Famous Quotes & Sayings

It is hard to get a grasp on how U.S. policy is working in another country. We and he were interested in learning more so we could be better advocates.

Leonard Peikoff

If you grasp what totalitarianism is, you would never talk about the rights of the father. In that kind of society, he can only watch his son die. You say he needs a father; he needs a life first.

If our governments are so compromised that they will not tell us the truth, then we must step forward to grasp it.

Picabo Street

I only hope I get to watch the women's downhill. I think I'll still be able to grasp the sensation even if I'm only living it vicariously.

Chris Burke

I'm just starting to grasp it, because these are the types of homers you always see replayed. And now one of them is mine.

M. Scott Peck

If we seek to be loved - if we expect to be loved - this cannot be accomplished; we will be dependent and grasping not genuinely loving.

Carl Sagan

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

It's hard to grasp what's really going on.

Marty Hurney

It's just one piece of the puzzle. It's a guideline, but obviously you're looking for players that can come in and grasp the system you're teaching and what you want to do.

Chris Carpenter

It's a simple pitch to throw if you grasp the concept,

Peter Fader

It's not like Sony is going out of business, but there are so many stories to tell about the company's inability to grasp opportunities.

Kobe Bryant

It really hasn't set in. To sit here and say I grasp what happened tonight, I'd be lying.

It was in our grasp tonight, and I didn't come up with the big save.

Definitely, it's very inspiring. He was within grasp of a medal. It should motivate us for tomorrow.

A. R. Rahman

I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.

Jon Katz

I'm one of those people who has always struggled with emotions and revealing them. When my dog Orson died, I did this very male thing of 'It's just a dog and I'll just move on.' I was very slow to grasp the emotion. But Orson is the reason I started writing about dogs.

John Beck

We got a grasp of what it takes to play a top 10 team. We had our moments, but we didn't make enough plays to get it done today.

We had it in our grasp and we let it slip away.

I don't think he's even grasped his potential yet.

Rainer Maria Rilke

I feel it now...there's a power in me to grasp and give shape to my world. I know that nothing has ever been real without my beholding it.

People always say that hard work pays off. I never grasped that until now. I worked the hardest I've ever worked -- period.

Paul Bloom

The real problem with natural selection is that it makes no intuitive sense. It is like quantum physics; we may intellectually grasp it, but it will never feel right to us.

We wanted to make it patriotic, yet also grasp the speed at which these guys move.

Mary Landrieu

The president is starting to grasp the magnitude of the situation.

Elizabeth Meriwether

I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a TV show.' Maybe that's not true. Maybe there are people that do. I don't know.