Famous Quotes & Sayings

We really tried to squeeze one person in front and one person in back of Lawson to keep the damage at a minimum. But he's such a tremendous player that he is going to get his no matter what.

Maajid Nawaz

Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large.

While we were driving on the dam GPS told us to turn left. Had we done that, we would have killed ourselves. But GPS is fun. You can keep track of the roads you take. When you are in the city, it is usually very accurate. It can tell you when to turn left or right.

We drained the lake because of safety reasons, because the dam had some weak spots in it. Those repairs have been made.

Harold Pinter

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

We are at war with enemies that still have the intent to do further damage to Americans at home and abroad.

Gwen Davis

We don't have any severe damage at this point.

Armistead Maupin

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

The prospect of rising interest rates in the major economies -- Europe, the United States and Japan -- has significantly damaged sentiment in the commodities market.

We could not be more relieved this morning. It seems, for whatever reason, the winds did not do as much damage as expected.

We'll periodically be going to sneak out and fix things, but rehab is probably going to be minimal. It'll be years before we get the damage from this winter fixed.

Ralph Abernathy

He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.

Byron Scott

Three or four years ago, he was a pretty damn good scorer down low and outside. Hopefully, he still has that type of potential.

We need to establish the exact configuration of equipment, determine what kind of safety relief system was in place and characterize the damage done by the blast.

We are not repairing that road because of the imminent danger, perhaps, of the Morita dam. I don't want my crews out there repairing the highway and if this dam were to break, we could lose more people.

We will seek compensatory damages at any cost.

We've had it all -- hail, a tornado, floods, a dam break. I don't know what else we can get.

While it's too soon to tell exactly what the damage is, I think the market had priced in even more damage to the oil infrastructure than what seems to have taken place.

When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.

We will inspect the tire for damage or excessive wear and ensure the tires are inflated to the level specified by the vehicle's manufacturer. If there is a problem, we will remedy the situation to the customer's satisfaction.

Expect prices to rise in the short term. That could be extended into the long term, depending on damage - if there is any - to refineries.

I like men who style themselves so that I can tell they give a damn about how they present themselves, but not too much as to say that's probably what they care about most.

With a 23.5% drop in business, this is one thing these people can't understand, it's what people do for a living. I'm posting a sign at my door that my place will be smoking. If they want to put me in jail, that's their damn business, they can do that.

Robby Gordon

Face it, Love me or hate me, I'm going to give you a damn good show and drive the wheels off it.

We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this.

Bill Bailey

We've been looking at the numbers and wondering just how long we can sustain the kind of insured damages we've been getting. If insurance is not affordable, it's really not available.

Benmont Tench

I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.

Jose Rizal

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust.

With an underground system first you have to find the damage. You can't visually recognize where the damage is. And second, you have to dig it up, make the repair, then fill it back in. It really does extend the time it takes to repair damage.

Bernhard Goetz

I was a monster. I don't deny it. I wasn't a monster until a few years ago. But you have to be a monster to survive in New York City. New York City doesn't give a damn about violence.

Oscar Levant

I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.

Edna O'Brien

My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts.

Billy Herman

I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.