Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mel Gibson

Change is always preceded by a little pain. Some people can change and they don't have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I'm of a personality that I'm a little stubborn, so it's tough for me.

We worked hard on defense and tried to change things up. The key has been communicating on defense. I was really happy with the performance.

We are making changes that will increase the opportunity.

We never discuss settlement processes, prospects or terms, but we are always open to settlement, ... In this case, it would be essential that Microsoft change the way it uses its enormous power in the marketplace.

We've learned that project by project, you can't change millions and millions of lives.

We are not seeing anything fundamentally that's slowing the market down. We just think ... with the normal seasonality changes and the size of our company, this is a good forecast for the market.

We've learned that change will not be easy, and doing nothing will not work.

Mikhail Gorbachev

If current technological processes continue without change, the environment will change, and we, the human species, will either have to mutate or even die, to disappear, as many species have disappeared.

Condoleezza Rice

With our decision today, we show that Syria has isolated itself from the international community, ... Now, the Syrian government must make a strategic decision to fundamentally change its behavior.

When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?

First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a lie or change something that is written in black and white.

Al Franken

You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.

Hill Harper

I say 'date potential.' The reason why is no matter who you date, anyway, five years from now, you're going to be different, and he's going to be different. The key is to really find somebody that you can grow with that you can change with, evolve with and that you can be partners with.

P. J. O'Rourke

A deadly sins addendum is long overdue. Life has changed since Pope Gregory the Great scribbled his initial list in the sixth century.

Robert Glasper

I started out playing traditional jazz, and I still do: I love standards, I love the music. But it must move on, and it must live and breathe, and continue to grow, and continue to change, and continue to mesh with other music - all that kind of stuff. Jazz can be on the playground too, you know.

Peter Robinson

But then I resist efforts by North American publishers to change my language, because if ever they do, I get letters from readers saying: it's set in England, we don't want it to sound American.

Alison Gopnik

I think universities are trying to figure out how we could use what we know about learning to change our education system, but it is sort of funny that they don't necessarily seem to be consulting the people who are sitting right there on campus.

Peter Milligan

Work changes over time, as you change and the world changes.

Matt Blunt

the governor wholeheartedly supports that change and supports the current policy.

We see very specific changes in gene expression that are quite unique to each pathogen as little as two hours after exposure.

George Burgess

We need to remember there have been huge changes in how humans use the water over the last 20 to 30 years. When our parents and grandparents went into the water, they maybe wiggled their toes, or if they were very daring, jumped in and swam. People of our generation are surfing, diving, sail boarding, scuba diving, skin diving and engaging in all kinds of activities.

The government and society should shoulder responsibilities and give them more care, to help them recover physically and mentally, and thus to change the whole picture of their lives.

Abbas Kiarostami

Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film - you know you can go on for ever if you want. You can see the result immediately, and find out if your original idea is worth going on with or not, whether it can be corrected, whether it can be improved.

We didn't get it done. We just didn't make enough plays to help us win the game. It's a good thing we've got the bye. We can change some things and get it turned around.

Parris Glendening

To really see a change in people's health, these programs must grow significantly.

David D. Burns

What saddens me is seeing patients who have been going to therapy for years and years with no change, but they keep going to the same therapist. To me, that's not right.

My grandfather was originally from the south of China before he emigrated to Malaysia pre-World War II. And I wanted to learn more about the history of the country of my ancestors. I knew I wanted a narrative set in contemporary Beijing. I was really interested in the effect of the rapid social and economic change on ordinary citizens in China.

Gary Wright

My voice hasn't changed really very much. I still do all my songs when I perform live and still do them in the original keys. I've been blessed with that ability to retain that.

We have shown that there have been large fluctuations in water availability on a decadal to centennial time scale and that these changes occurred due to natural oscillations in climate.

This really is a reflection of what is momentous change in our science.

When you have stocks that are doubling in value in a few weeks when there's no significant change in fundamentals, that's all you can hope for. It's not worth hanging onto any longer.

There are intense talks going on. They are trying very hard to see if they can make last-minute changes for the Sunni Arabs.

We think we can change things and make the service self-supporting. It can be run in a manner that makes it self-sufficient.