Famous Quotes & Sayings

Walid Jumblatt

Let them hold the elections according to the electoral law they deem suitable, but we will not participate in the government.

Michael Medved

Look, this is not a movie for kids. It is a movie that does put that violence in context and it shows the idea of sacrifice, and it emphasizes -- in a way that I think a lot of people don't expect -- that this sacrifice, this death, this suffering was chosen by Jesus, at least according to the Gospels account.

David Rosenberg

So many clients are telling us that we are just plain wrong and there is inflation everywhere. But ... the bulk of these complaints come from folks who have kids in college ... Prices set according to supply and demand are flat or falling for the most part.

Francis Bacon

Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom

Rebecca Solnit

Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I'm not holding my breath.

Francis Bacon

Men's thoughts are much according to their inclination, 1 their discourse and speeches according to their learning and infused opinions.

Brooks Bollinger

My job is to fulfill the role that they give me. That doesn't mean I always like it, but again, if they tell me I'm going in, if they tell me I'm not, I'm going to be the best No. 2 and be ready to go in case something does happen. I'm going to do my job according to what they tell me what my job is for that week.

Kathi Moore

One significant provision calls for ships to meet ballast water discharge standard according to a schedule of fixed dates -- beginning with certain ships constructed in 2009. These fixed dates serve as a signal to both the shipping industry and the emerging ballast water treatment industry of the need for investment, plans and ballast water treatment equipment inventory to meet ballast water management requirements.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

Richard Rogers

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

Rick Perlstein

Richard M. Nixon honestly believed in his bones that an organized conspiracy of liberal media insiders had literally been plotting against him ever since he broke Alger Hiss in 1948 (he never shifted course, and lost his soul).

Robert Walpole

And therefore, for the sake of my mater, without any regard for my own, I hope all those that have a due regard for our constitution and for the rights and prerogatives of the crown, without which our constitution can not be preserved, will be against this motion.

Robert Mueller

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community.

Kurt Student

The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters.

Kristin Cast

I don't watch 'Glee,' not that I have anything against it. Whenever I miss the first few episodes, I won't watch the series.

Marcy Kaptur

I wholeheartedly support the aspirations of the Ukrainian people for a democratic, free and just society where the rule of law prevails without corruption or government violence directed against citizens.

Larry Foote

Man, he could he play some ball. I never got to play against him in football, but I watched him play my high school in basketball. He dominated. He led his team to the state championship. You knew back then he had all the talent to be a great one.

John Locke

Man... hath by nature a power .... to preserve his property - that is, his life, liberty, and estate - against the injuries and attempts of other men.

James Blanchard

Mr. Harper's hit a home run. Wilson's the quintessential Canadian - thoughtful, reserved but very strong.

Andrew Pyle

May delivered another dose of unexpected strength in Canadian job creation.

Alex Campbell

Mechanization or industrialization of this sort has really only left man with one all-important mission in life: to conquer nature.

Robert Bourassa

One can always debate questions back and forth.

Shane Doan

Obviously you want to be on the team but there's at least 100 Canadian players that could easily be on that team. The group making the selections will have a tough decision on a lot of guys.

Andrea Martin

Of course it's difficult to turn anything down when Mike Nichols calls you personally.

Donald Sutherland

But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.

Tommy Chong

No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.

Tommy Chong

Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back.

Felix Magath

Let's not get too carried away with this loss. The outcome of the title race is still in our hands and we won't let it slip away.

Thomas Doll

Let's not get carried away about this loss, we played well in stretches, we just didn't score when we should have.

Gary Fifield

Last year, she carried us on her back all the way through the tournament. She's that kind of player. She'll take the ball.

Mike Anderson

Momentum. A lot of momentum that I think carried over from game to game.

Justin Cage

My freshman year, we could really depend on three players that kind of carried us. We could screen or do whatever we were asked. Now, we have to try to lead and put some points on the board. It's changed a lot since our freshman year.

Joe Reints

One of our players really stepped up and made some plays. Meghan Fuqua saddled up and carried us with about 10 minutes left.

Malcolm Forbes

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

Cherie Blair

My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis.

Lindy Ruff

Maybe Jochen needed to be carried off the ice, and then that's a suspension. That's sad, but maybe that's what it is.

Andrew Taylor

Life has overtaken our original plans, and we're hear tonight to talk about the tragedy this weekend. We're here to talk about what happened and to try to prevent it from happening again.

Lixion Avila

Let's put it this way, ... I wish it could have happened in the middle of the ocean.

Tommy Chong

Look what happened to me for a bong,

Sharon Rocha

Scott's just as worried as we are, he's sick at heart about what's happened to Laci, we are all looking for Laci, ... We're going to find you honey, we love you.

John Clark

Separate them. Judge him not on his past, but on what happened on May 28, 2004. ... He's not guilty. That's a verdict that speaks the truth.

John Gramuglia

Mentally what happened last year helps. You're not as nervous. You don't have to press as much because you know what it's about. That's just how it is.

Hideki Matsui

My knee isn't that bad. This has happened in the past.

Woody Allen

one of the truly lucky things that happened to me in my life.

Paul Gillis

Obviously, we didn't (envision a 0-2 deficit). We thought we were going to come out and play like we should play the first two games, and we have not. If you don't, you're not going to win and that's what has really happened over the last two games.

Matt Nagle

My friend told me I went over to this guy and he pulled a knife.

Jeremy Root

If they had pulled those out, we would have won.

Corey Claitt

I didn't want to get frustrated, but I'm not used to losing. We just had to trust one another. We pulled together as a team.

Rick Noble

I don't know what we said, but it was kind of like a high-five, we really pulled this off. It was better than we thought it was going to be. Even now when I talk about it I get chills.

Eddy Curry

Y'all pulled out the old stuff, ... This is the vintage stuff. Throwback. This is crazy, man, crazy.

Douglas Rice

We were all just sort of pulled out of the cabins.

Mike Hargrove

We won't know until tomorrow. If I were to guess, he pulled a hamstring.

Kathy Mattea

Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.

Gary Waters

He should have pulled up. He was trying to get fouled, I know that's what he was thinking.

Dick DeVos

One more step on the road to getting it done for Michigan.

Tom Davies

Now we'll get them on the road and see what we can do.

Dean Saito

Getting gross-polluting vehicles off the road is a cost-effective strategy.

Jim Bolla

Fresno is No. 1 in our conference. Let's go up there and see if we can play well and keep our road streak going.

Steve Davies

I wouldn't want to be out on the rural roads tonight up there.

Tim Short

I wouldn't trade what we've done for anything. I think going on the road has made us a better team.

John Miller

I find it really hard-pressed to support a road tax when right here there's nothing being done.

Tom Tupa

She's doing great, ... She's completely done with all her treatments, and she's on the road to recovery.

John Adams

Since the road has been changed, that's just let everything come off the park.

David Cox

She exited the vehicle and was very frantic.

Sgt. Frevola

We were having so many headlight thieves, on high-end vehicles with halogen lights.

Roxanne Dey

He was ramming vehicles out of his way. That's how it was described to me.

Chris Squire

We started Yes as a vehicle to develop everyone's individual styles.

Barry Eisler

Publishing, legacy or indie, is a vehicle, and you can't opine about whether someone has chosen the right vehicle if you don't know where she intends to drive it.

Aaliyah

Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.

Ian Baxendell

An MFO vehicle was damaged. The two occupants of the vehicle are unharmed and uninjured.

James Mercer

I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing.

Tom Stephens

I'm going after the highest-consuming vehicles first, because that's where the big payback is.