Famous Quotes & Sayings

In 2004 we attempted to meet with the sheriff quarterly and that didn't happen. In 2005, cooperation did improve. ... He met with us monthly and I think that helped.

In 1936, I first wrote science fiction. It was a long-winded attempt at writing an endless novel...which died. I remember one sentence, "Whole forests stood sere and brown in midsummer".

Robert Williams

I guess we?re going to attempt to change the town?s opinion that it should be residential instead of (commercial or industrial).

It has been the experience of other states that eradication has not been effective and is not practical, so Kansas at this point does not have any plans to even attempt eradication. If you see a hive, you can kill a hive, but to think you can exclude a pest like this from this state is impractical.

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness

I just think it's an attempt to seek the lowest common denominator for protection.

Adrienne Barbeau

I just made an attempt to take the experiences that Judy shows us in this script and find something in my lexicon of experience that helped me understand why she was doing what she was doing. Some of it I don't have an experience of, and some of it I do.

Clearly, Mr. Muhammad and his group of misguided individuals were attempting to bait our officers into violence. The Police Protective League urges you not to take the bait.

Matt Cain

Clearly, Microsoft is accelerating its attempt to get the Notes/Domino base to come to Exchange.

Civilization is nothing else than the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort

Clinton has begun a dangerous game by attempting to instigate class warfare,

John Grahame

Canada's looked towards as an example. This really is a signal to the United States that this kind of attempt is not appropriate.

Edward Kennedy

campaign-like attempt to rebuild his own credibility by tearing down those who seek the truth.

Paddy Ashdown

callous and irresponsible attempt to misguide voters and exploit the trauma of those who survived or were bereaved by the massacre.

Kofi Annan

Can we not attempt on a global level what any successful industrialized country does to help its most disadvantaged and underdeveloped regions to catch up?

Certainly this is an attempt to put pressure on Chen.

By bringing these indictments, the government is attempting to criminalize the type of tax planning that tax professionals engage in on a daily basis.

By breaking his own promises, Chen is attempting to stir up the secessionist sentiments in Taiwan and create confrontations between different groups of people in the island, as well as to provoke the mainland and strain the cross-Straits relations.

By not putting it in the earnings release, that was an attempt to minimize it.

Homosexuals are attempting to redefine the family and what constitutes marriage, ... And because they cannot reproduce, they must recruit children into their movement.

David Bailey

He told me basically that he was pretty sure, real sure that he had the guy that kidnapped my daughter or attempted to kidnap my daughter.

Paul Revere

He said to me, ''We are now going towards your friends, and if you attempt to run, or we are insulted, we will blow your brains out.'' When we had got into the road they formed a circle, and ordered the prisoners in the center, and to lead me in the front.

Mike Timlin

he said. ''There's no way I'm going to attempt to do that. But she knew she could. As the saying goes, 'If the body doesn't mind, then the mind can overcome it.'

I remember him saying -- he reached out his hand and said, 'If I stretch my hand, will a hand come to meet me?' He wondered if Jews would come, if Holocaust survivors would come, whether the mistrust that existed would dissolve enough for people to come in an attempt to reconcile.

Mark Waters

I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in Indiana, where if you didn't at least attempt to play basketball, you were considered of dubious moral character.

I'll tell you his record -- attempted robbery, robbery, assault, disorderly conduct, sale of drugs, and punching someone during a transaction involving the sale of drugs,

I just looked on the Internet for certain trends and if anything pops out in the games that Michigan State lost. I think when they attempted less than 16 free throws, they lost every game, and they are a great free throw shooting team. I think there was also was a great discrepancy between wins and losses and how their inside player Paul Davis played. When he played well and scored over 18, 19 points, they usually won.

I have the better part of 1,000 people to attempt to find new counsel for. They?re charged with everything from traffic tickets to attempted murder, and I?m scrambling to help them get other lawyers.

Ariel Sharon

I heard that there is a demand that I make various pledges and promises. If the attempts to overthrow me succeed, there is no limit to their shame,

Randeep Hooda

I have realized that intensity is my unique point. I don't have to attempt it; it's innate. So, when every actor is seeking his individuality, I guess I have already found mine.

I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!

I have to say I'm not pleased with the ordeal that the FDA put us through and the waste of resources on both sides, ... We bent over backwards in a very respectful and diligent way to communicate, but they shunned all of our attempts to constructively resolve our disagreement.

James Posey

He's explosive, he's going to get a lot of looks. You just try to make him work. You try to limit his touches. That's all you can really do. He's going to get his attempts up.