Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard P. Feynman

Today we say that the law of relativity is supposed to be true at all energies, but someday somebody may come along and say how stupid we were.

Kurtwood Smith

If I had not gotten along so well with some of the people on the show, it would have been a different story. But in this case, it was great. But sure, it will be fun to look around.

Kumail Nanjiani

I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it.

David Smith

Like a powerful medication, the Internet has a revolutionary impact on global business, and it is hard to imagine a firm that has not been affected. Unfortunately, along with the benefits come many side effects that have the potential to dramatically erode productivity and pose many other dangers to the enterprise and to employees, themselves. That is why it is so vital to carefully monitor employee Internet use. This study confirms that uncontrolled employee Internet use is a very serious threat to compliance, security and productivity.

Gary Warner

Lighting is too expensive, so we plan to lease the lights from TECO. The cost of electricity will be passed on to businesses along the road.

Stacy Schiff

Life-writing calls for any number of dubious gifts: A touch of O.C.D., a lack of imagination, a large desk, neutrality of Swiss proportions, tactlessness, a high tolerance for archival dust. Most of all it calls for an act of displacement. 'To find your subject, you must in some sense lose yourself along the way,' is Richard Holmes's version.

John Seabrook

Like Honeycrisp, SweeTango has much larger cells than other apples, and when you bite into it, the cells shatter rather than cleaving along the cell walls, as is the case with most popular apples. The bursting of the cells fills your mouth with juice. Chunks of SweeTango snap off in your mouth with a loud cracking sound.

Joe Morgan

Make no mistake about it, we lost a generation of inner-city players along the way. I think that starting today, with the opening of the field here in Compton, we will stop the erosion of inner-city players.

Christopher Cross

Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that.

Marco Brambilla

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.

M. Wolfe

Making the show the first week was good. You always want to get off to a good start. It helps you keep your attention for the rest of the swing.

Imad Moustapha

Let me first thank President Bush for his concern about Lebanon and the fair and free elections that will happen in May, ... Now President Bush can focus his attention on the really terrible occupation of the Palestinian territories and the occupation of Syrian territories and Lebanese territories by Israel.

Anne Menard

Legislation is being brought before the state to bring clarity to this industry, which is growing. We are now a booming industry. Because of grass-roots interest, more and more attention is being put on this industry.

Brian Dawkins

Last year you saw Porter do his thing a little bit. He was the featured guy and he made some big plays for them . . . Though you have to pay attention to Randy because of all the physical attributes he brings to the game, you still have to pay attention to Porter, because the guy can still go up top on you. He is a big guy (6-2, 220) that can run.

Brian Dawkins

Last year you saw Porter do his thing a little bit, ... He was the featured guy and he made some big plays for them . . . Though you have to pay attention to Randy because of all the physical attributes he brings to the game, you still have to pay attention to Porter, because the guy can still go up top on you. He is a big guy (6-2, 220) that can run.

Matt Ryan

Legally, we're not required to respond within any particular time. The governor's doing his best to be fair and give these important decisions the attention they're due.

George Ryan

Legally, we're not required to respond within any particular time, ... The governor's doing his best to be fair and give these important decisions the attention they're due.

Jill Dougherty

Leaders of the opposition said it had been done deliberately to take attention away from their demonstration.

Donald Trump

I'll drink water. Sometimes tomato juice, which I like. Sometimes orange juice, which I like. I'll drink different things. But the Coke or Pepsi boosts you up a little.

Taj Gray

We needed this win. It's a big win for us, it really boosts our confidence. We are on a roll now.

Sasha Cohen

For me, when I get to the venue and have the people and the audience, my performance boosts up. I skate at a much higher level. I'm one of those people that feel like I can feed off the energy and be better. I love to perform.

Suzanne Somers

Our modern, deadline-a-day lifestyle overtaxes our adrenal glands, which end up overproducing cortisol, which in turn makes it nearly impossible to sleep and can put you at risk for a heart attack. Raised cortisol also boosts your insulin levels, which can cause you to pack on the pounds, especially around the midsection.

Bill Sterling

Sure, the plan could push Treasury yields up. But if it contributes to an increased efficiency of the economy and boosts growth, what's not to like?

Tommy Bowden

It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season.

Leonard Mlodinow

Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.

Nick Vitucci

We've got a good mix of young and old. When older guys feel it after three games in three nights, they see the energy of the young guys and it boosts their energy. It works the other way, too. The older guys help the young guys work through things.

Girish Tyagi

We think this is a good move for Johnson and Johnson. It boosts their pharmaceutical (sales) growth also brings them expertise in research and development of drug delivery.

Rick Perlstein

For conservative leaders, making candidates pay them court, publicly and ostentatiously, is a colossal source of their symbolic power before their followers. It's kabuki theater, mostly.

Steven Schier

Lightning probably won't strike again. Jesse's undistinguished tenure as governor in Minnesota, coupled with Arnold's troubles in California, make it unlikely that celebrity candidates will ever have the inviting luster of novelty that they had a few years ago.

Larry Sabato

Lots of things that smell are legal. But if a candidate is putting an emphasis on ethics, then he has an obligation that the spirit of the law be adhered to, not just the letter.

Ian Smith

Last year, we took several steps to improve the financial profile of the Company, and we now enter 2006 with a stronger financial position and the operating leverage that supports investment into later-stage clinical programs. Specifically, our financial strength enables us to invest comprehensively in VX-950 and develop this product candidate to its full clinical and commercial potential. We are committed to maintaining the trajectory toward a 2008 NDA filing for VX-950.

Bill Col

Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire want to get to know you individually, or feel they do. . . . That kind of courtship takes a lot of time and effort.

Rick Greenspan

shares the university's mission in cultivating a diverse pool of candidates for coaching and staff positions.

Joanne Drake

Mrs. Reagan has not endorsed any candidate in the campaign. Neither she nor President Reagan ever endorsed a candidate in a primary.

David Johnson

None of these candidates really seems to be energizing anyone.

Peter Swire

One worry is that candidates will talk out of a thousand sides of their mouth. What if they have a thousand messages that are different for every tiny part of the population? It's much harder to get accountability for what candidates say.

Henry Giroux

Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated from public life.

Herb Kohl

My hope is that the White House considers this concern,

Tom Minnery

Obviously the White House considers his voice to be important.

Timothy Noah

The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

There is no such thing as Russian fascism. You won't find a single Russian who considers Russians to be a superior race and who advocate expulsion of aliens.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.

Toll Holdings

Toll has reviewed the ASX release made by Patrick Corporation today in relation to its expectation of Pacific National results for the six months to December 31, 2005, and considers this release to be premature and unconfirmed.

Orison Swett Marden

Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

Mark Leno

The only thing that could come to mind is that he's politically pandering to the far right, which has been demanding that he make a statement, ... I'd like to take her at her word that he only considers the policy implications, which means there's no need to make such a hurried decision.

Alexandra Paul

We say the United States is a rich country, but how can we be rich when millions of poor American children go to bed hungry?

Alexandra Paul

The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.

Alexandra Fuller

How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country depends on whether or not you can leave it, if you have to.

Robert MacNeil

But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.

Robert Klein

I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.

Malcolm McDowell

I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.

Tony Blair

Let no one be in doubt that the rules of the game are changing, ... If you come to our country from abroad, don't meddle in extremism.

Mark Gottfried

LSU is one of the better teams in the country. Their front line is tremendous.

John Ashcroft

making it the country with the fourth highest rate of legal immigrants.

Ronald Kessler

In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens.

Ronald Kessler

As you can tell from the titles of my books, I like to probe secret organizations, secret subjects. And this sometimes gets me into trouble.

Sergei Liakhovich

Like each of the L.S.U. players, I am a tiger. When I step into the ring, nothing gets in the way of my prey. Brewster will find that out on Saturday night.

George H. W. Bush

making sure that humanitarian relief gets to the people who are suffering in Liberia.

Aaron Rowand

Scotty gets on, he makes things happen. We end up scoring a run and just that one run turns into five.

Pierre Turgeon

Seven overtime goals in the playoffs, that's just unbelievable. When you need a goal, all of a sudden he gets it. But for him, it's all about the team. He's just a nice guy and a good teammate.

Dave Rogers

So, for all of their complaining about how we did things, The Onion gets a big investor whose son saw our paper and liked it. And now they've got Jeff working for them. I think they owe us a thank you.

Darren LaMarca

So he gets on the witness stand and comes up with all the filler needed to tell the story, a good novel.

John Heavener

So, it's a win-win for the consumer, a win-win for the state and also a win-win for the retailers. We hope that gets reauthorized.

Isabella Rossellini

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

Kristy Swanson

I can't ask for every movie I make to be great and brilliant. I can only try.

Mallory Ortberg

In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.

Malorie Blackman

Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Like I said, Dennis has been of great value to our team.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Scott Peck

Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truthsit is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.

William Congreve

Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; and as well-bred as if we were not married at all.

Patricia Wright

One of the things I think we were helpful in doing was getting some exposure.

Scott Weiss

One of the stated values at IronPort was 'work/life balance,' but I wasn't living it. I was rarely home. And when I was home, well, let's just say I wasn't particularly helpful or cheery.

Charlize Theron

She's very private, but she was incredibly helpful to me,

Ashley Wagner

Covergirl is my sponsor, and they have been so helpful in supplying me with their wonderful products. I love their blush, mascara and lip gloss.

Bootsy Collins

We had no idea how well-connected he was in the industry. And he has a terrific relationship with Snoop, so that was very helpful as well.

Arnold Palmer

I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.

Andrea Martin

I was intimidated at first, ... But everyone was very helpful and kind.

Ronnie Brown

I think it was still helpful having someone else in the backfield.

Arlen Specter

I think we can get materials which will be helpful to us,

Rick Perlstein

Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

Bill Flott

Make it your top priority in this next week to get these issues resolved.

Christopher Klaus

Many of the issues come from software vendors trying too rapidly to get the software out of the door,

Gerardo Copca

Many issues that had lagged are rising this week.

Christopher Richter

Setting those two issues aside, we would have seen a pretty nice rise.

Matthew Fassler

Mr. Edmondson's personal issues ... are tangential to the firm's recent lack of execution, results and direction.

Ron Pollack

Of all the policy issues going on right now in Washington, this is probably the most important.

Richard Boucher

Non-proliferation is one of the most important issues on our agenda.

Gene Green

On issues like this, we are trying to pull together,

Andy Grove

Pickups, S.U.V.'s, vans and the like represent about 80 million vehicles, with mileage of perhaps 13 to 16 miles per gallon. Converting those should be our first priority.