Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Hardy

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Geoff Garin

The polls are pretty clear that voters want limits on the government's power. This is really an argument not about fighting terrorism but about checks and balances and unbridled government authority.

Barack Obama

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.

Carl Sagan

One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

John Roberts

The argument of 'We're bigger' is becoming less credible as the open-source movement takes hold. Using your financial might as the basis for justifying your value proposition is not going to withstand this shift.

Pat Riley

The argument is they know what they're supposed to do. At least they tell you, 'We know what we're supposed to do.' So you back off a little bit on the real big muscle work that could cause them injury.

Richard Yamarone

The argument is that Venezuela is not willing or they're not going to be able to (comply with the cuts). Here it is eight, nine days later and they're already backing out. We knew it wasn't going to last, but this is a little on the ridiculous side.

Ralph Catalano

The argument is that in most species, males will compete with each other for females, and females prefer robust males.

Kevin Landis

The argument for optimism is stronger today than it was a year ago. I'm happy having most of my money invested in tech.

Vikram Seth

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

Ezra Taft Benson

God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.

John C. Calhoun

When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.

F. Sionil Jose

My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.

Jim Scarborough

The acquisition of B.C. Moore's represents a logical next step for us following our successful integration of Peebles. It significantly enhances the strategic and geographic development of our business, improves our competitive position, and presents us with a compelling opportunity for increased sales and earnings.

Steve Moore

The 12th Man' is one of our most treasured traditions, recognized by most as one of the most compelling in collegiate athletics.

Dan DeWalt

We have an immoral government operating illegally. I feel morally compelled to act.

Paul Haggis

You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the theater for the 'In the Valley of Elah.' I knew they might not want to see it, but I still had to the movie; I felt very strongly about it. Wanting to keep telling a good story is what you want to do, a compelling story.

Suranga Chandratillake

We wanted to make the experience of finding compelling multimedia and making it portable, as efficient and easy as possible.

David Byrne

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

Francis Lawrence

There are two separate scripts for 'Mockingjay' parts one and two. It's definitely one story, but there are two totally distinct and separate scripts.

Jason Wu

I make very proper clothes. But I was never that person. For a long time, I thought that was the image I needed to have for my brand. And I thought that's the person that I needed to be. Because it gave me a distinct image that no one can deny.

Sathya Baba

GOD is neither distant, nor distinct from you.

Asha Bhosle

There is a distinct lack of efforts on the part of the singers, as a result of which the songs being rendered are sans tone and emotions

Kimberley Nixon

I always think my face is quite nondescript - it sort of fits in to any period. It's not really distinct enough for you to remember me from something.

Brian Gorman

There is no question that it is a distinct population.

Dave Stephens

We held them to one shot many times, and that was key. We handled the rebound situation pretty well, too. We needed the rebounding because we had the distinct size advantage.

Tommy Caldwell

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

Gail Carson Levine

As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.

Elizabeth Warren

Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a fair hearing.

Janna Sampson

The only reason this plan looks reasonable is that it is scaled back from something that was fairly audacious.

David Ulevitch

If people use Chrome, we make less money on our service and that's fine by us because that is fair competition. I wouldn't put Google on a pedestal for competition, but they aren't telling users not to use OpenDNS.

Noah Baumbach

Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.

Hassan Nasrallah

The Americans are surely mistaken if they think they can make peace without finding a real and fair solution to the Palestinian issue.

Mike Irwin

That would not be fair to Red Hook. But we have a good team.

Chris Lee

That was tough for me to get situated because I was back and forth (between positions) the whole season. Now, I'm fairly secure at defense.

John Koskinen

That will actually look fairly interesting on a T-shirt.

Yahya Jammeh

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

Yossi Vardi

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

Yancy Butler

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

Ian Mckellen

I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

Ian Mckellen

People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

Irwin Thomas

I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.

Irwin Rose

I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.

Imani Hakim

When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.

Holliday Grainger

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible.

Jonathan Adelstein

I was stunned by the scope. The public has a right to know who is trying to persuade them.

Geoffrey Robertson

He was persuaded that, for Puritans, there could only be one King, now and for ever,

David Horowitz

I wouldn't be persuaded to be here if it wasn't for 20 years of being on campuses and seeing this.

David Horowitz

I would not be here if I weren't persuaded by 20 years of walking around campuses and seeing this.

Action Bronson

I'm a piece of work, man. I will do what I want, at all times, always. Nobody's going to persuade me one way or another. I can't be persuaded. I take criticism, I listen, I analyze, but at the end of the day, I make the decisions. Because that's the way I started, and that's the way I'm going to finish.

Mark Jacobs

They persuaded me to give it a shot.

Paul Vincent

Is there anything the magistrates can do to persuade you to pay?

John Reed

I'm persuaded it can work. Our sense is it's well worth doing,

Esther Rolle

I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.

C. S. Lewis

Reasoning is never, like poetry, judged from the outside at all.

Dustan Mohr

That was, in my mind, the reason we won.

Karla Comfort

That was the only reason. You wake up every day and find a reason to go on. My reason is I have kids.

Paul DePodesta

We just couldn't get on the same page. That's really the only reason why.

Frank Floyd

I think it will work out. If for some reason it doesn't, we'll have to go back in and re-evaluate it. But it's better than what we have right now.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct.

Jon Jovi

We can be the world's AFL team, for sure. There's no reason we couldn't be.

Todd Clark

The problem, ... is there is no reason to stay long in to the weekend.

Tom Jackson

We can surely try to be there for them.

Gianluigi Buffon

For us, there is surely no other alternative. We have to win.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that also.

Rob Lowe

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

quran quran

And most surely they were with Us, of the elect, the best.