Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rebecca MacKinnon

On March 5, 2011, protesters stormed the Egyptian state security headquarters. In real time, activists shared their discoveries on Twitter as they moved through a building that had until recently been one of the Mubarak regime's largest torture facilities.

One of the big problems we have is every time we have a crisis, we have to go knocking on doors. It could take anywhere from two to four months from the time we get the money to the actual handing over of the food because you have to buy it, transport it, and distribute it. There's a delay in that.

One of the keys is to not be childish, but act childlike. The idea is not to shirk adult responsibilities. It's about finding ways how you can interject fun into your everyday life.

One of the key concerns of the Fed has been the wealth effect that the stock market has created. And with the market that we saw this morning, we're likely to see more volatility going forward, especially if it leads to more muted market activity on the return side.

One of the reasons we wanted to get the Lamoille done was to be further up the learning curve going into a tougher project. Hopefully the Lamoille Bridge will act as a concrete example of what we can do.

Brian Billick

One of the nice things about Kyle and Anthony is they have similar attributes. They're both active in the pocket, they both have strong arms, they both move around decently, so we don't have to change a whole lot.

One of the nearby residents even asked if he was acting or if his actions were a prank.

Billy Tauzin

One of the motivations to not recall the tires, but to have Ford assume responsibility, was Firestone's concern that it would trigger action by DOT (the Department of Transportation) here in America,

One of the highlights continues to be the awards banquet. I think that the simple act of honoring excellent individual effort and outstanding school programs adds an air of excitement to the conference.

Anna Popplewell

One of the hard things in my life has been balancing my education with my acting career, because I've been acting since the age of seven, on and off, just doing little parts and things. I've always been very keen to stay in school.

Jason Lewis

One of the questions I get asked a lot is, 'What do you do to stay in shape?' My glib answer is, 'I play.' But I mean it. Sure, I go to the gym, but I don't spend my life there. Most of my activity is outdoors, whether it's basketball or mountain biking or rock climbing.

Sue Kelly

One of my first achievements in Congress was enactment of the Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act back in 1996.

I was greatly saddened to hear of the death of a British soldier on duty in Iraq. As always, my thoughts are with the family and the families of those injured in this appalling act of violence.

Paul Simon

I was greatly reassured that she was acting in the best interest of journalists and the public.

I was for Gore. I thought that Gore and the Democrats were pretty clueless as to what Nader and the Greens represented, and they acted like bullies.

Dorien Bryant

I was fooling around at school. I was acting like a kid. Once I signed and knew I was going to prep school, everything pretty much fell off. I didn't feel like BC treated me right.

Alex Rodriguez

I was staying real active in here. I just wanted to make sure I had a full sweat for each at-bat. But I wasn't tested.

Damien Chazelle

I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as.

I was talking with Vanessa and I knew she was active in softball. She mentioned she might be interested in taking this on and after she talked about it with Kari, they came to us with the idea of a team approach.

I was talking to a good friend of mine on the cruise and we decided it would probably be a good thing to put together a show with two or three strong acts and perform at different venues (other than blues bars).

I was surprised that they didn't make an announcement that they were going to close it. There hadn't been much action in our ballpark for a while, so we were only checking twice a day.

I was surprised that the sales numbers went up, even with the good weather. It doesn't change our view that the general trend in housing activity is downward.

I was surprised that a few companies did as well as they did, ... I was also surprised there were 10 companies that actively invite e-mail questions on their Web site and just don't bother to answer them.

Gary Bauer

I was surprised. I knew they would be down, but I didn't think by this much. Especially since there was a lot of sales activity in February.

Roger Federer

I was struggling in the beginning with his way of acting on the court,

I wouldn't give this a lot of weight and say this is leading the economy. It's sort of catching up to what has been strong economic activity for several months now.

I would say half the action comes in the last two or three days before the season.

I would say give them some time to get their act together.

Paul Azinger

I would rather be the action than reporting the action, ... Unfortunately, I've played so poorly that reporting is my best alternative.

I would have to go with Felicity Huffman. What Felicity did was a kind of acting that has never been done in any other movie on the planet. She has opened up the portrayal of something. Imagine changing your aura to play something that people know so little about.

I would have to consider taking some action on setting the date.

I would have thought they would have been a little lower given that General Mills seems to have gotten their act together a bit.

I would be very troubled about how to deliver the project without active support from the city.