Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Kennedy

I'm deeply troubled by a narrow and cramped and perhaps even a mean-spirited view of the law that appears in some of your writings, ... It appears you did not fully appreciate the problem of discrimination in our society.

I'm very concerned that he appears to believe strongly that the group were given warnings and ignored those legal warnings, something which the families of those in jail strongly repudiate.

Infinity is a player of great significance who appears on the stage only when the crucial questions of existence are raised. Infinity offers its services when we seek to know if the Universe began or whether it will ever end, whether life will always be part of its landscape, and whether there are tasks which can never be accomplished. Infinity challenges us to contemplate the duplication of ourselves and all that we hold dear, and to ponder the cogency of all possibilities, potential and actual. It undermines our sense of the precious by suggesting a randomly infinite universe will eventually conjure up the works of Shakespeare, somewhere, as if created by a regiment of monkeys armed with typewriters. Infinity also seeks to guard us from taking the wrong path in our quest to unravel the deepest of Nature's secrets about the ultimate structure of mass and energy.

Inflation in the U.S. appears to be well under control, ... The only real economic concern I have is that oil prices will erase improvements in employment and real income for an important portion of our customer base.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretoken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have the jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow

That's a common practice for an independent counsel. Judge Walsh was talking to reporters all the time over a seven-year period. And I think it's entirely appropriate so long as he abides by the general guidelines of the Department of Justice, which it appears he has.

It's still early to call it a crash. The indices are expected to rebound slightly sometime soon, but this appears to be a long-term correction cycle. It may continue for two years.

ECIS deeply regrets that strong antitrust law enforcement appears to be the only way to stop the sustained anti-competitive behavior of Microsoft.

John Adams

Everyone is stable at this time. If their condition appears to weaken, they will be brought to the hospital and either fed intravenously or nose fed,

The big positive there was that refinery utilization appears to be on the rise now. The main one coming back on line was the BP Texas City refinery, so with that one coming back we should see further increases over the next few weeks.

It's better to go with one closer. But you can't force the situation one way or the other. It all depends on your personnel. Looking at our bullpen, it appears that we have a deeper, more diversified bullpen this year.

It was a high-intensity explosion and its noise was heard in several parts of the city. It appears that the KFC was the target.

It wasn't a random act. It appears this victim was an intended target and that this was not a robbery.

It was more specific as to target, it was more specific as to timing, and some of the sources had more information that would lead one to believe that it was not the kind of thing that appears in the intelligence community every day,

Dusty Baker

I've heard it's a greater problem in high school with young kids. Baseball is attempting to clean it up by testing. That's where it starts. It appears to be cleaner now than a couple years ago because of the testing.

Cesare Beccaria

No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world's affairs.

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.''

This is very much an on-the-spot performance, and that makes it very dynamic. Things come up as the questions are being asked, as the news is really focusing in on him and how he appears on television, how he responds, how he interacts with the legislators.

This is very much an on-the-spot performance, and that makes it very dynamic, ... Things come up as the questions are being asked, as the news is really focusing in on him and how he appears on television, how he responds, how he interacts with the legislators.

This market continues to go to extremes, ... Techs have sold down sharply. Now there's a bit of bargain hunting from what appears to be very cheap levels.

This lady follows her partner back from New Zealand and lands what appears to be a pretty cushy position with special accommodation made to get her there. It raises questions when cabinet has to create a position for her.

George Davis

There's been a little bit of corporate and cross interest to buy the Canadian dollar, which appears to have had a little bit of an impact, and I think the market was focusing on support that was very close to 1.17 (85.47 U.S. cents).

If you factor in body weight and body-weight increases, it appears that our per capita energy consumption rate has gone up 18% since the 1980s.

If you look at each one of these key requirements, in isolation, it appears to be a fairly good chance it will happen. But it only takes any one of them to fail, and it could drive American into bankruptcy.

In this case it appears that they were being used primarily for displaying unwanted pop-up advertisements, filling the hacker's pockets with cash.

Robert Nelson

In the first debate the bulges create the impression of a letter T with a small feature which appears similar to a wire under the jacket running upward from the right.

Alan Greenspan

In the face of energy price spike and the erosion of optimism in financial markets, consumer confidence, or sentiment, appears to be holding up reasonably well to date, though there have been some mixed signals of late.

Instead of focusing on electing a president in 2008, this commission appears to be heading down a precipitous path. If you have all theses caucuses front-loaded, Democrats will end up with a nominee by the middle of January.

Inspiration appears at times,to be a sophistication of chance and blunt force emotion" - DJ Garrity

In some ways this update appears to go a little too far. We have some people who run customized forms and scripts in Outlook, and all that will be affected. We will really have to test this update.

Moses Mendelssohn

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.

In recent years prices have run up at this time of year because of concerns about gasoline supplies. In the end we always get through. At the end of the day there appears to be enough capacity out there.

Charles Robinson

In reviewing the case law as to a violation of the Sunshine Law by a secret meeting, this issue appears to be irrelevant and immaterial,