Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marc Ward

We have no basis to know whether it's a legitimate expense or not. What do any of us know about accounting? That's what we hire professionals to do.

Tom Gallagher

What these numbers have done this morning is raise a question: Does the Fed have the nerve to raise by 50 basis points (a half percentage point) next week?

Richard Cripps

We've set up a situation where a 25 basis point (a quarter percentage point) cut is good but you're looking at a market that's desperate.

Brett Scallions

The exposure will be great and plus -- it's Aerosmith! ... They're legends. It's going to be really cool. I mean, how cool would it be to be on a first-name basis with Steven Tyler?

Suzanne Collins

There's a basis for the war, historically, in the 'Hunger Games,' which would be the third servile war, which was Spartacus' war, where you have a man who is a slave who is then turned into a gladiator who broke out of the gladiator school and led a rebellion and then became the face of the war.

Stephan Pastis

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels.

Tom Hopper

I think I found that when I was doing a show on a regular basis and just acting constantly, that was when I was at my happiest.

Tony Hoare

It is easy to predict that some of the discoveries of research directed towards Grand Challenges - but only the most unexpected ones, and at the most unexpected times - will be the basis of revolutionary improvements in the way that we exploit the power of our future computing devices.

Sue Trinh

The outlook for rates is to the downside on the basis of the slowing growth environment. Any view that the relatively high nominal interest rate structure will be enough to insulate the New Zealand dollar is dead wrong.

Edmund Burke

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

Ashwin Sanghi

What is divine? Simply that which man has not yet been able to understand. Once understood, it ceases to be divine.

David Cumming

We did find out that $1.30 is the level where motorists cease paying and start complaining.

Drew Brees

We've used the word Superman without the cape. We've used a lot of terms to describe LT. I just think he never ceases to amaze.

John Keats

When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain.

Irish Sayings

When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray

Madeline Albright

cease long-range missile development, production and its export program.

Michael Friedman

If individuals are taking these medications, they should cease taking them and should consult with their physicians about what next steps should be taken.

Stephen Harper

I'd anticipated the Liberals would want to delay the election at least until the spring, if not longer, ... But look, if there's a necessity to have a fall election and the NDP ceases to prop up the government, that could still happen.

Zhou Xiaochuan

What the premier said means that China would continue to increase the flexibility of the RMB exchange rate in a gradual manner.

Brian Dolan

We've seen dollar/yen slip on that China comment.

George Bald

We have so many companies at Pease that are involved in international business. China is the world?s seventh-largest economy today and will likely be the fifth by the end (of 2006).

Tim Adams

The real issue is 'How do you help China integrate into the global economy in a way that maximizes growth and minimizes disruptions?

Jan Lambregts

There is a lot of focus on the visit and understandably so. China has shown last year that it will give into significant outside pressure. It wants to do as little as possible and escape a protectionist fall out.

Joyce Ma

When I met her in Hong Kong I was very touched by how she welcomed the eastern culture to be her own. And she was there, not now when China is open, but when it was during the cultural revolution,

Michael Callahan

Ultimately US companies in China face a choice -- comply with Chinese law or leave.

Tim King

We are going to launch our first joint venture in the middle of this year with China Resources (Holdings) Co Ltd, our largest franchise partner.

Tim McNulty

We are looking in many parts of the world and China is one of our focuses at the moment. We are currently surveying the landscape in China to identify any opportunities.

John Hargreaves

We have produced record results...these have been delivered by providing our members with outstanding value for money and through continued store expansion,

Michael Flanagan

There is continued takeover speculation surrounding the entire group. I suspect that is the primary reason moving the stock.

David King

We shall never forget their enthusiasm, love of space, dedication, and their continued inspiration.

Hilary Clinton

Very calmly, we went out to the sidewalk in front of our office and continued our discussion.

Lawrence Hargrave

The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And if the work be continued long enough, or a multitude of planes be continually drawing on the reservoir of power, the wave must inevitably be flattened.

Rob Sims

We deserve that record. Our guys played hard and stuck together through a lot of ups and downs. And we continued to win.

Kevin Krone

We want to thank our Customers for their continued excitement about DING! since its introduction last February. Thanks to our hardworking Employees, fare sales were revolutionized with the creation of DING!

Justice Theodore

The potential danger to the continued existence of the union rests with the adjudication of these fines.

Ken Goldstein

The performance of the leading index is suggestive of continued momentum or growth in the spring.

Jason Chaffetz

Straw purchasing is illegal.

Elie Wiesel

No human being is illegal.

Elie Wiesel

How can a human being be illegal?

Barbara Kingsolver

A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it.

Ariel Pink

It's not illegal to be an asshole.

Tommy Chong

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Christopher McGrath

There is no precedent for this, but there is no question who put this situation in motion. If they did not have their illegal strike, there is no question that this would not have happened.

Dan Stein

Millions of American workers, in all sectors of the labor market, have seen their jobs and wages undercut by the phenomenon of mass illegal immigration.

Jan C. Ting

Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration.

Tom Tancredo

The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters.

Stewart Baker

The point is, you can't be sure if you're legal in a lot of areas.

Amber Frey

I feel like there was justice. It was served through the legal system you know. Everything that I endured. It was all worth it.

Tom Jackson

What he said to me was that it's the right thing to do. It might be legally gray, but it's the right thing to do.

John Roberts

Well, senator, as a legal matter, it is abstract,

George H. W. Bush

legal but taxed and regulated like other goods.

Robert Casey

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience.

Alexei Navalny

I'm concerned with protecting the legal system.

Nicholas Carbone

Right now it's not a legal town committee.

Ben Wallace

There ain't nothing to worry about, because you're going to win some and you're going to lose some.

Sandra Gordon

The people of New Orleans have lost so much; we don't want to lose this.

David Millar

I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

David Korten

So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers.

Chuck Hatfield

We want to try this to see if we can make a difference. We just don't want to lose (the students).

Newt Gingrich

When you wake up in the morning and lose 14 marines, people say, 'What's going on?'

Nick Flynn

Here's a secret: Everyone, if they live long enough, will lose their way at some point. You will lose your way; you will wake up one morning and find yourself lost. This is a hard, simple truth.

Lauren Worsham

I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that.

Norman Mineta

We're not going to lose sight of safety,

John Santoro

There is more risk in owning longer-dated securities in a period of rising inflation.

Jim Lowell

Owning the parts tends to be a lot safer and a lot more rewarding,

Chuck Palahniuk

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Michael Sandler

Of course, we didn't look smart in 1999 owning Philip Morris.

Michael Nutter

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.

Peter Gabriel

It's like owning a big playpen and someone else is going to pay for it,

Mara Brock Akil

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

Will Cuppy

Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.

Larry Coker

This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting.

Jim Stone

This puts them on the same side of the table as you,

Kofi Annan

Usually, because society's inequalities puts them at risk -- unjust, unconscionable risk.

Francis Bradley

There are those who understand everything till one puts it into words

Jeff Long

Certainly, I don't think it puts us at a (recruiting) disadvantage.

Mack Strong

He comes out to compete. He comes out and puts up MVP numbers.

David Whitehead

It essentially puts our little town on the map.

Phil Rizzuto

Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win!

Phil Garner

Roy is not a promoter. He's very laid-back. That's not a show he puts on.

Stephen Colletti

Acting is fun, and if you enjoy doing it, you should take it seriously and see what you can do.

Bryan Ferry

As you get older, you get a bit more serious.

Jane Austen

An annuity is a very serious business.

Alan Arkin

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

Chetan Bhagat

Don't be serious, be sincere.

Cher

I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails.

William Shakespeare

In persons grafted in a serious trust, Negligence is a crime.

Richard Caborn

We have had the pantomime. Let's now have the serious stuff.

Bryan Clay

Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.