Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oscar Ortiz

We might experience some kind of unforeseen upsets in repairing the city, but we are hoping to reopen Port Arthur by Friday.

Kenneth Langone

A little more than 30 years ago, Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Pat Farrah and I got together and founded The Home Depot.

Fred Thompson

I'd much rather be pitching to Arthur Branch, sitting behind you there, on 'Law and Order,' than you.

Ray Depwe

When Arthur spoke, everyone listened because of the money he had made them before.

Vincent Bugliosi

I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.

Robert Williams

The outstanding challenges associated with managing electronic information assets have the potential to be devastating in terms of professional careers and even corporate reputations. Just look at the impact that deficient records management practices had at Arthur Andersen and Morgan Stanley.

Bradley James

As an actor, when you go for auditions, there are certain roles that come along and you think, 'I really want that one,' and Prince Arthur was definitely one of those.

Bradley James

Because of the nature of King Arthur and the resonance he has, not only with within the U.K., but right around the world, I have found it a huge honour to play the part. I will look back on it very fondly and be very proud to have been King Arthur when I finally hang up the chain mail!

Bradley James

In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.

Italo Calvino

In 'Cosmicomics,' I came close to science fiction - I was inspired by cosmological subjects and the workings of the universe and invented a character who was a sort of witness to everything that was happening inside the solar system.

Isabella Rossellini

I grew up in Italy, and our country is a country of great agriculture and food produce. It wasn't like I was urban and only knew about high-heeled shoes and purses and never knew where my eggs came from.

Richard P. Feynman

Quarks came in a number of varieties - in fact, at first, only three were needed to explain all the hundreds of particles and the different kinds of quarks - they are called u-type, d-type, s-type.

Robert Mueller

If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept. 11 to commit those acts, if you'd looked at them before they got onto a plane, you could probably say the same thing. There were various levels of expertise, various levels of competence.

Mamie Van Doren

I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.

Mamata Banerjee

We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.

R. Robinson

Man, I came back (Thursday) and must've spent an hour and a half looking for it. But no luck.

Roger Friedman

Like all these great legends of R&B, when disco came in, it really impacted their careers.

Kibwe Trim

Life is progressive and I knew my career was about to end. I came to the United States when I was 17 and didn't know much about basketball. Sacred Heart helped me to grow up and now that my career is over I just have to take it in stride and keep going.

Richard P. Feynman

Perhaps one day we will have machines that can cope with approximate task descriptions, but in the meantime, we have to be very prissy about how we tell computers to do things.

Robert Kazinsky

I loved playing computer games. I used to be one of the top World of War-crafters in the world for a couple of years.

Bruce Schneier

Looks like kindergarten cryptography to me. It will keep your kid sister out, but it won't keep the police out. But what do you expect from someone who is computer illiterate?

American Council

Many people sit in front of a computer all day while at the office. When they go to work out, they are trying to get away from that environment,

Jason Calacanis

Search folks don't understand editorial. I'm not afraid of editorial costs, just like machine-search folks are not afraid of computer servers.

David Orton

Second-quarter sales results were significantly impacted by the greater- than-expected slowdown in the global personal computer market.

Clive Thompson

Software is now so complex - requiring so many gazillions of tiny files all over your computer - that most consumers don't want to bother to know what's really going on.

Jackie Wagstaff

Meanwhile, we've got schools that are failing. Those computers are not going to help those children. Not one bit.

Brian Setzer

My friend sent me the song, which I hadn't heard before, ... It faded in toward the middle, and I thought the computer file was broken. But we did research and found out that a tape fragment is all that exists of the song.

Don Cooper

Mac needs to come into spring ready to get a lot of innings. I'm not going to say he's our long guy or our seventh-inning guy or a spot starter, but he is a reliever right now until further notice.

Bruce Springsteen

Let's take the good times as they go, and I'll meet you further on up the road...

Milan Khatri

Low interest rates have really been powering these markets. The ECB is worried it is signaling inflation further down the line, but in the U.K. you have had very strong house-price rises, and no real pickup in general price inflation.

Jia Qinglin

Last year, President Hu Jintao and President Jacques Chirac exchanged visits successfully, which further boosted the development of bilateral ties,

John Edward

So long as he leaves open the prospect of even further rate increases, however, he won't get it.

Paul Tracy

Obviously we've had some run-ins this year and I've come out on the short end of the stick but that only motivates me further for next year,

Mark Regev

No one on the Israeli side has ever said that disengagement goes further than Gaza. Let's be very clear, this was a unilateral Israeli step.

Brian Nelson

More money should come in to the sector in anticipation of further consolidation.

Sam Stovall

We might have a little further to go on the downside,

Johnny Griffin

Much of what was said was initially said by the cooperating witness, ... It was leading questions.

Jaime Dacey

My initial thought was that I was going to try out for the team.

David Healy

My initial reaction was, 'What took them so long?' ... They had too many brands, too many fiefdoms, and they had to simplify it. Even after they phase out Oldsmobile, they'll have too many, but I don't see them making another move for the foreseeable future.

Harvey Levin

My initial reaction was, I couldn't be less interested. I thought, I'm going to do more television. Why would I do Internet?

Harvey Levin

My initial reaction was, I couldn't be less interested,

Martin Winterkorn

One million units by 2008 is just an initial aim.

Christine Crocker

On the initial accreditation it was a matter of whether we?re talking the talk. Now, it?s can we walk the walk?

Christine Crocker

On the initial accreditation, it was a matter of whether talking the talk. Now its can we walk the walk,

Vince Carter

I wouldn't mind it. Initially it would be like.

Naomi Campbell

I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.

Vernor Vinge

It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.

Paul Marciano

When models started getting skinnier in the nineties and were becoming sick-looking, I didn't get it! I think that's sending a totally wrong message.

Sophie Monk

You know all those models who say, 'I was so tall and lanky and everyone picked on me at school' - I was not that girl. I hear that and I'm like, 'Oh, you poor thing!'

Jessica White

There's so many misconceptions about me and my personality. People think I'm not a nice person, you know, or maybe a diva; not just about me, but the misconceptions of other models as well, or supermodels.

Thierry Mugler

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals. I need superwomen and supermen.

Louis Navellier

Our system is dynamic, always shifting gears. What I do is I build models to beat the market.

Donella Meadows

Models can easily become so complex that they are impenetrable, unexaminable, and virtually unalterable.

Andie MacDowell

I think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.

David Hare

Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

William Wordsworth

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar

English 14th Century Proverbs

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.

George Burley

They will be in the squad. We will look at things nearer the time but the team has done very well and I've been very pleased with them.

Dennis Weaver

Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.

Dennis Weaver

The Age of Oil has really exhausted its usefulness, and it has actually become a danger to our lives and our ability to survive on the planet.

Deng Xiaoping

There is oil in the Middle East there is rare earth in China.

Edgar Allan Poe

He must be theory-mad beyond redemption who ... shall ... persist in attempting to reconcile the obstinate oils and waters of Poetry and Truth.

Edvard Munch

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

Ben Holmes

If any sector is working right now, it's oil and gas.

Ed Markey

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.

Dizzy Dean

It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?

George Baker

To produce this oil efficiently and quickly, you need people who've done it before.

Robert Brady

More than 54,000 jobs in the region are dependent upon the Port of Philadelphia alone.

Maria Altmann

I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria.

Walter Salles

I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent.

John Killian

We have the broadest product portfolio of any provider.

Joanne Wheeler

You know, in New Port Richey, Florida, I don't know.

Alexander Smith

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.

Don Cornelius

Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'

Charlie Munger

Beta and modern portfolio theory and the like - none of it makes any sense to me.

Jennifer Lopez

I look to women who epitomize old Hollywood glamour, like Rita Hayworth.

E. O. Wilson

We're getting a little more Rita than we wanted to get,

Claude Mandil

Rita was better than expected, but no survey has been made on the platforms,

Carlos Alvarez

Rita is a storm to be taken seriously,

Sheryl Kingstone

Now we see more application vendors selling these suites.

Erin O'Connor

It's like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones.

Mark Cuban

Get me selling and I can figure out the industry. Once I can figure out the industry I can start a business in that industry.

Bernard Ebbers

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.

Brian Lucas

We're getting supplies of all of these, and we're selling out as soon as we get them,

Don Cooper

Selling more of what you sell has nothing to do with what you sell. It has everything to do with your prospect's wants, needs, fears, goals, values and priorities.

Aimee Mann

I'm selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.

Bruce Springsteen

Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now.

Clive Barker

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

William Shakespeare

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.

Chester W. Nimitz

If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh.

Adam Braun

I realized that even big waves start with small ripples

Cynda Crawford

We're just going to see this in waves over and over again.

Claude Nicollier

In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays.

Colin Baker

The waves of time wash us all clean.

David Byrne

I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction?

Jim Hooper

Eventually, the waves get big enough and the Jell-O fails.

Al Oerter

It was like a tidal wave went through the city.