Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

For conservative leaders, making candidates pay them court, publicly and ostentatiously, is a colossal source of their symbolic power before their followers. It's kabuki theater, mostly.

Steven Schier

Lightning probably won't strike again. Jesse's undistinguished tenure as governor in Minnesota, coupled with Arnold's troubles in California, make it unlikely that celebrity candidates will ever have the inviting luster of novelty that they had a few years ago.

Larry Sabato

Lots of things that smell are legal. But if a candidate is putting an emphasis on ethics, then he has an obligation that the spirit of the law be adhered to, not just the letter.

Ian Smith

Last year, we took several steps to improve the financial profile of the Company, and we now enter 2006 with a stronger financial position and the operating leverage that supports investment into later-stage clinical programs. Specifically, our financial strength enables us to invest comprehensively in VX-950 and develop this product candidate to its full clinical and commercial potential. We are committed to maintaining the trajectory toward a 2008 NDA filing for VX-950.

Bill Col

Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire want to get to know you individually, or feel they do. . . . That kind of courtship takes a lot of time and effort.

Rick Greenspan

shares the university's mission in cultivating a diverse pool of candidates for coaching and staff positions.

Joanne Drake

Mrs. Reagan has not endorsed any candidate in the campaign. Neither she nor President Reagan ever endorsed a candidate in a primary.

David Johnson

None of these candidates really seems to be energizing anyone.

Peter Swire

One worry is that candidates will talk out of a thousand sides of their mouth. What if they have a thousand messages that are different for every tiny part of the population? It's much harder to get accountability for what candidates say.

Steve Gantt

(Main Street) is such a confined space. You're going to have conflicts when you have groups of people working that closely.

George Washington

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of society within the limits prescribed by the law, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyme

Timothy Noah

Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership.

Michael Gambon

I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

William Safire

Stop worrying about the 'dumbing down' of our language by bloggers, tweeters, cableheads and MSM thumbsuckers engaged in a 'race to the bottom' of the page by little minds confined to little words.

Katie Hafner

Unlike most divorced parents, whose interactions are confined to the topic of the kids, people still sharing a house have to talk about clogged sinks and moth infestations.

Andrea M. Ghez

We have this interesting problem with black holes. What is a black hole? It is a region of space where you have mass that's confined to zero volume, which means that the density is infinitely large, which means we have no way of describing, really, what a black hole is!

Sue Kelly

Under the act, utilities were to be confined to a single region. Now you'll find there will be a lot of very large combinations of electric utilities covering all parts of the country. We're all about local control and local responsiveness, and we find that problematic.

Kong Quan

Therefore, the bilateral arrangement should be strictly confined to the bilateral category.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.Sincerity is the greatest virtue of the mind.Determination is the greatest virtue of the will.Courage is the greatest virtue of the spirit.

Terry Adams

Last year was the first one where I really struggled. I'm determined to make it back.

Ronaldo Ronaldo

Let's display our determination that was lacking in Buenos Aires.

George Henderson

My grandparents instilled in me that hard work and determination are keys to your success. I think the students need to learn that in the school system.

Chris Evert

I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do.

Charles Spurgeon

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.

Elbert Hubbard

The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Gene Sarazen

From where we were last year to now, this is a huge win for our program. This is a big stepping stone for us and it just shows the determination of these girls. When they have things going, they can really play this game.

Bruce Goodwin

My job ... is to ensure that the nuclear weapons in the stockpile are safe and reliable. Safe means no matter what you do to them they don't go off when they are not supposed to. Reliable means that should the president ever have to use one, it will work exactly as it is supposed to.

Mary Chapman

More needs to be done to ensure young people get a better understanding of the world of work and what it involves.

Chris Dodd

My hope is many of the problems we saw recently hopefully can be alleviated or at least lessened. These aren't just glitches. They can have a profound impact on our elections. We need to do everything in our power to ensure that voters not only are able to vote, but have that vote counted.

Anne Lang

Maybe make a work-related to-do list and a personal to-do list to ensure you can merge those together in a time frame that makes sense.

Robert Sweeney

Now we'll be able to ensure they will go to a more suitable location, and not be housed together.

Charles Simonyi

necessary to ensure maintenance of high quality running of the institution.

Herschelle Gibbs

Obviously my first objective will be to ensure a good start for the Cobras, but obviously I also intend taking the opportunity of showing what I can do at the start.

Josh Miley

Getting the first one and doing it fast relieved a little pressure. I was really nervous to get past that one. I was also tight for my semifinal. I didn't really wrestle well. I didn't attack. I just sat on the lead, which isn't my style, but I really just wanted to ensure that I got to the district.

David Wood

Fred has a pressing need for life insurance to ensure that Wilma and Pebbles could maintain their standard of living if he were no longer able to provide for them.

Beth McNamara

One of our goalies is out sick and our other goalie Jordan McCormack was filling in and she did a great job.

Benjamin Franklin

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Ron Moody

I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction.

Source Unknown

If we listen more than we talk,and instead of making sure our voice is heard,we make sure we hear their voice,and if everyone listened....and Intead of filling silence with words,we fill ourselves with silence,the world would be a better place

Robert Arnold

She sets our standards. She's great. Filling her spot is going to be hard.

Ken Young

So many wait until Friday. Every five minutes we were filling out fishing licenses.

Dennis Hall

Time was running out ... as that water was filling the mine up, we were losing our oxygen,

Tavi Gevinson

If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.

Steve Golden

We are not filling up tanks all the way.

Warren Haynes

Making that record was one of the greatest musical moments in my life,

Angelina Jolie

Second to my children, spending time with refugees and other persons of need around the world has been the greatest gift, ... It's been the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

Mary Wittenberg

Monday is the start of two races. One of the races will be over in 2? hours. The other race to be the world's greatest marathoner won't be over for 18 months.

Justin Gatlin

Maurice is one of the greatest competitors in the world. However this is a new era, the young guys are coming.

Gerald Curtis

One of his greatest opportunities now is to push agricultural reform,

Sally Schneider

One of my greatest joys is when someone like your wife takes one idea or one piece of a recipe and does it her way. That's what I'm encouraging.

George Granville

Of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, and love in vain.

Mike Perez

One through six, they really hate to lose. They all are very competitive. They may not be the greatest practice players, but in matches, I know they are going to get it done.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions

Italo Calvino

The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Mr. Koons's work has always inspired architects, which I think is very interesting. I think he is an artist who has reinvented himself so many times and reinvented so many different series.

Steve Osburn

Mr. Rader does not see himself as a monster, ... He sees himself as a human being with a monster inside of him.

Lloyd Carr

Max put himself right in the middle of our running back situation.

Granth Sahib

My Lord and Master Himself has saved me completely; I am comforted by meditating on the Lord.

David Overstreet

I can tell him that if he messes up on a play, he can't hold it; he can't think about it. Being a DB, you have to have a short memory because the next play you may come in and get an interception or something. He can't hold that stuff to himself because if he does, it's going to have a snowball effect.

Tony Kelly

getting himself in some trouble! He was gangster!

Lance Reynolds

If a guy's a stud, then he's a stud when he comes home, provided he has enough time to get himself back in shape.

Martha Miles

I was so proud when I saw that. I thought, 'That's how it should be.' That kid the rest of his life will kick himself because he didn't make it.

Jeff Reed

Second, I passed one of the numerous records he holds in the NFL. Gary's the most-respected kicker who's been through this league. It means a lot.

Ming-Na Wen

'Mulan' holds a very special place in my heart. It's been 16 years since the film, but hordes of fans still come up and tell me how much she means to them.

Angus MacKenzie

MOTOR TREND holds a distinctive place in the landscape of automotive journalism. It is a strong and influential publication that is poised for tremendous growth. It is the right time for Ira to take MOTOR TREND to the next level.

Taylor Twellman

Obviously, we've missed Pat tremendously his play, the way he holds the play up. It's a pleasure playing with him, and hopefully we can do well together in the playoffs.

John Gibbons

If the Yanks don't win the division, they'll win the wild card. New York knows how to win when it has to, plus Joe Torre holds things together.

Mark Fox

Idaho has been playing better. San Jose State holds the lead at Utah State with a minute to go last Saturday.

William Kingdon Clifford

Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it.

Connie Mack

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.

Betsy Ross

Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world.

George Casey

Level 1 is being totally independent, and we know they're not going to be there in large numbers for a while. But they're already getting to level 2, which means they can get into and lead the fight.

Chris Larsen

No-cost loans are pretty popular right now, especially for people with larger loans. The larger your loan, the smaller the penalty for no-cost loans.

Richard Greenfield

One of the things they'd like to do is return more to shareholders, and ... a larger buyback makes a lot of sense at this point.

Jim Tracy

One-and-7 obviously isn't the way you want to start. But the (Dodgers) team I managed last year started 12-2 and we won 71 games. So it's not a large enough sample size of games. It doesn't mean this is the kind of team we're going to be for the next six months.

John Burns

Of course, Pol Pot in Cambodia, Rwanda -- things on a much larger scale than this. But this is pretty bad.

James Macdonald

More and more production is starting to shift into some very large operations.

George Sansoucy

Obviously, they've got to remake themselves; obviously, they've got to make themselves relevant in a more significant way again. Their contribution in print is now not needed in large part.

Tullian Tchividjian

As Luke 24 shows, it's possible to read the Bible, study the Bible, and memorize large portions of the Bible, while missing the whole point of the Bible.

Beckie Rolbiecki

From just being comfortable to have seen the large crowd. It's the same gymnastics; it's just in a different arena.

Busch Series

Man, I had no idea what to expect.

Rashad Bobino

Man, I can see why they're No. 1 in the nation.

Mario Bailey

Man, he's a senior. He's worked hard, and this is for him.

M.I.A.

Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

Rae Rosen

Manhattan is unique; the rest of the region is more like the nation.

Toba Beta

Man has to postulate weirdness, before reaching the new science.

William Burroughs

Man has sold his soul for time, language, tools, weapons, and dominance.

Pat Connors

Man has a very poor track record when it comes to nature.

Barry Alvarez

Man did he play. I was really proud of him. . . . I really thought he played exceptional for a young kid.

Charles Schumer

My first reaction is a simple one: It could have been a lot worst. ... The president has not sent us a nominee that we've rejected already.

Lynn Coady

I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is.

Sam Brownback

We want a nominee that's set, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set,

Robert Mueller

As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all unusual, and one shouldn't read into it more than is there.

Jill Soloway

So many features at Sundance seemed to be powered more on the director's need to be a director than any particular story.

Alison Goate

One particular allele of this polymorphism was being transmitted to alcoholics in these families.

Dorothy Sanders

One team tried to put a box-and-one on Monica. Another team tried to double-team the post. Each time somebody tries to shut down one particular player or area, the other parts of the team have stepped up.

Jeffrey Bryant

One who has never been tempted with a particular sin can never feel proud for staying pure of it.

Sergey Lavrov

must be aimed at making this happen, not making any threat which at this particular stage is not appropriate.

Samuel L. Jackson

She has been in here several times before but that particular day I don't remember her.

Warren Littlefield

The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.

Sean Booth

It's claustrophobic, and I think it is to do with the amount that we're exposing people to one particular point.

M. Thompson

Now we really are going to Disneyland. I promised them if they won, we could go.

Charles R. Swindoll

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.

Ehud Olmert

A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.

Michael Cooper

If we had him, it's a different ballgame, I promise you that.

Michael Wynne

If they testify, and we've been promised that, it is going to be one for the ages.

Russ Jewett

I don't know about his status for this weekend, but I can promise he won't be triple jumping.

Councilwoman Sanchez

We promised you a one-stop, streamlined process. We have not been able to do that for you.

Anthony Hitt

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

Barack Obama

We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.

Bobby Flay

My first trip to the racetrack was with my grandfather, Willie Flay, and it was at Belmont Park,

Chris Cornell

If I had a musical identity that was definable then it would be time to get into painting or something else. Race car driving.

Diane Ravitch

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

Dennis Prager

There are surely times when a conservative and a liberal would agree. We would agree on how moral it is to discriminate on the basis of race. There's absolutely no light between those two positions. It becomes a little more complex when you talk about law as opposed to morality.

Denis Kearney

They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race.

Denis Diderot

Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one's fatherland, which is perishable?

Denis Diderot

Those authors into whose hands nature has placed a magic wand, with which they no sooner touch us than we forget the unhappiness in life, than the darkness leaves our soul, and we are reconciled to existence, should be placed among the benefactors of the human race.

Edgar Allan Poe

The Bostonians are really, as a race, far inferior in point of anything beyond mere intellect to any other set upon the continent of North America. They are decidedly the most servile imitators of the English it is possible to conceive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There remains an experience of incomparable value.

Christine Gregoire

If we remain complacent, we'll be a second-rate competitor.

Saudi Arabia

I didn't want to talk to them. I had a right to remain silent.

Marty Schottenheimer

I don't know. That remains to be seen.

Max de Pree

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Noah Hawley

I remain a huge 'Game of Thrones' fan.

Nicolas Roeg

Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

Carlos Ghosn

In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.

Vidya Balan

A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.

Alexandra Paul

Women have this obsession with shoes.

Diane Lane

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

Eddie Vedder

Isn't Timbaland a make of shoe? It's a producer? I don't know who that is. Oh well.

Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann

I don't speak up if I'm working. As a model, no one pays me for my opinion. I want to wear whatever will make a great photo, whether I like it or not. But if the shoes are too small, I will complain!

David Bowie

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

William Shakespeare

You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead.

Charlie Chaplin

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

Charles Caleb Colton

Our incomes should be like our shoes, if too small, they will gall and pinch us, but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip. Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

Chogyam Trungpa

It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.

Jim Wilkinson

I can tell you that simply did not happen.

Ian Botham

There are times when you feel you simply can't go on.

Slade Gorton

She will come after us with $10 million. She simply writes another check,

Becky Lourey

I don't just want to talk about goals. I know we can get there. We simply can't wait.

Stephen Leacock

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something

Sammy Cahn

The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it.

Felix Rohatyn

At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.

Dick Cheney

We are not going to simply stand by.

Paul Cleave

You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.