Famous Quotes & Sayings

These numbers tell us that the underlying productivity surge observed in recent years remains alive and well. If productivity could rise by 1.1 percent during a sluggish growth environment, imagine what can happen once the U.S. reverts back towards trend economic growth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike

Grace Gealey

Once I started to get aligned with the God in me, something hit me hard: I learned that our worth, our validation, our purpose and our acceptance don't stem from what we should do. They don't stem from what we have. They don't stem from what we've done or who we were. They stem simply from the fact that we are.

Mara Wilson

Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane, and at any given time there are at least three former ones having very public breakdowns.

The new economy is very, very much alive and well. This is that healthy shakeout of Internet companies that many of us have been talking about for months. Now it's time to sift through the rubble and see what's left standing -- and what will grow in its place.

The NBA was very fortunate to have three stars like that back to back. That wasn't planned, it was an alignment of the planets.

Ernie Els

As a 15-year-old, you think a 46-year-old is too old to win. It kind of was like watching an old boxer like Muhammad Ali fighting Larry Holmes and you hope he's going to beat the guy, but you think he's going to get the (stuffing) beat out of him. You're thinking, 'I hope he wins, but I don't think he's going to do it.' And then he came out with the goods. It was unbelievable.

I tried to make a film that was not a lot of empty (garbage). To me, the film is about the relationship between the boy and a black guy - he comes to see him for what he really is. That's the most rewarding part of the film. Most of the credit goes to Eamonn Walker, who is one of the greatest actors alive today.

It's not like we've not had opportunities in the first 53 games either. We're a good team. If we're ready to play, if our energy level's high, if the stars align just right, we're good.

Philip Pullman

It's not like watching TV; it's not even like watching a film in a cinema. Everyone in that big space is alive and everyone is focussed on one central activity.

Rainer Maria Rilke

For it is not simply because of mere sluggishness alone that human relationships repeat themselves from case to case in such unspeakable monotonous and unrefreshed ways; there is also a certain shyness for unforseeable experiences generally because one doesn't feel up for them. But only for the one that is on the lookout for everything, who excludes nothing, not even the most enigmatic, will the relationship to another become something alive and to speak to the whole potential of one's existence.

For many African-Americans, it's confirmation of what many people have felt for a long time that their second-class status is alive and well today.

Thomas Frank

For decades Republicans have made policy with a higher purpose in mind: to solidify the GOP base or to damage the institutions and movements aligned with the other side.

Alberta Hunter

I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.

Tom Daschle

I'm disappointed really that the House is going off on all of its tangents once again, ... The capital gains cut apparently is alive and well over there and an array of other things that are just handouts to those who probably don't need it.

Tom Daschle

I'm disappointed, really, that the House is going off on all of its tangents once again, ... The capital gains cut, apparently, is alive and well over there, and an array of other things that are just handouts to those who probably don't need it.

Aileen Wuornos

I killed those men, robbed them as cold as ice. And I'd do it again, too, ... There's no chance in keeping me alive or anything, because I'd kill again. I have hate crawling through my system.

I just want to be healthy. I don't want to go in there and be selfish just to keep my streak alive if I'm not able to play to my potential.

Jim Tressel

I learned a long time ago - I've been around football longer than some of you have been alive - and there's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to look at the facts,

I learned that it's hard to work in the Army. My dad wanted me to tell him that he's a big hero to my dad, because he helps us stay alive and stuff, so we can play and stuff. He fights all of the other countries that are bad.

I never actually doubted that Jeff is alive and I never doubted that Jill Carroll will be released and I am celebrating her release. I'm very happy for her.

I'm sure every option is still alive at this point.

I'm thrilled that we have the opportunity to align ourselves with a talented rookie such as A.J..

Scott Ritter

In fact, the very policies that we are executing today only alienate us abroad, strengthen Saddam Hussein and give him cause to reconstitute these capabilities once he has the means,

Jordan Spieth

In greenside bunkers, the big thing is to adapt your stance to the shot. It's rare that you get a flat lie in the sand, so I make sure to align my body to the slope. Then I blast the ball out by splashing the sand underneath it.

Abraham Lincoln

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.

That's the best last day we've ever had in Auburn swimming. They just came alive this morning.

Jerry Sloan

That keeps us alive. Otherwise, we're probably dead. It's pretty simple. It's just like anybody. We'd like to stay alive a little longer.

That made it very difficult for the rescuers but it also made it very bad for anyone who got out of that helicopter alive and stepped onto the minefield.

It's like Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson or Ali versus Frazier. To be the best, you've got to beat the best on a regular basis, and we've faced those guys in a lot of big games. It brings out the best in both of us.

Robert Fitzgerald

It's still hard to believe. One minute it's Rebecca, and the next it's Rebecca who's not alive any more.

G. H. Hardy

It's showing the world that we're alive and almost well.

Peter Martin

Everybody's scattered to the wind. It is kind of a crazy time. So we can come together a couple times for concerts. It is great getting to see everybody again. You kind of realize the spirit of the city is not devastated like it may look physically. It is alive in the music, musicians and the people.