Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rubin Carter

Regardless of where you have been in the past, you have to go out and compete, give your best effort and don't quit. I only see a tremendous upside based on what I've been through with this program so far.

Corazon Aquino

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

Lisa Randall

Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.

Randy Vossburg

Releasing such a statement to the media (on Tuesday) before the township even had a chance to see the documents in question showed a distinct lack of courtesy and respect by the department. Creating media frenzy did not serve anyone's best interest and undermined efforts for good faith discussions based on preparation, planning and good sound scientific advice.

Colin Masson

Relatively few manufacturers have the luxury to choose a different product mix based on energy prices.

Ricardo Alarcon

President Carter represents the future, a day when there will be a mutual respect and a good neighbor policy between the U.S. and Cuba, a future with a policy based on certain moral and ethical values.

Trip Chowdhry

Our research shows that Oracle is losing some database business to IBM and Microsoft, ... Based on that, I doubt if the company can raise sales guidance.

Joe Horrigan

Our position has always been that O.J. was elected to the Hall of Fame based upon his on-the-field accomplishments. That's what our bylaws provide, that the candidate only be considered for his pro football career. And as such, he is in the Hall of Fame and will remain in the Fall of Fame.

Fidel Castro

Our relations are based on mutual interest and devotion to peace, in the context of cooperation and integration.

Prince Charles

Our beliefs and values call out for peace and not conflict.

E. B. White

Our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments are, simply put, our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments. They are not universal truths.

Abdul Sattar

Respect for other religions and for their beliefs is enjoined upon Muslims,

Christopher Paolini

I don't discuss my own beliefs in public, but I will say the beliefs I've given my characters do not necessarily represent what I myself believe.

John Raese

I coincide with much of his beliefs -- low taxes, low regulation and a support for a free enterprise.

Jim Smith

He considered himself an anarchist, and his core beliefs were developing and supporting people's right to freedom.

Sufjan Stevens

It's hard to reconcile my personal beliefs with an entire institution like the Church or the Republicans. Or with people within those political persuasions who have such different ideologies but confess the same things I confess spiritually.

Jeb Bush

I have a voice: I want to share my beliefs about how the conservative movement and the Republican party can regain its footing, because we've lost our way.

John Allen

He talks of relativism ... the smorgasbord of beliefs he sees unfolding, and he is concerned the church will be assimilated if there is not an effort to resist it. That effort may not fill up churches right away, or win popularity contests. ... I don't know if it's right or wrong, but it's the framework he's operating under.

Joe Tucci

business world covered in a blanket of hesitation.

E. B. White

If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket

Joyce Blazier

I was sitting here on this blanket so, here's the truck - maybe 6 feet.

David Boies

There is evidence of what we see here is an exit strategy for Netscape -- that because of the blanket Microsoft has put over it, Netscape was not able to continue its pattern of innovation.

Turkish Proverb

One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.

Karen Bell

She threw back her blanket and said 'Hi!' ... She was a wonderful human being who was just freezing.

Mary Phillips

She worries that Daisy's going to get cold in the winter, so I brought this blanket over.

Edgar Mitchell

I am very, very incredulous about what I see. I can't throw caveats in. I don't make blanket statements.

David Blunkett

I'm in favour of a sensible development of response units and their deployment in any circumstance where there may be a risk to the officers themselves or the neighbourhood they're in. I'm not in favour of a blanket arming of the police.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.O, what's the loud uproar assailing Mine ears without cease?'Tis the voice of the hopeful, all-hailing The horrors of peace.Ah, Peace Universal; they woo it -- Would marry it, too. If only they knew how to do it'Twere easy to do.They're working by night and by day On their problem, like moles. Have mercy, O Heaven, I pray, On their meddlesome souls! --Ro Amil

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Peace, n.: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Bill Dixon

I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.

Dr. House

I teach you to lie, cheat, and steal, and as soon as my back's turned you wait in line?

Jason Giambi

It ain't cheating if you don't get caught.

Mike Royko

Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax

Janet Reno

I don't think you endorse something by purchasing it if it's the only game in town ... in terms of an effective machine, and the lowest price available,

Fran Cohen

There is an increasing problem on every campus. Five years ago, no one knew what electronic cheating was.

Ed Laudano

Robin considers that crows are a fiery mixture of intelligence, tenacity and spirit poured into a frail body.

Ed Laudano

Robin considers herself an explorer whose discoveries are in the lines of a leaf or the turn of a cheekbone.

Mark Leno

The only thing that could come to mind is that he's politically pandering to the far right, which has been demanding that he make a statement, ... I'd like to take her at her word that he only considers the policy implications, which means there's no need to make such a hurried decision.

Jeff Daniels

He's a well-intentioned guy. He tries to do right by his kids - he considers himself a victim here,

Timothy Noah

The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class.

Henry Giroux

Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated from public life.

Herb Kohl

My hope is that the White House considers this concern,

Tom Minnery

Obviously the White House considers his voice to be important.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

There is no such thing as Russian fascism. You won't find a single Russian who considers Russians to be a superior race and who advocate expulsion of aliens.

Michael Friedman

Someone once told me, 'You don't know it yet, but we are the lucky ones.' But I do know it. I have found a new definition of what it means to live (because) I have seen what it means to die.

Danny Meyer

Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.

Bharati Mukherjee

My life has gotten a little more complicated than my ability to describe it. That used to be the definition of madness, now it's just continuous overload.

Peter Jackson

It is a major surgery. Major by any definition of the word.

Frederick Warren

The appropriate economic definition of a separate product is an item for which there is sufficient demand such that it is efficient to offer that item separately from other items,

Richard Land

The American people are not sending their young men and women to Afghanistan for this definition of freedom. Mr. Rahman should be released immediately.

Melanie Boeglin

That was the definition of a heartbreaker. We're using that as motivation this year and hopefully we can have a better outcome. We don't want to leave anything up to the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee.

Craig Bruce

It doesn't require the use of Web crawlers. It requires someone knowledgeable about the definition of what a government document is.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of 'emergency' is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.

Pete Carroll

Reggie just tried too hard on that play and he'll regret it forever. Reggie was just trying to get a TD.

Linda Ronstadt

Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose. So when I finally went to a neurologist, and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,' I was completely shocked.

John Berlin

(Paul) is a perfectionist. She works so hard on hurdles and it really shows.

Malik Rose

Part of me thinks Larry likes it, people not knowing what he wants or whatever. All I know is I go as hard as I can when I'm out there. Sometimes, things just don't go your way.

Bertrand Russel

Our mental make-up is suited to a life of very severe physical labor

Dan Rucker

Our motto is play hard to play another day.

Steven Lopez

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

David Walton

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

Samantha Morton

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

Paul Taylor

Price matters in this market. This is an increasingly price-sensitive consumer.

Allen Iverson

I want to win a ring. I want to have the opportunity to get back to the Finals. All that matters is us getting into the playoffs, because then, anything can happen.

Idris Jala

It allows you to raise matters in an independent and unbiased manner.

Alonzo Jackson

I don't even think like that, ... Why wouldn't you want me? I went out there and did what I had to do today. That's all that really matters to me right now.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Gilbert Arenas

I'm an All-Star in my mind, and I'm an All-Star to this city, my peers and this organization. So that's all that matters to me.

John Agius

There are one or two matters I wish to take up with them.

Bryan Whitman

He was relieved for matters of personal conduct.

Pete Carroll

What matters to me is we accomplished everything we could possibly accomplish, ... No one will ever be able to take that away from us no matter how the polls go.

David Harsanyi

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

Charles Eastman

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

Prince Abdullah

no shame, no humanity, no morals and no principles.

Erica Mann Jong

Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time.

Clifford Longley

The Ely Experience: 'Private Morals and Public Truth'

Adam Richman

You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.

Marly Youmans

What is a spouse for? Not to be your personal servant, certainly!

Ted Cruz

A lot of times your spouse sees things about you that you don't necessarily see.

Margaret Mead

There is no lonelier person than the one who lives with a spouse with whom he or she cannot communicate.