Famous Quotes & Sayings

Don Kardong

Running at night used to frighten me. Part of it was simply safety, the question of whether level ground would truly appear under each tentative footstep, and whether the temporary but complete blindness suffered while running toward headlights was, in fact, concealing death.

Elizabeth Jagger

On bad days, I like to wear something colourful so I strike attention. That's how I appear confident to others - and how I get confident.

Frans Lanting

The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.

Barton Gellman

Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?

Marilyn Monroe

I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing 'Happy Birthday,' like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!'

We call him the pencil-neck geek type of person but I think so many of us relate to him because he's maybe insecure but he tries to overcome it by appearing more macho than he really is, more brilliant and more intelligent, a tough guy but deep down he is insecure. Plus I think he's just the nice guy a lot of people just like to associate themselves with.

When Quest was introduced, it redefined the segment with its emphasis on combining car-like performance, innovative style, sporty appearance and exceptional practicality and versatility. The enhancements for 2007, which represent one of the largest mid-cycle investments in Nissan history, make the Quest more flexible and accommodating than ever -- keeping pace with the evolving needs and desires of minivan users.

Greg Collins

While subscriber growth remains strong, especially in developing regions, the revenue opportunity for the infrastructure vendors appears to be more muted as the market moves from coverage driven investments to more incremental capacity spending. We forecast that increases in WCDMA revenues will more than slightly offset declines in GSM-based infrastructure. The CDMA market has matured such that it is prone to the ups and downs of upgrade cycles, but should see modest growth through the scope of our forecast.

While partly the result of a rebound from hurricane disruptions, the rise in Texas' leading indicators appears to be signaling a sustainable pickup in economic activity.

With a fixed mindset, you believe you are who you are and you cannot change. This creates problems when you're challenged because anything that appears to be more than you can handle is bound to make you feel hopeless and overwhelmed.

What appears on the page comes out of your experience, and no-one is going to see it in quite the same way - so, that being so, you're already doing something in a thoroughly individual and idiosyncratic way anyway.

Social Security Number Cards by themselves were never intended to be personal identity documents because they cannot confirm that a person presenting a card is actually the person whose name appears on the card.

Stanley Hauerwas

Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church, the care of the poor cannot be separated from the worship of God.

Alan Greenspan

Firms still appear hesitant to spend and hire, and we need to remain mindful of the possibility that lingering business caution could be an impediment to improved economic performance,

Firms are much more careful about appearing to be assisting the client. They don't want to appear unseemly. They want to proceed as if all were all were out in the public domain.

Financial assets clawed back some of their recent losses as President Arroyo appeared to have weathered the latest storm.

Expectations of an upbeat land price survey, due on Thursday, continued to support the market, while many appear to be relieved now that interest rates here won't spike up in the foreseeable future.

Exports are strong and even consumption is beginning to bounce back. Companies appear to be willing to start hiring again.

Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large.

Fanaticism appears where a genius surrounds himself with a whole bunch of idiots.

J. Taylor

Family ties appear to be as strong as ever.

Both sides have recognized there will be negotiations in the future, but both sides appear to be taking their chances with the judge.

Peter Milligan

Over at Marvel, I have a five-part series coming out very soon. The books or chapters will appear weekly. It's called '5 Ronin' and features some iconic Marvel heroes as you've never seen them.

As the word 'tolerance' grows in popularity, tolerance for pure, unadulterated Christian doctrine appears to be shrinking.

Jane Birkin

Jacques Doillon wanted me to be in his film, 'La Fille Prodigue,' and there I was, expecting, for some reason, this great bearded man, when a splendid looking red-Indian style man appeared at my door. I said no to his film because I knew that if I said yes, I would run off with him.

Chuck Palahniuk

In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That meant that I had to appear in public to promote a comedy about a son trying to save his dying mother - the plot of Choke - while privately I was caring for my own dying mother. It was torture.

Aristotle

A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so.

The governor is not part of the litigation, ... He had no official role in approval of the initiative. And it appeared the only reason for writing the letter was to influence the court.

The government has made clear it's going to do everything it can to go after terrorism, but here you have a case where it appears that hubris might have intoxicated the prosecutor, and he might have taken one step over the line.

The good news is that HIV in young adults appears to be declining in south ? most likely or perhaps only due to males using sex workers less or using condoms more often when they do.

Alan Greenspan

The good news is that evidence is becoming more persuasive that our electronic infrastructure will be ready for the Century Date Change, ... The public's understanding of the degree of our Y2K readiness also has grown, and fears of widespread disruptions around the CDC appear to be waning, though we are not as yet home free.

Pico Iyer

Like teenagers, we appear to have gone from knowing nothing about the world to knowing too much all but overnight.

Rick Wakeman

There must be something wrong with the mirrors in our house because every single one I gaze into makes me appear somewhat overweight.