Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dense central cities have some advantages, but they also have some tremendous disadvantages: congestion, pollution, crime, all the things that central cities have been criticized for in the past 100 years. The same is true of sprawl -- it has all kinds of problems, but I don't know that they're any worse than any other part of the urban area.

an implicit repudiation of the CIA, which was established to be the central focus and the integrator of the nation's intelligence production.

The situation is more worrying (in Somalia) because of the 15 years of conflict in a country that has lacked central government.

The sight of so many visitors in Central Park in mid-February has been nearly as thrilling as 'The Gates' itself,

The technology is a first of its kind and could replace metal detectors for speed. It is Central Florida engineering with international appeal.

The symphony approached us with the idea. We're very excited about partnering with them. The Central Iowa Symphony is excited about it, too.

The supermarket competition is very intense in Central Pennsylvania, and that competition helps control prices passed on to the consumer,

(Addressing questions like) Where do I go to get a job, where do I go to get clothes. More importantly local people knowing a central place they can give money and knowing it will get dispersed locally to one centralized shelter.

Ben Bernanke

The one thing people don't appreciate, I think, is that central banking is not a new development. It's been around for a very long time.

Bobby Knight

South central Kansas will be left out of the mix.

Malcolm Gets

Once you have a central character who announces in the first five minutes of the show that he feels whooped by life and that he's had enough, I'm in. I'm hooked.

I've taught here 33 years, and during those years, the deans of the larger colleges have become increasingly powerful, especially in their control over undergraduate advising and education. For the central administration to take a role in undergraduate education would be a revolutionary change.

Naomi Mitchison

It was all coming out from somewhere, and I just had the job of writing it down. I was, however, determined that the central characters would have a happy ending, but it was quite difficult sometimes to get them out of trouble.

It was a one-point game and pretty soon, the lead was stretched to 10. We made seven turnovers in five minutes that Central converted into easy baskets.

Rick Rubin

These songs are Johnny's final statement. They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear.

The share of purchases from foreign investors, including central banks, may decrease as a narrow spread between short-and long-term notes makes it difficult to hold the bonds.

Linda Perry

I see the financial challenge for the people in those central offices, trying to figure out, well you were here part of the day and you weren't here part of the day.

Jessye Norman

I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages that I have studied as languages. And I find that to be central and very, very helpful. I think if you're not really cognizant of what every single word means, I think that might be a little tricky.

I've been trying to tell people Lake Central has a nice team. We did just enough to get by and play another night. I'd rather 'eke' by than be in the other locker room.

The very promise of it (membership) has given the nations of central and Eastern Europe an incentive to solve their own problems,

This is the first time for the central authorities to invest so heavily in rural development.

This is the central issue of my career. If a hotel is renowned for its service, how much of the room rate and hotel income is really attributable to the real estate? Tough question.

Jennifer Egan

The way that Dickens structured his books has a form that we most readily recognize now from, say, the great T.V. series, like 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos.' There's one central plot line, but then from that spin off all kinds of subplots.

You never want to see a situation where kids get tossed out. A good scorer and a top defenseman for us were out. Central had good players out as well.

Lee Kuan Yew

China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.

Kofi Annan

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.

Michael Shifter

There is a risk that such an idea will be seen as led by the U.S., or if the U.S. was seen as coordinating or directing it, ... That is problematic and could produce a strong reaction in Central America.

Diana Ross

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

Thomas Lennon

There was so long from when we did the pilot and then when the show was eventually picked up by Comedy Central - and, in fact, we had to shoot the pilot twice.

Keeley Hawes

When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden.

We hope we can take what we learned from (the Scott Central) game into this week. They (Scott Central and Philadelphia) do about the same type stuff. We will improve.

We've seen other dinner theaters in Central Jersey come and go, but I'm confident we're doing it right because we're still going strong.

Jim Holt

The problem with this program is its premise that the state's central bureaucracy should control all facilities construction.