Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Liu Jianchao

Recently, there were some developments of the Iranian nuclear issue. We expressed our concern. ... We hope the parties should exercise restraint and not take any actions that lead to further escalation so we can solve the question properly through dialogue and diplomacy.

Maurice Hinchey

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

John Hamre

Recent events where criminals were able to become customers have led us to take this strong action in order to regain the trust of consumers that their information is being used only for their benefit, or the benefit of society at large.

Kristen Kinley

Recall numbers vary from year to year, and they don't necessarily rise consecutively year after year, and they aren't in the case of Ford. This was a hit to our recall volumes, but the number of actions was down.

LeBron James

Record-wise and going into the playoffs, we can't improve. I'm trying to get as much rest as I can. I don't want to try to force the action by playing on an ankle that's not 100 percent.

Adrian Foster

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.

Gary Chase

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Charles Holliday

Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an end to the spreading global downturn is in sight, ... Despite that, we continue to take actions necessary to emerge from these difficult times as a much stronger company.

Jack Schweers

Regardless of who we're playing, we want to play as good as we can this time of year. We had a good practice (Monday), and we hope to be at our best (in the sectional).

Paul Bush

Regardless of whether you're looking at grapes, apples, cherries or any kind of fruit, you'll get the best color around here.

Rick Barnes

Regardless of what people are saying, N.C. State has not offered me the job. Texas is one of the best jobs in the country, and I'm happy here.

Kevin Marsh

Regardless of how I played, this was the best week of my life. It would have been the best week of my life if I had finished up on Wednesday, really. Being here for the first time you just want to soak up the experience as much as you can. But it also makes you hungry to get back, and prove that you really do belong.

Gloria Estefan

Regardless of culture or language, they really enjoy the album. And that to me, is the best thing.

Laurieann Gibson

Recently, Lady Gaga was motivated to take the helm of the creative direction of her career and as such I decided to step away. I am extremely proud of her, and in stepping away I wish her all the best.

Jim Shannon

Rebounding and defense were big keys for us. They're much bigger than us, but we more than held our own on the boards. And we got after them on defense. It was our best defensive game of the year.

Bob Myers

Rebecca and Christina are probably two of the best girls in the state; there's a very good chance they'll place in the top five at states. Those girls are just great leaders. I think we're going to win it all. The girls we have are good, they have two great leaders to follow.

David Pottruck

Recent trading volumes are propelling the company to its best quarter ever in terms of revenues and profits.

Sepp Blatter

Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.

Susan Borra

Our research suggests that consumers, for all the publicity concerning carbohydrates and health, are still confused about weight management and how to include carbohydrates in a healthful diet. Fads and quick fixes, though attractive, are not effective tools for getting to a healthful diet.

John Armato

Our food service director has testified at state and federal hearings concerning food service nutrition.

Condoleezza Rice

Our views concerning Iran are very well known by this time, and we have communicated to the Indian government our concerns about gas pipeline cooperation between Iran and India,

Bible Bible

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

John Severance

I think Sonja found a perfect fit at the University of Houston. I expect nothing but very positive things from Sonja concerning team chemistry, in academics, or her performance on the court.

Albert Schweitzer

It is our duty to share and maintain life. Reverence concerning all life in the greatest commandment in its most elementary form. Or expressed in negative terms : Thou shalt not kill. We take this prohibition so lightly, thoughtlessly plucking a flow

Chemi Shalev

I think Mr. Sharon at this point in time seems to be more generous concerning the establishment of a Palestinian state, less generous concerning the territories the Palestinian state will control.

Larry Izzo

I thought it was brilliant, ... and pretty dead-on concerning what we had to do.

Kofi Annan

Reform is a process, not an event and we are going to continue after the summit

John Chambers

recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis.

Robert Milton

Recognizing the significant progress we have made, there is no room for any complacency and we must continue to pursue efficiencies throughout our businesses.

Philadelphia Fed

Price pressures remain but continue to show a moderating trend.

Jorma Ollila

Our position in the fastest-growing market in the world continues to be strong.

Ed Colligan

Our Palm OS customer loyalty is extremely high, and we intend to continue to earn that loyalty with great Palm OS-based products,

Anna Rozenich

Our reduction is taking longer than anticipated. We continue to make progress in our testing because we want to make sure we get it right for our customers.

Joseph Farah

Our rankings, relative to other sites, rise and fall over time, ... But our traffic continues to grow ? at a pace even faster than the explosive Internet itself.

Marc Andreessen

Organizations spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars installing and implementing huge servers, new Web sites and applications. They have to continue to do that, but they also have to clean up the mess of the '90s.

Michael Carliner

Rebuilding occurred over years, just in the normal course of events -- I don't think we'll have a building surge here.

Max Heindel

Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer Catholic, that is to say, Universal.

Steve Squyres

Our requirement for how far we should be able to traverse over the course of the mission, was 600 meters. These hills are five times that far away. OK, so don't sit here and think, 'Oh, we're going to go to the hills.' We're going to go 'toward' the hills.

Wesley Clark

Staying the course is not a strategy, it is just a slogan. ... We have a long way to go before victory, or at least some measure of success, is assured.

Wesley Clark

Staying the course is not a strategy, it is just a slogan,

Peter Uihlein

St. Andrews is the Home of Golf and the greatest course in the world. Any time you can win at St. Andrews would be special. It's every golfer's dream to win out here.

Dave Long

Some of this we'd like to do fairly soon and some of this could be done over the course of the year.

Chris Young

That course is a lot like The Highlands. But regardless, as long as you hit it straight, hit the fairways and putt, you'll score well, and I think we'll do that. During a 56-hole tournament, the top teams usually come to the top.

Chuck Morton

Our price per credit hour is about $110-$115 less than the state schools. So you go to a state institution and try to get into graduate school, it's probably about $350 per credit hour so you're talking about a thousand dollars per course as opposed to $690 per course that we have here. So we think we have a viable product and there is a viable market out there for our product. And we think we're doing the right thing. We're upholding the standards of the institution, just looks good all around.

Daniel Boulud

No one knows restaurants like a New Yorker - they're incredibly discerning and restaurant savvy.

Emily Dickinson

Much Madness is divinest Sense - To a discerning Eye - Much Sense - the starkest Madness

Jaime Ray Newman

My first job with a network was 'General Hospital,' and that was ABC. I feel like I have so much history with them, that they treat their shows well and they have good, discerning taste.

Frank Nothaft

Mortgage rates remained fairly stable this week as the financial markets tried to discern just how quickly the economy is growing and how sustainable that growth will be.

Frederick Henry Hedge

And I seemed to discern a power and meaning in the old, which the more impassioned would not allow.

Matt Mullenweg

You don't need to know someone personally to be able to discern whether their work is high quality or not. The idea of a meritocracy is that it's what they do, not who they are.

Gene Robinson

Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be my own ego doing a magnificent impression of God's voice.

Lactantius Lactantius

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

Robert Brown

Where is the thread now? Off again! / The old trick! only I discern - / Infinite passion, and the pain / Of finite hearts that yearn.

Stephen Wilson

Our unique villa homes have been a spectacular success in Southwest Florida and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to launch our first neighborhood project in Lee County.

Michael Costigan

Other states have been very aggressive. They've approached the studio, and said, 'Here's why you should shoot here.' Florida approached us, New Mexico, Louisiana.

Eric Blake

Residents of Louisiana eastward to Florida should monitor this storm system.

Richard Powers

I will say this. I have researched Florida law and not found anything that would prevent the enforcement of those covenants.

Janet Montgomery

I went to Florida when I was 15. That was my first time in America, so you learn about how different the regions are.

Michael Perkins

It is a slice of Florida history that no one knew about. It's very relevant. Some of the work is really quite astonishing.

Jeremy Foley

That was something you don't see every day. It's obvious people are very exited about the University of Florida football, and it's obvious people are thrilled that Urban Meyer is our coach.

Rep. Rubio

It is impossible to win the presidency of the United States without winning Florida and it would behoove the parties to be sure their nominee is palatable in Florida.

Chris Oliver

I watched our last game on television when I was down in Florida just wishing I could be playing. I'm glad to be back.

Zachary Abuza

suffered terribly in terms of arrests - more than 300 around the region - including its founding leadership.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.

Nicolas Sarkozy

We no longer want an immigration that is inflicted (on us) but an immigration that is chosen, this is the founding principle of the new immigration policy I advocate.

Michael Ignatieff

Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone's Laws of England, or Cicero, or the language of the Founding Fathers, better than he did.

Ben Carson

Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

Sergei Yastrzhembsky

that the warheads will not be targeted at the states which have signed the (NATO-Russia) Founding Act.

Monica Crowley

American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.

Ram Shriram

Zoomin is a hybrid model. The management and founding team is the one with half.com.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, which is to be what one is and no other.

Bill Delahunt

Its hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Bill Cosby

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

Ashton Kutcher

I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to do a drama now.' I get a lot of material sent to me, and if I feel like something has the creative integrity and the right director and the right whoever involved, the right actors and is a great story, then I do it.

Bud Selig

There is an integrity issue, and that transcends that (progress being made),

Dan Quayle

He (Gore) has a different interpretation of what integrity is all about, ... That will be an issue in this campaign.

Eddie Long

We touch a lot of people, ... This is a world-impacting ministry, and I personally get a little offended when my integrity is questioned.

Al Gore

I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.

Blaise Pascal

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Bob Geldof

Paul, join the club, dude. It's not that hard.

Sondhi Limthongkul

Our Monday protest will have more people joining from the provinces.

Rick Harper

It doesn't make sense to think of them as two counties. They are joined at the hip.

Graeme Smith

I think he will be joining the squad (this week). I don't know if he will be playing though.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Joining a new church and starting a new life is never easy and often frightening.

Jamie Rodriguez

I feel good. It was a joint effort.

Jacques Villeneuve

He should give up motorbikes and join us.

Rosemary Palmer

He was persuaded that if he joined the Marines he would get a new sense of purpose.

Michelle Ryan

I was shy and really into my school work and my drama. Then I joined 'EastEnders' at 16, and it was work, work, work. You become very isolated. I rarely went out and so didn't get to meet anyone.

Phil Ramon

Some of them will need some major (repair).

Joe Jenkins

That day, there was nothing major going on,

Harley Dale

Outside of NSW spending on major renovations was softer, but not substantially so at the end of 2005.

Alan Greenspan

Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11.

Shane Coursen

We now know that it's not only a threat to smart phones. All these regular phones that support J2ME are vulnerable and can become a major target.

Shizuka Arakawa

I was a little nervous today, but there was not any major mistake tonight. It was ok.

Silvan Shalom

I think there was a very major breakthrough today in the relations between us and Pakistan,

Tony Benn

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

Steve Forbes

The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off.

John Palmer

Part B is going to have to go up significantly next year.

Travis Reinsch

Patrick is already talking about getting ready for next season.

Linda Connolly

Pawling is the next Bedford. That's what all the realtors are saying.

Charles Hamowy

People in their 40s and 50s have to plan for the next 50 years.

Pete Carroll

Surgery may be down the road. It's not at all the time to do that. If after about two weeks he hasn't responded, then (team doctors) have to think more seriously about what the next step is.

Richard Myers

surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.

Chad Belville

Somehow we're going to go from being a young team this year to even younger next year. I don't know how it was possible, but it's just a fact.

Sam Paul

Some have put in a lot of time and really want to make it to the next level.

Richard Boucher

Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next steps are.

Kevan Barlow

Regardless if it's Terrell Owens or Marvin Harrison, we are going to prepare the same way.

C. S. Lewis

Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him.

Steven Smith

I think the schools are prepared for some reduction.

Mike Rader

That was a simple little thing to throw at them, but that's why we prepare for it.

Dan McTeague

I think they were better prepared for this.

Marc Shapiro

I wish I could tell you, ... We're cooperating with all investigations, and we're prepared to do that as long as it takes.

Billy Corgan

I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.

Mike Degory

It is early. It's an excuse. We have to prepare better.

Sue Ellett

I didn't want to prepare for that, so I didn't. I just told them I was so proud of them, all the things they went through.

John Hume

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

Emile M. Cioran

Pursued by our origins…we all are.

Viktor E. Frankl

Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued

Dan Jiron

State wild and scenic designation was not considered.

M. Wolfe

States can do as little or as much as they want.

Mary Parker

Our secretaries really know practically everyone who would need to be buzzed in, and if they didn't know them, they could communicate with them through this system, ... It's really state of the art.

Steve Lyle

Other states have called us, and are taking a look at it.

Brian Clodi

I want to win the state championship. That's the ultimate goal.

Elaine Chao

it is a wonderful statement about who we are as Americans.

Ron Greene

That way we can teach her what's right, not what's mandated by the state of California.

Clint Burgess

I think we can get another state championship. I think that's reachable. That's our goal. The are a lot of obstacles, but I think we can do it.

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Jamie Shea

Part of our strategy is to be able to effectively encircle Yugoslavia for 360 degrees.

Bill Toohey

Our strategy with someone like this is ... surround and talk. And we will talk for a long time.

Sam Bhavnani

One thing that is challenging Dell is its strategy towards higher-end products,

Patricia Grogan

We need to put a clear, structured suicide preventions strategy in place,

Don Frye

My strategy is just to attack, attack and attack.

Donald Trump

And whereas [Donald] Trump let two or three hanging curveballs go by, [Mike] Pence will not, unless they have a strategy to let them go by.

Charles J. Givens

Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.

Lauren Cercone

We're going to set our strategy and do what we think it takes to win. It won't be cheap.

Bill Gates

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.

Mary Daubert

When the first rescuers arrived, he was still conscious. But then he went unconscious and they were unable to revive him.

Mitt Romney

Pre-existing conditions for those previously insured must not lead to someone being unable to get insurance.

William Faulkner

Some things you must always be unable to bear.

Tom Shannon

Our respective governments have very different visions for the hemisphere.

Glen Tullman

Our vision is to become indispensable to physicians.

Lester Snow

We need a different long-term vision for the Delta.

Bill Bradley

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

Charles R. Swindoll

One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.

Charles R. Swindoll

Vision encompasses vast vistas outside the realm of the predictable, the safe, the expected.

Bill Hybels

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

Bill Hybels

It's one thing to see a vision; it's another thing to be seized by a vision.

Bill Hybels

You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.

Carrie Fisher

You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!

Joan Bonvicini

That week was surreal. We were numb, we made it through it.

James Blake

It doesn't get better than this, ... If every week were like this I would never retire.

Pat Riley

I think he is a week away from conditioning.

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Brian Goorjian

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

Michael Campbell

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

Doug MacIntyre

We may see another week or two of increases.