Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gregory Maguire

My tastes in music tend to favor anything my kids don't like, out of natural antipathy amplified by a sort of malicious glee.

Tyler Oakley

I think social media has amplified a lot of voices that maybe traditional media hasn't perfectly portrayed.

O. J. Simpson

With the energy market so close to the surface in the markets here, the number just amplified the current thinking that the recent hurricane and the effects on the energy market may have a broader impact than people were thinking.

Eleanor Catton

My sense of injustice about our family's 'weirdness' in not owning a car was amplified by the fact that we did not own a television, either - my parents were unapologetic about this and told me very cheerfully that I would thank them for it when I was older, which was quite true.

Laura Conigliaro

Over the last couple of quarters, very few companies have felt the combination of externally induced slowing amplified by some internal miscues the way Sun has.

Jack Clarke

I think the seniors will play hard. This is a single elimination tournament and it's a really amplified view through the lens of someone who has at most four games left and as few as one. They'll bring a lot of urgency to the contest.

Alex Shoumatoff

Even as global warming increases the frequency of El Nino and the Atlantic event, their effects are being amplified by the annual loss of an area of rain forest the size of New Jersey. Less rain falls, and the water runs into the rivers instead of being sucked up by the fungus filaments and tree roots.

Lord Browne

The recent hurricanes in the U.S. have impacted our results. However, underlying performance is strong, amplified by high but volatile prices of oil, gas and products, ... We anticipate production from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to be back to normal, with the exception of the Shell-operated Mars project, by the end of the year.

Andrew Bird

Usually bands with violins - it's this little, poorly amplified looking kind of futile on stage, and that's not the way that my music is put together.

Ronald Kessler

When I was doing interviews at the FBI, my tape recorder battery died. They gave me a new one, and I said, 'Of course, this is bugged?'

Kristy Swanson

When I was around 9 years old, I was watching TV one day. I was looking at this commercial, with a kid in the bathtub playing with a rubber ducky or something, and I said, 'Where do those kids come from? How come they get to be on TV? I could do that stuff.'

Bonnie Herzog

We're not convinced that the major manufacturers will succeed in getting the $1 billion ...but this battle could lead to another settlement (and) an ironclad partnership between the states and tobacco manufacturers.

Michael Toups

We know we are heading to Baton Rouge and they are the No. 5 team in the state. We will have to be ready to play. We are very familiar with them because we play them every year. They are well coached and very experienced. We are excited about moving on in the playoffs to take our shot at them.

Michael Redhill

Like a lot of people, I've often wondered what else I might have been. When I was younger, but even after I was a child, I thought Batman was the whole package. Smart, calculating, pragmatic. Depressed, but in a way women found hot. Tragic at his core and struggling with his demons while trying to save the world.

Bengie Molina

Like he always is: Tough to hit. Myself, I was horrible today at the plate so I have to give him credit. I think with him you have to battle all day. He's the kind of guy that's going to work quick and try to get you out quick.

Ron King

Like every freshman entering college, he's going to have to mature. He's going to be in battles every day.

James Lancaster

Luckily, Larry chose the school. Kenny Battle had seen him in a summer league and he sent him here. We were fortunate.

Sam Veda

Life has been compared with a battle and rightly so, as each day comes up with a new set of challenges which we must meet. One can just not shy away from the problems if he has to survive. He has to meet to challenges with courage.

Marc Bolan

I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electric Warrior.' I'm not frightened to get up there and groove about in front of six million people on TV because it doesn't look cool. That's the way I would do it at home.

John Krasinski

Luckily, I have two of the coolest parents around. They're so open about having any and all experiences, so they never hindered us in any way by categorizing or judging anything.

Fred Thompson

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William Shakespeare

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies, that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends.

Chuck White

Selfishly, I think it's kind of really cool for a parent to have an only child.

Phil Flynn

So far the cooler weather hasn't put more pressure on the supply, but a hot scorching summer could definitely push prices higher.

Cathy Sturgill

So it's really cool. They put together a curriculum package.

James Mercer

Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction.

John Krasinski

My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.

David Sims

like crack cocaine to the state of West Virginia right now.

Jack Straw

Let no one be in any doubt that this is a profoundly evil trade whose perpetrators have no regard for human life, ... We have been determined to crack down on this trade.

Steve Levy

Many local officials have punted, saying this is a federal issue and we can't do anything about it. Well, there are some things you can do, ... Crack down on those contractors, crack down on illegal housing and create a better relationship with immigration officials.

Ned Yost

One run there is a huge run, ... You give up five, but you still have 27 cracks at a young kid.

Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh - anything but work.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Now, Spitzer was an anti-crime crusader cracking down on prostitution and Wall Street corruption. So some people were looking to take him down.

Lindsay Whalen

Obviously it won't be healed before the end of the finals, but it's one of those situations where the swelling, if it can go down, and it's not in the worst possible spot ... Obviously it cracked in the first half (Saturday) and I played the second half, so it wasn't like I was incapable to run, ... Obviously there's swelling and there's some stiffness in there, so right now running I wouldn't be able to do. But you never know over the next few days how things work. We'll just wait and see what happens.

Neal Thigpen

Obviously, Kerry has all but said he wants another crack at the thing. He's going to make a second try.

Brian Billick

When you're 0-2, your whole world has to be about getting that first win and stopping that slide. A two-game losing streak to start the season, it can't get to that third game. That's a tough nut to crack if it does.

Marc Rotenberg

We're not big fans for the posting of privacy policies because what is much more important is privacy practice.

Gary Bettman

Like all fans, we're thrilled that we're back and that the game is doing as well on the ice in terms of entertainment, excitement, speed and skill. And that our fans have been receptive.

Lance Armstrong

Luckily the fans saw through these (doping) allegations.

Mark Sanchez

'Luchadores, mil mascaras'... a thousand masks. I see a lot of those in Jets colors. And then the Hispanic fans of other teams, they'll wear them in their colors. And they're like, 'You're our guy, Sanchez, but I'm a Steelers fan.'

Mike Tice

Look, when you go to some stadiums, it's so deafening that you can't hear. When you have 15,000-20,000 of the opponent's fans in there, it's not deafening. There is a difference. The fans that were there were great. But it wasn't like a big game when it's just your guys in there.

Simon Cowell

Look, she doesn't need to thank me and she doesn't need to thank American Idol. She does need to thank the fans who voted for her on American Idol. That's all.

Elaine Elliott

My kids are great kids. I would think the Lobo fans would support us because we are from the same conference.

Jaromir Jagr

One positive thing is we don't have to travel very far. Maybe our fans will be in the building. Maybe it will feel like seven home games. It's good for hockey and it's good for New York. More people are going to get interested in the playoffs.

John Bunting

Obviously when you get into the season, the fans are taking it one game at a time, too. But all of a sudden, here it is. Here it is.

Rod Smith

We want to tread lightly on the planet,

Andrew Taylor Still

I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.

William Edwards

We don't take lightly missing those two particular targets.

Loryn Kasten

It is lightly snowing right now, and were supposed to get a little more snow out of this storm.

Will Thomas

At first, people probably took us lightly because we're a mid-major. People don't respect us enough to take us seriously. We'd probably have to get back here year after year to get that respect.

Michael Hayes

This is not something they've undertaken lightly or frivolously.

David Cooper

Since September 11 we have been continually challenged.

Bill Gerstenmaier

We probably won't make the September 22 window.

Dick Cheney

We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.

Chris Chocola

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you are good and the Yankees are good and you are playing a big series in September in Yankee Stadium, four game series, there is no greater excitement anywhere than the Yankee Stadium.

Brent Scowcroft

The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.

Barbara Olson

What do I tell the pilots to do?

Michael Englund

I wouldn't be surprised to see more weakness in the September report.

Richard McCabe

We may spend most of September going sideways,

Dizzy Dean

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

Aaron Boone

Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually!

Casey Stengel

Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.

Casey Stengel

You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

Casey Stengel

We've got to learn how to stay out of triple plays.

Casey Stengel

If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.

Casey Stengel

If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees.

Casey Stengel

Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?

Casey Stengel

Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin.