Famous Quotes & Sayings

This will probably be of great satisfaction to the Fed and will convince them that economic growth is on track without worrying them that interest rates are seriously too low.

The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we learn - words, dates, formulas, historical and biographical details - don't really matter. Facts can be looked up. That's what the Internet is for.

E. P. Thompson

I am convinced that we are in a terminal process.

Erich Bergen

As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it. You say to yourself 'I don't have the talent for this; they are going to figure out I'm a fraud.' And then you watch how the others do it, and fake your confidence.

John McCarthy

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot.

Kevin Brady

We're going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I'm convinced we can do it and we don't have a choice.

Kreayshawn

I'm, like, a person who likes love. And I can find love in any type of person. I've dated girls, and I've liked girls. But they're usually straight girls, so it never works out. I mean, I'm not that gay, so I don't have the energy to convince someone else to be gay, you know?

Joyce Banda

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

Kylie Minogue

I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly unsexy.

We tried courting traditional givers, I'll be honest with you. We met with them and talked to them and tried to convince them to give us money. But quite frankly, they've been reluctant.

We're a 100 percent convinced by his work. There's no need to wait until the end of the season.

We have a year to convince John McCain and the rest of Arizonans about how harmful this measure really is.

There are a lot of good things here, and we've got to convince other people of that,

Michael Buckley

We usually are able to convince the person it makes more sense for them to cooperate,

Nancy Roman

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have to be convinced and I have to be surprised.

Calvin Johnson

I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.

Malcolm Gladwell

There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.

Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my youth convinced I would grow up to be a princess.

I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.

Andy Behrman

Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful - who wouldn't be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness.

We set a goal of being in the top 10. A lot of people thought that might be a lofty goal, but we're convinced we can develop into a good football team.

We still have 2,698 people to convince that this is a good idea.

We still don't have a lot of experience on the mound. We're trying to get kids innings and try to convince them to go after them.

We are convinced there is more than enough evidence than what the Chilean Supreme Court normally requires for an indictment. Denial of extradition would be incomprehensible, inexcusable.

Rene Preval

We are convinced that we will win in the first round.

We are convinced that we have to increase production this year,

We are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.

Rodrigo Rato

We are convinced that unambiguous signs of economic recovery...are already appearing.

We are convinced that this offer is not attractive.

We are convinced that the settlement of this problem should in no way lead to the emergence of a new hotbed of tension and further destabilization in the Middle East.

We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations.

Rene Preval

We are convinced that either massive fraud or gross errors stain the (electoral) process.