Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Toombs

Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war.

Robert Toombs

When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever.

Arthur Conan

Like all other arts, the science of deduction and analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study, nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems. Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.

Sathya Baba

Let us live and move in harmony.  Let us grow together.  Let us cherish the wisdom that we have acquired together. Let us live in complete harmony without any misunderstanding.

Charles Dickens

Minerva House was ''a finishing establishment for young ladies,'' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.

Charles Dickens

Minerva House... was ""a finishing establishment for young ladies,"" where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.

Robert Toombs

Mr. Monroe acquired Florida from Spain, extending the same guarantee to the inhabitants which Mr. Jefferson had to those of Louisiana.

Charles Dickens

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a peculiar flourish of his right arm in often clearing the world of its most difficult problems, by sweeping them behind him.

Michael Morpurgo

Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job as parents is essentially to pass on the enthusiasm we had for the things we loved. That's how we'll get them to fall in love with reading in the first place and, hopefully, to stay in love with it.

Mike Janko

Life insurance is an important method of estate transfer to at least consider because death benefits can pass to your heirs essentially free of taxes.

James Soong

Maintaining the status quo would most benefit the people of Taiwan. The PFP would by no means support independence for Taiwan.

Robert Mueller

Maintaining a code of silence will not benefit you or your company in the long run. Our safely lies not only in protecting our own interest, but our critical infrastructure as a whole.

Skip Musgraves

Make sure your employees understand what a wonderful, rich benefit it is.

Wendy Wright

Making the morning-after pill over the counter would only benefit those that profit from its increased sale, but the real price will be paid by women and girls who would suffer the health consequences.

John Barrett

Let's give them the benefit of the doubt right now. The time has come to tell them to stop using this (zoning freeze) as an excuse. It's just a matter of time before the redevelopment board takes steps and requires them to make improvements to the property,

Cecilia Munoz

Let's take a deep breath here. I guess what's frustrating is that Senator Kerry was just at our conference making terrific proposals that would benefit the immigrant community.

Dana Rohrabacher

Let's quit giving these fellows the benefit of the doubt. It's costing us so much money.

Jack Mahoney

Let the parade go on, ... It's a huge benefit to the city.

Michael Harrison

(SDSU) did a good job doubling our post players and bothering us offensively. They made some tough shots. They executed.

Joey Smith

Neighbors don't like it. But my children and their friends enjoy riding around my pond. We're not hurting no one or bothering no one else.

Joe Hudak

We needed a big effort out of him today. His thumb was bothering him. It was getting worse as the game went on. I'm so proud of him, the way he competed.

Brad Ausmus

I didn't notice a dramatic difference. The difference is if his leg is bothering him, he can compensate with his arm. But if he's compensating with his arm, he's not going to last very long. He'll end up not only with a sore leg but a sore shoulder. And Roger is a classic leg-driving pitcher.

Brian Cashman

I could see it was bothering him when he was throwing. Hopefully, it's nothing more than a small episode.

Chris Adrian

The stories that engaged me as a kid were all science fiction. Later, it turned out that I didn't have the language to talk about what was bothering me in a way that was straightforward.

Pamela Sue Martin

If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.

Joseph Garcia

We came out lethargic in the first half. Audra (Major's) back was bothering her like it did before Christmas, and the guards really had to step it up.

David Eckstein

We had our chances. I think his hamstring was bothering him. There was a play when he didn't run to cover first base. There may be something there.

Meg Symington

Because the U.S. conservation groups are participating, we are able to provide technical expertise regarding how these funds should be used and ... the most important places where they should be spent.

Brad Hintz

Trading expertise is something that you can purchase on the marketplace.

Philip M. Parker

When you're looking at small languages, the population of speakers is so small that there might not be people with the expertise in science or agronomy to write optimal planting strategies for maize in the local language.

David Trachtenberg

We have the expertise to provide the Latino market with the Internet power and resources it needs and is ready to use.

Tom Starling

We get their expertise and their connections in the community, and they get to help.

Kofi Annan

We don't have money as the U.N., but we'll come with some expertise and experience,

Jim Lee

Tom's financial expertise was extremely important in our business. He got us through some tough times and I selfishly wanted him to come back to us.

Mary Roach

When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.

Carl Jacoby

But it won't be with my merchandise, my expertise or my wife's.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Lehmann, Kahn and Hildebrand have all improved this season,

Nathan Watson

Last year we improved our times at every meet. As long as we can do that I will be pretty satisfied.

Terry Taylor

My life has improved so much. Frankly, I was very grateful.

Doc Rivers

Obviously whenever you can improve your team you're going to do that -- with a veteran or a young guy. But we're in games.

Alex Rodriguez

October is what I need to improve upon. But you can't think about October on Opening Day, you have to think about the present war.

David Goldberg

Now we have lasers that can improve the quality of skin without removing a layer of skin. It's called the lunchtime laser procedure.

Luis Suarez

Now, we're going to try and improve on the last World Cup.

Asif Bajwa

We needed a six-goal victory to improve our position, and we managed that today.

Howard Davidowitz

For me, the big question is what is Wal-Mart going to do to improve sales,

Peter Jenkins

no other application than the production of nuclear warheads.

Carl Crawford

Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas.

Edward Abbey

The one great gift to humankind from our nuclear physicists has been the nuclear bomb. How can we ever thank them?

Abdul Kalam

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

Dick Cheney

[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

Charles Bass

U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.

Todd Simmons

We have never had a problem with the nuclear reactor and it has been here for 38 years.

Ban Ki-moon

Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.