Famous Quotes & Sayings

If employers could give employees DNA tests, then they could find out if there's a propensity for illnesses like cancer, heart disease or alcoholism. They will make personnel decisions based on DNA testing.

If Gov. Ernie Fletcher does not veto the funding, we plan to pursue a legal option based on our constitution, which says no religious institution should receive state tax dollars.

Jim Crace

I felt that, in some ways, my novels lacked heart because of the distance between me and the subject matter. But no one wants to read a book based on good health, a happy upbringing, a long marriage.

Jerry Johnson

If everyone would quit beating me on the homes, I'd be down here already, Moving is based on the market,

Bill Gates

If improving a product based on customer input is willful maintenance of trying to stay in business and not have Netscape turn their browser into the most popular operating system, then I think that is what we are supposed to do.

Drew Goddard

If I had all the filmmakers that traumatized me when I was a little kid in this room, all I would say is, 'Thank you,' because they've made me who I am. As much as I say 'trauma,' it all comes from a place of love. The fact that I am feeling emotions at all based on a work is a wonderful thing, so I'm happy to be a part of that discussion.

I can't begin to explain how big this is going to be for us. If someone wanted to start a business, we can look at this information and determine what type of business would do well in a certain location based on data such as population, residential base and various demographics. This is just an example of what we'll be able to do. This type of information, which would normally cost about $5,000 to $10,000, will be a huge tool helping both start and maintain locally-owned businesses.

I'd hate to judge all residential treatment centers based on two.

I decide on issues based on their own merit and one doesn't live under threats,

I can't tell you overall how we stand. Based on the information we receive, we'll build contingency plans off that.

Maurice Cheeks

I certainly thought we'd win more than 43 games, absolutely. I'm disappointed, myself, based on the way we played so far.

I can't tell you for sure I'm right, but based on what was happening in the first quarter and based on what we've found in the second quarter, that's what it feels like,

Sergio Marchionne

I can't tell you based on what I know today whether we'll be able to resolve the issues or not,

ICC position has been consistent: we say to governments that we don't take decisions based on political judgments - we expect governments to do that.

I certainly do not know all the implications of the legislation. I am troubled at the outset that it introduces the subject of the origins of life into the curriculum. As I understand, that is not in the core, and it is, in my judgment, a question which is, for many of us, based on faith. I do not believe that faith-based issues should be covered in the public curriculum.

Caitlin Moran

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.

I doubt that, just based on Friday's number, they'll pull the trigger. They'll want to see a sustained period of inflation before they do that.

I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that.

Angeles Mastretta

I do write to be loved; I speak so that I am loved; I work for love; I live with others so that they may love me, and so that I can love them. For me, this is very important, and many, or all, of my relationships are based on that.

Larry Robinson

I'd rather not discuss what I would have done. I don't think that's relevant.... Obviously the jury felt it was appropriate based on the evidence as it was laid out. I hope we did okay.

Joel C. Rosenberg

I don't see, based on the evidence, economic and moral, that we can make it that much further.

Michael Ramsey

I don't think he's going to say that he's guilty of something he's not, so I don't think the deal's going to make it. That's based on talking to the guy many times. I just think he's honest.

I don't see that the level of funding was really a contributing factor in this case. Had this project been fully complete, it is my opinion that based on the intensity of this storm that the flooding of the business district and the French Quarter would have still taken place.

Sasha Grey

I don't think any human being/artist is 100% emotionally stable, based on the human condition and our emotions that relate to it.

I am pleased to confirm the Exchange's new headquarters will be based in the City of London, ... The City is widely regarded as the financial heart of Europe and the London Stock Exchange is part of its lifeblood.

Culturally based beliefs about health and appropriate strategies for maintaining health may provide better explanations for ethnic difference in home remedy use.

Peter Capaldi

Crime is interesting. It's huge and fascinating, and it's what my business, TV and film, is largely based on. But the realities are tragic, and in crime drama you rarely see the pain of bereavement or any consequences. It's reduced to a chess game.

And they'll continue to exist. I think you'll see Gearbox being involved in games based on license or based on other people's properties. That will happen in the future. You'll also see new brands from Gearbox in the future.

an intensive, in-depth review based on a randomly selected number of cases from three District Offices.

And when we expect trading partners to respect science, we should be willing to do the same. So I don't support depriving the Department of Agriculture with the funding it needs to make decisions based on sound science even while we need to send a loud and clear message to Japan.

Jeb Bush

And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based on a set of shared values. That's American citizenship.

Ibrahim Hooper

And we saw the other case where a Copt, an Egyptian Copt, a Christian, was probably killed because he looked like he could be a Muslim. So bigots are never brain surgeons. I mean, when they do these things it's based on ignorance. So their targets always aren't the right targets in their own minds.

Harmony Korine

Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.