Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Shaw

Stanford admission officers are now deep into the application evaluation process, with notification of decisions expected by April 1.

O. J. Simpson

I will not charge admission to the bathroom

Alice Fisher

The American public loses when officials and lobbyists conspire to buy and sell influence in such a corrupt and brazen manner. By his admission in open court today, Mr. Rudy paints a picture of Washington which the American public and law enforcement will simply not tolerate.

John Putnam

I think that's an admission that they're trying to renegotiate the price or get some kind of concession for what is damaged property,

Paul Rieckhoff

I don't expect an easy solution to the situation in Iraq. I do expect an admission that there are serious problems that need serious solutions. I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

Thomas Hemingway

I don't consider it an admission that the system was flawed. I've maintained consistently that we would try to make those improvements that were necessary to the process as we moved along.

Jason Brueschke

I'd be surprised if we get tacit admission from the company, but the takeover probably distracted Oracle's front-line sales reps and customers,

Monica Johnson

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

Joe Jamail

I happen to have a giant ego, an admission that will not shock my close friends or critics. I am not uncomfortable in saying that because the ego of a man often gets great things done.

John Mack

Regarding use of force, firing of the weapon, the police commission found that the use of force was out of policy.

Sergei Mironov

Our parliamentary commission will meet in an open session Wednesday to summarize the work of the past 16 months.

Jim Ramstad

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

Jim Stone

People have to be paid and they're either paid by commission or other investment management fee,

Siim Kallas

Some of the NGOs receiving funds from the commission describe on their Web site one of their main tasks as 'lobbying the commission.

Bill Summers

That commission has done some damn dirty things. I wouldn't put it past them. I know I'm going to be there.

Brad Smith

Our understanding is that we are not likely to get any formal decision from the Commission until after we file our response in this proceeding, and that is due on the 15th of February.

Festus Mogae

On the situation in Angola, the commission had expressed hope that the general elections scheduled for 2006 would entrench that country's democracy.

Harvey Pitt

Our commission has been subject to extremely high attrition, ... with the principle reason being the fact that our employees earn substantially less than their counterparts in the other financial service regulatory agencies.

Andy Reid

Releasing players that have worked their tails off for the team is one of the toughest days for me,

Anne Coates

Preview days are the worst days of your life.

David Stevens

Or, from time to time, I've spotted people a few days until we can get something worked out.

Dana Williams

Our office has 30 days to make sure this petition is significant.

John Mattos

Our next twenty days are our rest days. We get to fine-tune all the little things we have maybe done wrong and concentrate on the those we've done right.

Roy Blumberg

Oracle is putting pressure on the technology stocks, but the Dow was up for seven days in a row before yesterday. The market was more than due for some kind of a sell-off.

Ellen Wheeler

People invite these families and actors into their homes five days a week,

Judy Tenzer

Sports is like life you have good days and not-so-good days, ... We always think about the what-ifs. We are making some adjustments with the ad....Andy will still be visible.

Lauren Pelletreau

Some of these 4-pass products may not have all 4 days left on them.

Ken Paulson

our reporters publishing this story were kind of proud of the fact that they had identified '60 Minutes' source and gotten the documents from that source rather than the White House.

Carl Goldberg

Our main goal is to understand if, in fact, they still can maintain the construction schedule, and if they can keep to the mix of uses that already is in the documents they've signed. There's no flexibility on that front.

Jarrod Agen

We now have over 8,000 different types of documents that people can use to get into the United States.

Chris Seeger

I think they were much better prepared this time. They knew their documents better and their cross-examinations were better.

Arlen Specter

It is imperative that the White House provide expeditiously those documents it intends to release,

Silvio Berlusconi

I can guarantee that there were not any documents passed to the Americans,

Ernestine Fobbs

Given that employers have no legal obligation to thoroughly investigate whether documents presented to them by new employees are valid or not, they often have a de facto defense.

Yuriy Yekhanurov

I have already issued instructions that the necessary documents be prepared, and on Wednesday (March 22) we will resume negotiations.

Hilary Shelton

I think the disadvantage is that the Senate is moving as fast as it is. With the White House releasing documents as slowly as it has been doing, we would think that the entire Senate would want to be more circumspect.

Lisa Smith

Some of the feedback I got was very violent. I had two girls come to my room. I had threats of violence messaged to me. People stopped me on my way to class. I was told my self-worth in about 20 words or less.

Dr. Bastian

Overall our feedback has been good. We're hopeful.

Connor Franta

Making YouTube videos while I was in school, I was fortunate enough not to really have any negative repercussions from it. I had a lot of positive feedback from my friends, who thought they were great and thought they were funny and that what I was doing was really cool.

Greg Brenneman

I usually tell people upfront what to expect, and that I really want their feedback and their ideas, and if they think I've got a hair out of place or food stuck in my teeth, gosh, I want to know that.

Kenny Walker

For me personally, he always was very supportive and gave very positive feedback about my playing. He called me to play. I've always appreciated that.

Aaron Hill

He's helped me through everything, really. Having Johnny Mac to really show me everything and giving you positive feedback -- how I'm doing, how I'm looking. It's always good to have someone there.

Asa Dotzler

If the feedback doesn't turn up anything horrible in the next half day or so, we'll be in a great position to ship this beta.

Mark Stevenson

We took a lot of feedback from people who were in the event. ... They wanted the route to be more difficult.

Tim Pernetti

More importantly, Pete is a great person, and terrific to work with. A true team player in every sense, who's always looking for feedback and striving to get better.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

Dave Rowell

Our pitching was not up to par and neither was our defense. It was one thing after another. We were bad, plain and simple.

Quentin Kidd

Right now, neither of the two sides seems to be willing to give in.

Thomas Jefferson

It is neither wealth nor splendor? but tranquillity and occupation which givehappiness.

Thomas Jefferson

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.

Michael McCabe

ICraveTV.com isn't playing by the rules. They have neither sought nor obtained permission to use our signals.

Michael McCabe

ICraveTV.com isn't playing by the rules, ... They have neither sought nor obtained permission to use our signals.

Nancy Cartwright

I have neither been there nor done that

Mike Albring

He's been practicing, running some drills and progressing, but he's not 100 percent and I'm not willing to risk it. Neither is his family.

Dr. Chauvet

I don't tolerate insensitivity and neither do they.

Scott Hand

Our North American operations remain a vital base,

John Kelley

People normally wouldn't do this but they have to come in.

John Mulaney

Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldn't be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

Lena Headey

Really, I still just think of myself as a Northerner, ultimately. It's in my DNA. I'll always have those Northern qualities. We can be mischievous. We can be bold.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red --at least not on the outside.

Bob Dickinson

We normally sell those rooms for a lot of money. It was frustrating that no one wanted to come.

Andy Reid

We normally do that if a player is playing his old team.

James Thomas

We normally don't have to go to trial on them.

Carrie Underwood

I consider myself not a celebrity. I'm a normal person that likes [doing] things on stage.

Mike Bianco

Right now, sugar is not so sweet. Everybody's raised their prices.

Ron Gardenhire

That was (coach Paul) Molitor yelling at the umpire, not me. I just raised and said, 'What?' and he told me to get out of here.

Jessica Stroup

I'm such a tomboy - I was raised in the South - and I also really wanted to work in New York, being so different from California, though it was a freezing-cold winter.

Grace Gealey

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come.

Robert Milmore

If another bidder comes in the stakes could be raised on TWA to where AMR doesn't think it's worth it.

Sharon Cody

I was raised with a sense of not throwing things away.

Sally Field

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person.

James Gimpel

He hasn't spent that much because he hasn't raised that much.

Barbara Ehrenreich

I haven't seen much socially redeeming about religion. I'm an atheist. I don't here want to get into the Hitchens- or Dawkins-style attack on religion. I was raised on that. It's boring.

Wang Xuming

Regarding our textbooks, the (policy) has been consistent. There haven't been any changes.

Dominic Cooper

I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.

W. S. Gilbert

in any scenario regarding the one vote in question.

Estee Lauder

I can understand the skepticism, particularly regarding Estee Lauder,

Mark Vitner

I think they would be responding to all the talk of outsourcing and all the talk in the headlines.

Chris Drury

Those were some tough losses. Responding to them was a pretty big step for our team confidence-wise.

Champ Bailey

I think we're tough when we do things like that. We were responding to some things they like to do. We're active.

Anne Keene

We've accelerated the time structure. The students are responding very well to the new system, and they like writing.

Gary Harris

When we have a call, it's not a stranger we're responding to,

Stanley Brand

I'm not going to get into responding to these things.

Mike Holmgren

This is a new team, a different team, and they are responding differently. It's been that type of year for us.

Victor Borge

(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?

Stephane Dujarric

Her status may be reviewed after her rebuttal is received.

Margaret Moggio

I would like to be sure this has been reviewed by the G.L.E.N. Committee. We want to save as much as possible.

Bob Combs

We reviewed it. We don't see it being used in our tournaments.

Michael Kirby

that are continually being developed, reviewed and prioritized.

Tom Moody

It wasn't a tactic and . . . it's something we've reviewed and we won't be going down that track again.

Walter Mondale

Remember, ... you have six years in the first term, not six days. Don't be so impatient, charging into everything.

Bertrand Russell

Only six need be attempted.

Dennis Wolff

That was one of the softest performances by a BU team in six years - in every way.

Tim Healy

That's the most assists we've had in six games.

Mike Shanahan

I think if you take a look at any of the six teams, any of those six teams could go all the way.

Jessica Williams

I'm six feet tall. No one realizes that because on 'The Daily Show' I'm usually sitting.

Paul Johnson

I'd like to get one win, ... I'm not thinking about getting six wins.

David Keith

From sixth grade on I was a real Pillsbury doughboy. Overweight, long hair, thick glasses.

Chris Squire

I thought, 'Wow, if we could have a career that was five or six years long, that would be fantastic.' And, of course, never even thinking it would still be something I'd be doing in 45 years.

Elaine Chao

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

Andrew Fastow

I think many of the statements in there are false.

Daniel Breaker

Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.

Tom Murphy

I think this is a wonderful statement of values, really,

Yuuki Sakurai

I'm speechless. What can you say when you can't trust a company's statements or the exchange's trading system.

John Esposito

Frankly, I find (such accusations) humorous. A lot of these statements are ideologically or politically motivated.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

Erick Jensen

If they wrestle like they did this weekend, we could make a statement at states.

Jules Verne

The body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.

Michael Harris

When I am hiring, I look at the technical qualifications.

Vinod Khosla

We like to say at Khosla Ventures, and this is one of the reasons to do what we do, we'll take technical risks that nobody else will.

Stephen Jay Gould

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon.

Sylvester McCoy

There's always pressure on filming. There's the weather, people, various different technical problems. There's always pressure! And there's never really enough time for anything, really!

Arash Ferdowsi

We want to let you use a Mac, or Windows PC, or iPad, or Android, without having to think about any of the technical details.

Jim Anderson

There's really not much that's technical to it,

Tony Giarrusso

The scholarships don't necessarily have to be used at a university. If someone wanted to go to a technical school, or even something like hairdressing school, they could use it for that, too.

Melissa Wilson

It's been a very technical evacuation for the people.

Nick Knight

That may well be a technical thing - it's something I will look at during the winter,

Carl Sagan

Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.

Terry Pendleton

I think their thoughts and my thoughts are on the same page.

Margaret Beckett

I accept, though it is with hindsight, that this is so,

George Fotenos

He doesn't weigh but 96 pounds. Even though he went 4-4 he didn't give up in any match.

Al Gore

Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President said earlier. He is a decent man. I think everybody who knows him likes him.

Blaise Pascal

Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our Author and our end.

Blaise Pascal

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

C. S. Lewis

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Carson Kressley

We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a Skittle.

Carrie Fisher

You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!

Joan Bonvicini

That week was surreal. We were numb, we made it through it.

James Blake

It doesn't get better than this, ... If every week were like this I would never retire.

Pat Riley

I think he is a week away from conditioning.

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Michael Campbell

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

Doug MacIntyre

We may see another week or two of increases.