Famous Quotes & Sayings

But just since last summer this has been a key point of discussion at several conferences and caused quite an excitement, as people see the data. Among other things, it helps to explain how water, or something else serving the same role, could have helped lead to the evolution of life.

But I would stress: I don't think OPEC is in a position where it is on the verge of near-breakdown as it has been in the past -- co-operation is still pretty good among the key member-countries.

But I would hope however, that the diversity and differences that we have amongst and between us, we should see as a strength and as something we should celebrate rather than fear.

Peter Abrahams

The only places where I have found that simple human dignity, that respect for the other man, and the gracious feel of tolerance and humanity have not been either among the heroes of the class-struggle or the 'thinking men' but among my simple 'backward' people.

Claire Cameron

I find this mortifying to admit, but I have one of those balls that helps my posture. They're hard to sit on, so it stops me from sitting too long... I also wear a pair of 3M(TM) PELTOR(TM) Optime(TM) II Ear Muffs. They're the same ones that people wear on the tarmac among the planes - noise blockers.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

I wonder that among all the evils deprecated in the Liturgy, no one thought of inserting flitting. Is there any worse thing? Oh no, no!

Tarot cards likely originated in northern Italy during the late 14th or early 15th century. The oldest surviving set, known as the Visconti-Sforza deck, was created for the Duke of Milan's family around 1440. The cards were used to play a bridge-like game known as tarocchi, popular at the time among nobles and other leisure lovers.

Carol P. Christ

The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.

John C. Maxwell

Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.

Bob Menendez

There are many domestic issues that give us a lot of common ground to work on. Health, education and immigration are among the areas where we share mutual goals and aspirations. There are also many values that we share as a communities.

Barbara Amiel

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.

Anthony Carmona

I sometimes detect that a type of regional divide is setting in, and there is a lack of real Caribbean connection among the islands, and I am concerned about this.

Anthony Carmona

Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.

This was among the most frequently requested drivers during last year's Windows Embedded Student Challenge .

Mark Zandi

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real whoppers, but causing house prices to soar and then crater during the past decade weren't among them.

There is only one thing I want to say about Ohio that has a political tinge, and that is that I think a mistake has been made of recent years in Ohio in failing to continue as our representatives the same people term after term. I do not need to tell a Washington audience, among whom there are certainly some who have been interested in legislation, that length of service in the House and in the Senate is what gives influence.

Mel Gibson

The Passion' is a movie meant to inspire not offend. My intention in bringing it to the screen is to create a lasting work of art and engender serious thought among audiences of diverse faith backgrounds.

The only thing we take into consideration when we decide to sell something is whether we think there's demand among our customers. We're a retailer. We want to sell things our customers will buy.

Eric Peterson

This shows that the care being delivered is not ideal, as in up to one in four cases, patients are not receiving medicines that are proven to save lives. But the data also shows that there is wide variance among hospitals - some are near perfect in the use of certain drugs while others are down in the 50 percent to 60 percent range of adherence. This shows that there still is much room for improvement.

David Stern

(The playoffs are) a road you have to follow if you want to be considered among the great ones, because it demonstrates that you're either making the players around you better or management is putting better players around you in order to showcase your talent longer into the playoffs.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost competitiveness and, more importantly, our highly trainable, English proficient, IT-enabled management and manpower.

Sandy Berger

The president's trip has intensified the pace of discussions among the parties and between the governments, and I think that's good,

Jean Alesi

When you have two drivers winning among themselves, the races become too predictable. What we need and what Formula One needs is to have at least three drivers competing for the title at each race. This opens out the field and there is much more interest from the spectators and fans,

Sathya Baba

When you have God come amongst you to support and sustain you, why grovel through crude vulgar entities? Avoid places where they bargain in terms of gifts, donations, for Spiritual guidance and Transmission.

There are large question marks among many Israelis about what Sharon will do the day after evacuations are completed, ... Many think he will not go further than this. But if the two sides are encouraged by the U.S. and other outside players to get back to negotiating, there is potential for the disengagement process to lead to renewal of political dialogue between the two sides.

We always see each other at tournaments but we never get a chance to be in the same gym and meet head-to-head. I think it's great for wrestling in the valley. It should pique interest amongst the younger kids to want to compete at their local high school. I was really pleased with today.

Gene Sperling

The options that Vice President Gore is calling for today are very much among those options that President Clinton does feel are on the table and is considering,

Jonathan Zittrain

The openness on which Apple had built its original empire had been completely reversed - but the spirit was still there among users. Hackers vied to 'jailbreak' the iPhone, running new apps on it despite Apple's desire to keep it closed.

There is some conspiracy behind it to create disharmony amongst the Muslims.

Lisa Randall

There can sometimes be this fear among laypeople: 'I don't understand everything in science perfectly, so I just can't say anything about it.' I think it's good to know that we scientists are also confused some of the time.

There is no reason as far as I know today to believe that Quartet unity has been undermined. On the contrary, the intensity of contacts among Quartet members attests to the close ongoing coordination.

Bob Willis

There is still a fair amount of apprehension among manufacturers, especially with rising energy prices and political uncertainty, but the overall atmosphere is optimistic.

There is so much uncertainty with energy prices, and that is why we are caught in a tight trading range here. Over the next few months you will see how Katrina will benefit or hurt the market, and there is a wait-and-see attitude among investors.