Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Lurie

Lead wicks are unnecessary in candles, and the industry has acted recklessly by continuing to manufacture them, ... Now the agency should complete the notice and comment necessary to complete the rule making as rapidly as possible.

Ansyaad Mbai

Many residents who had noticed strange activity from that house only stepped forward after the raid. If they had come out earlier, we could have acted faster.

Yasushi Fujibayashi

Mr. Tsurumi never acted like a teacher, but only asked us, 'Isn't it interesting?' when he found something unique.

Lee Blalack

Mr. Cunningham acted not out of passion, not a crime on the spur of the moment, he acted out of greed.

Edward Greenspan

Mr Black asserts his innocence without qualification... (and) has, at all times, acted in good faith.

Fred Peters

No one else has shown any symptoms. We believe we have acted quickly.

Wole Soyinka

Obasanjo has acted sufficiently against the constitution to warrant his impeachment. There is more than enough evidence to warrant his impeachment.

Ann Strother

Obviously, there's a certain amount of time you have to put in before you're even allowed to be nominated for something like that. Realistically, I think that it's something he should have and could have gotten a lot earlier if the time restrictions hadn't been put in. I think he's always acted like a Hall of Fame coach.

Mary Pope Osborne

When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.

Mamie Van Doren

I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.

Roger Bart

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

Jim Schaefer

Lori feels she was acting in Mrs. Smith's best interest during the entire time she had power of attorney.

Lance Henriksen

Look, there's an element in acting where they hand you a script, and you know everything there is to know about this character. You know what's going to happen at the end of the movie. That in itself gives you a sense of world-weariness. It's like knowing your own death, every time.

Tom Davies

Many in the private sector have expressed strong support for this model but have also expressed concerns about voluntarily sharing information with the government and the unintended consequences they could face for acting in good faith,

O. Henry

(Selig) may have, in fact, saved the industry from itself by acting to limit debt.

Richard Blumenthal

mindful of the fact that a lot of consumers have been harmed and we want to assure them that we're acting properly.

Tod Young

Mr. Kennedy was out of control and acting out of desperation. He owed money and was fearful.

Atharva Veda

May your mind be infused with 'one' thought(concentration of mind)! May every action of yours be embellished by 'one' thought! May your resolution be 'one'. You, who are acting to the contrary, your disposition shall have opposite orientation.

Rick Perlstein

Look at liberty's greatest historic advances: ending slavery. Giving women the vote. Outlawing legal segregation. Each and every time, the people at the forefront of advancing those reforms - often putting their lives on the line - called themselves liberals.

Michael Heath

Liberal proponents of homosexual 'marriage' flatter themselves by casting their agenda as part of a modern civil rights struggle, ... But there is nothing noble about advancing the final frontier of a sexual revolution that has resulted in tens of thousands of men getting sick or dying young because they engage in homosexual perversions.

Ben McKenzie

Modern medicine is advancing to the point where the average human life span will be 100. But I read this article which said Social Security is supposed to run out by the year 2025, which means people are going to have to stay at their jobs until they're 80. So I don't want to commit to anything too soon.

Abraham Lincoln

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them

Edward Kennedy

must also determine whether (Roberts) has demonstrated a commitment to the constitutional principles that have been so vital in advancing fairness, decency and equal opportunity in our society.

Ron Wyden

now strikes a much fairer balance by protecting critical rights for our country's citizens and advancing intelligence operations to meet our security needs.

Benedict Arnold

Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them.

Nabil Sha'ath

China has strong relations with Israel now, ... and I believe it is in their interest and our interest that they play a role in advancing the peace process.

Louise Arbour

China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity with a firm commitment to advancing human rights.

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.

Richard Pearson

Like all people of good conscience, the state's hunters and sportsmen are sickened by the murders of innocent children. It's disturbing to think that there are people out there who will pepper a home full of children with bullets for the sake of securing a corner drug outlet. But those people are out there.

Jack Fox

Let me tell you something, Johnson. I hope it's Dillon. I've been waiting a long time to put a bullet in his brain. And in yours.

William Bratton

Make no mistake about it: We dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets, ... As outlined in this indictment, these individuals had devised a plan, selected targets, obtained the weapons, set the date and chosen their victims.

William Bratton

Make no mistake about itwe dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets.

O. J. Simpson

Macquarie is firmly in the bull camp, in fact possibly at the front of the herd in terms of our positive take on Hong Kong,

Benjamin Franklin

Mad kings and mad bulls are not to be held by treaties and packthread.

Guillermo Mota

Last year was a pretty good bullpen. (Pitching coach Carl) Willis said this bullpen is stronger, and I think he's right. We proved today that we have a good bullpen.

Allan Kush

Many parents want a magic bullet to keep their kids safe, but kids can usually find a way around this parental control software. In protecting kids, the key element is education and getting parents involved.

Alan Williamson

Sentiment towards bullion remains overwhelmingly bullish and further short-term gains are likely. A move up towards the February 1983 high of $509 an ounce seems the obvious target.

Robert Sellar

More of the same nightmare scenario of fewer orders and fewer sales, but no different to other sectors,

Linda Nelson

Morale is at an all-time low. Fewer young people are going into teaching.

Guillermo Cole

Naturally, with fewer people, we can't follow up as effectively as we'd like to.

Jason Chaffetz

If we're going to win this battle over fiscal responsibility, we need more of the people who vote right and fewer of those whose seniority is their only selling point.

Jason Falkner

I feel that recording a song already compromises the magical music one can create in the mind, so the fewer people watering down this process the better.

Ray Mabus

On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors.

Gregg Mastoras

If they were able to target her, it would probably take even fewer steps to get information from random people.

Teju Cole

I'd like to meet fewer people who say 'Oh, I want to write a book, here are 10 pages I've written,' and more 'Oh, I want to write a book, here are 300 pages I've written.'

Tom Golisano

If you have fewer teenagers having children, they could focus more on their vocational development.

Italo Calvino

I think today that politics registers very late things which society manifests through other channels, and I feel that often politics distorts and mystifies reality.

Italo Calvino

I'm terrified of writing at night, for then I can't sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon.

Denny Leathers

Lucas did a nice job. He started out not looking so good, but got stronger and stronger. He got most of his strikeouts late in the game.

Michael Long

Macquarie is stalling for time. There's always the opportunity to raise the offer later on.

Angel Guzman

Let's see what happens. Everything is on standby. It's about showing them we are ready -- no matter if it's now, later this season or next year.

Mats Sundin

Milestones you look back on later in your career,

Tad Hutcheson

Maybe we can make it work later on.

Wayne Wonder

My first time in the studio was in '85 but I didn't actually record in '85. I started recording the right way in the late part of '87-'88.

James Corden

No one could have predicted on day one of rehearsals, that a year and a half later we would have shot a film and all be living in New York. It was surreal.

Masayoshi Yano

Share prices here rebounded ... after the market succumbed to profit-taking for a second straight day (on Wednesday).

Michael Carty

Sentiment, generally, is the big problem now. Even as market fundamentals are starting to improve, people are reluctant to buy,

John Yap

Sentiment around IPO stock reflects market sentiment, especially on the first day.

Corey Ostman

Semiconductors are not what the market wants to see right now.

Loren Loverde

Maybe we can't keep up the pace, but the market is healthy.

Mark Mahaney

Maybe the market wants to pay that, but I wouldn't want to do that,

Hideyuki Suzuki

Now, the market is in panic but we will see it settle down after a while.

Jeffrey Hirschkorn

Next week's market is going to be big for tech companies. As long as the Nasdaq powers ahead, we're going to see more and more filings.

Timothy Noah

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

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.

Jonathan Fox

No one represents their interests, here or in Mexico. They have to speak up and do it themselves.

Rob Clarke

If anything were to take place then Daryl Mather can represent the client.

Ed Keon

When things seem very risky it often represents opportunity.

Mariano Rivera

I wish the time would have been different; when we didn't have to worry about Spring Training and could have been throwing already. It is what it is. It's too bad, because you always want to represent your country. I just wouldn't be ready.

Rep. Taylor

She had to represent her constituents.... I think all these commissioners do the same thing.

Twyla Tharp

My dancers expect me to deliver because my choreography represents their livelihood.

Lupe Ontiveros

I'm proud to represent those hands that labor in this country.

Khare Hawkins

You do have to be fashionable because you do represent us. If you are part of this troupe, you must look the part at all times.

Kesha Rogers

I'm a Democrat because I represent the true traditions of the Democratic Party.

A. Hodge

This stage has got a stinger in the tail.

Bill Burr

The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.

will.i.am

I don't want to be on stage when I'm 57, talking about... 'Let's Get It Started.'

Peter Chan

We are not making a concert, this is not a stage musical,

Bobby Rahal

At this stage of the game, I am not sure what the hell is going to happen.

Denis Leary

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

Michael Collier

We're still in the preliminary stages of getting information.

Dena Crews

We're still in the development stage for that.

Celia Cruz

I love living on that stage. Without that, Id die.

Barry Ritholtz

If tech stocks keep going up with no pause, they will get insanely frothy.

Harry Markowitz

I would never be 100 percent in stocks or 100 percent in bonds or cash.

Steven Patch

I see a lot of stocks on there.

Rick Drake

I think these stocks will have a pretty good-size correction.

Kate Warne

Everybody's worried that the stocks that have done so well have really overshot,

Michael Holland

Merrill Lynch could go down some more, but I like stocks like that. I like Merck, but they got pounded on Friday,

Harry Eisenberg

If you look at the universe of the 7,000 or so stocks that are priced this way, most of them you wouldn't want to touch,

Steve DeLuca

These stocks come in and out of favor.

Barry Ritholtz

Tech stocks are probably a little pricey. But they're not stupid pricey.