Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronald Kessler

Complex man that he was, J. Edgar Hoover left nothing to chance. The director shrewdly recognized that building what became known as the world's greatest law enforcement agency would not necessarily keep him in office.

Kate Nauta

Luc Besson, the writer and producer, saw my picture at an agency and wanted to meet me.

Heather Wilson

Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe National Forest told your agency not to set the fire, ... I'd like to know why they went ahead and did it.

Norm Dicks

Several panels of scientists, both within the agency and outside of it, have concluded that hatchery fish can cause harm to their wild counterparts.

Dore Gold

Much of the U.S.-Israel strategic relationship is classified, particularly in the area of intelligence sharing. There are two direct consequences from this situation. First, most aspects of U.S.-Israel defense ties are decided on the basis of the professional security considerations of those involved. Lobbying efforts in Congress cannot force a U.S. security agency to work with Israel.

John Thompson

Motorola designed this integrated suite of emergency dispatch applications in a highly configurable format, giving each public safety agency the flexibility to configure business rules and display options to meet their individual needs.

Jack Miller

One out of every four of us will need a United Way Agency and some in the next year, ... It doesn't matter what your income, your age, or your circumstances.

Guy Tauer

One temporary agency was up 9 percent and one up about 17 percent. But I don?t know what companies were using their help.

Andrew Bennett

One of the things that attracted me to this agency was David and his vision. He's committed to investing in intellectual capital and thought leadership.

Ken Falk

Legislators of all people should understand that we have three branches of government, and the ultimate function of the judiciary is to determine cases under the constitution.

Sabin Willett

Liberty can never be secure when the judicial branch declares its impotence.

Jill Lepore

Modern political science started in the late nineteenth century as a branch of history.

Patricia Lewis

More and more people were coming in (to the library). They were mostly the Puerto Rican population, but we then saw that the Mexican population exploded, so we decided to branch out to get them to come in.

Kris Kolluri

Obviously, it is up to the Legislature and the executive branch to come up with a long-term solution. This represents a pretty good intermediate plan.

Uday Kotak

Kotak Mahindra Bank has very significant presence in the West and the North, and our total branch network between these two regions is 80 per cent, and in case of ING Vysya Bank, their network in South is 64 per cent of their total branch network.

Edsger Dijkstra

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.

Greg Cook

Frankly some of the branches did not execute at the branch level. That is disappointing but we are working very hard to get that message out today.

Greg Nichols

For public universities, it is inevitable that the legislative and executive branch appropriations are going to have to be reassessed every year. There's never an ironclad guarantee.

Robert Wilson

Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.

Chris Hill

So it's very difficult for them. But there are compelling reasons for them to come to the talks. The settlement on offer is a good one and I'd hope they would see their way to doing that.

Towson Fraser

Obviously, they've got an incredibly compelling story to tell.

David Delainey

We had a very compelling story that we were telling, and we weren't telling the complete truth.

Mike Easley

Given the facts and circumstances of this case, I find no compelling reasons to invalidate the sentences recommended by the jury and affirmed by the courts.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

Aaron Karo

"You only live once" is also an equally compelling reason not to do something

Howard Levine

New-store growth is a significant contributor to our goal of making Family Dollar a compelling place to shop and invest. As we have indicated, this year we are focused on improving our new-store opening processes and increasing our new-store productivity to drive better returns to our shareholders.

John Roberts

On the other hand, simple disagreement about whether it's an appropriate issue for the public to see would not strike me as a very compelling governmental interest,

Edie Bailey

Life is too short to waste our precious time with stress and frustration. We should concentrate instead on the many things we have to be grateful for.

Brent Guy

Leon did a fine job of running the football. Toward the end of the game, he didn't do a few things we wanted him to do. He lost his concentration a little bit. But we're pretty pleased with the way he handled the game. He ran well and took some big hits. He's going to do nothing but get better.

Shaun Micheel

Obviously I'm disappointed with what happened on the eighth hole. I think I just lost my concentration a little bit.

Rob Domagalski

Free throws win games. That shows great concentration and it shows how we're maturing. Not having one senior, we're continuing to mature as the season goes on.

Willie Mitchell

For some reason, we lose focus and let them get back in the game. To give up as many points as we did is just a lack of concentration on our part. We need to do a better job and we will.

Richie Meade

I would have liked to see us play with more focus and concentration longer into this game. We played well in the first quarter and well into the second quarter, and then we just flattened out a little bit.

Elena Likhovtseva

I guess I lost my concentration when I got hurt. I could serve okay but it was difficult to run side-to-side. But credit to Karolina, she still played well today.

Jeff Suppan

I had a tough time with my slider; it was off the plate a lot. I work on staying focused and keeping my concentration at the level it needs to be. Sometimes, it may take five pitches to get that one out.

Francesca Schiavone

I had to think about my match and my games and my concentration because it's not easy to stay there every point. She is good -- (but) she missed a lot today.

Brent Guy

Leon made some nice plays. He knew when to run and get the yardage. ... He is making better decisions.

Nathan Diament

Many more decisions that can impact our members happen on the state level.

Gerri Detweiler

Many people don't realize that hiring a financial planner can be a good investment. If you find yourself letting important financial decisions go because you just don't seem to get around to them, you might want to talk to a financial planner to get those jobs done.

John Halamka

Many operating physicians have to operate blind. We have to make medical decisions not knowing what kind of medicines you take or allergies you have.

Christine Fahlund

Much of what we do is for people who like to make their own decisions, who want validation of their own thinking.

Bill Brennan

No decisions have yet been made to put any of those properties up for sale.

Paul Tagliabue

No decisions have been made. We want to know where the team's going to play its games as soon as we can.

Troy Clarke

No decisions have been made, but it is a very exciting opportunity. I can't tell you how excited I am about it. The emerging markets could use another US$5,000 vehicle.

Ernestine Fobbs

No decisions have been made at this time.

Kris Gopalakrishnan

Axilor Ventures helps startups to improve their odds of success, and I look forward to supporting the executive management of Axilor with this vision.

Bill Cosby

Network executives never did understand what made our show work,

Irwin Cotler

I would be surprised if that would be something they would seek to do by way of executive fiat. In my view this would be something you would need to have the House speak to.

Mark Ryan

I worked my way up from starting out at the warehouse, and now I'm the executive chef.

Tom Courtney

She's not the first very strong executive to leave a dot.com that's had its stock go down.

James Sullivan

I have been very frustrated with what seems to be the overuse of executive session.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'

Paul Blank

Today, Wal-Mart executive after Wal-Mart executive talked about the responsibility

Jen Lancaster

Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.

Robert Jenkins

It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Robert Toombs

Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy.

Kurt Andersen

The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition.

David Scott

Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people.

Linda Tripp

Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously.

Hoshyar Zebari

left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq.

Tasnim Aslam

No one in the Pakistan government has made such a request that such maps be removed.

David Williams

No one in government is making hard choices,

Louise Arbour

My main interest, to be very frank, is to solidify the judicial system.

Prince Nayef

Do we have anything other than sharia? We don't have a judicial system other than sharia.

Luo Gan

Judicial work at the grass-roots level has bearings on the overall situation of the judicial work of the country.

Sam Brownback

A lot of us wanted somebody who has a pretty well-established and thought-through and set judicial philosophy,

Dick Armey

Sometimes you get judicial rulings that gladden you and sometimes you don't,

Anne Foley

Then I think judicial notice can be taken to that effect,

Gloria Borger

They wanted a symbol. They wanted someone who openly supported their views of the Supreme Court. But they know nothing about her judicial philosophy.

Sheriff Stankus

It's become a circus. It's become entertainment. It's no longer a judicial procedure, and that's scary . You wonder, where is this society going?

John Roberts

I do not have an over-arching judicial philosophy, ... I have no agenda.

Alexandra Adornetto

Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

Italo Calvino

I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written.

Roger von Oech

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.

Kurt Andersen

I think we tend to be kind of ahistorical, and think that life as we are living it in the moment is all we know.

Marcy Kaptur

I view myself as someone who is always trying to make life better in practical ways and putting the pieces together to do that.

Malorie Blackman

A film of my life would never happen!

Mamata Banerjee

I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.

Albert Schweitzer

Late upon the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset . . . there flashed upon my mind, unforseen and unsought, the phrase 'Reverence for Life'.

Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very useful . . . the artist to exist only for his art, even if he gives inspiration to many. . . . It refuses to let the business man imagine that he fulfills all legitimate demands in the course of his business activities. It demands from all that they should sacrifice a portion of their own lives for others.

Tom Coughlin

Let's talk about winning first, before we talk about anything else, ... We need to win some games. That's what I talk about. ... We need to openly talk about winning before we talk about anything else.

Greg Davis

Let's open up with a 15 zap read.

John Lewis Gaddis

Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts.

Butch Klein

When I got there, he opened the back of his vehicle and it was just packed,

Mike Gonzalez

I feel like I'm right where I need to be. I feel like I'm really sharp right now and ready to pitch in a regular-season game. I wish opening day was tomorrow.

Barry Bonds

If Opening Day was tomorrow and I had to go out there, I'd go out there. It's what I get paid to do.

Jimmy Carter

free, honest, open and without any violence of any kind.

Kerry Tharp

From our standpoint, the process is still very much open and active.

Kevin Bishop

We need to open it for more exploration. We need to become more independent.

Jonathan Adelstein

I was stunned by the scope. The public has a right to know who is trying to persuade them.

David Horowitz

I wouldn't be persuaded to be here if it wasn't for 20 years of being on campuses and seeing this.

Geoffrey Robertson

He was persuaded that, for Puritans, there could only be one King, now and for ever,

Holliday Grainger

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible.

Action Bronson

I'm a piece of work, man. I will do what I want, at all times, always. Nobody's going to persuade me one way or another. I can't be persuaded. I take criticism, I listen, I analyze, but at the end of the day, I make the decisions. Because that's the way I started, and that's the way I'm going to finish.

Paul Vincent

Is there anything the magistrates can do to persuade you to pay?

David Horowitz

I would not be here if I weren't persuaded by 20 years of walking around campuses and seeing this.

John Reed

I'm persuaded it can work. Our sense is it's well worth doing,

Mark Jacobs

They persuaded me to give it a shot.

Abu Bakr

If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.

Atharva Veda

Servant Nanak seeks Your Support; he has come to Your Sanctuary.

John Ortberg

Evil exists. Evil is real. One of the hallmarks of evil is that it seeks to convince its victims that it exists 'out there.'

Italian Proverb

He that seeks to have many friends never has any

Peter Higgs

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.

Newt Gingrich

Deadline for Iraqi withdrawal is legislating defeat.

Stephen Hadley

We hope and we've made clear that the forces need to come out. It needs to be full and complete withdrawal. Our position is it needs to be done as soon as possible so that the elections can be free, fair and free of outside influence.