Famous Quotes & Sayings

Italo Calvino

Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious, and at the slightest flattery, I immediately start to strut like a turkey.

Laura DiDio

Mainstream Linux deployments are on a steep upward trajectory. Although they will not replace Windows, co-existence will be the order of the day.

Suzanne Fields

Mahmud Abbas is not Thomas Jefferson. The spirit of Patrick Henry has not emerged in Lebanon. Although more than a 140 Syrian intellectuals have protested Syrian troops there and signed a public statement opposing the occupation, these intellectuals are not in the league of our own Founding Fathers.

Robbie McEwen

Leon Van Bon led me out perfectly, but I started the sprint too early, couldn't finish it. Although I was going for a stage win, the intermediate bonus sprint and the green jersey gives me a lot of self confidence.

Samuel Butler

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.

Jon Heacock

Louis made a couple of good catches out there, although he did drop the first one we threw to him.

Tim Condon

Looks like a people plan as opposed to a business plan. The emphasis seems to be improving peoples lives by improving social infrastructure. I don't know if there are enough goodies to have an impact on financial markets although if the whole country feels better it would be good for markets.

Tod Tamberg

Many of the victims direct all their anger at Cardinal Mahony. It's unfair and somewhat misdirected, although understandable.

John Woods

Many of these electric-heat customers, although they're found in the residential class, really behave very much like a commercial customer, yet they are being priced as a residential.

Alexandra Paul

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

Italo Calvino

I don't believe chance can play a role in my literature.

Italo Calvino

I change my method and field of reference from book to book because I can never believe in the same thing two times running.

Italo Calvino

Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end.

Peter Jennings

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

Richard Rogers

I don't believe in the ownership of work.

Rick Perlstein

What does it mean to truly believe in America? To wave a flag? Or to struggle toward a more searching alternative to the shallowness of the flag-wavers - to criticize, to interrogate, to analyze, to dissent?

Robert Fisk

We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book 'Great War of Civilization,' and my father was a solider in the First World War which produced the current Middle East - not that he had much to do with that - but he fought in what he believed was the Great War for Civilization.

Robert Palmer

I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.

Bob Swank

Levi, Clint and Zach held spots four through six and are running well. Calvin was our number seven and he will be challenged by the two freshmen.

Dan Callahan

Scott challenged us all day long and they outplayed us.

Ed DeChellis

No disrespect, but North Dakota State went in there with a pretty good game plan, followed their game plan, challenged some shots -- they went in there and they were able to win. It's not impossible; a team just did it two days ago.

Jeff Fisher

Obviously we will be challenged in the first six weeks with four of the six on the road.

Mark Snyder

My experience with these offenses is that it takes you about a quarter to get used to it. It's kind of like facing the option. Our defense is definitely going to be challenged this week.

Nelson McCullough

We were challenged today more than maybe some of the other games. They hung in there and they didn't quit. They kept putting pressure on the other team until something went wrong." ()

Herbie Hancock

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and that's what a master does.

John McKee

She showed a lot of heart today when they challenged her in the stretch.

Robert Horry

She's good. At first a lot of guys challenged her on calls, like 'Come on,' but she stood up for herself. That says a lot about her. Guys respect her. ... She doesn't back down from anybody.

Mike McCue

Let's say you go to a friend's wedding, or Thanksgiving, or Halloween. It'd be great the next day to see what went on with your friends' Thanksgiving weekend, or all the costumes they wore on Halloween, and be able to look back and see what they wore the year before, and the year before that.

David Mellem

Lower taxes are great, but if its going to cost you money, it's not worth it. If a stock hits your sell range after 3 months, do you really want to risk 9 more months of fluctuation to get a lower tax rate?

Frank Armstrong

Lower costs will give you higher net returns. I think cost is critically important.

Kumi Naidoo

Leaders have dashed hopes and squandered opportunities, and empty promises cost lives.

Mike Kelly

Last year we reached 355 fifth-graders, at a cost of $6 a student, ... We did this with the help and sponsorship of SFA, Nacogdoches ISD, Coca-Cola, Nacogdoches Safe and Drug Free and others. People stepped up throughout the year, and we received very positive feedback. It was a great adventure, and we will do it again.

David Hudson

Many, many farmers have made significant inroads into their cost structure and we have seen a very significant surge in diversification.

Joe Baca

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.

Kurt Barnard

Sears is on the way back to health. They're doing a good job (of cost cutting) and they are offering customers a good, recognizable value and customers are responding.

Stephanie Marquis

So far, we have 382 claims. We're estimating the cost to the state has been about $64,000.

Norihito Kanai

Mazda, like other automakers, is benefiting from the weaker yen. Currently they don't have many new models, but next fiscal year starting in April, they will release new SUV models in the U.S., which should help its earnings and sales.

Ron Lewis

More than 42 million workers currently participate in a defined contribution plan. But many of these people are not saving enough.

O. Henry

I can tell you now that U.S. forces, in all probability, will be engaged somewhere in the world in the next decade where they're not currently engaged. But I can't tell you with any resolution at all of where that might be, when that might be or how that might be, and that's indicative of the uncertainty that we face.

Troy Thygerson

For several years our district student population has been about 475. Currently it is about 535.

Nicholas Johnson

If a state's currently in the toilet, this is going to keep it there.

Arnie Berman

nearly as dire as technology stock prices currently reflect.

Christina Scott

I have a job currently and I'm saving up and I'm gonna get help from my parents.

Stella Young

I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the economic life of Australia.

Seth Shostak

Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun.

John Challenger

Layoffs are still very high, and the economy seems to be showing little sign of pulling out of the doldrums, ... These lower cuts may just mean that we aren't seeing any further dips right now -- that we're just in this kind of steady, low-wattage kind of state.

Lindy Ruff

Several of those players had very good camps, but we're limited on room. They're not easy decisions. When usually you go through the first round of cuts you're looking at second-tier guys. Some of these guys will definitely play (in the NHL).

Mike Jerman

No one has advocated tax cuts more than we.

Richard Thompson

Music is a great healer, a great diffuser of things like racism. It cuts through boundaries, and it's a very positive force in the world.

Anthony Chan

More rate cuts may not be forthcoming, but the Fed is also not likely to start raising rates as quickly as financial markets expect.

Keith Gumbinger

Mortgage rates come down when fixed-income investors think the economy is slowing, not because the Fed cuts rates.

Tommy Thompson

Tax cuts are an investment in working families.

Dan Beck

I can't predict what the job cuts would be.

Iris Lav

I would be surprised if there weren't a lot of tax cuts this year.

Alexandra Adornetto

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

George Perkins

We're not cutting back to save the world, ... I'm going to need to figure out how to get along.

SJ Morrison

We're not cutting any services; what we're doing is redistributing services.

Larry Ceisler

Look, when your opponent is cutting their own throat, you don't get in the way.

John Challenger

Several telecom deals have yet to be finalized, but once they are we can expect to see more fallout, especially since many of these deals were made with the sole purpose of cutting costs,

Beth Jones

Several departments have increased demand for services, and how do you meet those demands if you're cutting staff?

John Challenger

October and November were the second- and third-heaviest months of the year for layoffs, ... We returned to the levels of job cutting we saw in 2001, which was the heaviest year we've ever tracked.

Gary Larson

No one knows what the public school system is going to look like in 10 or 20Êyears, but we know it's moving toward being more innovative, more cutting edge or more designed to meeting the needs of individual students.

Gary Larson

No one knows what the public school system is going to look like in 10 or 20 years, but we know it's moving toward being more innovative, more cutting edge or more designed to meeting the needs of individual students.

Charles M. Blow

While the word 'bisexual' was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.

Stanley Smith

We had plans for a 5,000-square-foot library, with inadequate parking.

Kusnanto Anggoro

In many regions, soldiers are too emotionally involved, partly because of inadequate logistics support, and of rivalry or (ineffective coordination) within the army.

Dick Cheney

As long as we do things or pursue policies that don't increase the supply, then what we'll find on the other end is inadequate supply and spiking prices,

Jack Reed

There was inadequate planning, inadequate recognition of the problem at every level.

E. B. White

The strength of the materials was inadequate to support the slope over time. It was a soil-like material, not a rock material.

Damon Dash

Read the rich list in Forbes. When you see all these people with all different kinds of money, it will make you feel inadequate and keep you focussed.

David Rowland

The offers are inadequate and would entail unacceptable levels of risk.

Dr. Katz

You can't. Routine tests will not show inadequate intake.

Paul Sagawa

So it's relatively significant that they said flat-to-down.

Shahazad

My destination is at a place where my late-friends and relatives are waiting for me to arrive.

Chen Shui-bian

I got up at 2 a.m. for this trip. I want to see my relatives and I want to see China,

Dave Bristow

She's by herself, she has no relatives in Manatee.

Victoria Jackson

Sitcoms are relatively clean. There's not much nudity.

Jon Favreau

I don't know that a movie like 'Daredevil' did better for having Ben Affleck then 'Spider-Man' did having Tobey Maguire, who was a relative unknown at the time.

David Brewer

When they are available, they are relatively inexpensive.

Richard Preston

Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods.

Charles Caleb

Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little, and wants less, is richer than he that has much, and wants more

Albert Schweitzer

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.

Albert Schweitzer

Awakening of Western thought will not be complete until that thought steps outside itself and comes to an understanding with the search for a world-view as this manifests itself in the thought of mankind as a whole.

Albert Schweitzer

World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.

Albert Schweitzer

Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.

Ludwig von Mises

All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about a state of affairs which - from the point of view of their authors and advocates valuations - is less desirable than the previous state of affairs which they were designed to alter.

Chris Crutcher

No amount of effort could have stopped that, because our points of view - the way we perceive things - are inextricably linked to our beliefs, ... ,our beliefs color what we see.

Dennis Ritchie

From an operating system research point of view, Unix is if not dead certainly old stuff, and it's clear that people should be looking beyond it.

Dennis Prager

Most young people have tremendous respect for older people's views.

Dennis Prager

To understand the Left, one must understand that in its view the greatest evil is material inequality. The Left is more troubled by economic inequality than by evil as humanity has generally understood the term.