Famous Quotes & Sayings

Italo Calvino

Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious, and at the slightest flattery, I immediately start to strut like a turkey.

Laura DiDio

Mainstream Linux deployments are on a steep upward trajectory. Although they will not replace Windows, co-existence will be the order of the day.

Suzanne Fields

Mahmud Abbas is not Thomas Jefferson. The spirit of Patrick Henry has not emerged in Lebanon. Although more than a 140 Syrian intellectuals have protested Syrian troops there and signed a public statement opposing the occupation, these intellectuals are not in the league of our own Founding Fathers.

Robbie McEwen

Leon Van Bon led me out perfectly, but I started the sprint too early, couldn't finish it. Although I was going for a stage win, the intermediate bonus sprint and the green jersey gives me a lot of self confidence.

Samuel Butler

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.

Jon Heacock

Louis made a couple of good catches out there, although he did drop the first one we threw to him.

Tim Condon

Looks like a people plan as opposed to a business plan. The emphasis seems to be improving peoples lives by improving social infrastructure. I don't know if there are enough goodies to have an impact on financial markets although if the whole country feels better it would be good for markets.

Tod Tamberg

Many of the victims direct all their anger at Cardinal Mahony. It's unfair and somewhat misdirected, although understandable.

John Woods

Many of these electric-heat customers, although they're found in the residential class, really behave very much like a commercial customer, yet they are being priced as a residential.

Isabella Rossellini

I think I was always interested in animals. If a man likes a woman, you know, he might discuss business, but there's a part of his brain that is looking at the girl coming in and checking the girls. I do the same with animals.

Isabella Rossellini

It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.

Rick Perlstein

Social conservatism, business conservatism: the one side constitutes the other, like some infernal Mobius strip.

Robert Osborne

In a business like the movie business, you're going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody is always coming behind them who wants their job. Being an actor is like being in quicksand: whatever you do, it disappears very quickly. You have to keep reminding people.

Robert Osborne

I grew up in a small town where I went to the movies a lot and fell in love with all these people. I also fell in love with the movie business. So all I saw were actors on the screen so I thought, well, that's what I have to be if I want to be a part of the movie business.

Ronald Kessler

Hiking taxes on the so-called wealthy would help send us into a recession because so many small businesses report their income on individual tax returns. If taxes are raised, they will be less likely to be able to hire new workers and make new capital investments.

Kevin Mitnick

What happens with smaller businesses is that they give in to the misconception that their site is secure because the system administrator deployed standard security products - firewalls, intrusion detection systems, or stronger authentication devices such as time-based tokens or biometric smart cards. But those things can be exploited.

Marc Morial

The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this.

Daniel Callahan

Like business and journalism, these are unregulated professions in an uncredentialed field,

Alexandra Paul

We say the United States is a rich country, but how can we be rich when millions of poor American children go to bed hungry?

Alexandra Paul

The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.

Alexandra Fuller

How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country depends on whether or not you can leave it, if you have to.

Robert MacNeil

But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.

Robert Klein

I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.

Malcolm McDowell

I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.

Tony Blair

Let no one be in doubt that the rules of the game are changing, ... If you come to our country from abroad, don't meddle in extremism.

Mark Gottfried

LSU is one of the better teams in the country. Their front line is tremendous.

John Ashcroft

making it the country with the fourth highest rate of legal immigrants.

David Liebersbach

Losing this natural hazards emphasis for FEMA is getting to be quite a concern.

Romeo Travis

Last year, we got pounded on the boards. That was the emphasis from everybody on this team, from top to bottom.

Jim Matheson

Never before in the history of sports has there been such an emphasis on public safety,

John King

Newer products are landing this month and it will really be the second half before we start to see an emphasis on improvement in home performance.

Larry Coker

I can't put too much emphasis on the positive of a football game. But it is a good diversion.

Ned Yost

If we put a lot of stress and emphasis on it, then, at times, it gets into your head a little bit.

Ned Yost

If we put a lot of stress and emphasis on it, it will probably get in his head a little. But it's not a problem. It's not a concern. We'll keep working through it.

Brad Hopkins

So many people put so much emphasis on the Pittsburgh game,

Shari Sebbens

I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.

January Jones

'Mad Men' was really my first television role, and it never feels like TV to me. It's done at such a high level.

Patti Smith

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

Tony Batista

Let's find out. I'm back. It feels good.

Gary Ambrose

Set the ground rules and make sure it feels right.

Robby Cunningham

Secretary McDonough has looked at the investigation of the armory incident, and he doesn't like what he sees. Some of these guys have been on paid leave, and he feels as a guardian of taxpayers' money that this is not the way to spend it. He doesn't like people on the payroll who aren't working.

Norm Hewitt

Monday felt surreal, when we thought we had lost him. Today feels surreal. Our prayers have been answered.

Karl Numinen

Mr. Beauchamp feels horrible about what happened that day.

Toba Beta

Movie without romance feels like food without flavor.

Meredith Grey

Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.

Florentino Perez

Madrid is not obsessed with financial results. But the model guarantees our freedom,

Joe Donahue

Obviously, you don't want to miss out on that. It helps manage the financial risk.

Timothy Ghriskey

Obviously very leveraged to the financial markets, ... When stocks are going up, this stock should do better than the market. When stocks go down, it should do worse than the market. So, there is risk here. But, it's the most diversified of the major broker dealers.

Jack Cashman

Obviously this is good news. Maine competes very well with financial service institutions, and I think this proves it.

Rob Babcock

I can't go into any of the financial details, but some things were worked out that will help us,

Gregory Heidrich

Given the massive catastrophe losses absorbed by insurers in 2005, the increase in income during the first three quarters is a testament to the underlying financial health of the industry.

Dave Ramsey

A good financial planner is going to do more than pick your funds.

Chris Segrin

We need to plan for our social future, just like we plan for our financial future.

Glenn Tilton

The Plan of Reorganization reflects the financial foundation of the much stronger, much more competitive United that we have built,

Alexandra Guarnaschelli

For me no good food is illuminated without acidity.

Isabella Rossellini

I would like to be forgotten. What's so good about being remembered?

Rick Perlstein

Whatever you think about his intelligence, what's unquestionable is that Reagan had extraordinary emotional intelligence. He could sense the temperature of a room, and tell them a story and make them feel good. And that's more fun, right? It's more fun to feel good than feel bad. That's part of our human state.

Robert Kazinsky

There is nothing harder than working 50 pages a day, working 16 hours a day, trying to be good with only shooting rehearsals.

Robert Klein

What makes a good nanny? A good nanny is someone who really wants to do the job. Someone who loves children, who really values what she does and, of course, is valued by her employer.

Malorie Blackman

A good book is a good book. End of story.

Chuck Reed

We're not doing as good a job recycling as we want to.

Darin Strauss

Like all writing rules, the injunction to start with the trouble can be broken, and it should be sometimes - if there's good reason.

Phillip Bloch

Like any guy, he needs a great jacket, good shoes, and good jeans.

Bob Collins

Looks like it's not going to have a big impact for our area,

Jay Sekulow

left open the possibility that we will see a marriage statute in Vermont that will impact this kind of arrangement or this kind of relationship.

Nastassja Kinski

Movies with Marilyn Monroe really had an impact on me.

Ron Lamberty

One of the things plants look for when they locate, they want to be somewhere where they won't impact the water supply. They usually try to locate at places where there is plentiful water.

Mark Kalwinski

More people means more revenues for the city, but it does impact on residents' quality of life.

Jim Delany

Money is important. People here (in Indianapolis) don't mince words when they talk about a $10 million impact (on the local economy). We're not going to go somewhere where we have to take less money.

Dennis Franz

I'll miss the comments from the people on the street who love the show and who have felt its impact on the culture. I won't miss the shooting schedule, though!

Dean Smith

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

Mark Shapiro

From a level of mental toughness and competitiveness, he has kind of reframed the standard for all of us in this organization. He made a big impact on our young starting pitchers.

Rob Enderle

Now that the settlement is done, RIM can work on improving their relationship with their customers.

Aubrey Taylor

I have been improving every meet. I want to keep improving.

Andrew Dorais

She has been improving all season long and really peaked at just the right time.

Drake Johnstone

If they demonstrate improving revenue growth, they could get $20 a share.

James Kelley

We still have plenty of improving to do, especially in the secondary , but I think we made an important transition tonight. As long as we keep moving in the right direction, I'll be satisfied.

Daniel Grabauskas

We need to tighten up our procedures because there are a number of people out there scamming the system. But the first priority is improving performance. We'd love to be in a situation where we don't have to pay any refunds.

Chris Hill

We want to keep improving and feel the trend is going up. We'll keep striving to get better.

Jean Turner

We all need good, vital, improving schools; we're all in this together.

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink.

Douglas Smith

Mr. Dubois is not going anywhere. This is his home. He lives there. There are serious equities here.

Michael Leunig

Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal, sulking moodily over our lives at the end of the day.

Jeffrey Skoll

My goal was to be at the point - no older than 40 - where I would have enough resources to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged people.

Billy Joel

Now, we lives our lives...So nonchalant...We spend our time...So 'Bon Vivant'...Our stylish nights...So well-arranged...Those tasteful words that we exchange...We know it's all a passing phase.

Mark Allen

Now that day has passed, they can get on with their lives again.

Lisa Pierce

I feel terrible for those people. They're still trying to get their lives back together. I see it and I just can't stop watching it. Like a train wreck.

Kevin Doll

We've never had an opinion on whether Livestock should or shouldn't be here. If they do have Livestock, they obviously have to have security there. That's where we come in.

Maurice Herzog

There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.

Kylie Jenner

Makeup looks better if your skin is not dry. And sometimes, if my skin peels, then it's all just bad. Basically, take care of your skin to make your makeup look nice.

Greg Gorbatenko

Looks like you can pretty much sew this one up,

Jay Frye

Looks like they (Notre Dame) will offer both.

Robert Prince

Looks like the truck was stuck in the snow.

David Williams

Looks like somebody had a wrestling match in them.

Jane Moore

Looks like he's going to have to settle for just being the stupidest.

Paul McCurtain

Looks like everything occurred on the scene at the house." ()

Brian Williams

Look on the left. There's something that looks like a bulldozer.

Neel Mehta

Security software is usually the first inline that looks at incoming data.

Timothy Noah

Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.

Ted Sarandos

When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.

Mary Schapiro

I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors.

Roberto Azevedo

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well.

Mario Zawadzki

The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.

Alan Ackerman

What you've got now is world markets whipsawing. It's a letdown, not a meltdown.

Joseph Cohen

Today the markets are already priced for imperfection,

Carlos Ghosn

We don't know where the markets are going,

Douglas McWilliams

Those in the metals markets will have noticed the push into metals and I think we'll see more of that.

Charles Moore

I don't go there. It's why they give and how they give that is important, as opposed to how much they give.

Geoffrey Nice

The prosecution is completely opposed to any question of severance of the indictments.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

'Black film,' that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, 'We've made our black film. We've made our film with people of color in it,' as opposed to, 'I just feel like people of color should be in every genre.'

John Boyne

I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

Erwin McManus

I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.

Roger Cook

We need to have them playing as opposed to setting on the bench.

Rand Paul

In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.

Jason Calacanis

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

Nuno Bettencourt

As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Jim Watzin

LRO, in all respects, is a unique and challenging planetary mission.

Juergen Klinsmann

Sebastian played a big role in our planning for the World Cup.

Larry Jones

Me and my wife are planning a 10-day vacation soon.

Kiefer Sutherland

My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.

Lyndon Johnson

One of every 16 planes was shot down,

Doug Wallace

No one should be able to say that they didn't know about this plan until two weeks ago.

Ray Richmond

My 17-year-old son is planning to see the 6:00 p.m. screening on Thursday in a suit and tie, ... He said he's planning to go to another screening immediately after...He wants to see the movie twice on the same night.

Charles R. Swindoll

God's heavenly plan doesn't always make earthly sense.

Dennis Conner

If you can visualize it, you can actualize it.

Mike Birbiglia

My last name has the word 'big' in it. It seems like a logical progression that if you shed away the Bir and the lia, I'll just be Big.

Debbie Johnson

No one seems to know who he is.

Todd Rundgren

It seems like there are two worlds out there - one that has revolved around 'Breaking Bad,' and then the one that I've been in, which just kind of observes it from afar.

Kate Grenville

I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.

Jay Grimes

She seems like she'll come through. It's going to be a while.

Frank Sinatra

Sinatra has had a long and wide association with hoodlums and racketeers, which seems to be continuing.

Tate Casey

Shannon (Desmond) is just phenomenal. When it's a big game, she seems to step up and get it done for us.

Jay Haas

I'd like it to go back to no carts. It just seems right. It seems like if spectators can go out and walk, we can, too. It's part of the competition.

Marc Chouinard

I don't know who did the schedule, but he seems to stick them in when we're on a roll.

Eduardo Paes

You cannot deal with a city if it's not socially integrated.

Le Corbusier

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.

Noam Chomsky

Debt is a social and ideological construct, not a simple economic fact.

Ludwig von Mises

Socialism is the renunciation of rational economy.

Ludwig von Mises

Socialist society is a society of officials.

Ludwig von Mises

The system that would stand midway between capitalism and socialism.

Ludwig von Mises

Is still fulfilling its social function in supplying the consumers with more, better and cheaper goods.

Gary Knowles

We are doing it for their own protection. They are subjected to not just violence, but also social diseases.

David Cross

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.