Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Lopez

The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological laws. A more productive, certainly more engaging view, is that we have the intelligence to grasp what is happening, the composure not to be intimidated by its complexity, and the courage to take steps that may bear no fruit in our lifetimes.

B. F. Skinner

In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be re-examined when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment.

Big Sean

Used to tell me the sky's the limit, now the sky is our point of view.

Antoni Tapies

I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.

Bill Vaughan

A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.

Bill Vaughan

In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.

Bertrand Russell

But I simply can't stand a view limited to this earth, I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds...I like mathematics largely because it is not human.

Al Gore

There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.

Charles Darwin

When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Cambrian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled.

Seimone Augustus

Regardless, we knew she'd want us to come back to Europe and go for the gold. While it was shocking when it happened, at the same time we knew what we had to do.

Brian Bethune

Recoveries in Europe and Japan are gaining momentum. This should provide the underpinnings for respectable growth in exports.

Adam Cole

Outside Europe things are looking pretty healthy, with imports falling back a little bit,

Thomas Koerfgen

Results have been much better. The market seems to be recovering. We're optimistic for the long run for European stocks.

David Byrne

required an immediate response from the European Union.

Fabricio Oberto

Playing in Europe so many years, you see more strategy, not so much freestyle game. You learn how to make plays for your teammates. For me, that is one of my powers.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Europe and America should judge Georgia's leadership on the basis of their actions, not just their words and promises. Otherwise Saakashvili will transform Georgia into a dictatorship.

Bianca Jagger

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.

Bernard Berenson

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

Kit Williams

Recreating the South Pointing Chariot is particularly challenging because none of the original technical drawings remain in existence.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos.

John Fahey

Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money.

Mary Morrison

Recent experience in Latin America illustrates that governments remain central to infrastructure provision. Not only is public funding sometimes indispensable, but the state has an essential role to play in partnering and overseeing private operators and protecting consumers.

Norman Schwarzkopf

... Recalling back to Operation Desert Storm, I can't help asking myself: Wouldn't it be great for our armed forces and for America if we could have another commander-in-chief named George Bush with Dick Cheney on his team?

Ronald Reagan

Recession is when a neighbour loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Jonathan Gilbert

Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.

George Miller

President Bush should immediately realize the colossal mistake he has made in signing this order and rescind it and ensure that America puts its people back to work in the wake of Katrina at wages that will get them and their families back on their feet.

Carl Pope

President Bush nominated someone who has consistently opposed protecting public health and public lands. American families deserve an interior secretary who actually values our natural heritage. America deserves someone who will promote safe energy policies that protect sensitive lands and wildlife habitat, instead of giving over our public lands to developers and the oil and gas companies.