Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. M. Roberts

Part of professionalism extends to the quality of the shop's appearance.

Mike McCabe

That creates the appearance of government for sale. It feeds a growing public suspicion that campaign donors are treated differently, that they're given favors in state government. Of course that has an enormous corrosive effect on public confidence in our state government.

Anthony Ricco

Other than the interpreters' booths, the courtroom has the normal appearance of a multi-defendant trial.

Jamie Pollard

Other than the Anthony Davis piece, I don't think (Iowa State) did anything wrong. But the fact that we're associated with something that certainly has the appearance that is less than desirable ... that's a concern.

Evan Steinberg

Planning's already begun for many future jerseys. I wouldn't be surprised if T.J. were to make an appearance in 2006.

Oscar Wilde

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Robert Huang

Jeanette Lee's appearance fee rose to US$10,000 per day this year. We weren't prepared to pay that type of money for her to play.

Jerry Bell

Jay has been valuable in the growth of KKZN not only on-air but because of his personal-appearance work.

Mark Twain

Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.

Mike Williamson

Regardless of the results, we played outstanding in the first. We played at both ends of the ice, shot the puck finally. We didn't get rewarded, but there's not many times you won't if you keep playing like that.

Jim Brandt

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Tomasz Beer

Reasons for this trend are not really known, but may include a desire to do something rather than do nothing on the part of both physicians and patients. Unfortunately, these men may be enduring significant side effects for an uncertain benefit.

George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

David Wade

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

Vinny Testaverde

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Andy Reid

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Andrew Yang

President Chen has been constrained by both the opposition parties and factions in his own party. I would say President Chen has done a mediocre job on foreign policy, and an equally mediocre job on domestic policy.

Allan Hoffenblum

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president. Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Sam Hollenbach

Regardless of what was said, personally I think I need to improve. That's kind of the outlook I'm trying to stick with. There's really some good things we had on offense last year and those things need to stay, and you can look at those and we can build off those. He's been very specific with me on things I need to improve.

Todd Davison

Regardless of losses, people are going to build close to the water. Our program does not dictate land use.

Hosni Mubarak

regain their rights and build their independent state on their national soil with Jerusalem as its capital.

Jim Bowden

Recently, we denied another organization the opportunity to interview Dana because we view him as vital component of this franchise as we build for the future.

Idotha Neal

Rehab is occurring all around us. However, there is a significant funding gap keeping the buildings from being financially viable for high capacity developers.

Joel Staff

Reliant is committed to supporting our customers and the communities where we do business. That's why when Royce Builders approached us to help this family, we gladly said yes.

Joey Spatafora

Reliable power to this building is a chronic issue.

Robert Greenwald

Releasing the film in theaters will only build upon the largest grassroots mobilization in the history of film distribution. 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price' is the story of one company using its power to destroy the fabric of American life, and it is important to us that as many people as possible see it.

M. Wolfe

Preserving these historic schools builds pride and a sense of place in communities.

William Gray

Regardless of whether a major hurricane makes landfall this year, it is inevitable that we will see hurricane-spawned destruction in coming years on a scale many, many times greater than we have in the past.

John Stroger

Refugees are those people coming from foreign countries.

Phil Flynn

Refineries are squeezing out every gallon of gasoline possible, and they?re doing a good job of it. The problem is, it?s coming at the expense of the other products like heating oil.

Source Unknown

Reincarnation: People coming back to life at quitting time.

Joe Vaverchak

Previously I don?t think we won two doubles matches in any of our matches. So, today was a little stepping stone with that, especially with the one team coming back from a set down.

Liza Kelly

Oregon does a lot of traveling, so they make a big deal about coming back east and they also have a number of eastern teams come out and play them. They actually had Hopkins come out and play them in Hawaii and all the girls were like, 'We wanna go to Hawaii.' But they definitely still get a lot of good opponents out there, so it's very similar.

Bobby Moresco

Paul and I tried to write from a place that was real and honest. Maybe the issue of race isn't the same as it was, but it's still here. We tried to dig into the soul and find the place where it was coming from.

Shari Walling

Patrick didn't let the bronchitis he is coming off of slow him down. He's a very tough competitor and he made sure we scored the points we needed to win the meet.

Joan Heller

Patients coming out panic stricken are spreading the contamination. They're gonna run. They're scared and hurt and want to get away.

Ken Knutson

Our pitching is generally a year older with some really good arms. We have the players.

Brian Foster

Our start to the season has been generally encouraging,

Tomoko Fujii

Japanese institutional investors seem to have sought returns by selling dollar-denominated assets. That kind of repatriation is generally yen positive.

Samah Haggag

Late payments generally have the highest negative impact on a score.

Ian Spector

It exploded. Since last summer, we've had 50 million hits. We generally get between 500,000 and 800,000 hits a day.

Elizabeth Thomas

I think poetry was meant to be heard out loud. I am not doing this for the money. What I do is done from a passionate place inside of me, because I feel very strongly that young people need a positive outlet and some kids have that through sports, and some have it through music or art. Kids who have it through poetry generally aren't heard. They all can't be good at football.

Steve Rhode

It doesn't surprise me. People generally underestimate what they're going to spend for the holidays.

Joe Sacco

I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.

David Liss

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

Kughalo Mulatonu

Our main headquarters and all our top leaders are safe.

Kurt Ebenhoch

Our on-time performance was at its lowest point in the weeks leading up to the strike,

Sylvia Bennett

Our leaders left us to die, strangers took us in,

Randy Cunneyworth

Our leadership has to step forward, and not just by being vocal in the room.

Yukio Hatoyama

People have raised expectations for leader Ichiro Ozawa.

Jonathan Epstein

People look for their leaders to show progress. And they look at mayors as people who solve problems. When they see someone who can show progress as mayor of a big city, they respect that.

Kip Janvrin

Steven is our top thrower. He did well and started his year off well. He's one of our leaders.

Elliott Smith

Static in my head,the reflected sound of everything,tried to go to where it led,but it didn't lead to anything.

Marvin Miller

Some of the players were leaning on leadership to do most destabilizing thing possible for a union, to open they contract. They will rue the day they did this.

Carl Rakosi

I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.

Lawrence Krauss

That would give social structures more time to adapt.

Cesar Chavez

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.

Carroll Quigley

The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you.

Bruce Braley

Increasing the minimum wagewill put billions annually into the Social Security trust fund.

Barbara Mikulski

Politics is social work with power.

Eduardo Paes

You cannot deal with a city if it's not socially integrated.

Le Corbusier

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.

Adolf Hitler

Basically National Socialism and Marxism are the same.

Carl Sagan

Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.

Terry Pendleton

I think their thoughts and my thoughts are on the same page.

Margaret Beckett

I accept, though it is with hindsight, that this is so,

George Fotenos

He doesn't weigh but 96 pounds. Even though he went 4-4 he didn't give up in any match.

Al Gore

Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President said earlier. He is a decent man. I think everybody who knows him likes him.

Blaise Pascal

Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our Author and our end.

Blaise Pascal

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

C. S. Lewis

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Carson Kressley

We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a Skittle.

John Hull

Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model.

Wilson Alvarez

I'm here trying to do it one more time. I'm doing it for my kids. I'm doing it for my wife. I'm doing it for my teammates. So they can all say you've still got it.

Bebe Neuwirth

Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

Beck

With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.

Beck

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars.

B. B. King

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

Billy Corgan

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

Billy Corgan

I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.

Julius Baer

(It is) an acquisition which we would value as 'not really expensive.

Jamelah Leddy

I think there's a lot of value there.

Kathryn Reith

That was only some coolers, so the value was pretty minimal. That has to be done over again.

Sean Bersell

It has always been about value and convenience.

Craig Stapleton

have the same values and the same interests.

Adelaide Clemens

I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.

Miriam Santiago

Times have changed. It has already worn out its value,

Heather Brooke

The values of WikiLeaks have been completely overshadowed by Julian Assange.

Roy Blunt

This report's only of value if we use it in a positive, forward-looking way, and not try to get into meaningless blaming, who could have done what when; now that it doesn't matter, ... American Morning.

Nate Lowman

I think that fashion is industrial, whereas style is ideological. So they're not necessarily connected.

Marie Trintignant

The theatre fulfills, whereas the cinema is empty.

Jeff Probst

Survivor. With all the women together, there's no modesty.

B. R. Ambedkar

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Carrie Snow

If women ruled the world and we all got massages, there would be no war.

Carrie Chapman Catt

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

Carrie Chapman Catt

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Bette Davis

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Heinrich Heine

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day

Stephen Lewis

It is always the village women who drive these things.

Jaime Pressly

I think it's sexy when women have shapely bodies.