Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Franklin

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief,Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Employees, if given the option, are going to opt for the train more often than not.

If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic.

Brock sat out with a minor injury. Having him in the lineup would have given us at least 20 more team points.

Be ready to go Thursday. It's a given that we'll practice hard. But no matter how hard we practice, we have to be ready to go Thursday. If not, it's not going to be a pretty game, either.

Between us, we've published more than 70 research papers. This is the only one that's given us any publicity at all.

Miranda Hart

Being tall is very good for reaching high shelves and seeing in a crowd. Sadly, it has also given me the inability to dance. There's too much of me to look neat, which is most disappointing.

Andie MacDowell

I think yoga has given me better posture. People don't realise how strong it makes you. You have to use your body weight to hold yourself. As you get older, you're supposed to lift weights, but I find that kind of boring. Yoga is lifting my own body.

Sonam Kapoor

I am very romantic. Given a choice, I'd do only romantic films!

Billy Beane

We can't do the same things the Yankees do. Given the economics, we'll lose.

I want to move people; it's not about me. I have been given the gift of being an entertainer. I love getting to touch people's lives.

John Bytheway

Occasionally, we are given a reminder of how precious a gift it is to understand the plan of salvation.

We wanted to do something special to thank everyone for all the support they've given to the track out here since 1964.

Steve Yzerman

We've had a good season and given ourselves a lot of hope for the playoffs.

We'll have trouble stopping their perimeter game. Some of the quicker teams have given us trouble.

Greg Davis

To not have given up a touchdown in the first quarter, that's pretty impressive.

Everything (entitled to the defense) is not given to us,

Every opportunity he?s been given he?s taken advantage, and because of that he?s got a lot more opportunities and a lot more repetitions.

Every indication that they've given us formally or informally is that they don't plan to make any improvements to their proposals.

Michael Steele

At the end of the day, I have one job requirement right now that's been given to me by the Republican Party and, I think, the American people, and that's to fire Nancy Pelosi.

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Paul Broun

The Second Amendment is the one that really protects all of our liberties that we are given by our Lord, and our God-given rights, and are protected under the Constitution.

Mike Huckabee

One of the things about politics, when you're actually there, you realize, you're on a high wire and there is no net under you. On any given day, your campaign can implode for something that happens inadvertently or even intentionally.

Mark Rylance

This situation has given them an opportunity to really set themselves up.

John Williamson

This only reinforces the perception that, when it comes to spending, there is not a lot of consideration given to taxpayers,

We should have given him the support earlier. We're doing it now.

We think that we're going to become intimately involved with the arbitration process given the nature of how young our roster is. The intent of the hearing is to solve differences that can't be resolved through negotiations. It's not ideal for the team or the player, but sometimes it's necessary.

Orrin Hatch

We think that this money should be given in tax relief to the American people, not spent by those know-it-alls back in Washington,

Larry Parrish

We didn't know anything about Lee, and we might not have given him enough respect.

Niklas Zennstrom

We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries. We're getting 80,000 new users each day. And more than half a million people are connected via Skype at any given moment.

Dan Lipinski

Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation.

Tom Holt

Through stake holder meetings the public is given an opportunity to help local conservation leaders set program priorities. These meetings are open to the public.

To get political, I think given the state of where we are in reality today, a good, spooky supernatural show might be what we all need on a Tuesday.