Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Bryson

It is a curious feature of our existance that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but even better at extinguishing it.

Jim Wallis

I think it would be a great meeting for parents curious about what's going on to attend,

Derek Sivers

I'm so into music that I just stop and listen, whenever there's music on. That's the problem with being a musician for so long. I can get lost in the bassline, fascinated with the arrangement, curious about the production. I can't shut it out.

James L. Brooks

I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase.

Ken Hitchcock

I am excited and curious to see how we respond. In games 5, 6 and 7, you get a defining message on what you are going to be down the road, whether it's the next series or whatever.

Olivier Theyskens

I am curious to see what the others do. I was stressed. I wanted to know if it was too much like what I was doing.

Graham Cluley

I am also curious to see whether Microsoft will release its own anti-virus software with the service pack.

Suzanne Somers

I find that one of the most curious things is that I have fractionalized audiences. I have people who only know me from the books.

Susan Cutter

Given the complexities of emergency management in this country, and the increasing professionalism of the community, it seems curious to me that we wouldn't appoint someone who comes out of that tradition.

Michael R. Bloomberg

I think two debates are fine for this cycle.

Russ Dondero

It defeats the purpose of debates when the incumbent is unwilling to defend his record.

Maajid Nawaz

Imams must ridicule Caliphate fantasies. Exchange programmes between Muslim-only schools and non-Muslim-majority schools should be initiated. Community-based debates around these themes must no longer be shut down from fear of offence.

William Daley

There are three debates and I think the American people are going to make a decision after they see all three formats,

Michael Johns

To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December 8, 2003, demonstrated that there is no debate about this most fundamental fact: Medicare must survive.

Charles Schumer

one of the finer debates that I have heard in 18 years in the House.

Bill Bradley

We're going to have two debates in Iowa in January, ... You can't have a debate in Iowa without agriculture being a major part of it. So we're going to debate agriculture in Iowa.

Don Evans

In all of the debates there will be an opportunity for a very free-flowing, substantive, real and genuine discussion of the issues.

Joshua Landis

In the Middle East, they're being compressed, catapulted through the same debates that tore American society over decades in a short period of time. And the stakes are very high.

Kevin Renbarger

Manchester did a nice job of hitting the shots and winning that game. This was a game we thought we could win and needed to win in the conference. Now we are going to need some help in the conference. We have to do a better job on our interior defense. But, that also comes with denying the pass from out top.

Brian Mulroney

Well, a month later, my popularity jumped seven points. So whatever you do, don't deny a God damned thing!

Benoit Mandelbrot

Nobody will deny that there is at least some roughness everywhere

John Bolton

I think the uranium enrichment program is the 800-pound gorilla in the negotiating room. You can't solve a problem if you deny that it exists or if you wish it away.

Miuccia Prada

It is a time to look toward the future, without denying the past.

Lovemore Madhuku

It is an insult to all of us that he should try to deny that he was part of the system.

Neil Warnock

I won't deny that I flipped my fingers in his direction, but only because I was so disgusted and frustrated at being humiliated by a fellow manager.

Vince Carter

I was trying to deny him as long as possible, at least eight of the 13 seconds, just to make it a tougher shot and push him out as far as I could. I just wanted to keep my hands up and make it a tough shot.

Bud Selig

I suppose some people will be offended by it, but in division races, every so often, you'll have an aberration. There's no solution. What are you going to do, deny the existence of this division?

Felton McClellan

Regardless of the fact that we lost everything materially, we are so blessed.

Rachel Laws

Regardless of the fact that it's Senior Day, we have to win our last home game because we haven't been winning lately and we really want to stop this streak.

Katsuya Okada

Our policies weren't wrong, but I have to reflect on the fact they did not get across.

Jim Mott

Part of it is losing to Herkimer and part is the fact that we're 1-3 now and really need a quality win. Hopefully the kids are mad and will come back ready to work tomorrow.

Michael Lynton

Part of this is the fact that the movies may not have lived up to the expectations of the audience, not just in this year, but in years prior,

Mark Shapiro

Part of what makes Peralta even more valuable to us is the fact that he plays up the middle.

Steve Johnson

Our load factor (the percentage of seats filled in October last year) was only 56% of what they offered. With that as one of the arguments, you'd look at providing fewer seats.

Andy Kopplin

Our No. 1 goal is to get that money out as expeditiously as possible. The limiting factor will be the number of contractors available.

Willie Geist

People know the facts of a story just as well as the people on TV do, and they have more platforms to hold the media accountable when they don't get it right. We are a world full of media experts. That's a great thing.

Tom Wilson

Some of them, quite frankly, are nothing more than a driveway.

Kevin Spacey

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

Mary Kelly

The (anti-virus) system worked, which was quite a relief.

Carl Jacobs

That was quite a ride. We'd be thrilled to repeat it.

Tom Miller

That was quite an accomplishment for us. This is a very tough tournament.

Paul Johnston

That's the really big trend, ... Year 2000 has been the big thing that has really worked quite well.

Steve Griffin

That suggests to me there is something quite clandestine going on or something strange.

Terry Grant

I was quite shocked when they called me.

Carol Patterson

I was quite disappointed the vote went the way it did.

Margaret DiNinno

Right now that's where it stands to be.

Robert Mueller

I will tell you we have no one person, specifically, that stands out at this juncture.

Jim Hawkins

For writing style and pace, your work stands alone.

Fred Miller

He has that persona. He stands in there. He's poised.

Aubrey de Vere

Memory, in widow's weeds, with naked feet stands on a tombstone.

Clem Metz

She just stands there -- like some employees.

Lee Whitnum

The only thing that stands between corporate greed and poverty is the union.

Faith Hunter

There are lots of antagonists in the 'Jane Yellowrock' series, but one stands out as uber-evil to me, and that is Lucas DeAllyon.

Robert Frost

Time and Tide wait for no man,but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.

Bob Enos

We've tried surgery, medications, and nothing has changed.

Tom Daschle

We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.

Joe Novak

We've tried A.J. at fullback and other types of things.

Sidney Crosby

I was too close, so I tried to back off and whack it. I didn't get it.

Jim Gallagher

I didn't get a sense of what the temperature is on that. I tried to allay the fears, and there are significant fears.

Nate Robinson

I am going to go at him (Iverson). I am going to make him play defense. That is what I tried to do tonight.

Jonas Jennings

Have you ever tried to write with one hand?

Vernell Brown

He's got some big ones. If I was a coach, no way I'd have tried that.

Grant Hill

I would probably say yes. I don't see getting another surgery. We tried it. It didn't work. I don't see doing another.