Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mahmoud Abbas

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

MAGDALENE, n. An inhabitant of Magdala. Popularly, a woman found out. This definition of the word has the authority of ignorance, Mary of Magdala being another person than the penitent woman mentioned by St. Luke. It has also the official sanction of the governments of Great Britain and the United States. In England the word is pronounced Maudlin, whence maudlin, adjective, unpleasantly sentimental. With their Maudlin for Magdalene, and their Bedlam for Bethlehem, the English may justly boast themselves the greatest of revisers.

Peter Simonson

Let me be real clear. We support coach McKay in practicing his religion privately. In fact, we defend his right to do that. It is only where he uses his authority as coach to promote his religious beliefs that we have a problem.

Bhagavad Gita

Let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction.

Michael Ancram

Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority,

Francis Bacon

Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave and not taunting.

John Ashcroft

missed the opportunity last night to rebuild his moral authority and regain his credibility.

Linda Blair

Modern parents want a warm and loving relationship with their children, and to be a source of encouragement, comfort and support. We want to be friends without children, not remote or frightening authority figures as our own parents may have been.

Terry Abbott

Mr. Rios used taxpayer-funded school equipment to copy and distribute to children an offensive statement. The principal exercised his authority to remove Mr. Rios as junior varsity baseball coach, and it certainly was an appropriate decision.

Tammy Smith

We're not calling this a sequel. We're calling it the next installment.

Sgt. Maynard

We're not calling this a drowning. The investigation will continue and we're awaiting autopsy results to determine how the child died.

Ramon Sanchez

We're not calling the people out as long as we see that Elian's case remains in the courts and the government is not moving to suddenly take Elian back to Cuba.

Dave Carlson

We're not calling it a ripple effect; we're calling it a reverberating effect.

Hank Aaron

Leo, if I'm not calling you, everything's fine. If I'm calling you all the time, something isn't right.

E. O. Wilson

Last year this time we were on the other side, just hoping and praying that somehow they would stick us in there. It makes the day a lot more fun, knowing they will be calling our name sometime.

Charles Pickering

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Trent Lott (R-MS), and told my son this voluntarily, We're going to confirm your dad by December. The groups said, No, not so fast; so they were calling the shots, they were calling the tempo,

Cindy Sheehan

One of the things that pushed me over the edge was that people on the Left were calling me names. How many kicks in the teeth do you have to endure.

Todd Kent

No, not at all, the officials did a nice job calling the game. Our girls were really focused and we know fouls our not part of our game. They aren't how we play defense.

Samuel Johnson

Let him who desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction

Bob Slaughter

Many of them, given the supply situation last year, delayed maintenance. So we're at the point right now where they had to do it to get ready for summer driving season.

Nasser Jawdeh

Security personnel confiscated the envelope for investigation while passengers and luggage were searched, resulting in a three-hour delay in take-off.

Christopher Hill

So for every four weeks they delay, they lose 80 million dollars, and you can do the math from here.

Peter Scobie

Minority governments can find it more difficult to pass policy. There is the possibility of delays in implementing anything.

Rob Manfred

Mr. Wells' statement that the discipline was delayed is pure fiction.

Michael Gartenberg

No doubt, I'm sure, the senior executives at Microsoft were pretty upset (with the latest Vista delay). Steven has a track record of shipping products (and he can) potentially take the reins and get the thing out the door and fix whatever process problems there are.

Gary Brown

One wonders where there's smoke, there's fire. There's no telling what did Delay know and when did he know it?

Saifur Rahman

Monsoon and procurement for various projects have delayed the implementation of the ADP, but we have found that the implementation rate has started to improve by December.

Stephen Ward

Lenovo outpaced the PC industry in emerging markets, and we are focused on driving similar momentum in mature markets.

Frank Hadden

Let there be no confusion, the way forward for Scottish Rugby is for the three professional teams to be the vehicle for driving professional rugby in this country,

Carlton Cuse

'Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of this island? What is going to happen to them? What is their ultimate fate? What is their ultimate destiny? Those questions need to get answered.

Gary Johnson

Los Alamos has been hit by an 18-wheeler, and the government was driving that 18-wheeler.

Renee Fleming

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.

S. Hughes

Many people say, 'Judge, I will do anything, just let me keep my license, driving is my livelihood.

Bobby Johnson

Mom was well-liked and respected by people from a wide range of ages. Many are driving in from hundreds of miles to pay their last respects.

Rusty Wallace

No, I'm not frustrated, ... I'm very determined. I'm driving hard, and I'm determined. I'm not in much of a Mr. Nice Guy mood. I just want to get the wins and the finishes knocked for my team, my sponsors and my partners and get it right. It's getting ridiculous right now.

George Andrews

When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The traffic was driving right through the gasoline,

Francesco Rutelli

Let those who won be put in the position to govern.

Kelly DeFeciani

Sharon's position will be replaced immediately in May by the person who comes in third.

Ryan Snair

Sean can play any of the infield positions and can catch, too.

Kenenisa Bekele

My getting to this position is something that doesnt completely surprise me at this point,

Greg Valliere

On one hand, he seems more palatable to Wall Street than Dean, in that his positions on trade and taxes are more moderate.

Terry Carmack

She supports the president's position when she agrees with him and stands up to the president when she doesn't.

Ledawn Gibson

She can do it all. She can play any position on the court, one through five.

Claude Tyler

She had a will to compete. She would play any position for us, one through five.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

John Ontjes

Friesen's a tough player. She made some unbelievable shots in the first half.

Erlana Larkins

Shots like that just take everything out of you.

Adam Haluska

Shots going down. That's what it's all about.

Scott Skiles

We had our chances. We just couldn't make enough shots at the end.

Christy Porter

We were sluggish. We couldn't make the shots fall.

Dereck Whittenburg

Three-point shots, that's why they're so dangerous. They get those three-point shots going, they can be tough to beat.

Andy Harmon

We never got in sync. Our shots weren't falling. We were out of sync offensively, and defensively, we had breakdowns.

Andres Nocioni

We need to think about no shots for Shaquille O'Neal. We need to stop O'Neal, but we need to stop the other guys, too.

Andres Nocioni

We need to think about no shots for Shaquille O'Neal.

Albert Schweitzer

In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.'

Mariano Rivera

Like I said before, I can't stop. If I have to go two, I have to go two. That's the way it is. And tomorrow is going to be the big one, so if I have to go two, I will go two.

Leonard Lauder

No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there.

Dennis Flanagan

Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name.

Edgar Allan Poe

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore.

Jose Andres Puerta

For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets.

David Bowie

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming

Don Meredith

Tom Landry is a perfectionist. If he was married to Raquel Welch, he'd expect her to cook.

Rand Hoch

Tom Lynch may not be the only one who could use a sensitivity workshop.