Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Keane

For many years, I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.

Lynn Coady

Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our natural boorish tendency to disregard the feelings of others.

For making the ice, we made sure we have allowed ourselves enough time so that we are not going to get ourselves jammed into a corner. We are going to be patient to make ice in the best way -- the best way to make a solid layer of ice is you layer it a little bit at a time and you don't rush it. You don't go up there and dump 1,200 gallons and walk away and wait for it to freeze. We do it in small layers with a hose and a fine mist, and hour after hour.

For BMO, this transaction increases value to our shareholders and will allow us to redeploy capital to higher-return businesses and to concentrate our attention on our goal of becoming the leading personal and commercial bank in the U.S. Midwest.

Estelle

For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.

Bill Gates

For far too long, malaria has been a forgotten epidemic, ... a disgrace that the world has allowed malaria deaths to double in the last 20 years.

I'm not going to allow insurance companies to bankrupt the entire Gulf Coast by using the fine print and saying that people should have known that they didn't have coverage for water damage,

I'm not going to allow an insurance company to bankrupt half of the families, businesses here ... by pointing to the fine print that says that they should have known that our hurricane policy doesn't cover storm surge.

Jackie Stewart

I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.

Lara Logan

I'm not even allowed to take a notebook and a pen with me into the court,

Luis Palau

I'm not discouraged. I'm perplexed that the Lord would allow this rain to come and despite all our prayers -- it's still coming, ... I do not doubt the goodness of God. When we get to heaven . . . we'll find out why this happened.

Dan Patrick

I'm not in favor of allowing a foreign contractor to come in a build a toll road using eminent domain.

I'm not just going to say it was one of those games because, obviously, we needed this game. We needed to play well to get ready and get focused for Tuesday. But the worst thing we can do is dwell on this and allow this to weigh us down and take away from the importance of Tuesday's game.

Sheila Lee

I'm extremely disappointed in the decision, ... I thought that the Supreme Court had a historic opportunity to really describe to the American people what a conservative court, non-activist court, if that is what they propose themselves to be, is by allowing the state laws to stand.

Reggie Theus

I'm disappointed, but not angry because I thought our guys played extremely hard. We had our chances, we just did not do the things down the stretch of the game that would allow us to win the game.

I'm disappointed with our effort tonight. I didn't feel that we played hard until midway through the second half. You can't do that and expect to win. This is a 40-minute game. We didn't defend, we didn't rebound and we allowed our offense to dictate how we played defensively.

I'm disappointed. I support my client and I am hopeful that the matter will openly be resolved. It's already on appeal and I'm hoping DCA will reverse the underlying ruling that allowed him to be convicted in the first place.

I'm real excited about the sophomore. He started out a little shaky, but he played tremendous football in the second half. He settled his nerves, stepped back and found the pocket, allowed a route to develop, and made some nice throws. The touchdown pass was textbook.

Azita Ghanizada

I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I wasn't allowed to do plays and things like that. It was considered dangerous. My parents didn't think it was safe for a girl to do that, and they definitely didn't think it was interesting to participate in the arts.

Rainn Wilson

I learned a ton from Joe, ... He'd allow you to do anything you wanted in rehearsal. You could do handstands while doing your lines. He just wants you to explode and explore it. Then he'll guide you and help you focus in like a laser on what the character's journey is.

John Krasinski

I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.

I hope the media will not allow the story of the destruction of the oil rigs to become the lead story where people are only focused on, 'Oh my gosh, the price of gas is going to jump another 10 or 20 cents,'" ()

I hope the Knights beat us to those players, from a Kiwi perspective, but we are going to be putting those processes in place to allow Sydney FC to have options on those players. If the Knights want to do this, it's something they have to develop and work out where they want to go.

I hope those who may be harboring these individuals realize the future of their country is being held at risk by allowing these individuals to remain free,

I hope this will allow them to make a point to use their time efficiently and effectively as possible,

Saeb Erekat

I hope they will succeed in allowing goods to come into Gaza as of tomorrow to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Wen Jiabao

I hope that you continue your efforts to make sure all measures are taken to guarantee that people can have safe and drinkable water, and so that we will not allow any interruption to the water supply again,

Matt Mullenweg

I hope that people have more to say than 140 characters will allow them in their life.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

I insist on my position to allow the participation of these two lawyers to avoid risking a mistrial.

Lindsay Davenport

I made a few errors and allowed her to come back into the match, giving her confidence. She broke me a few times but I still managed to come back, and I feel good about that.

Sarah Waters

I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and reading its books and watching its films. I see it as a real treat.

Jeff Daniels

I love how one man in the press stood up and said, 'Wait a minute, there is something very wrong here,' ... Especially in the last several years, the press has not done that or not been allowed to do that -- take your pick. We don't have McCarthyism today, but history is repeating itself. . . . Money is everything, there is an arrogance of power, people speak up and are demoted. It's a wonderful time for this movie to come out.

I'm sure that state and local officials, given enough time, will come up with a sky-is-falling study saying that if they're not allowed to tax this, they'll lose a trillion dollars a year.