Famous Quotes & Sayings

(This), to me, appears to be simply trying to expand their little fiefdom.

Al Gore

This time, Gore didn't roll his eyes. He kept his head still. He didn't sigh. It was a quieter effect. But it also seemed very contrived. He lost some of his statesmanship this time because he was too polite and making an effort not to appear aggressive.

This time around, there are not only more U.S. stores in Canada, but the Canadian stores appear to have more products than you would find in the U.S..

Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty.

For a scientist, it is a unique experience to live through a period in which his field of endeavour comes to bloom - to be witness to those rare moments when the dawn of understanding finally descends upon what appeared to be confusion only a while ago - to listen to the sound of darkness crumbling.

Gregory Benford

The earliest depiction of libertarian eugenics may have appeared in a science fiction novel, Robert Heinlein's 1942 tale 'Beyond This Horizon.'

Iain McGilchrist

The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics.

Idina Menzel

All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.

Lyle Lovett

You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to.

Elias Hicks

We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear.

Emily Greene Balch

These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were treated as possessions to be economically exploited. At least we hope that such colonialism is on the way out.

Adam Green

I like that conventions want me to appear and festivals want me to come speak because they like the climate I attract. It's a good feeling.

Dick Morris

The real question, ... is would she refuse to run if millions of Americans cast votes for her and she appeared to be on the way to winning the nomination?

Mark Indelicato

'Ugly Betty' has opened my eyes to the world of fashion journalism - I'm looking forward to going to college for that. Until then, I don't know. Will I appear on 'Glee?'

We can turn these dogs over to law enforcement, if they meet the criteria, and they end up in a very productive life. They really appear to enjoy what they do. To them it's like playing a game all the time.

We can't really say more about it than that it does not appear to have been a herpes case, but we cannot exclude herpes as a cause so we are treating that as a suspect.

Lisa Daniels

We can't be 100 percent sure, but it appears to be a very unique proposition.

We have been moving monetary policy toward neutrality for some time, and our policy appears to be close to neutral now.

Ashley Olsen

We have been fans of Mark and James for years and were honored when approached to appear in the campaign.

We have been able to determine the spot in the home where the fire originated, but the cause is still under investigation. We do not think it was suspicious and it does appear that it will be ruled accidental.

We have gotten the same message from U.S. officials -- in private -- several times that it is not advisable for this man to appear in U.S. territory,

When my editor sent me the first two images of Joker's daughter, I was struck by how confident she looked despite her boney appearance and horribly scarred face. So I starting thinking, how did Duela gain such confidence in a world that prizes beauty?

O. Henry

We will continue to urge major political candidates to appear on our station. In return, we pledge to continue to provide the most thoughtful, in-depth, intelligent, responsible and responsive electronic news coverage of the political process in the Pittsburgh region.

Ann Druyan

When a Carl Sagan appears someone who really has that astonishing combination of poetry, of knowledge, of ethics, of vision then thats the person I want to work with and do that new 'Cosmos.' I havent found that person quite yet.

We would have been the underdogs in any group as it's our first appearance in the finals and we don't have the experience.

Miguel Nicolelis

We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a brain-net. In theory, you could imagine that a combination of brains could provide solutions that individual brains cannot achieve by themselves.

We want to give men and women in the department equal opportunities to appear on stage. With 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Rainmaker,' those are great opportunities for men, and we selected the others for the female actors on campus.

We knew 2003 was going to be a challenge, but it appears it's going to be more of a challenge than we expected.

To judge from our betting, it appears that Cheltenham being called off took everyone by surprise.

Warren Beatty

You have to look inside these Trojan horses and see what is really there. They are deceptively named, and they are not what they appear to be on the outside.

With increasing vigor, the lagged effects of the Fed's interest rate cuts should begin to appear before the end of the summer,

You have to gauge the risk to the inmate versus the risk to the inmate and officers when they go in to restrain him. This appears to be appropriate.

This year has been pretty heavy in cash deals. While I don't know if that will continue, it's considered a good thing if there (is a tendency towards making) cash deals because these deals appear to be more successful and create more value.