Famous Quotes & Sayings

Theodor Mommsen

The Phoenicians are entitled to be commemorated in history by the side of the Hellenic and Latin nations; but their case affords a fresh proof, and perhaps the strongest proof of all, that the development of national energies in antiquity was of a one-sided character.

Nick Offerman

I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

Richard Hayne

There is no question that there is a capability that the Internet affords us to get a closer look at the customer and to be closer to the customer.

Rich Sommer

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

Jonathan Tropper

Nobody wants to rock their own life. But, on the other hand, when your life does get rocked, it affords you a certain level of emotional honesty. It liberates you to be who you really are.

Jeff Kurtz

I did play-by-play for women's basketball at Davis and also had a sports talk show. I had been out of broadcasting for several years, but I wanted to get back into the business. This format affords people who want to do it as a hobby or gain experience.

James J. Gibson

But the object, place, substance, event, or animal that affords injury need not be encountered; it can be avoided, escaped or averted, if perceived.

Howard Berger

We are excited to have successfully refinanced our capital structure. This will allow us to capitalize on the growing opportunities that we see ahead of us in the diagnostic imaging industry. This is a dynamic time in our business. It was important for us to create a financing structure that affords us more flexibility to grow and optimally manage our business.

Tim Salmon

All we can do is play ball. Every time we go out on the field, we do what we do in America - live in the freedom that our country affords us.

Sergio Morales

What these bastards want is to rehabilitate the mine, to cover up evidence so they can't be sued. That's what people are getting angry about.

Christopher Cannon

The process gave rise to the perception that the fix was in, leaving some to gloat at having scammed the situation, and others angry at being unheard. And that is the context with which the Senate must -- now finds itself, and must pursue a legitimate outcome.

John Szabo

There are a lot of angry people down there,

Sarah Stoesz

The people of South Dakota are so angry about this ban. And our phones have been ringing off the hook and our e-mail is just jammed.

Thomas Campbell

I'll meet the raging of the skies, / But not an angry father.

Robert Pinsky

When I was a kid, there was unhappiness in my family - was dealt with partly by escaping to television. And from a very early age, for whatever reason, I became scornful and resistant to and angry about that. And some other time in my life, I realized that there's a lot I loved in television.

Michael Specter

Clearly, some of the reason people embrace alternatives and reject vaccines is that they are angry and mistrustful of government and of pharmaceutical conglomerates. More than that, we pay too much for health care, it's not good enough, and the system is too complex. We need alternatives.

Mark Mikenas

We've actually had angry people in our face while we're trying top put up the tree yelling about how they don't want it there.

Andrew Murray

We are looking forward to a very large and angry demonstration.

C. S. Lewis

Cobbles and kettledrums! ...I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlit climb and broken necks.

Cassandra Wright

When he found out, he had a broken heart. He gave up.

Charlotte Bronte

But I tell you--and mark my words--you will come some day to a craggy pass in the channel, where the whole of life's stream will be broken up into whirl and tumult, foam and noise: either you will be dashed to atoms on crag points, or lifted up and borne on by some master-wave into a calmer current...

Charlotte Bronte

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Paul Saffo

The creative IT department is going to be where it's broken up so that IT people are out on the front lines.

Abby Wambach

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

David Holmes

The outlook for gold is positive and we have broken through some critical resistance levels.

Jeremy Mincey

Vernell Brown is a tough guy. He has the heart of a lion. To do what he did with a broken leg - to come in and make a game-changing play - I can't say enough about him.

David Catalfamo

Ultimately, it's important to be sure that no laws were broken and no crimes were committed.

Josh Engel

We've spent eight years developing our craft, and now we have a troupe we're really happy with and we want to go further.

John Lasseter

We use shorts at the studio extensively to develop talent. I always love to give opportunities for young story people, animators, layout people something like that to take the next step up in their career and try things out.

Stanley A. McChrystal

I don't miss the bureaucracy of being in the Army. But I still love the relationships you can build. And it doesn't have to be in military service - it can be anything you're doing with someone that matters. You develop a bond.

Stephen Cambone

And the reason for focusing on that time frame is that it's going to take us a considerable period of time to develop the new capabilities, processes and organizations that will be needed.

Tracie Thoms

I'm really looking forward to developing just really fun, complex, interesting stories about people who happen to be black.

Nancy Parrott

The popularity has really developed on word of mouth, and it lives up to it. It also has that universal appeal.

Mitch Kapor

Velano Vascular has developed a simple, game-changing innovation that will improve the way medicine has been practiced for decades.

John Rymer

Ultimately it comes down to the market and developers voting with their dollars.

Ted Ligety

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

Tracy McMillan

The thing is, relationships never work out... until they do. You learn a lot from relationships that don't work out.

Jimmy Cliff

My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.

S. E. Hinton

Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books.

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Make her laugh, make her laugh, make her laugh. After all, the strongest relationships are the ones in which you can laugh with your partner through anything.

Jason Kilar

The one thing that's important to know is Hulu's not looking for traffic to be sent to hulu.com from its relationships with Yahoo and Fancast and MSN.

Jay-Z

I think relationships are broken up because of the media.

Jane Birkin

I can't be the only person in the world to have three different husbands, and yet those relationships are never talked about.

Bill Maris

When you build relationships with entrepreneurs, they're not trying to optimize on price.

Andie MacDowell

I feel like I've had so many successes on so many levels, even if it is just my relationships with my friends.