Famous Quotes & Sayings

Susan Orlean

I've noticed lately that it seems most intimate to not use any closing on your e-mail at all, because it seems to make it feel like you are engaged in an ongoing conversation - as if this one e-mail doesn't represent the beginning and end of the interaction but is just part of a perpetual loop of friendly back-and-forth.

Karen Meredith

It would drive me insane to overhear the conversation of the guy in the next seat.

Rob Young

That turned a two-way conversation into a one-way discussion.

Laurie Graham

I have a magpie mind, by which I mean I see and hear little things - photos, fragments of conversation - and store them away for future use.

William Shakespeare

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Tom DeLay

The recent nomination of John Roberts has spurred our country into a conversation about the court's role in our society,

Jan Peterson

This video course has sparked some conversation for us, but mostly it re-enforces our ongoing desire for learning.

William Plomer

With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,And third-rate conversation without one single pause:Just like a young coupleBetween the wars.

Brian Cashman

You gravitate to that first. But then you have to have the conversation about whether somebody is the right fit for this city.

Steve Cohen

The Breeders' Cup is one of the most anticipated events of the year. From the track, to the jockey's room, to the paddock, we will offer unprecedented coverage of the Breeders' Cup with our team of horse racing experts.

John Rose

Radio will also be crucial. There will be 13 radio specials that will cover all formats.

Jeff Fager

People don't want to leave it. They want to stay, even though covering Katrina has been so difficult and painful in so many ways.

Steve Finley

Defensively, it's easier here. They pull the right fielder over to cover the gap, and it makes the field smaller.

Dan Hill

The stuff I write I'm very proud of, but I'm smart enough to know I'll never get on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' next to Elvis Costello.

Deion Sanders

I've never been in a position where I blitzed on occasion, but now I can drop into coverage or blitz.

Tracy Byrd

I wanted big landscapes and mountains and things and it ends up the cover doesn't have a mountain it,

Lois Schiffer

Royal Caribbean's crimes -- including dumping oil into our oceans, lying about it and trying to cover it up by obstructing justice -- are serious offenses that require serious punishment.

Bill Cowher

It was the same as a normal week. It was a good practice. We just tried to cover all the bases. I think we looked good.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Once we start to discuss security issues my personal view (is) that at one point the U.S. should also be engaged in a dialogue.

Harry Redknapp

I've not discussed it with Milan yet. I don't know where it's at yet. But if someone's going to come in and we are going to be able to improve the playing squad, which we need to do, it's got to be good for the football club.

Tara Fisher

These events are a way to open discussion that might not otherwise be talked about.

Arlen Specter

I should stay away from a discussion of specific cases,

Brian Breese

That's his wish. They (JCA) could probably discuss it, but then at the moment it is his wish that he thinks he should resign as the senior coach.

Yashovardhan Azad

We are here to discuss the itinerary as well.

Sean Rooney

We had been speaking about a 51 percent to 49 percent split, but we're open to discussing any percentage,

Sarah Williams

We met with them and discussed the purchase - if not the outright purchase of the whole property, then for parts of it.

Ross Brawn

As to my role in the future, we are discussing that at the moment. I'm very happy at Ferrari, very pleased with the way things are and would very much like to be involved with Ferrari in the future.

Bill Lawrence

Zach finished his movie. I could have episodes ready already. That was just network spin.

Maggie Grace

You should have met me on the pilot episode - I was so sweet. Now I'm just one of the guys.

Brannon Braga

Each episode provides a puzzle piece to a larger mystery.

Patrick Clawson

There are lots of problems in Iraq, and this episode was done by some nasty actors who are not friendly to the United States.

Judith Jamison

It's a mood piece about love and relationship, like a slice- of life- pie at 2 a.m. with episodes that happen quickly.

William Toman

It's episodic. One episode takes place here in the States, another in Ecuador, another in Indonesia. Each writer took one region and wrote that section of the show.

Dana Stabenow

Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.

Joe Flaherty

There's just something about youth and comedy that go together. Maybe it's that foolishness, that silliness that you can get away with when you're younger, that you can't get away with when you're older.

Katarina Witt

She took a day of rest, which is fine. She is physically prepared, and maybe she doesn't need that day of pressure with everyone watching her.

Edward Snyder

People were worried that like Lucent and maybe a little like Ericsson things were softening up for them. But it doesn't look like that.

Jonah Raskin

Poets now read all over the place, but at that time they didn't - if they were famous, they maybe read at the Museum of Modern Art.

Sonya Davis

My grandfather told me not to give up yet because maybe they're still out there,

Michael Strahan

Maybe this upcoming week we will play like the Redskins played, with the same type of win-and-you're-in and lose-and-you're-out type of mentality.

Peter Schroecksnadel

Maybe they were scared of the police, we don't know. They got in touch and we're going to talk about it.

Mark Wright

Maybe the team is starting to come together. I was very pleased with the way things went.

Chuck Amato

I've talked to our trainers and managers. If we can't get (the running backs) in the game, we'll let them run the water out during timeouts. That way I can tell their parents they got on the field.

Jody Ault

They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people.

Margaret Atwood

They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to

Brian Aldiss

When you are young, you enjoy a sustained illusion that sooner or later something marvelous is going to happen, that you are going to transcend your parents' limitations.

Channing Tatum

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way.

Jane Asher

My parents were not theatrical at all.

Maria Jimenez

We are studying here. We want to be able to work here. My parents are immigrants, too.

Larry Taylor

You have to treat people like you want to be treated. I was taught that by my parents.

Craig T. Nelson

I lost my parents when I was fairly young.

Chuck Amato

I've talked to our trainers and managers. If we can't get (the running backs) in the game, we'll let them run the water out during timeouts. That way I can tell their parents they got on the field.

Jody Ault

They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people.

Margaret Atwood

They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to

Maria Jimenez

We are studying here. We want to be able to work here. My parents are immigrants, too.

Larry Taylor

You have to treat people like you want to be treated. I was taught that by my parents.

Debbie Ritchie

If that's all they're basing it on, then the parents need to take into consideration the rest of the story.

Jhumpa Lahiri

I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm just doing what I've been taught by my parents to do, ... This is the right thing to do, and I'm trying to urge other people to do it.

Ann Jackson

You've got the new parents like myself who don't know what to expect, ... For me, as a first-time parent, I think it's good.

Dave Bowman

As of now, no response from the public or business.

Dan Stessel

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

Sharon Stone

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

Alicia Munnell

With public employees, the day of reckoning is more in the distance.

Claire McCaskill

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

Adam Smith

We want the public to be more engaged.

Michio Kaku

I would hope that the publicity around the Higgs boson would increase the public awareness of physics and cosmology.

Robert Reich

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Michelle Williams

When you're in a relationship with somebody who is also a public personality, then it doubles the attention from the media.

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Ron Kaufman

How can you learn more? By admiring what you've done right? Or by studying what you've done wrong?

Ron Kaufman

Always do what you can do instead of worrying about what you can't.

Ron Kaufman

Preparation clears a pathway for success.

Steve Jobs

The customer is the final inspector.

Steve Wozniak

The easier it is to do something, the harder it is to change the way you do it.

Max Brooks

The highest distinction is service to others.

Dick Miller

We want to make sure they understand it's not just a social thing but a service organization.

Rocky Smith

If they put together some type of a waiting list, my service would not be needed.

Plato

Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark.

Libba Bray

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.