Famous Quotes & Sayings

Noam Chomsky

I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.

Lisa Presley

The lyrics are more conceptual than anything. They're not particularly about a person. They're just metaphorical, conceptual, of a time and place, ideal, life, that I once knew.

The fuels to schools program here in the northwest was developed around the concept of using chipped forest waste, slash from forest waste reduction. What we've been doing is using fairly standard chipping, hauling it by truck to the boiler plant.

Andy Kaufman

The critics try to intellectualize my materiel. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults. My stuff is straight, for people of all ages.

Bill Smith

The concept was that we would start working to help people from diverse cultures see the value of teaching.

Donald Trump

The concept was no good. You had so many things going wrong. Theresa, you're fired.

The concept only took about 15 minutes to come up with.

Emilie Ravin

The concept of the show, there's nothing else like it on the air,

David Wilson

The concept of the plan is not really changing.

The concept of 'shop till you drop' started in this area. All these great buildings, all this great shopping, engendered a feeling of street safety. And because it was so popular, that made it safe for women to go shopping unaccompanied by men for the first time.

The concept of sending students down is in our plans, but that will have to wait until more housing is available.

The concept of randomness and coincidence will be obsolete when people can finally define a formulation of patterned interaction between all things within the universe.

The concept of longevity could very likely be the most dangerous subject that financial planners and individuals project,

The concept of it is something we still want to explore with vigor. But the timing of it will be delayed.

The concept of going on a world tour with only one promoter was a new one for me, but one that was extremely economically advantageous,

The concept of getting up another negotiation process for caps, targets and timetables is a terrible waste of time,

Neill Blomkamp

The concept of even having fans is still kind of weird to me. I really just feel like a filmmaker that is only just finding my foot in and is beginning to participate in Hollywood and making films. So the idea of any kind of fandom or people that are waiting for something that I may release is very distant in my mind.

The concept of a retail-based strip has great mass appeal, because everyone can relate to it, either as a former or current retail worker or shopper.

The concept is we should come out whole.

The concept is the same. It's to keep the engine in the 'sweet spot,' where it's most efficient. They're just doing it in different methods. They're utilizing different technologies to do that.

Bernie Williams

The concept is like a dream for me. However, the timing of the tournament is questionable at best.

The concept is just to give our elected officials the right to use their judgment.

The concept is good. I don't know if the current administration would know how to enforce it. But it's not a waste of taxpayers' money if it gets us to recognize the problem and find a solution.

The concept is fine. We are concerned about it being a neutral statute. If you're going to have a restriction on speech, it has to be content neutral. It has to be reasonable. It can't be too broad. The main concern is that it specifically only protects or creates a zone around funerals involving the military.

The conception of the idea is there, but the devil is going to be in the details.

Jerry Brown

The concept in any of the HUD receiverships is that they're not permanently assigned, but they're there on a temporary basis.

The concept had to be very simple from a graphics design perspective.