Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Green Ingersoll

I concluded that all religions had the same foundation - a belief in the supernatural - a power above nature that man could influence by worship - by sacrifice and prayer.

Jamie Court

The Lockyer investigation should put oil industry executives on notice that they are going to have to answer tough questions about their role if the price of gasoline rises more than ten percent above pre-Katrina prices or above approximately $3.10 per gallon,

George Orwell

The main motive for ''nonattachment'' is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.

P. J. O'Rourke

The great majority of Baghdad is a slum - a lot of it's new, but it's still slum. It's usually this concrete-block, one-room design with a door and a window, arranged one-up, one-down, often with a shop with nothing in it on the first floor, and then a one-room apartment above it. There's street after street after street of that stuff.

The developer has met all the requests and conditions that we've asked. All the issues that you brought up at our meeting, he's basically addressed those, and in my opinion gone above and beyond as far as putting out extra work and expending money out of his pocket to try to help accommodate people who are in a low-lying area.

Bill Johnson

The Detroit Pistons should be far above the marketing of this stuff.

All of those chemical plants have the potential to be flooded, especially those at Port Arthur, where the levees are only 14 feet above sea level. Those are going to be virtually on the edge of the eye wall. You could see significant wind damage from those facilities, too, and you could see chemical releases.

All of the devices we tested can produce sound well above the maximum safety level of 85 decibels.

All the components are above the break-even point of 50. There is also relief in the prices paid component from lower energy costs along with easing in delivery time.

Johnny Damon

All these guys are going out and playing hard, we're just not coming through right now. We're going through a rough time, but we still have our heads above water. We're going to be fine.

All reported lines were well above our expectations and far above consensus. We will review our model today and most likely increase our forecasts as well as our share price target.

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, / And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; / The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; / To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

The humanitarian issues have provided an opportunity to the two governments to rise above their historical differences.

The euro zone manufacturing PMI was just above the 50.0 level signalling a marginal improvement in business conditions,

The European economy points toward solid growth. We are looking for yields above 3.5 percent within a month.

The energy markets are going up with the cold weather headed for the east coast. Natural gas spiked up above $15 and oil got a kicker from that.

The entire community has gone well above and beyond to help these people out, ... The community output and support have been tremendous.

The current account deficit is above the 3% benchmark, a high-water mark generally considered to flag pending currency weakness to restore a balance between exports and imports.

The first three teams have a lot more swimmers and relays. Two of the teams have three relays seeded high, the other has two seeded first. They are probably a step above the next group.

The first stage in a technology's advance is that it'll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if it's successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration.

The change serves a signal to the business units that we are all in this together. None of us is above another.

The chances of 10-year yields soaring above 1.6 percent are high. Ten- year bonds look expensive compared with five-years and so it could take some time for dealers to sell all the bonds onto investors.

The challenge they face now is that because they've exceeded forecasts in the past they risk disappointing the market. History suggests that the Street migrates to the high end of their range or slightly above and that certainly sets a high bar for later in the year.

Black Elk

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

The company continues to deliver quality earnings growth above our stated goals,

The commissioner mentioned the above vendors as some who were at New Orleans conference recently, ... He thought we might contact them via phone and see if they are interested in Excellence in Corrections conference.

The condition is actually fairly common during gestation, but often corrects itself. In individuals who have it, it may go unnoticed unless a stroke occurs, generally in a very young person, which triggers further exploration. Mr. Sharon was definitely way above the average age for the PFO procedure, and many of us believed that there were actually other causes for his stroke.

The concept to everything above the line is comparing how we operate the school system one year to the next. Below the line is debt service, but the comparative costs are not included because the debt service fluctuates too much.

You know, people want someone to tell them the answer, ... They want a friend, or a teacher, or a parent - but above all I guess they just want to know. And the truth is you can't tell them, and that's a hard thing to deal with. And it's easy to get wrapped up in the idea that this person knows - that he will tell me what I need to know, what I need to live - because he means a lot to me.

Kathy Acker

You know, I've been told that by some of the writers in the generation above me: You'll be able to write when you've found a voice.

Maxwell Caulfield

You can work and scratch out a living in the theatre, but, if you want to make money, you've got to hit the road. You've got to play big houses of 2, 3 thousand seaters with your name above the bill, do popular fare and reach out to the audience such as it is.