Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are here today because President William Jefferson Clinton decided to put himself above the law, not once, not twice, but repeatedly,

Jennifer Grant

The best word to describe my father? Thoughtful. There was a tender quality to Dad that his sense of fun could sometimes mask. But, above all, he was sensitive and looked out for those he loved.

Stu Jackson

There is a standard, as to how a player is to wear his uniform. There is a standard in all sports as to how a uniform is to be worn and our standard is that the shorts, in particular, are to be worn above the knee.

There is a sense of accomplishment in the market, having succeeded in boosting the dollar above the key 116 yen level.

There is a risk that we will push up above 2 percent, not necessarily over the next month but sometime over the next few months. That will be a concern to the Fed.

E. O. Wilson

There is a power so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive that prudent men better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it

John Taylor

There is a piece of real estate in the household that is increasing in value - and that's the place right above or right below the TV set. It sounds to me like Microsoft sees this as strategically important enough to them that they are willing to make the investment.

There are ewes and lambs in the hills directly above there. If they keep seeing the rams go down there first they are going to learn bad habits.

Jack Wilson

Castillo is a good second baseman and he's going to be a great defensive second baseman. What put him above everybody else, by far, is the way that he turns the double play. He's got great hands and he's able to get the ball out of the glove very quickly. He also has an absolute cannon for an arm. Very rarely do you find a second baseman who has the best arm on the team. That guy does.

Certainly for the short-term, metals prices are propping the mining shares up. They're trading above the value of their earnings but investors are focused on the underlying commodities movements.

Certainly closing above 4,400 last week has been positive. The market seemed to be struggling to get over that. We've been helped in quite large part by a big move in the oils in recent days.

Certain athletes make certain sports more popular. I think that's the case above all with Tomba.

But those devotees who have faith and sincerely try to develop the above mentioned immortal virtues, and set Me as their supreme goal; are very dear to Me.

But that doesn't mean that it's head-and-shoulders above everything else.

But the shares could well be valued well above this, based on increasing visible earnings strength, ... Cypress closed the June quarter with strong bookings growth, in excess of earlier guidance of $360 million, possibly as high as $400 million and experienced strong sequential revenue growth with sharply higher gross margins.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

But these processes have been distorted by the prime minister. So in the end, we have an elected politician who can remain above the law with no mechanism to deal with it -- no accountability, no responsibility. That to me is not democracy.

But the greatest love - the love above all loves, Even greater than that of a mother - Is the tender, passionate, undying love, Of one beer drunken slob for another

Grant Wilson

But again, we're not really moving out of the range that we have established here. So until we see euro/dollar clearly below $1.2030 or above $1.2150, we would continue to bounce around. On dollar/yen, it's holding support around 115 right now.

Based on what I've heard, it's a dead-end street. Everything we did is totally above table.

Base and precious metals are considerably above what we consider to be fair value - based on fundamental supply and demand factors - but events of the past two years have demonstrated that investment and speculative flows are very capable of lifting prices well beyond fundamental fair value.

Jess Walter

My desk is an antique with bookshelves built into the side. I've turned the drawer over to hold a keyboard. We live in a 100-year-old house, and I work in an apartment above the carriage house.

My dear friend, Brigitte Cowan, lived above her store on Beverly Street.

Jamie Oliver

My bedroom was just above here. And if you turn all the lights off and turn the lights on upstairs you can see gaps all the way through, and that?s where I heard all the swearing.

My battle station was right above the turret. We had to keep bombing day and night. When the ship was in the yard, there were all kinds of noises grinding, chipping, banging, pounding, welding.

My background is Indian, so I believe in a spiritual idea that there is another level, another layer or layers, if you will, above us. I believe that there are elements that allow things to be drawn together, a sort of energy.

Adam Young

More because Mr. (Joe) Hardy, CEO of 84 Lumber, is going above and beyond. A hospital in a major metropolitan area has top doctors.

Mortgage approvals are also clearly above their average for the last decade of 100,00 strengthening the argument that the housing market in 2006 will see the first rise in activity since 2002, after three consecutive years of decline.

My goal was to keep my average above .290. As long as I did that, I was happy.

Marilynne Robinson

My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think.

My God there was flames everywhere ... it was an inferno. Pieces of the building were raining down on me. I live above my business and I can't stay there to?night. There is so much smoke damage.

Pat Burke

Maybe the All-Star Game sparked something in him. It's really inspiring to watch someone who just goes out there, you know he puts up amazing numbers anyway, but he's been going above and beyond his normal play.

No one thought we could get above the mid-80s for the three days.

George Mason

No point is of more importance than the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above justice? Above all, shall that man be above it who can commit the most extensive injustice.