Famous Quotes & Sayings

Noah Feldman

What is driving the tendency to discount Joseph Smith's revelations is not that they seem less reasonable than those of Moses; it is that the book containing them is so new. When it comes to prophecy, antiquity breeds authenticity. Events in the distant past, we tend to think, occurred in sacred, mythic time.

Marguerite Gardiner

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

Theodor Mommsen

We have no information, not even a tradition, concerning the first migration of the human race into Italy. It was the universal belief of antiquity that in Italy, as well as elsewhere, the first population had sprung from the soil.

Claire Tomalin

The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or culture. It's a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There's nowhere else like it.

John Knight

I think your phones have been ringing off the hook concerning this bill.

Joseph Moore

to express our sincerest gratitude to everyone who offered their prayers and support concerning the safe return of Erica.

Sepp Blatter

Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.

Susan Borra

Our research suggests that consumers, for all the publicity concerning carbohydrates and health, are still confused about weight management and how to include carbohydrates in a healthful diet. Fads and quick fixes, though attractive, are not effective tools for getting to a healthful diet.

Tom Golisano

It's concerning to me. I'm very interested in the topic. How I would get involved is undetermined at this point.

David Donnelly

This administration is doing things to create a fair and open process concerning planning and zoning issues. We will continue to mail (development notices) to the 300-foot limit.

Verron Haynes

They said they'd love to have me back, and I would love to be back, if we could see eye to eye on some issues concerning my role in the next year. Where do I fit in the scheme of things?

Lou Thurston

It's very concerning because they're not playing games. They're preparing themselves for battle.

Tommy Amaker

We're going to face a team that has played in the tournament and won in the tournament. That's one of the things that is concerning me.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques had done street theater in Paris. He'd always been interested in large architectural structures and how humans interact with them.

Milo Hamilton

He rode managers. He rode players. It didn't matter. He treated everyone the same way. In short, he was a miserable human being.

Paul Taylor

I think that's a Jewish trait, ... It's also a human trait.

Jenna Marbles

There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

C. Hughes

We are experiencing a human catastrophe of immense proportions, ... We pray today for those who have lost their lives ... and for those who are risking their lives to rescue others.

Jon Ronson

I was always out to paint them with human characteristics we could relate to. They really are, by and large, personable in the flesh.

Nick Cave

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

John Ashcroft

Human trafficking victims are too often people like Got. Too young, too frightened, and too trapped in their circumstances to speak for themselves, ... This is a 4-year-old child. He's a shy, tender little boy.

Paul Martin

Humans are really expensive, and they're really slow.

Ronald Reagan

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Wolfgang Schauble

It is clear to us that we will have to become more involved in our neighboring regions so that the migration pressures aren't so high there. Of course the budget negotiations will be difficult, as they always are.

Steven Starr

It is a new frontier. The migration of video onto the network is upon us, and the rules of that migration are being worked out as we speak.

Lynne Black

Our position right now is that this is not an appropriate program and population to put in a heavily populated two-square-mile village.

Kelley Armstrong

A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere... the world will purge itself in one or another of these three ways (floods, plague and famine)

Noam Chomsky

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

Elliott Abrams

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

Garrett Hardin

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

Garrett Hardin

The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

Marc Lumpkin

It's a way to go after another segment of the population that wants to sign up for satellite-TV service but hasn't had a way to do it.

David Price

Goodness knows the Republican electorate is a pretty narrow slice of the population.

Andrew Cooper

We feel it would be inappropriate for us to race.

Alex Jones

Some people say they're gathering DNA. Perhaps they're gathering it for the future when the human race is stronger or weaker, who knows. That's science fiction and mere speculation.

Keith Williams

I thought the races would be a little closer,

Greg Gilchrist

I want to win this race really badly,

Allison Duncan

I don't know that there is any more urgency now that Erin has run a Busch race,

Sarah McCune

I don't know what happened. It's not the way you want any race to go, especially when you're leading." ()

Rebecca West

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.

William J. Clinton

The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all.

Valentino Rossi

Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.

Naomi Klein

Hope has never trickled down, it has always sprung up.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.

Jan Peter Balkenende

Freedom is a universal value.

Stephen Sondheim

Musicals are so expensive to put on the stage that you have to have the backing of a corporate, you have to have Universal Studios or Disney or somebody to put in the money.

Maz Jobrani

You know, funny can be universal.

Carl Rogers

what is most personal is most universal

Harold Bloom

Shakespeare is universal.