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.

Jonathan Crisp

Let her go home, send her home, ... She will probably in all likelihood be facing this stigma for the rest of her life.

Michael Mori

Mr Hicks is the only one facing a commission,

Terry Holt

Mr. Armey and Mr. Lott are longtime friends and allies, and they will always work hard together on the issues facing Congress,

Adam Sampson

More and more people are facing homelessness and housing problems.

Richie Adubato

Now we're facing a four-game road trip. We have to steal one very shortly.

Dave Duncan

From here on out he's going to start seeing more situations like that and he's going to be facing big lefthanders. And he's going to have to be ready to start getting them out.

Jim Sensenbrenner

The principal problem facing our economy today is jobs.

Jim Sinclair

I work for lots of fire protection districts. With some exceptions, everyone is facing the same problem.

Dirk Niebel

Since September 11, 2001, we know we are facing terrorists who are trying to have their way with our constitutional democracies.

George Crumb

Numerous recordings of non-Western music are readily available, and live performances by touring groups can be heard even in our smaller cities.

Maribeth Lartz

We have sign language practices and sign language groups before each of our meetings.

Ahmet Ertegun

The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters

John Oates

I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.

C. Everett Koop

That is why we are working with these various groups that have volunteers. We can get a lot of these things done. Nobody has dropped out, and a lot of people would like to join. We now know what each other does.

Tadashi Yanai

Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.

Ice T

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.

Nelson Mandela

Tomorrow the two groups will meet on the ship,

Pat Metheny

'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

Isabella Rossellini

I like to extend myself as an actress and David really helped me.

Lucia Shook

Like everyone else I need all the help I can get.

Ted Stevens

Luke would have been a big help to us as our captain. That was a big loss.

Kris Benson

Making one mistake instead of two helped me,

Jon Hogenson

Making it to the second day shows our kids we can do this. Playing in that competitive level helped us.

Fernando Torres

Let's hope what we've done this week helps us to get something positive in our next games.

Justin Huber

Levi's been more of the outside guy; I'm more of the inside game. That helps us out a lot. It helps keep each of us rested and ready to go.

John Prescott

Legislation in itself will not end the dispute, but it is prudent to take these powers to use if necessary to help reach an agreement.

Ken Tutt

Losing last year I think really helped us win this year. And it makes it that much more special.

Robert Fisk

I've never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other.

Jalal Talabani

Furthermore, the Iraqis do not want to be more Palestinians than the Palestinians themselves,

Bashar al-Assad

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.

Elizabeth Dole

In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.

Ahmed Chalabi

What was said before is not important.

Ahmed Chalabi

I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.

Ahmed Chalabi

Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.

Ahmed Chalabi

Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target our neighbors.

Ahmed Chalabi

Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.

Rick Perlstein

Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

Bill Flott

Make it your top priority in this next week to get these issues resolved.

Christopher Klaus

Many of the issues come from software vendors trying too rapidly to get the software out of the door,

Gerardo Copca

Many issues that had lagged are rising this week.

Christopher Richter

Setting those two issues aside, we would have seen a pretty nice rise.

Matthew Fassler

Mr. Edmondson's personal issues ... are tangential to the firm's recent lack of execution, results and direction.

Ron Pollack

Of all the policy issues going on right now in Washington, this is probably the most important.

Richard Boucher

Non-proliferation is one of the most important issues on our agenda.

Gene Green

On issues like this, we are trying to pull together,

George W. Bush

Let the others have the charisma. I've got the class.

Benjamin Franklin

Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices.

Benjamin Franklin

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Rebel Talbert

New South Wales crews are on standby to support others states if needed.

Lalit Modi

If others want to play they can. Why should we play in October?

Ronaldo Ronaldo

If we have the technology to reach the moon, there could be others who have the technology to come here,

John Cornyn

I have made a proposal, and others have made proposals, and we will work out the differences,

Akiva ben Joseph

He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.

Eric Hoffer

We can see through others only when we see through ourselves

Alexandra Adornetto

Gabriel: Bethany lacks understanding about the ways of the world. She still has much to learn and that makes her vulnerable." Beth: "Do you have to make me sound like a full-time babysitting project?" Xavier: "I happen to be an experienced babysitter. I can show you my resume if you'd like.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Mon cher, you are a simpleton. You really don't understand a thing.

Eleanor Roosevelt

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

Elizabeth Drew

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

Eliot Spitzer

Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding.

William Ford

The only person who can understand a veteran is another veteran.

David Jenkins

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Edward Witten

I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it yet, than I can imagine understanding consciousness.

John Sweeney

I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job.