Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herbert A. Simon

In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with monkeys, or Galileo when he argued that the Earth spins on its axis.

Alan Yamamoto

We've argued about it. ... We've gone around in circles,

Heywood Sanders

What has gone on in Pittsburgh is what has gone on in lots of other cities, which are often faced with convention centers that don't perform as their proponents had hoped or promised, and so it is argued that what you need is an adjacent hotel.

Rick Perlstein

Political scientists have long argued that party identification is the best possible predictor of voting behavior and is remarkably sticky over time.

Dick Grove

When I got the call about the accident, I thought it was a joke, ... I argued with the paramedic who called. These things don't happen at 9:20 in the morning.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Many thought it was a fool's errand - that the browser companies were never going to listen to us. Others argued that, 'Users don't care if you use Web standards.' Well, of course they don't. They just know that your site works better.

Seiji Maehara

The people are questioning if the DPJ is really serious about taking the helm of government. (I'll) first gather the party's opinions together and let important issues be argued out in the Diet. That's my fighting stance.

Helena Norberg-Hodge

There's often a discussion about, 'Well, how do we know what happiness is? Is it real?' I've always argued that all of us know that there's a huge difference between how we feel when we feel happy and when we don't feel happy.

Marianne Williamson

If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you're not running for office.

Robert Hill

The potential consequences of an attack are just too catastrophic to ignore,

Lisa Sampson

The personal attacks and the attacks on the group are inappropriate.

Rob Schilling

The perception coming in is that you're going to be opening yourself up to personal attacks and ridicule from other councilors.

Chris Patten

We are profoundly disappointed that Zimbabwe's parliament has passed this law, which represents a fundamental attack on media freedom,

Steve Turner

We started to attack the rim and we got to the free throw line.

Doug Galloway

We started shooting better and started attacking offensively and defensively.

Ann Cooper

We are alarmed that state-run media are publicly attacking this newspaper. We are gravely concerned about the safety of Le Journal's staff, and call on the government to take steps to ensure their security.

Pat Lynch

We believe that the nearly 3,000 people who perished during the worst single attack this nation has ever seen deserve the respect and honor of a memorial that will never denigrate America.

Vincent Brooks

We believe that the attack was effective in causing destruction of that facility. ... As to who was inside and what their conditions are, it will take some time before we can make that full determination.

Mike Johanns

We want to send a signal as to what the farm bill will be so that producers can make decisions.

Chris Chocola

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.

Chirlane McCray

I'm married, I'm monogamous, but I'm not dead, and Bill isn't either.

Michael McKinney

The person I'd feel sorry for would be the first man, ... I'm not sure Bill could handle that.

Nathan Myhrvold

The personality of Bill Gates determines the culture of Microsoft.

Jiang Zemin

The people will always remember him, ... We have 1.2 billion people, but the life of every Chinese person is precious.

Sean Wargo

We are projecting an increase in sales of MP3 players to $4.5 billion in 2006, with 30 percent of all MP3 players sold having video playback capability.

Saparmurat Niyazov

We are prepared to supply 30-40 billion cu m of gas to China.

Hal Halpin

We've already committed to doing the things this bill is trying to require us to do,

Charles Dickens

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies.

Charles Caleb Colton

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Alan Watts

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

Chogyam Trungpa

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

Chogyam Trungpa

When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you.

Dave Barry

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

Byron Katie

There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

What we think about when we are free to think about what we will – that is what we are or will soon become.

Ai Weiwei

The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

Jim Collins

We move them back and forth. We're there to work for the inclusion of all people within the community.

Guenael Rodier

We want to see the laboratory (results) before we move on. But she's likely to be a case, unfortunately.

C. Wright Mills

[A]s a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things , more handle people and symbols .

Carlos Mencia

We celebrate Labor Day by not going to work?

Charlize Theron

That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that.

Abraham Lincoln

Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.

Jeffrey Joerres

When you put it all together you get what you have now, a tight labor market but no wage inflation. We are in a whole new territory.

Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Donald Johanson

I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it.

Mohammad Afzal

We are not confirming it until laboratory tests come out.

Tom Poti

Obviously, we took way too many penalties tonight.

Mickey Andrews

But we're still having too many penalties and getting too many people out of position.

Lane Donati

We took too many penalties and that took us out of our game.

Greg Thomas

There are no retrospective penalties in the game's regulations.

Jay Pelkey

Penalties have been a problem for us all season long.

Evgeni Nabokov

Penalties got us into trouble in the second period and they capitalized on that.

Joe Philbin

I think from a penalty standpoint, he had more penalties than he's ever had and that's something he wants to get right. I think there are some things he probably didn't do as well as he has in the past.

Stu Barnes

Work ethic, turnovers, penalties ... that sums it up.

Steve Nicol

We aren't getting penalties for whatever reason. I thought it was a penalty myself.

Alan Mollohan

I have never, not once, violated my public trust.

S. Hughes

Where there is muck to be raked, it must be raked,and the public must know of it, that it may mete out justice....

David Duchovny

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

Carl Andre

Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.

Robert Reich

When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else.

Robert Reich

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Sharon Stone

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

Brendan Behan

There's no bad publicity except an obituary.