Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ted Cruz

How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.

Wynter Gordon

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song. I think anyone who listens to it will gather a different meaning, but each answer is true. I also like the sound of it, period - there are a lot of classical influences.

Atul Gawande

The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.

Aaron Copland

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Abdolkarim Soroush

Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.

Aaron Patzer

I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.

Aaron Swartz

Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit.

Alison Gopnik

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

Tim Hudson

I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I grew up watching those guys and often wondered early on in my career if I would ever have the chance to play for the Atlanta Braves, and there it was. God kind of answered my prayers.

We were able to sit down and explain the proposal in detail and answer and ask questions.

Charlie Whitehurst

We were able to kind of methodically take it down the field and answer their first touchdown. It got us back in the game and we were able to roll after that.

We demographers are hardly a wild and crazy lot. Most of what we'll be doing is answering questions about what this means.

We don't leave the district without a crew. Cedar County does, but we don't. We won't take a transfer unless there is a crew ready to answer the call if someone needs an ambulance here in Vernon County. These are the people we serve and we won't leave them without protection.

Herman Edwards

We don't know where he's at, ... He's been a work force, he's been a guy that's always answered the bell. We'll see where he's at.

Brian Jones

We don't know the answer to that question. That's one of the things investigators are looking into, but it would be unwise for us to speculate on that at this time.

We don't know the answer to that question. Based on what city officials are saying, the future doesn't look too bright for being able to play games in New Orleans. But we just don't know right now.

We don't know the answers for sure. There's still some uncertainty because we don't have perfect data.

Aaron Allston

The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap

A. R. Ammons

If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'

Simon Hoggart

A married vicar is likely to regard his vocation as a job - a tough and ill-paid one, to be sure - but a priest is seen as a pillar of the community, answerable only to his parishioners and his God, rather than to a wife and children.

The database management companies have a tremendous asset in that they are hosting the customer data, which answer a lot of the questions of where and how to advertise. I think that's why this industry is growing as quickly as it is.

David Jones

The decision to proceed with the charges was made solely by the SFO. We have undertaken a detailed and comprehensive investigation and believe that the defendants should answer the charges.

The decision brings us one step closer to the day when Pinochet will have to answer to his victims,

Robert Bailey

The defendant, Frank Melton, repeatedly lied in his answer to the complaint, his responses to interrogatories and his responses for admissions. He did so personally, by and through his attorneys on several occasions,

Hashim Thaci

The definite answer will be given in Paris. We are going to Paris with the best intentions to make this work.

Agatha Christie

There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

Wilhelm Ostwald

Whether that coherence obtains universally is a question that need not be answered here since only those parts where the coherence has actually been found become part of Science.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Dallas Willard

Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is.

Ann Rinaldi

The people who founded America, who fought for its freedom, did not look to anyone else to get them out of their troubles. They took matters into their own hands and answered only to God and their peers. In today's world, sacrifice and hardship are not in the everyday language, and instant gratification is foremost.

There are no sure answers for ice being safe. The general standards for safe ice are a good rule of thumb, but with variables in weather and water, ice fishermen need to always be cautious.

Tamora Pierce

Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, don't answer me.