Famous Quotes & Sayings

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?

Florence Welch

It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

Cate Blanchett

We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.

David Plouffe

And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no.

Dixie Lee Ray

I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters' credentials, so we could witness the events.

Donella Meadows

Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars.

Elie Metchnikoff

Science, it is said, no doubt has ameliorated the material conditions of human life, but is powerless to solve those moral and philosophical questions that interest cultured people so deeply.

Hunter Hayes

Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back.

Eddie Albert

Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.

Francis Collins

I don't have a problem with the concept that miracles might occasionally occur at moments of great significance, where there is a message being transmitted to us by God Almighty. But as a scientist, I set my standards for miracles very high.

Tim Cahill

'Rolling Stone' had started something called 'Outside,' and since I was one of two people in the office that liked going outside, I was pegged to work on it. The concept of the magazine was simple: literate writing about the out-of-doors. I jumped at the opportunity.

Victor Hugo

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.

Marianne Williamson

Tragedy takes us to the very state of consciousness which, were we to hold to it, would go far toward preventing further tragedies.

We on this side do not specifically oppose the amendment, but we have a number of concerns and questions that we would like to be answered.

John Dewey

We only think when we are confronted with a problem

We only had 12 turnovers tonight, but we're going to have to convert a lot better (against Woodland). But we're in district and it's a new season.

We owe it to the people of the state of Florida to make it as convenient as possible for them to register to vote. People who work for a living don't want to have to go down to the courthouse to register to vote.

Scott Skiles

We'll just have to rely on our depth. It's not something we can control right now. I saw the play several times, and he rolled it pretty good.

We'll just continue on, ... It's always great to have someone of Mr. Berger's talent to come on and work in the office, but we're managing with the staff that we have.

While Nintendo has experienced market share declines in the console and handheld industries, their moves are very important for third party publishers.

Winning makes everything great. Losing magnifies everything... . We continued to work, and we wouldn't give up.

Eddy Curry

Winning is going to cure a lot of the things that we're going through as a team, so it makes some of the little stuff seem small, like it should be. If we continue to play the way we're playing, it's going to be a real good new year for us.

Who's going to be the needle mover in 2008, 2009, 2012? We can't think that short term. We have to think long term. If we would have thought short term, we would not have moved. We're going to continue to think long term. We're going to continue to think about how we can improve our product.

Stephen Gardiner

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.

Stella Young

The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It's always run after the main games and rarely gets anything like the media coverage.

Rachel Sklar

A strong and enthusiastic niche audience can push a topic into mainstream consciousness with speed and force.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived.

David Cameron

I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.

David Baldacci

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

Faith and Timber Lake are always strong. Lemmon is new to the conference and is an unknown for us. We should be competitive enough to be in the hunt.

Failure to resolve requests via email is driving continued use of cost-intensive telephone work, negating any potential cost savings from handling inquiries via email.

Steve Ross

Factors like low inflation and lower interest rates will continue to give consumers more spending power while government initiatives like public spending and increased social grants should also provide support.