Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Tryon

Refrain at all times from such Foods as cannot be procured without violence and oppression.

David Dunkel

Recent accounting-related legislation is having a significant impact at a time when the pool of qualified prospects is declining due to the 150-hour rule instituted by most states. As a result, many hiring managers have more work than they can handle with current staffing levels and cannot find enough capable new hires.

John C. Wright

Reason is the tool men use to determine if their statements about reality are valid: there is no other. Those who do not or cannot reason are little better than slaves because their lives are controlled by the ideas of other men, ideas they have not examined.

Fernando Martin

Real Madrid cannot say it went off to look for him -- but that doesn't mean he doesn't interest us.

Wayne Dyer

Present-moment living, getting in touch with your ''now,'' is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you cannot live it until it does appear.

P. James

Our recruits and officers obviously cannot practice high-speed chases on the streets of Newark. Yet sadly, they do happen, and our officers must train for them. By making use of modern technology, Newark's finest will be able to simulate and train for these incidents.

John Stuart Mill

Originality is the one thing unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

James Gleick

Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when events occur within thousandths of a second, our minds cannot distinguish past from future.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Paternalistic regulations often prohibit women from holding jobs in certain industries: In the Russian Federation, women cannot drive trucks in the agriculture sector; in Belarus, they cannot be carpenters; in Kazakhstan, they cannot be welders.

Jay McIntosh

Our research shows that the Indian population tends to spend more and save less versus Chinese consumers who save up to 40 percent of their income.

John Lehman

Our recommendations are not a Chinese menu, ... They are a whole system. If all of the important elements are not adopted, it makes it very difficult for the others to succeed.

Brian Kemp

Part of why we were able to get this deal done was because they really want American families traveling in China. They're infatuated with American culture. And with the Olympics being held in Beijing, the Chinese tourism officials need to show that they're open for business.

Eric Schmidt

Our No 1 goal here by far is to serve Chinese users, who want useful information on the Internet.

Jiang Zemin

steadily expand its opening-up program in terms of commodity and service trade, and create a level playing field for a fair and transparent competition between Chinese and overseas enterprises.

Gil Perry

Our target is low-to-medium volume while Chinese manufacturers are interested in high-volume products.

Mark White

People who listen to the music for the music and are adventurous in their playing tend to dig it, those who have a narrower perspective don't.

Bubba Thornton

We'll also have the Chinese and a team from either Jamaica or the Bahamas. This meet ranks with a lot of meets in Europe. What better place to take a test?

Ralph Cossa

I think there's some understanding that if we back off for now, the Chinese will make some movement on currency.

Jim Sullivan

People have seen weakening in goods prices and have been pointing to deflation. This tells us we're not going there.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Michael Niemira

I think initially the industry will try to keep the discounts more narrowly focused. The problem is, if sales don't pick up, retailers will start to spread out discounts to those goods not selling as well.

Jim Amoss

His view prevailed. The goods went back to the shelves and on they drove, empty-handed.

Peter Thompson

I would have thought maybe that's the sort of information we might be hoping to get from people who are actually moving hazardous goods through our jurisdiction. We have some pretty tricky areas, particularly in West Vancouver. You're right in the midst of residential.

Vajira Premawardhana

If they are going to run a higher deficit, then they will have to resort to higher borrowings, pushing up interest rates and fueling inflation. Whenever there's inflation, spending on manufactured goods comes down.

John A. Logan

Legally, ... purchasers of goods over the Internet have always been required to pay sales tax on their purchases, but as a practical matter, many haven't, and this will be seen as a tax increase.

Noreena Hertz

Child labour may be distasteful to westerners, but does boycotting goods made with child labour improve or exacerbate the lot of third world children? Trusting the market to regulate may not ultimately be in our interest.

Bob Evans

When goods are in transit, somebody's got money invested in it. The sooner the delivery, the sooner you get your money for it.

Rod Page

Who knows, another individual that probably imports it into the state of Kansas.

Ed Sullivan

But it turns out its not a big deal. The imports help, but not significantly.

John Armstrong

The situation is only getting worse. We started to notice it in July when imports really started to increase.

George W. Bush

More and more of our imports are coming from overseas

Ron Lewis

The CAFTA region currently imports $15 billion annually of U.S. agriculture and manufactured goods.

Ian Scott

Oil prices should be supported by renewed imports into China, while multiples remain low in the sector.

Robert Brusca

Oil is an important culprit. But it is much more than that. Non-oil imports rose by 0.6 percent.

Laura Reiff

We need a legal vehicle for people to come in.

Jorge Zamora

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Steve Burns

That was important because it set a legal precedent.

Dan Ravicher

I think it's stupid that this type of policy is legal and profitable.

Tim Smith

I think this will end up in some legal problem.

Lucio Gutierrez

I will use all legal and constitutional means to retake power,

Laura Nichols

I think if the vice president thought he had other legal options open to him, we'd defer to his judgment.

Bryan Whitman

Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

Michael Sanders

I can legally do all the things I have been doing.

Helen Johnson

Our outlook for military tent sales this year and next remains unchanged until we have orders in hand,

Barry McCaffrey

At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This is an enduring civil war between the Shia, the Sunni, and the Kurds. So I don't think we've got any options and we'd be ill-advised to start bombing where we really can't sort out the combatants or understand where the civilian population is.

B. H. Liddell Hart

For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.

B. H. Liddell Hart

[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy.

B. H. Liddell Hart

In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.

B. H. Liddell Hart

No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential condition of such a strategy is that the drain on him should be disproportionately greater than on oneself.

B. H. Liddell Hart

While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Tom Zilla

I thought it provided a lot of justification for making the improvements.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

Fred Becker

I think it's always important to think about what the other side is going to do before you do something or how the other side is going to react, and he will be able to provide that to our thought process.

Amy Gabriel

We have to be able to provide these services.

Andrew Krepinevich

If they're not ready to provide security, there could be a regression.

Gary Bartlett

If they provide some information, they may not have to come.

Andy Brandt

If we can go out and provide a spark for our team, then we feel like we're doing on our job.

Tom Casey

If this provides them with a justification to release Jill, that would be wonderful, but we are not sure it will. We just want her released by any means.

Quintilian

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

Susan Klein

Make sure when you purchase your ticket, you know what you're really getting.

Rebecca Fuller

We purchased one lesson. And that's all he needed.

Don MacDonald

When you, the consumer, look for a brand, you want it to simplify your purchase and come from someone you trust.

Toshihiko Sakai

We see the trend of Treasury purchases continuing.

John Andrews

I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.

Janine Turner

The second purchase was my ranch, Mockingbird Hill. The third purchase was Longhorn cattle.

Brian Major

That's a big purchase for us. That's great.

Paul DePodesta

I don't think we know that yet. We're not under any kind of strict time constraint.

Arron Afflalo

When you're on the court, it's strictly about that.

Robert Budi Hartono

I always assign auditors to strictly supervise the businesses.

Agnes Obel

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

Roman Jakobson

From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds.

Chloe Grace Moretz

Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded.

Nancy Hague

I'm not a competitor. I do it strictly for me.

Ronnie Arnold

That's strictly the principal's decision. He doesn't have to give a reason.

Gregory Peck

Ramon, whatever happens, it's strictly between you and me and the horse.