Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kamisese Mara

I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then.

Jerrold Nadler

The other thing that I wanted to say -- and that I will say at this point, even though the chairman is not going to listen,

Kevin Yoder

To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here.

The Edge

Bono is chairman and founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous. He has an irrepressible drive to be great. He wants to achieve it all, which actually makes him very vulnerable.

Natalie Massenet

I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.

Ahmed Tugod

So far there's nothing new. We heard from the AU chairman the same proposals we'd heard before from the AU mediation team. It was very disappointing.

Gary Weiss

When the Securities & Exchange Commission settled securities-fraud charges against Richard Harriton, former chairman of the clearing subsidiary of Bear, Stearns & Co., there were smiles all around. The SEC was happy. Harriton was happy. Bear Stearns was happy.

Evan Osnos

Political prodigies are rare in a nation that grooms top leaders through decades of Communist Party road-testing and pageantry. And because Chairman Mao's cult of personality led the country into extremism, the Party spent the next three decades engineering its politicians to be as indistinguishable as possible.

Harry Redknapp

I am hoping we still have a chance of getting him. The chairman is working on it and that's all you can ask.

Joan Baez

I was going to say thank you for inviting me but I already had my plane ticket.

Gloria Steinem

Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them.

Emma Roberts

What is Twitter?! I don't know what Twitter is! Everyone keeps inviting me to Twitter and everyone's going on about twittering and tweeting and this whole thing, and I just don't understand it.

Nacho Figueras

Polo is the most inviting sport I've ever seen.

Kevin Russell

How many people did you say you were inviting to dinner?

Laura Stankiewicz

Vince Vaughn is very personable. He was just so comfortable on stage improving, inviting students on stage and interacting with the audience.

Mike Richter

Thank you for inviting me here for Mark Messier night, sponsored by Kleenex.

Jamie Campbell Bower

When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.

Leah Devlin

We use this work every day in North Carolina. All of these investments are not one-time. They require a sustained commitment.

Thomas Mars

In California, there is a strong tension between north and south.

Tomas Borge

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.

David H. Murdock

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving.

Rick LeLacheur

Sixty-five percent of our traffic comes in the northeast corner.

Brian Sky

To our knowledge, this is the first (designated) film school in Northern Colorado.

Tom Parsons

If American or Northwest don't go along, fares will roll back.

Chelsea Cain

I'd lived in Portland on and off for a decade before I'd even heard of Vanport. It was this town of 20,000 people that washed away from north Portland.

Tom Odell

I think I subconsciously put myself in these situations where the girlfriend isn't pleased with me. I'm useless as a boyfriend. That's how I managed to write all these songs.

Barney Bishop

We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.

Stuart Rose

We are pleased with the progress we are making but there remains much to do.

Tasia Scolinos

We are pleased with the jury's ruling in this important case.

Don Horner

We are pleased with the bank's first-quarter performance.

Mitch Kupchak

We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization.

Mitch Kupchak

We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organisation.

Liz Boyd

We are pleased to see (Lansing) step up.

Henning Kagermann

We are pleased to report another strong quarter for SAP,

Theaster Gates

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

Kourtney Kardashian

Sometimes I think, 'Why should I work out when I can spend time with my kids?' I feel guilty doing something for me.

Jason Chaffetz

Federal spending is atrocious.

Alan Watts

What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

Al Sharpton

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

Jonathan Moreland

Why spend time trying to read this guy's tea leaves?

Brian Tracy

You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently.

Elizabeth Hurley

Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.

Tyra Banks

Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.

Alan K. Simpson

Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

Charlotte Bronte

It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.

Charlie Daniels

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings

Charles Spurgeon

Thankfulness makes much of little.

Rob Sheffield

Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.

Ricky Gervais

When someone thanks God, I don't get offended.

David Mitchell

I remain thankful to God for all his mercies.

Bruce Vento

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.