Famous Quotes & Sayings

M. Wolfe

Every time a gay or lesbian person is chosen as a leader by their non-gay and lesbian peers, I think it's a step forward for our community.

Mark Butler

Yes, we would have chosen to wait. We have a strict schedule.

Nicholas Burns

One would have hoped that he (Ahmadinejad) might have chosen a speech with more humility, a speech with a greater inclination to compromise. He was quite defiant ... That did not leave a lot of room for compromise, for diplomacy.

Chris Powell

The judiciary in Connecticut has chosen to obey the laws it wants to obey, and to tell you folks you can't pass other laws. The judiciary has got to get out of the legislation business.

Ramon Leyba

There are other things he could have chosen and still make his point and still be as literate or as sarcastic.

Bryan Wiedmeier

It's always an honor to be chosen for prime time. We like being in the national spotlight.

Peter Hayes

They've chosen the appropriate time to discuss it is now,

Leslie Morgan Steiner

My mom is one of my role models in a complicated way. I learned from her how to be a good mom. She was one of those natural moms who really took to it. Her chosen profession was teaching. She loves kids. But she was extremely frustrated and unhappy because for much of my life she was a stay-at-home mom.

William H. Hunt

When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.

O. Henry

prepare Christian men and women who will lead our nation and shape our culture with timeless biblical values and fidelity to the spirit of the American founding.

Jan Karon

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

C. S. Lewis

Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.

C. S. Lewis

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all ...

C. S. Lewis

God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?

Charles R. Swindoll

People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets

Charles R. Swindoll

My order of priorities reflects the level of my commitment to Christ. Whoever or whatever is in first place, if it isn't the Lord Jesus, is in the wrong place.

Charles Colson

No, you can take it from an expert in cover-ups-I've lived through Watergate-that nothing less than a resurrected Christ could have caused those men to maintain to their dying whispers that Jesus is alive and is Lord. Two thousand years later, nothing less than the power of the risen Christ could inspire Christians around the world to remain faithful-despite prison, torture, and death.

Charles Colson

Over the years since I became a Christian, I have always deliberately explained that I have 'accepted Jesus Christ.' These words are invariably translated into 'Colson's professed religious experience.' I discovered that one major U.S. daily, as a matter of policy, will not print the two words Jesus Christ together; when combined, the editor says, it represents an editorial judgment.

Tim Roberts

Things went well. We went over some concerns and discussed some alternatives and options.

Ken Clarke

This is a special inspection related to concerns that have been raised about inadequate security measures at the plant.

Bill Daly

We do not yet consider the matter closed. We are hopeful to be able to sit down with the Russian federation in the next several days to discuss whatever concerns they might have in entering into a new agreement.

George Scalise

While there are lingering concerns about the effects of high energy prices and the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the US, end markets for semiconductors continue to be very strong.

Koichi Seki

While there are concerns about the slowdown in the U.S. economy, what's keeping investors optimistic is the expectation that the Fed is going to ease on interest-rate hikes. That's going to provide support for share prices.

Alfred Kugel

At the moment there are no concerns on the immediate horizon.

Terri Sullivan

At the time we made an announcement, we said we were sensitive to dealer concerns and that we would make modifications, ... The dealers were pretty direct in indicating they didn't want the manufacturer going into the retail business, owning dealerships 100 percent.

Linda Springer

At the forum, we will discuss GAO's recommendations, listen to your thoughts and concerns and discuss ways to improve this valuable recruitment and retention tool.

Don Harrison

Concerns are what can I do because I can't find a contractor. How do I hang a door? How do I reset my windows? And again, some of these are pretty elementary do-it-yourself skills. They're still skills that under normal circumstances, you would hire a contractor to do. You can't find a contractor so you learn to do it yourself.

Harry Redknapp

I've not discussed it with Milan yet. I don't know where it's at yet. But if someone's going to come in and we are going to be able to improve the playing squad, which we need to do, it's got to be good for the football club.

Arlen Specter

I should stay away from a discussion of specific cases,

Brian Breese

That's his wish. They (JCA) could probably discuss it, but then at the moment it is his wish that he thinks he should resign as the senior coach.

Yashovardhan Azad

We are here to discuss the itinerary as well.

Sean Rooney

We had been speaking about a 51 percent to 49 percent split, but we're open to discussing any percentage,

Ross Brawn

As to my role in the future, we are discussing that at the moment. I'm very happy at Ferrari, very pleased with the way things are and would very much like to be involved with Ferrari in the future.

Ron Ziegler

The networks initiated the discussion of live coverage.

Marty Hickman

No, no way. There's not even been discussion of it.

Joe Girardi

If it's a discussion every day, it's a discussion every day. If it's a little microphone I throw in his earpiece ... I'll just tell him to hit stand-up doubles, that's all.

John Nelson

Saturday, Sunday and Monday, because it's a holiday, are going to be much lighter usage days, and many of the units that went off-line earlier in the week will be back up over the weekend,

Lou Brock

I've been here since March 2. My wife wants us to stay until the end of the month, but I've told her we've got to go home a week earlier than that.

Louis Frankel

We might retire a little earlier than originally planned, but for now, we'll keep working. We're simple people. That's the way we plan to keep it.

Tracy Mullin

Many stores opened earlier than ever before and retailers offered unbelievable sales and discounts to get people shopping.

Peter Hutton

She's such a gutsy filly. I thought she could have won the Spinaway if she got outside earlier because she and Adieu are pretty evenly matched on ability.

John Dodd

No, he didn't. He has been to a U2 show before, but he was tired after traveling back from Raleigh earlier in the day.

Dave Sitek

Pop belonged to more musical people in earlier times, but we've sort of gotten away from that. Now it's software people. I kind of feel like reclaiming it is in order.

Ban Ki-moon

My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.

Jim Bolger

Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public can move very rapidly on some issues and therefore what looks settled may not be.

Frank Maguire

The take-away from the meeting is we're on the right track,

Sue Parks

Right now we just want to get a meet under our belts. This will give us some output upon what we need to work on, as well as realize where we are at this point of the season.

Michael Vaughan

This is so special to come to the palace, meeting the queen here and being here with all the rest of the boys.

Paul Hewitt

The product and service we require meets with our customers' and our expectations.

Jennifer Baker

The reason she stopped by the congressman's office was because I interned there and she would come to meet me for lunch.

David Calhoun

We had the same reaction -- Is this feasible? But realize that whatever we do, it's not going to meet everyone's problems.

Michael Chertoff

Those who got out are fine, ... Meet the Press.

Alexander Bunegin

Next Sunday, I go to the camp, I meet her and that was it. We stick together until today.

Billy Joel

I don't think of myself as a singer. The only reason I ever got onstage was to meet girls.

Frank Maguire

The take-away from the meeting is we're on the right track,

Michael Vaughan

This is so special to come to the palace, meeting the queen here and being here with all the rest of the boys.

Caterina Fake

We don't have meetings unless absolutely necessary.

Mark Routt

Supply is meeting demand. The real question is at what price.

Javier Solana

It does not make much sense to have another meeting if there is nothing new to put on the table.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Fred Phillips

It shows what we are doing is working. We are meeting our goals, which is very exciting.

The Eagles

It's been a total headache, ... We had trouble getting officials because the state (LHSAA) ruled New Orleans officials were unacceptable this season because they have not been going to their weekly meetings and they are supposed to be working for other associations in Thibodaux and Hammond.

Robin Cook

The watchword for our meeting will be resolve,

Bill Callahan

A number of us talked about what we would do if we had come on him when he was loose, and you wouldn't be having a trial right now if that had occurred.

Gray Davis

the most qualified person on question number two.

Tom Slade

We are as vulnerable as we have been in a number of years. It is not a pretty picture.

Janusz Jonczyk

There could be even up to 500 people inside. We have no number of victims right now.

Alex Ferguson

Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.

Alexa Chung

I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together.

Alice Walker

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

Richard Bach

Numbers are limits, and perfection doesn't have limits.

Thomas Browne

I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magick of numbers.

Rush Limbaugh

I can't give money away to buy listeners. I can't pay listeners off with phones or food stamps or anything. I can't come by my audience by buying it.

Todd McFarlane

About 85 percent of what you see is just because I get on the phone and [say], 'Let's go do this'. I don't do any market research or test groups or focus [groups]. I just go, 'It's my company; would I buy it, personally?'

Seth Godin

Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy.

Skylar Astin

I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.

John Waters

Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their phone.

Mark Zuckerberg

Mobile is a lot closer to TV than it is to desktop.

Mark Zuckerberg

I do everything on my phone as a lot of people do.

Ted Cruz

The USA Freedom Act expands that so now we have cell phones, now we have Internet phones, now we have the phones that terrorists are likely to use and the focus of law enforcement is on targeting the bad guys.

Ted Cruz

What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone metadata of millions of law-abiding citizens.

Justin Dentmon

I've never seen so much red in my life.

Mel Sachs

It would still be red when he landed.

Logan Dance

Your skin will turn red if you're not careful.

Jase Robertson

When in doubt, figure it out. That's the redneck way.

Fran Theos

The Red Cross, as did a lot of other groups, worked very, very hard.

Roy Romer

With lab courses, we may be able to simulate a lot of that and reduce costs.

Adolphe Menjou

I'm a Red-baiter; I'm a witch-hunter if the witches are Communists.

Richard Branson

Red tape will often get in your way. It's one of the reasons I often carry scissors!

Vanessa Paradis

The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.

Erika Yowell

We did respond saying yes, we would be interested.

Troy Erickson

We try to teach them how to respond to situations.

David Aus

It was like, bing, bing, bing. They threw some big punches, and we just didn't respond like we have all year.

Barbara Kingsolver

restraint equals indulgence

Erin McKean

We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.

Chico Lynch

We were fortunate. And the rest is history.

Rich Miller

is suspended the rest of this season and the start of next.

Susan McWhorter

We tried to use more subs and rest our sick players.

E. O. Wilson

Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more quickly we will be able to discover the sources of human sensibility and acquire the knowledge on which an enduring ethic, a sense of preferred direction, can be built.

Barry Bonds

Right now, I'm just day-to-day, trying to get through the rest of the season,

Bible Bible

But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Christopher Shays

More is going to rest on his (Hastert's) shoulders,

Brad Adgate

Thursday is going to be a very, very competitive night,

Anatoli Boukreev

Honestly, I do not experience fear in the mountains. On the contraryI feel my shoulders straightening, squaring, like the birds as they straighten their wings. I enjoy the freedom and the altitude. It is only when I return to life below that I feel the world's weight on my shoulders.

Rush Limbaugh

The last thing in the world someone should do is respond to critics. If I did that I'd be neutered by now--I would be in the nearest insane asylum wearing 15 straitjackets. My whole career has been nothing but: "You shouldn't do it that way, you bigot, you sexist, you homophobe, you pig, you right-wing warmonger, you whatever.

Steven Weber

The GOP/corporate right-wing, it seems, never really considers the consequences of their actions.

Lisa See

In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.

John Ridley

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"

Abdu'l Baha

Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better able to cope with the world and to find our sphere of influence.

Jim Gaffigan

The appetizer is just an excuse for an extra meal. Let's see, I will start with the eighty buffalo wings.

Helen Keller

Words are the mind's wings, are they not?

Glenn Greenwald

The bottom layer of the right-wing noise machine.