Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Mislak

Jon is a gifted athlete who likes to take the big shots. He is popular among his teammates, has a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. His versatility is a great strength and causes match-up problems for other teams.

Stephen Gengaro

Halliburton's product and services, down at the operating level, are among the best in the business. He leaves it in a better position than when he began his career there.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

HALF, n. One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided, or considered as divided. In the fourteenth century a heated discussion arose among theologists and philosophers as to whether Omniscience could part an object into three halves; and the pious Father Aldrovinus publicly prayed in the cathedral at Rouen that God would demonstrate the affirmative of the proposition in some signal and unmistakable way, and particularly (if it should please Him) upon the body of that hardy blasphemer, Manutius Procinus, who maintained the negative. Procinus, however, was spared to die of the bite of a viper.

Marc Basnight

Ham was a great senator and a great North Carolinian, but first and foremost he was a great American. He was the most special among us and he will be missed - God gave us the greatest when he gave us Ham.

George Ryan

Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. What effect was race having? What effect was poverty having?

Trevor Noah

If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.

Tim Crawford

There are still signs that Scotland is faring better than the U.K. as a whole, with pessimism among businesses less widespread and new order levels rising.

Drew Gilpin Faust

The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.

Unknown

Here's to health, peace and prosperity. May the flower of love never be nipped by the frost of disappointment, nor shadow of grief fall among your family and friends.

Brent Plater

Green sturgeon are on the brink of extinction, and we have a moral obligation to ensure that this ancient creature survives for future generations to enjoy.

Jack Gleeson

I'd like to be an academic, a philosophy lecturer if possible. I'd do a Masters in Ancient Hebrew maybe, and a Ph.D. hopefully, if I get in.

Rig Veda

The gods sacrificed with the sacrifice to the sacrifice. These were the first rites. These powers reached the firmament, where the ancient demi-gods and the gods are.

Michael Brand

The Getty is a contemporary museum of ancient art, in some ways.

Shinzo Abe

The dolphin fishing that takes place in Taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in their culture and their practices and supports their livelihoods.

Edith Hamilton

The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greek said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.

Yotam Tepper

This is a very ancient structure, maybe the oldest in our area.

M.I.A.

Tamils all over the world have a sense of belonging to the world itself, but our ancient roots come from India. I would like to explore India. I will keep coming back. This is the closest I can get to home.

Kevin Payne

It's ancient history and we move on, ... From what I've heard, Freddy had a good day of training and he's looking forward to this weekend.

St. Teresa

About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only.

Jonathan Mayhew

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

Bob McKenzie

Just the traffic volumes. It's something our bridge inspectors are taking a look at.

William J. Clinton

The stimulus is our bridge over troubled waters. And if it's invested well, it'll generate a lot of economic growth, and we'll get quite a bit of the revenues back.

William J. Clinton

It's important that the American people understand that President has proposed and passed this stimulus plan not as the end-all and be-all to our economic woes but as our bridge over troubled water until we get the finance system, the banking system working again.

Warren Buffett

In an inflationary world, a toll bridge (like company) would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital costs. You built it in old dollars and you don't have to keep replacing it.

Theo Staub

Other students studied piano or violin, but I switched from flutes to drums. Music is a bridge between cultures.

Dan Johnson

Right now the bridge catches debris even in low flow situations.

Chris Sanders

Right up here at the top of this bridge is where the guy flagged me down.

Welsh Proverb

If you would get ahead, be a bridge

John Mayer

I support building a bridge large enough to handle the growth that has occurred and the growth that will occur in the future.

Anton LaVey

I'm glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year.

Richard Dawkins

If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too.

Richelle Mead

Hey." She said, looking up from an open book propped up on one knee. She brushed a few strands of pale hair out of her face. Her boyfriend, Christian, lay on the floor near her, his head propped up on her other knee. He greeted me by way of a nod. Concidering the antagonism the sometimes flared up between us, that was almost on par with him giving me a bear hug.

Richelle Mead

Iʹve seen you too. Ozera. Crispin, right?ʺ ʺChristian,ʺ corrected Lissa. ʺRight.ʺ .... ʺSo what brings you and Christopher here?ʺ asked Blake. He finished a glass of something amber colored and set it down beside the new drink. ʺChristian,ʺ said Christian. .... Blake gave her puppy-dog eyes. ʺBut you just got here! I was hoping we could get to know each other.ʺ It went without saying what he meant by that. ʺOh. And Kreskin too.

Richelle Mead

That was Sydney Sage," said Lissa. "I thought they were all in West Virginia. Why isn't she with Rose?" "That," said Abe darkly, "is an excellent question." "Because they were apparently kidnapping Jill Mastrano in Detroit," said Christian. "Which is weird. But not the craziest thing I can think of Rose doing.

Richelle Mead

Boy is he pissed," said Adrian. "Do you blame him?" asked Christian. "He just lost memerbship in the evil mastermind club. His brilliant plan fell apart, and now his daughter's missing when he thought she was somewhere safe." Adrian stayed pointedly silent.

Richelle Mead

I can't wait until this show gets on the road," he said. "You and me are going to have so much fun, Rose. Picking out curtains, doing each other's hair, telling ghost stories..." The reference to "ghost stories" hit a little closer to home than I was comfortable with. Not that choosing curtains or brushing Christian's hair was much more appealing.

Richelle Mead

Even Christian—the poster child for "smartass"—looked grim.

Richelle Mead

Culinary science? You elected culinary science? That's the most brainless class ever. -Rose to Christian

Liang Liang

He knows how to handle the subtle inner feelings in a Eastern way while retaining the American way of telling the story.

Patrick Franklin

What we have in East Texas today in regards to gay rights is the tyranny of the majority. It is up to us to stand up to that tyranny.

Prince Nayef

It is a fact ? unfortunately ? that there was (a plan) to target key installations in Eastern Province,

Steve Culp

Like, on the West Coast, they play a fast tempo. On the East Coast, they play a more physical, get-in-your-face style. In the Midwest there's a lot of screening action, and in the South there's a lot of running. This is going to be a great event, and I'm looking forward to it.

John Congemi

I want to try and make this place a destination for people to come and want to play. The renovation went so well. There should be a line out front to play the East Course.

Scott Foster

I was just hoping (she'd) find the back of the net. It was a great game and East was a very strong team so I was happy to see it in the back of the net.

Jimmy Tubbs

He might be pressing a little bit, but he has to keep working. We'll start the same lineup in East Carolina.

Will Durant

The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to widen freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality. East is West and West is East, and soon the twain will meet.

William Howard Taft

My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.

Plaxico Burress

Just let Eli be Eli and he's going to be OK, ... Stop putting so much pressure on him and just let E be E. I've got a lot of faith in him. He's the quarterback of this team.

Atharva Veda

Have faith in Him; He will never give you up; He will guard and guide you until victory is won.

Sathya Baba

Have faith in God and in the correctness of moral living. Then, you can have peace and joy, whatever may be the fare that fortune offers you.

Debra Roberts

God's got your back when you give Him your heart

Chris Byrd

To fight three times in three years is crazy. It has been disappointing to the point of sometimes you get frustrated and really just want to retire. I have been to that point, but God is faithful and I just keep plugging along. I just have to remain patient and fights will happen, but it has been disappointing.

Walter Scott

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover, too, I wish a trusting lady true.

Jay Wyatt

To come to the table with that $5 co-pay is not negotiating in good faith.

Kurt Cunningham

I thought we had a good look. We have faith in Coby. It looked in from the bench.

Mike Trapasso

I thought Steven was a little empty. He was at 106 pitches and Frost was getting good swings off of him. Steven was getting a little tired and we had all the faith in Rich to get the job done.

Waqar Younis

Nothing bad can happen to us if we were on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.

Dee Brown

I'm just looking at Indiana on Sunday. You just have to worry about yourself. You have to win and see what happens.

Jamie Bell

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things.

Steve Alford

Indiana went about it a little different in how they did their search. I never got a phone call. I was never contacted.

Deepa Mehta

I'm getting calls. They say that I'm defiling the name of India -- but I don't see how!

Narendra Modi

I intend to launch a massive National Program for PDS Computerisation.

Narendra Modi

E-Governance to me is easy, effective and efficient governance.

Narendra Modi

Whatever Language Pakistan understands India should teach in that language

Jim Thome

The Indians are going in a way they want to go and I respect that, ... I've loved that organization and I still will.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Binyavanga Wainaina

I love playing with words and texture.

Mario Batali

Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.

Gloria Steinem

Each others' lives are our best textbooks.

Douglas Coupland

Who wants to talk on the phone? If you want to talk to me, text me. Or if we must, let's meet in person.

Vince Carter

I'm going to make Tim Thomas come here. So it doesn't matter. Only kidding.

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

Ryan Getzlaf

We're just working toward that now. Everyone wants to be in the same place at the end.

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Carl Jung

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

Elie Wiesel

My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.

Daniel Johnston

To understand and be understood is to be free.

Jessica Sanchez

On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.

Fay Weldon

How has anyone ever understood anyone, except through love, which is wordless?

Fernando Pessoa

To be understood is to prostitute oneself

Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever thought that he had understood something of me had merely construed something out of me, after his own image.

Tom Nolan

Winner never understood how that was a factor. It was always very alarming.

Friedrich Nietzsche

What we do is never understood, but always merely praised or blamed.