Famous Quotes & Sayings

Body armor is meant to fit snug to the body to stop shrapnel and absorb a bullet's impact. Armor designed for a boxier male frame does not fit properly on the overwhelming majority of females, who have a very different stature and body type than their male counterparts.

Neneh Cherry

When I was going to school, I just wanted to be like everybody else. I would pull at my hair to try and get it to lie straight. America was where I would consume and absorb black culture, buy Ultra Sheen and watch 'Soul Train,' but I still had that weird in-between thing.

Moshe Sharett

Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population.

What makes it really hard is it's not a reaction sport, ... This is a premeditation sport. You're walking down the fairway, considering what your options are on the next shot that you're going to hit, how you're going to handle it, where you're going to go with it what you're going to do ... you get your head handed to you a lot out here. You know, the people that do well out here are able to absorb that, deal with it, put it in a little compartment, send it somewhere where they don't need to be in and move on to the next step.

Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.

We're going to continue to put a lot on them mentally and see how they absorb it and how they react on the field.

We're beginning to appreciate that baby boomers aren't traditional retirees; they plan to be active, whether that means working, volunteering or continuing to run a business. On the other hand, affluent individuals may continue to work to absorb steep and ever-climbing healthcare costs when they retire.

We have a sense that there is a lot of thought that needs to go into this process. We need to absorb the work of the Personnel Board.

Gwyn Morgan

We're a big laboratory in how to absorb so much investment. None of us could have dreamed this would happen this quickly.

The fact that some dire predictions didn't materialize mainly reflects the robustness of the U.S. economy. 2005 has showed us that it is able to absorb more shocks than previously thought.

Tom Odell

I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.

Domhnall Gleeson

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

Chad Hurley

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

Rex Ryan is definitely a very confident individual and, when you have someone who believes firmly in what he's speaking, you naturally absorb it.

We still have as much momentum going into next season as we did going into this season. If you can absorb a season where things really didn't go our way, hopefully next year they do.

Willie Morris

His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.

The question for the economy at large is to what extent will it absorb these people and these businesses.

Brian Eno

Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a sense of style, to people who just love putting all that complicated stuff together, brick by brick, on their computers, to people like me who like playing conceptual games and being surprised.

Fujio Mitarai

Whatever the trend in exchange rates or whatever the external factors, a manufacturing company is always faced with the mission of transforming itself into a company that can produce higher value-added to absorb the increase in the cost of living in the country it's operating in.

Larry Dixon

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

John Davidson

Where does the bond guy put his money now? ... Stocks can absorb inflation more readily than bonds, because you can come through with better pricing power and stronger earnings.

Jennifer Morgan

Trees only absorb carbon to a certain point in their lifetime,

Our hope would be that he can (come back). Mark has been a wonderful player and representative for our program. If the end result is that we do lose him, as difficult as that would be to absorb from a basketball standpoint, we'll hurt that much more on a personal level.

Kathleen Blanco

States are not in a position to absorb additional costs of this magnitude,

My mind still cannot absorb the fact that someone could do something this cruel and heinous to my 17-year-old child.

I think these kids got it now. I think they have really gotten the concept on defense; the offense has been good, but not consistent all year long, and I think they got it this week. It's what happens with kids, and it's what happens with good teams that practice hard. Sooner or later, they absorb what you're trying to teach them, and instead of doing what you tell them, they do what they know how to do.

It is a more than unfortunate act. I think the government still has to absorb this. I think there will be some heart-searching.

Tina Thompson

I thought their contribution was great. They were totally here willing to pick up and absorb everything they could. They were all sponges.

Rhys Ifans

I think that Liverpool's particular modern history lends itself to the cinema better than London in many ways. When you go to Liverpool, you absorb that whole sound and humour.

It is impossible to absorb the vastness of the sky. But taking an in awe attitude towards it helps opening our minds.

Brian Billick

I am afraid I'm not going to be much help to you right now. I am not prepared to give you a lot of observations until I absorb this and look at the film and decide what happened and how we are going to go forward.

Raf Simons

I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.