Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gerry Beckley

It's not a bad problem to have because a lot of classic acts are known for one or two songs and in their show they basically hold those songs off until the end and you sit through an hour or so of lesser known material but in our case most of the songs are well known.

Gerry Beckley

The first year with the success that we had and let me point out that the time frame changes depending on which decade you look at it. In the seventies acts were kind of expected to do an album a year. If you look at the Beatles they were doing three a year.

Theodore Steinberg

The point that has to be made is that national disasters are, in the aggregate, predictable, and we can budget for them, ... Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disasters in America.

Laura Garrison

The overall thing is we wanted to bring acts that appeal to a college crowd. Dave Attell just got off the 'Insomniac' comedy tour and had a TV special last Sunday, so it's very timely. He's just really funny and a lot of college kids like him.

John C. Calhoun

It is but too common, of late, to condemn the acts of our predecessors and to pronounce them unjust, unwise, or unpatriotic from not adverting to the circumstances under which they acted. Thus, to judge is to do great injustice to the wise and patriotic men who preceded us.

John C. Calhoun

A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former acts as a restriction on the powers of this government, but the latter as an enlargement.

Nick Jonas

My real musical discovery started when I was 10 with Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5, and acts that I connected with because they were young when they were doing it, like me. Then I kind of came into my own a couple of years later; I found new artists that shaped my musical landscape. For instance, Kings of Leon played a big part in that.

Lynn Martenstein

The acts that we have been charged with are totally unacceptable, and in violation of company policy.

Charles Hynes

the appropriate punishment for ... these vicious acts ... will be available in the federal system.

Zebulon Pike

A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.

Zebulon Pike

You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?

Zebulon Pike

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

Zebulon Pike

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.

Oliver North

I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.

James Longstreet

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.

Robert E. Lee

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.

Zebulon Pike

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.

Zebulon Pike

The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.

Abraham Lincoln

Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.

Evangeline Lilly

In every one of the 'Squickerwonker' books, we will explore a new Squickerwonker character and their vice and how their vice generally leads to their undoing.

Deborah Eisenberg

I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

Nikki Reed

What is important is to treat everyone like an individual and learning not to generalize autism. With autism, people make assumptions, but it's very broad, and everyone's so different. You have to treat each person as an individual.

Sean Maher

I love 'Richard III,' but in terms of a general play, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has always been a big one for me. It's just so sexy.

Scott Rudin

I love stories about women, and I think stories about women are generally pretty underrepresented.

Roger Stone

The general election is not an organizational exercise - it's a mass media exercise.

Mark Zuckerberg

I always kind of see how I want things to be better, and I'm generally not happy with how things are or the level of service that we're providing for people or the quality of the teams that we built. But if you look at this objectively, we're doing so well on so many of these things. I think it's important to have gratitude for that.

Jennifer Pahlka

We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work.

Amisha Patel

Cleaning is therapy for me. I'm not ashamed of holding the duster or broom.

David Pratt

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

David Eagleman

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

Sandra Tsing Loh

There's an image that some of us have of Jackie Onassis, stepping out in the rain, and Maurice Tempelsman is holding her umbrella. We want that man. We want the man to be the concierge and the masseur and the travel booker.

Marla Maples

I was holding a reserve inside all along. When you're with someone as powerful as Donald, you have no choice. You can get lost within that power if you're not careful.

Tommy Haas

I'm slowly getting back into things and the shoulder is holding up. If I play to this level I know I can do well here,

Dallas Green

Im Holding onto What i Hope Will Keep You by My side

Mary Lambert

When you're 17 in the suburbs and know only three gay people, holding hands with your girlfriend is a proclamation.

Jerry Graybeal

I was holding out hope that we could still sneak into the tournament. But it didn't work out that way.

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.

Andrew Fastow

I think many of the statements in there are false.

Daniel Breaker

Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.

Tom Murphy

I think this is a wonderful statement of values, really,

Yuuki Sakurai

I'm speechless. What can you say when you can't trust a company's statements or the exchange's trading system.

Sourav Ganguly

Only time will tell. It's not right for me to make a statement now.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

Larry Small

What we are trying to do is make a statement -- If you can't come to the Smithsonian in Washington, we will come to you,

Erick Jensen

If they wrestle like they did this weekend, we could make a statement at states.

John Esposito

Frankly, I find (such accusations) humorous. A lot of these statements are ideologically or politically motivated.