Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has not superfluous parts; which exactly answers its ends.

Daisy Donovan

Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.

Condoleezza Rice

First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: "How did you become who you are?" Well, you had to know John and Angelena Rice.

Corey Brewer

We had 73 and they had 57. I guess that answers a few questions, doesn't it?

We got him on the stand, we got some answers out of him.

Doc Hastings

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.

Clyde Edgerton

A parentologist is a person who writes a book about parenting that is very clear about answers to, 'How am I supposed to raise my child?' Some of these well-intentioned people may be a bit too sure-footed on the sometimes slippery slope of parenting.

We offer parents and coaches a night to come and ask questions. And we try to give the answers and show the coaches some drills to make it more exciting for the kids. It doesn't have to be boring, it can be fun and the kids can still learn at the same time.

When real businesses choose to use open source, they can't be dependent on sending an e-mail to some distribution list and hoping some smart kid in Finland answers it. They need to know they can phone one organization that's going to be accountable and take them through the whole process.

Richard Ben-Veniste

But as I said to Dr. Rice following her testimony, and I think she appreciated it, we had our job to do and we did it best we could, trying to get answers to the important questions that the 9/11 Commission must answer.

Philip Pullman

Fighting isn't the right response to bullying-for adults. Adults have to find out what makes the bully the way he is and look for reasons and answers and understanding. That's an adult's responsibility.

Experienced trial attorneys tend to rely on instinct when picking a jury. You get an idea of the kind of people that you are looking for and pay careful attention to their answers and body language.

But not all the answers we expected from them.

Peter Abrahams

Marxism, communism, socialism - the ideologies - did not have the automatic answers to the problem of the relations between the lighter and darker races of mankind. They did not even have an answer to anti-Semitism.

God is being taken out of schools; children are not being raised in church learning the word; many parents are living lives unto themselves, exalting substance rather than Jesus Christ, and those looking for answers are going to church and finding the word is not being preached. There are consequences to these decisions.

Barack Obama

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

The governor is looking for real answers that would have a real impact for consumers. No one seems to know how gas prices work.

We'll only know the answers if he continues to be given the opportunities to play at the next level.

Three people were at work on a construction site. All were doing the same job, but when each was asked what the job was, the answers varied. ''Breaking rocks,'' the first replied. ''Earning my living,'' the second said. ''Helping to build a cathedral,'' said the third.

Jerrold Nadler

Today's events only confirm that we need to know answers to the larger question: Did this administration deliberately lie to Congress in order to obtain its authorization to go to war?

I was on a quest to try and find answers and bring some dignity to this individual who didn't exist other than in stories for 57 years. After 57 years, it was the least we could do.

I was approached in the last two weeks to make myself available. I'm not saying I've got all the answers and if I'm elected, I will have a humble approach.

My comparison would be, if a team like team Virginia had to play without Sean Singletary and J.R. Reynolds, what would their answers be? That's where we sat tonight going into this game.

John Bingham

When the city asks a question, we need prompt answers from NDEQ,

We had no answers for Horan, Sheets and Graves.

James Gleick

We have a habit of turning to scientists when we want factual answers and artists when we want entertainment, but where are the facts about the nature of the self? Neurologists peering at PET scans and fMRIs know they aren't seeing the soul in there.

You are left grappling for answers and trying to figure it out. What was she thinking?

We've got stagnant general funds and obligations. We've got looming deficits on the riverfront but there are no clear answers there.

We've got some answers with some guys who have played this position before. We have confidence in those other guys that have played when that time does come up.

We have built new cars and improved on the performance of our engines, and we still seem to be lacking somewhere, ... We need answers on how to get better so we decided to put someone else in the car to get feedback from his perspective and go from there.

We played good enough defense to win the game. Our trouble came on the offensive end. Our goal right now is to find the answers to our questions on offense.

We don't have a link, we don't have a connection, and we have really more questions than we have answers as to what sparked this violence.

We get all kinds of personal answers that explain why they can't be fair.