Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronald Reagan

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Alan Jackson

I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.

TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.

Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.

Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.

Andres Serrano

Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.

We see seeds of development comparable to Central America and the Caribbean five years ago. It's about to explode.

Rabih Alameddine

We seem, particularly over here in the West and in America in particular, to have forgotten that we are, in large measures, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.

We see many of the same characteristics in this stock that we saw in America Online back in 1995. A great management team, a huge market opportunity, an obsessive focus on customers, an unusual and misunderstood business model, and dysfunctional competitors.

We're thrilled to have Mr. Sheppard help us celebrate these new openings as someone who is a beloved example to New Yorkers of dedication and longevity. Bank of America has a strong, long-term commitment to New York City. These new banking centers underscore our plan to become an even bigger part of the New York community in the years ahead.

Ronald Reagan

We're the party that wants to see an America in which people still can get rich

Mike Einziger

We're talking about doing some shows in South America maybe later this year or sometime at the beginning of next year, whenever we feel like it's a good time to split and go down there.

Anton Corbijn

I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it's representative of Holland, but only a part of it - you know, it's more extreme, there's more happening, it's more liberal and more daring than the countryside in Holland is.

Antoine Fuqua

The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort.

Antoine Fuqua

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read them. I think people are lying when they say they don't care, that's not true. I take them personally.

Antoine Fuqua

But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

Ann Macbeth

We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally.

Alison Bechdel

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up.

Alison Bechdel

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

Alison Bechdel

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project.

Alison Bechdel

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren't any men in it, so they'd be forced to identify with the women.

Augusten Burroughs

I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.

Adam Duritz

If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.

Aaron Allston

This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.

Aaron Allston

The way to a man's heart is through his chest.

Aaron Allston

Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.

Aaron Allston

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

The graying of America is certain to drive health care costs in the U.S. for at least the next 50 years, ... The challenge we face as advocates is to ensure the pace of research keeps up with the expectations of the American people, so we can ensure the miracles of science are brought to our benefit sooner rather than later.