Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Abbey

I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.

Dick York

Fortunately, I was supposed to look confused and disoriented because, God, I felt that way.

Many consumers are confused or surprised by the report. ISU has an extensive soy research program so we want to set the record straight.

We were confused in the midfield. We talked before the game after dropping back to a 4-5-1, but we didn't execute it as well as we should have.

Abdul Kalam

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

People are confused about the United States' stance on the dollar. Until there is a deliberate shift in U.S. policy, the dollar's downtrend could continue.

People are confused about the United States' stance on the dollar, ... Until there is a deliberate shift in U.S. policy, the dollar's downtrend could continue.

It's just not fear and ignorance, obviously that's where hate begins, ... There are a lot of intelligent people, a lot of people who are confused and there are a lot of people who suspect they don't know the real story, and on that I empathize with them.

It's cool, but sometimes I'm confused because I don't know how many minutes I'm going to play. The time varies, but at the same time all I can do is stay positive about the situation.

The numbers (ECI and GDP) are scaring people. People are confused a little bit. Therefore they are keeping their powder dry,

Lee Thompson

It's not impossible and not unusual to have misplaced or confused the two.

The Fed won't be confused by this, in no way shape or form.

Mahesh Rangarajan

The Congress party is confused particularly in economic decision-making,

Martin Brodeur

It was kind of a fluke goal on Satan, losing the puck like that. It confused him and confused me a lot.

John Fund

That is a judicious way of handling these charges, rather than having them played out on television, where everything gets confused and the trivial gets mixed in with other stuff that is legitimate.

Kyle Orton

They confused me. They're a solid defense. I'm not going to put this on me being young or anything. I played like crap today.

Kyle Orton

They confused me. They had a great package in and they're a solid defense. They made the plays and I got confused on a couple of plays.

They are morally confused -- I don't want my kids seeing them.

They become confused and end up driving the wrong way on the roadway. We have run into that.

Bill Johnson

The American people were really not 100% convinced that this idea of default was really going to occur, and I think the media, current company excepted here, did not help in that regard because they confused the American people about what default actually meant.

Cliff Burton

Just keep going like crazy and look back when it's over. Otherwise you just get confused.

Clifford Irving

A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications in the form of minor witnesses, the protagonist finally appears and contradictions arise to produce drama, and finally as both jury and spectators grow weary and confused the pace quickens, reaching its climax in passionate final argument.

E. W. Howe

When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

David Cronenberg

If the audience lets that stuff wash over them, you know - almost like music, rather than dialogue - and doesn't fight it, then they'll have a much easier time rather than being sort of frustrated and confused otherwise. But if you get in the right state of mind it really does work quite well,

David Bailey

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.

David Lloyd George

Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

Dallas Willard

Happiness in reality consists only in rest, and not in being stirred up. This instinct conflicts with the drive to diversion, and we develop the confused idea that leads people to aim at rest through excitement.

David Letterman

Political pundits are saying President George W. Bush has made gains in two key states: dazed and confused.

There has been a philosophical debate that has been deliberately confused by critics. Their arguments are misguided and erroneous. We're taking these steps at this time because of the confusion that has been created in the marketplace.

Darren Sharper

We're not in the proper spots, and sometimes we're confused as far as what we're doing. It's on the players. You have to know where you're supposed to be.

We didn't give up, which is nice. These kids want to win; they are just young in a lot of ways. I told them that when you watch an NBA game, you don't see guys running around confused about what they're doing.

William Shakespeare

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.

Bernie Sanders

I think what you`ve got are millions of people who are in trouble today. They really are. They`re confused. They`re working longer hours for lower wages. They`re seeing productivity going up but their kids are worse off economically than they are. They`re looking at a campaign finance system in politics and they see corruption, big money buying elections. Nobody in Congress is listening to them.