Famous Quotes & Sayings

Italo Calvino

The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the 'personality-cult' of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable in others, and consequently in myself.

Italo Calvino

Every time I've had to do journalistic investigations, I've cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It's the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer.

Kevin Mitnick

My hacking was all about becoming the best at circumventing security. So when I was a fugitive, I worked systems administrator jobs to make money. I wasn't stealing money or using other people's credit cards. I was doing a 9-to-5 job.

David Stout

Machines have the power to become the ultimate interactive art-making tool. Computers are becoming postmodern blenders bringing together images, sound, and interactive, nonlinear space.

Dave Flaskas

Libby is the hottest swimmer in the world right now and is on the way to becoming a superstar, if she is not already there.

Ray Looze

Leila is at the threshold of becoming a world-class swimmer. With continued progress, she will be a force to be reckoned with at the end of the season.

Bobby Miller

Let the ice cap melt; it only reflects the heat from the sun, protecting earth from becoming just so much desert. The great grandchildren of the morons who elected and reelected George Exxon Bush and Dick Halliburton Cheney can survive, at least for a while, by killing off each other for a drink of water.

John Hewitt

Liberty Tax Service is a solid contender for the franchising industry to watch. Our growth is solid in number of new franchisees and new offices. We are establishing a visible brand name that's quickly becoming known for excellent customer service and a vibrant corporate culture.

Matthew Parry

Lower second- and third-quarter demand -- as the northern hemisphere warms, less crude oil is required for heating purposes -- will result in the already over-supplied global crude-oil market becoming increasingly bloated.

Muhammad Ali

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.

Ellen Sauerbrey

I have a very deep commitment to the fundamental work of this bureau protecting vulnerable people,

Erik Molvar

This study is going to change the debate on sage grouse and oil and gas development. The (federal) Bureau of Land Management won't be able to tell the public that (its) standard oil and gas . . . mitigation measures will protect the sage grouse anymore.

Harold Frazier

We are playing a very important role in the design of the 2010 Census. As a census test site, we are setting the standard for how the Census Bureau counts American Indians all over the United States.

Gerry Spence

Government is operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.

Barack Obama

Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.

Jared Bernstein

We have welcomed past efforts by the Bureau to offer alternative poverty measures. Their most recent release, however, ignores critical innovations and omits essential costs like child care for working parents and thus represents a step backwards.

Warren Riley

We're happy our efforts with the Criminal Intelligence Bureau are paying off.

Don Davidson

Bureau Valley played hard, and so did we. We just turned it over too many times at the end.

Ivan Seidenberg

Like all companies, we are closely monitoring the economy, but what we see at this time indicates we can hit our target for full-year revenue growth,

Jeffrey Kaye

Many times workers work very closely to each other in the 'cube' environment, and that is very stressful because it's noisy, there's little or no privacy, and there is a forced conviviality.

Walt Riker

McDonald?s priority focus continues to be on our customers. We listen closely to them and welcome constructive feedback. We welcome an objective and fair discussion about issues important to our customers.

Eleanor Catton

One of the things I really like about Victorian novels is the close anatomisation of character. People's gestures and mannerisms and the quality of their thought is very closely identified and analysed.

John McCarroll

More and more people are talking about the 'one community' concept, and emphasize that the university and the community are very closely related. The success of one means the success of the other.

Ed Rohling

Now that our overall portfolio is in a more competitive position and our markets are rebounding with the national average, we are focused on maximizing the returns on these upgraded assets. We will face some ramp-up time, but we are working very closely with our general managers and sales directors to realize the full potential of these renovated, highly competitive hotels.

Jan Egeland

NATO is planning to increase its operations further, and will work closely with the Pakistan government and the United Nations in this regard.

Mark Gwozdecky

From our satellite photos, we've seen evidence that some of the facilities we used to monitor closely have been dismantled completely,

Laura Miller

From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.

Evan Katz

Making things feel real is one of our primary concerns in the way we write it. And it's one of the gifts that the actors who do the show really have to make ridiculous situations feel real.

Michael Siegel

Sen. Baucus has said that he expects a swift and smooth confirmation process. The hearing is expected to focus more on the larger policy issues rather than any individual concerns about O'Neill's candidacy.

Koichi Hariya

Securing the funds is easing concerns of default and other risks. The gains are unlikely to last because there aren't any signs yet that earnings are recovering. You need money to restructure and all they have so far is the barest of necessities.

Dick Parsons

Secular concerns that have weighed on our stock are overblown. Secular trends warrant us accelerating the program.

Barclays Capital

Much of gold's recent rally has been supported by positive investor sentiment in light of rising oil prices, inflation concerns and geopolitical volatility, and we do not expect these supportive macro-factors to dissipate in the near term.

Pat Casey

Maxwell hasn't given us the same starts as last year and that concerns us. And we need to get better out of the pen.

John Teng

Net-net, it is quite positive and would help to alleviate some of the concerns on the credit. There is now ample scope for S&P to remove the negative outlook on its rating.

Jim McGregor

One of our concerns was smaller members who might not be very sophisticated might be swept into this.

Brent Plater

One of our concerns is the pollution that's accumulating in whales,

Adger Ross

Let's make sure this senseless crime is not a waste.

Jonathan Jakubowicz

Secuestro Express' has developed not only as a crime to obtain money but also as a way of social revenge.

Dick DeGuerin

No crime occurred, and no crime was charged.

Janet Reno

Money laundering is a very sophisticated crime and we must be equally sophisticated, ... an essential front in the war on narcotics.

Jim Gibbons

Nevada leads the nation in our efforts to prevent this despicable crime by requiring sex offenders to be properly registered before they are issued a driver's license. Other states should follow Nevada's lead.

Dawn Barkman

Obviously, that person is a Good Samaritan, and they may know where the crime scene is.

James Ballenger

I forgive them for what they did. I hate the crime they did,

Dave Reynolds

From a law enforcement perspective, we are looking at this as a crime scene, ... What if we find more than what we're looking for?

Andrew Arulanandam

If a crime was committed, and the police are trying to trace the crime gun, they will get all the information they need.

Scott Smith

make sure we have people devoted to the most valuable activity.

Julia Roberts

I was fortunate to work a lot, and I worked hard, and I was very devoted to that, and then I earned this jewel box of a life that I felt completely entitled to.

Rudi Giuliani

I'm a human being; I have my limitations, ... I tried very hard to do this job 100 percent. I devoted myself to it.

Ruby Ali

She was a very devoted pediatrician who spent her life studying medicine and helping others. She gave free medications to her patients and went the extra mile to help those in need. She's my role model.

Joel Rosenberg

She was devoted to her career. Her heart lay with her position at the U.

Bill Fleckenstein

Shorting is very time intensive and it's very hard to do at home. That's not because you have to be smart, but because you have to have a lot of time devoted to it.

Bill Fleckenstein

Shorting is very time intensive and it's very hard to do at home, ... That's not because you have to be smart, but because you have to have a lot of time devoted to it.

George Pataki

We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.

Natalie Morales

In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now and again, but I didn't have enough time to be devoted to it.

Benjamin Franklin

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never

Joseph Conway

Now we have to be even more diligent about it.

Woody Allen

Now we're in the final stages. There's a lot of (due diligence) work to be done in the next 120 days, but it feels good to get everybody on board.

John Connelly

If we're lucky, next spring. It's not going to be this fall. We're still doing all the due diligence that we have to do for all the permits.

Nicole Gibbons

She's a diligent person, and she refuses to stop. She's a go-getter.

Larry Andrews

I don't have any problem with the penalty handed down. I think its fair. We have to be more diligent in the future so this doesn't happen again.

Rob Brzezinski

We've done our due diligence and we're comfortable with it.

John Furlong

We have a new government. Out of respect for the new government, and the new minister, we need to have a discussion with them before we talk in any way, shape or form. They have to have an opportunity to do due diligence on the information we have provided them.

Larry Reed

We get good value out of software because we do due diligence first, but services tend to be significantly more expensive than we expect. Integration of applications is a significant strategic direction that is inhibited by cost.

Hugh Fountain

Last year, we were playing for a region championship. This time we're fighting for our region life.

Stuart Symington

Many were hurting because they have been fighting the flood for so long.

Jim Jacobs

Mike is only 19 years old. Look up the ring records of Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano and see who they were fighting after 10 months. You won't recognize any of the names.

Sandy Hoddinott

Obviously we were hoping to win the 4x800 relay, but three of the four girls were fighting illnesses all week.

Randy Robitaille

No one is going to tell us we're done so we're going to try and keep fighting and try and get as many wins as we can. It's not as much about the wins and losses right now. It's about getting our game to where we want it to be.

Maurice Freeman

No one can say we ever gave up. We fought hard the whole game. If we keep fighting like that, we could be something special, too.

Mariela Carrion

My husband, he was out in Iraq fighting for his country, and he comes back and he gets shot down like an animal.

Sara Schopper

My girls really wanted it. That's why they kept fighting and fighting.

Rod Barajas

Whenever you play teams fighting for the playoffs, good quality teams, you want to try to win series, and we were able to do that here,

Siv Meisingseth

One of the three stewardesses did not have the necessary qualifications to work on this plane.

Tim Jones

When this occurs we have to start investigating and if necessary start a search.

Bob Poole

If we can get it into the township and get the necessary approvals, we can get it under way as soon as possible.

Francis Lockier

The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.

Jim Lewis

Yeah, that's awful. That's not necessary at all.

Lynn Woolsey

unless we take all steps necessary for nuclear disarmament.

Javier Solana

We have not been able to reach agreement. A precondition to constructive confidence, which is necessary now, is stopping all uranium enrichment activities.

Ron Dittemore

We're satisfied that the necessary precautions have taken place or we wouldn't launch.

Carl Elliott

We are going to make the necessary adjustments to him not being around.

Eric Butterworth

I am receptive to the inflow and outpouring of the universe.

Christine Baldauf

We're getting there. It's been a long two weeks off where we didn't play crossovers, so we had two weeks without games. We're slowly getting back into it.

Dan Johnson

We're approaching this slowly and methodically. There's a lot of work to be done.

Dawn Staley

This team is the most undisciplined team that we've had. They're just really undisciplined. They're not a team. This is the first team that's not a team, so we're going to get to the problem. We'll slowly but surely get to it, but we'll get to it.

Billy Collins

I learned snails don't have ears. They live in silence. They go slowly. Slowly, slowly in silence.

Mike Hill

I think it went really well. The word is slowly spreading. We're starting to get more people.

Kevin Mitnick

I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.

Lisa McGiffert

When you read stuff like this, you wonder who you can trust.

Dominic Monaghan

I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can.

Aaron Carter

My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.

E. B. White

I wish they had stuff like this when I was little.

Troy Williamson

I feel pretty good. There's still a lot of stuff that I need to work on. I'm just trying to get better as I go along.

Chad Cordero

I did stuff I thought I'd never do, ... It was totally unexpected.

Kevin Federline

I don't know. Why does all that stuff come out?

Roderick Wilmont

I don't know what's going on. I'm here to play, that's all. I see the stuff on TV. I know as much as you all know.

Mohammad Saeedi

We are in the transition state, and the inspectors will work under the NPT.

Chaz Bono

When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected?

Alan Dundes

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Brit Hume

It's perfectly possible for somebody to make the transition from politics to journalism.

Brandon Sanderson

It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

Ann Brashares

There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she would dwell on.

Alfred Rosenberg

We are the transition from one education to the other.

Bill Vaughan

It doesn't set off any alarm bells. As is typical with T. Rowe, no transition comes about abruptly; they tend to be planned pretty well.

Greg Buckner

The playoffs, that's just the way that it is. You're not going to get too many transition (baskets).

Robert Wilson

My work has always dealt with a kind of space that allows one to daydream.

Malcolm McDowell

I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.

Jorge Cruz

We're not doing anything bad. We just need the work.

Adoniram Judson

Missionaries must not calculate on the least comfort but what they find in one another and their work.

Kathryn Minshew

Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none.

Andrew Hooper

McKay really sparked us. He was very big tonight. He really worked his butt off.

Kathryn Bigelow

My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible.

Jim Hodges

My latest works are these things with light bulbs.

Mike Pompeo

One of the things you don't always realize when you're younger is that not everything you try is going to work.