Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marquis de Lafayette

The days of the revolution now give place to the period of regular organization, liberty, and prosperity, which that revolution guarantees. Thus, when everything concurs for the pacification of internal troubles, the threats of the enemies of France must, in the face of the public happiness, appear even to themselves insensate.

Marquis de Lafayette

Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.

Marquis de Lafayette

I am able to say that I was very much liked at the school. I even had quite some ascendancy over my comrades, and as soon as I appeared in the school yard, I was surrounded by young friends, most of them bigger than I, but who were quite willing to give the appearance of disciples; they would have defended me furiously if necessary.

Marco Rubio

Ultimately, your economy has to be measured in the real eyes of real people, not simply in statistics that appear in newspapers about the unemployment rate and so forth.

Tyco would appear to be pursuing the 'path of least resistance. Tyco's Bermuda incorporation could significantly complicate any prospective IPO or divestiture process because of tax implications.

Colin Clarke

We'll know more tomorrow. But it doesn't appear to be anything too serious ... nothing that's going to keep him out four or five weeks.

You do not appear to realise or appreciate how serious these matters are.

We did not see that as we checked on April performance, and our recent checks suggest that the first two weeks in May appear to have been no better than April.

Hunter Tylo

One girl was helped from my appearance on the show, and I swore I would not keep quiet again. When you talk about things that are embarrassing or devastating, obviously you can help people when you do.

Henry Mayhew

In No. 1 of this street the cholera first appeared seventeen years ago, and spread up it with fearful virulence; but this year it appeared at the opposite end, and ran down it with like severity.

Mark Rosenker

We're not shooting from the hip here to hurt somebody because it seems expedient and that maybe it appears to be that way,

We are taking every step necessary to ensure we have an independent, impartial review of the issues at hand. At this time the incident appears to be isolated to one individual examiner, but we want to take every step necessary to make certain that is the case.

We are reducing our March quarter revenue estimate due to growing evidence that PC unit growth did not likely come up to our expectations. PC growth was very sluggish from November through February, and while it reaccelerated in March, it does not appear to have occurred fast enough to offset the weakness earlier in the quarter.

We are optimistic that Microsoft will remedy the supply-demand imbalance in the U.S. in the next two months, as it appears that recent manufacturing capacity will result in greater unit availability later this month.

Steve Johnson

I seem to be seeing a lot more daily traffic. It appears to be a lot more just day in and day out.

OPEC has a history of trying to jawbone the market. It appears OPEC is trying to take a little steam out of the rally and keep prices under control.

People are dressed rather informally. It does appear that there is a better and more constructive and more pragmatic atmosphere to work on these problems than there had been in the past.

Barbara Boxer

People are concerned about fairness and justice at a time of sacrifice. ... Your sacrifice appears to be nothing.

People are breathing a sigh of relief that ... New Orleans appeared to be on the weak side of the storm.

Our interpretation of the results of the survey seem to indicate residents would like the Governance Steering Committee to focus on a long-term solution. There doesn't appear to be an immediate desire to make changes.

Our hypothesis is that smokers who receive counseling will be more likely to quit smoking. We are hoping for a 25 percent to 30 percent success rate, which appears to be low but would be a significant improvement over the current rate.

Our choice of Mickey is so obvious. He has been around so long he has become a part of American history. It just took a while to recognize his value as a national treasure. Mickey was a star at the same time Gloria Swanson reigned, the Telluride Film Festival's very first Silver Medallion recipient. After his crash, we thought his career had ended when he appeared in noir quickies, but he was rediscovered by Francis Ford Coppola and played Henry in 'The Black Stallion.' Mickey went on to win an Emmy for his performance of a mentally impaired man in 'Bill.' He still performs in live shows. No one has seen more of Hollywood than Mickey.

Overseas investors appear to be on hold on concerns about further US interest rate hikes.

Overwhelmingly, businesses are failing to protect themselves by not securing their domain names as trademarks. While the numbers are moving in a positive direction, most businesses on the Internet are at risk that a trademark owner may appear and tell them to 'cease and desist' using that domain name.

That doesn't appear to be the cause in this case but it is still extremely hazardous.

Louis MacNeice

My stepmother appeared when I was about 9. My brother was sent off to an institute in Scotland & my sister & I were sent to school. As my stepmother's ideas were then wholly Quaker, mixed with a naive & charming innocence & a little snobbery, it was one dotty epoch on top of another. I always remained terrified of my father.

Mary Shelley

My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.

My view, as of this moment, is that to dismiss this case would in appearance and in fact improperly 'short circuit' this trial,

Rob Lowe

My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun.

My question is whether we need the legislation because these arrests have taken place under the existing laws and it appears that the current laws are working efficiently,

My mission here is to seek the release of all political prisoners including Abiola, ... That's the direction in which they appeared to be moving when this untimely event intervened.

Many factors weigh into the final decision as to which players appear on the protected list. Economics today are a bigger factor than ever before. The desirability of any player is ruled by the salary he demands and the length of his contract.

Sathya Baba

Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful.