Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Coll

What we have attempted to do in this draft is try to make Colonial Avenue much more of a local street - a local cul-de-sac, actually.

John Ashcroft

Today, I can report to you that our investigation has uncovered several individuals, including individuals who may have links to the hijackers, who fraudulently have obtained or attempted to obtain hazardous material transportation licenses,

Richard Brodhead

I am aware that police attempted to enter those rooms and I am now about to leave this news conference to learn the whole story.

Louis MacNeice

In writing 'A Portrait of Athens' I have attempted - rather impressionistically - to give a panorama of its present. But I have also brought in its past because I sincerely think that there is a continuity.

Thomas Jefferson

I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives...

Allen Stockberger

In 2004 we attempted to meet with the sheriff quarterly and that didn't happen. In 2005, cooperation did improve. ... He met with us monthly and I think that helped.

Patrick Guerriero

insulted by a campaign that has attempted to amend the Constitution, and in too many states we've seen discriminatory amendments that would deny hospital visitation and domestic partnership legislation.

Jim Dilling

If there is a tie at (7-6) they will then look at the overall misses throughout the entire meet. Moffat had cleared 7-5 on his first attempt, I attempted and missed, therefore if at the next height we both missed he would win based on having no misses I had to clear 7-6 no matter what if I wanted to win, so I was only given two attempts at the following height because of my decision to pass.

Joe Nolin

If we attempted to place sand on the beach now, it would be washed out rather quickly.

Hanya Yanagihara

I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

Amy Jones

Kevin wants to change the course of his life and just get out of the industry. It was his decision. It's a life choice.

Richard Applegate

I would try to talk to your employer and see if they would change the investments, ... You might as well try if the choices stink or the offerings are really expensive.

Jeff Murray

Jack Reynolds (the developer's attorney) told me that a simple language change in their development proposal resulted in the need to rezone the site. They changed the language from 'senior living' to 'age-restricted' and apparently, doing so requires a rezoning if they want to develop the site in the way that they propose.

Robert Boswell

I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters in a novel is like shooting at clay pigeons and missing, and then missing more productively as the narrative continues.

Al Bowman

Just to put that in perspective, a traffic ticket is a summary offense. It happened years ago in college. I think, obviously, Mike has changed quite a bit, as we all have, in these last eight years or six years. I'm sure he's not proud of these.

Barry Collier

Kansas didn't just cut our hair. They shaved our head. They scored 196 or 96 or one or the other on us. It'll take a tremendous effort to slow them down and change that.

Bruce Bochy

Just seeing his name in the lineup changes the flow of the game.

Gabriella Goddard

Just one step could change your life forever.

Ron Moore

The purpose of zoning land for agricultural preservation is so that prime and unique farmland may be converted to urban use last,

Alan Goldman

We take all these undesirable medium-weight substances and convert them to the useful higher- and lower-weight products.

Jeff Hironaka

I thought we got some good looks down the stretch and we just didn't convert them. We need to do that to be competitive. Give them credit. They have been here before. They hit big free throws and got the rebounds they needed.

Ben Glasgow

I think that was the big difference because they just dominated on the boards. We had trouble scoring. We didn't get very many good shots and when we did, we didn't convert them.

Russ Parsons

In New York, it's all about restaurants -- prepared food. Nobody cooks because nobody has a kitchen, or if they do, they've converted it into a shoe closet,

Charlie Wi

I hit it good in the first two days but didn't make any putts but today, I hit it just as good and was able to convert those 10-12 putts. That was the main difference.

Mike Ryn

I never knew there were so many French people in Florida. It was fun, to tell you the truth. I felt like I was at a soccer game or something with two national anthems. Hopefully we can convert some of their fans.

Lord Byron

I know that two and two make four -- and should be glad to prove it too if I could -- though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

J. D. Souther

I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.

Gary Bettman

I think we will ultimately be judged on our response and the message that it sends. This is not a part of our game, it has no place in our game, and it will not be tolerated in our game.

Tony Dungy

I think that is probably how he'll be judged in the short run.

Bible Bible

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

Kevin Rahm

I have my belief structure, and it's very important to me, but people start associating that with you, and you become that. I want to be judged for my work.

Richard Jefferson

We've spoiled people early. We could win the rest of our games, but we're going to be judged by how we play in the playoffs. This is good. This is great. But we understand that's how we're going to be judged.

Candis Cayne

I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.

Jose Antonio Vargas

My mother made a choice. And when I was younger, I judged her for making that choice. Then I got older and got to be an adult, and I realized that was the ultimate sacrifice that any parent and any mother could possibly make.

Rick Carlisle

I would like to see us play perfectly every time. But that's not going to happen. We understand this year we're going to be judged on how we do as a group. It's as simple as that.

Horace

You are judged of by what you possess.

Josh Sharpless

I was a lot calmer and relaxed this time. I didn't feel like everything was going 1,000 mph. It just seemed like a normal game. I didn't have the butterflies this time around. I just went out and pitched.

Scott Skiles

Just to run down and double-team Shaq all over the place, it normally doesn't pay off.

Mo Johnston

He said he was sorry. End of story. I'm not worried about that. He buckled down in the second half. Normally in the past, he would be sent off.

Bill Ward

I think it's just going back to a more normal level.

Cindy Winstead

We're not your normal organization. We have no funding, it's just me.

Clive Woodward

We take our normal precautions which are professional and thorough,

Vincent Farrell

I think technology stocks are in for a correction, but it's a perfectly normal correction. This is a seasonably weak period of time.

Michael Steele

I don't know that much about the club, the membership, nor do I care, quite frankly, because I don't play golf.

Billy Donovan

He got back to playing the way he normally does.

Matt Stone

He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin.

Richard Dawkins

Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions about origins, the nature of life, and the cosmos. But there the resemblance ends. Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

William James

Religions have approved themselves; they have ministered to sundry vital needs which they found reigning. When they violated other needs too strongly, or when other faiths came which served the same needs better, the first religions were supplanted.

William Cowper

Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired.

Tony Wilson

Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

Upton Sinclair

Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . .

Robert Southey

Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy.

Robert Orben

What if the meek inherited the Earth and we had to defend ourselves from Martians?

Robert Matthews

It is now becoming clear that everything can - and probably did - come from nothing.

A.J. Chilson

If you already have something you wished for is there a need for something else you want?

Mike McCurry

They congratulated him on his re-election and wished him well." ()

Emily Hughes

She called me, wished me luck. She said she was going to watch.

John Morgridge

Stay hungry. Stay foolish. I've always wished that for myself.