Famous Quotes & Sayings

Reed PhD

Leadership without support is like trying to make bricks without enough straw. True leaders reinforce their ideas and plans with strategic partnerships, alliances and supportiveaudiences.

Johnson Honimae

Mobs and looters have been hurling rocks and bricks at passing patrol police vehicles.

D. James

Of course a sports psychologist can help - it's certainly helped me. People think you must be crackers if you've got a psychologist but psychology is part of the building bricks to make a top athlete.

Gerry Purdy

No one likes to carry a brick around, and this is the smallest, thinnest, lightest device that has all those combined features.

John Barlow

I fought it hammer and tong, but the drummers had inoperable bricks in their head about it. What's worse is that they now want to remove all Dead music from the Web.

Wren Elhai

Getting in touch with Iraqis has not been the insurmountable challenge it seemed to be at the start. You run into more brick walls trying to get someone in the U.S. military to talk to you.

Buster Perkins

I had hit a brick wall. I had gotten injured, and my grades were failing and I had to do something.

Shannan Bergen

She's a kid that'll go through a brick wall for you.

Bill Jr

Time marches on. We've got a wonderful new facility under construction and it's Busch Stadium - it's just different bricks and mortar.

Ozzie Guillen

Last year, we took a lot of heat in Chicago because they always say,

Barry Ritholtz

Maybe the reason the VIX has dropped so low is that the options guys in Chicago are so exhausted from watching the Cubs,

Daniel Clowes

When I close my eyes to draw I always think Chicago in 1975.

Radim Vrbata

If Chicago was a Stanley Cup playoff team, I might not be here. I want to show I can play. I'm just glad I'm here. I'm trying to prove I'm a good player.

Bob Wickman

The pitching is a big core. You look at the Chicago White Sox, what they did last year, the New York Yankees, when they were in their heyday, they had pitching and that's what wins championships. You're very seldom going to slug it out with a team in the playoffs.

John Parsons

On that particular day, the incidents occurred while we were transporting people to Chicago for a work day.

David Schwimmer

I love directing. It's something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years.

Mike Royko

Show me the worst school districts in Detroit, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and I'll show you parents that shouldn't be raising a Chia Pet, much less a child.

John Cruickshank

Since our voluntary reporting of the problem, the Chicago Sun-Times has been committed to make fair and equitable restitution to our advertisers.

Kevin Mitnick

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. I copied without permission.

Michael Glover

We're not coping very well at all. The fact that it was during Christmastime is very hard.

Tom Jackson

Like a perfect tennis serve, a perfect golf swing or a perfect omelet, a perfect resume takes more effort than simply copying what others do,

Virginia Satir

Life is not what it's supposed to be. Its what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

Michael Robertson

Legal or illegal, Napster doesn't feel right, ... It doesn't give the copyright holders their share.

Orlando Bloom

Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.

Jeffrey Skilling

So I told Vince he didn't have to worry, we have plenty of cops in (the group).

Ralph Miller

Minerals such as magnesium, bromine, iodine, fluorine, zinc and copper would be recovered from the salt water before a slurry is returned to the ocean.

Hali Gernon

Mr. Harper will receive a copy of the report when the (Liberal) government gets it.

Isabella Rossellini

I wanted to make a film about my dad, a sort of love letter, and explain what I understood of his cinema, which was so utopian. I also wanted to give the sense of his cinema, because they have never been very big box-office, but they were very influential.

Robert Osborne

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

David Gonzales

Lorenzo thought of his dad as a superhero type. Unstoppable.

August Wilson

Many is the time I looked at my daddy and seen him staring off at his hands. I got a little older I know what he was thinking. He sitting there saying, "I got these big old hands but what I'm gonna do with them?

Richelle Nice

Scott Peterson was Laci's husband, Conner's daddy -- the one person that should have protected them.

Lisa Hall

So Mama would have to sneak out and meet Daddy and go jitterbugging.

Bridget Idtensohn

Mom was the planner. She said, 'We're going to do this, we're going to do that,' and my dad would go along.

Kurt Cobain

Mom hates dad, Dad hates mom, it all makes you feel so sad.

Joey Cheek

Mom and Dad went there and maybe donated a building.

John Friend

Leroy's also a special human being. I've told parents how fortunate they are to have this guy heading up the program and dealing with their kids.

Brian Meyers

Many information workers spend a majority of their time trapped at their desk dealing with e-mail.

Roy Wilsher

So, it just puts some perspective on what we're dealing with.

Ciara

My inspiration is European fashion. I'm really into Euro fashion, and I also love rock n' roll. That's the mentality that I like to have when I'm dealing with fashion.

David Reddy

One of the very important things to point out here is that we are not dealing with a human pandemic strain yet, thank goodness.

Johnny Almaraz

One morning, all his stuff was gone. He's home in New York dealing with personal problems which have impacted a lot of decisions he's made here. We're empathetic and sympathetic towards that, but it's pretty tough to try to help somebody when there's no communication.

Bill Sullivan

Obviously, we're going to be dealing with thin markets. The influence of the holiday should dampen the war rhetoric, but if there are any surprises we could get exaggerated moves in prices for sure.

Roger Wright

No one really had any idea what the pick-up might be because we're dealing with such an immature marketplace. One person from a major record label said that it's like the Wild West, no one really knows what's out there.

Greg Amacker

My family and I sat down and discussed this. I was just spread too thin, dealing with my home and the administrative duties.

Jose Cano

Makes me nervous. I want him to get a hit right now. I don't want him to go down. I want him to stay here forever.

Retief Goosen

Luckily, it doesn't really hurt me when I hit the ball. I know it's there, but it's nothing serious.

Larry Gispert

Life could be very, very different if we get hit by a major hurricane.

Bob Murphrey

Leon and James hit some big shots ? they did what they are supposed to do.

Yvette Girouard

Leslie Klein hit her first home run in two years. She looks like she's back and she loves softball.

Curt Schilling

Seven of the 11 hits were on fastballs,

John Major

September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale.

Jim Lushine

Mother nature still has us in its sights. I hope it just wings us rather than hitting us in the gut.

Dan Gandin

McArdle hit some big shots for us in that first half. He really kept us in the game.

Alexandra Guarnaschelli

The hardest thing about being a full time chef is leaving my work behind when I go home at night. I'll toss and turn about a menu item or forget to order produce and wake up at 4 A.M. in a cold sweat over some artichokes.

Alexandra Paul

I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.

Alexandra Adornetto

(Beth) "I don't care anymore." I turned my face up toward Heaven. "That's not my home anymore. You are.

Italo Calvino

I feel so at home in New York that I don't have the urge to write about it.

Dave Gahan

Like every New Yorker, I have a love/hate relationship with the city. There are times it's overbearing, but when I'm away even for a little while, I can't wait to get home. I am a New Yorker.

Andy Landers

Let's be honest. It will be very much like a home game.

Benjamin Franklin

Let thy maidservant be faithful, strong, and homely

Joseph Gallagher

Lumber is up by about 25 percent over two weeks ago and carpeting and all the things that go into a home are up and spiked.

Greg McBride

Make sure you're in your home long enough to recoup those costs.

Alexandra Adornetto

I hope the two of you will descend from your love bubble long enough to learn something today," he sniped cuttingly and the other kids snickered. Embarrassed, I ducked my head to avoid eye contact with them. "It's all right, sir," Xavier replied. "The bubble's been engineered to allow us to learn from within it.

Jeff Christian

Like a kid on a playground, he said, 'Well, that is awesome. This is terrific research.'

Laurence Steinberg

Life without parole for kids presumes that they can't be changed.

Steve Mullins

Letting kids out of our schools who don't know how to read and write, it's always been morally indefensible and now it's economically indefensible as well.

Johnny Depp

Luckily the kids are pretty well-balanced and well-grounded and not monster-like at all.

Scott Walker

Let's not kid ourselves. He's probably the No. 1 reason we are where we are.

Jennifer Ebelhar

Let your kids select the vegetables they want as pizza toppings.

E. Hicks

Lou has really put us on the map. He has been so important to this program because he's shown other kids in the school that you can wrestle and be successful at St. Mary's. Just because we're a small school and we have to roll out the mats in the cafeteria to practice, it doesn't mean we can't be competitive.

Ned Yost

Look who did the damage. That's where we're at right now. We've got those kids and they're producing.

Chuck Feeney

I was with a special services unit in the Korean war, and when I got out, the biggest thing I got was a GI scholarship.

Kim Young-ha

A military career offers the stability many South Korean women crave.

Kim Il-sung

I am sure you have seen for yourselves and sensed how the Korean people feel towards the United States here in our country.

Min-sik Choi

Western ghosts are evil, but Korean ghosts are about making peace. That is part of our Korean psyche.

Hans Vestberg

Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.

Anthony Bourdain

I'm really happy to see the explosion of interest in Korean food, and this hybrid Korean-American [food].

Donald Sterling

I like Korean employees and I like Korean tenants,

Inbee Park

There are calm Korean players and not calm. There are calm Western players.

Clint Eastwood

I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.

Deke Thompson

Senior night is great, but I want to go dancing.

Unknown

May you live each day like your last, and live each night like your first.

Patricia Smith

One night she went to the restroom, and when I woke up she was walking into the wall. She couldn't find her place on the floor.

Barbara Turner

Obviously, we need her a lot. Obviously, if we had her the other night we would have won. That's just the reality of it. There's no other way to say. Obviously, we need her a lot.

Lynne Sipiora

Of course, on a night like tonight, in this situation, we won't turn away anyone, especially if they are able or a family. But things like being drug-free are still a must.

Alan Trammel

(Oakland) got back on track and we just couldn't stop them. It was just a night the Tigers got pounded.

Charles Portis

Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.

Charles Olson

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Charles R. Swindoll

In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna-a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night-to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.

Richard Sloan

Many studies, especially some of the older ones, have significant methodological flaws, which render the conclusions questionable.

Keith Richard

Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Joss Whedon

I had older brothers, and I don't think there's anything worse than an older brother. They pretty much told me the end of everything they got to see before I did.

Ryan Holmes

For an older generation of employees, social media often remains misunderstood and underutilized.

Lisa Graff

I was the typical little sister who wanted to be just like her older brother. When I was growing up, my brother wrote phenomenal stories, so I wanted to write them, too.

Bill Jones

We did not have many seniors, so most of our team is returning. We're a year older and we should be bigger, stronger and faster.

Ken Young

I was a little angry. We didn't talk for a while. But I'm older now. I realized that I was too sensitive.

Kim Weston

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance.

Sarah Allen

We're older and a lot of people thought we were crazy. A lot of people still think we're crazy. They don't live in our shoes.

James Rubin

making excuses. Why don't they let the inspectors do their job? Stop making excuses, stop trying to politicize the operation, stop trying to pick the inspectors.

Mark Reiland

Obviously, we won the right one. We wanted to win both, but if we had to pick one, this would be the one we'd pick.

Astro Teller

Moonshot thinking starts with picking a big problem: something huge, long existing, or on a global scale.

Nick Fazekas

More than likely, if I'm not a first-round pick then you'll probably see me back here.

Natalie Cole

My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.

J. A. Konrath

No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.

Kelly Rowan

Now we kind of have to pick up the pieces.

Martin Jol

I can't remember him picking up a ball.

Chipper Jones

I can't pick him up. He's the one guy. My nemesis.

Astro Teller

Moonshot thinking starts with picking a big problem: something huge, long existing, or on a global scale.

J. A. Konrath

No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.

Martin Jol

I can't remember him picking up a ball.

Spike Lee

Where are the slaves? Who's picking the cotton?

Christy Romano

At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Just like my parents immigrated from ranch to ranch picking crops, I have migrated from city to city.

Joe Gibbs

Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate, ... and I'm picking up the tab!

Jenny Potter

We have 20 players picking each other up.

Jose Andres Puerta

There is nothing better than picking up sun-warmed tomatoes and smelling them, feeling them and scrutinizing their shiny skins for imperfections, dreaming of ways to serve them.

Scott Moody

Like I have to start from scratch, I don't have anything.

David Collins

One way to start all over is to find a young woman and start a family.

John Beilein

Now we just go back and teach. We start over.

Joan Van Ark

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.

Jack Rio

If Byron doesn't have any setbacks, he's our starting quarterback.

Marco Buechel

If Bode wants to start winning, he could start winning tomorrow, immediately.

Karel Bruckner

I can tell you that the starting lineup will be very different this time.

Melissa Carlson

Get out there and start talking to people.

Kevin McHale

Getting Marko was something we really wanted to do. It's all starting to come together.

Dick Cheney

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Bill Owens

If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen.

Zach Duke

You'd like to have that veteran presence. But I think if we are being successful, there is no such thing as too much youth.

Dick Durbin

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.

Clay Walker

We're a veteran line. We should get it done.

Craig Ferguson

It is Veterans Day, when we honor everyone who served in all of the campaigns. We honor them with dignity and respect, and of course mattress sales and tire discounts.

Carl von Clausewitz

War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

Barbara Bush

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

Arthur Koestler

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

Alexandra Paul

If the whole world went vegan, there would be less war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life.

Alexandra Fuller

You can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories contract until only the nuggets of hatred remain and no one can even remember, or imagine, why the war was organized in the first place.

Alexandra Fuller

The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care.

Ludwig von Mises

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Ludwig von Mises

It is merely a metaphor to call competition competitive war, or simply, war. The function of battle is destruction; of competition, construction.

Ludwig von Mises

Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.

Ludwig von Mises

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.

Ludwig von Mises

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.

Ludwig von Mises

War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys.