Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alex Kapranos

I suppose, ... but that's why they get it wrong. That's why they wouldn't play Take Me Out on the radio at first, because according to pop theory, it isn't a hit. It starts with one song and changes into another. In theory, it's all wrong. The same with Do You Want To.

Robert Barclay

I say, as to this horrible and blasphemous doctrine, our cause is common with many others, who have both wisely and learnedly, according to Scripture, reason, and antiquity, refuted it.

Adam Smith

Such is the delicacy of man alone, that no object is produced to his liking. He finds that in everything there is need for improvement.... The whole industry of human life is employed not in procuring the supply of our three humble necessities, food, clothes and lodging, but in procuring the conveniences of it according to the nicety and delicacy of our tastes.

Steve Moore had no control over the timing of the incident. This was our (legal) limitation period. We had two years from the date, according to our theory of the case.

Statistics tell us that when you have 10 medical incidents ? then you're going to have a lost-time accident. We're up to 13 or 14 medical incidents, so we're overdue for a lost-time accident, according to statistics. That's why we must be more cautious than ever before, because statistics tell us we're overdue for one.

Spurred by the unlimited texting plans offered by carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Nielsen Company - almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.

Martin Jacques

Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

That can be achieved by termination of Israeli occupation to the territories according to the international resolutions related, so the Palestinian State can be establish with Jerusalem as capital for such State.

That, according to defense attorneys, was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Living in this world created by the Almighty-the creator of all, and preferring solitude to the hustle and bustle of the world, one should work according to ones capabilities and limitations to attain the 'supreme-bliss'.

Herman Edwards

I think Charles Woodson can do whatever he wants if his mind is right. It's according to what he wants to do.

John Thune

I think most people are granting her, according her, the benefit of the doubt, subject to the time she has to appear before the committee to make her case in person,

It definitely makes them stronger in the actual applications suite that they sell. With the existing products that they already have, it makes them, according to our numbers, the leader in CRM market share out there.

I thought maybe it meant Andrew couldn't play in the next game (it didn't, according to the official), and I'm wondering why we can't celebrate when we think the game's over." ()

It is not an intelligent move to adjust exchange rates according to volumes traded while there is a serious scarcity of foreign currency on the official market.

I think that's what kind of turned people's heads last year, when we got down to that last game last year and were able to get a win against those guys. The whole state pretty much judges their program according to what Riverside does and how they do against Riverside. If you can beat Riverside, people take notice.

I think that's the strategy, but I can't admit that (it went according to plan).

I think that maybe if those guys get more playing time, they'll improve and the energy level will pick up and we can become a better team as a result of doing that. That was according to plan. We weren't going to wait until late second quarter to substitute or later in the game to substitute; we wanted to substitute early and often.

Ariel Sharon

It is in Israel's interest not to govern the Palestinians, but for the Palestinians to govern themselves, ... the opportunity to renew direct negotiations according to the steps of the road map.

I will govern according to principle. The time has come for us to believe again.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Reliable numbers about the amount of dirty money around the world are difficult to come by. But according to an estimate by the nonprofit Global Financial Integrity group, $1 trillion vanishes from the developing world's economies every year.

Our overwhelming problem is our representatives are voting according to how the moneybag supporters want them to vote.

Peace and happiness shall fill your mind deep within, if you act according to truth and self discipline.

Our men returned fire after being attacked by the miscreants, and according to our information between 15 to 20 terrorists have been killed in the retaliatory fire.

Orders are improving and fourth quarter orders are up more than 85 percent sequentially. According to management, order timing should continue to improve and revenue levels for global sales are expected to increase for the fourth quarter.

We're running at 60 percent service in the Durban container terminal. In Richards Bay it's around 50 percent, according to the preliminary report.

Michelle Perry

Travelers aren't asking for much. According to this survey, airlines should forget about the latest bells and whistles and get back to the basics, like clean bathrooms and comfortable seating.

Jerry Yang

We have always had a long-term commitment to China and even more so to the development of its Internet industry, We're confident that Yahoo! is putting its resources behind the right management team, which operates according to similar values as we do, and shares the same vision for providing the most essential and relevant services to consumers and businesses.

We could not force employers to withhold the tax. According to the law, you can only force employers to withhold once per calendar year.

Ricky Martin

It was really intense for me to start having conversations with God, when according to the man-made laws in my religion - to be homosexual is evil.

Rodney Brooks

Anything that's living is a machine. I'm a machine; my children are machines. I can step back and see them as being a bag of skin full of biomolecules that are interacting according to some laws.

Roger Ebert

I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

Ray Comfort

According to the Bible, sex isn't something sinful, but rather a wonderful gift from God to be thoroughly enjoyed within the boundaries of marriage.