Famous Quotes & Sayings

And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; / And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; / And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

A radical is a prodigal son. For him, the world is a strange place whose contours have to be explored according to one's destiny. He may eventually return to the house of his elders, but the return is by choice, and not, as of those who stayed behind, of unblinking filial obedience.

A novel I read when I was about 17 or 18 - 'The World According to Garp,' by John Irving - really made me want to become a writer. The character of Garp is a novelist, and at the time, the whole lifestyle of being a writer was hugely appealing to me.

Right now, we can make roughly 60 million doses domestically of a normal flu vaccine in a normal year, ... But according to recent research, the total amount of antigen required to immunize a person against H5N1 is four times as much as the total amount in a normal flu shot. In a pandemic, nearly everyone would need flu vaccines, but with the current version, we could immunize only 15 million Americans, just over 5% of the country.

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. This doctrine should not be confused with that of foreordination, which means that all things are programmed, but does not affirm their occurrence, that being only an implication from other doctrines by which this is entailed. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore. With the distinction of the two doctrines kept well in mind, and a reverent belief in both, one may hope to escape perdition if spared.

Lawrence Wilkerson

(Powell) came through the door ... and he had in his hands a sheaf of papers, and he said, 'This is what I've got to present at the United Nations according to the White House, and you need to look at it,' ... It was anything but an intelligence document. It was, as some people characterized it later, sort of a Chinese menu from which you could pick and choose.

SASAC will decide whether to set up asset-management companies according to the development.

Procuring cause should simply go away. It's an antiquated system. Buyer agents should earn their fee according to the contractual agreements they enter into with buyers. We need to have honest, contractual agreements on both the buyer's side and the seller's side.

Noah Feldman

Prisoners, according to the law, who are non-U.S. citizens and are detained outside the U.S. - including in Guantanamo Bay - are denied 'habeas corpus.' They are also denied the right to claim the Geneva Conventions confer certain rights on them.

Jiang Zemin

Our consistent policy is to protect human rights according to law,

Henri Frederic Amiel

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.

People can get a very basic plan or they can be very specialized according to the services and care they think they may need.

Of the total audience increase of 650,000 over 2004, according to the League's data, it's important to realize that ticket sales for plays alone were up by 530,000. That means that four out of every five additional tickets sold this year were for a play. Clearly there is still a place for plays on Broadway, and hopefully this success will result in even more in coming seasons.

Thomas Jefferson

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.

No question this is a big game because, according to the preseason poll, this is one of the teams were supposed to be close to. This is probably going to be a game that's decided in the fourth quarter. If we can win, it will set us up with some momentum for the tough stretch we have ahead.

Again this kind of thing has happened all the time, according to this official, so the Canadian vehicle now carried on down the road after the convoy had pulled all the way over and off to the side.

Eva Figes

The much vaunted male logic isnt logical, because they display prejudices - against half the human race - that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

A five-member family has gone missing in Yemen ... According to information we have received the family has been in Yemen since December 24.

A cut...won't affect the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at all. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed rate was 6.8 percent last week, and we think it'll stay about the same. But another interest rate cut could mean a slight drop in the short-term one-year adjustable rate mortgage (ARM).

Hunter S. Thompson

So this is how the world works, all energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet.

Edward Blake

Speaking for myself I took office with reluctance, I will have it with pleasure, & while I am obliged to hold it my effort will be, as it has been, to do the thing that is right according to my lights.

One gets good and bad results according to the good and bad deeds performed.

William Petty

Now, forasmuch as princes are not only powerful but rich, according to a number of people (hands being the Father as lands are the Mother or Womb of Wealth), it is no wonder why states by encouraging marriage, advance their own interests.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

The money we are seeking is the amount we paid in excess of a just and reasonable rate, according to formulas established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Kix Brooks

They haven't come up with the force of nature that can stop us. Because we live to play, and no matter what it takes, we WILL find a way to make it happen. It may not be according to the original plan, but we don't care... we just wanna get out there and shake it up.

There's been a big change in investors and investors' outlook on the world. In the '80s, it was very much focused on profits and nothing else. It's really investing according to your values.

There's a lot of talk about 11. I mean, the hole was intended to be played, according to Bobby Jones, with a 3-iron or stronger club.

The result is accurate. It has been checked according to the processes that we all follow when we have elections.

Charles Francis Richter

At least there is progress of California toward building new construction according to earthquake-resistant design. We would have less reason to ask for earthquake prediction if this was universal.

A supervisor who hires a direct relative would face felony charges, according to the attorney for the district. In addition, a certified administrator would face loss of certification.

As more schools continuously are adding soccer, I look to see us eventually be able to have something similar to basketball. With soccer growing exponentially both in Indiana and the U.S., there is hope, let's put it that way, that we can eventually get sized according to our schools.

John Berger

All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this -- as in other ways -- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.