Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Troia McFarland

We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace fails. For us, war is something that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. When it is over, win or lose, the warring factions lay down their arms and resume their normal lives.

Gerard Kennedy

I think the independent report makes it very clear and in very plain language, and it gives the board a fresh opportunity to attend to its affairs on behalf of its students.

Tang Min

It is getting free from tedious affairs in order to serve more as a body that conducts guidance and supervision.

Jack Brooks

I think that there was a substantial shadow government trying to run foreign affairs for the United States.

Edward McKendree Bounds

If prayer puts God to work on earth, then, by the same token, prayerlessness rules God out of the world's affairs and prevents Him from working.

Bible Bible

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.

Boris Yeltsin

I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.

John Adams

I know not whether any man in the world has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last 30 years than Tom Paine.

Edward Everett

In this critical and anxious state of affairs General Hooker was relieved, and General Meade was summoned to the chief command of the army.

Keith Haring

I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.

Keith Haring

People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical.

Joe Henderson

I was joking but he took responded seriously: 'I would know, and I couldn't live with myself knowing that I'd only run 97 miles or whatever.'

Adrian Belew

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

Ken Mehlman

Kerry's political attacks are not supported by reality, which shows rising employment and higher wages, and his policies -- higher taxes, increased regulation and bigger government -- would move America backward.

Amy Walter

Kerry's focus and his message has really been middle class, middle America, 'I'm standing up for the little guy' and middle class investors respond to that, but that raises the question of how do you go back and talk to the business community after that.

Colleen Atwood

Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.

Judith Krantz

Knowing what I do now, I certainly wouldn't decide to write a first novel because I wouldn't have anything like the necessary life experience.

Carol Foreman

Kids are healthier these days... more kids are in school around the world, and partly that's because Australians have been willing to invest in aid.

Gunter Grass

My sister and I did not have our own rooms, or even a place to ourselves. In the living room, beyond the two windows, was a little corner where my books were kept, and other thing - my watercolors and so on. Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise.

Emile Galle

Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.

Chris Shibutani

Bristol-Myers' dividend has been an important attraction for value minded investors -- providing the key back-stop for shares even amidst the company's near-term negative growth outlook and lackluster pipeline news.

Bhagavad Gita

When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self.

Marissa Davis

The experience wasn't just about volunteering and being amidst devastation and sadness and depression. You were really able to become a part of these people's lives.

Orrin Hatch

I was surprised they did it amidst their merger because ... there are a lot of questions about the merger to begin with, ... We've raised some of them in our hearing.  And we may have to have more hearings, I don't know.

Al Cárdenas

She can't bunker up for a few days amidst rampant rumors of her leaving the race and not have something dramatic to say. My sense is she's going to opt to stay (in the race) and make a statement that fits into that dramatic category.

Randeep Hooda

I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas, film sets are not conducive to long rehearsals, and it is difficult to pick up the emotions amidst all that is going on around you.

Tony Russa

My point was (Saturday) that amidst all the runs, both of the guys did a lot of good things. (Sunday), Wainwright pitched well, but he made a couple mistakes that he got away with.

Donna Lopiano

I think the public's more understanding now of the gay and lesbian issue. It's much more sophisticated than it was two or three decades ago.

Preston Burch

I think two more decades of flight is a real possibility for Hubble,

Chelsea Clinton

How we use these surpluses in this moment of prosperity will determine America's future for decades to come. Nothing will more surely determine it than making the right choices,

Robert Muir

In the decades to come, the equation will be completely different from what it is now,

Money Magazine

The remedy is to have the five major domestic U.S. manufacturers disgorge the illegal profits that they've made over the decades that we allege that they engaged in these illegal, anticompetitive activities,

Alan Greenspan

An increase in inflation doggedly forecast to follow the ever lower unemployment rate--now the lowest in three decades -- has not occurred,

Gregory Benford

Terraforming our moon will take many decades and vast abilities. Before we can begin, we'll have to master the resources of our solar system - especially transporting raw masses over interplanetary distances.

Douglas Coupland

The way we experience history and time in all its forms shifted quite massively between 1989 and 2001 - to the point where contrivances like decades are now kind of silly.

David H. Murdock

At 88 years old - with every intention of living decades longer - I'm still running a company, writing articles, launching new ventures, and fully enjoying life.

Mark Rodgers

It appears, at the end of the day, there are fossil fuel interests trying to stop a renewable energy project.

Lee Humphrey

He was big for us tonight. He's been around for five years; he knows how to prepare for games. He knows the right mindset to have, and he stays focused. Tonight he gave us great energy off the bench.

Siobhan Davies

What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity.

Scott Fetzer

Having them out there kind of sets the pace for the rest of the team. Their energy kind of spreads out, and other kids feed off it.

James Neal

He said he was feeling good but was having a hard time getting his energy back.

Ross Gittell

Historically, spikes in energy prices are followed by a recession. The possibility (of a recession) is there; the probability is less than 50 percent, but it's there.

Willie Randolph

His stuff is good. Hey, we're 9-2 and he's a part of our team and as long as we're doing well I don't feel I should waste a lot of energy talking about him.

Chelsea Levine

There is energy and it's exciting performing on stage with other people.

Lisa Willis

I think we did really well. We struggled a lot this year with keeping the energy up for every event and I think we did a lot better at it. We got the energy all the way to the floor (the last event) and I'm really pleased with that.

James Schamus

We looked for the places that sophisticated moviegoers seek out to find things that interest them. These are the people who are engaged with the world, who are informed about the big conspiracies going on out there.

David Kirk

I'm passionately interested in the media and want to be engaged in it,

Tom Kehoe

I hope the village gets engaged in it because there's a lot of serious things going on.

Bernie Sanders

Senate Republicans have engaged in a record number of filibusters and other obstructionist tactics.

John Bolton

The negotiating process ... is like making sausage. It isn't necessarily pretty. It takes a long time, and that's the process we're engaged in.

Rod Parsley

Ohio was the focus of the world in 2004. It is my objective to see that 'values voters' in the state become engaged in the process.

Janelle Hironimus

None of the attaches was or is engaged in inappropriate activities.

Jim Clark

It was a very touching service that engaged the hearts, the minds and the souls of the participants, ... It made us feel like we're glad to be who we are and to be able to be of some help. God has given us something to share with other people because there are a lot of people who don't feel they have something to share. We need to help them feel like they can be full participants at the table again.

Tim Powell

The BRAC issue is as important as it has always been, but things are fast and furious here, ... We are fully engaged and sustaining lives.

Chuck D.

He was in the school, too, and had failed the exam,

James Perry

If the model is River Gardens, it has failed miserably.

Mike McGlone

The market failed to see a smoking gun or anything too worrisome.

Manfred Guellner

Supporters of the CDU failed to vote because of reservations about Merkel.

Wayne Patterson

Foolishly, the Korean government had failed to post diplomats in Mexico and Hawaii to protect its immigrants.

Julie Zawisza

It's only for treatment-resistant patients -- people who have failed many other treatments and are very very sick with few other options.

Thomas Doll

We failed to score the third goal and they played all-or-nothing. Maybe we were scared a goal would slip in there somehow.

Andrea Seigel

As evidenced during my failed audition, I'm a thorough introvert who would completely hate living in a 'Real World' house. I would have taken my Ikea comforter to the confessional room and never come out.

Dmitri Young

As a player, especially me, I feel like I failed the manager, ... Unfortunately, he has to be the fall guy. If we were 91-71, he'd be voted Manager of the Year.

Thomas R. Insel

I was sure I was going to be a doctor of global health or tropical medicine in some underdeveloped country.

Tara Lemmey

I think that privacy is sort of the nature of your identity, and how you transfer your identity is a very important global issue.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

Guenter Verheugen

In the new global situation, our strategy is more justified than ever,

Ken Ford

In terms of global warming, in terms of price spikes, this would make us really leading the planet.

Joanne Woodward

I'm upset when I see that people don't seem to observe what's happening with the environment, what's happening in terms of global warming.

Scott Aiges

If there's a positive (to the tragedy), it's that there's been a huge global outpouring of support for music from Louisiana.

Kofi Annan

immediate and exceptional escalation of the global relief effort.

Javier Solana

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

Barclay Tagg

He kept going lame. He was going through growing pains, I guess.

Jessica Sanders

He really wants to sit down and work with us, ... I think that's so important because we are growing so much.

Danny Clark

He's a smart guy. He's getting better every time he lines up. But he's still got some growing to do, and hopefully we can stunt some of his growth this week.

Mike King

I think it should get big. It's growing pretty rapidly.

Akio Yoshino

There is a growing view that insurers have had their run for the short term, ... Money is shifting to the laggards of the markets now, such as the technology companies.

Rita Ora

What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.

Ryan Lochte

I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.

Tyga

Lil Wayne would probably be a big musical inspiration for me, because growing up I was just the biggest Wayne fan and being able to be signed to him and watch his whole journey to the peak of his career is great.

Susan Murray

kind of hard to get to your car.

Charlie Otero

Knowing the last moments, the last thoughts, the last words was pretty hard to take,

Author unknown

Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

Laura Lange

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Mark Mulder

Izzy told me the first time you're traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it's no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn't hard making an adjustment. It was just different.

Joe Jones

Joe has really been positive throughout this whole thing. He's worked hard to get back to being the player that he once was. We're hoping he's going to be able to do that.

Jerry Snyder

I talked to the coach; he said that'd be great. He's actually one of the reasons I'm pushing so hard is because he was so enthusiastic about it. I think if I do get to play I'm going to love that coach.

Ron Polk

He used to be a power pitcher, but after shoulder surgery he's had some hard luck.

Eldridge Cleaver

He used to be a Panther. It was hard to believe.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Thomas Needham

He seems to be a very highly regarded young man.

Bob Trezise

It is a highly unique and 21st century-like company, like the type that we'd like to inspire here in the Lansing area. They can go other places in the country.

Bill Carroll

This is a highly anticipated show and it should be. She's a bigger-than-life character,

Steven Galson

This is a very highly innovative product that will improve the quality of life for millions of Americans with diabetes.

Alan Ackerman

The world is looking for lower interest rates. Clearly, the psychology world-wide remains highly nervous.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day

Aliza Sherman

Not every website has that kind of success. We just have a highly targeted audience,

Grady Fuson

No telling where our system may be when he comes back. Obviously, we think highly of him, so, hopefully, there will be a spot.

Ian Mckellen

There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.

Russell Simmons

Whatever they can imagine for themselves they can accomplish.

John Schuerholz

I think it's obvious. If he doesn't do what he's doing for us, I can only imagine where we'd be. I can't imagine a player on a winning team being more valuable to his team than he's been.

William Rhodes

I'd imagine over time you'll see more moves,

Al Franken

I don't know why they did it and I don't know where the money went. I don't know if it was used for operations, which I imagine it was. I think he was robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Peja Stojakovic

I can imagine him coaching, ... but I can't imagine him in a suit.

Richard M. Nixon

The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time — it is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine.

Robert Osborne

I can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.

Roger Waters

I feel I have the potential to reach an audience beyond anything I can imagine.

George Daley

I would say they also raise more questions than answers.

Larry Sabato

He is very sharp. No one has any questions that he is well-qualified.

Darrell Bricker

Harper is going to win on Monday, there's no question about that.

Phil Garner

His shoulder is impaired, there's no question about that from anybody. But definitely, you can make too much of what you see or don't see today.

Scott Hannan

We've got to salvage this trip. We have to win, no question about it.

Helen Rowland

There aren't any embarrassing questions - only embarrassing answers.

Cecil Ratliff

I don't have to repeat anything this year. I tell him what to run and there's no questions about whether it will work or not. He's a senior now and much more confident, a leader.

Tracey Smith

I'm sure he'll be tried one way or the other. The question is how and when.

Michael Cimino

I know the market's there, ... The question is, 'How do you reach it, and how do you communicate with the end user?'

Michael Birch

Resources have underpinned the strength of the market.

Kevin McCarthy

If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free.

Michael Garcia

They are now fugitives. We will be using our resources to find them.

Joseph Stalin

There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.

Tony Robbins

You don't lack resources. You lack resourcefulness .

Tony Robbins

It's not about your resources, it's about your resourcefulness .

Steve Jobs

The most precious resource we have is time.

Stephenie Meyer

The wasting of finite resources is everyones business

Laura Linney

History's a resource.

Alexandra Adornetto

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Mike Shanahan

We've been evaluating throughout training camp, two-a-days, the off-season program, all the way through. We'll be fine.

Joe Potter

We've kind of snuck in there. But we keep improving, and we have throughout the season. As the year got longer, we got better.

Gabrielle Giffords

While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.

Scott Skiles

We don't want to get into a fouling-type game, which has been our trend throughout the year.