Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Soule

I had always thought that I would do something that was connected to music as a career, or possibly Chinese, which was my major.

Charles Spurgeon

The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.

Alan Rickman

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.

Alan Moore

In many ways, my entire graphic novel career was a long diversion. Originally, all I wanted to do was to be an underground cartoonist and maybe bring out a groovy underground mag.

Alan Bradley

During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations.

Al Pacino

Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.

Al Jarreau

Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career. It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Whatever may befall us, God knows and cares as no one else can.

Linda Gray

We want them to have exposure to females who have a career and a family. We want to let them know that you don't have to choose one or the other.

Alan Mollohan

Violent crime rates fell steadily from 1993 to 2002, and this nearly coincides with the establishment of the community policing program known as the COPS program under the Clinton administration.

Alan Autry

Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God.

Alan Autry

We want them to be productive in the community,

Carmen Garcia

We want to support our community even though we are not illegal, but we come from an immigrant community.

Jim Knight

We want to show our kids that we love them, we care, and we want to get involved in their lives. One thing we want everyone to remember is this is not a JFK or high school problem. This is a community problem.

Karen Alexander

Verizon is putting an obvious emphasis on communities with greater resources and is ignoring large segments of the state,

Dhani Harrison

I love getting into a studio with a bunch of friends. When the day's done, we've made something. We recognize that we're from different walks of the music industry, and there's no reason we shouldn't be collaborating. That's what I'm trying to create with thenewno2 - a sense of community.

David Allen

It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community...

Charles Dickens

My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.

Charles Sturt

In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.

Chris Christie

Quite frankly, we have seen liberal policies in cities like Chicago, like New York and others, have led to increased crime.

Cesare Beccaria

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

Louis Stokes

Our findings with reference to organized crime was that organized crime as an entity didn't participate in the assassination of the president. However, we were unable to preclude the possibility of individual members of organized crime having participated.

Lyndon Johnson

Where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility.

Asa Butterfield

Don't do piracy. Piracy is a crime.

Alan King

We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.

Jumana Musa

There is no level of crime that is so bad... that rights no longer exist.

Robert H. Connelly

When faced with a tough choice, pause for a moment and think what your Mother would say about your decision.

John Walters

We're going to have to focus on the particular, unique circumstances we're faced with girls, which is different today than it's ever been before, which has obstacles we've not faced before, but obstacles we can overcome if we do the right thing.

Dawn Staley

We faced elimination, so we know what it feels like. Seattle doesn't at this point, so it (the pressure) is going to be on them. They're supposed to win.

Mike Angel

We faced a team with a lot of athleticism and a lot of length. That made it more difficult.

Todd Abbott

We faced a really good pitcher our first game.

Kirk Maltby

We faced a lot of great goaltending in Nashville, so we're familiar with it,

Randy Osnes

We faced a kid last night that threw different than what we saw tonight, so we had to make some adjustments.

Frank Poirot

We faced a choice. Low and wide, or tall and narrow.

Meir Soloveichik

When the Temple was destroyed, the Jewish people faced a crisis unlike any other in its history. For centuries, the sacrificial system had served as the primary medium of atonement before the Almighty.

John Maroon

We want to reach out not just to sports fans, but parents who are involved in their kids' lives.

Deborah Levine

We want to raise awareness. For those who find out they are positive, we want to get them into care. For those who are negative, but are involved in high-risk behavior, we want to get them into prevention programs so that they learn to keep themselves safe. Unfortunately, there are too many people out there who don't think they are at risk.

Adam Gilchrist

We have to get our priorities right. It is important that selectors, administrators, players and whoever else needs to be involved sits down and nuts that out.

Paul Hawley

We're going to shoot the video in Spain, and there'll be water involved -- and I'm going to leave it at that.

Greg Brown

We're going to have 13 different departments involved in this deployment

Jamie Carragher

We're involved in six this year and this is the first.

John Tortorella

We're getting ready for playoffs. I'm not going to get too involved in this game. ... We'll be ready to play. We're right where we want to be.

Pete Bodyk

We're getting more and more local law enforcement involved in our mobilizations.

Jamie Shea

We have reports that soldiers were also involved in the casualties, not simply civilians.

Charles W. Pickering

Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products.

Charles Dickens

And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to issue forth again: and not content with stalking through the aisles, and gliding round and round the pillars, and tempting the deep organ, soars up to the roof, and strives to rend the rafters: then flings itself despairingly upon the stones below, and passes, muttering, into the vaults.

Alan Paton

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

Alan Greenspan

I have one other issue I'd like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here. If we are dealing with psychology, then the thermometers one uses to measure it have an effect. I was raising the question on the side with Governor Mullins of what would happen if the Treasury sold a little gold in this market. There's an interesting question here because if the gold price broke in that context, the thermometer would not be just a measuring tool. It would basically affect the underlying psychology.

Alan Greenspan

An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.

Alan Greenspan

Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it's pretty clear that it's an unsustainable underlying pattern.

Al Pacino

Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities. I've never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.

Ari Adler

We want to see this issue resolved by the end of the month.

Dennis Schain

Ultimately, before they build, we'll inspect to make sure the plan has addressed all the issues and will be implemented properly.

Charles W. Pickering

Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products.

Charles Dickens

And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to issue forth again: and not content with stalking through the aisles, and gliding round and round the pillars, and tempting the deep organ, soars up to the roof, and strives to rend the rafters: then flings itself despairingly upon the stones below, and passes, muttering, into the vaults.

Alan Paton

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

Alan Greenspan

I have one other issue I'd like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here. If we are dealing with psychology, then the thermometers one uses to measure it have an effect. I was raising the question on the side with Governor Mullins of what would happen if the Treasury sold a little gold in this market. There's an interesting question here because if the gold price broke in that context, the thermometer would not be just a measuring tool. It would basically affect the underlying psychology.

Alan Greenspan

An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.

Alan Greenspan

Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it's pretty clear that it's an unsustainable underlying pattern.

Al Pacino

Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities. I've never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.

Dennis Schain

Ultimately, before they build, we'll inspect to make sure the plan has addressed all the issues and will be implemented properly.

David Allen

You can't manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about time, it's more about how do you manage your focus, how do you manage your actions and your activities in terms of what you do.

Charles Dickens

Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.

Charles Simmons

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Alan Rickman

I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

Eric DiBiase

We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances.

Andrew Palmer

We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there.

Craig Smith

We know what to do and what not to do because of last year. That's why we're in this position right now.

Bruce McMiller

We know we made a lot of progress last year, but there is still a lot out there.

Tony Russa

We know him and technically a position player can get here the last two or three weeks and that's plenty of camp. I'm sure he's been working.

Diane von Furstenberg

Don't talk about your diet. It's just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.

Gretchen Rubin

I've always loved 'Before and After' stories, in books, magazines, and TV shows. Whenever I read those words, I'm hooked. The thought of a transformation - any kind of transformation - thrills me. And that's the promise of habits.

Kathryn Lasky

I loved to read, and if I could've been a professional reader, that's probably what I would've wanted to be!

Robert Krulwich

When I was a teenager, I loved political conventions.

Brian Price

Look, we would have loved to have won the ballgame, no question about it,

Jim Ross

She started shooting when she was 5 or 6 with her dad, and she's loved it since the day she started.

Barbara Whaley

She trusted him. She loved him. And she still loves him.

Jeremy Jones

She told me she was OK, that she loved me and to just go out there and play hard. She said she was sorry she couldn't be here but that she would be here in spirit.

Brett Gardner

She's a very loving person. She just loved children.

Hunter Birckhead

She said she loved us, and she meant it.

Luc Ferrari

When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them.

Bertolt Brecht

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.

Robert Johnston

We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point,

Tim Wilson

We were at a crossroads, whether we were going to have to doze it in or do some major repairs.

David Forst

Until they are in the Major Leagues, they are assets.

Lisa Bonet

The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it.

Robert A. Heinlein

Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A

Benjamin Tucker

The right of the majority is absolute.

Bill Bavasi

We'll see if we can fine-tune it. Those are important spots, but we have no major trades (in the works).

Charlie Daniels

I can't wait to get off the bus and... go on stage and entertain people. That's my thing, that's what I love. I love doing it... I thank God I can make a living doing it.

Charlie Chaplin

The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.

Charlie Chaplin

The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.

Charlie Chaplin

I am for people. I can't help it.

Charlie Chaplin

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Charlie Chaplin

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone

Charles Wagner

If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich

Charles W. Pickering

The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation.

Charles Sumner

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

Bill Pullman

The writers are pretty political and they want to get as big an audience as they can - they want the popular vote.

David Brin

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

Baltasar Gracian

There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.

Jiro Yamaguchi

What we're seeing is a result of Koizumi's diminishing popularity -- the 'Koizumi effect' is wearing off.

Todd Young

We're getting in their face. And I'm sure it's not very popular with management.

Al Gore

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Bob Beatty

She's ahead, she's popular -- she's not completely unbeatable.

Lucio Gutierrez

I will regain the presidency by way of the constitution, the truth and popular support,

Will Wright

I think the primary thing that's made the Sims popular is that they're accessible,

Charlie Chaplin

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

Charles Dunstone

If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful.

Charles E. Wilson

There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.

Charles Dudley Warner

I know that unremitting attention to business is the price of success, but I don't know what success is.

Charles Caleb Colton

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

Charles Caleb Colton

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.

Charles Caleb Colton

Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.

Charles Caleb Colton

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

Charles Caleb Colton

To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.

Ron Everhart

We're just waiting to see what happens. He's taking his time.

Joseph Bruno

years and years. He was not taking anything.

Lynsey Addario

The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal.

Diane Tuller

She's only going to get better. I don't like taking her off the court.

Joe Crawford

I feel like I'm getting better every game, more comfortable, just being aggressive, taking my opportunities.

Andrea Mitchell

I feel terribly guilty. I'm not used to taking off time at all.

Angelo Crowell

Just taking things more serious, taking a different approach. I was kind of transformed, so it's kind of cool.

Ann Robinson

I almost feel like Mars has been taking care of me for all of these years.

Justin Smiley

I think he's taking it pretty well, but I know it's tough.

Chris Chocola

Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States.

Denis McDonough

The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.

Madeleine Albright

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.

Hillary Clinton

There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.

Al Green

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

Dominique de Villepin

I grew up in the United States.

Abraham Lincoln

I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may.

Bruce Springsteen

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.

Bianca Jagger

The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

Matt Mullenweg

Ultimately, Captchas are useless for spam because they're designed to tell you if someone is 'human' or not, but not whether something is spam or not.

Leos Carax

I like tragedies, whether they're sci-fi or something else, but I can't say I know much about any genre in particular.

Rick Rudesill

Whether they play (against Mitchell) is kind of up in the air. You have to wonder about their stamina.

Pierce Brosnan

Whether they made the right choice, who knows?

Karen Burk

Whether someone thought it was a joke, we take it very seriously. This is a food-tampering issue.

Shannon Cross

Whether or not they do it is still in question.

John Podhoretz

Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.

Gary Ballough

Whether it's us or them, it'll be a race.

Leonard Mlodinow

Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.