Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marco Brambilla

Being able to make work - if it's on your terms, and it's a good fit with the people who are supporting it - can be a very interesting exercise. When it doesn't work is when an artist just connects with a brand, and they try to take advantage of each other.

Sam Veda

Man has been exploiting the energy of fire to his advantage since time immemorial. Had it not been for this natural source of energy, all the progress mankind has witnessed would never have been possible. Not a single factory could run without it.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. --R.S.K.

Adrian Raine

Lying is cognitively complex. It is not easy to lie. It is certainly more difficult than telling the truth. Some people have a biological advantage in lying. It gives them a slight edge.

Adrian Raine

Lying is cognitively complex, ... It is not easy to lie. It is certainly more difficult than telling the truth. Some people have a biological advantage in lying. It gives them a slight edge.

Checky Herrington

Making public the conditions of special contracts that utilities are allowed to enter into when recruiting industry would give other states and their utilities an unfair advantage and jeopardize Mississippi's economic future.

Janet Disbennett

Madison and Natalie played (Pickerington Central's girls twice during the regular season in singles. They won both, so we had a mental advantage over them. UA was the bigger match. I wasn't even worried about the finals. The UA match is the one we wanted because anytime you can beat UA, it's big.

D.J. Owens

Lots of teams in the Big East have been giving us wide open 3s and taking away the backdoor. They did the opposite, and we really took advantage of our cutters.

St. Teresa

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which return to the hive and there shut themselves up to work at the making of honey. At the first call of the will, they come back more and more quickly. At last, after countless exercises, of this kind, God disposes them to a state of utter rest and of perfect contemplation.

Harry Reid

Let's have a real investigation and a vote here in the Senate. What the president has agreed to is no review.

Edward Norton

Lewis and Clark's expedition is as great a story as you could ever hope to tell, and like so many people, Brad and I have both been drawn to it for years, ... We both always agreed that compressing that story into a feature-length film ruined the spirit of it ... so we sat down and said, 'How can we really do this justice?'

Kofi Annan

Libya has also agreed to a trial in a third country and believes that it ought to be possible to find answers to all other outstanding issues relating to this matter,

Adnan Pachachi

Leaders of political parties have agreed to postpone parliament. There are still some issues that have not been resolved yet.

Steve Lewis

Scott has told us that he wants to stay in Wales, but he has some issues to sort out in Australia and he has kept us informed about his position. We have agreed to meet at the end of the Six Nations to thrash out his contractual position.

Charles Schumer

Sen. Graham and I do not think it would be appropriate to vote on this bill while the president is there, so we have agreed to delay the vote,

Kevin Bishop

Senator (Lindsey) Graham has not agreed to delay a vote on the China currency legislation. No decision has been made and any insinuation to the contrary is nothing more than uninformed speculation.

Arlen Specter

Senator Leahy and I took a look at it and agreed that it was insufficient,

James Rubin

Secretary Albright just got off the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu and they agreed to meet here in Washington on Wednesday to discuss ways in which we can overcome remaining differences

Bob Elek

We might as well be flying a plane with a banner behind it announcing everything that we're doing.

Busch Series

Frustrating, I take the blame for Richmond. I got in over my head a little bit and I messed up my qualifying, something that is pretty simple. I just got down too low and made a driver mental error. And from there we were behind the eight ball. We had a big media day announcing General Mills and with everything else going on I just want to forget about that day all together. Then Dover, I felt really comfortable, we qualified really well, and I felt if we could just get some laps it would be so much experience, and to have that happen on lap 12 is really frustrating.

Qassim Dawoud

The prime minister can be a national hero by announcing his withdrawal so as to speed things up.

Chuck Morris

On paper it's the best summer we've ever had. We're announcing 52 shows this week. I think we're going to have 10 or 15 more. Our first year (1998) we did 44 shows the whole year. This year we'll do in the vicinity of 250.

G. H. Hardy

On our network, we can provide much faster data speed than you can provide on the Telstra network. The proposition we're announcing puts us right into the heartland of broadband growth and customer needs in the Australian marketplace.

Jim Nussle

On that day, he surprised all of us by announcing he was going to start that journey to become president of the United States.

Craig Littlepage

One of the committees' primary objectives over the last few years has been to increase the transparency and understanding regarding the process of selecting teams for the tournament. We think that announcing the results of the RPI ranking on a weekly basis has its benefits.

John Young

Today we are announcing the selection of Lockheed Martin, ... This effort will deliver a new helicopter that provides essential improvement in the range, speed, communications capability and survivability necessary to efficiently and securely transport the president of the United States.

Anthony Weiner

I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused.

Italo Calvino

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger.

Maiara Walsh

My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we have different ways of doing things. There's a bit of culture clash there.

Linda Wallace

Like any vibrant economy, the house prices have gone up. But more than that, we're facing a bit of a housing crunch.

Chris Vance

Like any other boy in the world that does a little bit of rough-and-tumble and playing around when they're a kid, who doesn't want to be an action star at some point?

I. Stone

Life is too short to be really bitter about anything for so long. Sometimes, you have to turn the page. After all, he found a great career in Houston, and he made the Hall of Fame. He should get on with his life.

Jennifer Saunders

Like all girls, when I was growing up, I always worried about this bit of me being too fat or that bit. But I look back at pictures of me when I was young, and I was thin and gorgeous.

William Walker

Light and life were extinguished. It was wrong. It was only the most dramatic recent example of why levels of tension, bitterness and frustration are so high,

Stephen Ames

Life is a bit easier not worrying about the future of where the family is going to be or what is happening in the future.

Kevin Kodama

Luckily, the north side got a bit of a break last night.

Jarod Tufts

We're not complacent, but we have an extreme sense of confidence in our status for the transition. We're fairly confident that there aren't going to be many problems.

Jamie Dixon

Levon was obviously very good tonight. It was a team effort. I like our 11 guys and I have confidence in all of them. I think you can see that and they all seem to step up.

Richard Grasso

Let us not forget the great tragedy that has befallen this nation, ... restoring the public confidence that this marketplace will be up and functioning.

Brandon Roy

Last year we had huge confidence because teams didn't know how quick we were or how fast we were going to play.

Susan McGrath

Last year we had a strong team, but we didn't have the experience or confidence to be able to comeback. Getting that year of experience really helped us get a win like the one today.

Chris Gaynor

Last year, we didn't know what to expect. We were a young group of guys. This year, we've got the confidence to get over that hurdle.

Carmelo Anthony

Last year's second-half stretch was incredible. Hopefully we can come together and do the same thing we did last year. I have confidence in me and my team to step it up.

Wade Wilson

Last year we lost games, and it really didn't seem like there was a lot of hope for getting better. This year there was a feeling that this is something we can overcome. The confidence is still there. We feel like we can be a real good offensive football team.

Alberto Fujimori

Many people, myself, had confidence in Montesinos because (he) succeeded very much with fighting terrorism and narcotics,

Gary Cooper

Lower prices are likely to stimulate increased demand, but to what degree is unknown.

Gene Sperling

Many of the members of the faculty who oppose him have never fully appreciated the degree that he is someone who is very open to criticism, to reconsidering his positions, to frank discussion.

Markus Persson

'Minecraft' is to a large degree about having unique experiences that nobody else has had. The levels are randomly generated, and you can build anything you want to build yourself.

Joan Ganz Cooney

My degree was in education, but the idea of being a teacher lost out to being a reporter. I worked at a newspaper for a while, then went to New York and worked in PR at RCA and NBC, and at 'The United States Steel Hour,' a drama series.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.

Leslie Miller

Obviously there was some degree of disappointment, especially with Venezuela and our counterparts a like,

Timothy Noah

The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about.

Diane Neal

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!

Ted Leland

I can't imagine taking another job in sports, ... I have no interest in professional athletics. Pacific happens to be a place I have two degrees from and I think I can help.

Isaiah Mustafa

Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what their take on my delivery is or what they think that I can do with something. So I kind of leave that to them.

Anthony Anderson

Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with The Aviator, but I will go on record to say I will do so in The Departed.

George III

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well ?' 'Very well indeed, sir,' was the enthusiastic answer. 'I am glad of that,' replied the king; 'for there was nothing in it.'

Eli Segal

Sen. Kerry, you promised to deliver the records. When are they going to be delivered? The people of New Hampshire want to know.

Ken Livingston

No one likes each other at the top of politics. Most of them can't stand each other; but you are locked into a situation where you have to deliver something.

Bryan Augenstein

My delivery got out of hand a little. It's frustrating but I won't let it get to me.

O. Henry

My great-grandfather used to sell peanuts in the park. He'd deliver ice - anything to make ends meet.

Debby Wilson

Now the effort is shifting to deliver a new generation of security products.

David Blunkett

For six and a half years, I had responsibility for leading the Labour party policy on education and delivering on our promise of improved opportunities for all our children.

John Thompson

Levy limits were discussed this year, but not enforced. Some of that's just every-year political stuff, but you don't know until the Legislature adjourns for the year what they really will do to us.

Carol Chastang

Many lenders may not have discussed the STAR program specifically with the borrower.

Malcolm Speed

Moving venues was one of the issues discussed today.

Jaime Suchlicki

None of us want what we discussed here. It's the most likely scenario, but it's not what we wish for.

Emyr Parry

We had a very good meeting. We discussed the elements that France and the UK put down. These are now being referred to capitals and I expect we will have an early meeting later this week to see what the reactions are with a view to making progress on the text.

Sarah Williams

We met with them and discussed the purchase - if not the outright purchase of the whole property, then for parts of it.

Kofi Annan

If they sat and discussed frankly and openly, I think we will be able to find a solution,

Keith Self

I don't have the foggiest idea what Rick is referring to. There was one incident with an overzealous supporter that I discussed with Rick.

Rick Ott

I discussed the possibility. It is always a tool in the tool box.

Robert Toombs

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic.

Richard Garnett

Liberal justices like Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg think as highly of him as someone like Clarence Thomas. I think that's a testament to the respect he enjoys.

Chris Healy

Lieberman has high marks on Iraq but he is still very much a liberal and we are Republicans.

Bob Mulholland

Look who has the highest percentage. Neither of them.

Ellen Tolley

Looks like last-minute shoppers lived up to their high expectations.

John Christiansen

Last year we had an accelerated program, so this year, to take an accelerated program to a higher level, it's safe to say that because of 318A.

Tom Davies

Last year, the winds were around 25 to 26 knots out of the north. This year, it was even higher winds, but out of the south.

Charles Greene

less respect for high standard and more interest in high enrollment.

Vince Cable

Many voters still...associate us with high taxes and big spending.

Ian Paisley

I was telling the truth, I said I was very, very worried. At that time I was in the midst of trying to get a way whereby this would not happen. And it has happened. My words have been proved to be right.

Gail Tsukiyama

When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.

George Allen

I think they will step down if they're indicted. I do think that's appropriate if they're in the midst of an indictment.

Adam Braun

We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions.

Agatha Christie

One never quite allows for the moron in our midst.

Stan Conte

I don't know how serious it is. We're still in the midst of it. We're doing some testing and will know more tomorrow afternoon.

John Fernandes

Right now we are in the midst of running down leads.

Jim Calhoun

Rankings and polls and seeds and all that stuff, in the midst of a game, they don't count. You have to make shots, you have to get rebounds, you have to play defense.

Erin Morgenstern

It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it,” Tsukiko says. “It is too familiar. Too comfortable.

Rob Enderle

LCS and Communicator are not worth a whole lot without the back end. They have to have the back end in place, or the other parts don't move.

Bill Stoneman

One of the strongest parts to our organization is depth. It allows us to do a lot of things.

John Scalzi

I don't think we're at the point where most people are willing to get rid of body parts and replace them, but then again, people who shoot lasers in their eyes come out with better-than-perfect vision.

Tuppence Middleton

I don't think, as an actress, you want to be beautiful. It's actually a disadvantage because that's not where all the interesting parts lie.

Tela Mange

We don't know what parts are going to be implemented or how we are going to do it yet.

John Lee Hooker

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop.

Terry Crews

I see a lot of actors that are doing things to please their coaches, their teachers in the past. They say 'No' to parts they should have said 'Yes' to simply because of the opinion of people in their past. I have no one in my past who is judging me and saying, 'Maybe you shouldn't do that.' I'll do it all.

Ken Thompson

We're an International truck dealer, sales, parts and service.

Harland Braun

He's being well-treated and he's getting his regular medications . He said it's ... like some of the parts that he's played.

Jim Watzin

LRO, in all respects, is a unique and challenging planetary mission.

Juergen Klinsmann

Sebastian played a big role in our planning for the World Cup.

Larry Jones

Me and my wife are planning a 10-day vacation soon.

Kiefer Sutherland

My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.

Lyndon Johnson

One of every 16 planes was shot down,

Doug Wallace

No one should be able to say that they didn't know about this plan until two weeks ago.

Ray Richmond

My 17-year-old son is planning to see the 6:00 p.m. screening on Thursday in a suit and tie, ... He said he's planning to go to another screening immediately after...He wants to see the movie twice on the same night.

Charles R. Swindoll

God's heavenly plan doesn't always make earthly sense.

Dennis Conner

If you can visualize it, you can actualize it.

Brad Garlinghouse

Most turnarounds don’t turn.

Jonathan Schwartz

It is a linchpin of the turnaround but it's not the only one.

John Carroll Lynch

'Fargo' was the turnaround for me, in terms of film, because it was a part; it wasn't a line.

Al Goldman

We do have preconditions in place for that turnaround in sentiment.