Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nikola Tesla

Before I put a sketch on paper, the whole idea is worked out mentally. In my mind I change the construction, make improvements, and even operate the device. Without ever having drawn a sketch I can give the measurements of all parts to workmen, and when completed all these parts will fit, just as certainly as though I had made the actual drawings. It is immaterial to me whether I run my machine in my mind or test it in my shop. The inventions I have conceived in this way have always worked. In thirty years there has not been a single exception. My first electric motor, the vacuum wireless light, my turbine engine and many other devices have all been developed in exactly this way.

Even if the government had actual real-time data, it's two to three years old, ... School administrators need to know what is happening today and what to anticipate tomorrow, not outdated numbers from yesteryear.

Even though some states believe that they already comply with the Real ID act, in actuality none of them do.

Even though models predict a close link between atmospheric and surface temperatures, there has been a large difference in the actual measurements. This has muddied the interpretation of reported warming.

EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 is so realistic that anyone can pick up the game and learn about the actual sport while having a fun time doing it. The visuals in the game are so amazing. It's exciting to be contributing to a project that pushes the popularity of boxing to a new level and to a new audience.

Bruce Willis

Ben Affleck (who plays A.J. Frost) and I got to actually go into the neutral buoyancy tank in actual $10 million spacesuits the astronauts wear in outer space, and that was pretty interesting,

Alex Honnold

Big climbs energize me. It's all the other aspects of being a pro-climber that wear me down. The travel and expeditions and training can become pretty tiring. But the actual big climbs - that's what I live for.

For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I'd spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting.

The Nubians are living a more natural life so we wanted to give them that natural look. We used a lot of earth tones and used actual fishnets for their tops.

It's the direction of change that's more important in a final poll than the actual numbers. Unfortunately for the governor, the direction of change is moving against him.

It's taken us awhile to get closer and closer to the actual scene to try to evaluate exactly where the leak is.

Joe McCarthy

It's the actual No. 10. It's not painted on or anything. I didn't bring it. But he's always here with us.

David Banner

It's like an alternate world. It's a day in the life of the actual group, so they took little quirks about everybody's personality and amplified it a whole lot. David the drummer is the pretty boy in the group, so he keeps a mirror around, he has to make sure that he's tight before he goes onstage.

Ron Meyer

It's more of a rectangular shape. On Hole-in-the-Day it was a diamond shape. The actual fishing area will be very similar. By going to a rectangular shape we can spread people out more.

Oscar Wilde

It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

I wanted to have the people come here and be able to read some more of their work and allow people the experience of an actual person reading their work instead of seeing it online or seeing it in a frame or something like that.

Jason Bay

I wanted to get a little jump on things. It's not like I am here a week early or anything, but it's a few days to get the soreness and all of that stuff out before the actual workouts start.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing - at least sometimes - without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles.

So one day I just took the train over to Arles. It's only about two hours. And I was sitting in the actual square, at one of those cafe tables that you see in 'Starry Night,' and all around you the buildings are painted in Van Gogh colors. It's very exciting. Vincent sat more or less where I was sitting.

Rob Lowe

I've had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - it's sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask, 'I'm not an actual narcissist, am I?' The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.

I've had this tape for years and years, ... This was done exactly as we would do the show, on one track with no overdubs. The only thing added was the applause. Juan was very, very particular when it came to recordings. I don't think he would have wanted to record in a nightclub. He never made any actual live recordings. This is it.

Determining actual risks is complicated and time consuming to perform, which is why RSEI was developed as a risk-screening and priority-setting tool, and it should not be used to make determinations of actual risk.

Dependent on the actual species and whether it's grown indoors or outdoors or in glass houses or outdoors, you know you maybe able to target a date like mothers day for example.

And there'll likely be a four- to six-week interval between the initial filing and an actual hearing. Then the judge has a 30-day window to render a decision. It could be well into the spring.

A real game is 32 minutes, but he calculated it all out to where in actuality you only run for 26 minutes and 24 seconds, hence 26-24, so you sprint that long.

Michael Musto

As a Voice columnist, I can set my own hours, working out of my home, but also stopping by the office every day to interact with actual humans.

As always, there are things to work on, but I am seeing the players incorporating things we work on in practice into the matches, whereas before they would work on it in practice, but never attempt in an actual game. These players are growing with each play and getting stronger and stronger and more confident.

Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior.

Pretty much anybody could walk in off the street and they were in the emergency room. Now there is a barrier between registration and the actual treatment area. We have better control over who and how many family members are in the patient care area.

Preparedness is not just about stockpiling, it's about having an actual plan.

Andy Parker

Practice is important for how we operate, because we're not practicing the actual songs as much as we're practicing the way that we play music. To an extent, we practice being creative.

, pretend-news that every commercial TV station does, in a format configured to reflect the amount of actual content i.e. it'll run 10 minutes, tops.