Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrew Oswald

Recent research suggests that regularly seeing good friends in the local park will bring a greater boost to mental health than having a shiny German automobile parked outside your retirement home. My candid advice to aging Americans would be to use your hard-earned cash to invest much more in friendships than in material items.

Deborah Tannen

Part of the reason (motherly advice) bugs us as daughters is because our mothers are so powerful in our lives. They loom like giants. The reason mothers keep at it is because they're so powerless. They cannot get you to do what is so obvious to them you should do.

Peter Gregory

Surgery is an option, but the advice we have received from two leading specialists in the field is that the injury may still settle without recourse to an opera-tion,

kim booher

Start with the simple tasks in restoring a relationship. Just communicating is a good first step.

Eliot Spitzer

Restitution I have almost always believed is best handled through individual arbitration or litigation where individual investors, if they believe they have relied upon improper advice rendered by Merrill Lynch or anybody else, can file that claim, ... That is the best forum for those issues to be resolved.

Allan Hoffenblum

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back on the horse again. That's my advice to him, which I believe he will do because he's a natural optimist, ... No matter what happens on Election Night, he'll figure out a way to say 'This is fantastic.'

Jim May

People who use the system ought to have some say in decisions of that system. I think they (FAA) certainly look to us for advice and counsel, but I don't thinks we have that kind of input now.

Andrew Peters

I might ask him how his game went, but other than that we don't talk much about hockey. I ask him for advice all the time, and he asks me, but after that it's all jokes.

Rick Greenspan

I will begin to turn my attention to identifying the strongest possible candidates to serve as the next head basketball coach at IU. I will seek the advice and counsel of a great many, scour the country and eventually bring recommended candidates forward to the president.

John Wilson

Recovery doesn't happen until you get power and water back. If more people refuse to leave when advised or ordered, then it is going to take longer for everybody else to get back on their feet.

Olga Gorlova

Relatives could be aggressively advised to stop smoking or, if lung cancer screening is recommended at some point in the future, this is a high-risk group that could be considered for regular screening.

Colin Gibson

Our position is that we take our lead from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Cricket Board, ... At the moment unless we hear something or unless we are advised otherwise, the tour goes ahead as scheduled.

Graham Cluley

People who receive this viral email won't necessarily believe that it was intended for them or their company, of course, but they may wish to advise the apparent sender that they have sent the message to the wrong person. If anyone opens the attached file, however, they risk infecting their computer and passing on the pox to others.

Tom Benson

I will not return to Baton Rouge for any reason, including any games scheduled for the end of this season or a contemplated next season. No person, much less the owner of NFL team, should have either he, his family or his friends subjected to this form of danger, intimidation and abuse. I was advised not to go but wanted to support the league.

Anatoli Boukreev

I will advise them on how to reach the summit, I will show them how, and I will help them, but I cannot be responsible for their safety.

Richard Tillis

I will mention that there have been discussions, from several local business people, about reviving the Union County Chamber of Commerce. If that begins to happen, I'll keep you advised of that.

John Chambers

It is becoming increasingly clear that the global economy is improving, ... As customers feel more confident to invest, we believe that we are well positioned to provide compelling value as a strategic business adviser and technology partner.

Jim Carroll

Jill started to tell your story, so please, let her finish it. Through the media, if necessary, advise her family and me of how we might initiate a dialogue that will lead to her release.

Adam Timmerman

Reggie was a great guy to have in the locker room and really meant a lot to us as a team, both on and off the field. He helped me, personally, with my faith, and I looked up to him the whole time. He was too young a man to have this happen to him. I think that anyone who knew Reggie knows that he is in a better place.

Jeremy Hermida

Reggie has probably the most raw tools of anyone I've played with.

Christopher Dunn

Our position is that the police should aggressively investigate anyone whom they suspect of bringing explosives into the system, ... But police searches of subway riders without any suspicions are presumptively unconstitutional.

Wayne Blanton

Our position is that statewide, the school board has a budget and allocates money to all schools in their district. We don't want legislation, the courts or anyone else telling us where to spend portions of (the districts') budgets.

Leonard Downie

Our policy is to immediately notify the authorities if we come into contact with anyone we know has committed a serious crime or threatens to harm anyone, including themselves. Until this young man was arrested and identified, we did not know who he really was or whether he had committed any crime.

Beth Kseniak

Our red carpet is probably bigger than the Oscars red carpet because the photographers know that everyone will come to the party, and everyone who's anyone does come.

S. Hughes

Part of this day really is a celebration of all of the work the motorcyclists have done. They've worked all year long - they don't let anyone off the hook.

Charles Schumer

Part of the president's job is to make sure his staff obeys the laws and he should make sure that anyone indicted in this dastardly outing of a covert operative is immediately dismissed from the White House,

Gary Galloway

Our main objective was not to get anyone killed while trying to save somebody.

Dr. Hines

Spider is New York bound and ready to go. He understands the importance of this fight and is taking it very serious, despite the short notice.

Charles Grassley

Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular.Ê Cutting the home-mortgage interest deduction is an example.ÊBut it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking,

Charles Grassley

Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular.  Cutting the home-mortgage interest deduction is an example. But it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking,

Rick Warren

Our goal is to stay within the boundaries of God's plan for us.

Michael Polanyi

Responsible choice in a convivial setting controls the indeterminate powers of intelligence and sets the boundary conditions for their applications.

Bill Clinton

We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together, or the American Dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.

Carrie Fisher

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.

John Davidson

I think there's also bound to be a lot of hesitation until the election is over,

Charles Dickens

That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

Brian Townsend

Our real goal is to really make our city where people choose to live, regardless of their demographic or social makeup,

Kelli Johnson

Passengers have to choose another route or another airport. We've seen a dramatic loss in seats.

Jill Pendley

Our lives a series of defining moments,strung together by passing time.Surrender fully to this moment,because it is not the moment itself that defines us,but how we choose to live in it.

Mike Rann

People know what the laws are (in Singapore) and they take the risks, they choose to play a form of Russian roulette.

Jacob Sullum

People may very well choose to trade off years of their life, or the possibility of disease or injury, in exchange for the current pleasure, excitement, or stress relief they get (from food),

David May

Someone in the church, who chooses to remain anonymous, contacted me because they have a trucking company and wanted to take a trailer full of stuff to hurricane victims on the Gulf.

Edward Thomas

Out of us all/ That make rhymes,/ Will you choose/ Sometimes -/ As the winds use/ A crack in a wall/ Or a drain,/ Their joy or their pain/ To whistle through -/ Choose me,/ You English words?

Kelly Collins

Please participate in this opportunity to demonstrate our unity and show Delta management what will happen if they choose to reject our contract.

Dustin Kensrue

I'm hoping to play some of the songs that we didn't get to play on the headline tour we just did. I think we really want to play all the songs on the new record. It's hard to choose between them, but I think we'll pick a couple that we haven't played live so far.

Imad Hamad

Our request is simple -- comply with your own regulations. Enough is enough. We don't want special treatment. We just want to be treated fairly.

Chuck D.

Our next step here would be for us to really understand the scope of the request. And once we understand the scope of the request, what we will do is develop a plan to comply with the FTC subpoena.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.

David Boyd

That's a way of seeing how well things really comply with the provisions of the standards that come out.

Jonathan Todd

It is now one year since the Court of First Instance confirmed that Microsoft had to comply with the remedies imposed by the March 2004 decision.

Richard Holbrooke

It is enshrined in the Dayton Peace Accords, but he never intended to comply with it, ... He never imagined he would end up where he is today.

Bob Campbell

It didn't have any details. That's why we put a condition on those plans that when they did figure out where the exit point was, it would have to comply with the ordinance that regulates exit points.

Orrin Hatch

I think the president ought to comply and help here.

Robert Freeman

Here we're talking about a record that must be prepared, it's unquestionably public and it's relatively easy to find. Four weeks would not represent a reasonable time. A delay of that nature is a failure to comply with the law.

Mike Ford

Recently, the news has been filled with big jackpots and winners. Wouldn't you love to be part of the winning?

Isaiah Swann

Rebounding helped a lot - me being able to get the rebound and just push it and have Todd (Galloway) fill the lane instead of me filling the lane all the time. We should be interchangeable.

Edward Leamer

People moan and groan, but they still go to the pump and fill up their big SUVs.

Susan Young

Our staff are going to that gas pump every day and filling their tank to get to their patients.

Kevin Streveler

Overall, I was very happy. We had some good performances, and some kids look like they are ready to fill some spots on our roster.

Trinity Shepherd

Our trips nearly always fill up. We could take twice as many as we have room for. Probably more than that.

Larry Coker

Other than receiver, I think we filled our needs pretty well.

Colleen Hartman

Right now, what we know about Pluto could be written on the back of a postage stamp. After this mission, we'll be able to fill textbooks.

Mark Cunningham

We need some green space, we need some agricultural land. To fill it up with hotels is just insanity.

Jeff Johnson

We'll also have it set up with all the necessary forms to submit your film online, and generally have the Web page be a better way for people to get information about the festival.

Mary Bailey

I went through working in many mediums before settling on wood. I like it as a medium. It is non-toxic, versatile in the forms you can get, and has a nice tactile quality.

Chris Coleman

I am glad he has tied his future to us, he forms an important part of my plans.

Harold Pinter

I think it's enough for me. I've found other forms now.

Jim Angell

Historically, a La Nina that forms in spring has a tendency for most of Illinois to be dry.

Fidel Castro

Neo-liberalism and globalization and the way they are being implemented today are tantamount to new and sophisticated forms of plundering,

Richard King

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.

Chuck Palahniuk

The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories.

Wole Soyinka

Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.

Jorge Zamora

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Michael Sanders

I can legally do all the things I have been doing.

John Mackey

I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you don't owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes.

Donald Rumsfeld

He is being accorded the protection of a POW, but he is not being legally described as one at this stage,

George Bernard Shaw

Morality is suspecting other people of not being legally married.

Tom Jackson

What he said to me was that it's the right thing to do. It might be legally gray, but it's the right thing to do.

Sylvia Warner

That money is long spent and was taken legally at the time, so there's no reason to do anything with it.

Joshua Bell

I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

Michael Irvin

Well, if legally it's not a problem, I don't have a problem doing that.

Richard Hanna

I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault.

Joe Gibbs

Right now we're in a precarious situation, ... One thumb, and now we've got two, so that's not going to work out.

April Gornik

I wouldn't say I'm addicted, but I never, ever skip yoga. I use it to calm down and slow down.

Gore Vidal

Like most readers, I tend to skip the acknowledgements at the beginnings of books: the 'To-My-Wife-Without-Whose-Invaluable-Assistance' kind of thing.

Ozzie Guillen

El Duque will skip one start. We'll see how he throws before we make a decision.