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.

Tim Schuldt

Regardless of how things are going, it's prudent for us to see what the market will bear. We've had a couple of calls to say other parties are interested in our rights.

Diane Watson

Refugees' calls up to mind that people come from different lands and have to be taken care of, ... These are American citizens.

Diane Watson

Refugee' calls up to mind people that come from different lands and have to be taken care of. These are American citizens,

Steve Groene

Release them in a safe area, where the law enforcement can find them. Call the help line, let them know they can be found. Please, we need the safe return of those children,

Amy Olson

Our rent calls have really gone up. People pay their heat and can't pay their rent, or pay their rent and can't pay their heat.

Jonathan Kozol

Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white kids and three Asians. 'Diverse' has become a synonym for 'segregated.'

Jennifer Beals

Originally, I got a phone call from Campbell Scott saying that he was doing this movie and that there was this part that he wanted me to play in it.

Mike Flanagan

Pattern modeling is very useful and a major step, but users don't always conform to those patterns. For example, when there is a specific event like a traffic jam or a big rugby game there is a big spike in mobile phone calls in a concentrated area. Traditional network design can't cope with those changes in network usage very well.

Dave Schultz

Pat has kind of worked his way into some minutes because he's relentless. We call him a kamikaze because he's fearless out there, so Grinnell's style fit him perfectly.

Councilman Lopez

Our own people are going to other cities because we can't provide our own fields.

Jenny Williams

Our New York office, ... went to all the major music cities and said, 'Do you want to show us?' Cleveland got the most petitions and raised the most money.

Susan Williams

Sports as economic development has been a good deal for Indianapolis. It's now become a critical economic measure for our city, which we have to retain. Lots of cities are looking at this and want what we have.

Giovanni Peri

Our work shows that cities with more diversity -- more immigrants -- in the work force exhibit higher productivity for the American-born employees.

Laura Bush

Out of this rubble is going to come some good, ... Out of this devastation is going to come new cities and new hope.

Jim Bennett

Pinellas is probably a huge headache because you have 24 cities and the county that they have to negotiate with.

Barry McGee

That's immediately how I gauge how healthy a city is-by the amount of tags. It's just in direct competition with advertising. It's still one of the last things that hasn't been corrupted.

Billy Corgan

I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.

Bethany McLean

No city embraced privatization more eagerly than Chicago, where I live.

Kofi Annan

Reform is a process, not an event and we are going to continue after the summit

John Chambers

recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis.

Robert Milton

Recognizing the significant progress we have made, there is no room for any complacency and we must continue to pursue efficiencies throughout our businesses.

Philadelphia Fed

Price pressures remain but continue to show a moderating trend.

Jorma Ollila

Our position in the fastest-growing market in the world continues to be strong.

Ed Colligan

Our Palm OS customer loyalty is extremely high, and we intend to continue to earn that loyalty with great Palm OS-based products,

Anna Rozenich

Our reduction is taking longer than anticipated. We continue to make progress in our testing because we want to make sure we get it right for our customers.

Joseph Farah

Our rankings, relative to other sites, rise and fall over time, ... But our traffic continues to grow ? at a pace even faster than the explosive Internet itself.

Marc Andreessen

Organizations spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars installing and implementing huge servers, new Web sites and applications. They have to continue to do that, but they also have to clean up the mess of the '90s.

Byron Callan

Recent divestitures have created a pure-play military tactical vehicle company.

Patrick Phillips

Relaxed, definitely. Massimo was created by several friends who have a genuine passion for design, but don't have the same enthusiasm for 'pushy' retail. We're always glad to help our customers, but we understand that hovering is just plain irritating.

Kelly McBride

Relationships between men and women will change, and so will the workplace. Maybe it will create a truly equitable society or maybe it will flip it and women will become so politically, socially and economically powerful, we'll get whiplash.

George Clarke

Our passing game has really improved this season, ... Tonight, we were passing around the other team, which created a lot of opportunities.

Michael Kelly

Our real goal is to create hydrogen transportation corridors.

Christina Baker Kline

Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that's difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption.

Rossi Ralenkotter

Part of what we do as destination markets is to fuel the local economy and create jobs in the community.

Ann Veneman

Part of what this report does is to highlight the issue to the public to create an outrage about what is going on.

Alexander Milinkevich

Our objective is to create a stir in society.

George H. W. Bush

We need more troops to defeat 'The Illusion of Failure' in Iraq....29 million should do it.

Carrie Fisher

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.

David Coltart

It is a monumental defeat for the government.

John Higgins

It had nothing to do with Graeme. It was just the way I played, the way I approached the game and the state of mind I was in. I have never felt as down after that defeat as I did then.

Brian Kapusta

I thought he wrestled a great match when he defeated Mark Brown. He wrestled smart.

Laurent Fournier

I don't have any explanation for this defeat. I'm stunned, and I don't know what to say.

Guillermo Coria

I didn't want to go out with a 6-1 6-1 defeat. This was an incredible match.

Bay Buchanan

Ideally, I would have hoped these people would have heard the fat lady singing and they would have realized the defeat for what it is.

Pat Hill

getting a lot of big payday games in big venues, which is great for those programs. I think that has defeated the purpose for us, anyway, of getting really high-profile games, even though they're on the road.

Ellen Siminoff

Part of our strategy is to become the premiere entertainment site on the Web.

Chris Presson

Our product is good; our entertainment value at games is high. People go away having had a good time, whether we win or lose.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RIOT, n. A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Celia Chen

People who spent money on travel and luxury goods are spending more money entertaining themselves at home.

T. S. Eliot

It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

James McTeigue

It is a work of fiction. It is a piece of entertainment.

William Poole

Jerry, entertainment spending for sports may be a problem in Cleveland, but it is doing just fine in St Louis!

Carol Burnett

I'm so happy that we can share the many years of music and sketches from our shows with the students of UCLA and people interested in the entertainment industry,

Nancy O'Dell

I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.

Ed Markey

Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.

David Cole

I think Ford views this as 'change or die,' frankly. It's a very serious effort.

Fred Zimmerman

I think it will take about 15,000 ordinary jobs to make up for the lost Ford jobs.

Arizona Muse

Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford are both geniuses.

Charles Pittman

I looked out the window and saw a flatbed tow truck near our Ford Escort. I went outside and asked, 'What are you doing?,' and was told that they were towing my car.

Rick Schmidt

If it's made by Ford or powered by Ford it's allowed.

Saul Rubin

If that occurs with the F-150, Ford has a real problem,

Fred Zimmerman

If the Ford plant goes, it's going to hurt.

Shelly Williams

We had a witness that said they saw a gray Ford Focus, but we are not sure if that was related or not.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Lindsay Sanderson

Regan is going to be a great addition. He's a man and can go to the net. He also has a rocket from the outside. He'll be a big threat to the other teams.

M. J. Rose

Recognize that the great majority of us aren't trained actors and entertainers. Usually, it's not our faces, our bodies, our personas or our stage presence that sells our books. It's our stories, our visions and our voices.

Brian Smith

Reid just had a great tournament. Pinning the No. 1 see and the No. 3 seed - just great.

Anatole France

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

Douglas Laycock

Religion and morality are playing a greater role than they did 20 years ago.

Nadia Petrova

Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.

Tiki Barber

Our quarterback is playing so great right now. You can see how he's improving exponentially each week.

Source Unknown

Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.

Paul Vachon

(Parker) is a great player. She's what everyone said she was.

Karen Zager

Relationships, career, aging, empty-nest syndrome, health and, most importantly, money issues.

Jennifer Williams

Oral health is just as important as getting a regular physical. It's not just about getting a cavity filled, it's about the overall health of the individual.

Stephen Horn

Other than New York City, these local housing authorities had no plan to warn their tenants of the potential risk to their health and safety.

Joe Battipaglia

Picking your own stocks is like trying to diagnose your health yourself.

Ron Pollack

People who need healthcare the most, those with serious health conditions, with illnesses and disabilities are going to be potentially harmed in a very significant way by this proposal.

Bill Cosby

I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Carl Rogers

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable.

Ashley Tisdale

I love pancakes, and I actually do love healthy stuff. Like, I love gluten-free or whole-wheat pancakes. Breakfast is my favorite meal.

Scott Baker

Regardless of who I'm facing, if I'm going to be nervous it's not going to help the situation.

Herman Sanders

Reed just made the shot. We said in the huddle to make sure we knew where he was on the last play. We tried to help on Chad, but he kicked it out and we couldn't recover.

Pedro Marquez

Our relay team did well. We just need to work on passing the baton, but that's something that we can work on and improve on. Also, not looking back while we're running will help out.

King Abdullah

Our relations with India will help Indo-Pak relations.

Brian Rooney

Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).

Lee Janzen

Part of his learning process is helping other guys.

Rob Gorman

Part of what we're about now is trying to help people come up with their own recovery plans.

Nathan Thompson

Paul Wellstone was a person who really would have liked to see something like this happen. Projects that help people in need are what he wanted; it's really fitting.

Sam Loeffler

Our lyrics are about a lot of things. They are not very introspective. For example, the song 'Panic Prone' is about drugs, this idea about kids getting drugged up and medicating themselves and whether to help people or not help people at all.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Katie King

I won the state championship and I got nominated and that was enough for me. I always want to win, but I was just honored to be here.

Trevor Hoffman

I was honored to have that opportunity to go out and get it done,

Mark Patton

I thought I'd be an extra. Then it comes to this. I'm honored to be a part of it.

Angie Harmon

I'm so thrilled and honored to stand here with America's first lady, Laura Bush.

Peter Sarsgaard

I don't care, really, whether the movie polarizes people, Republican, Democrat. I don't think it should. But what's more important to me is that I hope Marines get something out of it. I hope that they feel like we honored them, because we meant to.

Peter Sarsgaard

I don't care, really, whether the movie polarizes people, Republican, Democrat, ... I don't think it should. But what's more important to me is that I hope Marines get something out of it. I hope that they feel like we honored them, because we meant to.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Britney Spears

I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year.

Jason Chaffetz

People have seen me fighting everything from 'Fast and Furious' to the IRS on Planned Parenthood to a host of things, Benghazi and others.

Bernard Beckett

Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.

Donna Davis

I wish I was in (the host city) Detroit. But it was a little too much.

Dan Pfeiffer

I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.

Selenis Leyva

I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.'

George Ward

I think, for the most part, people understand that we can't undercut the private sector, ... If anything, our price structure was a little low when Secretary Host got here.

Tom Buford

I think Jim Host can be the governor's lifeline.

Brian Wansink

If a person wants to limit how much they consume, it's better if you pour into a tall, skinny glass. If as a host you want to limit what people drink, you better use tall, skinny glasses. You will be less likely to pour too much.

Bill Vickroy

If we win, we would host it Saturday night at 8:30 p.m., after gymnastics.

Michael W. Smith

Our neighbors respect our privacy, but they are always supportive and helpful.

Bobby Bowden

I think our schedule is now so tough, and with a playoff game, I ain't going to look out for no Ohio State. You want to get somebody to come to your school and play, like some of our neighbors maybe.

Robert Rhodes

Go back to your neighbors and talk to them as quickly as you can.

Chris Browning

we feel it is very important to reach out and do what we can for our neighbors who have not been similarly blessed.

Jose Rivera

Neighbors come by and give us food. We have support.

Abraham Lincoln

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

Greg Evans

Most people don't realize their neighbors are as nosy as they are.

John Galloway

We're having just a wee get-together with neighbors.

Angela Johnson

See all us? We neighbors. We got to stick together.

B. B. King

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

C. S. Lewis

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

C. S. Lewis

Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.

Bette Davis

In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!

Greg Gilchrist

I want to win this race really badly,

Becky Cleary

It is a real race for the title this year.

Fernando Alonso

It is an important race in that I can become champion, but if I don't win on Sunday it is not the end of the world. I will race many years to come.

Troy Corser

I think the race is going to be pretty tight.

Bill Bowerman

If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you're a winner.

Jared Esala

I think the tournament MVP is going to come out of that bracket.

Kirk Triplett

That won the tournament for me, for sure.

Mark Pendleton

That's the story of the tournament for us.

Gary Bettman

If accommodations have to be made, they'll have to be made in how the tournament is scheduled.

Gary McCord

Whatever the Tour fines me, it'll be worth it." ()

Peter Wright

Lennart is getting better. This tournament is part of his recovery.

Liam Gallagher

I'm not going around touring the U.S. when I've got nowhere to live.

Adam Braun

Tourists see, and travelers seek.

Raul Hernandez

Tourism is all we have. Nobody's coming. Things are sad.

Dennece Knight

Most of our visitors will be here to have fun.

Harry Friedman

We know our visitors like to see us in different cities,

Charles C. Mann

The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.

Jack Kelly

Visitors may want (the vendors), but it's not all about the visitors.

Jeremy Paxman

Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?

Jeff Kinney

fish and visitors stink in 3 days.

Ernest Hemingway

The telephone and visitors are the work destroyers.

Mikhail Bulgakov

Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.

Hattie McDaniel

I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.

David Davies

Sven's got a roving eye. He's like a seagull and can wrap his wings around people.

Kevin Morris

Out the end windows of the cafeteria, it's all new,

Max Mathurin

Rene Preval has been declared the winner with 51 percent.

Ben Curtis

I'm here to win and that's what I want to do,

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Beck

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

Beck

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

B. B. King

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.