Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eleanor Catton

It seems pretentious to assume that we are not creatures of action. I think often it takes a situation of extreme absurdity, extreme action, to push us to the limits of what our character is, and to change us as people.

A lot of people assume when a dog is past the puppy stage they can leave it tied up in the backyard or something. Dogs need to be with people and be social.

A lot of people assume the worst and don't try, ... You shouldn't give up without trying to see if you can get a loan at a more favorable interest rate.

A lot of people assume that what's bad for Microsoft is bad for technology, and that's what's hurting the Nasdaq,

Megyn Price

A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.

A lot of people wanted to assume it's about the 600 home runs: ?He had to get to 600 home runs. He needed to keep playing. It's not that. It's not that he has to stay in uniform just to be in uniform.

A lot of the policy discussion seems to assume that once this bill is passed, some of the undocumented aliens will simply leave the country and others will stop coming.

Stanley Hauerwas

Americans assume that we never go to war to sustain our wealth, because war must be understood as a moral enterprise commensurate with our being a democracy.

A lot of times when people become successful, people don't really understand what they had to do or the sacrifices they made to do that, or they assume that they had money. This is coming from, like, a kid who was broke and lived with roaches and a single mom in Dorchester.

This individual assumed I was one of the derelicts on Bourbon Street.

They say I can come back, so I assume with all their knowledge in the medical field they're not going to put me in there and get me hurt again.

It is true that Perry March was named as a suspect in this case in search warrant documentation in mid-September of 1996, but to assume or presume that a police officer was with Perry March every second of the day in August and September of 1996 would not be correct.

It's not so much the law as the sociology of the board. By and large, most people expect they are going to continue with the same management company. You assume it's their fund.

It's not likely a firm would double its revenue in a sequential comparison. One should assume that some of that's proprietary trading.

For him to get on the podium is really significant. But they all have to realize there are no givens. You still have to keep working. You can't assume just because you do it as a sophomore, you'll also get up there the following year.

Aishwarya Rai

for me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn't even educated in India because of the way I'd speak. And they'd be like, 'Have you studied in India? Do you actually speak English out there?' and, I was like, 'This is so interesting that so many people know so little about my country.' and this is exactly what I wanted to do when I set out on this little mission in my head.

For 2002, they may indeed come in and assume more conservative estimates because Dick Parsons is running the show, ... It will be his watch and so the company will have to make the numbers.

The number in the first four years has basically been the same since 1998. Four years, $24, $25 million. So I assume they'd be very happy to keep that number there. The fifth and sixth years of a contract at that level are what would normally correspond to with a guy's free-agency contract. So that's why I don't think it's very unreasonable for the numbers to jump up then.

It's the same thing with things like sex-offender registries. People assume that they can look at the registries and keep an eye on what is going on in their neighborhood.

Stephen Harper

It's the same soap opera. We will continue to assume that Mr. Layton is still bargaining with the Liberal government,

Kate Winslet

It's often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we're going to bed at night and we're all very familiar with it.

It's their Hail Mary pass. I assume they figure, 'Why not take a shot? We're not going to win anyway,' even though it's got a serious potential for backlash. To the extent that voters think the race has been too negative already, this only undermines his standing with people when they go to the polls.

Nicole Holofcener

You can't just assume that everybody is in the same situation. And with children we all have ideas about how money should be spent on them and it's not like there's an ugly thing in my life and between my friends it's just I thought it was a fun thing to write about.

There was a time when we heard a bin Laden tape and assumed an attack would take place shortly thereafter somewhere in the world. That hasn't been the case for several years now, and the things he says very often don't happen.

It is realistic to assume the segment won't grow.

John Baird

It is safe to assume that there is some price sensitivity, but the diamond engagement ring isn't going anywhere.

David Hartman

It's a real challenge because, at 6 and 7, these kids may not even know which side to line up on. It's hard for the guys to start from scratch. It's not a smaller version of the high school game. You can't assume anything at this level.

It's a little early to assume that the Supreme Court would give blessing to vouchers. Everybody is trying to make assumptions based on a case that is not a voucher case.

It's a legitimate political question, ... I would assume that they wouldn't make a decision on that without running it by the president of the United States.

Sathya Baba

This is the very first time that a world conference is held of the persons devoted, while the Incarnation is present before every one, with the Body assumed for the purpose, bearing the Name that is chosen for it by itself.

Tom Renney

They really care about where this team is going. They have an ear to the past and what's happened here, but they've also really assumed the responsibility for where this team is going to go - the effort we're trying to make to gain respect back from our fans and from the NHL.

They're not from a Communist country, and so folks tend to assume they're just economic refugees. They don't have the kind of political clout that a lot of other groups have. And frankly, I think the color of their skin has a lot to do with it.

John Taylor

There's been a lot of hand wringing going on because of what the cost outlook is for game development for the next set of platforms, ... I think there's a growing feeling that in order to build and launch a game you're going to have to start at the $20 million mark - $10 million to build the game and $10 to launch it with a big splash. In order to be able to make any money on that kind of investment, you either have to assume some substantial unit numbers, which are hard to do in the first year or two of a platform's existence, or you've got to raise prices.