Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennifer James

This is one of the most important tools for us in Des Moines, given the limited resources we have.

This is part of what we do as a part of military medicine, ... You have given much of yourself and to national service...you're going to do a great service in serving the nation.

The upside of Treasuries is looking heavy given the looming auctions.

There was a time when people were saying, 'Will there be a next time?' Now it's a given. That's a tribute to the tournament and how it has been conducted. It is now a given there will be a tournament in 2009.

There were no major surprises and that actually is good news, given that the recent surprises for the sector have been of the wrong kind.

The reports on Correll was that he could be a platoon outfielder in the big leagues some day, given his chance.

The report is still a poor one given what has come before, but not terrible,

The replacements may not want to stick around given the uncertainty of Northwest's future.

This is the only Project Graduation I know of that has given away a brand-new vehicle to one lucky senior. We've really become the model everyone else wants to become.

This is the usual whitewash. This is really appalling. For years, they have given us all their reasons why an international trial will threaten American justice. And now it looks good to them.

This is a very reasonable price for DT to pay given that this makes them a global player.

Bobby Jones

They probably could have given it to Brandon, but they picked me. I'm glad they did.

They're good to go, ... They've given us the green light to proceed.

They're seniors, and that's what they're supposed to do. They've given us good leadership.

As a teacher I've given up my raises, my pension is negatively affected, my Social Security is negatively affected. But the union -- the money making machine -- told me this is what I should accept.

As a local official, any tool that can be given to help effectively manage development is welcome.

As an actor, I've given up judgement of evil, as long as it's human evil - we have to see ourselves for what we really are, and we're capable of horrific things.

They may have given less than truthful testimony to this board.

They play as hard as they have to and they just have stayed steady, stayed together and have never given up,

They have given a voice to the often silenced victims of human rights abuses.

John T. Flynn

They do not say Roosevelt saved our system. They say he has given us a new one. That is logical.

They are pretty tough kids. They don't come from backgrounds where they've had life given to them. And they've always been willing to rise up to the challenge.

This park was taken away for construction of the tunnel and never given back. We unpaved a parking lot and put up a paradise.

This park was taken away for construction of the tunnel and never given back, ... We unpaved a parking lot and put up a paradise.

Hans-Georg Gadamer

From Gadamer I learned that to understand a given thinker requires one to presuppose that he is right.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Nobody is lost until somebody has given up.

Freddy Adu

Nothing has been given to me.

If he hadn't been a good guy or in any way, shape or form, given me a reason or an indication or anything that things were negative, then things would be totally different.

If he wasn't nervous, I'd be surprised. I thought he was great, especially given that it was only his second collegiate game.

Michael Flanders

If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.

If given the chance, we'd probably be swimming outside, but I think people here would think we were crazy.

If I had known, I wouldn't have given them to him, even though he loved them.

If I had been a man in a suit and tie, he would have never given me that clipboard and told me to write that order, ... I threw the clipboard back at him and I said, 'No, you can write the order for me.'