Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ezra Pound

There once was a brainy baboon who always breathed down a bassoon for he said, ''It appears that in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.''

There may be vehicles out there that have been struck and we don't know about it, because there was definitely a lot of time that he wasn't accounted before. And when officers did see him, it appeared that he was intentionally running into these vehicles.

Howard Dean

You wouldn't want anything embarrassing appearing in the papers at a critical time in any future endeavor,

Mike Williams

You saw the polarization of the community last night. It's racial polarization, clearly. It appears to the minority community that my call to the board (for Thompson to leave) is one more piece of evidence that we have racial problems.

Amanda Bennett

You run it because there's a news reason to run it. The controversy does not appear to have died down. It's still a news issue.

You remind me of lawyers who appear in my courtroom,

You really didn't want to be on that date because you don't want it to appear that we were trying to exploit it,

Charles Dickens

You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer. Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.

Donald Rumsfeld

You may see things that appear to be coordinated in a particular area that are not coordinated throughout the entire country.

You never want to draw a firm conclusion from a few weeks, but NBC's chances of regaining the lead appear to be limited,

You quote an isolated sentence from my lecture, and appear to have some difficulty in understanding it. I should have thought that only a sub-human intelligence could have failed to grasp the point, but if it really needs amplification I shall consent to see you at the hour named . . .

Chuck Grassley

You ought to give her an opportunity to appear before the committee.

This is a significant departure from previous precedent, and appears to contradict the language and spirit of the statute.

This is a significant corridor for commuter and freight traffic. We're certain there will be a need for enhanced transit there over the next five years. We need to be assured strategies are in place to meet the growing need as it appears less and less likely there will be a monorail serving this corridor.

This is a shameful exercise by two groups who it appears have bargained successfully in fat times; but in hard times, the talk turns to nuclear options .... You need to begin today, tonight ... you need to get down to this privately now.

Scott Baker

This is an intensely personal decision, not in any way, shape or form because of what others have said, ... One thing he wanted to avoid was that this appeared to be in response to pressure from some liberal interest group.

This is good news for women who enjoy drinking coffee. Quite contrary to popular belief, it appears to not increase the risk of high blood pressure.

Barney Frank

This is a timetable for making sure nothing gets resolved before the elections. I don't understand what's going to take many, many more months other than the need for the Republicans to resolve their political dilemma, which is how do you satisfy your own people who want an impeachment with the general public who appears to be less so.

This is the first time (suburban violence) has lasted so long and the government appears taken aback at the magnitude.

This is not a new phenomenon, in Ohio, and in fact in most of the Midwest, there has been a decline in manufacturing jobs for 25 years. But the recent recession exacerbated the decline and while the economy generally appears to be improving, it's recovering more slowly in this area, meaning Ohio and the job recovery or jobs are lagging behind the rest of the economic numbers.

Pat Roberts

This is not the type of responsibility that can be delegated to mid-level officials, ... He should have told the president, and it appears that he failed to do so.

This is not the type of picture that appears on the market. This work, in fact, has never been sold before publicly and has only been sold twice before privately. So, this is a major moment in the art market and the public has responded accordingly.

He began to insult me. After the game as I returned to the changing rooms he appeared to be waiting for me, started insulting me again, and slapped me.

He approached her with what appeared to be a firearm. The woman fought him off. Turned out, it was a toy gun -- she thought it was a toy gun -- and they had a struggle in the street. He tried grabbing her. She screamed for help and a Harvard University employee came to her assistance, called police.

Craig James

He appears to have very strong communications skills, but also strong listening skills, which I think are important. You want to demonstrate that you're listening to your patients.

He appears to have lost control traveling at a high rate of speed.

He appears to have cut it open and emptied the contents into an ice bucket. He painted himself up good.

Bill Cowher

He appears to be very good, and Ben feels a lot better than he did (Wednesday).

He appears to be awakening from his coma.

John Beilein

He appears to be as close to 100 percent as he's been since the injury. He's going to get injured when he plays because he's so fearless. Going into this game, we're going to need that fearlessness in him, and I know we're going to get it.

He appeared with Hillary Clinton at a Children's Defense Fund event in New York on January 16.

Albert Ellis

He appeared to me the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute.

He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages.