Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mahmoud Abbas

We have an opportunity and it would be irresponsible if we, the Israelis, or the world allow it to slip away,

We had to negotiate to be allowed to go closer (to the court entrance).

Hamilton Jordan

I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.

Grover Norquist

We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't overspend and say, 'Oh, that's defense,' when perhaps it isn't.

We got off to a good start with two singles in the first inning. That allowed us to get into a good rhythm, and then we were able to come up with some clutch hits when we needed them.

Steve Alford

We didn't execute a lot down the stretch as far as foul shots, and the more you miss the more tense you get. It was a combination of missed free throws and not getting stops down the stretch that allowed them to get as close as they did.

Maurice Cheeks

We didn't drive the ball like we did in the first half. We shot all jump shots and that allowed them back in the game and eventually win the game because we didn't continue doing the things we were doing.

Martin Amis

Several people, not just reviewers, took me to task for writing about what they called the working classes - something I've been doing for 40 years. I thought that was contemptible - what do they want to do, ghettoize the working class as a subject? Can you only write about your own class? I've written about royalty, am I not allowed to do that?

Martin O'Malley

Maryland first allowed early voting during the 2010 primary elections. In November 2012, more than 16 percent of registered voters in Maryland cast their ballots during the early voting period, and some polling places, particularly in our larger jurisdictions, witnessed early voting lines that were hours long.

We made a vow after Sept. 11 that we would not allow the anti-American left to do to us this time what they did during Vietnam, which was wear down the morale of the American.

The problem is, people wanted more (on direct), and he set himself up to allow the jury to want more.

We need to allow for the return of refugees, to allow for the deployment of international troops to protect the refugees and the population of Kosovo,

We have a very strict discipline now. No documents leave the building and the (Academy) members are not allowed to discuss the choice by email or with members of their family. So far this year, I have not seen any sign that there is a leak,

We haven't been allowed to speak of these things. We're all kind of choked up.

We haven't allowed travel to be a factor. Football-wise, it's no obstacle.

Fred Schneider

We have not developed good policies for allowing corporations to extract the information that they need without invading the privacy of the individual.

We haven't made our splash in the NCAA tournament. That's my goal coming in here. That's the hump we need to get over to allow us to get more national expect and exposure.

Stephen Hawking

I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees.

Noam Chomsky

You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about this: They would just pick it up as they would standard English.

Maya Angelou

I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don't allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.

Mahatma Gandhi

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

Zoe Lofgren

I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.

Zach Gilford

I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.

Craig Ramsay

The pressure has been getting to us and we're sitting back and being a little too careful and allowing teams to come to us. We had our chances when they weren't on their game early. The third period just opened up.

We allow the customer to go off the appraised final value, not the cost of construction.

We allow people to be creative. We set a direction, we set the vision, we set the strategy, but within that framework, we allow our people to be as creative as they want to be.

E. O. Wilson

We allow guns at the Florida Chamber in our parking lot, we appreciate that you let us make that decision. Leave the decision about what's best for someone's property in the hands of the property owner.

We allowed way too many rebounds. We couldn't secure the ball on the defensive end. It was senior night and I think some of the girls were a little too keyed up.

We allowed two goals each half and I wasn't to happy about that. We weren't as sharp as we should be in our first league game.

Tyronn Lue

We allowed too many easy opportunities. It's something we've been harping on the last few games. Unfortunately, it bit us once again.

We allowed too many counterattacks. When we sent a defender ahead, we left a hole in the back. We didn't slide over to cover that. We found out quickly that we need to stay organized and not get too attack-minded.

We allowed them to keep them (the rifles) with them, but we restricted them to certain locations.

We allowed them back in the game on some threes, and they got to the free throw line too many times.