Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think telepathy exists, and I think quantum physics will help us understand its basic properties.

Ha-Joon Chang

Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers. This may not be a problem if the patented product is a luxury item, like parts that go into a smartphone, but can violate basic human rights if it involves things such as life-saving drugs.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all I got to do was field bloopers six feet from the plate. I couldn't hit, so that was pretty much my entire job.

Irwin Winkler

Usually when you have a sequel, the character always stays the same and that's true basically of 'Rocky III,' 'IV' and 'V.' He didn't really change.

Walter Salles

With Central Station, the story was basically about the recuperation of one's identity and also, an investigation into the country's identity.

Julian Huxley

With all the nerves of a grand final, it's a stick to basics game and a guy like (hooker) Tai McIsaac will lead the Breakers in doing what they have to do.

Todd Akin

Yet, today, we see what is becoming a constitutional crisis which is completely unprecedented, and that is the use of the filibuster to basically stop the confirmation process both for circuit court and Supreme Court nominations.

The program was set up basically so we could help students select a post-secondary institution.

Vernon A. Walters

The program, ... is basically set to get these children in a place where they're safe, give them a comprehensive treatment program with a qualified therapist who will do a lot of in-house testing and make sure that when we put the children into the regular school system or some other place where they need to be, they will be more successful.

While today's kids can receive email through their cell phones or use the Internet to do their homework, many don't know the basics of saving and money management.

While thousands are dying in Iraq, here at home our government is waging a new war, a 'war on dissent' that threatens to dismantle the constitution and severely challenge our country's basic democratic principles of free speech and peaceful assembly." ()

While the United States remains a spectacularly rich country by any standard, we are drifting toward a Third-World-like distribution of our riches. For tens of millions of Americans, the alternative to unemployment has become a dead-end job that doesn't necessarily pay enough to cover basic living expenses.

While the Treasury supply is a big growth number, it doesn't overwhelm basic rate fundamentals and what's going on in both the domestic and global economy.

While the government deprives workers of wage hikes, it condones the weekly oil price hikes imposed by the Big Three and new oil players. How can the government expect workers to cope with the high cost of petroleum and its domino effect on prices of other basic goods and services?

You basically won that first game for us.

You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave.

You basically look at we have a Game 7 in our home building (tonight).

You basically know the drug isn't cyanide. You don't know much else.

You basically have to start over from scratch.

You basically connect to shows that are meaningful to you and will be nostalgic to you for the rest of your life.

You basically charge what the traffic will bear.

Willie Randolph

We wanted to play in and cut down the run at the plate. Basically we were in. A few steps here and there, but basically we weren't back.

Lloyd Blankfein

We've had this program for a number of years now, called 10,000 Small Businesses, where Goldman Sachs has convened a group of partners to basically give business education to small business owners.

John Boehner

We've had a tough run recently, some of it of our own making. But I also believe that if we are able to renew our energy and our commitment to our basic principles, the best is yet to come.

We've had a number of successive quarters of good revenue growth, basically reflecting fundamental strengths in the market. The Internet is exploding. All of these Internet companies need to make money. They buy our software to do so,

Lee Miller

We've had a number of distributions with basic items such as water and ice. The Temple Foundation has given us a grant to be used to supply food. It's a massive undertaking, and to tell you the truth, it could get a little overwhelming after a while.

We've got two basic choices before us, and that's to either go to a public utility as recommended, or stay with exactly what we're doing now. We want whatever system will save lives, because that's the bottom line for ambulance service.

David Cox

We've got a deal to arbitrate the wages and the workload issue, and that's basically as far as we got. At least we've got a deal that will end the strike and get the students back to school on Monday.

We've got a blueprint that basically takes care of all those needs without dipping into the rainy day fund and endangering the state's credit rating.

Lynn Swann

Well, if the Supreme Court overturned it, then, they've basically overturned it. They've basically said that, you know, you can't have an abortion.

We'll have to wait to see the content of the coalition agreement. It will be an important sign of whether the government is ready to undertake basic reforms or only reforms too small to get Germany out of a very difficult situation.

Joe Biden

We all have a right to know where she stands on these basic issues. And I hope this puts to bed this notion that it's not a legitimate thing for the United States Congress to find out where a nominee stands on the fundamental constitutional questions facing her.

Jason Biggs

We all had our reservations about possibly overdoing it but, you know, the script was great. Basically it stuck to the formula that worked for the first two movies, and for that reason I think this works as well.