Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Sinise

You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.

Ellen Klages

When I write, I try to capture one of those pivotal moments. If I succeed, I have shifted the reader's view of the world, just a little. The character is not the only one to experience change. That is my job, shifting perceptions, one story at a time. The trouble is, I don't like writing. But I love having written.

The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers.

The public has an incredible capacity for appreciating the wonder of our planet, our solar system, our universe.

Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk?

The euro zone must strike for a better governance structure, and there is no alternative to that. Euro zone countries must either develop an exit mechanism for troubled members, or it should embrace a closer political union: an effective governance structure that is capable of enforcing rules.

Larry Charles

You can repeat things because it's on a set and there are actors. But if it's a great moment and you don't capture it, it's rare to get that moment again.

We want to grow where consumers are going and we want to follow consumers, ... We know consumers are eating more snacks and more portable food. We want to capture that and what we have needed up to now was a powerful distribution system.

We want to grow the organization and improve returns to shareholders, ... If at some stage there is surplus capital - we're not at that stage now - we will return it in the optimal manner.

We did not capitalize on our lead enough. When they gave us a push we didn't push back.

Janet Yellen

Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not,

Blaise Pascal

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

Kent Haruf

We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that.

Kerry Bishe

I think it's really rare to see women on television who are brilliant, selfish, vain, fallible - and I feel like I have all those capacities in myself, so it's good to see people in the media representing all of those things.

Kevin Yoder

I love the Capitol rotunda. It's just so big and so grand, and I love being in the Capitol at night when it's empty, and you can go stand in the Capitol rotunda and bask in the silence of history. You can sort of imagine all of the things that have happened inside that Rotunda from presidents lying in state to other important events.

We live in an era where the global capital markets are the super power in the world, and when they move against you as they've moved against Russia, as we've all seen in the ruble, there's nothing that can stop that.

We have a similar challenge to about a dozen teams, because the Buccaneers over the last six seasons have paid their players extremely well. That's why we have these cap issues.

We have a serious, serious problem with obesity in our children, and when they're at school they're a captive audience. The issue at hand is about providing our children a healthier choice of snacks.

We have a program where we're trying to improve training for the operation and maintenance of all of our projects and the ministries technical capacity to support these projects.

We have high expectations and we want someone who is capable of meeting those expectations.

We have here a cautious market, and it will continue to be cautious until we get through some major data and Greenspan's testimony on Capitol Hill. Also, investors were taking profits from last week's rally.

We're looking to have a good season. Everyone (on the team) is a pretty capable handler. Right now we're getting the cobwebs out and getting back into our routine.

We're grinding out some good increases here. We're producing more than we ever did and our capacity to produce industrial goods has increased.

We're good at forecasting paths of hurricanes, but we're not as good at predicting intensity and the impact. Take Katrina. There was a massive migration of human capital out of a region. What are the long-term effects?

This ranks up there with the other titles I've won. I saw the guys before me and they all seemed to be hitting. There were some pretty big scores so I knew I had to go out there and do what I was capable of.

This win gives us security for the quarterfinals. It showed we are capable of playing good soccer.

There are very real problems brewing in the smaller currencies of the world that do not seem to be upon the radar screens of the world's capital market's traders.

Jamie Farr

I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business.

Kirsten Nelson

I am capable of directing, and I am good at that. In order to have longevity as actors, you have to keep changing it up a bit; you have to bring other talents to the table. I want this to be another feather in my cap instead of replacing what I already have.

Ken Marino

I guess there are people who are like, 'Here's one thing, and I'm gonna do it,' but I can't. I don't have the capacity to have that singular focus. I need to try to get a lot of things going 'cause you never know what's gonna hit.

Kate Winslet

In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.

Billy Tauzin

We tried that in America. Jimmy Carter gave us price controls on natural gas. Remember what it gave us? Shortages, shutdowns, a horrible situation in parts of the country where factories couldn't operate and people went unemployed. Price caps? Prices caps mean shortages, less energy.

We treat them like athletes; we don't treat them like girls. They understand that. The girls who have grown up in our program have seen Jessica or know that she was a captain one year. They don't get any special treatment outside of a separate locker room or the occasional joke about having the nicest hair on the team.