Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oliver J. Lodge

People of sense will not take its absurd triviality as anything but helpful in contributing to the proof of the survival of personal identity.

Tommy Caldwell

Stand at the base and look up at 3,000 feet of blankness. It just looks like there's no way you can climb it. That's what you seek as a climber. You want to find something that looks absurd and figure out how to do it.

Junichiro Koizumi

Some people called postal privatization an absurd idea. But the people judged that it is the right idea,

Germaine Greer

I think these things are so political you can't trust them at all. It's madness that I am on the list. It's absurd and completely unjustifiable. Their problem was they had to put an Australian on it. These lists are always so right-wing. It's like the Nobel prize, it is always 'people we can do business with'.

Robert Lantos

It is a sad testament of the absurdity of the ratings code and the completely illogical moral criteria that provide the underpinning for it, where any form of violence is perfectly acceptable for kids but sexuality continues to be the ultimate taboo,

Sir Eddington

I think there should be a law of Nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!

George Soros

The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I learned about pot from my kids and realized it was a lot better than Scotch, and I loved the Scotch. Then I went to my doctor, and he said, 'I'm thrilled. You're drinking too much. You're much better off doing pot than drinking.'

Anatole France

The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it

George Osborne

The allegations are completely untrue, and dredging up a photo from when I was 22 years old is pretty desperate stuff. This is merely part of an absurd smear campaign to divert attention from the issues that matter in this leadership contest.

Frank Fish

Regarding the volume of weapons, it's directly in proportion to the number of students that we're training. We don't have a stockpile of weapons that we've just cached up here to use later for some foul purpose. These weapons are used specifically for this particular client.

John Connor

reflect some guarded optimism in the direction the market is taking.

Ken Walsh

Our No. 1 job was to hire the most dynamic, energetic director that we could (for the job), and we feel we got our No. 1 free agent.

Ralph Kauffman

Our members seem to have digested the energy price increases, and so the direct effect of energy price moves is less.

Jake Barton

People learn more if they're learning in directly engaging ways.

Tai Hui

People have more faith in Hong Kong's logistics. Low value products are shipped directly out of Shenzhen to the world, higher value products come out through Hong Kong. It's the guarantee of safety.

Sophie Turner

Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and I'm very lucky to have worked with Isabel Coixet, who is also one of my favourite directors.

Susan Davis

Stamford is proposing a low-volume program. Stamford's program would have a direct impact on St. Vincent's program.

Susan Davis

Stamford is proposing a low-volume program, ... Stamford's program would have a direct impact on St. Vincent's program.

William Taylor

reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the appellant.

S. Hughes

Regulation is a factor, no doubt about it. But it may not be how tough the regulation is, but how fast it is -- how fast can you get your paperwork through?

Pat Hill

Paul is a proven winner, ... He'll be the key for us, no doubt about it. He won't be rattled.

Peter Ueberroth

Our old system is less favorably positioned. To follow the same path would not lead to success in our view. We were doubtful the last meeting, now we're convinced. If we go through this whole process it's not going to work. If we want to bid, we want to win. We have to figure it out and make sure we have everybody on board.

Peter Ueberroth

Our old system is less favorably positioned, ... To follow the same path would not lead to success in our view. We were doubtful the last meeting, now we're convinced. If we go through this whole process it's not going to work. If we want to bid, we want to win. We have to figure it out and make sure we have everybody on board.

Tish Lyons

People have doubted us because we lost our big guns and everything and we lose our point guard. I think we've come together nicely. We really are starting to play well together and I hope that continues.

Sun Moon

Some may doubt that such a project can be completed, ... But where there is a will, there is always a way -- especially if it is the will of God.

Sheryl Krmpotich

Our plan is to get the job done this year. To leave no doubt on the floor.

Gene Brown

Rod had it pegged from the beginning. I had doubts about his methods. But he's got guts.

Joseph Wright

I think this is just a normal step going forward, ... We're kind of following a normal evolution in our industry. Consolidation is not only necessary, but inevitable.

Alexis Bledel

I think that's what makes life interesting-the evolution of getting older, and it's kinda fascinating to me, the whole process.

Steve Hockett

I think that they're falling more into the mainstream of marketing their brand. It's the normal evolution of their business.

Vanna Bonta

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

Michael Ruse

I do not see evolution as something that is anti-religion.

Denis Simonneau

France has noticed a light, or gradual, evolution in the American position.

Dwight Davis

It comes out at sort of this strange time in the company's product evolution, the last gasp of the DOS line and Windows 98.

Howard Moore

He's just seizing the opportunity. It's the evolution of him as a player. He's starting to find out more and more what his niche is.

Charles Darwin

Some call it evolution, And others call it God.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.

Scott Turow

Just because it's a mystery, it doesn't have to be mindless.

Dave Taylor

He is probably the premiere mystery writer today. He's our generation's Dashiell Hammett.

Beth Schwier

I would say mystery is probably the favorite.

Nancy Karl

I think the mystery is the most interesting and tantalizing part about it,

Cam Gigandet

Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.

Deepak Chopra

The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

Jane Leavy

The only mystery is why we find it surprising that someone opted out, ... It makes him different.

Walt Whitman

I and this mystery, here we stand.

Burt Rutan

Confidence in nonsense is required.

Albert Einstein

Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.

Alfred Bester

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

Angela Merkel

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.

Andrew Young

If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.

Ambrose Bierce

Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.

Benjamin Franklin

As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I tried to swallow his nonsense without choking.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Everything in life in nonsense. it's just a question of persepctive

Donna Brazile

I'm not about waiting anymore. I'm off the privilege notion now; I'm on to fairness.

Chris Eigeman

I had a very misguided notion of what 'network notes' were. I thought they were well-meant suggestions, perhaps urgently meant, but just suggestions nonetheless. And actually, they're demands. You have to do them, or you will not be paid.

Gary Peters

I take very seriously the notion that you have to get out in your community; you have to talk to people, but, more importantly, you have to listen to people.

Golan Levin

The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius.

Ha-Joon Chang

I think this notion that public enterprises do not work and therefore nationalization will be a disaster, I mean, it's not supported by evidence.

Loren Thompson

We ought to get off this notion that we're going to be deploying it, because we're not.

Albert Camus

You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about.

John Doe

We had no preconceived notions of what we were going to be,

Michelle Branch

People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.

Sabas Pretelt

We can't wait until it occurs before taking action,

Henry Bonilla

It's difficult when you're an appointee of any administration to publicly come out and say before a crisis occurs to say that we need to do X, Y and Z to avoid a crisis, because you probably wouldn't be around very long if you did that.

Tom Rath

The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns.

Don Stewart

This kind of thing occurs from time to time in a correctional setting.

Sylvia Browne

Reincarnation occurs because we decide that we haven't learned enough lessons.

Frank Melton

It occurs to me that I'm not protecting a source. I am the source and I don't need protecting.

Russell Baze

Past the quarter pole, he surged, got up in the lead,

Jan Egeland

Past agricultural policies have not been good. Governments understand they must be providing long-term solutions.

Jim Schoenfeld

Some of our youngsters have progressed past our expectations.

Carl Brown

Our traffic is up significantly in the past two weeks.

Mike Shanahan

Playing the way they have on the road the past three weeks is really an accomplishment. They play big on the road.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

To grasp the meaning of the world of today we use a language created to express the world of yesterday. The life of the past seems to us nearer our true natures, but only for the reason that it is nearer our language.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Your past wouldn’t frighten me,” I said, buckling my seat belt across my lap. “I’m guessing I’d be more appalled than anything.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I nibbled my lower lip. "If you could see into my past just by touching my back, you'd have a hard time resisting the temptation too." "I have a hard time keeping my hands off you without that added bonus.

Martin Parr

Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.

Saint Ignatius

The wellbeing of the head resounds throughout the whole body, and as are the Superiors, so, in turn, will their subjects be.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'

Joe Solmonese

I don't think it has anything to do with the subject matter.

Dan Smith

He was getting at a really important subject and he did it thoughtfully and gracefully.

Alan Simpson

Whatever he does, Dick will do it his own way, because whatever he does, it will be the subject of ridicule.

Robert Luskin

Mr. Rove is still a subject of the investigation.

Elizabeth Bowen

Writers do not find subjects; subjects find them.

Garry Wills

I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.

Sherry Scarberry

Someone has to be there with him 24/7, whether it be me or Robbie.

Scott McCallum

I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

Susumu Tonegawa

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting.

Deirdre O'Kane

I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.

James Wallace

From our standpoint, we're being very reasonable. It's up to (RIM) whether they want to be shutdown.

Steve Lambert

I would say that by the end of the month, we will know whether it can work.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.