Famous Quotes & Sayings

Transcending stereotypes was difficult, ... Often people don't want to know what was true. They want to know what is attractive. The fact of the matter is, no one in the mid-19th century here was using Oriental rugs; they were using wall-to-wall carpet.

To double the size of the company, we'd only need about a 4 or 5 per cent success rate, compared to about a 70 per cent success rate we've had in the past.

Alan Greenspan

To develop a financial center ... the issue isn't interest of developing infrastructure.

We were flat at McMinn Central and they jumped on us and we never could recover from it.

We were due to sign a contract in the near future with Mr. Roberson for the construction of a new Christian heritage center in the Galilee.

Islam Karimov

We understand that Russia has always been and will remain a stronghold for us and a central ally,

Shimon Peres

We should take 4 or 5 per cent, and we shall give 4 or 5 per cent elsewhere ... in order to reach an agreement.

Wal-Mart has experienced lots of disasters because they have stores and distribution centers in Florida, and they've figured out how to do it.

Stephen Hawking

In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of the universe, we now find ourselves orbiting an average-sized sun, which is just one of millions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy.

Boris Trajkovski

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future.

Bjorn Lomborg

The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to consider the environment 100 years down the line.

Andrew Motion

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well.

For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide what we are not now providing, an education that will better fit them for the struggle of life.

Seth Shostak

Estimates are that at least 70 per cent of all stars are accompanied by planets, and since the latter can occur in systems rather than as individuals (think of our own solar system), the number of planets in the Milky Way galaxy is of order one trillion.

Most of 'Let the Great World Spin' is centered on the day in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center, creating an astonishing spectacle that intersects with the lives of many of the novel's multiple protagonists.

Steven Millhauser

Writing is a way of getting at the things most people would prefer to escape. Writing takes me to the center of life. That's my invitation to my readers as well.

Curt Smith

We need to be open-minded about what the center could be, and we need to understand what it can't be.

Alex Sanchez

We have many women CEOs around the state of Florida. We're seeing that around South Florida, Central Florida.

When we lifted off, you could just feel the release, not only watching the vehicle leave the pad, but just the release that the folks had in the center here. It was just incredible.

When we think about economic loss and insured loss, there are few events that rival Katrina. The World Trade Center disaster is one.

David Allen

We will consolidate our existing Dallas headquarters and Plano contact center into a single convenient location with room for expansion, lowering our facility costs.

We wanted to get the center up and running for college spring break. And our first group here this week is from Concordia College in Minnesota.

Tom Rath

We had some people in that delegation who were very close to -- and great fans of -- Senator McCain. And they were front and center when he came, and I think that that was totally appropriate after his run four years ago.

Tyler Smith

We are excavating the site. We hope to have the sales center open in three weeks.

The President said that the Finance Ministry was still in the process of annulling some of the bylaws as local administrations now received more money from the central government.

The president made clear that he is politically interested in a strong dollar, not a weak one, ... It is clear that governments have limited possibilities for action. As you know, the central banks, which can act, are independent and we respect that.

Unfortunately, I don't do much preparation for these events, as I have a full teaching schedule at Pacific Coast Golf Centre in Richmond.

When science finally locates the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn they're not it.

Felipe Alou

Finley is going to play even if everybody is healthy, and he is going to play center field when he plays.

fine wines, jewelry, Western furniture, and 19th century paintings.

Financially it was putting a great strain on the resources of the center itself, supporting teachers in other centers.

Finally, L.A. will have a center that's worthy of the city.

James Hill

Fifty cents of every $4 will go back to the family.