Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard McLaren

We want them to ... agree to a referendum to allow Texans to vote on the independence issue,

David Allen

The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.

Dave Barry

Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tenative agreements ...

David Talbot

EFR entered into an agreement to sell some noncore assets for $2.05M.

David Suzuki

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it.

Cathy Freeman

I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless.

Caspar Weinberger

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.

Carl Icahn

When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.

Leos Carax

When I made my first film, I had hardly ever seen a camera before, and I was a young man when I arrived in Paris from the suburbs. At the time, I didn't talk much. I was very shy, so the bluff served me. I was telling people that I had no money, and that I knew how to make films, but I had no proof.

Herbert A. Simon

Time and again, we have found the 'idle' truths arrived at through the process of inquiry to be of the greatest moment for practical human affairs.

Floyd Abrams

While Judy Miller sat in jail for 85 days and Mr. Libby knew that she was doing it to protect him, no call came in from him, no letter arrived from him,

Gerry McGhee

When we arrived on the scene, the home was totally involved.

Caron Butler

When we arrived in Cleveland (Monday) we were in the back of the bus and we said we know Gilbert is going to come out and have a big game, so it's on us. We didn't play well in the first game.

Robert Wagner

When we arrived at the scene, there were four people still in the 2003 Ford Expedition,

Peter Clarke

We know he traveled from West Yorkshire and arrived in London with three other men, ... We need to know his movements until 9:47 a.m.

Chris Anderson

We want to make them feel they've arrived at a resort. We want to make their way easier.

Nana Sutresna

When I arrived there (in Pyongyang), they have just decided to hold a bilateral meeting with South Korea in the level of generals. They need a time to decide (whether to send defense minister in) the meeting in the level of defense minister.

David Strickland

If something is bothering you, keep it to yourself.

Louise Leakey

With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my grandfather Louis. Many more spectacular fossil finds have since been made, both in Africa and elsewhere, by many researchers driven to understand our past.

Lisa Cholodenko

Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking.

Maajid Nawaz

I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.

Mackenzie Astin

There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.

Richard Cohen

The other side said (there are) 799 federal and state laws mandating the use of English. ... We would say those kinds of laws are not at issue here. I think that English is the official language of this country in a practical sense already. And I think that most people who come here both learn English and want to learn English.

Ben Folds

The other reason Rufus and I are great together is that we're both really lazy. The rehearsing, the sound checks -- he's actually worse than I am, and that's something. To get us to do anything other than sit in our dressing rooms is a challenge. Who knows what will happen?

Duncan Chase

The potential is unbelievable with both those girls.

Tarun Das

The potential is huge for them both in sales and production.

Charles Dickens

Change begets change.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

Charles Dickens

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

Charles Dickens

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.

Charles Sturt

If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.

Charles Spurgeon

It is not well to make great changes in old age.

Alan Watts

Everything is perpetually becoming new.

Alan Watts

When you get free from certain fixed concepts of the way the world is, you find it is far more subtle, and far more miraculous, than you thought it was.

Alan Perlis

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

Richard McGrath

We want to set the right example and send the right message. Even though this money is coming from contributions, we still think it's very important to be cost-efficient and responsible with expenses.

Luke Pasqualino

Pretty good, you know it's nice when you get people coming up to you saying 'Can I have a photo or an autograph'; it's a compliment, I think.

Michael Strahan

The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish, and that's something I picked up from home.

M. Night Shyamalan

I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional motivation until the very end.

Michael Farr

The post-Labor Day rally, I wasn't sold on. The fact that we didn't really crash over summer, I thought was a terrific blessing. I think sentiment is going to drive the market from here. The numbers are there, the numbers have not changed. The economy has not changed, it is still good, slowing down a little bit. We've got a nice stable platform. Earnings for second quarter were fabulous. They ought to be pretty good, I think, coming in here to the third quarter.

James Awad

The positive today is that oil is coming down, the negative is that the housing numbers are worse than expected.

Mark Potok

The point of doing all of this is so that we as a society can move forward. And the time is really coming when we really are going to turn and face the future.

Terry Borr

The pleasant surprise was how our defensive line played. One question I had coming out of preseason practice was how we would play defensively.

Carly Rager

We are seeing a lot of the taffeta coming back with side pleats and drapes.

Michael Colucci

We're not going to make a special effort to go fast. Qualifying on the pole for a 24-hour race is a little like having a date with your sister, it doesn't mean anything.

B. R. Hayden

We want people to be as up to date as possible.

Rhea Wride

We've always made sure that we held date night -- that we went out on a date at least once a week.

Francis Slay

What's next? What are the dates for next year? Who's coming?

James E. Faust

Young women should realize that young men they date will not honor and respect them if they have been involved in moral transgression.

Simon Clarke

She is likely to have a hearing date probably in the middle of next year.

Judy Smith

She keeps me up to date on how he's doing. He's OK - no news is good news.

Bob Guiney

She made fun of me. She was so funny and so beautiful, I said I'd love to date a girl like this.

Drew Brees

Mini-camp would be five months, so by that point I should be full speed. I'm going to do everything that I can to get back as soon as possible. The real date that is most important is early September. I need to make sure I'm good to go by then.

David Kim

One of the fundamental premises of this Bible is that the gospel changes everything. If this is true, how does the gospel change the very thing we spend most of our waking hours doing - work.

David Cummings

Imagine working 20% smarter instead of 20% longer...Work-life balance and startup success at any stage aren't mutually exclusive. There are enough hours in the day to be effective and present.

David Cross

I would say just stop watching me, I guess, at this point. That is what I do, and it probably is, in some way, a bit of a lecture. I can see how that's not something that would be enticing for you to watch in a stand-up hour.

David Suzuki

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

Mark Adams

We spent thousands of man hours tracking down the problem,

William Shakespeare

To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour.

Gwyneth Paltrow

I love acting, but I have two little kids, and it's 14 hours a day out of the house. You don't get that time back.

Bill Rodgers

No one who works a forty hour week will ever beat me.

Bernie Mac

The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.

Bryan Adams

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

Kevin Colbert

We are going to spend as much time on the middle and late rounds as we do on the first-round guys. From our standpoint there is really not a lot of difference.

Todd Jacobson

We started getting a sense that things were turning around in late 1998.

Mark Cuban

As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome.

Bill Nighy

It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.

Mark Nation

When he got to the school, they would not let him in and he was later told Christopher had been shot.

Richard Jefferson

We're getting there. Late in the game, when we needed shots and we needed stops, they were there.

Lyle Thomas

We're going to sit down later this year and come up with a list of the (water line problems) we know about that we just haven't done anything on.

George Taylor

What we're seeing right now this late in the year, it's unusual but not unprecedented.

D. James

We started out a little slow, a little sluggish. I think it was because the refs weren't on time. We warmed up and got the sweat and everything going in the anticipation of the match only to have to wait another half-hour until kickoff.

Charlie Lane

We started off slow with some tough matches in the first round. We got better as we went.

Jerry McSwords

We were a match away from making it look a little more respectable.

John Paquette

We've always said part of the reason for the repeat matches is for television.

Ron Hutchins

We're going to take it one match at a time.

Andre Agassi

When we got done with that match I said he's a top-10 player,

Jennifer Barretta

Usually, for me, when I get through that first match the nerves go away and I can get into a groove.

Daniel Maly

We're in the same boat. I think we match up with them pretty well. It's going to come down to whoever executes the best.

Scott Bogumil

We're really excited. We wanted to keep playing at night and we matched our goal.

Ayumi Hamasaki

If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them.

Joe Sakic

With the new rules, we think we can do that.

Carlos Castillo

We're simply saying we need to stick to the rules that we've all outlined.

Jay Zygmunt

Sit around and wait. At least it's the same rules for everybody.

Grant Teaff

What will come out of this is there will be uniform rules set.

Ron Krumer

There are no rules to how long it could take to go away. It could take one day, it could take two days, it could take two weeks.

Kevin McGrath

We all have to live within the rules.

Dennis Wharton

We would like to know what's going to get us in trouble and what's not. We'll play by the rules. Just tell us what the rules are.

John Tory

There has been a subversion or violation of the rules, intentional or not.

Charles Spurgeon

God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side.

Chloe Grace Moretz

An actor always goes to the safe side.

Dave Gahan

Vocally, I really like going into the darker side of myself.

Madeleine Albright

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.

Charlie Bewley

I have this side of me that is a very European flamboyant; I won't say queenie, but it's borderline - could be perceived as homosexual.

Charles Kuralt

I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits.

Barry Commoner

No action is without its side effects.

Derek Bailey

I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.

Edwin Markham

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

Catherine Deneuve

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.

Edith Stein

Those who remain silent are responsible.

Alexis de Tocqueville

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

Elizabeth I

I observe and remain silent.

Deepak Chopra

Become aware of the silent witness that is observing the unfolding of all the external events of your life. This eternal presence is your true Self.

Abraham Lincoln

God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.

Ally Carter

Ooh, the silent treatment.

Abraham Kuyper

We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God's Word and our holy faith.

William Shakespeare

That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)

Alan Pardew

I don't like people who drain my time and energy. If you've seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term 'dementors' - people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy. So we eradicate the 'dementors', encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here

Alan Hansen

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

Alan Hansen

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

Alain Prost

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

Alain Prost

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

Alain Prost

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.

Alain Prost

You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.

Al Michaels

There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.

Al Michaels

The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling.

Diane Abbott

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

Brad Thor

Visiting Lucerne is like going to Disneyland: You can't imagine that it is real because it looks like a movie lot.

Nizam Idris

I would say it's more within my expectations.

Michael Mann

We're number-crunching to see what we can do within our mandate.

Jeremy Duxbury

We will have to work within the budget.

Jeffrey Smith

We work within the system. I don't want to say we're rebellious.

Gary Thompson

We have very well-trained RAs and RDs within residence halls,

Kerry Bailey

Typically within two weeks, we're done with the analysis.

Roberto Azevedo

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

Checky Herrington

We should be able to energize it within one or two days.

Daryl Kimball

They say, 'we're within the treaty, we're within our rights'.