Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Magpie, n.: A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.

James Austin

Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a surplus of those birds to carry over. The fact that there was a shortage of 2-year-olds to hunt last year meant more pressure on the older birds, so that cuts down the carry over on those, too.

Atharva Veda

Learn a lesson from the birds. They feed those who cannot fly far. The bird relieves the itch of the buffalo by scratching it with its beak; they help and serve each other with no thought of reward.

Kent Hall

Many of these birds were raised in captivity. They lost their fear of humans and people should not feed them.

Joan Heller

Many people feed their birds but don't know exactly who is coming to their feeder. This is a good time to find out who these birds are.

John Atkins

Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there are risks on the horizon but not so material just yet.

Milan Brahmbhatt

So far the impact of bird flu outbreaks has been isolated to the poultry sector and some farm households and has not spilled into the overall economy.

Ann Veneman

So it's very important that we have an education program for families about how to protect children if they have sick birds around their homes.

Jeanne Fair

Minks are susceptible, and of course, pigs will be important, as well. They're sort of a mixing vessel. They have receptors that are similar to birds but also to humans.

Emily Oster

Lovingly crafted and super-creative cupcakes are not exactly on tap in my household after a full day at work, and I do not blame my mother for a second that they were not on tap in hers, either.

Chandra Bhushan

Lax and completely ineffective regulations are really to blame for this state of affairs.

Charlie Melancon

Sen. Vitter worked in this House for six years and knows its leadership, ... He has placed the blame squarely at their feet, and I think they owe the entire Gulf Coast an explanation.

Mark Duffy

Mistakes cost you, and we had a few that really hurt us today. It wasn't just on that goal that got waived off, but we had five blue shirts standing around watching two (Tech goals) on rebounds when our goalie didn't know where the puck was. We have no one to blame there but ourselves.

John Gomery

Mr. Martin, whose role as finance minister did not involve him in the supervision of spending by the PMO or (Public Works) is entitled, like other ministers in the Quebec caucus, to be exonerated from any blame for carelessness or misconduct.

John Gomery

Mr. Martin...is entitled, like other ministers in the Quebec caucus, to be exonerated from any blame for carelessness or misconduct,

John Gomery

Mr. Martin ... is entitled, like other ministers in the Quebec caucus, to be exonerated from any blame for carelessness or misconduct,

Ian Shepherdson

Mr. Greenspan is at least partly to blame for the turnaround in the fiscal position here -- his musings on the problems of ever-increasing surpluses were a clear green light to Congress to cut taxes.

Lee Peterson

Mayor Nagin has blamed everyone else except himself,

Ken Bacon

many of the tankers are flown by reservists.

Jon Ronson

I did feel like they were telling me that something like that was going to happen. Not specifically - not that planes were going to be flown into the World Trade Center or anything like that - but in the general sense.

Kris Janowski

We are happy that the governments have offered us a total of 85,000 places for refugees from Macedonia. The bottleneck, however, is the number of people who are actually being flown out. More people need to be flown out of Macedonia.

Peper Long

We've got another semen sample that's being flown in from Tulsa (Oklahoma) so we'll be doing another one tonight.

Scott Hatteberg

We've got a lot of young guys who have really flown up the learning curve.

Paul Davis

We've all flown with him, and for us to come back and reminisce, it's a real thrill.

Rob Kulat

We maintain a perfect safety record. We've flown over 8 million people without incident.

Roseann Hawley

This will be my first time going to Cancun. Some of the girls have never flown before. We're looking forward to a great trip.

John Milton

When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine

Alexandra Adornetto

There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile.

Douglas Adams

Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast.

French Proverbs

Life is half spent before one knows what it is.

Mike Mastroianni

Making the playoffs last year is a huge part of our success this season. We played very well the second half of the season and managed to get in as the fourth-place team. I think that was really the beginning.

George Santayana

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

Karen Coyle

Less than half of our households have a computer. Only a third of those log on. So most people see this as being mysterious technology.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Seventy-four points at the half - that's like being at the South Pole for us.

Paul Biancardi

Second half turnovers really did us in. I think that was the real difference.

David Wood

Mineral Wells picked it up in the second half and made it a much better game.

Jeff Suppan

Mentally, I think is the key, staying mentally prepared in a number of ways,

Brad Shaw

Mentally and physically, I didn't think we were sharp.

Maria Sharapova

I feel like I'm mentally tougher out there,

Steve Roberts

I was taken off-guard by our start. I thought our team was prepared mentally and emotionally. As much as they spread the field, there's a lot of running room. Even if you play perfectly.

Zabian Dowdell

I was surprised that he played. He's a strong kid, mentally and physically.

Krystal McKenzie

She's got a hamstring that's nagging, but she hasn't pulled it or anything. I think she's back to 100 percent, but mentally she doesn't think she is.

Gail Goestenkors

She's just such a mentally and physically tough kid. I think especially this time of year, that's what you need.

Taylor Mali

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

John Brady

We just didn't think he was mentally as sharp as we needed him to be.

Stephen Doyle

Now they're still 40 minutes out, and they're getting frightened,

Arron Afflalo

Obviously, it was desperation time, being down nine with three minutes to go. But three minutes is a long time with only a nine-point lead.

Dave Pelzer

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

Alfredo Gutierrez

I would do 15 minutes in English, then go do 45 minutes in Spanish. It was a lot of work.

Pamela Gainey

She's having to play a lot of minutes even with that hand.

D. James

I don't feel fatigued at all. I can go out and play 48 minutes if they want me to.

will.i.am

I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.

Steve Nash

I usually settle into a routine during the season where I shoot for about 15 or 20 minutes before and after practice, and then do the whole practice.

Cilla Black

'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.

Kurt Schrader

In the ever-evolving society we live in, it is the responsibility of all of us, as individuals and as Americans, to rid ourselves of this culture of violence.

Jean Fontaine

Lynx-eyes to our neighbors, and moles to ourselves

Erika Messam

Senior Day is emotional, whether you're a senior or not. It's tough to play after that. We got ourselves together and played strong. Everyone contributed today. It was special to me.

Alan Foreman

Now we speak in telegram form, we write little e-mails, and we have everything at our fingertips, so we don't train ourselves to keep anything inside.

Dennis Murphy

If we get there, we give ourselves a chance. We got there, so now we have a chance.

Dick Whittington

If we recycle the trees, we give ourselves a present.

Randy Foye

If we're going to make this program go, it had to start with us. We took it upon ourselves that we've got to do this.

Billy Joel

If we're going to keep ourselves interested, we can't play for the reviewer and we can't just play for the audience. In the end, you have to just play for yourself.

Mike Shula

If we let ourselves start worrying about this and that, that's the quickest way to get yourself beat.

Twyla Tharp

Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.

Orlando Anaya

She's so personable, nice, and sweet, plus she's not that big for a swimmer, so she can relate to the swimmer's who aren't physically gifted.

Leila Janah

It's really helpful to be physically engaged in something that's completely different from my day-to-day work.

Gary Apodaca

We just didn't come ready to play; I could see it when we were warming up. We were there physically but not mentally, and we had a long talk after the game.

Dave Duncan

To be a vert guy, you have to train and put on your gear. It's physically demanding.

Jon Gruden

You'd have to take a big yellow excavator to get me out of here. I'm here for the long haul, unless someone comes and physically removes me.

Bill Self

We're still playing better physically than we are mentally.

Mary-Kate Olsen

We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding.

John Bromley

We really haven't physically merged the railroads at all,

Christopher Shays

More is going to rest on his (Hastert's) shoulders,

Laura Harper

When they were about to say it, I was chanting, ?C. Lang,' with the rest of the team.

Jim Tutwiler

I would be surprised if it stays on the site rest of the day.

Bill Stoneman

I wish he were here with the rest of the guys.

Becky Sarro

She's made some vibes that it isn't something that she wants to do for the rest of her life, so we'll see.

Rex Ryan

If we can do that the rest of the season, that would be super.

Dennis Dacus

If they had (Johnson) it would be them and the rest of us.

Shayne Ward

I have been to see a specialist and they have told me that singers often suffer from this problem, but that it's nothing to worry about and that I need to rest my voice for a week or so.

Steve Relford

I'd just like for him to suffer for the rest of his life,

James Matthews

Second to the right, and straight on till morning.

Megan Smith

Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.

Steve Frady

Obviously, you don't want to see a second collapse.

Kelli Johnson

We had better shot selection in the second half.

Yash Chopra

When I come to England, I feel as if I am in my second home.

Charles R. Swindoll

First impressions never have a second chance.

Pavel Datsyuk

I can't play with one leg. I need a second leg, too.

Antawn Jamison

Gilbert told me going into the second half, 'You can't do anything if you don't let it ride,'? He shouldn't have to tell me that.

David Jarolim

If Bayern win at Bremen it is better for us as we want to keep second spot.

Albert Schweitzer

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come.

Chris Evert

I wanted always to appear strong and in control . . . .Then the cookie began to crumble.

Charles Spurgeon

Nothing binds me to my Lord like a strong belief in His changeless love.

Charles Spurgeon

Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you. Show rich men how rich you are in your poverty when the Lord God is your helper. Show the strong man how strong you are in your weakness when underneath you are the everlasting arms.

Charles Spurgeon

It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all, forget to argue with God; but those who prevail bring forth their reasons and their strong arguments

Charles Spurgeon

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.

Charles Perrault

To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for a very rare woman. So here our tale appears to show/How marriage deferred/Brings joy unheard/Nothing lost after a century or so. But others love with more ardor/And wed quickly out of passion/Whatever they do/I won’t deplore/Nor shall I preach a lesson.

Charles R. Swindoll

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

Diane Lane

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.