Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to be the most powerful person in the world? The answer is someone with an internal drive that is so dynamic and so determined.

Robert Walpole

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?

Theodore Tilton

Life is done, but what is death?" Then, in answer to the King, Fell a sunbeam on his ring, Showing by a heavenly ray, "Even this shall pass away

Patricia Fripp

Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is no if you don't ask.

Henry Hyde

Let me be clear about this, ... We are not here today to decide whether or not to impeach Mr. Clinton. We are not here to pass judgment on anyone. We are here to ask and answer this one simple question: based upon what we now know, do we have a duty to look further, or to look away?

Jack Rio

Let me answer that with the words from the hit Steely Dan song 'Do it Again,' ... You go back, Jack, do it again. Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round. You go back, Jack, do it again.

Liam Fox

lied and broke the law and he must answer for that.

Shaun Cassidy

Lost' has changed the climate for shows that don't answer all your questions by the end of every episode.

Douglas Gresham

Many people ask, 'Why are they coming back?' The answer is that these books never went away,

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.

Rick Perlstein

In the suburban Midwestern Reform Jewish world I was raised in, in the nineteen-seventies and eighties, grown men built plastic scale models of Israeli tanks and F-15 jets and displayed them throughout the house, dangling the warplanes from bedroom ceilings with fishing line.

Dan Hendricks

Lying in a hospital bed, I had a lot of time to think about everything. When you look at a horse race and you look at the fighting in Iraq, it puts things into perspective.

Susie Gex

Make sure they get to bed, that they have a good breakfast before lunch.

Jarrod Lyle

Lying on my back (in a hospital bed) seven years ago, I wouldn't have thought about playing the Open or doing this for a living.

Walter Cunningham

Lets put this to bed, ... It's dead.

Anne Brown

Many parents and caregivers know the dangers of soft bedding in cribs, ... This study shows, for the first time, that the same dangers exist when using pillows, quilts and comforters in playpens.

David Sedaris

Seven beers followed by two Scotches and a thimble of marijuana and it's funny how sleep comes all on it's own.

James Garvin

Searching for fossils also comes in many flavors, from microscopic siftings through tiny grains, to overland reconnaissance for suitable bedding settings to uncover bones,

Joseph Fiennes

Miramax and Disney were collaborators, and then during the film's release, they jumped out of bed and it got caught up in a political holding pattern.

Gary Cooper

Lower prices are likely to stimulate increased demand, but to what degree is unknown.

Gene Sperling

Many of the members of the faculty who oppose him have never fully appreciated the degree that he is someone who is very open to criticism, to reconsidering his positions, to frank discussion.

Markus Persson

'Minecraft' is to a large degree about having unique experiences that nobody else has had. The levels are randomly generated, and you can build anything you want to build yourself.

Joan Ganz Cooney

My degree was in education, but the idea of being a teacher lost out to being a reporter. I worked at a newspaper for a while, then went to New York and worked in PR at RCA and NBC, and at 'The United States Steel Hour,' a drama series.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.

Leslie Miller

Obviously there was some degree of disappointment, especially with Venezuela and our counterparts a like,

Timothy Noah

The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about.

Diane Neal

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!

Ted Leland

I can't imagine taking another job in sports, ... I have no interest in professional athletics. Pacific happens to be a place I have two degrees from and I think I can help.

Alexandra Adornetto

Sit, Phantom!" Ivy cooed. "On your bottom!" "Oh, for goodness' sake!" Gabriel put down his book and pointed a longer finger at Phantom. "Sit," he commanded in a deep voice. Phantom looked sheepish and sank straight to the floor. Ivy scowled in frustration. "I've been trying to get him to do that all day! What is it with dogs and male authority?

Steven Rowe

Maine has an impeccable record of upholding our end of the settlement agreement. Our enforcement has been more than diligent; it has been dogged and determined.

Camille Paglia

Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist

Gina Cahill

Many of these dogs are sweet and energetic but just need the right care. But many people just come in and don't take the time to get to know the animals.

Char Quinn

Many people don't realize how far they're going and how much a dog can take.

M. Wolfe

Many people want them for older dogs who get too tired to go for long walks any more. They miss going for walks with them and they want their pets to get fresh air. This is a way to do that.

Polly Foley

Scott Sword was responsible for controlling his dogs that night and he failed to do so.

Ron Aiello

Military canines make contributions every day while they serve in our military. They are hard working and do a great job of saving the lives of their handlers and the troops who walk in their footsteps.

Mark Everett

No dogs have been impounded because no dogs have been positively identified as being involved with that particular incident.

Algernon Swinburne

Maiden, and mistress of the months and stars/ Now folded in the flowerless fields of heaven.

David Irons

Lou overrode it. Kenny never saw the field. And it was over from there.

W. S. Gilbert

So, it makes sense that perception might be more influenced by language in the right half of the visual field than in the left.

Shaun Alexander

Mike likes all things to be done on the field.

Lars Tiffany

Mike is a tenacious competitor. He has a field general personality and truly understands the importance of hard work and team chemistry.

Wilfred Owen

Move him into the sun Gently its touch awoke him once,At home, whispering of fields unsown.Always it woke him, even in France,Until this morning and this snow.

Bruce Allen

Matt showed a lot, not only kicking field goals, but in kickoffs.

Monte Kohler

Mays won't come off the field. He's not a pure passer, but he does OK.

Jane Johnson

Maybe we'll do a field evaluation, but on the whole, the soils look very good for the development.

Malik Peiris

One can narrow potential culprits and be prepared with vaccines.

Waris Ahluwalia

My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.

Ernest Hemingway

Oak Park is a neighborhood of wide lawns and narrow minds.

Frederick Pollock

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.

Madeline Albright

There are gaps. We're trying to narrow those gaps,

Patrick Cunningham

It is a very narrow population and this is pretty much unique,

Willie Randolph

I don't think you can look at one leader, ... You narrow yourself and get into trouble when it's only one guy. Because if he isn't always there, what are you going to do?

Diane Setterfield

Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect.

James Baker

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

Richard Lobb

So far, we've not seen any impact, but we're reviewing our options to see what we need to do to keep it that way.

Kim Moore

I feel like there's still some options open.

Fabio Capello

We had other options but Vieira was the one I wanted,

Rand Paul

I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.

Group Inc

We don't have many other options left. This is it,

Frans Houten

There are various M&A options we will explore.

Matt Rogers

Right now my options are pretty open. Just trying to get out there and play well these first three games.

David Foster

Look at all of your options through your employer.

Orrin Hatch

It is important that I keep working on all options to protect our state,

Andrew Vachss

Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.

Bobby Lee

It's not that comedy has changed in terms of what's funny. For me, it's changed in that sometimes I don't feel my finger is on the pulse.

Dante Alighieri

For she doth make my veins and pulses tremble.

Ellen Davis

Small retailers don't have that kind of a luxury. That said, smaller retailers usually have a better pulse on their stores.

Igor Stravinsky

There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Rhythm is the pulse of music.

Paul Newman

I check my pulse and if I can find it, I know I've got a chance

Edward Weston

I always work better when I do not reason, when no question of right or wrong enter in,-when my pulse quickens to the form before me without hesitation nor calculation.

Shawn Wayans

We definitely have our finger on the pulse. You have to keep up. We decide what to watch by what's funny.

John Grace

Macquarie may have to raise the offer. It's a question of what shareholders want.

John Hunter

set out systematically to question every established process.

John Fitzgibbon

Semiconductors have always done well, ... The question is how well.

James Rubin

Mr. Haider is still going to be governor, as I understand the reports, and still going to be in the party. So the question is what the party's role will be in the Austrian government.

Jeffery Smith

Now, there's not a question about it. They know that to participate at Woodward, you have to have a helmet.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.

Robert Shaffer

There are many different types of logging. The question is, how much is enough?

Francis Gaskins

If they're profitable, they could go public. The question is, if they want to.

Cecil Ratliff

I don't have to repeat anything this year. I tell him what to run and there's no questions about whether it will work or not. He's a senior now and much more confident, a leader.

Paul Sagawa

So it's relatively significant that they said flat-to-down.

Shahazad

My destination is at a place where my late-friends and relatives are waiting for me to arrive.

Chen Shui-bian

I got up at 2 a.m. for this trip. I want to see my relatives and I want to see China,

Dave Bristow

She's by herself, she has no relatives in Manatee.

Victoria Jackson

Sitcoms are relatively clean. There's not much nudity.

Jon Favreau

I don't know that a movie like 'Daredevil' did better for having Ben Affleck then 'Spider-Man' did having Tobey Maguire, who was a relative unknown at the time.

David Brewer

When they are available, they are relatively inexpensive.

Richard Preston

Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods.

Charles Caleb

Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little, and wants less, is richer than he that has much, and wants more

Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.

Arlen Specter

Should (the information) have been shared if it could have prevented (the) 9/11 (attacks)?

Frank Robinson

If we can do that more often, we're going to win our share of games.

Scott Wilson

You make something from nothing, you want to share it.

Dick Franti

We still had our share of mistakes, but we made our way through it. We didn't let them get us down.

Becky G

I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.

Alan Watts

...[W]ords can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

I don't feel I have to share everything.

Bertolt Brecht

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Michael Crichton

We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

Bill Nye

What happens to other species also happens to us.

Jasmine Guy

We are a complex species to observe

Barry Schuler

Living in your genome is the history of our species.

Chris Servheen

There are so many species that need help,

Bryan Pfeiffer

There are many gull species in the world. This one is noticeably different from any gull we have in Vermont.

Bill Bryson

99.99 percent of all species that have ever lived are no longer with us.

Lynn Margulis

The fewer species there are and the fewer species we know about, the fewer questions we even know to ask.

Ben Jonson

I have a humour, / I would not willingly be gulled.

Bryan Winkler

I don't have a lot of hair, but I'm willing to do that.

Loui Antonucci

I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight.

Steve Kroft

I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.

Loretta Lynch

It's the choices that you make and the things that you're willing to accept and not accept that define who you are.

Brooke Niquette

We're so young, but we're willing to learn. We can do well.

Ed Stewart

Unfortunately, no one other than Southwest has been willing to come to the table.

Drew Brees

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

Scott Carson

wanted more than we were willing to give.