Famous Quotes & Sayings

Allan Lichtman

selling out the American people on behalf of a very few, big corporate interests.

Don Aaron

Mr. Overton filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the family. He is zealously representing them as their advocate. I think it's best that I don't engage in a debate with him over the lawsuit.

Everett Dirksen

Mr. President, economy is an old-fashioned thing. It savors of horse and buggy days. I am only too glad, however, to say a few words in behalf of economy, for in economy, in frugality, and in the thrift of our Government I think we shall ultimately find ourselves and our salvation.

Les Kotzer

More often, it's the lawyers who have to work it out. And once a lawyer gets between your kids -- say the lawyer sends a letter to a sister on behalf of a brother -- their relationship won't be the same anymore.

Steve Lapham

Maybe it was early season jitters on behalf of some of these guys who are playing in their first real rugby match. Those butterflies should be gone after the first couple of hits.

Chad Cluver

No, I don't think it's hit until I got into this gym. But now it's starting to hit pretty hard. On behalf of the players, coaches and managers, um, wow ? the support from this community is unbelievable.

Mark Shapiro

Obviously, this is a unique and significant commitment on behalf of ownership. Grady is one of our more unique guys. The level of commitment is distinct on both sides.

Nancy Lieberman

I can?t see Geno leaving; they couldn?t even come close to matching his salary. I think people should reach for the sky, I don?t think there?s anything wrong with that. I think that?s a very smart move on behalf of Phoenix.

John Furlong

From one Olympic city to another, we salute London. The years of hard work, dedication and planning on behalf of the London bid team have resulted in a fantastic choice for the 2012 Summer Games,

Richard Rogers

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life.

Rick Perlstein

When you're a writer, you never know which of your pieces are going to gain a toehold and which will not, and it's best not to care too much.

Richard P. Feynman

I think equation guessing might be the best method to proceed to obtain the laws for the part of physics which is presently unknown. Yet, when I was much younger, I tried this equation guessing, and I have seen many students try this, but it is very easy to go off in wildly incorrect and impossible directions.

Robert Palmer

Anything by Gonzalez Rubalcaba is unbelievable. I've been listening to the best of Django Reinhardt.

Robert Wilson

I think by drawing, so I'll draw or diagram everything from a piece of furniture to a stage gesture. I understand things best when they're in graphics, not words.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility.

Malcolm McDowell

You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.

Mike Schneider

We're not diminishing his role at quarterback at all; we're just trying to enhance his role within the offense because he's one of our best athletes.

Daryl Manning

We're not best of friends. We're neighbors that talk to each other, that feel comfortable around each other. We both went away with the same thing - lets take a look at this and see how this can work out.

J. Horton

We're not buying some report that's going to go on the shelf and never be seen again. This is a research and marketing tool we can start using immediately once we get it.

Jill Nelson

We're not buying outright like Plato's. We're doing a 60/40 split.

Scott Holmes

Making habitat restoration part of public works projects is cheaper than eliminating the species and buying mitigation habitat at another location. With the San Pedro Project, for example, habitat restoration cost $3 million, but it would have cost $5-6 million (twice as much) to destroy the habitat and try to recreate it elsewhere.

Susan Ferguson

Latch doesn't always make it a simple click-in operation to install a restraint. Before buying one, parents should be sure to try fitting it in the vehicle they plan to use it in, because not every restraint is going to fit in every vehicle.

Scott Martin

Many householders are guilty of buying new clothes in the sales which will never get worn.

Jeff Cole

Several trends about online buying continue to develop -- especially regarding credit card security -- that could have major effects on the evolution of Internet commerce.

Linda Sherry

Sending people a check is a totally deceptive way to sell a product. If you want to sell a product, send a nice brochure explaining why it's a good deal. You shouldn't have to trick people into buying it.

Carl Tobias

Sensenbrenner has been tough and stuck to his guns on past occasions. Maybe buying time will help.

Jeff Schuster

So far, the perceived gas price increases have not had any discernible impact on new-vehicle buying patterns, as least with regard to the size of the engine.

Jiang Zemin

Let him put more cards on the table -- and we shall respond accordingly.

Robert McKinley

Many of those fixed-rate cards haven't moved at all this year.

Joe Barton

Many retailers do not disclose these restrictions. There are no national rules dealing with how gift cards should work.

Rene Mirandilla

Seven yellow cards is the most we had in a game all season. I think it a game like this with the state playoffs at stake, emotions run high.

Dan Jones

Sears is offering free $10 gift cards to the first few hundred shoppers. So that may have something to do with the early crowd.

Dave Price

Send your cards and letters to Jim Ryan, care of CBS 2.

Oscar Wilde

One should play fairly when one has the winning cards

Joe Glenn

My dad would always tell me to hold my cards closer to my chest, but I do think we have a chance to be an excellent football team.

Crystal Ramsey

My girls play with so much heart. They love being on the court together and it showed. It wasn't in the cards for us tonight.

Christopher Hill

get parties together to push the process forward.

Ahmed Hussein

Because we are not the only parties in this meeting, we can't predict the outcome.

Emma Roberts

I like to go to parties if I know who's going to be there, and if it's people I want to be with. I don't just go to go. And I always drive myself, because I hate being stuck places - there's nothing worse that going out and then being stuck!

Joshua Hoyt

The political parties have to understand that this is something that is not going to disappear.

Latin Proverb

Those who do a thing are consenting parties

Lorna Luft

It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

David Gibb

I don't think it's productive for the parties to snipe back and forth.

Emile Sheng

I think it shows the differences between the parties are pretty big.

Jan Pronk

The parties sometimes are talking, and a day after, they're shooting.

Lenny Clark

We're not disappointed at all. Third place is good.

Jim Rich

Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator.

Rupert Grint

One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors.

Bartolo Colon

More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one.

Charles Nelson Reilly

I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws.

Kevin O'Leary

When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut.

Brittany Howard

I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible.

Dwyane Wade

We know we can win. That's what we're all here for. . . . This is my third year here and it's like it's my third different team, but we can win.

Brandon Jacobs

If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.