Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isabella Rossellini

I've always been an entertainer all my life; I come from a family of entertainers. I always made, very pretentiously, a comparison with Agatha Christie. Her inspiration was crime, and I'm sure she must have taken courses or read about crime, because it was the basis of her stories. But ultimately, it was her own fantasy.

Bill Dudley

Like everyone, we are looking for a 25 basis point hike from the Fed and people will be looking for clues on whether that's it for the year.

Eric Bruntlett

Last year there was never really a spot where somebody had to come in and fill in ... for an extended period. You usually have that at some point. I don't know if I would have gotten a chance, but if you keep playing, at some point you get a chance to go out on a more regular basis and you have to be ready.

Ken Bacon

Secondly, ... the military is carrying out on a regular basis it's normal engagement policy, a policy with 100,000 -- nearly 100,000 troops forward-deployed in Europe and nearly 100,000 troops forward-deployed in the Asia-Pacific region.

Judith Curry

Sea surface temperature is the one that consistently comes up. What we found is that all the variables have an effect, but those tend to be on a storm-by- storm basis and not over a longer period.

William Comanor

Software is becoming the basis of the new economy, but surely that was also true of petroleum in 1912,

Ken Gordon

So for the next few months, until we have a new person in place, it will put a little more pressure on me in terms of having to go up there on a weekly basis to ensure that's done.

Raymond Hack

Mr Dumitru was selected on an interim basis and as of today he is no longer the team's head coach. Safa will conduct an intensive search whether it be by interviews or head hunting for the next coach to hopefully take the team further on a long-term basis.

Raymond Hack

Mr. Dumitru was selected on an interim basis and as of today he is no longer the team's head coach.

Doug Macdonald

Legislators and voters confirmed that they are willing to invest in highway improvements to help alleviate traffic bottlenecks and enhance safety.

Kofi Annan

Libya has confirmed its seriousness and readiness to find a solution to the Lockerbie problem,

Norm Coleman

senior Iraqi officials have confirmed that you, in fact, received oil allocations and that the documents that identify you as an allocation recipient are valid.

Saint Stephen

May those who witness the miracle be confirmed in their faith, and may you and your idols be forever disgraced!

John Cornyn

no obligation to tell us how you will rule on any issue that might come before you if you're confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Justin Pitts

One thing that I have learned lately is that every second of the day has an influence on the rest of your life; so get out there and use your God-given abilities to His glory. The Lord has really confirmed that now is the time He wanted to use me.

Jay Haines

Obviously, the savings vary depending on the home's location, as well as its construction type, its orientation to the sun, surrounding shade features and so forth. But the DOE tests confirmed a measurable and significant difference in the energy required to cool the home in all instances.

Suresh Kalmadi

Nineteen countries have already confirmed to take part in the meet and Qatar is also expected to send in the entry.

John Miller

If we have all the specifics, we have a mandate to run them down until it's either confirmed or washed out.

Julie Morgenstern

Leaving work a half-hour early makes you work as if you're on a deadline all the time.

Marcello Lippi

When he has resolved his problems, Cassano will return, ... Something may change. I'm not saying that because I know what it is but because the deadline is tomorrow.

Carol Hansen

I can't devote or focus on one issue for very long because there's always something else. That's the most stressful thing. The other big fear is that I'm going to overlook some deadline or responsibility.

Brian Hill

If anything was learned this year it's the importance of all 82 games. It would have been a great learning experience and a nice reward for what they accomplished from the trade deadline on, but we're going to have to wait 'til next year.

Brian Sabean

If these two past trade deadlines have been indicative of the lack of willingness for people wanting to trade, it's going to be tough to retool your team to a significant extent.

Horacio Gutierrez

Today we are less than a week away from the deadline for filing our response, so I suppose it is now official and they are indeed riding roughshod over our defense rights.

Virginia Henley

To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else. Writing is not a job; it is a lifestyle, and it is a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. You need self-confidence and an iron carapace.

Rene Fasel

The only deadline that exists comes from the International Olympic Committee, which wants each federation to hand in rosters by the end of January.

Michelle Fontaine

We have always wanted there to be unfettered time for individuals to file these claims. The deadline serves no purpose.

Robert Toombs

In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.

Mitchel McLaughlin

Let's make this new experiment work, ... Let's give it more than eight weeks. Let's demonstrate to those who are skeptical that we can work together.

Michael Campbell

Let the golfing gods take their toll. Kiwis don't surrender, not until the fat lady sings. Eighteen holes is still a lot of holes to play and I'll be giving it 110 per cent.

Ray Harper

Lorenzo Gordon, Dennis Pease and Rory Green. We don't play seven or eight now. We had guys starting then that don't even play now.

Larry Young

Last year seven of our eight losses were by one goal. With experience they're the ones we expect to win this year.

Jessica Rowe

Last year Peter was away for eight months. We make the most of the time we have together.

Mike Wahle

Scoring three points and giving up eight sacks wasn't going to get the job done. As an offense, we were excited to come here and get another shot at these guys. We felt we were better than we showed last time.

Torii Hunter

Seven or eight home runs. He's got like 12 at-bats with eight shots.

E. P. Thompson

Seth has really been on a roll for us lately. He's gone 7-1 in his last eight matches.

Buck Showalter

I can tell you what we're looking at right now on February 20-whatever, but that will change. There's a long way to go.

Robert Greenwald

The plan is to overwhelm Washington on February 26,

Chris Davenport

If we get to the end of February and I've only skied a couple, I'll start to worry. I need to stay positive. The silver lining is that it is snowing, so there will be a longer spring for skiing.

Mari Yori

Since we're a northern team, it's hard to get teams to come here in February because of the weather. That's why we play in all these early-season tournaments.

David Litchfield

This specific flaw was reported to Oracle on the 19th of February 2006.

John Barbour

We are not looking forward to February 11 when we may have to revert to the system in place on January 3 and 4.

Terry Stotts

We need March to be a good month for us. Between home games and everything else, we need March to be a good month. We were one game under .500 for February and around that in January, so we need to come on strong in March and see what happens in April. But this is the time that we should be able to separate a little bit.

Gernot Nerb

We still think a trough should be reached in the first quarter but to be sure we get a recovery, we should see expectations improving in January or February at the latest.

Dave Cassels

We're looking to start in mid to late February and run through March and all of April.

Steve Case

From a pure technical standpoint, it does look like Microsoft may win this one,

Greg Scott

From my perspective, what Microsoft is doing is right on target.

Bob Muglia

Microsoft unapologetically will make sure ActiveX works best on Windows

Chris LeTocq

Where there's competition, Microsoft prices aggressively and competitively; where there isn't, Microsoft doesn't.

Dan Kaminsky

We are at the point where all the obvious things we tell Microsoft to do, they already do it.

Jeff Cohen

The only thing I think really needs to be addressed by Microsoft is biometrics.

Jeff Johnson

He was saying, 'Look what I did at Microsoft and look what I can do for you.

Craig Mundie

Let me be clear - Microsoft has no beef with open source.

Donald Clark

MSN became a quagmire, partly because of Microsoft's hubris.

Tony Haffer

For rain fans, it's going to be a nearly perfect day.

Gary Roberts

Nearly all our blokes are locals, but a lot of them work out of town during the week,

Clive Sinclair

You have to turn a blind eye to politics in nearly all Westerns.

Romola Garai

There are people who you see on screen and think, 'Wow, that's a slim person,' and in the flesh they look nearly dead.

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

Paul Gillmor

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Thomas Powell

What you do is not nearly as important as who you are.

Mark McKinney

It is so cold out there, my head nearly fell off.

Tony Prentice

Our whole team wrestled really solid. It was a tough tournament. There were state placers in nearly every weight class.

David Troyer

Right now we're not saying what the reply is going to be.

Sam Cassell

I don't think he tipped it. I just shot it short. I shot it short over a 7-foot guy.

Elizabeth Bowen

Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.

Abraham Lincoln

If you have never failed you have never lived.

Grace Young

On short notice, we're not going to get a lot of people.

David Hamilton

She's his own daughter. He (his father) is in recovery, but at the very least, she has shortened his life.

Rachelle Lemieux

She?s been sick and she can only play in short spurts because she has trouble breathing.

Winston Churchill

Old expressions are the best, and short ones even better

Alan Woods

Short term, this is going to be bad. Long term, this may be good.

Tom Parker

I don't have a worry he'll be short of words.

Mallory Ortberg

There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'

John Esposito

Frankly, I find (such accusations) humorous. A lot of these statements are ideologically or politically motivated.

Sourav Ganguly

Only time will tell. It's not right for me to make a statement now.

Huseyin Sahin

She died. I will be making a statement shortly.

Erick Jensen

If they wrestle like they did this weekend, we could make a statement at states.

Sizwe Kupelo

This statement can be described only as utter rubbish.

David F. Houston

We are investigating the circumstances under which the statements were made.

Eric Maskin

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

Ted Nugent

Every hateful statement ever made about me is a dirty lie.

Donald Judd

I haven't sufficient interest in objects or anything I can see around me to do what Oldenburg does.

Greek proverb

A tomb now suffices him (Alexander) for whom the whole world was not sufficient

Judith Rodin

It’s necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work.

Gail Sheehy

Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Nicole Sullivan

I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years.

Joe Gibbs

Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive.

Joe Riley

We're going to try it for two weeks to see if it works.

Annika Sorenstam

Three-under after two weeks of really no golf, I can't complain,

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Paul Johnson

We'll have to see. Two weeks into the spring, we'll have an idea of the separation.

John Batina

We've been doing that for two weeks now.