Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Van Allsburg

A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

Barbara Kruger

One thing I learned working at magazines was that if you couldn't get people to look at a page or a cover, then you were fired. It was all about how you create arresting works, and by arresting I mean stop people, even for a nano-second.

Peter Page

The police have been arresting gang members left and right.

Anita Shreve

I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days.

Otto Schily

Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.

Pat McCrory

Whether it's Charlotte, Raleigh or Winston-Salem or any other city represented, we're arresting the same people over and over and over again, and nothing is happening." ()

Geoff Smith

He would have to get permission and we would be very reluctant to give it. It's very offensive to us that he chose to take on the arresting officer the way he did verbally. And then the fact there was alcohol, even in the smallest way, involved.

Bob Phillips

The abiding concern I have in the wake of all this is, how many other Clines are there out there who are pulling people over, arresting them for felony offenses and charging them with crimes they themselves have committed? ... It makes one wonder how much confidence the public can really have in their law enforcement officers.

Sean Jackson

Just imagine, ... UNH could stop arresting all of its students.

Carlos Castaneda

... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images; consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain those images, the world collapses

Rowan Woods

Whenever you go to these things, everyone's modest and say they don't want to be nominated but it's great publicity and attention for the film.

Wallace Wattles

Whenever you find yourself hurrying, stop. Fix your attention on the mental image of the thing you want and begin to give thanks that you are getting it.

Alan Brewer

Whenever there's a lot of media focus on Country Music, music supervisors start looking for Country material. Increased media attention creates a greater awareness of Country Music as a genre in Hollywood.

Michael Phelps

We wanted to try something new to get more attention from the average Joe. Hopefully, everyone likes it and it will attract new fans to the sport.

Charles Dickens

I should never have made my success in life if I had not bestowed upon the least thing I have ever undertaken the same attention and care that I have bestowed upon the greatest.

Charles Stross

I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back during the 1990s. I guess I simply paid attention to the social effects of the IT revolution as I lived through it.

Charles Stanley

You always have God's undivided attention.

Stephen Flynn

The fact of the matter is criminals have been operating in seaports a long, long time. The bad guys know how open the system is. The good guys don't seem to have a real command on it here because we haven't paid as much attention to this problem as we need to.

Carlos Ghosn

The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn

John Grisham

We want to raise all we can and then take the next two years to spend all of it, ... Hopefully then we'll be out of business and there'll be no more hurricanes.

Dennis Kavelman

We have seen a recovery in subscriber additions and business momentum since RIM settled the patent litigation.

Jochen Clausnitzer

We have no indication that business connections have gotten worse between German enterprises and their partners in the Middle East.

Amit Bhatia

We have never seen a sport as a business, and we have this great passion for football. QPR are not a trophy asset. If we had wanted a trophy asset, there were more glamorous clubs we could have bought.

Roman Romanenko

Whenever we went on a trip, picnic, or business trip, I was always with my dad, and I would just always be in contact with cosmonauts, and I thought it would be always normal to be with them.

Denise Barrett

We want residents to take the time and refresh the information, if it has changed. People's cell phone numbers tend to change or business phone numbers, and they may have changed jobs.

Martha Stewart

We want people to see what real business is really like,

Mark Gaines

We want our customers to think of energy efficiency as a critical business issue, and to look to The Gas Company for valuable solutions. We also invite any food service representatives to think of the Food Service Equipment Center as their one-stop resource for fine-tuning all of their kitchen operations.

Sartaj Aziz

We have never crossed the Line of Control. It is India that has tried several times to capture our posts.

Todd Howard

We wanted to work with voice talent that really captured the emotion and drama of the game's story. Quite honestly, we wrote the parts with these individual actors in mind. It's an honor to have them lend their talents to the project.

P. J. Harvey

Versus is a word that perfectly captures the essence of our brand. It is immediate shorthand for competition.

Gavid Hood

When you're used to looking through a stills lens and you have to capture an emotional moment, and that picture is not moving and yet it has to have impact, I think that's the first influence on my style.

Ellen Klages

When I write, I try to capture one of those pivotal moments. If I succeed, I have shifted the reader's view of the world, just a little. The character is not the only one to experience change. That is my job, shifting perceptions, one story at a time. The trouble is, I don't like writing. But I love having written.

Larry Charles

You can repeat things because it's on a set and there are actors. But if it's a great moment and you don't capture it, it's rare to get that moment again.

Carlos Gutierrez

We want to grow where consumers are going and we want to follow consumers, ... We know consumers are eating more snacks and more portable food. We want to capture that and what we have needed up to now was a powerful distribution system.

Cameron Crowe

The personal stuff for me is the best, ... And this one felt a little raw emotionally. I wanted to capture some stuff, to see if I could get it right. The way it feels to lose a loved one and find a reason to celebrate, oddly enough, as a result of learning who you are.

Leslie Cockburn

After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in their books. I had had some experience living in Africa. I was drawn to that kind of adventure.

Elliott Abrams

The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect for democratic politics and human rights were of a piece with the practices of Hosni Mubarak - only bolder and more repressive.

Jesse Helms

In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party.

Alan Parker

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

Nicolas Maduro

My message to France and Europe is that we will make sure Venezuela won't witness the rise of another Pinochet. And we will do it the democratic way.

Gunter Grass

Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work.

Karen Roberts

We're looking forward to having John Samples, a well-rounded candidate, represent the Democratic party in Precinct 4.

Robert Shaw

There is no point in pushing toward municipal or general elections in Nepal. First, there needs to be a democratic process.

Bernard Williams

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

Lee Miringoff

She remains a controversial figure when she moves out from the Democratic primary sweepstakes.

C. S. Lewis

A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.

Ray Romano

We want to recognize that it is the end of the show without really saying it. But we'll satisfy the audience's desire for a little heart.

Neil MacDonald

We have no intention and even less desire to enforce this name on everything.

John Ashcroft

We have no desire whatsoever to in any way erode or undermine constitutional liberties,

Ruth Ginsburg

We have neither desire, need, nor right to know most of Judge Roberts's views on most imaginable subjects,

Aaron Siskind

For some reason or other there was in me the desire to see the world clean and fresh and alive, as primitive things are clean and fresh and alive. The so-called documentary picture left me wanting something.

Alan Sugar

There was a desire to see me being nasty and horrible, and of course that's not really me

Charlie Chaplin

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

Charles Spurgeon

Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.

Butch Vig

We were trying to make sure the arrangement was good, because the song has a very dynamic and sweeping melody line,

Kara Walker

Challenging and highlighting abusive power dynamics in our culture is my goal; replicating them is not.

Jason Segel

The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake.

Joe Leonard

We're making up a lot of this as we go. It's a dynamic situation. We don't have a playbook for this.

Steven Forester

She is really as dynamic a soloist as is possible to engage. I love working with Jan because I have the sense there is nothing that is impossible for her to do musically.

Michael Levine

She was a great administrator and a dynamic leader of people, who was very imaginative and very tough-minded.

Gail Goestenkors

She's one of the most dynamic players in the country. She's that team's heart and soul.

Doug Wright

We're in the Roaring Forties. It's a dynamic environment - anything can happen.

John Snow

We're simply making an inquiry to make sure we're on top of the situation in the Treasury markets, ... The reason to do this is simply to make sure that we're on top of the situation, understand the dynamics of that market.

Whitney Ransome

We want them to be independent and responsible and be on their own. At the same time, we want to view them, in some cases, as extensions of ourselves.

Doug Kosarek

This project will be an extension of our on-going partnership with those colleges. It will provide students with a real-life setting.

Kevin Cramer

I really see the vocation of politics like I see every vocation - whether it's being a reporter or serving in public life or being a plumber - as an extension of ministry.

Tyra Banks

I look up to Martha Stewart, and I love that she has product lines that are true extensions of her brand.

Barry Hyman

Since I filed an extension and probably will be late getting it, I will probably just go spend it. Nothing special, I would just say probably some jewelry for my spouse.

Ron Reagan

My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!'

Shamir

Music feels like a six sense to me, and it's never been just a hobby. It's something that I have to do to breathe. It's an extension of who I am.

Steve Kerr

Maybe he should get a three-year extension after that second half.

Carl Meyers

Now, they have redefined for the second time the requirements, and we do meet the requirement, so we do have our extension renewed, ha.

Barry Trotz

We have to get as many points as can right now. We have to get some separation. We have a lot of teams playing each other in the Western Conference. We are going to gain some ground on someone.

Richard G. Scott

I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

Wayne Morgan

We did nothing wrong. Damon Archibald did not do anything wrong. Damon did nothing illegal. He never tried to gain anything or get anything other than ascertain a good schedule for us.

Alan Greenspan

If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.

Richard Wallace

The potential returns for BHP are enormous, even after the gains recently.

Kim Rupert

The post-auction gains were used as a selling opportunity.

Lonnie Roberts

We're happy to be in the playoffs and have the opportunity to take it all in and gain the experience.

Elvis Picardo

This rally looks sustainable because the gains are smaller. It is not like you have a 250-point gain in one day, which is hard to keep up.

Eric Benhamou

This quarter's significant increase in revenue and improved results over last quarter reflect that we have gained traction in the marketplace and restored operational rigor.

Charlie Kaufman

I want to try it to see what it's like and see what my stuff looks like when I take it from inception to completion.

Carl Bernstein

The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld.

David Shuster

Critics of Fox News have pointed out that Fox News does partisan propaganda, and there's ample evidence on a daily basis.

David Sedaris

My sister's the type who religiously watches the fear segments of her local Eyewitness News broadcasts, retaining nothing but the headline...Everything is dangerous all of the time, and if it's not yet been pulled off the shelves, then it's certainly under investigation -- so there.

David Talbot

Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories.

Elaine Sciolino

Every day since the start of the Tour de France, the popular 'Le Parisien' newspaper has published a story about a book written with the bicycle in mind.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The good news isn't that God is victorious. How can He not be victorious? The good news is we can be victorious, too.

Chogyam Trungpa

Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!

Brit Hume

We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.

Jane Fonda

The news is not gender-neutral, but it's usually reported as though it's gender-neutral.

Chad Whitworth

We have to get better the next two weeks and come out ready to work and execute.

Alan Kulwicki

First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles.

Charlie Chaplin

3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is the next prime after 8.

Michael Robinson

The process has been enjoyable, but at the same time, there is so much uncertainty. One day people are telling you you'll go in the second round. Next day people will say second day.

Ricky Gervais

The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

Bram Cohen

It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly.

Djuna Barnes

The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.

Dhani Jones

Pretty much any place that I haven't been is the next place I definitely I want to go.

Agnes Smedley

In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper. The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.

Byron Katie

Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.

Jamie Cullum

I get into plenty of trouble. It just doesn't seem to get picked up by the papers.

Randi Miller

We're still going to be a politically independent paper. We're still going to be the paper for Boulder's young adults and serve that readership with our reporting and advertising.

Bertrand Russell

The Ten Commandments should be headed like an examination paper: No more than six to be attempted.

Charlie Munger

If all you succeed in doing in life is getting rich by buying little pieces of paper, it's a failed life. Life is more than being shrewd in wealth accumulation.

Bill Watterson

I'd like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.

Carre Otis

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.

Carol Roth

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

Carol Kane

I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.

Carol Kane

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

Carol Leifer

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.

Carol Shields

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

Carol Moseley Braun

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

Carol Moseley Braun

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

Carlos Beltran

I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.

Charles Dickens

There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

Thomas Steinbeck

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

Kris Kristofferson

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

John Hull

We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners.

Kristin Gore

I've seen some version of 'An Inconvenient Truth' since I was born.

Charles M. Schulz

How can we lose when we're so sincere?

Benny Hill

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

Neve McIntosh

I've been a 'Doctor Who' fan since I was a wee girl.

Lindsay Lohan

I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little.