Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Liu Jianchao

Recently, there were some developments of the Iranian nuclear issue. We expressed our concern. ... We hope the parties should exercise restraint and not take any actions that lead to further escalation so we can solve the question properly through dialogue and diplomacy.

Maurice Hinchey

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

John Hamre

Recent events where criminals were able to become customers have led us to take this strong action in order to regain the trust of consumers that their information is being used only for their benefit, or the benefit of society at large.

Kristen Kinley

Recall numbers vary from year to year, and they don't necessarily rise consecutively year after year, and they aren't in the case of Ford. This was a hit to our recall volumes, but the number of actions was down.

LeBron James

Record-wise and going into the playoffs, we can't improve. I'm trying to get as much rest as I can. I don't want to try to force the action by playing on an ankle that's not 100 percent.

Adrian Foster

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.

Gary Chase

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Charles Holliday

Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an end to the spreading global downturn is in sight, ... Despite that, we continue to take actions necessary to emerge from these difficult times as a much stronger company.

Terry Abbott

Our office of inspector general is investigating inappropriate behavior at a school-sponsored event held off campus back in February.

Peter Roby

People have come to understand that they can influence the sports or the outcome of a game by the behavior that they initiate in the stands or in public. If it's done in a positive way, rooting for your team, that's well and good.

Jason Young

Survivors have a multitude of cognitive difficulties, behavioral difficulties and some physical difficulties as well. The medical community helps them recover physically, but cognitive and emotional recovery is not what they do.

Nina Atwood

Stay focused on self-direction and personal growth and away from finger-pointing. The behavior of love is what counts, so be specific about your actions.

Sathya Baba

Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behavior.

Councilman Phelen

That could be something as simple as a discussion about the seriousness of it and do we or do we not want to do something about it. It's the behavior of a schoolyard bully whose behavior needs to be reined in.

Stephen R. Covey

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We cansubordinate feelings to values.

Paul Allen

Our behavioral health records are appropriate for some doctors to see, but maybe not the nurse, but a psychiatrist would have full access,

Brian Bogosian

RIM must understand that there is no place in the mobile e-mail space for this sort of behavior. RIM should not be able to sell the BlackBerry system.

Mike Warren

Recreational sports help to keep our campus fit because they provide ways for students to get out and stay active.

Allyson Wilson

Orientation is very important because students who don't have a lot of experience on campus need the opportunity to come to campus and to learn where things are and the resources that they have on campus and the things we have for them to be involved and become a true part of campus if they are able to do so.

Steve Purchase

People have taken notice of the work we have done on campus to foster a politically engaged population. We want to create an environment of consistency of turnout.

Stan Albrecht

Some have only been on campus a couple of weeks, ... incredible tragedy.

Dennis Healy

Pitching has always been the dominant thing for me, ... The campus is beautiful, the people have been helpful and courteous everybody has been great.

Larry Coker

Players get to come on your campus for what is essentially an unofficial visit. There's no pressure. They get to look around, totally relaxed.

Patricia Brennan

Many (academic staff) are outstanding scholars and teachers. We want to help them have a say in running the campus and help them have reasonable career progression.

Dave Davis

I think the whole campus is mad at me because they think I made Matt get a haircut. But all I did was make a suggestion.

Adam Marcoux

I was watching a movie when I heard a pop in the bathroom. The light fixture was on fire. I called Campus Safety and told them what happened and they said they would be right over.

Jerome Bonnafont

President Chirac expressed his hope that the international community would show solidarity with Lebanon on the economic and financial levels.

John Burness

President Brodhead has had a positive influence on town-gown relations. Duke's relations with the Durham community actually have been far stronger than one might have guessed from recent media reports. I suspect that's why despite all the tensions the media describe, the community has not splintered but, in fact, has come together during the current crisis.

Albert Carlson

Our position is that we want to protect community services, and there's no need to privatize or make cuts if there is no economic crisis in the city.

Joy Redding

Our paper actually the community's paper will cover eight years of local history each month using headlines and pictures from community archives.

Beth Martin

Parks are very important. Ours are used for many different events, including family gatherings and other community social events.

Jennifer Wagner

Passover is one of my favorite times of the year. This is when the whole community and family gets together to remember who we are and why we are here.

Charlie King

Part of what Mediacom is trying to do is become part of the economic development plans of our communities,

Adrienne Worthy

Part of the focus is educating people about the day-to-day work we do at Legal Aid. ... We've raised our profile in the legal community in terms of the work we do and how we are a big part of the justice system.

Jeff Jenkins

Our main purpose is to make sure fraternities are cooperating and making sure the Greek community is healthy.

Boris Yeltsin

I think these qualities will be decisive during presidential elections in 2000, ... decent, honest and thorough.

Manuel Pellegrini

I expect maximum effort from my reserve players because this kind of match will be decisive for our season.

Van Chancellor

I enjoyed it when we were the favorites. I'm enjoying us being decisive underdogs, because nobody thinks we'll win this series. So, yeah, I'm enjoying it. I've enjoyed it all. What I'd like to do is see our players play as good as they can play.

Koya Tabata

There is no decisive lead for either side.

Yoshihiko Noda

The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.

Ellen Key

The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

Mirko Slomka

We were a little tense in the first half, which I hadn't been expecting, but we were more decisive after the break.

German Espejo

The paramilitaries played a decisive role in this election, particularly in the northern part of the country.

Morten Olsen

We were hoping that this would be the decisive game and now we have to win it,

Irwin Cotler

Judges look at the gravity of the offence and the responsibility of the offender in determining sentences,

Lee Smolin

Every string theory that's been written down says the speed of light is universal. But other ideas about quantum gravity predict the speed of light has actually increased.

Albert Einstein

Gravity is a response to geometry.

Benny Johnson

Well, when do we talk about it? They don't seem to understand the gravity of this.

Robin Bell

Over the lakes, the pull of gravity is much weaker, so we know there must be a big hole down there.

Arthur C. Clarke

Almost any seat was comfortable at one-sixth of a gravity.

Charles Caleb Colton

Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit.

Douglas William Jerrold

Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.

Lawrence Krauss

In science there often aren't two sides. You know, gravity works.

Kathy Stephens

I think people are just now realizing the magnitude of where we are.

Jim Folkman

I think it's a watershed year just in the magnitude of the increase.

Richard Suzman

I was surprised by the magnitude of the effect.

Lynn Schusterman

It is striking to see the magnitude of impact mentorship and tutoring can have on student performance and young lives.

Joe Burke

We don't completely understand the rationale for the magnitude of the downgrade.

Kevin Rochlin

We're in uncharted waters. There has never been anything of this magnitude and this complexity.

Wayne Bennett

Nothing of this magnitude has ever happened, ... It's unprecedented.

David Vallee

It's rare to have a system of that magnitude back up.

Patrick Ho

I'm not surprised that there is a sell-off but I'm a little surprised at the magnitude of the sell-off.

Charlie Cyr

Regardless how you feel about the (immigration) issue, there's a message to be sent.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

C. S. Lewis

Christianity has not message for those who do not realize they are sinners.

Stuart Smith

I think there's a message permeating to just watch any over-exuberance with the resources stocks.

Allen Adamson

I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message as doing everything with style and panache.

Jim Tressel

That would have been the wrong message to send to Justin,

Phil Goff

That's the sad message that will be taken,

Matthew Rees

I was overwhelmed with messages of support I received from people around the rugby world. Sometimes you take it for granted, but I can't thank people enough for how much they supported me.

Pierre Littbarski

I won't be saying anything different to them. The message is the same for everybody. We are here to play football, not to concede yellow cards.

Yuri Andropov

peace for ourselves and for all the people of the planet.

Rick Daniels

We've tended to be passive and reactive when it comes to recruiting companies. We've got to start being active and make ourselves stand out.

John Brady

We never really got ourselves into a rhythm on offense. It seemed like to me we were always struggling offensively to get something accomplished.

Martin Parr

The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.

Dennis Golden

That was frustrating, but there's nothing we can do about that. We just had to pick ourselves up and go right back at them.

Stephen Colbert

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

Kate Beckinsale

There's such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can't compare yourself to people in magazines.

Charles Pierce

I would say we have probably transformed ourselves from a small to a medium-sized institution.

Justin Doellman

Basically, it's our defense. In the past two games, we weren't ourselves out there.

Ron Gardenhire

Right now, pride can go out the window. It's about winning. I've had his back for three years.

Becki Newton

I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.

Bill Cowher

I'm their biggest fan every Sunday they go out there and play. I'm pulling for them, for the people in New Orleans and everything they're going through. If there are three or four hours that people can get away from the reality that is existing for them right now, the uncertainty, the unknown, the Saints can bring a sense of pride to them for that short period of time.

Bill Cowher

I want to bring back the pride and tradition long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more importantly, with the people of Pittsburgh.

Bill Cosby

It is a point of pride for the American male to keep the same size jockey shorts for his entire life.

Bibhu Mohapatra

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

Bertha von Suttner

Strange how blind people are! They are horrified by the torture chambers of the Middle Ages, but their arsenals fill them with pride!

C. S. Lewis

Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud, one is safe from the worst form of pride.

C. S. Lewis

Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.

Fred Siget

Some of the programs I wrote there are still running maintenance free.

Gennady Zyuganov

Our stance remains unchanged. (Chernomyrdin) doesn't even understand the program he has proposed.

Christopher Hill

Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do.

Lou Holtz

I think that win really turned our program around,

Jonathan Brandis

I was in a theater program when I was about 6 years old. I didn't like it as much as most actors do. Which is probably why I never went back to it.

Lisa Williams

But all you really need to get started is a software program to record audio.

Ken Buck

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

Rolando Gonzalez

If we don't have the members, our program will not be as strong.

Benito Mussolini

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

Ryan Giggs

Records are not important to me at this stage and I don't consciously think about them, but they are something I will be able to look back on proudly when I have finished.

Julie Futch

Our school has never done anything like this. We've established something to be proud of at Auburn Riverside.

Bill Shankly

Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.

Big Sean

I just wanted to do something that had some meaning that I can look back and be proud of, that my family can look back and be proud of.

John Torchetti

I was just proud of our whole team. This is a team win if I have ever seen one. From the goalie out, we competed.

Sammy Day

That was a tough loss. But they battled back and I was proud of them.

Catherine Young

That streak is really important to us. We are proud of it and want to keep it going as long as we can.

Stacy Dent

That's awesome. I am so proud of all of you.

Ron Hassler

I was proud of how we competed, but they were able to take us out of some of the things we like to run.

Christine Johnson

Our students need to see role models. We feel very strongly about that.

Hans Blix

Our role is not to humiliate the Iraqis.

Cathy Rigby

I will jump into most any role.

Arsene Wenger

If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing

Andrew Cohen

I think it's unfortunate that we don't spend time talking about our role in the world.

William Daley

I think that 'strong' and 'decisive' are never words that are used for any vice president. A vice president's role is to play the second position.

John Meehan

I think it would water down the commissioners role and take away some of their authority.

Philip Ruddock

I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters.

Mahmoud Abbas

We are going to reactivate the role of the PLO.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.

Barry McGuigan

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

Azzedine Alaia

I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

B. B. King

Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival.

B. B. King

There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.

C. S. Lewis

It's always winter but it's never Christmas.

Cecelia Ahern

There were hundreds of them spread across the floor, each telling its own tale of triumph or sadness, each letter representing a phase in her life. She had kept them all.

Marc Shaiman

I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if someone else did it. It's a very sweet valentine to musicals, but (it) sends them up at the same time.

Ricky Williams

We talk about life, we talk about our philosophies. He always sends me books. It's a different kind of relationship.

Rachel Leon

In my experience, I would say it's rare, if not unprecedented. I think it sends a strong message.

Andrew McDonald

I mean, when somebody like my grandmother sends me e-mail, I know that it's arrived,

John Updike

Young or old, a writer sends a book into the world, not himself.

Mariella Ruocco

Somehow they sensed the seriousness of the situation and they stayed in the car.

Laveranues Coles

Well, all I can say about that situation is, things come to the surface,

Ice Cube

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing. You have to get it out in the open. You have to talk about it.

Robert Maddox

That would be kind of an insensitive thing to do in a situation like that.

Craig Thompson

I think our situation is we would probably be better suited to have somebody go 11-0 again. But two to three years from now, we'd be better suited to have two or three 9-2, Top 25 people. But right now we just have to keep pushing.

Jeff Francoeur

I think she's in a tough situation with what she's trying to do. I don't think she was worse than the others, I don't think she was better.

Derek Jeter

It doesn't matter, ... Every situation is a new situation.

John McNally

It hasn't been unsafe, but there are situations where it could be.

David Patterson

I think the teams struggled when we were in those situations too.

Dan Jiron

State wild and scenic designation was not considered.

M. Wolfe

States can do as little or as much as they want.

Mary Parker

Our secretaries really know practically everyone who would need to be buzzed in, and if they didn't know them, they could communicate with them through this system, ... It's really state of the art.

Steve Lyle

Other states have called us, and are taking a look at it.

Brian Clodi

I want to win the state championship. That's the ultimate goal.

Elaine Chao

it is a wonderful statement about who we are as Americans.

Ron Greene

That way we can teach her what's right, not what's mandated by the state of California.

Clint Burgess

I think we can get another state championship. I think that's reachable. That's our goal. The are a lot of obstacles, but I think we can do it.

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Blake Shelton

Nobody's gonna beat Taylor Swift in a fan-voted thing. And nobody should, by the way.

William Saroyan

My wisdom was visual and as swift as vision.

Philip Sidney

I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience.