Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herbie Hancock

The other reason is the concept of attitude. I didn't want to appear angry, but it's okay to appear serious or to not smile.

Dick Cheney

The positive news is we appear to be making progress,

The only clear picture we have from the job cut numbers this year is that employers appear to be confused about the direction this economy is taking, ... Companies are experiencing increased business, but they are also seeing their costs soar due to higher fuel prices, inflation in supplier prices and a weaker dollar, which makes it more expensive to buy foreign parts.

Ellen Tauscher

We appreciate the chairman responding to us but we also find his response deeply disturbing. The letter appears to have been written without any investigation of the specific facts in this case. It also appears there was no consultation with the Democratic members of the House Administration Committee.

We applied to summon more witnesses to appear in court and review the evaluation conclusions. So the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court has decided this case is postponed for one month.

We appear to use memory systems often in our default states. This may help us to plan and solve problems. Maybe it helps us be creative. But it may also have metabolic consequences.

Joseph Nye

We appear to be turning to a conservative cycle in the major countries. President Bush's administration will find they have more allies, and this will be a big plus for them.

We appear to be the smallest team on the field each week. They're big. They're a very big, physical team.

We appear to be moving in the right direction. There appears to be less and less shootings in the city and we won't stop until the final shot is fired and the individual is arrested.

We appear to be in a summer swoon in which investors are beginning to realize it's going to take a lot longer to turn the economy around than expected, and that we're currently going to have to bear through a series of pre-announcements that are less than comfortable,

We appeared to get good play at quarterback once again. We moved the ball well and some of our playmakers made plays. There were a lot of younger guys who got their chances tonight and it seemed like things went fairly well.

We appear before the Supreme Court - who in their right mind would want to poke their finger in the eye of the next chief justice? Based on what we know, this is not a nominee that we can let go by unopposed.

Ellen Galinsky

We are seeing a workplace in transition, shifting from models that served the needs of the 20th century to those that serve the needs of the 21st century--and most of these changes that make work 'work' for employers and employees appear to be here to stay.

We are proud to play even a small part in helping our industries provide emergency shelter for the victims of this tragedy. It appears that most of the shelters ordered by FEMA have now been produced, but we do expect to see some carryover into 2006. In addition, industry sales in 2006 may increase due both to the need to replenish dealer lots that were depleted while manufacturers diverted their production capabilities to filling FEMA orders, and the permanent rebuilding of the hurricane-stricken areas.

John Ashcroft

We are alerting law enforcement and financial institutions and the American people to be vigilant and to be aware of anything that appears suspicious,

John Ashcroft

We believe that these could be and likely appear to be sort of martyrdom messages from suicide terrorists, ... Whether or not the attack would be imminent or not is something we can't determine.

There are definitely more bankers sitting on the fence this year when it comes to the state of the national economy. There appears to be much indecision about how things will fall out in 2006 with such important things, such as gas prices and the housing bubble, still so uncertain.

There are certain forms in which vice appears not only monstrous, but ridiculous; the cruelty of Nero is more disgusting than that of Tiberius.

There are some black sheep countries in Europe, and one of them was Ireland and it now appears that a second one may be France.

We stress, and underline stress, that the information was vague and unsubstantiated. But there doesn't appear to be any, at this point, threat to the public safety.

We're talking about a basic violation of the Constitutional guarantee of a free press as well as a violation of the rights of privacy of American citizens. I had hoped we would have learned our lessons from the Nixon era. Sadly, it appears we have not.

Leslie Cockburn

In documentary films, the most difficult thing to achieve is to make something complex appear simple.

John Lasseter

When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions, that's animation. But when you take something that's live-action, and move a part of it, that's a special effect.

We were anticipating that we could see a little bit of an improvement in October because the rebuilding after the hurricanes appears to have started and energy prices have stabilized, but it appears that it will take a little longer for consumers to feel better about things.

There is no need for any of the residents to fear. This appears to be something internal. That's the way we're looking at it. We've ruled out any outsiders. There isn't a criminal on the warpath out there. We are very certain who we're looking for.

Until six months ago, it appeared the Internet brokers were on the periphery,

While Mark Dayton has made it abundantly clear how out of touch he is, it also appears the current crop of DFL Senate candidates are out of the mainstream by failing to come forward to support Judge Roberts' nomination,

While liver disease appears in his history, it does not appear that it has anything to do with his cause of death.

Whether you have one bill that grows government at 10.9 percent or try to spread the spending over three different bills, this is still not consistent with the House's previous statement on the need for a true spending cap. We don't understand why some in the House now appear to not be willing to live within the cap they've already passed on themselves.

Whether they would even attempt to keep him and what the other opportunities might be is difficult to say at this point, ... I'd never say never as it relates to 49ers, but it appears if you have a No.1 pick and $24 million guarantee going to a player, there would be an accelerated time frame to get him on the field.

Richard Foreman

We've always respected Israel's right to defend itself, including going after armed groups and armed men in some of these areas. But we've always said they need to do that in a manner which has the utmost care to avoid harm to civilians, particularly when they're conducting operations in heavily populated areas. And we've said that often results in tragedies and numerous deaths. And that appears to be what's happened again.

Susan Vreeland

When I was nine, my great grandfather, a landscape painter, taught me to mix colors. With his strong hand surrounding my small one, he guided the brush until a calla lily appeared as if by magic on a page of textured watercolor paper.

Barbara Boxer

To my constituents, today's hearing is about shared sacrifices in tough times versus oil company greed, ... Working people struggle with high gas prices and your sacrifices appear to be nothing.