Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of 'planet,' which, of course, only ever meant, 'Do you move against the background stars, regardless of what you're made of?'

Neil Cornish

Several years ago we showed that any finite universe in which light had time to 'wrap around' since the Big Bang would have the same pattern of cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations around pairs of circles.

Sam Johnson

Seniors provide us with a background of knowledge and experience that in this booming economy, where you can't find workers, they can fill the gaps and make companies whole again.

Bob Newman

Mike Mullen has a background in grant writing and that's what we'll be needing. Everyone is very impressed with how much the mayor is up to speed on this project.

Bruce Babbitt

Mistakes began with the preparation of the prescribed fire plan, ... Had those calculations been properly done, there would have been a larger background personnel and support (team on hand).

Rep Clymer

No one should be working until those background checks are completed.

Laurie Graham

My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned more about his background and culture, I became interested in using American voices.

Ella Eyre

My background was always more soulful pop. I was named after Ella Fitzgerald, and when I was a kid, I was listening to Lauryn Hill, Etta James, Joss Stone. For me, it was always about the voice.

Adrian Holovaty

My background is pretty evenly split between journalism, databases and computer programming, and this was an opportunity to combine all three. My goal for the project was to create a useful resource for Chicagoans.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.

Mary Callahan Erdoes

My grandmother Izzy taught me to balance her checkbook when I was 6 years old. She would sign the checks after I paid the bills. I had a chuckle with my grandmother recently on how 'unbalanced' her checkbook must have been years ago.

David Sobel

When this kind of power is used in the regular criminal justice system, there are some built-in checks and balances. The intelligence context provides no such protection. That's the main problem with these kinds of secretive procedures.

Alan Davis

I have a real problem making checks on a place not legally licensed. I recommend it be shut down immediately.

Michael Kidwell

Some credit unions may not offer things like safety deposit boxes, cashier's or certified checks. We've actually had clients who weren't able to get those type of checks from their credit unions.

Lloyd Axworthy

We are quite confident the system has sufficient checks and balances.

Nicky Hilton

I could have just received royalty checks every month by lending my name to a collection, but I didn't want to do that. My name is a reflection of me.

Nick Pollos

We had no energy tonight. We didn't finish checks and we had too many turnovers.

Tom Williams

We did the same thing when people received tax rebate checks back in 2001, and we saw them using the money to shop at Wal-Mart.

Robert Teeter

The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.

Marco Brambilla

Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.

Herb Perone

Life insurance was created to be an instant estate in the event of the premature death of the breadwinner.

Lao Tzu

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Bill Bixby

Luck has created much of what I have today, but at the same time, I haven't sat still.

Mark Mahaney

Major lockups always create turbulence in shares. Usually we see a trade-off going into lockups.

Mark Mahaney

Major lockups always create turbulence in shares, ... Usually we see a trade-off going into lockups.

Jeff Greene

Let's not forget we created that ideal middle class by destroying all of our industrial competitors during World War II.

Guru Nanak

Let him exert himself to the utmost in order to increase his property in a righteous manner, and let him zealously give food to all created beings.

Dave Nabity

What I'd like to be able to do is find out who the criminals are and ship them out.

John Deane

The plan is to deny criminals the use of the road.

Sergei Ivanov

Six of the criminals were eliminated, ... From the reports on the ground, all of the hostages were released.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.'

Bernhard Goetz

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again.

Bernhard Schlink

So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal.

Andy Yu

Working together, we will show the criminals that there will be no safe haven for their crimes.

Billy Sunday

Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren't looking!

Ralph Brown

We have some criminals out there. That's why we have lights and security people at Wal-Mart.

Nedra Turney

So far, we're opening no new shelters. We're just expanding where we are.

Paula Otto

Media General has been very successful in expanding its reach through strategic purchases.

Bradley Chicho

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

Scotty George

We're really testing the patience of investors who have lost substantial sums of money. We're also testing technical levels, with stocks expanding or retracting as we get near key lows.

Jim McFarland

We're still not expanding in the right areas, ... We have a waiting list for nursing and we talk about expanding in other areas.

Robert Collins

We're hoping it is one of those things that will never be finished. We want to keep growing and expanding to have more facilities.

Bill Gross

What we're doing is kind of expanding upon the neighbor concept.

Bob Walsh

We've been interested since day one in expanding the tour. It was just something that had to be assessed over a period of time.

Rahm Emanuel

Here in Illinois it's known as Kid Care, and I talked about expanding it to family care. So if you work full- time, you get health care.

Jan C. Ting

Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration.

Dan Stein

Millions of American workers, in all sectors of the labor market, have seen their jobs and wages undercut by the phenomenon of mass illegal immigration.

James Altucher

My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom's side who snuck in in a suitcase.

Nada Doumani

Maybe it was an illusion to think people would understand after 23 years that we are unbiased. I can't understand why we've been targeted.

Gough Whitlam

No parliamentarian could tell his electors that he was too ill to be the leader of the party but was well enough to look after their interests in the parliament.

Tommy Chong

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Dick Van Dyke

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

Elbert Hubbard

Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

Elbert Hubbard

Time is an illusion-to orators.

Jeff Suppan

Mentally, I think is the key, staying mentally prepared in a number of ways,

Brad Shaw

Mentally and physically, I didn't think we were sharp.

Maria Sharapova

I feel like I'm mentally tougher out there,

Steve Roberts

I was taken off-guard by our start. I thought our team was prepared mentally and emotionally. As much as they spread the field, there's a lot of running room. Even if you play perfectly.

Zabian Dowdell

I was surprised that he played. He's a strong kid, mentally and physically.

Krystal McKenzie

She's got a hamstring that's nagging, but she hasn't pulled it or anything. I think she's back to 100 percent, but mentally she doesn't think she is.

Gail Goestenkors

She's just such a mentally and physically tough kid. I think especially this time of year, that's what you need.

Taylor Mali

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

John Brady

We just didn't think he was mentally as sharp as we needed him to be.

Thomas Bangalter

The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible.

Marco Rubio

The primary goal of the War on Terror is to prevent an attack from happening.

Gore Vidal

To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.

Ellen Key

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

A. Hodge

We would like them to be more constrained, more enlightened. There's nothing to prevent them from doing the right thing.

William Stewart

We want to teach you how to prevent them,

Ashley Judd

You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change.

Dr. Paulos

No brace is perfect. No brace can prevent every injury, but they do help.

Amartya Sen

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.

Christopher White

Our first priority is to prevent these breaches from occurring at all.

Toshihiko Sakai

We see the trend of Treasury purchases continuing.

Eliot Spitzer

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

Iris Apfel

I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.

Alan Paton

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

Alan Bennett

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

Aimee Mann

If your standards are low, you're going to stop pretty early on in the process.

Coco Chanel

Keep your heel, head and standards high.

Coco Chanel

Keep your heels, head & standards high!

Jeff Olson

The expectations are very high. The standards were set long before I was born.

Craig Mathias

If that had not happened, we would probably not have had an 11n standard this year.

Benjamin Franklin

Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.

Adam Smith

Masters are always and everywhere in a sort of tacit, but constant and uniform combination, not to raise the wages of labor.

Christopher Wren

Variety of uniformities makes complete beauty.

Kent Mercker

You don't even have to wash my uniform pants.

Chris Graveline

Who can think of a person who has disgraced this uniform more?

Henry Mancini

If you want to make money in music, get into the band uniform business.

Jack L. Chalker

You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.

Lorrie Fair

Michael Jordan always wore his Carolina shorts under his Bulls' uniform.

George W. Bush

We live in freedom because every generation has produced patriots willing to serve a cause greater than themselves. Those who serve nowadays are taking their rightful place among the greatest generations that have worn our nation's uniform.