Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin Seligman

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Harvinder Kalirai

We're seeing a benign neglect in terms of the weakness of the Japanese yen. There's little reason for the Japanese to be worried because it seems the lower the yen gets the bigger the support it gives to exporters.

Steve Roach

Policy makers are doing their best to try and convince market participants that there is a benign resolution to all our problems. That may not be the case.

Manuel Pangilinan

Growth in core earnings will be benign as revenue growth moderates.

Joseph P. Bradley

The paramount destiny and mission of woman is to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. That is the law of the Creator.

Michael Malone

The PPI numbers support recent evidence that we are in a benign inflationary environment,

Joseph Biden

We quite frankly have no policy now; there is no policy. I would not call it benign neglect; I would call it malign neglect.

Bill Gross

We think that inflation will be benign and may come down from these levels.

Vince Farrell

We had a euphoric day yesterday because the market thinks Mr. Greenspan is going to be benign today,

Adam Ereli

We've seen the reports of comments attributed to other party officials.

Tom Noonan

I tend to be very private. It's easier for me. When you're acting, you're very susceptible to comments that somebody makes, so if they know something is going to happen on the show, and they say something, it can actually throw you off. So I tend to not share things with anybody.

Adam Cole

What we're likely to get is no move but all the comments suggesting that there will be a move next month.

John Keats

Shakespeare led a life of allegory; his works are the comments on it.

Peter Cardillo

Mr. Greenspan's comments support equity gains, ... And investors may have turned around their view of Intel.

Peter Cardillo

Mr. Greenspan didn't say anything new but his comments were one of the reasons we saw this early spurt take the market up and wane in the afternoon. But when it's all said and done, what the market is really grasping for here is some really good earnings in technology stocks.

Greg Bensel

Mr. Benson did write a message Sunday night to the commissioner expressing his concern about the incident that occurred following the game. It was an emotional and distressing situation and very unfortunate for him and his family. His comments to the commissioner relayed his frustration and at this time he has not yet made a decision on his plans for this weekend's game.

Trent Duffy

Mr. Aristide has resigned his office and has left the country. And now the Haitian people are involved with grasping democracy and moving forward on an interim government. And that's where the focus should be right now. And any comments that would stir up more division are not helpful, as the Haitian people move toward a greater democracy.

Ralph Kauffman

Many members' comments expressed concern about the continuing rise in oil and gas prices.

Donald Trump

We have a special site, a special location. We have a neighborhood that at first was concerned but now has embraced us for the most part.

Todd Jaeger

We have some chain-link fences that are kind of high in back of the high school and we're concerned about kids getting hurt, so it's kind of a double-edged sword there.

Charlie Haden

I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.

Navtej Sarna

We have received this offer and it will be examined in consultation with the concerned authority.

Bubba Franks

We know we're not that far out of it, but all we're concerned with is winning games. And that's going to happen one game at a time,

Rick Carlisle

We know he's going to play because he plays, but we're concerned about it because it is his shooting hand.

John Street

very concerned that all of his years of public service are going to be compromised by the current situation.

Jack Straw

very concerned indeed about the human rights situation.

Steny Hoyer

very concerned by OPM's announcement tonight of a significant increase in health insurance premium costs.

Diane Swonk

We have seen a softer tone in their write-ups. I think there is a real sense that the Fed is going to stay on the sidelines.

Jason Chaffetz

We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government.

Fran Quigley

We have no idea. We will never know, because so much being done by the federal government now is shrouded in secrecy.

Trevor Hoffman

When your horse is out there and pitches his butt off, my job is to nail it down, ... We would've liked to have fed off Jake's energy. The kid threw the heck out of the ball.

John Shaughnessy

The reality is that if the Fed raises interest rates by a quarter of a point all that's doing is serving to keep inflationary pressures under control.

Stewart Udall

Federal judges are just very reluctant to stick the government with responsibility.

Dan Hopkins

The process will take as much time as the process needs. CDOT officials and federal officials will run the process as they see fit.

Joseph Biden

Ultimately, all the federal government does is not going to be able to get the job done without your aid.

Alex Penelas

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

Jon Alterman

People were overly optimistic. And now people are overly pessimistic.

Wayne Andrews

We're not overly concerned. I wouldn't have even done my own house.

Benmont Tench

I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player for the Heartbreakers. And I've been the right piano and organ player for a lot of sessions that I've been called on.

Tom Bennett

I have the sort of temperament where I try not to over think things, I don't get flustered and I don't panic. I'm not overly neurotic.

Nancy Marchand

I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.

Bob Bartlett

The reaction to Rita was overly positive, and we're now getting a better sense of what is shut in,

Pat Riley

He wants to play, he wants to be out there. We're not being overly cautious, he's got a problem and we just want to treat it. We want to get it right.

Tomika Ferguson

I was overly excited. I did not know how to act, and I could not stop smiling until I got to Arkansas.

Charles Sturcken

We don't give this out to the public, but we're not overly concerned.

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.

Todd Blackadder

Ulster seemed to get their tries effortlessly whereas we had to work for ours.

Terry Kratovil

Nothing ever seemed to ruffle him. He always had a smile. He was always cheerful.

Russ Ortiz

I can't. I wish I could. Nothing seemed to be where I wanted it.

Hope Schulte

I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did what I usually do, and (the shots) just seemed to fall.

Alex Hernandez

I don't know what happened, ... Every thing seemed to be going well, but Wilson was just too fast.

Mike Costello

We seemed out flat-footed in the first and also didn't shoot well.

Leonard Maltin

What she said seemed to matter. She provoked response, discussion, arguments. She was so passionate.

Susan Meyer

When we started to look around for a new space, it seemed the space at COSI was a natural.

Lisa Tuttle

I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Ted Nugent

Every hateful statement ever made about me is a dirty lie.

Eric Maskin

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

Huseyin Sahin

She died. I will be making a statement shortly.

Micah Rasmussen

We're just going to let the governor's statement stand.

Mallory Ortberg

There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'

Sourav Ganguly

Only time will tell. It's not right for me to make a statement now.

John Esposito

Frankly, I find (such accusations) humorous. A lot of these statements are ideologically or politically motivated.

Erick Jensen

If they wrestle like they did this weekend, we could make a statement at states.

Arthur Bloch

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

Fred Taylor

There are theories that suggest that. But we need a much better understanding before we can know about things.

Abheek Barua

There is nothing to suggest that would be the trend.

Mary Wesley

You know what it's like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don't want to. If they hear the same suggestion from someone else, they'll go right off and do it.

Joseph Powers

Irrigation is being done on the (town hall) mall, so I would suggest French's Common,

Don Brunell

What we suggest is that they look at ones already in place to see if they are necessary.

Davis III

We got to watch a lot of their match. We suggested that we go around them, but that didn't go over real well.

Jayne Anne Phillips

Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves.

Jennifer Granholm

I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation.

Carre Otis

I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.

Carol Roth

Before you can pick a social-media strategy, you have to think of your customer and what the value proposition is for them. Social media is a way to engage customers, not to give your business a 'shout out.'

Carol Leifer

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

Carol Shields

Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

Carol Shields

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.

Carol Moseley Braun

I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.

Carol Moseley Braun

I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process.

Carol Moseley Braun

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

Carol Moseley Braun

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.

Luc Ferrari

You turned on the radio and heard all kinds of things.

Dave Orlandini

We've turned the corner. We still have a long way to go, but at least we can see the road. Before we couldn't even see the road.

Monty Python

Well she turned me into a newt!""A newt?""I got better...

Monty Python

-She turned me into a newt! -A newt?-I got better...

Sheldon Danziger

I was surprised. I thought things would have turned around by now.

Maj. Nester

More or less, residents just turned their neighborhood over to us.

Huston Street

Ginter and Elly, they turned it so quick. Off the bat, I thought they had no chance. That right there is the game. It's another run.

John Dulles

Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong.

Peter Capaldi

If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just turned me into another actor.