Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ameen Rihani

Deficiencies in individuals, as in States, have their value and import. Indeed, that sublime impulse of perfectibility, always vivacious, always working under various forms and with one underlying purpose, would be futile without them, and fatuous.

I've always wanted to own a Formula One team. Without the help from Honda, we won't be able to get started.

Technically, the recommendation is part of the governor's decision-making process and should remain with the governor until she makes her formal announcement.

Sometimes being a friend to wildlife means you can't always be friendly to all forms of wildlife.

Right now we are still in the convergence transition period, with a lot of different applications and operating systems out there that need to be put together. There's no standardized format for this yet -- it's like a puzzle where the pieces have been all shaken up and now they all need to be organized.

Precisely for this reason, St. Ignatius wanted young Jesuits to be formed for long years in the spiritual life and in studies.

Robert Allenby

It would be nice, that's why I'm here, to try and do it. Obviously last year I got my game into sixth gear and hopefully I can find the form that I had then for this week.

Howard Kurtz

These conventions are staged for television, but it's not very good television, and most people are watching more interesting programs. I think a lot of people are going to form their impressions on how the party did by front-page headlines, by the pictures on the front page, by some of the analysis. By what's in the paper.

The strength of our competitors is what really helped me form an opinion on this. They're all on a much grander scale.

The smaller the understanding of the situation, the more pretentious the form of expression.

A well-written novel, the most immersive of all forms of storytelling, should command your full attention and belief.

Banqueting forms an integral part of doing business.

A woman is necessarily an evil, and he is a lucky man who catches her in the mildest form

Richard Lewis

Back in the day, people used to have more patience for the long form and for storytelling,

Yucca Mountain was formed 10 to 15 million years ago, and it's not a volcano; it's the result of volcanoes,

Jim Tressel

You've heard our formula many times. You ... need superior special units, relentless defense, mistake-free and opportunistic offense.

E. O. Wilson

They're taking our history but they don't have our DNA. It really is a form of identity theft.

They thought if they just formed a commission, the issue would go away.

Jeri Ryan

They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character.

They say we're playing in a former minor league stadium that has short dimensions. With our pitching and hitting, that's a plus for us.

A lot of Japanese manufacturers are leading the way on this new form factor.

Brian Johnson

A lot of people never see themselves running. Most of us know what good running form is when we see it.

Jean Nidetch

All you need is one person in a group to be honest, and then slowly, very slowly, everyone else starts telling the truth. That's why our lecturers must be former members of Weight Watchers. They must have lost weight our way.

This is an obvious form of welfare for the rich.

This is going to weigh on the euro. The political situation is now up in the air, and there's going to be a lot of jockeying to form a coalition.

This is the government, in the form of the schools, invading the privacy of students.

This is obviously the industry of the 21st century. What happened when the Research Triangle formed 30 years ago, it's a different model now.

William Bass

The university lawyers have a form they've made up,

There were some strained relationships between the former leadership of the shelter and some members of the commission,

This is the third disgruntled parent club. When you form under the premise of 'I'm going to get him,' it won't work.

This is their job, and they're paid as we sell their work. And it's pure art. They have no formal training or knowledge. It's what comes out of their heads and their souls.

They really tore up the PDL this summer. Those two have formed a lethal combination.

Oscar Levant

A pun is the lowest form of humor - when you don't think of it first