Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Kazinsky

Being a 'hunk' is going to do great things for my love life, and I'll get a lot more offers. But I'll certainly never see myself as one.

Roger von Oech

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Mallory Ortberg

It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents.

Drew Goddard

Like anything, I think there are some wonderful found footage movies, and there are some less good. Certainly when it's done well, I really love it. I really love it as a genre.

David Eisenberg

Like a detective, Melinda traced this fibril-forming property down to a little peptide. Nobody expected that 1 percent of the protein could have the essence of the whole protein and could form fibrils on its own; I certainly didn't expect that. There were only seven amino acids in that fragment. Rebecca later found the peptide could be cut to only four amino acids and form fibrils.

Drew DiPippo

Making the tournament has certainly been our focus. We have a tough road to get there, but it's our focus and goal and we're going to keep plugging towards it.

Tim Deal

Macs still present a price premium on the consumer side. That will always be an issue to many consumers. However, for those where technology and differentiation by innovation is the key purchasing factor, this certainly does remove that obstacle.

Keith Gumbinger

Leveraging yourself out at a time when (home) prices are very high certainly could set you up for difficult times.

David Pierce

Let's see... how old am I? I'm definitely in my 50s... and I've certainly always been in my 50s. I could be older than that... but I'm not willing to face that.

Ben Bernanke

Sector-specific price declines, uncomfortable as they may be for producers in that sector, are generally not a problem for the economy as a whole and do not constitute deflation.

Adam Ereli

Obviously what we want to see, what the Russians want to see, I think what the EU-3 want to see, what the IAEA want to see, is Iranian cooperation. To the extent that they do that, it's a good thing. Does this statement by this one person constitute that? At this point, it's just hard to say. We'll have to see.

George Allen

If they can constitute a free and just society with this constitution that they're working on right now, I think that that will be something, a real measurement, a real benchmark,

Janet Reno

I have conducted an initial inquiry to determine whether I have received information sufficient to constitute grounds to investigate,

Terry Eagleton

Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

Peter R. Grant

Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.

Najib Razak

It so happens, in Malaysia, the people who are in a way not doing as well constitute the majority of the people - the Bumiputeras.

Eugene Kennedy

We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.

Charles Kennedy

Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.

Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Peggy Corrigan

I was really shocked, very honored and very humbled. That was 30 years ago. I didn't really feel like I'd done anything special. I just did it because I loved it.

Alan G. Poindexter

I feel privileged and honored to have flown. It's been a tremendous ride, looking back on the legacy and accomplishments, like the Hubble telescope and the launching of the International Space Station in 1998.

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.

Yayoi Kusama

The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with them.

Richard Rohr

Yes, the natural world is the first and primary Bible. We have not honored it, so how could we, or would we, know how to honor and properly use the second Bible, when it was written.

Brad Thor

I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

Charles Chafer

We're pleased that he selected us and we're honored to have him,

Jitin Prasada

I work in a hostile atmosphere, and my voters are the only strength I have.

Patrick Wang

Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.

Shane Warne

When we go to South Africa, it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and try to nail us down.

Gary Sinise

My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.

Trent Johnson

We're going into one of the more hostile environments we've seen all year. I'm impressed with Missouri State's team, with how physical they play.

John Bolton

whose pursuit of weapons of mass destruction makes them hostile to U.S. interests.

Trent Johnson

We played in one of the more hostile environments, so, yes, we played with toughness. We were in the game.

Brent Petway

I knew it would be like that, a hostile environment, so I was ready for it. But it wasn't that bad.

Jason Elam

If you have a championship mentality, then you have to go into hostile environments and win on the road. It's just the way it is.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Chris Roberts

Obviously, we would have preferred that it wouldn't have been taken to this stage.

Ted Ligety

I would prefer to win standing up to him.

Jeffrey Skilling

I would prefer they not know I'm considering selling.

Peter Hain

I would prefer that it wasn't there. I would prefer it was closed, yes.

Cate Blanchett

I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.

James Lindsay

If they are successful, they will be doing a very chunky rights issue. Our preference is that they stick to what they've got and do that better.

Johan Reinhard

I'd much prefer that they not be displayed, just because of all of the headaches.

Charlie White

From my own personal standpoint, I've always preferred my hair shorter because it's just easier.

Kristine Fauerbach

We prefer to give them away than to have them go somewhere where they will be turned around and sold again.

Paul McNulty

Ms. Lewinsky's testimony has never been more important than it is now,

Colleen Dolan

Now that the tests have been done, we know what it's not. Whatever it was, it was significantly more debilitating yesterday morning.

Steve Segadelli

If anything has tested us this year, it's been a big team.

Elizabeth Blackwell

None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested.

Alex Rodriguez

I got tested a little bit. I'm still a little sore.

Pat Descher

Because of the hurricane, McDonald's said we could be a test market.

Lionel Blue

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

Drew Neitzel

We know they'll try to get after us like that. This is going to be a test of our composure.

Jim Alexander

We'll do the beta testing in June. That will be your ticket.

Alexandra Adornetto

Gabriel: Bethany lacks understanding about the ways of the world. She still has much to learn and that makes her vulnerable." Beth: "Do you have to make me sound like a full-time babysitting project?" Xavier: "I happen to be an experienced babysitter. I can show you my resume if you'd like.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Mon cher, you are a simpleton. You really don't understand a thing.

Eleanor Roosevelt

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

Elizabeth Drew

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

Eliot Spitzer

Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding.

William Ford

The only person who can understand a veteran is another veteran.

David Jenkins

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Edward Witten

I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it yet, than I can imagine understanding consciousness.

John Sweeney

I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job.