Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Ridley

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

Larry Sabato

I sincerely believe he did try to talk Card out of it, he didn't want to accept this ... and I was told that by somebody who has some knowledge of it.

Lyndon Johnson

I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president,

Rob Kardashian

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Wayne LaPierre

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

Walter Mondale

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

Bob DuPuy

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

Lusia Strus

I used to say yes to everything. Now I have to be excited about a script before I accept a role. I've been able to let a lot of things go-like worrying-in a good way. I wish I learned that 'wear-it-like-a-loose-garment' attitude earlier.

Phil DeMeulenaere

I used to be opposed to the racing, but when you see how dearly these dogs love to run, you accept it.

Robert Clarke

Our desire is to be involved in a series as we view as the pinnacle and the premier open-wheel racing series, ... and see that as maybe a priority over the need to have competition.

C. S. Lewis

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight.

Dalai Lama

What unites all beings is their desire for happiness.

Dalai Lama

Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

Della Reese

If you're not getting the things you want, need or desire, it's because you have not accepted that you can have them.

Alphonsus Liguori

He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.

Christopher Moore

Abby: I could be a slave to your darkest desires. I can do things. Anything you want. Tommy: Well, that's terrific, because we have a lot of laundry piled up and the apartment is a wreck. Abby: Anything you desire, my lord. I can do laundry, clean, bring you small creatures to quench your thirst until I am worthy.

Christopher Moore

Hope is merely another face of desire.

Les Brown

People couldn't get down here. They couldn't find it, so they'd go a different way and go somewhere else.

Carol Schatz

People couldn't get down here. Some stayed and went on walking tours.

Kim Clijsters

People come up to me here and say, 'This is your year,'  ... but I know it's not easy. You always have to focus.

Annie Golden

People come up to me all the time. If I'm with friends or in a crowd, I'm fine, but if I'm by myself, I get afraid because people are nuts.

Martin Berson

People come to yoga to find themselves. Stretching releases tension, but there?s also a meditative, spiritual aspect. ..You are going to get physical benefits, and that?s fine. But if you have the right teacher, you?re going to get all the other stuff, too.

Steve Farmer

People come to visit here, and they really like the place.

Bob Richards

People come to see the stars, and then they walk away with two or three new favorites.

Mari Dietz

People come back year after year to see what we're wearing.

John McGee

People feel more comfortable with that. They know everybody.

Chen Yunlin

We will be ready for any complicated situation.

Larry Brown

He told me that he'll be ready on Tuesday.

Robby Wine

He's working really hard, and that's a tribute to him. He's going to be ready every time we give him the ball.

Yevgeny Primakov

He thinks negotiations should be constructive, and he is ready to be constructive,

Rem Murray

He's a pretty laid-back guy. He was ready to play.

Robert Lane

He said: 'Bob, I know you're ready for this,'

Max Starks

By the time I was ready to go (back in), Willie (Parker) was running down the sideline (45 yards). They didn't need me.

Greg Robinson

He's still banged up and he's not ready to practice.

Brian Cashman

Hopefully, we won't need more than that. When he's ready, we'll take him. If he's ready before 30 days, great. If he takes the whole 30 days, time will tell.

Mike Carter

Nowadays, they don't care. They do whatever they can to be popular. It's really sad.