Famous Quotes & Sayings

As you know, they have had their differences in the past eight months. During this time, Pol Pot has lost almost everything, including his dignity, his former control of the military and the people.

As you come off I-76, he almost ran me into the wall. We were coming off the highway and he came up behind me and I almost had to go into the wall.

As you become global, you need to simplify things as much as possible, because you're getting spread out, literally, from a core where you have really dedicated knowledge among a small number of people. In almost every facet of our manufacturing process, this kind of revolutionary thinking is going on.

As written, almost any circumstance could justify suspension of First Amendment rights.

As much as animals like elephants are currently under threat in Central Africa, whales, manatees and turtles, to name a few, are probably in far more dire peril -- and almost nobody knows,

Fernando Alonso

As Michael said, it was difficult to overtake, almost impossible unless you make a mistake. I waited for an opportunity, it didn't come but I am happy ? it is still eight points is better for me.

All politics is local' -- even in national Presidential elections. Just like what happened in 2000, we expect almost all of the national campaign spending to be done locally.

About 4 percent of total energy used in the United States is lost through windows. Heated windows almost completely stop the loss. It costs to heat window panes, but an overall energy bill could be reduced because you're able to lower the thermostat.

Absolutely, he's lucky. You almost want to take him to Vegas and gamble with him.

A board of directors that cannot produce reliable audited financial statements for almost seven years simply should not remain in office.

About two weeks ago, me and my kids almost got hit in the exact spot.

Andy Gibb

The most embarrassing thing for me was the day Bob Hope called me up and I was spaced out on cocaine. I was supposed to do his TV special, and I didn't turn up. Consequently, I was blacklisted by NBC for a long time. I damaged my career, and almost ruined my whole life.

The Morgan Stanley bid being a dime higher I thought was almost laughable.

Michel Hazanavicius

Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great

I guess it's great that we have confidence in our No. 1 (pitcher). But we almost have so much confidence that we wait until the seventh inning or (later) to win.

Jodi Kantor

I guess there were things about the Obamas I discovered that I do think are universal to marriage. I found it very interesting in my reporting that their most difficult periods in the White House almost never seemed to coincide. When one was down, the other one was holding it together. In my experience, that's true of marriage generally.

I had a hole in the bottom of my foot, and I just kept working and walking on the sand every day, and yeah I got a bad infection, almost died, lost my leg and stuff, like the guy in the hospital now.

Margaret Geller

I had a great deal of confidence when I graduated from Berkeley. I had almost none when I was at Princeton. After a while, when people tell you you can't do something because you're a woman, you begin to believe maybe they're right.

If the metal itself were to double from here, because there's really no supplies in gold stocks, the gold stocks could actually make the technology or Internet stocks of yesterday look like they were standing still So, I think the real issue was the opportunity costs of owning gold in the past, ... That has come away or it's been almost eliminated because the interest rates are so low. So I think every portfolio should have some exposure, not to go crazy, maybe five or six percent, but I think it has a play and I think it still has a lot of legs left.

If the life is 12,000 hours, and we replace it at 7,000 hours, we save a lot of money by avoiding expensive repairs, but we lose almost 5,000 hours of life. With this technology, we will monitor the circuits better and use data processing technology to dip into the deep information. If we can find the point in the life of a component that is close to failure, but not yet failed, we could reduce the cost of repair even more.

Tony Abbott

If there is a pandemic, international travel will almost cease I suspect for a significant period of time,

James Roosevelt

It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security tax has been very successful over the years in raising almost all of our elderly citizens out of poverty.

Dave Brubeck

It has taken me almost 60 years finally to compose something I wanted to write when I was a young soldier in Europe.

Bob Wise

It helps over time to lift our national standard ... but AP doesn't reach all students. Indeed, the challenge of high schools is, first of all, reducing a dropout rate that, nationally, is almost one-third.

It has generated a ton of publicity, and that almost surely has a consequence of increasing awareness - and awareness is still the biggest barrier to use.

I think our kids almost like that. They almost thrive off of it.

Kenneth Koch

I think my poetry was very influenced-it seems almost dumb to say it-but it was very influenced by Shakespeare. Very early on I read his plays... and, I don't know, I started speaking in blank verse at a rather early age.

I think my pitcher Alyson pitched an almost Jamie Moyer-like game. She changed speeds and was hitting her spots. She had an outstanding game.

Graeme Smith

I think now we are 1-0 down, it's almost like the pressure's off and we can just go and relax and play.

I think now there is an opportunity to win. Each time we let it go, it's almost like you can taste it. We held the No. 1 team in our conference (Occidental) within 14 points.

I just hope I can follow what I did last year. It's going to be hard. One of the hardest things to do is go out there and win golf tournaments, and as many as I won toward the end of last year, it's going to be almost impossible. But I'm going to give it a shot.

Barbara Bush

I just don't like having an almost 60-year-old white-haired son.

Jack Rio

I just don't know what to make of the comments he's always making about Jacksonville. He either has a buddy here he's talking to through code or something. I'm not sure I get it. He's been a successful coach for a long time. I would think it would be out of character for a guy who has been a successful coach for as long as he has. It almost sounds desperate.