Famous Quotes & Sayings

Not only will these tax cuts - mainly for the super wealthy and big corporations - wipe out the savings from the budget cuts, it will actually balloon our deficit even further.

They could be gusty at times. I guess for the balloons it's going to be not that nice.

Steve Fossett

We were dragged for at least a couple of miles and probably bounced 50 times before the balloon settled down enough so we could get outside the capsule and jump into the water,

But most people had to conclude, based on the fact that there were both satellite and balloon observations, that it really wasn't warming up.

We will be handing out party favors and there will be champagne stations around the casino. There will be a balloon drop in the Crown Room at midnight.

We got a green light last month when the Fed decided not to raise rates, then we got another green light when the bond market rallied last Friday, ... The balloon is still blowing up. I'm staying defensive. I still say the bubble is going to break. I just don't know when.

Steve Fossett

You have to believe that you are going to succeed with this flight because a water landing would be very dangerous, ... I'm using the same capsule I've used for seven balloon flights, and it's seaworthy.

Huston Smith

Science is like a flashlight in the hands of people living in a huge balloon. They can illuminate anything in the balloon, but cannot shine it outside the balloon to see where it is floating - or if it is floating at all.

Our signature event, ... is the balloon glow.

Safety is the key point whether it is at The Great Balloon Race (July 28-30), taking up passengers or just flying for fun.

The White House hasn't floated its trial balloon yet.

Roger Johnson

This is the most extensive balloon study I've ever been involved with and that my firm has ever been involved with.

They had balloons in the rafters, ready to go down after they won. To see their fans after that loss, it was pretty amazing. Of course, Oklahoma did the same thing to us last year on senior night.

Herman Melville

There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.

Fiona Apple

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

Ani Difranco

As it began to balloon before our eyes, and more and more and more and more people and money were involved, it was a bit overwhelming. But you just go forth with your passions and hope for the best.

Toward the end of February the weather is usually ideal. It's a beautiful time as far as the winds go. One of the things that the public really enjoys is that each night there will be a balloon glow You can see all of the balloons in the distance from the carnival and from the church.

We just happened to be in Albuquerque at the time of the balloon festival. They send them off around 6 a.m., hundreds of them. It's thrilling to watch.

Sally Rand

I had to find a new twist. I wanted a balloon 60 inches in diameter, which is my height, made of a translucent or transparent material.

I'm very supportive of any initiative to preserve land in the town of Bethel. This is a good trial balloon for future open space acquisition.

It's like barrel racing, only you take two .45-caliber Colt revolvers, you shoot a course of fire with blank cartridges, which can break a balloon up to 15 feet.

Paul Tagliabue

Can we sit here and say once we get a second season under our belt we're going to blow up some balloons and say we've got some big new conclusion? I don't know. It may take two, three, four, five years, who knows? Until you see something different, you don't know what you're looking at. ... There's no urgency in terms of any immediate need to try and fix something that's not broken, and is the best in sports.

Steve Fossett

So while I've been tied up with my balloons and my gliders, I've lost considerable ground in terms of maintaining longevity in sailing records,

It's a balloon, not a bubble. Balloons inflate and deflate; bubbles burst.

Andre Agassi

It was blown up like a balloon and twice the size,

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will

Ira Glass

I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties. I can still perform a vanish, credibly, and I still, in special circumstances, will make a balloon animal.

Pat Barry

The helium will contract... and that's when the balloon will descend. That's our hope.

The ceremony where they release the balloons was so touching, and we knew we wanted to have our own team.

Joe Gold

I couldn't pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I called him Balloon Belly.

Robyn Hitchcock

Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.