Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Spurgeon

A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over.

Jon Huntsman

We're interested in making sure we protect middle- and low-income Utah while stimulating economic development, ... we need to make it acceptable to legislators.

Mark Wood

We have issues with rental houses that often change renters as the school year starts, ... We might get one group of students who understand this is not acceptable and get them to start working with the neighbors only to have to start the process over when the new tenants move in.

Atal Vajpayee

This proposal is not acceptable to us, ... Pakistan's nuclear program is India-specific, but we are not just worried about Pakistan. We are also concerned about the situation in countries around us.

Robbie Fowler

When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now.

Manmohan Singh

We remain hopeful that solutions acceptable to all sides will be found.

German Gref

The price (of licensed product) needs to be acceptable for the (Russian) population. If it is not acceptable, it is a great advantage for pirates.

Dylan Jones

So going from there to where they are now -- where it is acceptable for a man to nip off at lunch time and have a facial, or a pedicure -- is quite a journey.

Kofi Annan

work this out and come up with an acceptable resolution.

Lois Perrin

We are hopeful that the judge's preliminary injunction will bring needed change at HYCF to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender wards from harm in the future. All in all, the ruling is a huge victory.

Alan Ball

I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.

Charles M. Blow

While the word bisexual was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.

Betty Dodson

I consider myself a lesbian, but I'm a bisexual lesbian.

Donna Payne

Minister Farrakhan's progress means he's gone from talking the talk to walking the walk for our rights. This is a big victory for the community. Showing support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender African-Americans in such a visible and meaningful way means we're on the right road. We look forward to continued work with the minister and the Millions More Movement.

Claudia Christian

Apparently I’ve been typecast in science fiction: I’m a Russian bisexual telepathic Jew.

Anna Paquin

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

Adam Lambert

I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual,' but bi-curious? Yea.

David Bowie

It's true -- I am a bisexual. But I can't deny that I've used that fact very well. I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me.

Ayad Allawi

Whenever the results of the investigation come to the surface, then the time will be suitable to talk about forming the new government.

Matt Mullenweg

Whenever there's a new form of media, we always think it's going to replace the old thing, and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced.

Trevor Hohns

We have rejigged the one-day side to what we hope will provide a range of options to take on a formidable World XI side, as well as forming the nucleus of the 2007 squad for the World Cup.

Kim Clijsters

There are a lot of good players here this week, but Amelie is in form and playing well so she will be tough to beat.

Tori Amos

I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

David Knopfler

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

Chad Harbach

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

Mutula Kilonzo

We are going to ignore it because it has no value. It is pure nonsense and the former president will go on with ordinary life.

Gary Wolf

Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.

Tom Stevens

If we do come out to San Francisco, this (steroid) issue is going to come up. At the same time, to not come could be construed as not being gracious. But do we gloss over (the steroid issue), do we ignore it? I don't know what to do.

Richard Donnell

A resurgent market in London, where prices grew by 1.1 percent, has put something of a gloss on the headline results.

Cate Blanchett

Armani makes a fantastic lip gloss called 'Beige 100.'

Allyce Najimy

Whenever there's money involved, they pick groups of people to test. The stakes are higher.

John Fernandez

We have so many (hate) groups throughout the country, ... One only needs to surf the Internet to learn about most of them.

Mike Brey

The problem with last year's group was they watched the selection show and had their hearts taken from them. And maybe more hurtful than that was they heard all the speculation for a day that they should have been in, as much as I told them, 'It's over, move on, we're in the NIT.' ... This group, there's no drama.

Tim Neale

When I find a combination that works, I keep them together. You reward effort, and one thing this group has never had is a lack of effort.

The Beatles

The production group told me he tried to leave the hospital twice because he'd never missed a show before,

Geoffrey Kors

Ultimately, it wouldn't surprise me if this is a way for two different groups to raise as much money as possible and then join forces. We are suspicious of their motivation because we know they are motivated by wanting to take away the rights of our families.

David Shields

In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.

Chris Good

We want students to go on these trips. They are educational and valuable. For instance, one group is going to Venezuela, another to Mexico and another to help Hurricane Katrina victims in the south.

Janette Turner Hospital

There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.

Carole Bouquet

I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home.

Carol Leifer

Stand-up comedy - I love this job, and I gotta tell you, folks - knock wood - it's been working. 'Cause I was one of those kind of people, even when I had a regular job, I couldn't even call in sick right. You know, I was like, 'Hello? Yeah, I can't come in today. I have scurvy.

Carol Moseley Braun

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

Carlos Ghosn

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.

Carlos Ghosn

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

C. S. Lewis

Puddleglum,' they've said, 'You're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits. You've got to learn that life isn't all fricasseed frogs and ell pie. You want something to sober you down a bit. We're only saying it for your own good, Puddleglum.' That's what they say. Now a job like this --a journey up north just as winter's beginning looking for a prince that probably isn't there, by way of ruined city nobody's ever seen-- will be just the thing. If that doesn't steady a chap, I don't know what will.

Shannon Miller

We have to get jobs to support ourselves. We can't sit around for six months like it's vacation.

Dan Webster

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.

Agnes Macphail

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

Carlos Fuentes

By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.

C. S. Lewis

Here at last is the thing I was made for.

C. S. Lewis

Ah, poor Pole. It's been to much for her, this last bit. Turned her head, I shouldn't wonder. She's beginning to see things.

Jimmy Johnson

We have to find some speed and turn things around. Thankfully, we had a strong start to the season, so this last month we really didn't have to race our way in. But we've got to find it in a hurry.

Agnetha Faltskog

Abba's last tour was a success but awful for me.

Joe Minucci

We were at the lowest of lows last year. We couldn't get any lower. This year we are looking to make a playoff push, and trying to win the division.

Alan Rudolph

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

Charles Dickens

Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.

Charles Simmons

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Howard Schultz

We have no alternative. This is not a philanthropic venture. We're not trying to make money, we just want to stop losing (money).

Chris Cooper

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone

Louis Honore

We are losing turnover of about $1.3 million per day ... So you have to multiply that by 17 or 18 days.

Chad Hitchen

We started off by losing a tough one at 103 and we rebounded well with Javier and Mariano (Portillo) having big wins.

Logan P. Smith

If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul

Holly Holm

I've been on the end of losing a fight, and there's a piece of my heart that has compassion towards that because I know how it feels.

Demi Lovato

The more active I am, the better I feel and the longer I can stay onstage without losing my breath.

Vini Dawson

Yeah, I remember us losing a 16-point lead.

Lindsay Whorton

Whether we're on a three-game winning or losing streak, you can understand that that's not everything.

Carre Otis

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.

Carol Roth

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

Carol Kane

I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.

Carol Kane

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

Carol Leifer

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.

Carol Shields

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

Carol Moseley Braun

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

Carol Moseley Braun

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

Carlos Beltran

I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.

Charles de Gaulle

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Dhirubhai Ambani

You have to take the calculated risk,to earn something

Dhirubhai Ambani

True entrepreneurshi p comes only from risk-taking.

Dave Barry

There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia.

David Sze

When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.

Erica Jong

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Lou Jiwei

There is a lot of risk in the tech sector.

Alan Watts

No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary...

Eduardo Paes

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

Caitlin Moran

You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.

John Updike

The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary.

Cary Fukunaga

I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films.

Blaise Pascal

The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution.

Chris Whitaker

Until you've won a title you'll never be completely happy.

David Icke

I am a channel for the Christ spirit. The title was given to me very recently by the Godhead.

Bong Joon-ho

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.

Robbie Earl

Yes, I have that kind of title on my back. But I'll put up my numbers. It's just going to be a little harder.

Larry Clark

I'd like to win one more title to make it an even dozen,

Tom Harkin

No one ever wore the title of 'senator' better and used it less.

Emily Besler

We don't need the title to make things happen.