Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. Stick to Facts, sir!

Charles Dickens

Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased.

Alan Watts

...the whole universe is through and through the playing of love in every shade of the word's use, from animal lust to divine charity.

Alan Watts

At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.

Alan Watts

"It is essential to understand this point thoroughly: that the thing-in-itself, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, is not only unknowable-it does not exist. This is important not only for sanity and peace of mind, but also for the most "practical" reasons of economics, politics, and technology.. This is not to say only that things exist in relation to one another, but that what we call "things" are no more than glimpses of a unified process. Certainly, this process has distinct features which catch our attention, but we must remember that distinction is not separation."

Alan Rickman

I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.

Al Jourgensen

Rock n Roll Animal, the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.

Matt Rossell

We want them to put a label on the fur that tells exactly how the animals lived and died. If the furs were labeled and consumers could make a choice with all of the information, I think the protest would end.

Cleve Ryan

The other team has scored more than we have, and that's the bottom line.

Alan Pardee

We are going to see a slow fading away of some of the funds in the bottom half of the performance rankings.

Edmund Stoiber

We are at the bottom of European economic growth, ... Schroeder had four years to fight unemployment and did nothing.

Bob Goin

We reinstated the guy. The bottom line is that he was cleared and he's back on the job. Now go do what you've got to do.

Christopher Thornberg

We're in a housing-driven economy from top to bottom at this point in time.

Alan Curbishley

We have said to all the teams down the bottom we have done our hardest.

Alexandre Burrows

We have to have a better power play, that's the bottom line. We've got to get it done (tomorrow).

Tim Heekin

We have no economic numbers Monday and my sense is that the market is going to keep consolidating for the next few sessions, before we make a bottom and then build from there

Chris DiMarco

Until you have to putt on these greens, that's what keeps everybody in this tournament ? bottom line. Putting is still the key here.

Lenny Roybal

We've won some close games this year, and that's made us better. We made a lot of mistakes late to let them back into the game, but we responded.

Gordon Hartwell

We want to try and shut down the inside game. We have to try and close the paint, which is what we tried to do all season, anyway.

Shafiq Rasul

We want to show the world what is happening there. We want the place to be closed down.

Mark Regev

We want to see maximum movement at the crossings, but that decision has to be weighed next to the very real security threats that there are, ... If we opened every crossing and there were a wave of suicide bombings, then we'd just have to close everything down again.

Suzi Babos

We accomplished our main goal of staying undefeated at home. Now we look forward to welcoming Stanford because we have a lot deeper lineup than last year. I expect a close match.

Dave Hubert

We always have the expectation that we will work as hard as we can to win as many games a possible. In spite of losing some close games early, this team did improve as the year went on.

Muddy Waters

Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you.

Rob Morosi

The other two ramps which will be closed are from the southbound Lodge to north and southbound Telegraph.

Scott Warren

The other students help us out, and it's a way to help them out in return. It helps me get closer to other students doing this.

John Connors

We also think that the PC market could see growth in the low single digits for fiscal 2003 compared to the low single digit declines we are expecting to see for our full-year fiscal-year with 2002,

Bill Strathmann

We've already done $3.9 million from December 1 to 27, compared to $2.2 million in the same period last year.

Bruce Rohde

We are seeing a different environment and performance in the second half of the fiscal year compared to the first half, ... Some of the issues that negatively impacted our third quarter will continue to impact the remainder of our fiscal year. We, like many other companies, are watching the effect of a softening economy on our business.

LL Cool J

Let me tell you something - compared to a TV-drama production schedule, touring is not strenuous.

Mark Hopkins

No revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by the words of Jesus Christ.

John Armstrong

When we found out that they were going to close, we had to go out and find another supplier. It is possible that we could purchase some things from them on a spot basis. But that wouldn't be much compared to the way things were.

Ted Lawson

We're still fortunate to have low gas prices compared to the rest of the world,

Steve Milunovich

We're expecting a pretty tough first half of the year -- tech profits will be up about 10 percent this year compared to 30 percent last year, ... But by the second half of the year, the economy may brighten, earnings comparisons are easier and we could start to see an easier tech tape.

George Murphy

We're getting back to the normal range as compared to last year,

Rob Binns

World Airways will operate five international round trips a week under the contract, which has an estimated value of $11 million.

Peter Piot

The number of people living with HIV globally has reached its highest level ever at an estimated 40.3 million people.

Terri Smith

They are estimated higher than what they will actually be,

Russell Pearce

An estimated 9,000 American citizens are killed every year by illegal aliens. That's 25 American citizens per day killed by illegal aliens, averaging 12 by stabbings and shootings and 13 by DUI and related crimes.

Duke Ramey

We went over to Chalmette one day where they desperately needed help, and we were turned away because some inmates escaped. Who cares? Why should that stop us from going in there? That parish (St. Bernard) estimated there were 7,500 stranded in their homes. Nobody's been able to talk to them, and we get turned away.

Suze Orman

One journalist estimated my liquid net worth at $25 million. That's pretty close. My houses are worth another $7 million.

Patricia Olson

O ctober 25th, estimated before we'll have power or water or anything,

Tom Stehn

It is estimated that between 10 and 19 whooping cranes have started the migration.

Michael Jones

However we have 2.3 million estimated to be in need, that 500,000 represents a very small proportion.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

Gerard Hopkins

Where no storms come, / Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, / And out of the swing of the sea.

Ann Jones

We want people to keep everything green and clean.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A great acacia, with its slender trunk And overpoise of multitudinous leaves. (In which a hundred fields might spill their dew And intense verdure, yet find room enough) Stood reconciling all the place with green.

Bob Hope

For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green

Bjorn Lomborg

We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them. Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.

John Beilein

(At) Canisius and at Richmond, we had shooting centers, but we never had anything like this. He may take some shots that look crazy, but he's got a green light.

Bill Conine

All our vehicles are white with a green logo. They're pretty recognizable.

Bruce Steinberg

They've already been working together. Summers sits in on the meetings Rubin has with Greenspan much of the time.

John Hull

There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk.

Marian Seldes

I almost never go to the theatre without seeing someone I've taught or known at Juilliard.

O. Singh

Throughout the ages, they are known as wise, who weep, remembering the True One.

Brendan Shanahan

As much as we're known for our goal-scoring, we're very strong defensively, so I think that we can do the same to them and stifle their offense.

Rudy Giuliani

All of us will miss him at Yankee Stadium, ... We were all uplifted for having known him.

Tommy Johnson

It's a serious problem from our standpoint. We wish we'd known about it sooner.

Benjamin Franklin

For 6 l. a Year, you may have the Use of 100 l. if you are a Man of known Prudence and Honesty.

Lucas Piatt

This is the 'put up or shut up' opportunity. We have to do it now, or Pittsburgh will be known for one project that never got off the ground. We need to stop talking about it.

Tim Baldwin

It wasn't something that was known to us.

David Duchovny

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

Lorraine Bracco

I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial.

Michael Franti

I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and love all the time. But we can live in a world where we kill each other a lot less.

The Talmud

There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to another.

Sathya Baba

There is no living being without the spark of love; even a mad man loves something or somebody.

Axl Rose

In general, I usually don't really go by or live my life by a clock, and outside of touring, I don't really ask anyone else to. It's not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.

Carol Lewis

Throughout history, when our national security has been threatened, we have responded by reducing liberties, ... we ask: We not only want to survive, but survive living under what conditions?

Artie Lange

A big part of my living is my stand-up material on the road,

Nick Hill

It seems like he's got a new passion and is just thankful for being out there, like he's living each practice like it's his last.

Jonathan Burns

What we're talking about here are relatively small co-pays.

Jon LeCroy

I think they're relatively cheap. What we saw was a big run-up toward April, and now we're seeing a little more profit-taking.

Richard Preston

Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods.

Charles Browne

We are going after some relatively strong growth.

Kate Winslet

I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.

John Beckman

And it actually works. A professional diver tested it in relatively shallow water.

Ian Hart

I was relatively technically adept. I can edit and wire up a light.

Dolly Parton

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Pat Paulsen

Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.

Jerry Seinfeld

There's more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations.

Bulgarian Proverb

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water

Dane Cook

I'm a deep thinker when it comes to shallow no brainers.

Bill Nye

What happens to other species also happens to us.

Jasmine Guy

We are a complex species to observe

Barry Schuler

Living in your genome is the history of our species.

Bill Bryson

99.99 percent of all species that have ever lived are no longer with us.

Chris Servheen

There are so many species that need help,

Michael Crichton

We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

Lynn Margulis

The fewer species there are and the fewer species we know about, the fewer questions we even know to ask.