Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harold Pinter

restored theater to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of each other and pretense crumbles.

Chris Noth

Republicans will destroy the country... that comes from a Republican sensibility, which is to destroy the fabric of the psychological well being of most men. They have gotten too involved with making money. They do not understand the real values, the democratic values, of the emotions and the commitments that are the basic drives that nourish us. This is why you should not vote Republican.

Remember Ruby Ridge and remember Waco. Folks will just take so much. They've been pushed and pushed, but they are basically damned good people.

Remember Ruby Ridge and remember Waco, ... Folks will just take so much. They've been pushed and pushed, but they are basically damned good people.

Lisa Randall

Physicists are interested in measuring neutrino properties because they tell us about the structure of the Standard Model, the well-tested theory that describes matter's most basic elements and interactions.

Regardless of what you all were told, when you basically tell somebody with six games left that they?re not going to be here next year, I think it?s pretty tough to finish the year out.

Really what we're providing is a basic public health service. The fact of the matter is, dirty laundry has to be done. It's not something that can be rationed or put off until energy prices come down.

Jo Bonner

Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.

Relationships are ongoing negotiations. The usual basic dynamic is that the man offers security - emotionally and financially - while the woman nurtures.

Our research shows that some basic changes in regulations could make a significant difference,

Our rent has gone from $1,000 a month to $2,500. That's basically our whole budget.

Our outlook is really positive. I think the girls have worked hard the past couple of weeks, just making sure that they are consistent with their basic fundamentals. We have a little more speed than we did last year.

Our rebounding was basically non-existent tonight, and I'm very disappointed in the way we played. Noel had it going and their entire team really played well, but we certainly helped their cause.

Craig Venter

Patents are basically rights to try and develop a commercial product.

'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.

Particularly over the last year, anti-virus (programs) have lost a lot of their effectiveness. They are basically no longer capable of keeping up with the proliferation of new viruses.

Partway through the process, we threw up a flare and said, 'We think we've made a mistake. We think we should design for 400 watts per square foot.' And we were basically laughed out of the room,

Pavel and Hank are two young players who are very, very important to our franchise. In Hank's case, he's really coming into the prime of his career. I'm happy he made a long-term commitment; basically we bought ourselves one year of unrestricted free agency.

Orange had one of the better programs in the state. One thing I remember was how he had an offensive and defensive system that basically was the same every year. The kids knew what to do. It was like playing a machine.

People have been basically staying away from them. The citizens need to keep up the good work of letting the professionals handle it pesticide companies and us.

I am getting more comfortable with it. It's still basically just going out and playing football.

Patrick Stump

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.

Flavio Briatore

I believe we are quite close to a commercial deal, to finalize it with Bernie. We are basically agreed. Something will happen maybe this week or next week, but on the commercial part I believe we are very much in agreement.

I believe this is basically an intrusion on the creative process and an ill-thought revenue-gaining procedure.

I believe that the basic planks of our strategy ... are a good foundation for a return to profitability,

I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We've got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren't left out in the cold.

I basically whacked them on the nose, which made them release their grip, and then we got out of the place as fast as we could really, before they dogs had a go at us.

I basically went on for a ride with him one day and it rekindled that fire.

Jennifer Grey

I basically walked around with a goiter for four years because I was so afraid of surgery.

Debbie Allen

I basically shoot the movie the way I think it should be cut, so my directives to the editor are in the camera.

Castro basically told people if you don't want to be part of the government, part of the society, then get out. I was one of the first ones to sign up.

But when it came down to brass tacks, he was basically looking for more money.

But the basic flaws are all still there,