Famous Quotes & Sayings

We call on Iran to return actively to a condition of moratorium and to full cooperation with the IAEA. This moratorium was an absolutely essential measure of trust to resolve outstanding questions on the Iranian nuclear program.

We called timeout and I actually walked out to see if you could kick a field goal there. There was no way. It was an absolute quagmire. That was out of the question.

We persevered. We fought back. I absolutely love these guys. This is the best football team I've ever been associated with.

We passed a gas price cap law without knowing what was actually happening. The price cap brought us from no government intervention in the markets to an absolute government intervention.

Mike Lowry

We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in this case, I think it makes sense that tent cities are preferred to not having tent cities.

Alexandra Adornetto

When I wrote 'The Shadow Thief,' I had an obsession with Peter Pan. I get focused on things. In fact, I was an absolute horror to live with at that stage. I had a big fight with my mum because I wanted her to change the windows so Peter Pan could visit me.

Jamaica Kincaid

When I write nonfiction, it's always absolutely true. There will be no moment in my nonfiction where I have made something up and have to apologize to the bullying hostess of a talk show.

Rose Leslie

When I left 'Downton Abbey,' it hadn't yet taken off and become the phenomenon that it is, to this day. That all happened after I left. But, it was fabulous to be a part of it and to be a part of the cast. We had an absolute ball!

Rose Leslie

It's kind of ridiculous, but I hate creepy crawlers. Like centipedes. It's just the fact that they have so many legs! I am not great with spiders either. That absolutely creeps me out.

I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details have to be, have, you know, to go through a long list of them and tick them. I'm not saying that's not important in fiction, but I think you have a bit more leeway; you can suit yourself.

Rose McIver

I don't really have a drive toward being a director at all. Not that I wouldn't rule it out, but I just don't think my instincts lie necessarily in a very visual way. But I am very interested in storytelling, narrative and character development, so writing is something that I absolutely want to do.

Richard Griffiths

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian.

In spiritual direction there is absolutely no domination or control.

Rita Coolidge

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute.

Rory McIlroy

I wish to clarify that I have absolutely not made a decision regarding my participation in the next Olympics. On a personal level, playing in the Olympics would be a huge honour. However, the Games in Rio are still four years away and I certainly won't be making any decisions with regards to participating any time soon.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.

We view the decision as one of absolute vindication of what our clients have been saying for the last 13 years. And it's our sincere hope that the state will embrace the decision instead of continuing to litigate the matter and decide that all children of South Carolina need an education if they (are to) have a chance to be productive citizens.

Chris Scelfo

We were very lucky to be able to get out of there. We were one of the most fortunate groups in the city. And it's just been absolutely heartwarming the way people have reached out to us.

Bill Simon

Though Gray Davis now apparently has finally taken my advice of last week and issued the executive order, his delay here -- as it has been in so many areas as the energy crisis and the budget crisis -- is absolutely shameful and intolerable.

We can't mess around here. If we don't get that shelter, people will die. We need this money absolutely as soon as possible.

Tom Barrett

We consider physician input absolutely essential to establishing meaningful measures.

We can't base our absolute actions on predictions of what might be, ... We know there's a lot of uncertainty. If we get to the point where we have to nourish this beach every year, we know we'll have to try something different.

Michael Brown

We can take care of our own people, ... and we're going to do that. I understand their frustration. I understand these people are suffering, and I'm telling you we're doing absolutely everything we can to make sure we take care of them.

We don't want to create any more damage than absolutely necessary. But in areas that had high water, we have to go in. There's still a chance that somebody might be in these residences.

Paul Prudhomme

We have been having a good time, and been cooking, ... You ought to see their faces. It's a joy, an absolute joy.

We have been absolutely overwhelmed with calls, mostly from people who are confused and need help about how to go about it.

We have found no single programs that are the answer. It has to do with people in the school and the community who are absolutely focused on these individual children.

George Cole

You can't do something for 15 years on and off, making 107 episodes, without absolutely loving it. It was heaven.

James Bailey

We had a small terrace house for sale. The owners were posted to Singapore and were at a loss as to what to do with their beloved cat. There were six buyers keen on the property and one young woman managed to win the heart of the vendors by telling them that she loved cats and if she bought the house, she would happily keep theirs. No sooner had she completed than it transpired she was allergic to cats and had absolutely no intention of keeping it.

Mark Gottfried

We wanted to take advantage of an opportunity if it was there. We didn't want to just make the game an absolute helter-skelter, run-up-and- down. But we didn't want to turn opportunities down either. And we had a bunch of them.

Joe Elliott

We wanted to show people, absolutely and as a matter of fact, where we came from. We wanted to put to bed the idea that we were weaned on Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Those were the bands our older brothers listened to. Our true love was always the three-minute pop song.

We've had to do absolutely nothing to the race car.

Marty Turco

We've had some bad starts, but that was our worst all season. To be unprepared like that, knowing what was coming, there's absolutely no excuse. Soft, sloppy play has been the characteristic of ourselves. We've just been getting by and pretending, and it's finally catching up with us.