Famous Quotes & Sayings

The board appreciates that Phil acted with characteristic dignity and selflessness in recognizing that his resignation was for the good of the company.

None of them knew a thing about what they were talking about, but every one of them acted like they knew it all ... knew it all.

Don Porter

It was pretty good drama, and maybe a little cheesy. But Dad never worried about being cheesy or being cool. He simply articulated what he thought was right, and then acted on those beliefs.

Craig Biggio

It was one guy who acted like a 12-year-old, who slapped her upside the head. I'm not going to sit here and hold all the Chicago fans accountable for this for one guy who was acting like an idiot.

It was OK. We made some big plays. But they acted a little tired. Maybe they didn't use the three-day weekend. I think, right now, it's push-comes-to-shove-time. So let's get it going. The guys need to make this important, because we're running out of time.

Ed Rendell

It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country.

It will be passed on to the Executive Committee and it will be acted on at (the committee's) April meeting.

They came together as a team, and they've acted as a team, and we had a long talk about that, that that's what this is all about. It's all about the kids, it's all about their team. One person doesn't make the whole team. And we went ahead.

Michael Smith

The governor is very pleased that the (state) Senate acted promptly in confirming him and is sure he'll serve the people of the county well.

The governor is extremely pleased that the Legislature has acted on his request to set aside part of the surplus to pay for capital improvements in higher education.

Alan Arkin

My favorite thing is to be working with people I enjoy working with. I've reached the point where, emotionally, I don't need to act any more. Financially, I do. But emotionally, it wouldn't matter to me if I never acted again.

Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.

We will hold a patient who says they want to harm themselves or someone else or has already acted on it. We don't feel comfortable sending them home, because we can't follow up. Usually, though, a family member will get involved within two days.

Peter Phillips

We will have people in the Caribbean following their respective teams from Asia, we will have Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Indians, Sri Lankans, Australians, Zimbabweans., ... And in many of the states there are conflicts which have taken on a terrorist form, and so there is always the potential that we in the Caribbean could become the stage on which other conflicts get acted out.

When I went down there, him and my dad had a great time, they acted like they knew each other forever, ... He's a great guy.

Tom Ridge

We had specific information that needed to be acted upon relative to the Air France flights.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear, but he had that fortitude of soul which bears the consequences of the course pursued without complaint.

We have seen repeated sightings of people wandering around the airport(s) unauthorized, people that have not gone through the proper security check and the fact that at regional airports there are no security checks at all, ... The government should have acted much earlier.

Erich Fromm

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as "moral indignation," which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue

Erich Fromm

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as ""moral indignation,"" which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue

The past 12 months have been the most difficult and challenging period that Sanctuary has ever had. As a result, we have had to make some fundamental changes and difficult decisions, but it was essential to make them and we have acted quickly to do so.

The particular bank involved here has on prior occasions been caught in the same position as the unwitting intermediary, ... and it has been required by American courts under penalty of very large fines to identify who the inside trader was, who it acted for and that individual was criminally prosecuted.

Matt Murphy

The players were disappointed that students from both schools acted the way they did. It's unfortunate the result of the game was lost because of what happened. Nothing happened on the floor between Carmel and Mahopac.

There is no indication that Officer Hammond acted inappropriately. He certainly did what he was supposed to do. He was protecting himself and his fellow officers. It is very fortunate none of them were seriously injured.

There is still a chance for the government to reform, to release political prisoners, to change the cabinet, to arrest those people who acted to excess in Lebanon. That will make it more difficult for the international community to embarrass the regime.

We had a guy who bought a BMW for his wife on a Tuesday. She went out on Friday night, came back at 3 a.m., and acted funny all weekend. He took the car back to BMW and had the seat taken apart and sent to us for testing - and he caught her.

Garrett Gomez

This was the first time he was running against these kind of horses, and he had been off for a while. With the combination of the two, I really didn't know what to expect. He acted like he was getting a little tired at the top of the lane, but he switched leads and found another gear.

Spencer Abraham

We do have a lot of energy security issues that go to the critical energy infrastructure and the needs that we have in order to make sure we can take certain kinds of steps that are required now that have to be acted on, ... And I would be very disappointed if they couldn't get acted on in the balance of the session so I am hopeful we can find a way.

Jane Harman

Twelve sick, sadistic kids could not have acted alone,

What happened is it told me those prints were put on that vehicle before it went into the field. That dust acted like fingerprint powder.

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it

For our purposes, we define (William James) theory of pragmatism to mean that instead of just talking about something, you should get out and do it. An idea doesn't have a worth until it is acted upon.

He acted out of conviction and showed great courage when he stood up for the rights of all Americans.