Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Schumer

If you refuse to talk about already decided cases, the burden, sir, is on you.

Shirley Hufstedler

If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.

Mike Harris

If you own an establishment, you should be able to decide if you have it or not. That's part of living in a free country.

E. O. Wilson

In this business, trades are something that happen. I've been traded before. I was traded over to Pittsburgh. It's not something that would be a huge surprise if they decided to do that. If it happens, it happens.

Susanna Kearsley

In the years that I worked in museums, first as a summer student and eventually as a curator, one of the primary lessons I learned was this: History is shaped by the people who seek to preserve it. We, of the present, decide what to keep, what to put on display, what to put into storage, and what to discard.

In the first half, I only took one shot. In the second half, I found myself open a lot and just decided to shoot it.

In the early part of the year, we're trying to develop a pitching staff. There was really never even a second thought (leaving him in). It was in the plans that he would throw three innings and move on from there. He threw so few pitches, we decided to give him one more. We've got to get some innings to some other kids because we really think we're going to need everybody.

In the interest of the credibility of the reform agenda, and in the interest of the general public, we have decided to take some decisive steps.

Instead of sitting around and moping about it, we decided to do something about it.

In our re-funding we decided not to go with that arrangement partly because the schools didn't want to.

Ehud Barak

In order to receive a new mandate from the nation for the way in which I lead ... I decided to submit my resignation,

In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Jekyll & Hyde,' the hero decides on the terms of his transformation in a process that's explained not through the supernatural but the natural or, at least, through biochemistry.

John Fisher

If there was a shortage of fish, no one would have a problem. But the government decided we can?t fish because of a problem with one strain of salmon in one river. That?s a lousy system.

I just hope the government will decide there is some sort of resolution out there short of a prosecution.

Larry Brown

I just decided to play the guys I played.

I just decided to play it up as a catch. And then I saw the ump giving the out call.

I just decided I didn't want to be a part of killing anybody. That's about as plain as I can say it.

Paul Quantrill

I put some thought in it and decided to come on down and see if I can't help this team in some shape and form to get into the playoffs,

I planned it this way, ... I was high up in the points when we decided to get pregnant.

Lindsay Davenport

I'm trying to decide exactly how far to push it, when to rest.

William Davis

I need to regroup and decide what to do next.

Kelly Holmes

I need to get my leg sorted out and decide with a fresh mind.

In a rebuilding situation like we're in, that's a good position to be in. That's not to say something is going to happen just because you have room; at least you have the flexibility to do something if you decide it works for you.

I lived in New York City, and when I was about 24 in the 1980s, I decided to get out of here. I wanted to go live in Australia for a year or something, and it ended up being 18 years.

Hun Sen

I'll decide not to enter, because I didn't die by not joining ASEAN before.

I'll be around for the spring session, and then I'll decide on what I'm going to do, whether I'm going to stay on right till the very end, or if I'll be terminating in the spring or summer.

Gary Bauer

If ... the president does decide to put American troops in harm's way, I will unconditionally support them.

If our tuition is what it is, and it's too high, then obviously, they have ample time to decide to go someplace else.

If people do decide to stay at home from work, we invite them to stay at home and stay at home with their families. It's not a festive day. It's a day of silence and of abstinence.

I personally felt like I didn't play strong in the first half, and I was not going to have my season end that way. I decided I was going to come out in the second half and play the way I knew I could.

Joey Ramone

I once told this writer a story about how I met the guys in an elevator and found out we all had the same last name, so we decided to form a band.

If weather will decide the game, and I don't think it will, it would favor the home team.

I fully expect that when the Fed decides to put an end to rate hikes they will give us notice,