Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Carroll

He's a great writer, but he's also the first writer-celebrity. His story as an expatriate and as an adventurer competes with his work.

Jules Verne

He rose at thirteen minutes to one, and directed his steps towards the large hall, a sumptuous apartment adorned with lavishly-framed paintings. A flunkey handed him an uncut Times, which he proceeded to cut with a skill which betrayed familiarity with this delicate operation.

Her No. 1 goal was to keep her card, and now she's more experienced to take advantage of what she learned, what courses she likes. She said she couldn't wait for the offseason to work hard and get better. She really does want to step up to the plate, and that's a fairly mature stance to take. I'm glad to hear she's not satisfied.

Jonathan Katz

Her (Newman's) inspired advocacy has helped leaders in North Carolina and throughout the country better understand how the arts improve the lives and communities of all Americans. Arts advocates nationwide look to Tog as a model for service, civility, engagement and leadership.

Here, we'd like to advise the United States to think over its own human rights issues, correct its erroneous double standards on the human rights issue and stop using human rights as an excuse to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.

Charles Schumer

Here, unfortunately, the memo itself creates the perception of bias and it will be crucial for this nominee to address the issue head on,

Here the NHL is trying to portray itself as family entertainment, ... and this ad doesn't support that very well.

Ted Kennedy

Here's what President Bush said in his State of the Union address two months ago: 'This economy is strong and growing stronger. Productivity is high and jobs are on the rise.' Last month he said it again,

Going into playing the top three teams, we need to really make sure we put our best foot forward and take advantage of the strengths we have as a team. We are going to face a lot more athleticism in Hartford and then again in the rivalry with Boston University.

Going into most every game we play, that will be one of our primary advantages. We've just got to really make an effort to use that advantage to the best that we can.

Going into Intel's third-quarter earnings report, we are becoming more cautious about how Intel is going to address some lingering issues.

Going from Middle Eastern oil to coal and nukes to solve our addiction is like going from one hard-core drug to another.

C. Thomas Howell

Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a no man's land for a while, trying to figure out who I was as a person, and going from a young actor to an adult actor.

Going forward, we expect the economy to show positive year-on-year and seasonally adjusted rates in the quarters ahead, but the 1.8 percent Central Bank estimate appears to have more downside than upside risk at the moment.

John Novak

Going forward, we assume Algoma will continue to be opportunistic in making additional share buybacks and special distributions.

Jan Hatzius

Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings rate is low, and debt growth has accelerated. That means that consumer spending growth is going to be slow. In the next 12 months, the economy is going to do well, but it will be a temporary acceleration rather than the beginning of a normal recovery.

James Moore

Gold may fall as low as $462, as investors will take advantage of the recent rally to take profits.

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity

Goldberg called around to friends she has, including one in Chicago who works at the same firm Ken Starr does. This person recommended Goldberg to call Jackie Bennett at the OIC. Goldberg advised that the OIC knew who this person is, and that this person is very nervous at this time.

Go in and physically meet your financial source of advice.

Good advice"" is often a doubtful remedy, but generally not dangerous because it has so littleeffect......

Gomes advised that he thought he extinguished the fire.

Golf is such a short season so if we can get some extra practice in, it can only give us an advantage over some of the competition.

God supplies us with the opportunity, but He cannot take advantage of it for us.

Good hitters don't tweak too much and they adjust very well. They try to recapture a feeling. With Jason and his makeup, (a slump) isn't going to last long. Good hitters can figure things out quickly, and he's a good hitter.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

Tom Glavine

Good, for a lack of a better word. He has adapted to what I am trying to do, of where I want to throw and when to use my breaking ball.

Ben Howland

Good, because we'd like to have a tournament with all Pac-10 teams advancing far into the tournament.

Going to the Acolyte Festival was another way for us to participate in the global Episcopal community. We got to share the adventure with other churches in our diocese, but it also gave us the opportunity to be part of something much bigger and to enrich our young acolytes with the Episcopal culture from other American states.

Going to Chicago was a good experience for me, ... I was advised that one year back in school, to develop my body and touch-up skills, will put me in a better position next year to hopefully get into the first round.

Sidney Crosby

Going through this is a lot of adversity -- let's be honest, there is a little bit of pressure because we haven't been winning -- and if we can get through this, we'll be better for it, ... It's not an ideal situation but now we realize it's tough to win and we have to be ready every night. We have to dig deep and play determined and play desperate.

Going in we wanted to solidify each position on our team. We feel like we have done that with these guys. We added athletic ability, talent and size - areas we needed to address. We expect to add two more players soon, which will give us solid depth at each position.

Joe Sacco

For me, one advantage of comic journalism is that I can depict the past, which is hard to do if you're a photographer or filmmaker.