Famous Quotes & Sayings

Simon McBurney

I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast me in films. In films, I'm a nobody.

Charles Schumer

This nomination certainly raises the stakes in making sure that the American people and the Senate know Judge Roberts' views fully before he assumes perhaps the second most powerful position in the United States.

We think of the typical eighth grader as young and immature. Sixty days later they're high school freshmen. Is it reasonable to assume they've suddenly gained all the maturity and experience to function competently at a comprehensive high school?

The times for the games haven't been set yet. But, I assume we will be playing in the 7 p.m. game.

Is it unreasonable to still assume she removed her clothing? It started out as a consensual situation and ended with him taking it one step further than he should have.

Miranda Lambert

I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.

Hans Blix

It would be inappropriate for me to assume they still have weapons of mass destruction, but at the same time, it would be naive to exclude that possibility,

Jessica Biel

I've never gotten to do romantic comedy like most of the girls. Maybe because I'm fit, people assume that I'm not funny?

They are all kind of the same letter, all handwritten or typed. They all assume that the play is about Paul's being homosexual and misogynist; they assume it's going to be a prurient hatchet job.

The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility, and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a veritable surge of emotion.

We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.

Tony Reed has an impressive track record of fueling the growth and exposure of our brands within the retail community, gaining greater penetration for 4Kids licensed merchandise. We look forward to continuing to benefit from her extensive experience, expertise and commitment as she assumes her new role.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

What's happening is that the two groups assume that the nature of the debate is really a matter of disagreement about their own sides' core issues. Each side is assuming that people in the other group oppose what they hold most dear to themselves - what's most important to their side - but in fact their adversaries really don't oppose them.

The pure impulse of dynamic creation is formless; and being formless, the creation it gives rise to can assume any and every form.

We try to stay out of the business of making predictions, but it seems reasonable to assume that the virus will continue to spread to adjacent areas,

We assume they will be back at work tomorrow.

We assume that would lead to there being sufficient energy reserves in the market and, second, we would wish the pressure on the prices of oil products to be lessened,

We assume that will begin to happen during the first half of next year.

We assume that we won't be in the black in 2007.

We assume that things don't evolve. That Bill Clinton was always this gifted communicator because that's how he left office. But he had to grow. There were some bad days.

We assume that they are missing, but we have no idea where they are.

Jeff Lewis

We assume that that will eventually happen with ours. We are recommending that they be replaced based on what's happened at other plants.

We assume that in some segments (rural communications) and regional markets (remote districts) we remain monopolists. But there are markets where competition with mobile and alternative fixed-line operators is very high. And these are firstly major Russian cities.

We assume that BMW Group will remain on this path of growth in 2006.

We assume our fruits and vegetables are protected. As we learned from 9/11, you can't take anything for granted.

Madeleine M. Kunin

We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.

We assume father and son were communicating by letter and possibly a third party who may have visited Rodriguez in prison. We believe they had been planning the escape for at least six months and probably longer.

We assumed the sewage would lessen the salinity, but at surf sites, that wasn't the case.

We assumed the folks at Budweiser would have more confidence in their driver's performance, especially given that so many experts and fans expect Dale Junior and his team to be so strong this season.

Wade Horn

We assumed that victims would in large numbers escape the situation that they were in and come forward. They didn't do that.

We assumed that everyone was out of the house because they were all together.

We assume at this point he lost control.