Famous Quotes & Sayings

Friedrich Nietzsche

Why couldn't the world that concerns us- be a fiction? And if somebody asked, 'but to be a fiction there surely belongs an author?'- couldn't one answer simply: 'Why? Doesn't this "belongs" perhaps belong to the fiction, too?'

Gertrude Stein

I just tell you and though I dont sound like it I've got plenty of sense, there aint any answer, there aint going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that's the answer.

I cannot answer to those problems but we are going to set up a commission to investigate the problem.

I can not answer and say that we will not have marketing materials that will be exposed to people under 17, that would be impossible for me to say.

I call out to him, 'Fester, my love,' and he answers me.

I came off the field and told Timmy (Rattay), 'Did I just play special teams right now?' ... Guys were yelling at me, 'Cody, what are you doing?' I just pretended like I didn't hear them, because I didn't have an answer for them.

Phil Garner

I'd love to have an answer today that he would come back. In the event that that's not going to happen, this is the best possible scenario, to move forward.

I don't need one. I'll type and answer my own calls. I'll do whatever it takes.

Ruth Rendell

I don't mind being distracted. I don't want to sit there in utter silence and type. If the phone rings, I usually answer it, speak for a few minutes and return to writing, or go for a walk in and out of the rooms. I don't mind a break.

Drew Stanton

I don't like answering the phones too much. I'm still getting used to that over in the office. So that's probably the hardest thing for me right now.

John Shimkus

I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God. And I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood. Now, do I believe in climate change? In my trip to Greenland, the answer is yes. The climate is changing.

Baron Davis

Caron came out with great energy and he was unstoppable tonight. We couldn't stop him down low. We didn't have an answer for him.

Bud Selig

I believe if we had done it earlier, there would be no question about that. But I don't know the answer today.

Arlen Specter

I believe he went somewhat beyond the usual practice of answering just as many questions as he had to in order to be confirmed.

I began to blame the philosophers for rattling away when experience was lacking, and holding their tongues when they ought to have been answering with facts. In this respect they all seemed like watered-down theologians.

I believe in games like this, officials ought to come in and answer questions. Let them explain what they saw.

Honore de Balzac

Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.

Mitch Daniels

He can answer questions and point out how very much better the toll road will be in their hands, and how people's legitimate questions do have good answers.

Heading into camp, I know there were a of questions. But I think we answered a lot of them. I think guys are a lot more optimistic based on how things have gone so far, what we've seen. I think we're starting to gel.

John Schuerholz

He really answered the call. The job was up for grabs, with a lot of competition, and he just rose up and took it.

Francis Schaeffer

Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer.

Homer

I want answers now or I want them eventually!

Cherie Blair

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that's different; that is my - they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.

If I can find something with a pulse willing to share my bed, why would I narrow the field of options by discriminating on the basis of gender, species or degree of relative consciousness? So, the answer to your question is, "yes", I let my dog on the bed.

James Blake

If I couldn't play tennis again, am I still going to be happy going back to school, maybe going to business school, doing whatever else I could do? ... Would I be able to be happy if my eye never came back to normal and I couldn't really be athletic at all the rest of my life? Could I find a way to still be happy? All those I tried to answer yes.

James Atlas

If I could answer a critic, people like James Shapiro in the New York Times say that I extrapolate the life too directly and explicitly from the work,

If I could say to him, 'No, you cannot drink,' and know he wouldn't, that would be a wonderful situation. And it would be the answer to everything. But that's just not realistic. These kids do drink.

If he catches that ball, we probably win 3-0. Paul knows he should have caught that ball. I just asked him if he was mentally prepared to come up and hit the next inning - and there was only one answer to that.

If he has a question, I'll answer it. But ... he's trying to take my job. I'm not going to be mean to the kid, but I'm not going to tell him my secrets, either.

Charles Schumer

If he (Roberts) refuses to answer questions on decided cases, ... I'm going to need a lot more time to try to get to the bottom of who he is.

I felt they wouldn't have answers for us inside. Once (McGivney and Ervin) got in foul trouble we had to slow it down a bit.

If he can answer questions about being a flip-flopper, show that he will be strong fighting terrorism, show he has a plan and will stick to it -- more than any sound-bite or witticism, that could make a difference in this election,

I felt the door was open for us to win. We answered back with pretty much the same mistakes we've been making all year long.