Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Brokaw

My mother and father, with my newborn brother and me in the backseat of the 1938 Ford sedan that would be our family car for the next decade, moved to that hastily constructed Army ammunition depot called Igloo, on the alkaline and sagebrush landscape of far southwestern South Dakota. I was three years old.

Nicolle Wallace

Everybody wants to do 'The View.' It's this iconic show. When I worked at the White House, I used to watch the beginning to see what they were talking about. If a political topic was on their radar, I used it as ammunition with the president or the White House staff.

Christien Meindertsma

I followed this one pig with number '05049,' all the way up until the end and to what products it's made of. And in these years, I met all kinds people like, for instance, farmers and butchers, which seems logical. But I also met aluminum mold makers, ammunition producers and all kinds of people.

Ralph Hall

We apparently have lost 357 jobs and that is 357 disasters, ... We need to keep our team together and go to battle for those people and find something for them. They are on my mind more than any aspect of this ... I am concerned about Lone Star (Army Ammunition Plant).

Todd Cartner

We knew where the ammunition was and were able to get the fire out before it spread to that area.

Paul Ashworth

This will no doubt give protectionists in Congress some ammunition as the mid term elections approach.

Roger Toussaint

What the MTA has decided to do is pour poison on the deal in order to provide ammunition to the opposition, in hopes of having the contract voted down. It seems as if a decision was made by the state to sink the contract.

Christopher Harame

He had that (machine gun) straight up in the air. All of the ammunition was gone, but he was shouting at the top of his voice.

Mike Knezevich

Ridicule first, then shame and condescension are the weapons and ammunition - in the mental manipulation and psychological terrorism of the oppressed. Self-esteem, truth and fellowship among peers are their able defenses - in a counter-attack on the lies: of fear, inferiority and a mandatory deference - intended by the oppressors.

Jim Gerlach

Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications.

John Scofield

legal assistance from Democrats trying to cover up a report that would tar them.

Randall Ellis

Legacy reached out to HIV-positive evacuees, but often initiating treatment was delayed because of fundamental flaws in the prescription drug assistance program of the CARE Act.

Daniel Anderson

Lee was out cold for four minutes, and the video will clarify how late Sean was tackled - if you call it a tackle. I was very disappointed in the assistance given to the referee.

Pam Dorr

Many of our families have had difficulty unraveling the red tape involved in accessing assistance. We'll work with these families to make sure they are aware of everything they're entitled to. We are committed to supporting Hale County and displaced families recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. With the support and technical assistance from HAC, we can make a difference for our rural families.

Bob Elliott

Many of you are old hands at this ? some are newcomers, and some of you we have yet to work with on a build project. We welcome all of you and covet your assistance in this undertaking. We can serve God and bring these homes and families together.

John Romano

Seniors were begging for help. We promised tax assistance in each of our campaigns. We must honor that promise.

Patrick Leonard

Self-service can help retailers better manage staff, especially during peak times. With self-checkout, store personnel can be redirected onto the floor to provide more product information, sales assistance and shelf restocking -- tasks that help contribute to improved levels of customer satisfaction.

Lindsay Graham

So I've made the decision as a United States senator to try to find some legal assistance and I'm going to take this to court. It is now time for the Supreme Court, if this continues and we don't break this filibuster, to give us their view of what is going on here.

Issa Rae

I really want to be the black Tina Fey, where I just am able to produce my own content and produce other content for other minority filmmakers and put their voices on screen and basically be able to have free range to produce.

Rick Perlstein

Personally, speaking as a historian and a storyteller, when it comes to inaccuracy in historical fictioneering, I follow the Shakespeare principle: I'm willing to overlook gobs of mistaken detail if the poetic valence is basically correct.

John Hancock

We're not desperate, we just want to get our head count up to our control level. I'd like to hire about nine or 10, and I think that would move us into this winter and spring. We're basically hiring and training year- round.

Fred Smoot

Like Coach Tice told me, I can't get out there and try to jump back in and try to run and get where I was, ... I've got to step up the ladder. So basically I've just got to be smart right now instead of trying to be who I am.

Bill Brunson

Let's say that you decide to electronically file your tax return, but want a paper check issued, you're still cutting your time basically in half by electronically filing your tax return.

Melanie Boeglin

Losing this game, we basically know that we blew our chance for an at-large bid. We know that we have to come back here to win three games to go to the NCAA Tournament.

Garrett Hedlund

'Love Don't Let Me Down,' which is the original title of 'Country Strong,' was just as difficult emotionally as 'Tron' was physically. I play a country singer that basically gets on tour with Gwyneth Paltrow's character, who is one of the biggest country stars out there, and she's fallen down too many times and it's an intense emotional story.

Lou Piniella

Look, there are a lot of people who care about him and work with him, ... He has to be careful how he responds to the media. Basically you have to be careful. ... He wants to do well. He gets a little bewildered.

Magnus Scheving

'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.

Hugh Fountain

Last year, we were playing for a region championship. This time we're fighting for our region life.

Stuart Symington

Many were hurting because they have been fighting the flood for so long.

Jim Jacobs

Mike is only 19 years old. Look up the ring records of Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano and see who they were fighting after 10 months. You won't recognize any of the names.

Sandy Hoddinott

Obviously we were hoping to win the 4x800 relay, but three of the four girls were fighting illnesses all week.

Randy Robitaille

No one is going to tell us we're done so we're going to try and keep fighting and try and get as many wins as we can. It's not as much about the wins and losses right now. It's about getting our game to where we want it to be.

Maurice Freeman

No one can say we ever gave up. We fought hard the whole game. If we keep fighting like that, we could be something special, too.

Mariela Carrion

My husband, he was out in Iraq fighting for his country, and he comes back and he gets shot down like an animal.

Sara Schopper

My girls really wanted it. That's why they kept fighting and fighting.

Rod Barajas

Whenever you play teams fighting for the playoffs, good quality teams, you want to try to win series, and we were able to do that here,

Judy McNamara

Lunt was trained as a chef. He liked to use fresh food in his cooking.

Daniel Boulud

Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque, I wanted to do something different while respecting the foundation of the restaurant. I did that through the menu.

Mary Bush

Many households have two working spouses, so there are time pressures that influence food purchases.

Simon Pluess

Many people have lost all their food stocks and stoves in the quake ... and they need ready-to-eat food.

Nancy Cartwright

Mud is not one of the 4 food groups

Rig Veda

May all the food I partake be pure.

Peter Baker

Men still have this tendency to see food as being like fuel. It's there to serve a purpose.

Rebecca Stead

My kids really like food, and they like to cook, so it's a lot of fun to shop with them.

Jason Wu

My favorite thing about Taiwan is the food.

Susanna Montezemolo

Luckily from our perspective, this is just a first step. There really is an opportunity for people to get involved in this issue.

Dave Rose

Less than one-half of one percent of our students are involved in assaults.

Gary Wagner

My job is to talk with people and find out what programs they should be involved with.

Sevyn Streeter

My label, my team and I are always looking to get involved with positive things.

Sean Collins

Obviously we knew we were going to be playing a lot so we had to keep our shifts short. It's tough to jump up into a play and get involved in the offense because you just can't expend too much energy.

Lisa Nash

online investors?are very involved in the markets. They're always watching for the news, watching for updates.

Zach Pollakoff

Music is one of my passions. If I'm not making music, I want to be involved in it in some way.

Diane Siri

Now that I've made this decision, I'll look for ways to stay involved in education.

Neale Godfrey

Get them involved in how money is spent in real life.

Italo Calvino

Politics is marginal, but literature moves along by indirection.

David King

Let's just say we were pretty disappointed when Coastline Brewery moved downtown.

Marilyn Praisner

Let's stop going around and around. Let's move it.

Kit Hale

Sellers may not be able to move quite as quickly with the transaction, but prices still remain solid.

William Proxmire

Move over, $7,000 coffeepots! Stand aside, $400 hammers! We now have the $792 doormat!

Richard Rosenbaum

move on to the next stage of his life.

Chris McCarron

One real misconception, that I realized shortly after I moved out here, was that this was a vacation for the riders,

Tom Bradley

Obviously, we're going to have to move some personnel around and make some adjustments.

Walt Kuver

Of course, the commissioners need to be reassured that this move will be risk-free for the county.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Kevin Mitnick

A log-in simulator is a program to trick some unknowing user into providing their user name and password.

Mary Barra

My definition of 'innovative' is providing value to the customer.

Mike McGuire

He's going to put all his resources into providing for his family.

James Perkins

We wanted to respect him and that is why we are providing the appropriate honors,

Andrew Patel

We will be providing him with a zealous defense.

Todd Swindall

We're not just providing shelter, we're providing housing.

Natalie Kerris

We are not providing a way to run Windows within OS X.

Charles Wang

We have to see the follow-through in terms of implementations and providing support for foreigners.

Rick Jones

I have the same feeling, you know. We're taxpayers providing a service to the needy, and somebody's taking advantage, and that is wrong.

Jon Sakoda

Worms that are traditionally targeting MSN will also target the Yahoo users,