Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard P. Feynman

It always seems odd to me that the fundamental laws of physics, when discovered, can appear in so many different forms that are not apparently identical at first, but, with a little mathematical fiddling, you can show the relationship.

Like anything else in venture capital, you tend to allocate capital to those companies that can yield the highest returns. It would have been a mistake to invest substantially when it was apparent that we would not be receiving great returns.

Tom Fitzgerald

My understanding is they were just having a smoke (in the park), ... Apparently a dispute developed, there was a push, a shove and a shoot.

Winston Churchill

Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Craig Patrick

I was surprised. He came in, he closed the door. ... It became pretty apparent once he started (talking) that he was heading down that path.

Billy Donovan

I believe there are three ligaments around the shoulder area where he got injured. Apparently if you tear more than one, you have to have surgery to get back the stability in the shoulder. He only tore a ligament, so he didn't need surgery and there were no fractures in there.

I believe that this is, frankly, a fairly desperate attempt on his part to distract attention from what apparently is a fairly serious whistle-blower allegation,

Richard Watson

But a careful study of his background and contacts reveal a number of clues to his extremism which the British intelligence apparently missed.

James Cameron

Building upon the world we created with 'Avatar' has been a rare and incredibly rewarding experience. In writing the new films, I've come to realize that 'Avatar's world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated, and it became apparent that two films would not be enough to capture everything I wanted to put on screen.

Based on the two deputies that found them they were OK. They were apparently just going about their own business.

Barriers lifted for traffic to flow and a car hit the still-raised lift span... that apparently ripped the undercarriage out from the car.

Rick Wakeman

My eyes are green, and in one of them there is a splash of brown - apparently it is not a colour, but a freckle! Sometimes I notice that one eyelid droops more than the other.

Jamie Wyeth

My father's like - it's as if he was transparent. He's a man of great mystery, whereas apparently N.C. Wyeth was 6-feet, 2-inches tall, with a booming voice. I think that's reflected in their work.

Maybe a crisis isn't apparent to all of us, but it is to them. Decisions are perhaps unpopular, but they're the sentries to see what's coming before the rest of us.

Maybe a crisis isn't apparent to all of us, but it is to them, ... Decisions are perhaps unpopular, but they're the sentries to see what's coming before the rest of us.

Now we're learning that the disconnect is more apparent than real.

New Hampshire enjoys the view from the top and apparently plans on staying there.

Obviously someone had the key to take out the urn and put in the potato chip can. One would think there would be checks and balances, but there was an apparent systems failure.

Winston Churchill

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Craig Johnson

No doubt, Pier 1 has a substantial brand equity, ... My suspicion is that Buffett sees through the current problems and has confidence in whatever new vision and strategy the company is working on that isn't apparent yet to outsiders.

Given the Fed's apparent comfort with market expectations and press reports to the contrary, we reluctantly have to conclude that a rate hike is now the most likely outcome next week.

Richard Boucher

given the apparent lack of evidence and due process.

Andy Rourke

I had learned classical guitar when I was a kid, and I embraced it, and apparently I got good at it.

I have asked (Killian) to attempt to resolve the apparent conflict in legal opinions at the Institute of Government. And if the disagreement cannot be resolved, if he could give us the basis of their legal conclusions so we could try to sort it out.

J. Maarten Troost

I have been called many things in my life, but if there has been but one constant, one barb, one arrow flung my way time after time, it is the accusation that I am, in essence, nothing more than an escapist. Apparently this is bad, suspect, possibly even un-American.

David Lambert

I feel like it's always a good sign when you find yourself talking for hours about every topic ever. It's best when you just find the person interesting for no apparent reason.

I can't see any particular catalyst for the market going lower because there is the prospect of economic recovery, and improving expectations for economic growth in due course should feed through to improving expectations for earnings and should stop undermining apparently bad valuations.

Mark Valley

I did the voice of Cyclops on 'Shrek the Third'. I don't know how I got that. They said they wanted a Michael Chiklis type, and apparently it came down to me and Michael Chiklis, so how they gave it to me, I don't know.

Mark Thomas

I don't know why all of a sudden the holy grail of security and safety is now closing records. It seems to me we would be more secure if we knew what was going on around us. ... Apparently there are those in government who want to close all these records and say, 'We'll keep you safe, trust us.

Phillip Fulmer

I am concerned about this weather that's apparently coming in, but that's not something we can do anything about today.

I am good at baking. I don't know if that counts as a talent, but I love to bake. Everybody says I'm good at it, so apparently I make the best banana bread.

Dick Cheney

My first thought was, bold words for a man whose office is the subject of an on-going criminal inquiry. But apparently that's not the subject of polite conversation.

One apparently even had a shed built on the property with a driveway to it.