Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.

James Mooney

Our priorities are national security. People linked to terrorism are number one. We are looking at the borders with interior enforcement - places that would be harmed by illegal terrorists working in places like nuclear power plants and airports. We are dealing with the criminal alien element. We can't be everything for everybody.

Tracy Mullin

Retailers don't want to alienate their loyal customers by making their return policies too strict, but they also need to create policies that discourage return fraud,

David Grinspoon

I was just so impressed with the diversity and inventiveness of the artwork submitted. To me, it bespeaks of a vast global awareness and excitement about imagining and exploring a neighboring world that is so like our own in some ways and so completely alien in others.

Ram Prasad

It is an alien place for me. Most of the locals here don't talk to us and there is a communication problem. And there is always fear of an attack.

Joan Kirner

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

Jon Katz

(Jesse) was alienated from school. He wasn't learning much. He didn't have a lot of teachers who were close to him. He didn't have social acceptance. He had never been invited to a party in high school. He's very much a loner.

Charles Albert Gobat

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

Fairuza Balk

I was worried, I just couldn't relate to those neo-Nazi white power groups who hate everybody who isn't a white protestant. Those feelings were alien to me, so I went and found several groups of skinheads and hung out with them and tried to find out why they feel that way.

Scott Henderson

That could have been me. Those barriers literally force you onto the road ... there's nowhere to go.

Michael Doyle

Our goal is to bring building professionals in Northern California the best practices in the construction industry, and this includes bridging the gap between conventional construction and sustainable building and demonstrating the financial, social and environmental return for all parties involved. We believe a valuable consensus is emerging for delivering on this inclusive value proposition and we are removing all barriers to entry to this knowledge.

Scott Bowles

I think that all of the reality TV shows have broken down barriers for us,

Manmohan Singh

I believe there is a perception in Indian trade and industry circles that the European market is becoming increasingly difficult to penetrate. As tariff barriers disintegrate, non-tariff barriers suddenly come up,

Dr. Hedberg

There are still some barriers to some particular jobs that are more high paying jobs like high-level executives, CEOs of companies that women just aren't in the proportion that men are in.

Laura Stark

Barriers aren't going to work. They are going to get around them, they are going to innovate. The next point is to try to safely enable them.

John Franklin

. . . Historical facts are all pervasive and cut through the most rigid barriers of race and caste.

Mel Martinez

Unless we make sure that everyone is participating in this great economic expansion and until we ensure that barriers to home ownership are torn down for everyone, until then, our job is not done.

Cato Institute

We have to acknowledge that individuals can face transition costs when trade barriers come down,

Gerald Cox

Real quick, what had been a close game turned into a huge blowout. When you have a kid that can shoot it like Brent can, you're going to let him keep shooting it.

Dave Taylor

Our reports on him as far back as juniors were always positive and favorable. He's definitely someone we've kept a close eye on over the years.

Alex Johnson

Our poll tells us that we should take a close look at the potential impact of some popular technology on hearing health.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Patience with family members and others who are close to us is vital for us to have happy homes.

Rob Sumner

Part of it is that we don't score a lot, so we had better be good in one-goal games. We're confident and comfortable playing in close games.

Jason Stevenson

Our lightweights did a good job tonight. They all went out with fire in their eyes. The matches were all close and Tait was fighting hard down to the very end.

Brian Hukel

Our legs seemed to leave us. Our effort, our legs -- I'm not sure -- but we failed to close out on some guys. They've got a lot of guys that can knock it down. If you don't close out, they're going to make shots and he made some big ones.

Judy Pardonnet

Our legal staff looked into it very closely and carefully, and the train platforms are definitely covered.

Judy Pardonnet

Our lawyers took a really close look at this. It was ruled LaSalle Street is covered, and smoking is prohibited.

William Gray

Regardless of whether a major hurricane makes landfall this year, it is inevitable that we will see hurricane-spawned destruction in coming years on a scale many, many times greater than we have in the past.

John Stroger

Refugees are those people coming from foreign countries.

Phil Flynn

Refineries are squeezing out every gallon of gasoline possible, and they?re doing a good job of it. The problem is, it?s coming at the expense of the other products like heating oil.

Source Unknown

Reincarnation: People coming back to life at quitting time.

Joe Vaverchak

Previously I don?t think we won two doubles matches in any of our matches. So, today was a little stepping stone with that, especially with the one team coming back from a set down.

Liza Kelly

Oregon does a lot of traveling, so they make a big deal about coming back east and they also have a number of eastern teams come out and play them. They actually had Hopkins come out and play them in Hawaii and all the girls were like, 'We wanna go to Hawaii.' But they definitely still get a lot of good opponents out there, so it's very similar.

Bobby Moresco

Paul and I tried to write from a place that was real and honest. Maybe the issue of race isn't the same as it was, but it's still here. We tried to dig into the soul and find the place where it was coming from.

Shari Walling

Patrick didn't let the bronchitis he is coming off of slow him down. He's a very tough competitor and he made sure we scored the points we needed to win the meet.

Joan Heller

Patients coming out panic stricken are spreading the contamination. They're gonna run. They're scared and hurt and want to get away.

John Fund

Regardless of whether or not the vetting process was complete, it represented impossible conflicts of interest,

Olli Rehn

The accession process is a tool for enhancing security and stability in that region which has suffered so many wars and ethnic conflicts in the last decade,

Jill Soloway

I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - 'Do I have Thanksgiving at my husband's parents' house, or at my parents' house?'

Mark Aitken

He'll have to declare conflicts on county business. But he doesn't have to resign his post on council.

Robert Zoellick

Helping to end violence, ease suffering and forge a lasting political solution for Sudan's conflicts remain high priorities for the United States, ... The situation remains tenuous.

Charles Kennedy

When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community to intervene within individual states as well as in conflicts between states.

William Butler Yeats

Of conflicts with others we make retorica, of conflicts with ourselves poetry

Jody Williams

Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars has all too often been landmines - to such a degree that what we find today are tens of millions of landmines contaminating approximately 70 countries around the world.

Lord Robertson

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

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.

George Clarke

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

Jon Evans

Our lack of execution on offense created very quick transitions,

Jennifer Hall

Our message is of truth, love and faith in a peaceful, respectful manner. We are created by God in God's image and God loves us. Orientation is not an issue with God.

Ash Rajan

Oracle is really a leader in that B2B niche, and it's made such a splash in that new niche because it's created that niche for itself, and it's doing extremely well. Obviously, if you want to time the stock, you pick it on a day when the stock price is down, but if you're a core-holding type of a buyer, Oracle should be right at the top of your list, without eyeing the price so much, if business-to-business e-commerce is your priority.

Allan Smith

Steelcase's dedication to protecting and preserving the environment serves as a steady drumbeat throughout the company, and greatly influences what products are created, how they are created and why.

Buck Kicinski

Stats are created for sportswriters. Stats are not a measure of you as a ballplayer, and not of us as a team.

James Gregory

Steinbeck has drought and dust in the wrong parts of Oklahoma, ... And some Oklahomans and Texans didn't like the rather primitive image he created of the Joads. They felt, with some justification, it propounded an Okie stereotype.

John Iorio

Pathos would make you cry. It would enlist your sentiments. Pathos has those things as its end. They want you to feel emotions. The emotions rule. Tragedy doesn't think of those as its end. It's a big difference.

Diana Sebzda

Part of the issue is that people feel pets are family members. It's a valid emotion, and it's a valid grief.

Chuck Hernandez

Sure, you have mixed emotions. I've been here a long time and I wanted to see this thing through. I wanted to see this team become a winner. I'm going to miss that part of it. There's some good kids there I'm going to miss. I'm going to be watching how they progress.

Gavin Hood

Our stories are the same as your stories. They're about the human heart and emotion.

Enrico Fabris

It is a very grand emotion. It is nice to give this to the sport.

Mark Bartelstein

I think there's a lot of mixed emotions,

Sean Marshall

Just a lot of emotions out there, it was an intense game. I just got into the game, and it went that way.

Daniel Gorrell

It has been cleverly positioned to speak to those emotions particularly appreciated by younger buyers.

Edna Ferber

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike, displeasure, resentment, faultfinding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of injustice -- they all make fine fuel.

Skip Bertman

Stacy looked exhausted. It ended fast. I've seen worse fights in baseball.

George Cole

Some of the workers that ended up working there were graduates of those programs.

Eric Rinard

Our girls were excited to play (Shadyside) again. This year we were able to finish the game and they remembered last year and how it ended and wanted to come out and play hard.

Matt Bomer

Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything.

Keith Adams

I'm happy because we wrestled well and ended the season on a positive note heading into the league tournament. Now we have a week off to get back in the practice room and get focused.

Shawn Roberts

I was 12 years old, so auditioning for a TV show was something I didn't even think really happened. The next thing you know, I ended up booking the gig and I did four seasons on 'Emily of New Moon.' I got to learn on the job and kept going from there.

Brian Campbell

I was just trying to step up and make a play and it ended up being a pretty good hit.

Harry Redknapp

Jamie has been forced to stop playing, otherwise he could have ended up a cripple,

Boo Rigsbee

That was awesome. It just shows that even when we did have errors, we persevered. We ended up making the plays that won us the game.

Howard Davidowitz

Steve is very familiar with taking properties like that and making them profitable.

Randy Haugen

I was just going too fast for the conditions. I was familiar with the area, but there wasn't much snow. There was a hole where there usually isn't.

Tyson Thompson

Just go in there and be focused and go all out. Don't be worried about the little things and just play hard out there. I got reps in practice, so I was familiar with the situations.

Michael Sheen

I think it's quite tough for people like Tom Cruise where you can never really get away from being Tom Cruise in something. You're so familiar to people and people know so much about your life.

S. Walker

It got really familiar. It's not something you want to be familiar with.

John Challenger

It is far smarter to maximize productivity by paying overtime wages rather than hiring new workers, who will be slow until they become familiar with the new job.

Utada Hikaru

I'd been familiar with the recording process since I was little, but I felt that this is what it's like to actually do it myself.

Pat Buchanan

For years, my friends, we have all heard that familiar taunt, 'Don't worry about them; they have nowhere else to go.' Well, guess what? We have somewhere else to go. At long last, we have a home of our own,

Susan Morrison

Found sounds are sounds like pots and pans, rice in milk jugs - things you can come up with to make music around the house with familiar objects.

Arlen Specter

Regrettably, you need homeland security, and I think you are going to need it if not forever, for the foreseeable future,

Kenny MacAskill

Our message to the Scottish Diaspora this New Year should be to come home to Scotland.

Francis Thompson

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet./ And all the things are made young with young desires.

Judah Friedlander

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Mike Rogers

Some of those old homes made it through a lot of hurricanes,

Bill Henderson

Someone from home will be praying for you,

James Augustine

That'd be the best. To do it at home on Senior Night, to do it with Dee. It would be a special night.

Taylor Twellman

Our first home match is going to be difficult, and we know that better than anybody,

Nick Russo

Residents of these temporary homes need to practice safety first at all times.

Charles Lint

That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.

John Williamson

He's been invisible when important policy issues have sprung up. They just seem to have missed opportunity after opportunity.

Deepak Chopra

To have a breakthrough, you must consciously connect with the invisible forces that are everywhere around you, urging you to go beyond your old conditioning.

Adrian Rogers

I am the visible part of the invisible Christ. He is the invisible part of the visible me.

Adam Smith

What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

Adam Smith

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Adam Smith

By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Elisabeth Rohm

I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man.

Pico Iyer

I think one reason, obviously, that I spend so much time in one place is that I've been lucky enough to travel a lot, and now there are other different, invisible trains that are more interesting to me.

Abdel Rahman

I think it's only a maneuver as a result of the Israeli isolation in the world arena,

Tony Blair

I think it is important we end the isolation of northern Cyprus,

Annie Lennox

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition.

Desmond Tutu

A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.

Thomas Tsang

We have placed the three into an isolation ward as a precautionary measure.

Carlos Fuentes

Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.

Glenn Gould

Isolation is the indispensable component of human happiness.

Miguel de Unamuno

Isolation is the worst possible counselor.

Gary Chapman

Isolation is devastating to the human psyche.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Alan Miller

Our reporter on the scene talked personally to the governor, who told her the 12 were alive.

Claudia Vercellotti

Participating in the legislative process has been personally devastating and a rude awakening. We never stood a chance.

Paul Meyer

Success is the progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined, personal goals.

David Beamer

Our personal reaction was one of relief, because they got it right.

Barry Mann

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

Berkeley Breathed

I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist.

Bill Budge

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

Lee H. Hamilton

I was personally kind of discouraged with that statement. This is not a new problem.

Roger Lemerre

It is not a personal thing for me, it is a voyage for the Tunisian team and people.

Elaine Deck

Someone has to be the first to reach out.

Lonnie Bunch

That support allows me to reach out and do the work we need to do.

Debra Moore

He just said he tried. (He) just couldn't reach his girls. It's just sad.

Trevor Rabin

When you do a record like 'Talk,' and you're happy with it, and it reaches your ambitions and then doesn't sell as well as you wanted, it kind of takes the wind out of your sails a little.

Larry Harris

I feel we reached out and stole a Clipper.

Drew Kesse

He immediately reached out to us. We're very grateful.

Evander Holyfield

Of course, it is me being able to reach my goal,

Abner Louima

When they want to seek our vote, they know where to reach us,

Phil Anderton

We are going to take the appropriate time to reach our long-term aspirations.

Ariel Sharon

I have begun, with my colleagues, setting up a new party,

Gilbert Arenas

I'd been setting up my team all night, ... I'm going to win the game. That's what I do. . . . They didn't say it was going to be easy.

David Leslie

I don't think it's so much of a disadvantage setting up from scratch.

Kevin Henkes

When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.

Mike Harris

She's our unquestioned leader. She does so much, whatever we need, whether it's points, rebounds, assists, setting up plays. She does it all.

Sam Aiona

There are various interpretations of the new law. It is setting us back.

Veruschka von Lehndorff

In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.

Ruby Dee

We've got the possibility of setting things right,

Stephen Friedman

To make it more meaningful, you really have to have the right class. What makes this work is the setting of the right person in the right class.

Dan Hill

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

AJ Case

I got a team of songwriters I used to work with, and we wrote songs day and night.

Nick Cave

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

Vince Neil

If the songs aren't there and you throw a TV set out of the window, who cares?

Todd Rundgren

I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last.

Lucinda Williams

My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them.

Gene Ween

I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not direct, you can feel the beginning of the end of the breakup in these songs.

Valerie June

I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.

Neil Innes

But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.

Branko Ivankovic

Our players, when it's tough and hard, can do anything.

Sebastien Caron

Somehow, we always make it interesting. It was tough in the end, but we'll take it. It doesn't matter.

Felipe Alou

That could make it tough on him. It's a possibility.

Tyler Arnason

We've talked, and we've come to the understanding that he wants more from me. It's been a tough year on all of us.

Todd Galloway

I was just trying to be tough and find it.

Pierre Pettigrew

It is a very tough lobby. You have my sympathies, Condi,

Paul Collingwood

Kumble is a world-class bowler. He is tough to play on any wicket.

Bob Lutz

That was a tough one for them to lose.

Paul Mainieri

That was a tough decision, but I think I would have done the same thing.

Joseph Domenech

It is going more and more toward the Western part of the world.

William Benet

One speck within vast star-space lyingAwoke, arose, resumed its clothing,And crawled another day toward dying.

Clint Eastwood

I think 'Dirty Harry' was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.

Jane McGonigal

We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.

Rand Paul

I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.

Preity Zinta

I am very reactive towards everything. There are some who don't react at all, they absorb everything quietly, while I'd go all out and show my expressions. This is not part of some tamasha I do; I do it because it's part of my personality. To each his own.

Maurice Cheeks

We still have a long way to go and we're still working toward that.

Bill Guerin

(When) you have a year like I've been having, you just want to contribute. I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm working toward it.

William Massey

We are working toward being an energy-independent facility.