Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

There is no freedom without groceries. There are no groceries without freedom. What people call 'capitalism' and 'socialism' are actually one and inseparable. It's a virtuous circle.

Rick Perlstein

The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War' upon re-election, received its most farcical treatment in Oliver Stone's 'JFK.'

Richard P. Feynman

When I was a young man, Dirac was my hero. He made a breakthrough, a new method of doing physics. He had the courage to simply guess at the form of an equation, the equation we now call the Dirac equation, and to try to interpret it afterwards.

Robert Wilson

There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'

Ron Wood

I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He'd cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him.

Bruce Pearl

We're not communicating. We're capable of defending better. I call it having a sense of urgency. You need it this part of the season.

Tammy Smith

We're not calling this a sequel. We're calling it the next installment.

Sgt. Maynard

We're not calling this a drowning. The investigation will continue and we're awaiting autopsy results to determine how the child died.

Ramon Sanchez

We're not calling the people out as long as we see that Elian's case remains in the courts and the government is not moving to suddenly take Elian back to Cuba.

Juan Gonzalez

Of course, he has told me so. And the only one who decides for him is me, his father.

Orrin Hatch

No, no. I think we have to proceed with the hearings, but we'll have to see. We'll have to see what the president decides to do here,

Joshua Bell

Music is such an incredible tool for kids in general. They learn discipline; they learn how to express themselves. You learn math. You learn language. It's the ideal teaching tool, and that's why it's mind-boggling when any school superintendent decides that music is something we can kind of do without.

Tessa Hafen

Obviously, Sen. Reid would like to see a Democrat get in the race. He thinks Jack would make a good candidate. If he decides to run, he'll have (Reid's) support.

Harry Reid

Obviously, Sen. Reid would like to see a Democrat get in the race, ... He thinks Jack would make a good candidate. If he decides to run, he'll have (Reid's) support.

Gary Bettman

If an official puts his whistle away, they should put the official away for the rest of the playoffs. How long you work in the playoffs is discretionary, and that depends on how well you're working. And if a guy decides he's putting the whistle away, then he's done.

Noam Chomsky

I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can't explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?

Steve Breen

We can self-censor ourselves for various reasons, but we can't live in a world where some person or some group decides what's offensive and what's not.

L.A. Reid

Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand.

Todd Tubutis

We're not being in your face about it, but we're not shy, either.

Jiri Fischer

Life without hockey, I hope I don't have to face it for some time.

Ginny Brown-Waite

Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.

Bob Stein

Love him or hate him, he's no fool. He's realized he may have lost his leadership post, but with the trial he faces losing much more than that. He may not be as focused on keeping his House seat as he has been.

Tom Larson

Last year, the weather was at everybody's back and we did better than the industry. This year, the weather is in everybody's face and we feel we're doing better than the industry.

Maureen Cooney

Let's face it. You're not going to order lobster.

James Harper

Let's face it you can't get any worse than being in default.

Antawn Jamison

Let's face it - when myself, Gilbert and Caron step up, we play a lot better as a team.

Michael Farber

Let's face it. We struggle with this too. It's a tough year to pick a winner.

Busch Series

Man, I had no idea what to expect.

Rashad Bobino

Man, I can see why they're No. 1 in the nation.

Mario Bailey

Man, he's a senior. He's worked hard, and this is for him.

M.I.A.

Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

Rae Rosen

Manhattan is unique; the rest of the region is more like the nation.

Toba Beta

Man has to postulate weirdness, before reaching the new science.

William Burroughs

Man has sold his soul for time, language, tools, weapons, and dominance.

Pat Connors

Man has a very poor track record when it comes to nature.

Barry Alvarez

Man did he play. I was really proud of him. . . . I really thought he played exceptional for a young kid.

Marney Cox

On the one hand, it sounds like we may be a little weaker going into 2006.

Robert Blake

I'd like to say that I said that because it sounds lovely. But I have no recollection that I said that.

Cindy Davidsmeyer

I did talk to him (after the angioplasty) and he sounds wonderful.

Tom Peters

I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it.

Elizabeth Jennings

I hate a word like 'pets': it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.

Kathryn Prescott

When you hear someone say something homophobic, it really ages them. It sounds old-fashioned.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds just like coach.

Martin Freeman

I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.

Tom Sizemore

I think I may be in - potentially - three classics. That sounds like I'm bragging.

Brandon Roy

Let's throw that one out the window and play Oregon.

Ken Thompson

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

Yogi Berra

One warning, and if the infractions continue, we throw the flag.

Kate Michelman

Now, the gauntlet has been, I think, thrown down.

Brian Slocum

Obviously, I wasn't trying to throw at his head.

Mike Candrea

She's pretty much week-to-week. She's still able to throw and do workouts right now.

Terry Bradshaw

If they wanted to throw out $150,000 ... . That wasn't funny, was it?

Philippe Petit

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

Bubba Schweigert

To win, we had to throw the ball.