Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Niven

A novel I read when I was about 17 or 18 - 'The World According to Garp,' by John Irving - really made me want to become a writer. The character of Garp is a novelist, and at the time, the whole lifestyle of being a writer was hugely appealing to me.

Atharva Veda

A woman should always think good of her family and should work according to her husband's wishes so that a peaceful, happy and cordial atmosphere prevails in the family.

Charles Reinhard

Back in December of 1996 when he gave his very famed 'irrational exuberance' speech, the stock market was actually fairly valued according to or models. This is very different, because the equity market is actually about 28 percent overvalued compared to our models right now.

Tom Early

Procuring cause should simply go away. It's an antiquated system. Buyer agents should earn their fee according to the contractual agreements they enter into with buyers. We need to have honest, contractual agreements on both the buyer's side and the seller's side.

Noah Feldman

Prisoners, according to the law, who are non-U.S. citizens and are detained outside the U.S. - including in Guantanamo Bay - are denied 'habeas corpus.' They are also denied the right to claim the Geneva Conventions confer certain rights on them.

Jiang Zemin

Our consistent policy is to protect human rights according to law,

Henri Frederic Amiel

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.

Holly Hanson

People can get a very basic plan or they can be very specialized according to the services and care they think they may need.

Howard Sherman

Of the total audience increase of 650,000 over 2004, according to the League's data, it's important to realize that ticket sales for plays alone were up by 530,000. That means that four out of every five additional tickets sold this year were for a play. Clearly there is still a place for plays on Broadway, and hopefully this success will result in even more in coming seasons.

James Comey

As Director of the FBI, I am sworn to ensure that my special agents have what they need to protect themselves and the citizens of this country, and that they are trained to properly use and properly deploy that equipment in the right times and places.

Mark Hughes

As long as the agents are doing the right thing by their clients, and you can get the right quality of players into your club, then agents have a role.

Charles Tiefer

Our Defense Department has continued to pay, through pliant contractors, for a flock of Iraqi political exiles as our paid political agents in Iraq.

John Ashcroft

Our expert team of agents and analysts from the FBI will continue to share information and expertise with their British colleagues.

Larry Todd

Our agents along with the San Antonio Police Department arrested two people that we believe without a doubt committed and facilitated the escape of the seven inmates on December the 13 of last year,

Jerry Akins

People had been scouting us for over a week prior to coming here, telling us they were from FOX News, telling us their producers were interested, and they'd get in touch with us. We found out later, they were all secret service agents checking us out.

Jed S. Rakoff

Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting the company would inevitably punish, directly or indirectly, the many employees and shareholders who were totally innocent.

Nick Clark

The start of the calendar year is traditionally an exciting and busy time for estate agents in London as many City workers choose to spend their bonuses in the housing market. Although market growth has slowed since the property boom of recent years, property is still a smart place to invest money with plenty of exciting markets offering enticing returns.

Kevin Colbert

The thing about Ryan as a player is that he was always at the right place at the right time. He was somebody who could set a defense and run a defense. Ryan's similar to the types of free agents that we've been able to sign, a young kid coming off his first contract as a starter. He was productive on a very good defense.

Javier Solana

The wealth of agreements we will be signing together on September 5 bears witness to the increasing levels of practical cooperation.

Rich Levin

Major League Baseball looks forward to signing a lease so that Washington's baseball fans can enjoy watching their team in a new, state-of-the art stadium. We believe it is important for all parties to honor the terms of the agreements that were made.

Paul Alderete

There are tracts of land that are going to be annexed by the city and are going to be developed by developers that we don't have mitigation agreements with. Part of our job is to continue to get agreements with all of those developers.

Liu Jianchao

China has normal, conventional military trade with other countries which abides by China's policies and law and agreements China has signed.

James Wolfensohn

One of the assumptions that divides institutions of faith from those based on politics and international agreements is the automatic assumption that you have to teach me spirituality, that you have to give me a moral center, that you must convince me there's more to development than economic mechanisms.

John Thomasian

Governors face many situations that threaten the health of their citizens and challenge the response capabilities of their public health infrastructure but do not qualify as an emergency. States need to ensure that they have the proper authority and aid agreements to do so.

Eid Kabalu

I challenge anyone to examine the agreements to see if it is a violation to train members.

Ellen Tauscher

However, in pursuing free trade, we must also consider the impact and direct effects the agreements will have on workers - both here and abroad.

Shashi Tharoor

If there weren't a United Nations, it would have taken the U.S. decades to reach agreements with 191 countries to do that.

Sam Ibok

As far as this mediation is concerned, this is as far as we can go. The AU has exhausted listening to the arguments on both sides.

Mark Stewart

As far as the girls go, it's pretty much us and Spring Hill. And any one of our guys can come in here and shoot in the low 70's. Our goal all year for both teams was to win state, and this is just another step we have to take to get there.

Rich Dubee

As far as presence, both of them had a good presence out there and both look comfortable out there. I was impressed with both of them going out there for the first time in a new organization.

Lance Berkman

As far as who has the edge, it's probably a break-even deal. I think both teams are equally qualified to play in these games.

Valeri Nepomniatchi

As expected, it was a tough match. Both teams went for attacks.

Joe Jimenez

As every parent knows, kids have long used ketchup to personalize their food. Heinz is bringing fun to food with a ketchup that physically and intuitively encourages both control and creativity.

Bill Richardson

As both the United States and the European Union expressed, we remain concerned that any cut in production has the potential to lower stock levels and contribute to volatility in the market,

Mike Bellotti

As both of these men have shown, they have great resiliency. They're tough mentally and physically, and they bring something to the table when they enter the game. They don't drop their heads or hang their heads when they're substituted for.

Richard Pinkham

As both carriers are principally point-to-point travel at this point, it seems not overly likely that the two low-cost terminals will be in competition with one another for passengers, especially with a five-six hour drive separating them.

Melissa Williams

The buyer that makes most sense is the buyer that has a strong presence in the traditional retailing of toys.

Helmut Panke

Prices have gone up in the U.S. but for us at least we have not seen a change in buyer behavior,

David Lereah

Our definition of second homes has changed with the buyer shift toward investment property, ... In examining Census data to determine the number of investment units, we see that second homes are a much larger share than the conventional mind-set of them being mostly vacation homes.

Tokio Furuta

Despite the weak yen, technology issues suffered because of the lack of their main buyers -- foreign investors -- due to the Christmas holiday season.

Jon Fredrikson

The most likely buyer is someone who wants to have a luxury place in the Napa Valley and a prestigious wine label to go with it.

Hidenori Suezawa

Purchases by the public pension fund will become a stabilizer for the market. The fund will be a steady buyer of government debt with five-year and longer maturity, helping limit a rise in yields this year.

Deborah Brown

This isn't the kind of situation where caveat emptor Latin for 'Let the buyer beware' is appropriate.

Michele Morson

You want a buyer beware? It is not their problem if you work out of the house and need high-speed cable and lots of phone lines.

Chris Browning

You're a buyer and a seller. We feel, scalpers feel, that it's a victimless crime. Nobody has to buy them.

Geena Davis

As an Independent, she has no party backing, ... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female.

Michael Gibson

As a direct result of his lack of leadership in this regard, fine revenues were down approximately 20 percent this last fiscal year, which causes a financial hardship on the city and our citizens, not to mention a safety hazard for his failure to properly enforce our traffic laws,

Christine Albertus

Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection.

Kary Mullis

People say to me, How many people have you seen die of this disease? They say, You don't know what causes it because you've never watched them die.

Justin Baldoni

People grow; people grow apart, and cancer... I've had a very in-depth and personal experience with cancer, and it really causes a perspective shift.

Nelson Mandela

No stone will be left unturned to establish fully what the causes were and where responsibility lies,

Steve Simmons

Any kind of glitch causes problems that send tremors through the whole industry.

Allen Wallace

A player makes a name for himself and then causes younger players to look and see what can be accomplished. The younger players start focusing on being like one of the older guys.

Glenn Kroll

The situation was what it was. It didn't cause me to stop being friends with him.

Jan Leroy

The mood is very positive. Earnings are supportive.

David Albright

And that's one of the things that has to give you pause, is that they have been thinking about this a long time, ... And so the question is, when did they start in earnest to learn how to make a nuclear explosive?

William Hummer

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

Barry Hyman

The moves in media stocks are never earnings based.

Jack Ablin

Right now, we have this positive confluence of earnings and economic news that has been propelling the market.

Jim Volk

Right now the perception is we are not going to get the earnings recovery we thought we were going to get.

Takashi Ushio

Right now the market is showing a positive reaction to yesterday's earnings results.

Takashi Ushio

Right now, the market is showing a positive reaction to yesterday's earnings results. But investors are also in something of a wait-and-see mood, as we have earnings from industrial electronics firms tomorrow.

Brian Gendreau

Practically in every quarter lately, we've had this feeling that we're at the peak, this is it, no more growth. That's why you see a lot of volatility but, ultimately, the Dow or the other indexes end up not having moved much. But one day we may see earnings growth decelerate, and it could be this year.

Suresh Raina

At home in Ghaziabad, everyone is a pure vegetarian. In fact, when I want to cook non-veg there, my mum shoos me out on the terrace where I have my cooking utensils. I'm told categorically that whatever non-veg or egg, etc., that I have to cook, I should do upstairs and not enter her kitchen at all.

Abdul Sattar

ready to enter into bilateral negotiations, as well as utilize any of the other peaceful means for impartial settlement of disputes.

Loretta Young

Personal feelings should not enter into business-getting the job done is all that interests the boss.

Dick Cheney

People should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to. Should these relationships be treated the way traditional marriage is? That is a tougher problem. I try to be open minded as much as I can.

Bono

The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

Kim Fields

There has been a tremendous growth in the entertainment industry throughout Atlanta. There are many opportunities in film, television and theatre.

Ma Huateng

On all open platforms, regardless of whether it's Facebook or the Apple App Store, the largest segment is entertainment and games. It's the largest revenue segment. And it's the same for Tencent.

Timothy Noah

For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch.

Britney Spears

My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment.

Dan Starkey

(Baker) got his feet set and he hit the shot with confidence. We were fortunate we hit some big shots down the stretch.

Chet Faker

Rather than trying to create an audience, just try and create music that feels good to you.

E. Hicks

People relate to wood in ways that they don't to other materials. It feels real and natural, unlike plastic and steel. It feels like you really can make something out of it, rather than just put something together.

Gillian Apps

People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck.

Darnell Jenkins

Originally, I prayed for an increase in attendees. We started with only five people and now that there's near 100, it feels real. It is real.

Voltaire

No snowflake in an avalanch ever feels responsible.

Nate Clements

(Defensive coordinator) Jerry Gray feels the same way I feel,

John Greene

DB2 Express-C just feels like a much more profound piece of software.

Hillel Hillel

a place that feels like family, the warmth of home.

National Press

really do want a different world than we're going to live in and, therefore, one side or the other is going to win because it's not negotiable.

Cesar Pelli

I've always loved three-sided patios. Courtyard plans are very common, but it's rare that it has one side open.

Barry Bonds

I've been able to see that other side of the fence. I don't think the transition will be that difficult.

Jenny Lewis

Sometimes you don't understand what you're going through until you're on the other side of it.

Sean Murphy

It was unbelievable. You don't see this side of sports.

Edward Gibbon

The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators

Jim Allchin

That's why Sidebar is something important. You will be able to put it to the side and just watch it on the periphery, and the widescreen allows this.

Duane Coleman

That's what I was feeling, too. I was willing to go on the other side if I'm just going to be a spectator on offense.

Bai Ling

Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.

Chris Duerksen

This is simply something you don't have right now.

Rhys Ifans

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

Jim Wilkinson

I can tell you that simply did not happen.

Robert Rubin

I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done,

Becky Lourey

I don't just want to talk about goals. I know we can get there. We simply can't wait.

Michael Dean

I have not talked with Terri in weeks. We were simply brainstorming.

Paul Cleave

You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.

Howard Hawks

I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.