Famous Quotes & Sayings

Xun Zi

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

Ruth Luban

The pink slip is precipitously delivered. It's not as if the worker caused the job loss, nor is it that they even wanted to shift gears or that they were tired,

Chris Oynes

The overall damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita has shown them to be the greatest natural disasters to oil and gas development in this history of the Gulf of Mexico.

John C. Calhoun

With such irresistible evidence before us of the great and rapid progress of abolitionism without the slightest indication of abatement, he is blind who does not see, if the state of things which has caused it should be permitted to continue, that it will speedily be too late, if not to save ourselves, to save the Union.

John C. Calhoun

Every increase of protective duties is necessarily followed, in the present condition of our country, by an expansion of the currency, which must continue to increase till the increased price of production, caused by the expansion, shall be equal to the duty imposed, when a new tariff will be required.

Richard Lamm

It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes have caused a major further deterioration of worldwide levels of nutrition.

Deborah White

The approaching hurricane season reminds us of the utter devastation that Hurricane Ivan caused when it hit the Louisiana coast last year.

Yuri Urbanovich

The antiterrorist operation was poorly coordinated, and the question remains open whether many of the deaths were caused by Russian forces' use of indiscriminate weapons such as tank cannons and flame-throwers.

Nancy Anderson

That was incredibly misleading to our consumers, and it caused them to be alarmed about things they shouldn't be alarmed about.

Bruce Jackson

You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images.

Joan Claybrook

The 46 deaths that have been reported are only those that are known publicly,

Gary Thomas

We're very thankful that we didn't have any more injuries or deaths than we had. But we're still stunned.

Paul Cassell

Justice demands that the 168 deaths be reflected in the sentence.

Hal Stratton

Back in the 1960s, the number of deaths each year from unintentional poisoning was 15 times greater than it is today.

Linda Rosenstock

There is good news in that the overall fatality rate is on the decline ... at the same time there are still a remarkable number of job-related deaths that we think are inherently preventable. That's where the focus needs to be.

Patrick Brady

We are extremely saddened by the tragic deaths of two of our high school students this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with the families at this time.

Gary Eddy

I can't help but think that some of these deaths could've been prevented, if people had simply slowed down.

Ian Mckellen

There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.

Margo MacDonald

Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that's the price you pay for being an open place for people to come.

Mike Fratello

We had open shots and we didn't make the shots that we made in the first half. They got in transition and we had some turnovers.

Matt Mahar

We were getting open opportunities. It was just a problem of stopping their little runs.

Nicole Klay

We have tons of terrain back there that will really open up the mountain.

Pokey Chatman

Usually when I give my opening statement, I can find something that's wrong. But, there wasn't a whole lot tonight.

Paul Horn

The 'Inside' record definitely opened up a whole new audience.

Greg Bonczkowski

Whoever was open made a three in the first quarter.

Christian Ehrhoff

You just got to get open and he s going to get you the puck.

John Cornyn

where we have wide open spaces and plenty of opportunity for high-density training.

Cilla Black

I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.

Max Mathurin

Voting operations (in the countryside) are normal, with some exceptions.

William Bratton

We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,

Shamil Basayev

live participant of that operation who is ready to testify.

Mark Cooper

Basically, you've got one and two in programming and one and two in system operations now all interconnected in a little knot.

David Moffett

I feel that the operations could and should have been performed a lot sooner,

Graeme Souness

He will have his operation tomorrow and he will be out for three months.

John Byrne

Ultimately it's going to be better for the patient. It's going to transform otherwise high-risk operations into lower-risk operations.

Howard Thompson

The proceeds are used for the operation of the Bedouin Shrine Temple and to support our transportation department,

Gary Parlin

(Barker) threw very poorly in practice on Tuesday.

Andy Robinson

We were awful, we started poorly and never got in the game. At no stage did we put any pressure on the French.

Ernie Els

For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.

Lloyd Church

I told the guys, this was an ugly win, but I've never seen a pretty loss, so we'll take it. We can play much better, but when you play poorly and still win, you've got to be pleased.

Raymond Loewy

Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.

Douglas Wood

I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.

Jody Siegle

The students who were in those schools were very poorly served in the time that they were there.

Jerramy Stevens

If you start out poorly like that, the tension only mounts every game.

Jeff Tedford

That was a tough start for him, no question about it,

Brent Bracelin

That will happen. The question now is the magnitude.

Joe Gaylord

We can still stabilize the situation and make it right, but there's no question that this is a rough patch.

Jan Caldwell

We have the same questions about that as well.

Julie Martineau

We will screen questions for relevancy for the position.

John Whitehead

We will rebuild. It is now not a question of whether, but a question of how,

Kevin Lowery

We're well-known for our safety record. When it comes to safety, there is no question when it comes to our company.

Ryan Ford

I worry about, consider, and question everything that I'm doing.

Geena Davis

will happen. It's just a question of when.

Nicolas Roeg

Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

Stephane Deo

Here, we also have a very volatile indicator. The trend remains downward. I don't think that has changed.

Marty Schottenheimer

I don't know. That remains to be seen.

Tim Heekin

Whether this is sustainable remains to be seen.

Edward Hall

We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words.

Vidya Balan

A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

My head is in India, yet my body remains in Britain. I straddle the world like a colossus. Like a 5ft. 7in. colossus.

Carlos Ghosn

In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.

Mike Lynch

Our visibility is improving, but at the same time still remains low,

Mikhail Bakunin

From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm a product of Russian culture, but I never felt it was my country.

Soundarya

I'd like to be known for my character.

Lucas Till

It was awesome and liberating to play a Russian spy.

Natan Sharansky

There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.

Mikhail Bakunin

The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.

Anna Kournikova

When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?

Lee Harvey Oswald

As my Russian improves, I become increasingly conscious of just what sort of a society I live in.

PJ Crowley

It's NATO's view that Russian troops should not deploy until all the arrangements have been completed.

Reggie Jackson

His tank was empty. He did what he could do.

David Harding

Look out, Paddy Power, someone's just parked a tank on your lawn.

Jack Kerouac

And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks!

Eoin Colfer

Chief of security : They have a tank! How did they get a tank up here?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.

Tilman J. Fertitta

When you're public, you're at the mercy of the markets. You can be doing extremely well, but if the markets are in the tank or your industry is in the tank, you don't get rewarded for it.

William Goldman

Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup.

Cher

Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.

Calista Flockhart

The way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon.

Paul Davis

We've got enough guys, enough weapons to play around that and we just have to do it.

Arthur C. Clarke

The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers — and thermonuclear weapons.

Earl Butz

Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U.S. negotiating kit

Aldrich Ames

The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought and perhaps defeated.

Adolf Hitler

If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower.

Dianne Feinstein

When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in ... that's just human nature.

Walter Benjamin

We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves.

Barry O'Farrell

Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Pontius Pilate

Whether will the twain will ye that I release unto you?

Dick Hill

You can always find Curtis, whether it's the Jeep or the Big Bird.

Kevin Lowe

Whether I can get it done is another question.

Bill Smith

Whether he didn't see him or doesn't want to say, I don't know.

Martha Stewart

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

Cary Finberg

Whether you win by one-point or 20, it doesn't matter. You still get the title.

Jim Lehrer

Whether you're 9 or 90, you can play this game.

Hugh Shelton

I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat.