Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Stern

Regardless of how much money I make, this product costs a lot of money to put on. I don't think it's asking too much to ask people to pay 43 cents a day (to listen to satellite radio for the $13 a month fee to subscribe to Sirius).

Clarissa Estes

Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven-only you. It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good came of this is not yet listening.

Horace

Refrain from asking what is going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Eric Sanders

Reese Morgan (a Hawkeye assistant coach) came and talked to me and Chris Aldrich and asked us to walk on there,

Ken Jefferson

Recognizing that, in light of this incident as well as some previous incidents with persons impersonating officers, we're subject to be asked for that and we have the patience that we need to calm that person down.

Thomas Malthus

Reason interrupts man's career and asks him whether he may not bring beings into the world for whom he cannot provide the means of subsistence.

Martha Smith

Related to that, the Marshallese at the same time send a lot of protests to the United States. They ask that the tests be stopped.

Jerry Krause

Reinsdorf told me, 'You have an invitation to a press conference on Monday. The new manager of the White Sox asks that you be there,' ... Ozzie never forgot to this day.

Nigel Hamilton

Regularly, customers asked for a book on Greenwich, and there was none. After all, Elizabeth I was born there. The Observatory is known all over the world; the Royal Naval College is there. So I decided to do it.

Charlotte Bergeron

Our attorney general's office has objected to role because they are assigned to represent various public bodies, and they see it as a conflict.

Howell Raines

That story was something I've never had occasion to discuss publicly, ... I assigned it because I was interested in this question: Here is a network that was once iconic in American broadcasting, that was traditionally, in the years of Cronkite and his predecessors, identified as being on the forefront of social policy reporting and coverage of the civil rights movement. Now it's basically at the mercy of the Masters, and what does that say about what had happened at CBS? What did it say about CBS's relationship with the Masters, and what did it say about CBS's relationship with its sponsors? That was the story that I was pressing to get.

Imre Kertesz

It is often said of me - some intend it as a compliment, others as a complaint - that I write about a single subject: the Holocaust. I have no quarrel with that. Why shouldn't I accept, with certain qualifications, the place assigned to me on the shelves of libraries?

Juan Thomassie

Ideally, early in the planning stages, before reporters and photographers are assigned to a story, we like to be involved at that point, to make sure the content gathering keeps our needs in mind. If we don't find out about it until the night before, we're often not able to produce an interactive graphic.

Undersheriff Hudson

He wanted some sort of deal from the district attorney's office for his cooperation, and he wanted an attorney to assist him in working through this negotiation. The sheriff and I unsuccessfully tried to get him a public defender assigned as soon as possible because of the urgency of the situation.

Eddie Jordan

He is really embracing the role that we assigned him as the defensive captain.

Dick Cheney

He legally and irrevocably assigned them and he receives no tax benefit from them,

Lindsey Tippins

From the very beginning, this redistricting has been about racial balance. Should children be assigned to schools based on skin color? That decision was made early on in this process.

Shamil Basayev

busy preparing other work that I have assigned him.

Oprah Winfrey

passports to new and exciting worlds... and I know that I would not be the person I am today had it not been for my love of reading.

Malorie Blackman

Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.

Gunter Thielen

Our major acquisitions and joint ventures ... will be shown on the books for the second half of the year,

Martin Luther

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time.

Andreas Scheuerle

Order books are full and people are operating closer to capacity, so that companies are building up employment again.

Ravi Singh

Such categories of books are not economically viable for mass production. So POD is a great solution which serves the purpose of both the niche readers as well as publishers.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

'Success' is a seductive word. Thousands of books have been written on the subject. They promise money, freedom, leisure, and luxury.

Carl Hiaasen

Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.

Paul Di Filippo

Stephen King consummately honors several traditions with his rare paperback original, 'Joyland.' He addresses the novel of carny life and sideshows, where the midway serves as microcosm, such as in those famous books by Ray Bradbury, Charles Finney and William Lindsay Gresham.

Jim Greenwood

Some of the most brilliant people in the world doing the most important cutting-edge science will converge in Chicago. They will network. They will interact. They will learn from one another. And the world's total knowledge of this life-saving and life-enhancing science will grow exponentially as a result of what happens here.

Tatiana Maslany

Robert de Niro has always been fascinating to me. And if John Cazale were still alive, that would be a man I'd love to work with. I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's films - I would be honored to work with him. I think he's a brilliant director, and he gets such compelling stories out of his actors and out of his crew.

Kendra Todd

Really maximize your opportunity to learn from Donald Trump. He is truly a genius and a brilliant negotiator.

Rudi Giuliani

I think the Vietnam memorial captured in a brilliant way what needed to be captured about Vietnam, and to this day has stood the test of time, ... It has in a way captured the difficulty of Vietnam, the historical significance of it, the ordeal of it, and the individual sacrifice involved.

Caitlin Moran

I think there are brilliant jokes to be made about abortion, and we should be able to talk about this in the way that we make jokes about death - you should be able to make jokes about everything.

Augie Garrido

J. Brent Cox was brilliant with his opportunity,

Dean Johnson

That was a great goal. Stevie took it to the flag and crossed it, and Cabrera volleyed it. That was a brilliant goal. That was the one that put the icing on the game.

Darren Mattix

I think it was a brilliant strategy to name two council members for the task force.

Jason Hill

I think it's probably one of the most brilliant business moves radio has ever seen. He has so many die-hard fans that will follow him anywhere, and with his publicity and this subscription-based radio he has effectively advertised more for SIRIUS than SIRIUS has.

Peter Mirsky

Parsons has been around longer. My impression of Parsons was that he was incredibly well thought-of, very diplomatic, and probably very well-received in D.C.

Adam Eaton

I think they were surprised to see me go back out there. I was under the impression I was going three innings the whole time.

Andy Engel

I was under the impression that you had to be a student to be on it.

Gary Mitchell

I was under the impression most people got the message. Apparently, the jury didn't.

Gregory Coleman

I was under the impression he was there (at the school), if you want to say, to allude justice,

Roger Gerlach

I think our team is going to show up. I know that's the pat answer, but we're not content. I didn't get that impression at practice.

Darrell Vienna

I think he validated what he did the race before. I had the impression that he wanted to run on turf, and I was wrong about that.

William Hatcher

I think the team's first impression was this was like homework.

Bucky Quici

He'll be around in spirit because he left so many people with the impression of what a nice person is supposed to be like.

Bruce Allen

Really, what took place is he missed so much of training camp,

Alan Hevesi

Part of our mission in this project is to restore some of that confidence, ... But, that's going to take some pain.

Brad Gair

Our number one mission is to get people into something safe, sanitary, private, and out of public shelters as soon as we can.

Steve Smith

Our mission is to work prisoners in a businesslike manner. If you work in a businesslike manner, you have to make a profit.

Brian Morrison

Our mission is to make people as comfortable as possible as they're undergoing the treatment process.

Jan Chovanec

Our mission is to be ready 150 percent for the NCAA.

Sofia Iwobi

Some? I didn't miss some, I missed about all of them.

Bryan Whitman

Our commanders have addressed that issue. The mission remains what it is each and every day.

Stacie Temple

Really, Missouri has some pretty strong identification requirements in place as it is.

Scott Henson

I would give them the nod right now.

Ricky Hatton

I'd shout 'Hey Dan! Can I have your sausage?' and he'd nod yes. Then: 'Hey Dan, how about the bacon?' - and then the eggs, and then the toast - and he'd say 'yes, yes yes'.

John Milton

The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger.

Tom Stoppard

How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field... Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight.

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.

Walt Frazier

Red would get in your face. But not in the press.

Bill Shankly

Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.

Bernadette Peters

I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.

Arsene Wenger

The background looks like a lot of red cards.

Arsene Wenger

Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.

Roberta Anding

Just as there are more antioxidants in red wine versus Chardonnay, the same is true for beer.

Wendy Larry

I wish I had my red shoes on. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

Rain Bojangles

It is better to be redundant than remiss.

Daron Rahlves

I'd like to be wearing the red (leader's) bib in downhill.

B. F. Skinner

Punitive measures whether administered by police, teachers, spouses or parents have well known standard effects: (1) escape-education has its own name for that: truancy, (2) counterattack-vandalism on schools and attacks on teachers, (3) apathy-a sullen do-nothing withdrawal. The more violent the punishment, the more serious the by-products.

B. F. Skinner

The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslap-ping, and many other ways of "winning friends.

B. F. Skinner

Many instructional arrangements seem "contrived," but there is nothing wrong with that. It is the teacher's function to contrive conditions under which students learn. It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life.

B. F. Skinner

Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching.

Billy Corgan

Stay in school. Lie to your teachers, but stay in school.

Bill Engvall

I've come up with the three things you never want to hear at your kid's parent/teacher conference. Number one: 'You're only responsible for the first $10,000 worth of damage.' Number two: 'We have medication for this.' And number three: 'It was more than an ounce and he was less than a hundred yards from the school.'

Bill Cosby

When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to be a school teacher for 7th and 8th grade boys because I felt that was an important time for them. I had gone astray at that point in my life and really wanted to help keep them from making the same mistake I had made.

Bill Cosby

I want to get violence - I want schools to start from K through 12 to just every day have teachers understand that they don't want to talk about anything that is violent, and they want to explain to the children how bad violence is and how behavior - violent behavior, is something that they really should not practice and think about.

Bharati Mukherjee

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?