Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Brehm

There is no immediate rush for a special election.

Craig Jenness

The United Nations is of the view that these elections were transparent and credible.

Callum Henderson

The expectation is that Koizumi will win by a reasonable majority, that reforms will go forward and the opposition to the Japan Post sale will be crushed.

Tommy Franks

I don't know Senator Kerry's plan for victory,

Mike Bossy

I'm always extremely honored to be applauded the way I am when I get back here and have any kind of liaison with the fans. I'm humbled by it.

Shanna Briggs

I felt like we started out extremely flat. And we didn't do some things well defensively that we wanted to, and that's when they went on their run.

J. Taylor

Hiroshi is an extremely technical player with his passing and dribbling, ... He'll be a good player for us.

Mike Woodson

He played extremely well. He didn't play like a rookie.

Tom Saltzstein

He's got a huge upside and he's only going to get stronger. At 6-9, 200 pounds, he's extremely, extremely athletic.

Ron Niekamp

Jordan is a big concern, but they have a lot of other guys who have stepped up as well. They play extremely hard and are a very disciplined team.

Kyle Doherty

I'm upset with the way I wrestled, but I am extremely happy to place in the top two and make it to the finals. I never thought I would make it to the finals.

Matt Clement

I'm extremely disappointed. I was terrible. I stunk.

John Thune

I'm extremely disappointed in what in my view was the secretary of Defense's poor judgment,

Dave Bloom

The 'Wizard of Oz' is her favorite movie, and this past December, she was a part of the lullaby league in a production of the 'Wizard of Oz' in Flatwoods.

Kristin Gore

'Jitterbug Perfume' is one of my favorite books.

Debbie Garvin

What are the things I want to do for my family, myself and my favorite charity.

Alexander Pope

Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .

Karla Comfort

My favorite part is the scene from heaven.

Steven Whitney

My favorite of all the sports is football. I wasn't the starter as quarterback, but I ran the other team's offense in practice and it was nice to have all that responsibility on my shoulders. I like being the main guy.

Mike Scioscia

No, I'm not in favor of replay at all.

Paresh Upadhyaya

Growth is still quite strong and therefore there may be more room to hike. When you look at the interest rate differentials they still favor the dollar.

Richard Aboulafia

If these trends continue, it's going to be 60-40 in favor of Boeing ( BA ) by the end of the decade, and there's even a possibility of a two-thirds, one-third split.

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Susan Goldstein

I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.

Elfriede Jelinek

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Calvin Coolidge

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it.

Jan Brewer

Government just simply can't do everything for everyone.

Chris Bell

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

Larry Craig

We do not take away the powers of surveillance, ... We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.

Bernie Sanders

I do not accept the belief that the United States of America and our government can't stand up to the ripoffs of the pharmaceutical industry which charge us by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

Bernie Sanders

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Stephen Baldwin

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth.

Irving Berlin

We joined the Navy to see the world, / And what did we see? We saw the sea.

Ice Cube

I don't consider myself ever joining. But I have affiliations, for sure.

Sean Connery

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.

Stephen Kinzer

As recently as the 1970s, some Pashtun leaders in Afghanistan were pushing to create a new state, Pashtunistan, by joining with Pashtuns in Pakistan.

Juvenal

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.

Carl von Clausewitz

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.

Aung San Suu Kyi

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression', human rights should be protected by the rule of law. That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.

Ariel Sharon

Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

Bob Dylan

...how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned?

Aesop

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Dorothy Day

No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.

Donald Rumsfeld

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

Don Henley

In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

Confucius

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

Andrew Fastow

I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison sentence that you are about to impose and will serve it without bitterness.

Tamora Pierce

Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.

George R. R. Martin

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

J. C. Ryle

The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.

Francis Quarles

Wickedness is its own punishment.

Patrick Surtain

We told him to get out, but he wanted to ride it out. He was a little stubborn,