Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. --R.S.K.

Steve Rose

Mobile technology is the way forward. The costs are not overwhelming and the benefits are substantial. When we looked at how much time it would save our engineers and how much we'd save in administration, travel and fuel bills, it was clear that the advantages greatly outweighed the costs.

Sam Altman

Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.

Julie Gerberding

One of the advantages we have is that of time,

Gary Ames

One of the advantages to the new plant was that we've promoted people and moved them down there for positions. We provided them opportunities down there, and in the meantime, opened up sale territories for people in this area. More employment to local area was created as a result of promoting people here to the southern plant.

Stewart Butterfield

One of the advantages of something like Slack is that I tap on the app icon, and it's just the people at my company and just the people I work with. There's a strong boundary there which aids in comprehension. It's one less molecule of glucose in my brain to manage it all.

Craig Smith

One of the advantages of not campaigning in Iowa is that it frees up a huge amount of time to stay in New Hampshire.

James Kirk

One of the advantages of being Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Don Carter

One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball.

David Miller

Library values are like real estate in Southern California - they generally go up every year.

Arturo Gonzalez

Many students in California have not been given a fair opportunity to learn the material on the exam.

Gray Davis

My friends, this was a massive effort ranging over 180 miles in six counties, probably the worst fires in California history,

Robert McCullough

One of our jobs is to keep an eye on California in case it gets too utterly bizarre. A glitch in California raises (electricity) prices from Alberta to West Texas." ()

Vitor Meira

My goal coming into this season was to win my first race and I still haven't accomplished that, ... Our cars will be good at California and it would be a great way to finish the season with a victory. I think we'll be in the hunt right to the end.

Brian Wilson

Now, they can at least know that in the California market, something will be in place for 10 years.

Glenn Miller

Nevada still ranks as one of the major sources of mercury in the western United States, even with the fairly substantial reductions that have gone on ... probably the third largest state. I think we just went under California. Texas and California are the No. 1 and 2 states. But we're No. 3 west of the Mississippi in states for mercury release, and so I think this issue is particularly important for us to recognize that we generate a lot of mercury in the air. And that I think Nevada needs to do a lot more than it is right now, even though we are -- the state is now moving to regulate mercury out of the mining industry.

Sean Gallagher

Natural gas is traded on a national market. The utilities here in California don't have any control over the price of gas.

Johnny Rivers

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Lleyton Hewitt

Life hasn't changed a whole heap ? it's obviously going to change,

Joe Kalb

Luckily I got a step and luckily it rattled down, My mind changed about three times while it was rolling around the rim.

Larry Hagman

LSD was such a profound experience in my life that it changed my pattern of life and my way of thinking and I could not exclude it.

Scott Collie

(Making more free throws) would have changed the complexion of the game. Hopefully we can learn some lessons from this game that will help us down the road when we get to league play.

John Timoney

Life has changed post-September 11, ... It's something we'll have to get used to, but as much as possible, as much as humanly possible, people should resume normal activities.

Bob McCoy

Las Vegas has changed the playing field for the High Point market, including for Triad hotels." ()

Nick Barnett

Last year we thought we had an identity. We thought we had something going and we changed it, and we didn't get that rhythm going of what we wanted to be. This year I think we're going to establish that and go out there and just play football and be ourselves.

John Eccles

Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.

Richard Armitage

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

Robert Klein

But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there.

George Bernard Shaw

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives. You are always at the crisis: I am always in the convalescent stage.

George Bernard Shaw

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives

Laura Dern

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

Jaswant Singh

Let us see what difference there is between his utterances and his actions.

Kim Carter

Losing weight has made all the difference in the world in his mobility and recovery (from surgery).

Justin Duchscherer

Last year we got ragged on quite a bit, but I thought we were pretty good. The difference is this year we have a lot of different looks. You've got guys who can do more than one thing.

Robert Latham

Many homeowners in Mississippi neglect to purchase flood insurance. What many do not realize is that all residents of our state live in a flood zone. The only difference is whether you live in a low, moderate or high risk area.

Mark Peterson

Self-motivation is the difference this season. I go out and throw strikes and don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I just try to play and have fun.

Phil Garner

make your pitches, (it) doesn't matter if we walk him.

Stephen Adly Guirgis

September 11 reinforced for me that whatever I'm writing about, it better be something that really matters to me because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. And for me it's stories about people in pain in New York.

Willie Revillame

Mr. Lim has always been there for me. No matter where I go, he's always there to support me.

Mark Zandi

One of the things voters will have to sort out is which statistic matters more.

Lindsay Meggs

One of the things we talked about is it didn't matter about how we won, we just needed to win.

Meryl Thomas

One of the things I've always tried to do as president of the (Penn Hills) PTA is to get everyone moving in the same direction, no matter what the project was.

Jorge Posada

None of this matters if we don't go out there and play the way we're supposed to,

Sushma Swaraj

Now we can only pray in God's temple for him to get better. It is a matter of prayers and medicines. The medicines are being administered internally and the prayers are being sent from outside.

Andrew Barrett

Next week is going to be more normal, when we get back to the real matter at hand, which is earnings.

Corin Nemec

It is a Modern day, and these times need Modern solutions to Modern problems.

Fred Greenstein

When a presidency has been turned around, particularly the modern presidency, there's often an outside element.

Harriet Harman

Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?

Camille Paglia

How many modern transsexuals are unacknowledged shamans? Perhaps it is to poets they should go for counsel, rather than surgeons.

Barry Commoner

The modern technologist is less 'sorcerer' and more 'sorcerer's apprentice'.

Dan Stevens

I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.

Sally Deering

There are no four-letter words or vulgarity. It's got modern themes, but they are presented in an old-fashioned way.

Aubrey McClendon

Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production.

Albion W. Small

Sociology was born of the modern ardor to improve society.

Eric Norris

My door's always open, ... My phone is always ready.

John Ball

For sure, he would have wanted me to play. At least I got to talk to him on the phone (Saturday) morning.

Dave Morin

I don’t use a ring of any kind on my phone. This is so that I am always on offense and never defense.

Jodi Dias

On the phone we clicked. But when I saw him, I was like, 'Wow.' I got more interested.

George Torres

Since the Culpepper announcement our phones have been ringing off the hook.

John Madden

I didn't get a phone call. If you don't get a phone call, you know what that means.

Adriana Lima

If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it.

Abigail Breslin

My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.

Chris Black

If someone is interested in working with me, I would much rather them email me and we sit down or get on the phone, than them look at a client list and decide if I'm worth it or not. It should be based on work, and based on how we get along. As opposed to like, "Oh, he's worked with this, this, and this. Let's go. That's fine."

Jim Leyland

Makes a big difference. Players always make the difference.

Zeke Moreno

L.T. is fast. It takes 11 players to stop him. If 11 players are on the same page, then it's cool. But it's going to be very hard.

Calvin Branch

Scouting is something I'll be able to do later, but a player can play only so long.

Tim Purpura

Scouting and player development are the R&D of baseball,

Gary Wadler

One high-profile player tests positive, and look at the chaos. The problem, once again, is in the system.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Obviously, you can't replace a player like that.

Dick Vermeil

Now the players are going to say we don't need to practice on Thursday.

Paula Creamer

When the No. 1 player in the world is in the field, everything starts higher. It will be more known. But a win is a win at the end of the day.

Chris Davis

I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing.