Famous Quotes & Sayings

Most people's concerns are what I call the 'Three C's': crime, climate and cost of living.

Most people are so sure that strip malls and big-box retail are bad, but what we find ugly today, we may not in the future. Exactly the same criticism was made about fast food joints and service stations 50 years ago. Now, if you have a service station that's over 50 years old, or you have an intact McDonald's, it's so interesting, it's novel, it's quaint. You might not call it beautiful, but you're likely not to call it ugly anymore.

Minutes from the December 13 FOMC meeting point to downside risk to our call that the funds rate target will reach 5 percent in May. Fed officials sound confident on growth, but more dovish on inflation.

Jack Straw

Mr Mugabe now has a choice: either he calls of the thugs, allows the media to operate freely, and lets the population of Zimbabwe make a democratic choice, or he and his key ministers will pay the price.

William Taylor

Mrs. Moseley didn't intend to call the loan.

Alice McDermott

Much of my experience with language was formed in the church, which has an oral tradition. There are lots of repetitions in prayers and song refrains. There's a sense of incantation, that if you call not once and not twice but for a third time, the spirit appears.

Ms. Lewinsky can resolve some of these crucial conflicts, and House managers have a responsibility to interview her before deciding to call her as a witness. This is Lawyering 101; any good lawyer would talk to a witness before deciding to put her on the witness stand.

Mr. Clinton ... won't you take a moment from your vacation to talk about real tax relief with Hillary and Al (Gore)? ... You'll be glad you did when you're living in New York -- or whatever state you decide to call home.

Jacob Latimore

'Maze Runner' is about a group of teens that live inside this giant maze. And outside the maze are these creatures that come out at night. The centerpiece of the maze where we stay is called the Glades, and we call ourselves the Gladers.

Mack Strong

Matt's made calls like that all year long.

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Hostiles are invading the Republic of Texas embassy. We have hostiles in the woods. This is a mayday call for any nation in the world ... We are being invaded!

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Hostiles are invading the Republic of Texas embassy, ... We have hostiles in the woods. This is a mayday call for any nation in the world ... We are being invaded!

John Hurt

maybe what we today would call a nerd or a geek.

Maybe we should call it the miracle state.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Luis Figo

Me call the president? If he has kicked me out, what for? He didn't call me either when I left.

John Rowland

My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe.

My feeling is never count on an arbitrator or courts, ... You may think you know how it will come out but don't count on it. A strike you can count on because you only call a strike when you know you can win.

Adam Yauch

My friend calls him 'the director, I need more energy in my section!

I think they call it a letdown game. We just really got out outplayed at Montana State. We just never played hard. We never matched their intensity.

Bill Gates

I think five or six years ago, if you'd said to people that software would be incredible in terms of making photos better, music better, TV better, phone calls very different, they would have been quite skeptical, they would have thought, 'How can software do that? Now, particularly in music and to some degree in TV, they've seen that it makes a huge difference. It allows them to pick the things that they're interested in, it allows them to see it when they want to, to share with friends what they've seen and what they like.

I review every call (the paramedics) go on.

That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind.

Barry Lopez

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

That was the call that was made, so it must be the right call.

Mike Tice

That would be a perfect scenario, where he works with that offensive staff through the whole week and works with Steve to formulate how the game will be called. Maybe Steve calls the game in, with the help of Jerry. But anything that can lighten the load of what I've taken on will be certainly fun.

That was a hard call for us to make. I was disappointed, but what are you going to do?

That's a very difficult time, because you can't think. I mean, you know, you just don't process. And even in that meeting, I'm not too sure how much they heard me, but it was OK. Because I knew that, I knew they're not hearing it, or not right now. It'll come back maybe later, and they know they can call me.

I was really looking to being wanted . . . to have a place to call home and finish my career out,

I was proud of the way our girls handled themselves today. There was a lot of name calling and trash talking going on from their players, things like that, but our team played with a lot of class. Our girls kept their cool and showed a lot of poise and character. My team played with a lot of heart today.

I wasn't expecting to go to California. I got the call the day before the North-South game. I came home for Christmas and flew out (Dec. 26). Right after the game we flew back that night.

Charles Dickens

I wish you could make a friend of me, Lizzie. Do you think you could? I have no more of what they call character, my dear, than a canary-bird, but I know I am trustworthy.

Mariano Puerta

I was having dinner in the players' restaurant when the call came.