Famous Quotes & Sayings

Astro Teller

The assumption that humans could be a reliable back up for the system was a fallacy!

John Fiske

The persecuting spirit has its origin... in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct.

John Fiske

The persecuting spirit has its origin . . . in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct.

Tom Shaheen

We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then.

Henry Crumpton

We have no intelligence or evidence that indicates that he (Bin Laden) is dead or incapacitated, so our working assumption is that he is still alive.

Norm Stamper

We have no indication that he has left this immediate area, so we make the assumption that he is still afoot or ... holed up somewhere in this area,

Tom Daschle

We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered,

Natalie Massenet

It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.

Ellen Galinsky

What this finding reflects is the dissonance of today's reality and yesterday's old ideas. There's the assumption that family for women detracts from work while for men it supposedly enhances their viability and stability.

Jack Greenberg

We want the line -- which for McDonald's includes our divisional and regional staffs, owner/operators and restaurant personnel -- to make decisions on behalf of customers based on field operating needs. The line ultimately has responsibility and accountability for our business success,

Elizabeth Gregory

We actually choose the schools that we work with in each location, so basically we evaluate them based on curriculum, facilities, reputation and cost.

Amanda Tobin

The possible pressurization issues that we've had recently do represent an above-average number for this time period, based on historical averages.

Ginny Goblirsch

We are always so happy to see them. It is such a reminder of what the US Coast Guard brings to our community. It's also a reminder of what it took to get the helicopter based here and how critical it is that it remains here.

Adam Ereli

We believe that these convictions are based on evidence that isn't credible and a trial that isn't fair,

Mike Clarke

We still plan to have the appraisal done and try to keep discussions open with them and at the appropriate time, based on the appraisal, try to initiate, once again, negotiations.

Frank Newport

We're in a period of time that there is a conventional wisdom that Bush is on the ropes. I think, based on my experience, that the media tend to move in lockstep as conventional wisdom on a story develops.

Bernie Schaeffer

We're in a frenetic short-covering based rally. The jury is still out about how long this is going to last.

Brent Trout

Where the crux of the issue lies is that (certain) departments are so heavily based on labor force. There is more to it at the library, there's a little more flexibility about other softer items where you are just able to cut.

Arne Glimcher

Everything happens through relationships.

Matt Mullenweg

I think that all services will have downtime. No matter how much you prepare, have redundant systems, or audit, there will periodically be a black swan event that is completely unlike whatever you've experienced before. It even happens to Google!

John Cohen

Tomorrow, we'll get a big hug going, and we'll talk about past times, and then the first pitch will be thrown, and he won't see John Cohen, he'll see the enemy. I won't see Pat McMahon, I'll see a team that we're trying to beat. That happens a lot in this league.

Red Cavaney

What happens when we don't have a year like this one?

Jim Mills

What happens to those people with severe memory lapses? How many of those people have they contacted, how many times have they been invited into their houses. How people who have nobody to call, so we don't know how many people this has affected.

The Vikings

What happens on Lake Minnetonka stays on Lake Minnetonka.

Mario Pescante

What happens now, I haven't the slightest idea,

Mario Pescante

What happens now? I haven't got a clue.

Scott Kahan

What happens is when something does well, people throw money at it.

Claudia Baucus

It's a highly uncertain regime after that date. Nobody wants to be the first to try out a new law.

Chu Shulong

It's a highly personalized rule, much more personalized than even Mao's time here.

Paul Denham

It's a tragic situation but it's also highly unusual,

Richard Engel

Any information about U.S. special operations forces is highly sensitive.

David Healy

People think highly of Henderson, but I'm sorry that Devine is leaving. He tells it like it is, and he's a known quantity.

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Application of the new system may be especially advantageous in situations of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses.

Mark Fagan

The threat is still there, especially with young trees. They're highly susceptible to citrus canker and all you need is one windblown rain event.

Ron Forman

After a series of interviews with a number of the highly credentialed law enforcement professionals from around the country, I think we've identified three outstanding candidates,

Eric Maskin

Specifically, in the software industry, progress is highly sequential: progress is typically made through a large number of small steps, each building on the previous ones.

Mike Reilly

We've got lottery in the state, so what's the matter with another way to waste money?

Grover Norquist

ATR was opposed to a government-run lottery for the same reason we're opposed to government-run steel mills,

Sam Cassell

Well, sorry for them, but we're not going to be in the lottery this year. If this team doesn't have injuries, we're not going to be a part of that.

Tom Shaheen

I think it's tough to measure a lottery on the first stroke of a brush.

Bob Roberts

Unless you're a lottery winner, you just can't do it.

Billy Donovan

I'm very, very thankful. The NCAA Tournament to me, what's the lottery motto? You've got to be in it to win it.

Ben Robinson

It's like winning the Lottery and the (football) pools on the same night.

George Washington

A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.

Jan Egeland

We are working to move from lottery to predictability so that all those who suffer receive aid.

Herb Sendek

It's early, those polls and rankings are going to change.

Brian Swanson

There wasn't enough pollution for a wholesale cleanup.

Darlene Rickman

It is very much like voting at a precinct polling place.

Jerry Palm

I've seen they were in the poll and couldn't understand why. They haven't done anything special.

Bill Stephens

This is not a poll tax in any way,

Judd Gregg

That's why this has been put forward. This is a polling event,

Jim Cooper

Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented.

John Gantz

The respondents in this month's poll were quite bullish.

Sally Quinn

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.

Edwin Louis Cole

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

Jerry Only

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

Douglas Coupland

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

Donald Barthelme

The center will not hold if it has been spot-welded by an operator whose deepest concern is not with the weld but with his lottery ticket.

Amber Heard

I get tickets all the time and can't stay under the speed limit. I'm bad at that.

Uta Hagen

Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it.

Maya Angelou

Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.

John Perry Barlow

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

Jackie Kennedy

Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.

Jonah Lomu

Until 1998, I worked in marketing at ASB bank. I loved it.

Ellen Roberts

Until we investigate and find out what happened, I don't want him to go back to Mexico.

Dean Laidley

Until this day, we didn't have any injuries, but now we've got this one, so that's the disappointing part.

Dennis Wharton

Until there's a selection, NAB is not commenting.

Tommy Lapid

until the disengagement ends. It is about to end soon.

Ed Troyer

We're going to keep doing it until (the problem) disappears.

Scott Wolf

Although, I didn't really like sushi until I moved out to L.A.

Michael Mussa

They don't need to do it tomorrow, but they can't wait until the end of the year,

Liz Shimek

It's not over until it's over. We're fighters.