Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Seymour

Recreational opportunities are our biggest draw. We have river activities and an aquatic park. The birding trails are in the same category, ... We need to use our natural resources. We need to play the cards we have.

Steve Thompson

Recreational fishing is a long-standing, valid activity in the park, and we recognize that. But the park has a dual mission, to protect resources and provide for their enjoyment. If you don't protect the resources, it'll prevent the enjoyment.

Caroline Fredrickson

Regardless of what happens with this agreement, Congress can, and must fix the Patriot Act to better protect the privacy and freedom of ordinary Americans. At the same time, until the Bush administration stops the illegal NSA program to spy on Americans and stops ignoring the rule of law, any reforms to the Patriot Act could be ignored under the extreme philosophy of power embraced by this president. No matter the result of the Patriot Act, we hope all senators involved in these negotiations will resist pressure from the administration. Congress must restore the rule of law and insist that innocent Americans' rights be protected against the overreaching of the White House. We can, and must, be both safe and free.

Steve Pearce

Regardless of the true source of these incursions, the Mexican government must not evade its responsibility to help us stop illegal activity on the border. I hope that this letter will lead to a more productive partnership toward that goal.

Jason Schenker

Regardless of how large the draws are expected to be, especially in gasoline, seeing the actual numbers will be a shock.

Wayne Harris

Regardless how little it grows, state government does act as a stabilizer. Tallahassee will be less affected than other markets.

Charles Scott Sherrington

Reflex inhibition acting against a reflex titanic contraction may diminish the contraction in one or other or all of several different ways.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Antoine Halff

Refinery activity has been very depressed because of damage caused by hurricanes last year and deferred maintenance. There was a huge surge in imports after last year's storms but that has ended. At the same time refinery activity has not recovered.

Jimmy Chamberlin

Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had two kids and a wife, it was a hard decision, but ultimately it was a decision I'm comfortable with.

Allison Robertson

Our manager expected us to throw things at him, ... but I said, 'I'll do it! Yeah!' and the rest of the band was fine with it. We weren't looking for (a bunch of fair gigs), but for some reason they keep coming to us.

Jon King

Our lives went off in different tangents when the band broke up, and there was a sense of wanting to move forward,

Joe Perry

(Our music) doesn't sound dated, because there are so many new bands that are trying to replicate a '70s sound or a '60s sound. The playing field is getting kind of leveled. If you want to go out and see what a big rock show can be, we're there to do it.

E. Hicks

People laugh at the Stones because of their age. Mick, Charlie, Ron and Keith can still play with the best of the young bands today.

Mark Demko

People love the music of Styx. Both bands are rock legends, and there are a lot of classic rock fans in the Lehigh Valley.

Jeff Russell

Spring Fair offers this headline act, as well as daytime stages with lots of high quality local bands that really highlight the energy we want.

Stan Kenton

Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.

Peter Mitchell

Some investment banks were on the bandwagon earlier than others and are doing quite well as a result. It's a product that does require knowledge of the market.

Chris Stanton

Our passing game had a connection today. Brandon had a really good game and the receivers did a good job of helping him out by holding onto the ball.

Joe Crocco

Sure it stings to lose the game. But, nothing will ever take away our county championship. We all can look back years from now and feel good about it. We accomplished the goal we set for ourselves last fall and that will always be something special and will always connect us.

Lillian Hames

That connects the whole 70 miles of corridor.

Larry Davis

That connection stays strong as long as Tim Duncan is playing,

Kyle Davis

That connection is already there because he's a former ballplayer. He knows what it's like day to day, what the grind is like. He's already been through whatever we'll face, and he can tell you how he got through it.

Robert Nozick

That connection between evolutionary cosmology and the theory of objectivity that I was formulating pleased and excited me a lot.

Bob Johnson

Our philosophy is to make history come alive. The use of a vaudeville show allows students to connect with local history through the hook of entertainment.

Bob Gibson

Our focus is to try to connect with and embrace, relive that generation with us.

Paul Allen

Over 20 years ago, even before I helped to co-found Microsoft, I saw a connected future...I called that future 'the wired world,'

Donny Osmond

Regis really turned the genre around, didn't he? He put such a cool factor on the whole game-show genre, ... Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Don Bowers

People have got to cool it. People have to not think it's the last gallon of gas they are going to get, ... Get gas normally. Let us get it straightened out. If people start easing off a little bit, prices will come down.

Orlando Bloom

Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?

Martha Hunt

Stella McCartney is just the coolest show to do. I love the collection. I love the setting. All of her stuff always feels so fresh.

Tony Tavares

Some of the lobbying firms are getting cool feet.

Peter Gleckler

That cooling penetrated into deeper layers of the ocean, where it remained for decades after the event. We found that volcanic effects on sea level can persist for many decades.

Dale Stewart

Our fans are good, old rock fans. There's no trendy posing, trying to look cool and wearing the latest Hot Topic shirt. We got kids in jeans and T-shirts who want to get a drink, listen to hard rock and have a good time.

Marian Gaborik

I'm honored and I'm happy ... it's cool.

James Adams

We've tested all of the products ourselves. Hemp is the Ferrari of clothing. It's not itchy like wool and it's warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

Johnny Damon

Regardless of the reaction, I felt the fans wanted to see that.

Dan Fellman

Releasing select sequences of Superman Returns in IMAX 3D marks a groundbreaking moment in movies. This film is going to give fans an opportunity to be immersed in a major live-action motion picture like never before.

John DeMarco

Parker was so overpowering, and so good on his feet, he could take you down and pin you all in one move. It was different than what everyone else was doing, and the fans wanted to see him.

Neal Schon

Our original fans really had a hard time. But then we gained a whole slew of brand-new fans that outweighed the initial fans.

Gerard Way

Surrounding myself with fans makes me feel like I'm not going throgh it alone.

Bill Furlong

Steelers' fans are rabid about posters. They're selling for $24. Seahawks posters are more in the $14 range.

George Steinbrenner

Our team played hard, but we let our fans down. We will do better.

Chris Gratton

Our sport's regrouping here after the lockout and heading into the Olympics on a positive note with getting some fans back. Obviously, this is news that you don't want to see.

Mikael Silvestre

Our fans will have to be present in numbers on Saturday,

George Gero

Recently, funds who were selling oil also were selling the metals, but then everything seemed to change. Investors see that there are whiffs of inflation out there.

John Foley

real movement toward better funding and toward smaller service, smaller supports and more employment, more real employment, rather than meaningless day activities.

David Holmes

Relays are the most fun thing about any meet, especially when you win them. We are lucky enough to be able to do that more often than not.

Jeremy Siegel

Relative to the $7 trillion mutual fund industry, it's very little money, maybe one or two percent in returns.

Mel Carnahan

Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority.

John Gunn

Past performance doesn't have anything to do with future performance. It's a massive delusion. It's the most insane thing in the world. You want a pick a fund with low turnover where the management has been around for a long time.

Kristin Chaney

Our main thing is to slow them down. It's fun for us to run, but we don't like to see them run.

James Huang

Our mainland policies remain the same. We still hope the two sides can sit down and make some breakthroughs in functional talks.

Martha Stewart

Our new home improvement series will inspire and inform, while mentoring and teaching valuable life skills, from repairing brickwork, laying flooring, painting rooms and installing a functional and lovely kitchen,

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Brad Anderson

Some have worked three months and some just started this week.

Derek Kool

Out of all the time that I've been on the floor, I think probably once every three months you'll get an upsetting call.

Mark Wilson

I'm in a lot better place than I was a month ago, but I still have a lot of work to do.

Ashton Kutcher

When you do movies, it's you have a 3-month family and then everybody goes away and then joins another family, you know?

Richard H. Davis

I went up to see Hopper the other night, which was the first time in three months that I have been back of a theater, and it was like going home.

Irene Little

That was the first time I had seen it under 100 for a month in two years. I also never thought I would see over 200 in one month, but as unemployment rates go up, our numbers also go up.

Wole Soyinka

I was placed in solitary confinement for a year and ten months out of the period in which I stayed in prison, which was just over two years.

Nick Saban

I wonder what this technology is up here, ... (Rewind it) to six months ago. You'd get the same answers.

Gordon Taylor

It could well be - unless there's a very substantial reason as to why this is positive that is to be understood - anything from six months to two years.

Sully Erna

Our music is very simple and doesn't go over people's heads, ... Simplicity has been the recipe for us so far.

Estelle

Success is based on music, not where you're from.

Keith Richards

Other than its sense of rhythm, it's music by the tone-deaf for the tone-deaf.

Walter Becker

Play what you enjoy! Try and find your own musical identity.

Bela Bartok

I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

Bela Bartok

His pagan barbarity, his explosive and angrily defiant melancholy, his demoniacal instinct . . . these are all echoes . . . of the thousand-year-old Hungarian psyche.

Barry Mann

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

B. B. King

Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I know that. What else can I say ? he was a young, excitable man. To him, drugs were plentiful, and that was no good. I talked to him like he was a son of mine. He was a great and he was gonna be greater. But he was part of the "in-crowd" and so he never got there

B. B. King

The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.

Rob Leavitt

Our regional is not one of the strongest around, but it's always nice to win and get through that again.

George Clooney

O'Reilly actually said some nice things about the movie,

John Cusack

Partial Insomniac. Nice Person. Sometimes Brooding. ... Partially inspired. Nice Idea. Sometimes Boring.

Joel Cormier

Paul really played nice in net. He made some big saves.

Michael Haynes

Payne is an outstanding shot blocker, ... She has a nice touch around the basket.

Charles Anderson

Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.

Brian Lempola

Staples-Motley has a number of outstanding athletes. We also had a nice meet. I'm very pleased with our season so far.

Bradley Starks

Some of the drills were kind of crazy. They were new to me, but when I got used to them they were alright. The people down there were very nice and helpful.

Jacqueline Salame

Someone called from New Hampshire, and he wasn't nice in his rhetoric.

Colin Doyle

People have a right to think we're probably not as cohesive as we should be because it's showing in our play. I don't think anyone's doing anything intentionally, but obviously something's not working and something's not right.

Boris Yeltsin

Our calls, continual proposal (on a peaceful solution to Kosovo) obviously are not getting through

Sasha Jackson

Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in 'Blue Crush 2.'

Maria Sharapova

I think they obviously wanted a better match. After the first set, it didn't look like it was going to be much of a match.

Jamie Johnson

I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously very guarded.

Adam Treu

I think there are obviously differences,'' Turner said.

Mike Williams

That was a surprise to us and we are obviously going to rebuild.

Ryan Malone

That's tough; you'd never think that. But we are getting a little better. We're a better team. Obviously our record doesn't show that, but we know that.

Mel Stottlemyre

I think it's time for somebody new. I've been here for 10 years, and they obviously want to make some changes.

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.

Tone Loc

I was actually very into all of that seriously and I didn't really want to be carryin' all of that over, the street life, into the studio.

John Edward

I'm seriously considering it, but I haven't made my decision.

Paul Busse

It can be taken as seriously as you want or as whimsically as you want.

Char Seward

I think it should have been taken seriously then.

Debra Brown

Had he been in the vehicle, he would have been seriously injured.

Abu Sabaya

If they wanted to seriously talk to us, they should show it by removing the military. While the soldiers are here, there will be no talking.

Gary Collins

She told me she was thinking seriously about it.

Jim Gillespie

We're not going to be taken seriously if we speak or we may not have a voice at all,

H. Hunt

We are seriously considering charging her as an adult,

Craig Benson

I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

Jack Morgan

If they end up spending 4 or 5 weeks there, it won't surprise me.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Leon Wieseltier

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

Carmen Busquets

I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miami. My father would be furious, but I would always say, 'It was an emergency! I had a party to go to!'

John Faso

I would look to put state spending on a diet.

Dan Cooper

We'll look at the spending cap. We have to look at the legislation that was passed.

Jason Chaffetz

Federal spending is atrocious.

Shellie Samuels

Sure they were suspicious that night. No question! They're cops. That's their job,

Bubba Scott

Sure it's nerve-wracking when it's so close. But you get used to them and compete.

Peter Jacobsen

Sure I do. After all, I know Tonya Harding.

Genderen Stort

Resettlement for sure has become more difficult. They don't see the pressing need any more.

David Fox

I'm here to make sure we get things resolved.

Dave Shoji

I think they just wanted to get some confidence. I'm sure he wanted to see better play out of his starters.

Brian Levy

I think there will be a place for him in this league. I'm not sure where it will be.

John Carey

That was a time when they weren't really sure if things were going to come together, ... And they sure did!

Starhawk Starhawk

That would be great, but I am not so sure it will be that easy.

Robert Redford

I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off by actors and actresses that tried to keep themselves young.

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

Aaron Swartz

Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

Stephen Covey

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Friedrich Schiller

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Bill Cosby

We've got too many young girls, who don't know how to parent, turning themselves into parents.

Buck Showalter

These things have a way of working themselves out over a 162-game season.

Robert MacIntosh

They wanted to give themselves some flexibility, which they didn't have with that language.

Rob Babcock

But those things usually work themselves out during training camp.

Gordon Lightfoot

You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

Craig Barlow

That was even worse than being in the right bunker.

Gerhard Richter

I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

Quentin Richardson

Just when I thought we couldn't get any worse or go any lower, we find another way to do it.

Derrick Brooks

It could be a whole lot worse then where we are.

Richard Madden

I thought 'Game of Thrones' had this challenge in filming, and it's one of those things you think, 'It can't get worse than this,' because it's really cold, and you're in pain, and it's miserable.

Dusty Baker

He's day to day. He's no better or worse than he was yesterday.

Chuck Hill

I would have expected, even without FD, to see more preannouncements this quarter. Things are worse out there.

Sean McCarthy

If we do nothing, things will get that much worse sooner.

Andy Roddick

I got out there and it was just stiff. It got progressively worse the more I moved. I just didn't feel real comfortable for the whole match.