Famous Quotes & Sayings

She was willing to forgo eating to allow extra room for the babies to grow.

She spoke on various sides of the issue, ... She spoke about how deeply she cared for the child, how much she did not want there to be a forcible transfer, but she also spoke about how she would never part with him, about how the family would never allow the transfer to take place under the conditions that were required. There were many contradictory statements.

She showed a lot of character and fortitude playing through those ankle injuries, which allowed us to get to that championship game.

Viktor Yanukovych

We won't allow our elderly to be demeaned. We won't allow anyone else to build our future for our own children. Together, we will win!

Leni Riefenstahl

I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

Kevin Mitnick

Use a personal firewall. Configure it to prevent other computers, networks and sites from connecting to you, and specify which programs are allowed to connect to the net automatically.

We're shocked that there's so much funding from unexpected revenue sources and at this point the government is allowing tuition fees to be increase and the college strike to persist.

We're seeking damages for the wrongful exclusion of the benefits plan; we're seeking an injunction that requires them to start classifying people properly and allowing employees to participate in the employee stock-purchase plans. In our view, they can't continue to operate the way they're operating.

We're looking at the possibility of building a new building next door that would allow PMI to cater the theater as well as other events downtown.

Richard Carmona

The fact is that a bill allowing any employer to deny insurance coverage based on a moral objection - along with giving an employer permission to ask for medical records showing why a woman is taking birth control - opens up a set of problems that I'm sure its sponsors have not fully considered.

Understand 'Minecraft,' and you'll begin to understand the power of games. Like any good story, this one begins with a man and a dream. Markus 'Notch' Persson first started on the project to create a three-dimensional world vast in scope, with elements that allowed you to customize your character into the way you want them.

Robert Reich

As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big.

Richard P. Feynman

We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing. Of course, if we watch long enough, we may eventually catch on to a few of the rules. The rules of the game are what we mean by fundamental physics.

Robert Osborne

There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight.

Malorie Blackman

Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.

Like any outdoor event, we're a bit weather-sensitive. We have stayed open mostly rain or shine, unless there's been a dramatic condition that doesn't allow for it.

Let's assume steroids are very bad to take, but I have no doubt that they are not worse than cigarettes, ... I would never say that to the clubs as an individual who represents the interests of players, 'Gee, I guess by not allowing baseball to suspend and fine players for smoking cigarettes, I am not protecting their health.'

Robert Mugabe

Let those long distance philanthropists who want to romanticize shacks ... tell us why they don't allow them in their own land,

Gale Gordon

Lucille would never allow anyone to double for her. If she had to learn how to ice skate, she'd ice skate. If she had to go down a staircase on skis then that's what she'd do. She wouldn't allow a double to do it because the cameras were very close. She thought it would be ridiculous to use a double.

Maintaining the current efficient production rate of 15 per year will allow Boeing ( BA ) to continue these same economics.

Bill Nelson

make sure the administration comes forth with specific goals and benchmarks and timetables as to what can be expected in the way of progress of allowing the Iraqi army to be able to provide their own security.

Making the right purchasing decision involves factoring in a mix of cost and quality measures--but there are no standardized data sets on network costs that allow us to make apples-to-apples comparisons. These new HEDIS measures are a strong step in the right direction.

Magellan continued to generate robust cash flows through the quarter, allowing us to extend our string of quarterly distribution increases to 20 since our initial public offering in early 2001. We remain committed to our stated goal of 8% to 10% distribution growth during 2006.

Let us pray to God that each one, listening to his own conscience, has the courage to perform responsible and concrete gestures which will allow all to walk the road of peace together, avoiding anything that could lead back to hatred and violence,

Let's say she were to do well enough in women's events she's going to be playing this winter and spring that if she were a member, her earnings would be such that she would be exempt. I think you'd be hard-pressed to explain why you wouldn't allow her to play.

We are on the map as part of the nationwide effort to call attention to things going on in the country, and to allow students to express their thoughts in an interesting way.

Kofi Annan

We are only two months into the agreement, and what we are looking for it long-term cooperation -- cooperation that will allow inspectors to do their work in an unrestricted manner.

Ameen Rihani

To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood.

Helena Norberg-Hodge

One of the best ways of reducing both CO2 emissions and poverty in the South would be to strengthen the existing, decentralised demographic pattern by keeping villages and small towns alive. This would allow communities to maintain social cohesion and a closer contact with the land.

Hugh Dancy

When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there.

Herta Muller

The more words we are allowed to take, the freer we become. If our mouth is banned, then we attempt to assert ourselves through gestures, even objects. They are more difficult to interpret, and take time before they arouse suspicion.

Yara Shahidi

Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I really enjoy, and that's kind of inspired me. I've always been intrigued in or interested in the topics I've been covering.

Yul Vazquez

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles.