Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lev Grossman

It's no longer possible to simply build English country houses out of words, because they've already been so thoroughly described that all the applicable words have been used up, and one is forced to build them instead out of words recycled and scavenged from other descriptions of other country houses.

Patric Verrone

Make no mistake, that formula (which significantly discounts the revenue streams upon which the residual is based) is clearly not applicable in this case.

John Agno

Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the context of a goal, understand the dynamics of human behavior and take the initiative to get to where you want to be.

Michael Kors

There are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing they need to do is to go to a trunk show; they'd go running for the hills. I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?

Tasnim Aslam

We do expect that any concessions and exception granted to India in the context of NSG (nuclear suppliers group) or any other multilateral arrangement will be applicable to Pakistan also.

Charles Haynes

O'Connor could be the key vote here. She would support keeping RFRA applicable to the federal government, which is one of the issues in that case.

Ralph Mendoza

New package types must be developed that combine effective unit-dose packaging, child resistance, and senior friendliness into one ingenious design. The new solutions must be tested and qualified and applicable to various configurations and large-scale industrial packaging.

Samuel Alito

I have been committed to carrying out my duties ... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.

Gary Weiss

Debt collectors should be required to disclose the applicable statute of limitations in the body of their collection letters, in bold type. While it's not illegal to dun a consumer for an old debt, it is illegal to sue for one.

Brooke Warrick

We were trying to characterize the lens through which people see the world. A community is a collection of symbols and images. And we wanted our symbols and images to be better than the other guy's.

Tony Davis

We found quite a collection of debris in there -- worms, frogs, salamanders and granular calcium, which resembles white sand, at the bottom,

Barton Gellman

U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.

Jim Angell

We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their feet. They're not so much singing along, unless they know the words and then they get started.

Leon Redbone

I just do a random roulette wheel version of what I've recorded or sometimes tunes I haven't recorded. It's a collection of whatever happens, happens.

Chris Taylor

The expectations are very high that the collection will come back in good condition. Some may be returned in even better condition.

David Parks

We were confident from the outset that this terrific collection would produce phenomenal results at auction. The sale was incredibly exciting and I'm delighted that all 45 lots in the collection have found new homes.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

I had always wanted to do a collection of cartoons, but you have to wait until someone is actually interested.

Neil MacGregor

A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.

Michael Zolensky

We thought maybe the collectors wouldn't open properly, or maybe they would be covered with gunk from the spacecraft.

Sarah Brady

Our ultimate goal- total control of handguns in the United States- is going to take time... The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced... The second problem is to get handguns registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of handguns and all handgun ammunition- except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors - totally illegal.

Paul Mellon

In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right.

Jim Holt

Those are the same sandbags our garbage collectors will probably be picking up this week.

Jesus Christ

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Hanno Langenhoven

Theologians are collectors and tellers of tales; the better the theologian, the better the stories

Clive Cussler

Ever since Pitt was wearing one, collectors were dumbfounded; they were saying that it wasn't an expensive watch, what's all the fuss about. I understand the prices have been driven up since then; people are even paying $1000 for them. I've met people that tell me that they spent two years looking for one.

Christopher Burge

The results reflect a strong, solid and successful market - there were some very high prices but participating collectors remain focused and controlled.

Ronnie Wood

I'm thrilled to be in South Florida for our tour and to open the first gallery exhibit this year. It's a great turn-out and I look forward to speaking with the collectors who have shown me such great support over the years.

David Joy

The persistence of high oil prices can't be lost on the Fed. Consumers have to pay for higher energy even though it's volatile. It is a real cost.

Gary Campbell

We are positive on stocks, especially those that are benefiting from very strong U.S. consumer demand.

James Carrick

We are seeing a gentle recovery going on in retail sales at this stage, which I expect to get stronger going forward. The pickup in the housing market should have a general wealth effect, making consumers happier to go out and spend.

Alan Ackerman

There are continued uncertainties, ... The U.S. economy is slowing and commensurate with that is slowing consumer spending and corporate spending.

Scott Brown

There are some encouraging signs in retail sales, but if you look at what the source of consumer spending is, it's really income growth, and wage growth has been lackluster, suggesting the consumer will not be robust going forward.

Bob Brown

We want to provide unfiltered and unbiased consumer education about the impact of what life insurance does, rather than how it works.

Steve Stanley

While many will be disappointed that we will not necessarily see huge upward revisions to payrolls ... a significant upward revision to wages would also be a positive development, as it suggests that consumers have more firepower than we thought.

Janet Jenkins

We've become a customer service department for some of these companies. So many consumers can't seem to resolve their issues with telephone companies.

Michael Gallelli

We've always tried to give consumers what they want, not what we feel they need,

Bob Woodward

Was there some sort of conspiracy, or organized effort, or effort by one person to out, to disclose publicly that Joe Wilson's wife was an undercover operative?

Ken Starr

Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.

Michael Johnston

Shareholders are pressuring everyone to disclose what they are doing in the environmental arena.

Bradley A. Smith

By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.

Lysander Spooner

Vices are usually pleasurable, at least for the time being, and often do not disclose themselves as vices, by their effects, until after they have been practised for many years; perhaps for a lifetime.

Shivraj Patil

We have lots of information but it is not proper to disclose it yet, ... The investigation is going well.

Oliver Drewes

Only after that I can disclose any facts and details.

Iain McGilchrist

It is not rational to assume, without evidence, that rationality can disclose everything about the world, just because it can disclose some things. Our intuition in favour of rationality, where we are inclined to use it, is just that - an intuition. Reason is founded in intuition and ends in intuition, like a pair of massive bookends.

Filippo Brunelleschi

To disclose too much of one's inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give up the fruit of one's ingenuity.

Ariel Pink

It's not illegal to be an asshole.

Rocco Buttiglione

We request ... the return of all the material that proves to have come from the illegal market,

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.

Jo Handelsman

Some of it is outright illegal behavior, but most of it is subtle. It makes women feel undervalued and not respected.

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.

Barbara Kingsolver

A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it.

Jan C. Ting

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

Alexander Woollcott

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

Robin Cook

We are looking for a strong declaration that there must be a return to the rule of law and an end to the illegal occupation of the farms,

Asia Argento

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

Marilyn Moon

We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.

Ronald Hill

When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,

Bruce Douglas

We are required to do it. We have to do it.

Evan Osnos

To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

Fred G. Gosman

Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.

Beck

I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going to do that any more. For a couple years I thought I was done with that. It wasn't really required of me.

Leo Kipfstuhl

It required us to put on more workers.

William Amelio

In this industry, it's required of us to be best-of-breed in terms of operational efficiency.

Pat Schroeder

We didn't see another option. No one wants to sue a two-ton gorilla. I wish we didn't have to do it.

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages.

Seth Rogen

It's my mission to sue the MPAA and take them down. I don't know how to go about doing that. But to me, it seems like it's something that has to be taken care of.

Joe Altschule

Can you sue the city? Yes. Can you successfully sue? Maybe.