Famous Quotes & Sayings

Freda Adler

Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

Sebastian Briozzo

Lower fiscal and external vulnerabilities diminishes the downside risk for these economies over the short term. A continuation of this recent performance is therefore expected in 2006.

Pierce Brosnan

Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.

Peter Clarke

Since July, the pace of investigation, the scale of the threat has not diminished in any way whatsoever.

Kathy Walt

I don't know of a single teacher in Texas who wouldn't welcome the possibility of getting a raise of $10,000, and if the head of a labor union wants to demean and diminish the hard work and the value of teachers, then he or she should be ashamed.

Val McDermid

A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.

Jack Schwartz

When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it.

Carrie Fisher

I watched my parents' fame diminish - as I was getting more conscious, their celebrity was going back down the mountain.

Rory Stewart

September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in so doing, we have not only tamed and diminished heroes. We have risked taming and diminishing ourselves.

Siv Meisingseth

One of the three stewardesses did not have the necessary qualifications to work on this plane.

Tim Jones

When this occurs we have to start investigating and if necessary start a search.

Bob Poole

If we can get it into the township and get the necessary approvals, we can get it under way as soon as possible.

Francis Lockier

The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.

Jim Lewis

Yeah, that's awful. That's not necessary at all.

Lynn Woolsey

unless we take all steps necessary for nuclear disarmament.

Javier Solana

We have not been able to reach agreement. A precondition to constructive confidence, which is necessary now, is stopping all uranium enrichment activities.

Ron Dittemore

We're satisfied that the necessary precautions have taken place or we wouldn't launch.

Carl Elliott

We are going to make the necessary adjustments to him not being around.

Charles Lamb

English physicians kill you, the French let you die.

John Heywood

Feed by measure, and defy the physician.

Benjamin Franklin

Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee.

Ambrose Bierce

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

Dennis McBride

We are trying to get referrals from the physicians themselves,

Daniel D. Palmer

The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

Daniel Nathans

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

Hippocrates

Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.

Hippocrates

A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.

Keith Guttin

We'll just have to wait and see how long it takes to get the swelling down and flexibility back in his finger.

Mike Thibault

If she can play, she'll start, ... The swelling is down and she can't be any more injured, so we'll see.

Romeo Crennel

They've been waiting for the swelling to go down.

Aaron Rowand

It's swelling up. I'm going to need some ice.

Mike Piazza

It's there, ... but the swelling is down. And we'll have to see what I can do ... what I can handle. It's frustrating because it's taking so long, but I'm not discouraged.

Harold Lewis

They'll have to wait for the swelling to go down first.