Famous Quotes & Sayings

When we shut down our missing persons operation, all of a sudden here they come... dropping in all these files. Now we have to re-task people. We're trying to work it in with our regular duties.

When we saw that drop chute open, we knew we were home safe.

Abraham Lincoln

The President to-night has a dream:He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance. One of them said:He is a very common-looking man. The President replied:The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them.

William Shakespeare

Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.

Kate Klise

I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time for writing, which is the name of the game here.

Alexis de Tocqueville

I am deeply convinced that any permanent, regular administrative system whose aim is to provide for the needs of the poor will breed more miseries than it can cure, will deprave the population that it wants to help and comfort, will dry up the sources of savings, will stop the accumulation of capital, will retard the development of trade, and will benumb human industry.

Obviously the seeding for the National tournament is a big deal. These games are going to have a large impact on us if we drop all the way to a No. 10 seed or all the way back up to a two or three seed. Michigan-Dearborn is in our league so they're going to be big games. Plus we're going to see all these teams at Nationals, so we are going to have to come out strong.

Obviously, everyone knows we have had a dry summer, and as a consequence we had significantly improved water sales this summer,

Scott Brown

Nobody trains harder than Drew Switzer. He's as hard a worker as I've ever seen.

Nobody's going to drop any of these lawsuits unless we sign on to the commission, and we will never do that.

Never did I think we'd score 15 runs on this bunch. Never in my wildest dreams.

Richard P. McCormick was one of the luminaries of the Rutgers history department. I met him when I was first hired at Rutgers in 1974. He befriended me from the time I arrived. I drove out to see him only last week. We had an hour-long conversation, a wonderful conversation. I promised to come back. I didn't think it would be so soon.

People want to own these (technology) stocks. And that's what limits any significant drop on these stocks and it's what puts pressure on the remainder of the market.

People wander all over. They can drop over a hill and, boom, they're right in a rifle range.

Jo Nesbo

'Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there's one voice from the past that's also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually.

Jean Chatzky

People with financial plans are much more likely to feel prepared, even in tumultuous times. They're more likely to feel that their dreams and goals are secure. And, oh yes, they do actually save significantly more.

People would stop to drop off items and ended up staying to help. They were very innovative in the way they packed boxes. It was overwhelmingly beautiful.

Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement.

Plunkett was dropping passes in between three guys; he was hitting guys falling down. . . . We were a much better team.

Morgan Pressel

On Friday, my iron play was pretty poor. My driving was good, but today everything just bottomed out.

Only in dreams does the happiness of the earth dwell.

Tony Greig

Only ever had a dress on once, mate.

Nigeria and Iran are the main driving concerns.

No. 1, we knew we didn't come out of the dressing room Friday night the way we needed to. We didn't match Mankato's intensity Friday. I thought we did that tonight.

Only then, after the violence will drop down dramatically, then finally we can resume the peace talks about the constructive solutions, what to be done between the two people.

On the 17th hole, my palms were sweating and when I hit the tee shot (with a four iron), I knew it was headed into the water. I was driving it good, hitting my irons good and putting well. It was easy birdies all the way.

Ted Thompson

On that drive they had three third-down conversions. We've been getting (teams) off the field.

I am so proud of them. I knew I had a good team, but I didn't in my wildest dreams think we would get to the Sweet 16 again.

I am thrilled. I am going to eat something, have a drink and get some sleep.

But we prepare during the week for things like that, ... to go in and not let things drop off.

William Allingham

But this is not my little bed; That time is far away; With strangers now I live instead, From dreary day to day.

Chris Duhon

But they were there, ... Every time I drove they were there, waiting for me.

Doug Christie

But it's not bad. I had that drill with Pat Riley and it was a lot worse.