Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Pryor

reaping substantial profits from (the recordings) without ever having acquired any rights in such recordings.

Erasmus Darwin

Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and nurs'd in ocean's pearly caves; First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or pierce the watery mass; These, as successive generations bloom, New powers acquire and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin and feet and wing.

LaJuana Wilcher

Paris Charles has truly been an asset to this administration, bringing vast knowledge acquired through 28 years in the mining industry and a sincere personal commitment to mine safety.

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Peace can only be acquired through economic development to eliminate poverty and despair and through dialogue and understanding

Sathya Baba

Peace can be got only through Faith; Faith is the spring of Joy. But now we see Sorrow, wherever we cast our eyes. Why does this happen ? Because, man has lost Faith. He has no Faith in himself. How then can he acquire Ananda ? How can a person, how has not got Faith enough to live happily for a few days, win the Grace of God ?

Yang Yuanqing

Our mobile handset unit delivered strong and profitable growth, and, more importantly, the acquired PC business was profitable worldwide,

E. B. White

Oracle is an applications company and it only makes sense that they will want to eventually move acquired customers over to their technology stack,

Michael Tucker

People have to create by will or contract the same type of results for themselves as they'd acquire by marriage.

David Jenkins

People interested in lowering their cholesterol should probably acquire a taste for tofu and oatmeal.

Charles Scott Sherrington

Reflex inhibition acting against a reflex titanic contraction may diminish the contraction in one or other or all of several different ways.

Brian Cashman

People keep acting like we have some kind of easy schedule the rest of the way because of the records of the teams we're facing, ... Well, don't be so sure. How much of this season have we spent playing to the level of the opposition?

John Tory

Some of these powers, both governance and otherwise, should probably apply to some of the other larger cities in Ontario, that are maybe not as large as Toronto, but are certainly big governments deserving of acting in a more independent fashion.

John Gordon Sinclair

Some of the best times I've ever had in my life have been because of acting and through acting. But I'm not interested in the game of acting and being an actor and auditioning and all that stuff.

Craig Biggio

Some guy in the crowd was trying to be funny and he slapped her upside the head, acting like a 12-year-old, and he ran, ... It was his misfortune that he messed with a Jersey girl. She chased him down and caught him.

Jim Scott

Our goal is not to develop the world. I don't want the agency to have anything come out that makes it look like we don't know what we're doing or acting imprudently.

James Augustine

Our fans are spoiled. We're 20-4 and people are acting like it's the worst year in history. We have two home games in a row now and we have to be ready for them. We can turn this thing right back around.

Mat Staver

Our youth deserve to know the truth about homosexuality - that people can choose to overcome same-sex attractions and that acting on those attractions results in devastating physical, mental and spiritual consequences.

Eric Dubin

Robert Blake realizes the importance to his future acting prospects of not being proven a murderer in a court of law. He also wants to avoid the stigma that O.J. Simpson got after his civil conviction.

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.

Mohandas Gandhi

Real suffering, bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

Howard Dean

President Bush has failed to put together a plan, so despite the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, we are not making the progress that we should be in Iraq.

Fred Furth

Some of the braver ones did ask, and I'm going to prove Wal-Mart ignored their pleas to hire more help.

Michael R. Bloomberg

Our bravest and finest carried out what was the most successful urban evacuation in modern history,

English 19th Century Proverbs

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Charles Caleb Colton

Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.

Carl Sagan

Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.

Jeff Francoeur

I was just in second grade, and I'm watching the Braves go to the World Series, ... I mean, the World Series! I figure it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

Nick Fry

I think they (the stewards) made a brave decision and good on them.

Richard Preston

Redwood time moves at a more stately pace than human time. To us, when we look at a redwood tree, it seems to be motionless and still, and yet redwoods are constantly in motion, moving upward into space, articulating themselves and filling redwood space over redwood time, over thousands of years.

John Hagel III

Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.

Mark Schultz

Stability is the number one thing you need to be successful in anything. I constantly had the rug pulled out from under me. I think people were jealous of me. I think people saw me as this guy who could conquer the world.

Alice Englert

Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic as Emma Thompson. You're constantly just lapping up her incredible hilariousness.

Kelly Redmond

We've talked about this whole thing of Eskimos having 31 names for snow. If you live in a dry climate, you probably have 31 names for drought. When you are constantly faced with something, each instance matters.

Safaa Ibrahim

I think there is an 'us versus them' mentality. There is a frustration that we have to constantly defend ourselves. I'd rather not be on the defensive. I'd rather just educate people about our faith.

Manuel Pellegrini

I think the referee constantly made mistakes, he didn't notice when our players were pulled as well as several fouls.

James Comey

Just as our adversaries and threats continue to evolve, so, too, must the FBI. The key to this evolution lies with our greatest assets: our people and our partnerships. Every FBI professional understands that thwarting the threats facing our nation means constantly striving to be more effective and more efficient.

Ladonna Somers

That was not possible at the hospital. There was no place for Regan to lay down and take a nap. And the oncology ward is constantly full.

Lillian Carter

Regarding Men: When they stop lookin', They ain't worth havin'.

Jesse L. Martin

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

Jennifer Taylor

People have had that old mentality that (child care) is just like a baby-sitting service.

Saeb Erekat

start thinking in the mentality of a partner.

Raoul Walsh

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

Steve Erickson

Overall I think I'm playing a lot better. I've worked a lot more this year and I'm more confident. I'm mentally stronger.

Kevin Simpson

Over 20 women have called wanting to be a mentor to a young lady.

Nicole Vaidisova

Physically I was well, mentally I was well. I just never got into my rhythm.

Shane Montgomery

Most of the pressure we saw Saturday we had seen before. We just had some mental breakdowns. You see that sometimes in your first game.

Jennifer McMahon

People often ask if my books should be read in any particular order, but they're all standalone novels, so picking up any one of them would be fine.

Mark Loughridge

Our pipeline for the first quarter is up year-to-year, with particular strength in our long-term businesses.

Jim Tracy

That was a part of the reason. There was one situation in particular that Kent picked up on. For competitive reasons, I'm not going to say what it was.

Don Stewart

I think that the staff are all very well versed in the process and in this particular nominee, but so are the senators. I think you will see, and already have seen, quite a lot of support out of the senators.

Scott McGehee

Juliette in particular - there is so much in her face,

Seth Shostak

In general, when moviemakers talk to scientists, they usually see them as a resource to solve particular technical problems or script problems for them. So, something like: what sort of weaponry would aliens be able to wield?

Jim Martin

There are so many parts of this project that are intertwined that they have to be staged and set up in a particular order, and they would like to get this particular ramp done first so other ramps can follow.

David Gray

For this particular location, people come here and it's really about wine,

Kelly Pleasants

We have to be particular about what we can take.

Carrie Fisher

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

Tori Kelly

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

Dale Decker

There are SMA pavements that have been down for 10 years, and there's no rutting. It's performing well when done properly.

Monica Keena

I got off not bad, actually. because I went to LaGuardia HS of Performing Arts, which is really well-known. and there were often talent scouts there.

Charles Saatchi

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

Laura Marano

When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!

Laurie Geigel

We don't know if we're going to be performing on a stage or a classroom.

Drummond Money-Coutts

I would like to do things like I did in Tanzania, going somewhere and exploring a theme and investigating as well as performing for those people.

Tamara Tunie

I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub.

Beck

There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.

Barry Lopez

Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves.

Robert Dunn

We now know, he didn't have anything to do with the device. He didn't have anything to do with the attack. So what does that say about the quality of whatever the polygrapher was doing?.

Bill Crawford

Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.

Carrie Fisher

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence.

Arsene Wenger

When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports.

Igor Shpilband

I think they just ran out of steam. I think they have the same quality of skating that the Russians do, and that it's totally comparable, but they just made some mistakes.

Bill Burr

When I was coming up the DC Improv was considered the best Improv out there. It's always been high quality stuff coming out of there.

David Waller

That would have been a water quality nightmare.

William Shakespeare

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,Loyal and neutral, in a moment?No man.