Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ethan Allen

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue

By tradition, Beijing is a city of walls, sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.

The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail.

Elizabeth Meriwether

The striking thing about 'New Girl' is that under all the comedy, there's something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.

Eartha Kitt

I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.

Gary Johnson

We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars.

We learned we can compete with just about anybody. We raised the bar for ourselves.

We're trying to take down some legal barriers so kids can get involved earlier.

Alcee Hastings

Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned.

Bianca Lawson

The very first job I did, a Barbie commercial when I was eight or nine, that was like 'Oh my God.' Because when you're watching things on TV, you think it's like a fantasy. But then to actually do it and then see yourself, it's like 'Oh my God.'

Benjamin Percy

My voice is rather quirky. It's abysmally low. People often think I'm putting it on at first. Think drunk Darth Vader. Or Barry White singing country. It suits my dark material. When I do readings, I really play it up and go subterranean. I can make the phone book sound terrifying.

We've made two products; one is a 155 mm 52-calibre gun with self-propelling and towing capability. This is a field gun - the mainstay of the Indian army like the Bofors guns. Our gun is similar but of a longer range. That was 39 calibre; this is 52. The calibre denotes the length of the barrel and the range.

Chris Cooper

The real story with this bill is that you had a tragedy occur that disrupted refiners and laid bare that the U.S. is dependent on this consolidated industry and, in a couple weeks, the industry was able to get a bill in the House and get the Congress to actually vote for it,

Dennis Johnson

We consume about 20 million barrels a day in the U.S., so this is about 2 percent of daily usage.

We have been clear we are willing to sit down and bargain at anytime, but they need to move off that last proposal that was soundly rejected.

Cheryl Hines

When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I'd watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and what it was to shoot comedy. He told me that a lot of times with comedy, it's not just about getting the joke, but getting a reaction to the joke. That's the laugh - it's somebody's else's reaction to the joke.

Randy Couture

When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

We would only play about eight or nine games a year. We barely had enough players to field a team.

We would like to see a major public education campaign about the consequences of engaging in this kind of behavior and that would include posters and notices all through the airports, including bars and restaurants that are serving alcohol.

Charles Thomas

When a child makes the type of progress Jason has, a barrier has been broken, and it simply affirms our belief that through the work of our therapists and in conjunction with the parent, a child will increase their developmental level at a much faster rate than they would with no intervention at all. There are few things in life that are more rewarding than to see this type of progress.

We would expect the city business fraternity to take a pro-active role in easing out these barriers in bilateral trade.

We fully supported his position to play in the WBC. He had a change of heart, and it's an individual decision. On one level, we'd all like to have Barry play. It's a great showcase, but there's an understanding of his point of view as well.

We have about 16 stand-alone stores in Japan selling the Barbie clothes that are geared towards adults and we hope to expand to 20 stores by the end of the year.

Claude Mandil

We have 4 billion barrels in strategic stocks.

We want to create a bar of excellence (in the music program). That is what separates a university from a conservatory.

Through the fish eyed lenseof tear stained eyes, i can barely define the shape of this moment in time

Jennifer Hewitt

Twenty is a good number, ... That way you can be creative, cut their hair off, have Barbie parties. I got them free, so I had 75.

To get to those last few barrels out there is more expensive than the easy ones. They're all looking for the giant fields because mature fields are declining.

Alexis Herman

Today, my faith in the collective bargaining process has been reaffirmed,

Brian Smith

You have to pay homage to the spirit and skill of both those guys and Barry got us out of jail today.

You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does.

What we are seeing is that consumers' cautious spending is now stretching to the low-priced discount stores as well as to the other stores. ...Today, saving money is chic. Bargain hunting is fashionable.

We've really worked hard and pushed ourselves. We've done a lot of team plans on bars and beam to emphasize consistency throughout the whole lineup, and I think that's shown us that we can work harder that we have been.