Famous Quotes & Sayings

We might not have the latest set of heads or the latest pump, but we have good stuff. Just not an abundance of it.

Janis Karpinski

What is very troubling to me today are reports from soldiers serving at Abu Ghraib who have very strong suspicions that the abuse continues.

Paul Bremer

the tragic waste and abuse of billions of dollars that belonged to the Iraqi people.

Anthony Romero

The United States government continues to turn a blind eye to mounting evidence of widespread abuse of detainees held in its custody,

I stand here today because a judge has found me guilty of contempt of court. The truth of the matter is that I have nothing but contempt for a system that gives employers free rein to abuse workers.

David Perlmutter

The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in carbohydrates with an abundance of healthful fat, and this is the central theme of 'Grain Brain.'

Greg LeMond

I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling's history - resign, Pat, if you love cycling. Resign even if you hate the sport.

Basmah bint Saud

There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.

Both of them (Katsav and Sharon) confirmed that they were ready to meet Abu Mazen as well without any formal date being finalised.

Joschka Fischer

We are ready to train new Iraqi forces outside Iraq. We did it in Abu Dhabi.

Jimmy Wales

We have constant problems where we have people who are trying to repeatedly abuse our sites.

Bindi Irwin

I want my children and my grandchildren to live in a world with clean air, pure drinking water, and an abundance of wildlife, so I've chosen to dedicate my life to wildlife conservation so I can make the world just a little bit better.

With abundant rain and warmer temperatures, mosquito populations could be large.

With $3 a gallon or more for gasoline, there's a huge potential for people to migrate back to cars over the next few months. Honda has an abundant strength in terms of its perception as green -- for high-mileage cars.

Stella Young

Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people.

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.

We were very pleased with the way the team, players one through 14, played Saturday. Just as soon as we walked into Vermont's gym, there was this abundance of energy. It was great to see them come out on fire after halftime. I just thought we had good control of this game.

We are worried because there is an abundance of fuel and wind and heat.

We condemn all acts of abuse and brutality.

Anthony Romero

When our leaders allow and even encourage abuse at the 'outer limits', America suffers. A nation that works to bring freedom and liberty to other parts of the world shouldn't stomach brutality and inhumanity within its ranks. This abuse of power was engineered and accepted at the highest levels of our government.

We would like to know what happened, and one scenario is that Toga is no longer with us. The opposition is that somebody who knew what they were doing actually stole him for a private collector. In that case, there's a possibility that Toga is still alive somewhere. We prefer to think of that option, but to be honest, we may never know. We've had to increase our security here so much, which is such a shame that people abuse the trust and health of these animals in such a way.

Vandana Shiva

The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.

John Ashcroft

There hasn't been any evidence of abuse, according to the most recent statements I've seen out of the Congress, ... And of course, I don't believe we've had any abuse here.

There is abundant reason to believe that the Anglo-Saxon race is to be, is, indeed, already becoming, more effective here than in the mother country.

Mary Lambert

Beauty, by way of fashion, has to do with confidence, with flattering silhouettes, with patterns, with proper fit for body type, and with an abundance of self-love!

We have a very serious problem with eminent domain abuse in this state. It's disappointing that the governor and the Legislature doesn't recognize that.

The debacle with Mystery Man made the parallels between her romantic failures and the legacy of her sexual abuse seem too obvious to ignore.

Cynthia Ozick

Language makes culture, and we make a rotten culture when we abuse words.

Cyril Connolly

Dining out is a vice, a dissipation of spirit punished by remorse. We eat, drink, and talk a little too much, abuse all our friends, belch out our literary preferences and are egged on by accomplices in the audience to acts of mental exhibitionism. Such evenings cannot fail to diminish those who take part in them. They end on Monkey Hill.

Max Heindel

It is best to be born in April or August when the life-giving Sun is in its exaltation sign Aries or Leo, its home, for then we enter the sea of life on the crest-wave and are backed in the battle of existence by an abundant fund of vim and energy.

David Quammen

We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a single animal. We introduce them into a new, rich habitat called the human population, where they can flourish more abundantly and cause more trouble.

We're excited that Jiminy Peak will be participating in this great event. It is well known that this area has an abundance of talented skiers and snowboarders and we're thrilled that this event will allow them to showcase their skills while benefiting a tremendous cause.

However vile the abuse they receive, media people must remember this is part of the price of getting a public voice. Stay grateful. Don't kick down, kick up. Criticise power rather than proles.