Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

Everyone on the Left has a favorite story that allows them to kind of excuse Reagan, explain away Reagan, say he was dumb, but unless we reckon with that kind of emotional intelligence and his ability to kind of speak to the aspirations of the American people, the less liberals are going to be able to understand the soul of his appeal.

Rick Perlstein

In Ronald Reagan's case, he always bore with him this extraordinary ability to radiate confidence, optimism, clarity, a blitheness of spirit, in what other people saw as chaos. And after the 1970s, that was catnip.

Richard P. Feynman

In the Raphael Room, the secret turned out to be that only some of the paintings were made by the great master; the rest were made by students. I had liked the ones by Raphael. This was a big jab for my self-confidence in my ability to appreciate art.

Bill Vernon

Mandates do not solve, but only exacerbate the problem. Mandates will seriously impact the state's ability to compete economically with other states.

Randy Cunneyworth

Like any young player, there was a period of inconsistency. He can be average and then he can be Clarke MacArthur. Average isn't good enough, but he possesses the ability to be above average.

David Blask

Light, in terms of our experiments, stimulates breast-cancer growth activity, and obviously this is due to the ability of light to shut off melatonin production.

Mark Duda

LT hit him a ton and practically killed him. (Charlie) got up, went out for about four plays and came back and ran the ball 25 more times. His ability to cope with adversity and physical pain, he had no equal.

Becca Kohli

MacKenzie is a player with the right attitude and the natural ability to go after every ball and to be a spark on the field. We feel MacKenzie can be a very strong player for us because she has potential in several different positions on the field.

Jeanine Pirro

Liberals stay up at night worrying about the library provisions in the Patriot Act, ... I stay up at night worried about whether we are going to have the ability to fight the war on terrorism with the same tools ... that I have had as a prosecutor to fight organized crime.

Carl Honore

My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.

Joe Arbona

One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually had to witness this, knowing that when you get into a locomotive, there is no steering wheel. As you can imagine, they are pretty shook up about this whole thing, too.

Samantha Power

On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in the context of situations where peacekeepers have failed to shield civilians, or even when the peacekeepers themselves have been involved in abuse.

Walter Martin

I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

Stefano Tonchi

While technology efficiently delivers news stories to our desktops, laptops and mobile devices, magazines are all about context - how ideas and images are presented in relation to one another and within a larger point of view.

Hubert Burda

We are the only living creatures who can create a context, and as far as we know, everything else can only follow a context, without recognizing the context as such. Herein lies the source of creativity and the genuinely new.

Wynton Marsalis

As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people who have that power also.

Ravi Zacharias

I deal with cultural issues whether they be in the Middle East, Far East, the Orient or the West. You broach questions in the context of their culture and then present Christian answers.

Peter T. King

I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be recognized, and you wouldn't have peace without them.

Albert Schweitzer

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

Michael Panzner

Lucent this morning hints at the possibility that you may see other disappointing earnings in the sexier names. The reality is that expectations seem pretty high and the price of the market as a whole has moved higher to reflect that. It doesn't leave a lot of room for disappointment.

Jean Johnson

Lots of people aren't academically inclined and there are still lots of ways to earn a living. But what you see in these young people is it's a very hit-or-miss road they're on.

John Butters

Many of the energy sector earnings have been revised up recently, and that includes forecasts for the second quarter and for the full year.

Marsha Blackburn

Many women are heads of households. Many are the primary wage earners for their families.

Marc Shapiro

Seven of our ten units had double-digit earnings growth and an eighth had record earnings.

Rose George

Seafaring can be lucrative - the elite, such as gas-tanker captains, can earn $100,000 for six months' work - but the isolation is a heavy price to pay.

Bill Coleman

Security guards for celebrities can earn six figures.

Patrick Casselman

Selling the drug unit is going to focus the company. The earnings were also better than expected. It is a good day for investors.

Kris Gopalakrishnan

Engineering college students should be encouraged to start entrepreneurial ventures in their second year itself. It is safer to fail while in college.

C. K. Williams

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.

Alex Thiermann

French authorities should be encouraged for reporting this so quickly and this allows them, as well as local farmers, to take extra monitoring precautions.

Richard Baker

I was surprised to learn that Puccini wrote The Marriage of Figaro, but much encouraged by the substantial support for the teaching of music in schools.

Doug Thornton

I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time.

Terry McLaughlin

I'm a lot more encouraged than I was a year ago or even a few months ago.

S. Truett Cathy

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.

David Bell

I feel great today. I?m really encouraged by the way I feel right now.

Jim Simpson

I feel encouraged by our latest news of the steps the mayor is taking.

Josh Beckett

Let's talk about the outing. I felt pretty good today, let's start with that. I don't want to fill it up with stuff like that, negative stuff. Let's be positive here.

Joel Parkinson

Losing one grounds you a bit. I learned a lot after losing the title in 2009, learned that I was probably too intense that year, and when I didn't win, I just felt horrible.

Brian Billick

Last year, we felt we were a Super Bowl-caliber team. I think in just about every measure you can put out there, we're a better team than we were last year.

David Chase

Last year, we felt we needed more teachers. I'm troubled that we're not going after personnel just because we don't have the room for them.

Tim Churchill

Last year, we felt like we didn't have any winnable games.

Forel Davies

Last year was the first year I really felt comfortable with my game.

Brian James

Last year was really demanding. I just felt that at the end of the year I didn't have a lot of fire left in me.

Liz Gliem

Last year the pressure was on Jackie, but this year I felt a little more pressure on me. I had to take a little more of a leadership role.

Jeremy Bonderman

Last year went so fast. I felt like I was in and out of that game in like a matter of minutes.

Raja Bell

We're not doing anything different. Guys understand that if it's going to be a week or a month, we're going to have to pick it up without him.

Matt Birk

Like him or not, say what you want about him, but the guy makes plays. He said he was going to make up for last week, and go out and make some plays. He showed up today.

Clint Hurdle

Luis is having some difficulties getting anything going at the plate. He's not where he needs to be or where he can be offensively, yet. He's 0-for-7 off this guy lifetime. It's a manager's decision.

Dale Lennon

Mac Schneider went down with an injury. The first guy Tyler went against, if I remember right, was an All-American nose guard. Fortunately, we had the lead.

Pudge Rodriguez

(Leyland) is the manager we need. He's a guy I respect very much. We're going to play hard for him.

Frank Robinson

Let's see what has kept this guy where he's been, ... Is he a usable part for next year?

Pat Carroll

Let's rock the Capitol. Don't let these guys sneak back into town.

Mike Santiago

Leon is the starting quarterback for the Nicholls State game. Just like all the guys know, it is one day at a time. We have a lot of competition. You got to hold that spot.

S. Walker

Losing to those guys is always the worst. It's terrible.

David DeFazio

Many of the statements (appeared) to have been provided to her.

Sgt. Devine

She said she had no idea which town she in. Fortunately we were able to provide this type of intervention before a catastrophe occurred.

Andrew Krepinevich

If they're not ready to provide security, there could be a regression.

Gary Bartlett

If they provide some information, they may not have to come.

Andy Brandt

If we can go out and provide a spark for our team, then we feel like we're doing on our job.

Tom Casey

If this provides them with a justification to release Jill, that would be wonderful, but we are not sure it will. We just want her released by any means.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

Arthur Smith

Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.

Abdullah Gul

We are ready to provide every sort of help,

George Gwozdecky

If we did, it wasn't a scoring chance. I'm not disappointed at the loss, I'm disappointed in the way we performed.

Mike Ward

She did things for us that will not show up in the scoring column.

Rick Anthony

We are scoring in bunches and getting them from everywhere.

Mike Eaves

Three of them (in the second period) were Grade-A scoring chances.

Billy Donovan

He hasn't had big scoring nights. But he's also done other things.

Ray Allen

For most of us, when we see them scoring fast, we feel like it's all right to do the same thing on our end. It doesn't get any better.

Jeff Ackermann

I think we're a better scoring team than we showed tonight. I know we're a better shooting team than we showed tonight.

Jason Tapp

I don't think I've ever had a three-game scoring streak before.

Brent Norberg

We've got to get some more scoring out of other guys.

Terry Kukesh

She stepped it up and got them going.

Ken Sprague

We were intimidated before we stepped on the court.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Michael Coburn

He's a young guy, but he stepped up. That's what we needed.

Ernie Rosseau

He has really stepped up for us down the stretch.

Randy Johnson

I got a little tight. So, I just stepped out and let someone else pitch. Everything is fine.

Ernesto Hernandez

We stepped on American soil, we shouldn't be here.

Gary Thompson

We have very well-trained RAs and RDs within residence halls,

Kerry Bailey

Typically within two weeks, we're done with the analysis.

Nizam Idris

I would say it's more within my expectations.

Michael Mann

We're number-crunching to see what we can do within our mandate.

Jeremy Duxbury

We will have to work within the budget.

Bill Richardson

What I worry about is a new fiefdom within an already big fiefdom,

Kate Looby

Within about two weeks, we'll have made those decisions.

Checky Herrington

We should be able to energize it within one or two days.

Harry Larrabee

We're very balanced. Within games, we get spurts from different players.