Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Packer

No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in this or that capital will have on the host country's international reputation, how a nation's prestige can be raised by its medal count.

Andrew White

Party label doesn't matter nearly as much anymore at the mayoral level, ... The real long-term trend everywhere is moving away form the party operations that rooted urban politics in patronage, but that's not to say there isn't still a strong liberal social leaning in many cities.

Rachel-erika Henderson

If you treat me unkindly a little bit of me will love you less and less everyday... Then one day I will wake up and I will no longer love you anymore

Dave Penry

If you think where computers have come in the last 10 years, you can think how far forgery has come. I used to be able to tell a fake document, but I can't anymore and it puts me at extreme risk.

John Paul

In the Dayton area anymore you use to see vehicles drive by and there would be a lot of smoke. We don't see that in the area anymore.

Gianluigi Buffon

I realize the (league title) doesn't provide much excitement anymore but it's still important to bring home a trophy. I don't think this season was a failure. There are teams that don't win anything.

David Bradshaw

I'll tell you there have been so many through. Even teams that aren't on his radar anymore are still calling. Ohio State, Nebraska, Florida, Maryland, Michigan are the ones I have had the most interaction with lately.

Charles Goude

I have today reached the opinion that I don't think anymore that Hitler was bad, or that Milosevic was bad. Because the same media (International radio-stations like BBC, Voice of America, RFI, etc) that presented Hitler and Milosevic as criminals, are now presenting me and the Ivorian Patriots who suffer from the rebellion, like hangmen, though it is us who are suffering from the rebels.

Mads Mikkelsen

I haven't watched that much TV, to be honest. To be honest, I don't watch that many films anymore - partly because I don't have time; secondly, because I watch a lot of sports, and I love watching sports.

Tom Daschle

We therefore expect more say on how the Senate is run, and that includes everything from deciding what bills are debated on the floor, what goes into conference reports, to deciding committee chairs and ratios, and assigning committee staff and office space,

Heizo Takenaka

I am happy that understanding for the bills is spreading,

Mike Ross

I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people who send me to Washington to be their voice are opposed to them and this process.

Dick Durbin

I hope and I pray that nothing happens in this country between now and the time we take these bills up.

Malorie Blackman

I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges.

Bob Mason

I had a person that worked as a mechanic here and quit his job today because his gas bills were running 120 dollars a week. It hurts me like it hurts everyone else.

Sen. Bell

I'm sure there are some people who have heartburn with some parts of it. But that's true of a lot of bills we vote on.

Robert Kraft

I know what I dont know, ... I hire competent people and let them make decisions. In Bills case, he was someone who Id gotten to know as one of the smartest people Id ever met.

Morley Safer

The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

Chris Paul

I was in the process of having a house built in English Turn,

Carl Anthony

Jacqueline Kennedy rented and then built homes in the horse country of Virginia where she would take these Thursday to Tuesday weekends and just come back to the White House two or three days during the week.

Mike Griffin

is very optimistic that the replacement for the shuttle will be built at Kennedy Space Center.

Lawrence Cohn

has built a good junk-bond business, but they have no equity capacity whatsoever -- and they've got to get it. They know they have to get it, the question is, 'When and how?'

Graham Hawkes

If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it. I mean, who does that anymore?

Max Cobb

Historically, there was a difference in the percent back between the men and women, so we were trying to equalize that. That was the concept. ... But today, it doesn't look the same. Rachel built her case and we supported that, but the Olympic committee didn't feel like they could make a change.

Gary Johnson

It is changing the view and it is not completely built out so it is hard for me to determine right now how many more houses will be visible once it is built out.

Jerry Olson

With modular homes, they can be built year-round in the factory.

Lea Maurer

We swam with a lot of heart tonight. Hopefully, we can take some of this momentum we've built up into Friday's events.

Foxy Brown

Jacki-O proved you far from a fighter/ ... I'm not gonna come at you, I'm gonna come at your ghost writer.

Joe Gibbs

I take responsibility for all of it. It all rests with me. We don't have to look real far to find somebody. I'm to blame.

Vincent Lecavalier

I think we're far away from each other.

Ike Nwaelele

I think we've had a good ride so far and we want to keep it going. I think our team showed a lot of heart by (playing hard).

Ira Black

I think what we're all learning now is that stem cells, regardless of source, are simply far more flexible and consequently far more useful than we had ever dreamt,

John Mathews

I think what people want to know is does Toyota get it when it comes to trucks. The answer, as far as I am concerned, is a resounding yes.

Scott Bowers

I think at times we forget how young he is. (Tuesday) and up in Orlando on Friday he was by far one of the better players on the field for us and for the other team.

Carol Potter

I think as far as marathons go, we are the 'Rookie of the Year,'

Mayer Morganroth

I think as far as he's concerned, he thinks that what he did was proper. He knew the risks, and in order to move the process, he took the risks.

Jim Poolman

This is an issue that has been discussed, but it's not gaining much traction.

Tom Renney

This is one of our less disciplined nights this season. We've been noted for gaining respect from our opponents, and we don't want that to slip away.

Michael Ryder

Every game is pivotal, but we are at the point we are getting better and gaining the kind of momentum that you need at this point of the season. This is the kind of test that you need, especially when you end strong.

Edgar Prado

She was in a good position but (Proposed) had quicker acceleration than my filly. I think that was the difference. But my horse was gaining and she galloped out good and strong.

Glen Davis

I feel we're gaining respect. We're doing something special here.

Steve Adams

Hopefully I am gaining knowledge of lottery essentials.

Evan Brown

The path to gaining respect is paved with knowledge and empathy.

Sharon Stone

People are afraid of changing; that they're losing something. They don't understand that they are also gaining something.

Kate Michelman

We're not losing the war, but the other side's gaining ground.

Bob Djurdjevic

They got rid of a dud so that the profitability of the rest of IBM hardware can now shine.

John Hughes

A geek is a guy who has everything going for him but he's just too young. He's got the software but he doesn't have the hardware yet.

Rolf Elgeti

Tech has missed out on the market strength over the summer months. In an otherwise beta-led rally, IT Hardware is the stand-out exception, having recorded the worst three-month performance.

John Patrick

We don't think that any one hardware platform can meet everybody's needs and we provide multiple platforms for that reason.

Stella McCartney

I was in this stadium with 200,000 people looking at my mum and dad. That was mind-bending.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking out there with two minutes to go thinking 'Don't do this to me again'.

John Smoltz

I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.

Trot Nixon

I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does,

Jim Crawley

I was looking at our play sheet at halftime,

Dwight Davis

I wouldn't be surprised to see anything at this point; this is the Wild West in terms of licensing models, ... Everyone is looking for models right now.

Kenneth Clarke

I think it sends a message that they are looking for a younger leader.

Les Harrison

We're on the radar now and we're looking to get on the map.

Before Veeder

When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.

Warren E. Burger

The president's need for complete candor and objectivity from advisers calls for great deference from the courts.

Roger Ebert

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

Wyndham Lewis

Wherever there is objective truth, there is satire.

Evan Bayh

Our objective is not to oppose the president; it's to do what's right for America.

George Jackson

Our objective is a permanent transformation of the city. We've got a long way to go, but I think we've turned an important corner.

Miguel Syjuco

Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism. Where modernism was about objectivity, postmodernism was about subjectivity. Where modernism sought a singular truth, postmodernism sought the multiplicity of truths.

Jose Padilha

Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by others. Without that possibility, there is no empirical principle capable of deciding between different arguments and theories.

Eric Alterman

But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.

Tim Birie

The object is to keep on playing, and we will do that. We struggled tonight, but we did enough things right to come out with a win.

Harry Anderson

What you get when you come here is you pay way too much for my stuff, but you get it signed by me, demonstrated by me,

Woody Hayes

You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.

Woody Hayes

You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.

Sarah Palin

There's no free ride. Someone always pays and if you don't know who that someone is, it's probably you.

Richard M. Nixon

Anybody who wants to be an ambassador, wants to pay at least $250,000.

Richard M. Nixon

Make sure you pay your taxes; otherwise you can get in a lot of trouble.

Tupac Shakur

I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.

Robert Plant

You have to ask these questions: who pays the piper, and what is valuable in this life?

Wayne White

If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunni Arab objections, there will be hell to pay.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Andrew Kohut

His ratings for being trustworthy, which were his strong point for all of his first term, have tumbled rather substantially this year.

Rich Baccellieri

I think (the point spread) would go to 3 before it went up to 4. But I think it's pretty solid at 3 1/2.

M. Thompson

I thought she was going to make a four- point difference. Turned out, it was five.

Kobe Bryant

He has been solid for us all year. Now he's putting points on the board, which is very popular with the people.

Jeremy Miller

He has the right to go to trial, but it would be a moot point by the time he did, because his shares will be gone.

William Golding

For a small island, the place is remarkably diverse. Writers tend to see things from their own points of view, looking in one direction very much.

Tom Schatz

Our point is simple. These projects were wasteful before, and they only seem more wasteful because we have a real emergency,

Mike Conner

I probably should play him more. He's averaging two points every 30 seconds he's in there.

Tommy Russell

I think Ward is one of the best-kept secrets in West Tennessee.

Truman Capote

Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.

Rhea Perlman

The secret to success is to try to never figure that out.

Will Durant

Perhaps it is one secret of their power that, having studied the fluctuations of prices, the [bankers] know that history is inflationary.

Robin Wasserman

I guess that's the secret. It would never have occurred to Lia to want to escape -- but then she gets kicked out. Best thing that ever happened to her? I'm not sure she would say yes, because obliviousness tends to be rather pleasant, but once you realized you've been bolivious, there's no turning back. You can't un-know what you know. You know?

Sarah Dessen

instead, we just sat there, together but really apart, watching a show about a stranger and all her secrets, while keeping our own to ourselves, as always.

Zach Braff

Incognito mode? What do they have to hide? Zach Braff doesn't have anything to hide - Zach Braff lays it all out there for everybody to see. That is Zach Braff's secret to Zach Braff's success.

Wilferd Peterson

The secret of being more vitally alive is to be more aware. Starting today, from this moment, become aware of awareness!

Voltaire

A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.

Carol Ierulli

I did not play sports, I was the studious one and I was always in the library.

Joe Elliott

It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create.

Lady Gaga

Off to the STUDIO in my new whip

Harry Treadaway

I was used to getting changed in pub toilets before going on set. Then suddenly I had studios in L.A. advising me on my hair.

Bill Forsyth

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

James Gray

I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.

Bruce Weber

Sometimes there's a sense of closing yourself off on a shoot, and I try not to do that. Sometimes you have to, like when you're in a studio and you're doing fashion shooting, but I don't even do it then.

David R. Ellis

Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that.

Vonda Shepard

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

Fred Wilpon

You can't get much more New York than this.

John Catsimatidis

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

Abbey Lee Kershaw

New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.

Cary Fukunaga

New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.

Ringo Starr

When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here.

Tamara Tunie

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.

Rita Ora

A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.

Santiago Cabrera

I've been to New York a lot. I grew up in London but I'm from Chile originally.

Eddy Curry

That's just how things happened. I think in the long run, New York is going to come out on top.