Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Rogers

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

Rick Perlstein

Richard M. Nixon honestly believed in his bones that an organized conspiracy of liberal media insiders had literally been plotting against him ever since he broke Alger Hiss in 1948 (he never shifted course, and lost his soul).

Robert Walpole

And therefore, for the sake of my mater, without any regard for my own, I hope all those that have a due regard for our constitution and for the rights and prerogatives of the crown, without which our constitution can not be preserved, will be against this motion.

Robert Mueller

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community.

Kurt Student

The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters.

Kristin Cast

I don't watch 'Glee,' not that I have anything against it. Whenever I miss the first few episodes, I won't watch the series.

Marcy Kaptur

I wholeheartedly support the aspirations of the Ukrainian people for a democratic, free and just society where the rule of law prevails without corruption or government violence directed against citizens.

Larry Foote

Man, he could he play some ball. I never got to play against him in football, but I watched him play my high school in basketball. He dominated. He led his team to the state championship. You knew back then he had all the talent to be a great one.

John Locke

Man... hath by nature a power .... to preserve his property - that is, his life, liberty, and estate - against the injuries and attempts of other men.

Isaiah Thomas

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.

Isaiah Thomas

I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.

Isaiah Thomas

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.

Italo Calvino

Nature in America does not arouse powerful emotions in me.

Rick Perlstein

America was founded on the fissure between slave states and free states, so these huge fault lines are just built into the American project. How we repress them, express them, deal with them, talk around them, think through them, don't think through them, is fascinating to me.

Rick Perlstein

Call it Camelot's revenge: the class of court scribes who made it their profession to uphold a make-believe version of America free of conflict and ruled by noble men helped Nixon get away with it for so long - because, after all, America was ruled by noble men.

Robert Strauss

If you increase the sales tax... everybody would be taxed.

Robert Strauss

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Robert Sheckley

I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.

Isaiah Mustafa

I think commercials are something that everyone does to get out there and get a little bit of exposure, get their feet wet, and also pay the bills. So anytime you can be a part of a wonderful, fun commercial, that's just a bonus.

J. Hoover

Last year was an exception because we don't usually have a running back gain 1,000 or 1,200 yards like Wisey did, ... Usually we're more balanced. Anytime you gave Wisey the ball, he could break it. We're going to miss him. But you can't harp on it. He gave us two good years, but we have to move on.

Mark Johnson

My first objective was just bringing stability. They had been through two coaches in a real short period, and I think anytime you start a program, that can really hinder things and hurts the process, number one in recruiting.

Bruce Evers

One doesn't see the Nigerian situation getting any better anytime soon. There is plenty for people to focus on. People just don't know which way markets are going to break.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Only about 10 percent of India's population uses the web, making it unlikely that Internet freedom will be a decisive ballot-box issue anytime soon.

Casey Mears

More than anything, the 24-hour race and everything leading up to the Daytona 500 on the Cup side was really positive. That gave us a lot of confidence going into the 500. The 24-hour race boosted the whole team's spirits. Anytime you're got guys thinking positive, it's a good thing.

Felipe Alou

I feel that even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth. That's something I haven't seen in a long time. Anytime they bring that guy in, everybody knows the game is over.

Richard Yamarone

I can't see the state of job creation changing for the better anytime soon.

Matt Ridley

I can't imagine not coming back to New Orleans, ... We've lived here all of our lives, and we don't take it for granted. We don't know how long it's going to be before we have to make this choice. We're pretty convinced that we're not coming back anytime real soon.

Marcy Kaptur

That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.

Howard Dean

Sending delegates to the convention only continues to energize our party. Fight on in the caucuses; we are on the ballots,

Melissa Wagoner

Senator Kennedy has real environmental and economic concerns, and the federal government continues to lack a national policy and process to guide offshore alternative energy development.

W. Hull

Security continues to be a top priority for America's public transportation systems and transit systems will remain vigilant.

Ed Bryant

Miss Lewinsky continues to be, in her own way, an impressive witness.

David Quammen

One of the things that's particularly nefarious about Ebola is that it continues to live in a dead person for some period of time after death. A person who's been dead for a day or two may still be seething with Ebola virus.

Brian Reynolds

My gut tells me that spreads and yields are still too high to see a flood of deals. But if the market continues to improve, we will be at a point where a pickup in deals would be feasible.

Like I

My hope is that he continues to be a mystery and not become predictable.

Kathleen Taylor

Now with 68 luxury hotels and resorts in 31 countries and more than 20 properties in development, Four Seasons continues to strengthen its position for the present and future. Our strategy continues to focus on obtaining long-term management contracts with owners and investors who share our vision, and who are ready to invest in our future.

Kevin Spacey

makes people think ... and have a healthy debate and an open debate, rather than being so fiercely on one side or the other.

Ned Lamont

Let's have a good, robust debate on the issues.

A. Johnson

No one at any time approached him during the Medicare debate.

Deng Xiaoping

Do not debate! is one of my inventions.

Goran Persson

give hope for a better future, but the political message from our debate is clear.

Rick Friesen

Given that by far the majority of those involved in the debate have not had the opportunity to view the episode, we feel it is important to give the public of New Zealand that chance.

Anthony Chan

Given our forecast, we do not expect that this statistical release will have much impact on the policy debate when the Fed meets,

Barbara Boxer

On the other side of this debate they are very good at getting votes. And they are very good at being politicians, but I don't think they are worth a wit in the gynecological operating room! I don't want them in that operating room, telling a doctor what procedure to use for my daughter, or my niece.

Charles Schumer

one of the finer debates that I have heard in 18 years in the House.

Granth Sahib

My farming and my trading are by the Support of the Name.

Jim Riddle

Neighbors would pay the price for these farming practices.

Kirk Lewis

I was from a farming town. That (background) gave me a lot of the values that I have today.

John Goodman

We work hard, ... But, it does make farming more enjoyable.

Dan Glickman

When we certify organic, we are certifying not just a product, but the farming and handling practices that yield that product,

Tim Johnson

This proposal is ill-advised and ill-conceived and obviously occurred with little consultation within the farming community,

Dolores Huerta

Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?

Marcus Samuelsson

The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems.

Kevin Moore

Just an old-fashioned demonstration. How farming used to be.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

John Grace

Macquarie may have to raise the offer. It's a question of what shareholders want.

John Hunter

set out systematically to question every established process.

John Fitzgibbon

Semiconductors have always done well, ... The question is how well.

James Rubin

Mr. Haider is still going to be governor, as I understand the reports, and still going to be in the party. So the question is what the party's role will be in the Austrian government.

Jeffery Smith

Now, there's not a question about it. They know that to participate at Woodward, you have to have a helmet.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.

Robert Shaffer

There are many different types of logging. The question is, how much is enough?

Francis Gaskins

If they're profitable, they could go public. The question is, if they want to.

Cecil Ratliff

I don't have to repeat anything this year. I tell him what to run and there's no questions about whether it will work or not. He's a senior now and much more confident, a leader.

Scott Moody

Like I have to start from scratch, I don't have anything.

David Collins

One way to start all over is to find a young woman and start a family.

John Beilein

Now we just go back and teach. We start over.

Joan Van Ark

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.

Jack Rio

If Byron doesn't have any setbacks, he's our starting quarterback.

Marco Buechel

If Bode wants to start winning, he could start winning tomorrow, immediately.

Karel Bruckner

I can tell you that the starting lineup will be very different this time.

Melissa Carlson

Get out there and start talking to people.

Kevin McHale

Getting Marko was something we really wanted to do. It's all starting to come together.