Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Rainy

A tendency could not but arise to reconcile with Christian profession a good many modes of life, enjoyments, occupations, social actions and customs, from which the first Christians had recoiled.

Havelock Ellis

Life is livable because we know that whatever we go most of the people we meet will be restrained in their actions towards us by an almost instinctive network of taboos

Atharva Veda

Life without goodness, good thoughts, good actions and good words is like the sky in the night without the moon or stars. It is like a wheel without a hub or spokes! No one can push a boulder away while standing on it; you cannot be free from anxiety while all the entrances through which it sneaks in are open.

Robert Nardelli

makes it necessary to take actions to ensure our continued worldwide leadership.

Brian McClung

Major League Baseball wants to see a resolution to the stadium situation. They didn't discuss specific actions they might take. They're interested in seeing the ball move forward on a ballpark." ()

Sathya Baba

Make the mind, the voice and the actions agree in harmony. That is the right way of life.

Gustav Kuhn

Magicians seem to be able to carry out secret actions in front of their audience without being spotted. I'm interested in why people don't perceive those actions.

Tony Blair

Libya has stated that weapons of mass destruction are not the answer for Libya's defense, ... Libya's actions entitle it to rejoin the international community.

Dave Smith

Losses due to this virus will continue until effective actions are taken within cattle operations to prevent further transmission.

Lisa Kiser

I can't fix it for them. I know my son had a bona fide true accident, but on the other hand, I know that somebody lost a life.

Jonathan Pollard

If they don't give my husband, who is recognized as a bona fide Israeli agent, special status now and fight for his release, they will be sending a clear message to all who are working in Israeli intelligence that if you get caught, you're on your own.

Mario Andretti

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa - when I was ready, their seats were taken. We always had a relationship, but what's important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.

James Foley

We are confident that the Bahamians will carefully consider any claims for protection consistent with international standards and ensure that no bona fide refugee is returned to Cuba.

Manny Acta

We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy.

Bruce Allen

He gives us some great insurance and feeling that we can sleep at night that we have a bona fide NFL starter,

Clay Bennett

If the Hornets go back to New Orleans, I expect we'll get a franchise. There haven't been any promises made, but there's been a lot of congratulations offered to us and encouragement and recognition. This a bona fide marketplace for the NBA. We've proven that.

Mark Gottfried

Our team just needs to be careful of that whole concept of whether we're a bona fide NCAA tournament team or not. We've got to play better.

Sure Kamhunga

Our lawyers are going through the documents to confirm whether it's a bona fide and valid offer.

Jarod Tufts

We're not complacent, but we have an extreme sense of confidence in our status for the transition. We're fairly confident that there aren't going to be many problems.

Jamie Dixon

Levon was obviously very good tonight. It was a team effort. I like our 11 guys and I have confidence in all of them. I think you can see that and they all seem to step up.

Richard Grasso

Let us not forget the great tragedy that has befallen this nation, ... restoring the public confidence that this marketplace will be up and functioning.

Brandon Roy

Last year we had huge confidence because teams didn't know how quick we were or how fast we were going to play.

Susan McGrath

Last year we had a strong team, but we didn't have the experience or confidence to be able to comeback. Getting that year of experience really helped us get a win like the one today.

Chris Gaynor

Last year, we didn't know what to expect. We were a young group of guys. This year, we've got the confidence to get over that hurdle.

Carmelo Anthony

Last year's second-half stretch was incredible. Hopefully we can come together and do the same thing we did last year. I have confidence in me and my team to step it up.

Wade Wilson

Last year we lost games, and it really didn't seem like there was a lot of hope for getting better. This year there was a feeling that this is something we can overcome. The confidence is still there. We feel like we can be a real good offensive football team.

Alberto Fujimori

Many people, myself, had confidence in Montesinos because (he) succeeded very much with fighting terrorism and narcotics,

Alexandra Adornetto

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

Albert Schweitzer

The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life

George Perkins

We're not cutting back to save the world, ... I'm going to need to figure out how to get along.

SJ Morrison

We're not cutting any services; what we're doing is redistributing services.

Robert H. Connelly

Like Aesop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs

Mark Twain

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the 'blessing'' of idleness and won for us the ''curse'' of labor.

Mark Twain

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the ''blessing'' of idleness and won for us the ''curse'' of labor.

Jalal Rumi

Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

Dave Messing

Mainly, we have to look at the demand in the marketplace and have the right number of seats to meet that.

David Brainerd

Madison Marquette is expanding Festival at Waldorf to meet the community's increasing demand for high quality retail destinations.

Dag Hammarskjold

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

Soichiro Monji

Lenders can make plenty of money as long as there is demand for loans. That's what we are starting to see. Real estate developers are also benefiting as demand increases.

Tracy Mullin

Many retailers are expecting high demand for toys and are recommending that people shop early,

Jerry Starkey

Many communities are refocusing growth back on the urban center. Land is scarce in these locations. High demand drives the price of land through the roof. To be affordable, it forces housing to go vertical. You have a need for 10-, 20- and 30-story high-rises.

Yoshihisa Okamoto

Share prices for property stocks are high and it's getting difficult to push them higher. Semiconductor demand is picking up and Japanese chip-related companies, as global players, will benefit.

John Frame

Scripture nowhere divides worship up into a series of independent 'elements', each requiring independent scriptural justification. Scripture nowhere tells us that the regulative principle demands that particular level of specificity, rather than some other.

Hidenori Karaki

Sentiment has not weakened significantly, and there's plenty of demand out there for stocks like Teijin.

Frank Torres

Many Spaniards kept journals and pointed out some specific sights directly related to the San Pedro Valley. And the San Pedro River runs right through there. It would only make sense that they would follow the river.

Pope Benedict

No pope ever left us as many texts as he did; no pope in the past was able to visit all the world like he did and to speak directly to men of all continents. But in the end, he was struck by the path of suffering and silence.

Robert Patrick

For something like 15 years, all I did was films or, you know, movies that I thought were going to be films that ended up going directly to video. It was sort of a real narrow opportunity. And now, working on The X-Files has broadened it and I'm looking for whatever is good, good dialogue.

Ronald Kessler

Only when you are self-employed do you fully realize how much more efficient you become when your output directly correlates with how much money you make.

Jerry Wainwright

Shooting percentages can be misleading. Their steals led directly to baskets. I think they've done that all year. They're terrific open-court players.

Jim Carroll

She called me directly and is doing fine. We were glad to see her on TV this morning. She is in good health and we are pleased about that.

Barbara Perry

She completely represents this ideal. Janie has worked tirelessly to make Salisbury a cleaner, greener and better place to live. In fact, much of our community's recent success can be attributed directly to Janie.

Stephanie Nelson

If they can get you to go directly to their Web site that's pretty strong marketing. And, it's inexpensive for them.

Jonathan Ames

I don't know that I've gotten much feedback directly from the literary world; sometimes I doubt even the notion that there is a literary world, though I guess there is or was.

Paul Kurtz

Since then, we've really been on a downward slope. There are some places where we see some limited progress, but the overall strategic level of leadership -- someone who is there full time, all the time making sure programs are in place and properly funded -- that's what's lacking.

Mike Right

Since that time, it's been drifting downward ... about 10 cents. It might be time for another start up.

Summer Sanders

One of my favorite workouts to do with my girlfriends is yoga. We are equally impatient with our yoga. We are those people who are sweating in the back, and we'll be in downward dog giggling and looking at each other. And I know what we're all thinking: What are we going to order for dinner afterward?

John Cridland

UK Plc feels it has gone as far as it can in accommodating tax rises that have weakened our international competitive position. The trend we now want to see is a downward one not an upward one,

Shelley Berkley

This project is in a downward spiral, even members of the nuclear industry are looking for other ways to store the waste,and throwing more money at this problem-ridden albatross will not fill gaps in the science because the science is not there.

Patrick Fearon

The fact that (core inflation) has been on a downward trend for two months is more evidence that Fed policy-makers might stop raising interest rates sooner rather than later.

Robert Walberg

Overall, we'll probably see a continuation of the choppy nature of the market, probably with a slight downward bias.

Lara Rhame

Markets initially seem to be focusing more on the downward revision in growth than the upward revision to the deflator.

O. Singh

Our message is simply: that we should try and get out of the present downward spiral.

Ralph Johnson

(Manhattan) is on the edge of very explosive growth.

Roger Simon

So far the hunters have taken 3,000 to 4,000 seals. That's not ridiculously slow, but it's not fast either. It's the lower edge of the norm.

Dean Eberling

Morgan Stanley has a leg up because they've been there and done that. The Lombard acquisition was really a perfect edge for them in that it gave them a nice window into the world of online trading.

Tre Smith

I feel like I'm right on the edge of playing a lot. I'm the guy right there if they ever need me.

John Beilein

I wish they listened to me that attentively in some of our meetings because our guys were on the edge of their seat.

Steve Smith

I look for every edge I can get. I'll do anything not to be a failure.

John Davis

I have a friend that works at a gas station so I just get him to phone me when it's going up, so I can get the inside edge on it.

Andrew Patterson

I have an edge for selfishness to win, no matter what game it is. But this one, the way things have gone, I want to finish with a bang.

Bill Bryson

. . . I happened upon a path that vanished into a wood on the edge of town.

Bob Collins

Looks like it's not going to have a big impact for our area,

Jay Sekulow

left open the possibility that we will see a marriage statute in Vermont that will impact this kind of arrangement or this kind of relationship.

Nastassja Kinski

Movies with Marilyn Monroe really had an impact on me.

Ron Lamberty

One of the things plants look for when they locate, they want to be somewhere where they won't impact the water supply. They usually try to locate at places where there is plentiful water.

Mark Kalwinski

More people means more revenues for the city, but it does impact on residents' quality of life.

Jim Delany

Money is important. People here (in Indianapolis) don't mince words when they talk about a $10 million impact (on the local economy). We're not going to go somewhere where we have to take less money.

Dennis Franz

I'll miss the comments from the people on the street who love the show and who have felt its impact on the culture. I won't miss the shooting schedule, though!

Dean Smith

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

Mark Shapiro

From a level of mental toughness and competitiveness, he has kind of reframed the standard for all of us in this organization. He made a big impact on our young starting pitchers.

Kumail Nanjiani

The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the people who I was surrounded by, because they were wonderful people.

Ricky Williams

Lunch or dinner? Well, I work, so I'll say dinner, ... I have a job now.

Ricky Williams

Lunch or dinner? Well, I'm at work, so it'll have to be dinner. I have a job now.

Marc Warren

Life as an actor has toughened me up, and I've learned that you shouldn't take things too personally. Someone once said that to do this job you need talent, luck and a thick skin - which is so true.

Gary Mickelson

legal obligation to do their job and are not part of this dispute.

Martha Stewart

Many, many people have suffered. People have lost jobs. I am very saddened and very, very sorry for that.

Ruth Rendell

Many people have a profession or a job - most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that's what I did.

Kelly Meek

Scotty knows our system so well, anyway. He is doing a super job playing within what he has.

Martin O'Malley

Senator Mikulski has done an outstanding job representing Maryland in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years.

Kevin Cook

Many layers and things take time to trickle down,

Paula Rieker

Mr. Lay said liquidity was fine. Then he strengthened his statement and said, 'In fact, liquidity is strong.

Wu Han

Mozart isn't just pretty and isn't just emotional. There's another layer of inspiration which we all need.

Albert Jones

When I got there he was laying on the ground. He was hollering and waving his arms.

Tamara Feldman

I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.

Bill Keller

Some of it is just, 'I can't talk to you on the phone anymore,' and some of it is, 'I think I better lay low for a while.'

Candice Wiggins

I couldn't move (Wednesday). I just lay there trying to get hydrated and stuff. I was kind of worried. I took a lot of medication and slept all day.

Kevin Kelly

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other.

Janette Fennell

Those were significant strides forward. But that was just laying the groundwork.

Peter Cardillo

Obviously, we are not going to see some substantial gains, but I think we will be able to retrace some of these losses by the end of the week.

Dontrelle Willis

I don't even know what WHIP means, ... They were so similar, I have no idea. Maybe because I had more losses than him. That's the only thing I can see off the top of my head.

Michelle Finch

We know that the losses are in the millions.

Dan Moser

You know what, if I saw a team with six losses I'd probably think we should go in and spank them.

Arlen Specter

There are some losses that the president has sustained, but by and large, I think that the president has won.

Pat Risley

We're 10-6, but you really have to look at our losses. All of the losses go right down the poll.

Lori Miller

Our family's outcome is better than the increasingly-heart-breaking losses experienced by many families.

Levance Fields

We've just had some mental breakdowns. We have wins with this young team and we have losses with this young team. It is what it is now. We have to get better.

Sam Powell

We had some unfortunate situations. We had some eventful losses that we probably shouldn't have had, a suspension, and on top of that, we had a young team.

Peter Morgan

we don't have a recession with these figures.

Ken Goldstein

It can't just smell like a recession - it has to smell, look and taste like one.

Stephen Roach

The recession is not over. We will probably have a 'double dip,' another downturn, by spring.

Craig Benson

I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

Jack Morgan

If they end up spending 4 or 5 weeks there, it won't surprise me.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Leon Wieseltier

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

Dan Cooper

We'll look at the spending cap. We have to look at the legislation that was passed.

Alan Watts

What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

Al Sharpton

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

Jason Chaffetz

Federal spending is atrocious.

Bobby Scott

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

Rose Byrne

I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself.

Edmund White

Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.

Timothy Noah

Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure.

Emily Mortimer

I'm always drawn to the thing I think I can't possibly do, because I tend to be better when I think I can't possibly do something than I am when I'm pretty sure I can do something.

Chris Adrian

My natural tendency is to write about zombie bunnies, but one of my first writing teachers got incorporated into my writing superego, and I keep hearing his admonition to make things feel more real the weirder they get.

Anthony Hopkins

I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

Idina Menzel

I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.

Bryan Cogman

I tend to work in coffee shops. I need to get out of the house, and, well, I need the coffee.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

All actors tend to be the same messed-up people.

Kat Edmonson

When I tend to belt, it kind of reminds me of like a more '60s girl doo-wop kind of belting.