ayn Rand

Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

Ayn Rand

No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap where you are forced to protect your self-esteem by fighting for the creed of self-destruction. The grim joke is on you: that need of self-esteem, which you're unable to explain or to define, belongs to my morality, not yours; it's the objective token of my code, it is my proof within your own soul.

Ayn Rand

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

Ayn Rand

In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to be confident of his efficacy and worth.

Audie Murphy

I was scared before every battle. That old instinct of self-preservation is a pretty basic thing, but while the action was going on some part of my mind shut off and my training and discipline took over. I did what I had to do.

Dick Jauron

Somebody will be named heading into camp, but there is always going to be competition. We'll try to name that guy going through the spring, but if we don't, we don't. We hope to have a feeling.

Kenny Lofton

Speed is always a key to the game, and people overlook it a lot. I think a speed guy is just as important as a power hitter.

Rodney Clark

So we opened it up and started scooping. Hopefully everyone else can have a better day than the guys in electrical.

Dan Cleary

So, yeah, the rivalry is still there. Especially for the guys that have been around the last number of years.

Philip Smith

Once we rebuild, we'll get you guys to come down there.

Tim Buckley

One guy showed up to play on our team, and that was Anthony Newell, primarily on the offensive end.

Tony Powell

One guy said, 'I lost my house and everything I owned, but I haven't been to a funeral,' ... Of course, there were a lot of deaths, but most of the people that we talked to were just very positive and ready to start rebuilding and helping their neighbors.

Dan Armstrong

One guy isn't going to make that big of a difference. We have to try and find guys who want to put their helmets in there.

Nick Mangold

No way. I don't like those guys too much.