Famous Quotes & Sayings

Emily Dickinson

The heart asks pleasure first, and then excuse from pain, and then those little anodynes that deaden suffering

The guidelines and review procedures are more stringent than they were the first time James was asked to remodel his action. It's been a fascinating, yet scary and lonely process for both of us, but James has taken it on the chin.

The good thing is I learned discipline when I started playing basketball. My (Liberty) teammates laughed at me when I first got there because I asked what time the team dinner was. They laughed and told me we were on our own.

The guy knows everything. You ask him a question and he knows. He's definitely made me into a better player.

Pokey Reese

The guy killed them in front of him and left. He remembers that experience. When they would ask him what was his favorite color, he said, 'red,' because he remembered all that blood. There was blood everywhere.

The group that's blocking the entrance is totally illegal. We've ask the authorities to help end this issue.

The groups want certain questions asked of Roberts to lay a predicate for future nominees. Unless there's a revelation we can't fathom, this will be the meat of the hearings.

Henry David Thoreau

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my answer.

The great thing is our kids never quit. They were scrappy and fought to the end and that?s all you can ask for as a coach.

The impact of this ruling is that even students who ask critical questions about Darwinism, or about intelligent design theory will scare administrators' about whether that puts the school in constitutional jeopardy. There's already been a negative chilling effect on open inquiry in places such as Ohio and South Carolina. Judge Jones' message is clear: give Darwin only praise, or else face the wrath of the judiciary.

Jim Allchin

The industry was asking for more certainty. We made a decision to move the date so everybody could be aligned.

The increases were just higher than we thought. As we did last year when we asked for budget increases, we returned $220,000 to the Town fund. Some of the money from the special appropriation we did not spend for the year, so we thought it was appropriate to return funds that were not needed.

The important thing is not whether the Fed can ease but the fact that people can even ask that question and some intelligent people say if the Fed raises rates in September, it would be a public relations disaster.

The important decisions haven't been made yet. You get the impression that there's not much really moving and ask yourself whether the optimism is really justified.

Mike Babcock

The idea you've seen this movie before, I don't know anything about it. This team's much different than the teams in the past. If you ask my guys they believe in their hearts they're going to have success.

The idea of the course is to teach students to learn more English so they can assimilate themselves better in the community. Our goal is to help them be able to ask directions if they get lost, go to the library and ask for what they need. It's a very practical use of English.

The DoD has never specifically asked the satellite industry to harden its satellites, because it knows it's not something the industry has to do for its commercial satellites.

The doctors asked a lot about what had happened. They revisited, if you will, a chronological timeline of what happened before, how she felt.

The doctor asked if I'm ready, ... I said yeah.

Robin Soderling

A lot of times, he was talking before the point was over, and I asked (the chair umpire) if he could do that. A lot of times before they made the call, (Murray) was screaming, 'Yes!' I didn't like it. After the call is made, he can cheer as much as he can. But not before that.

Joan Kirner

A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.

Anthony Zinni

a lot of work to do, but if I didn't think he would make progress, I wouldn't have asked him to go.

Billie Armstrong

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No, that's trend!'

Margaret Hamilton

A great deal of my mail comes from fans of the 'Oz' picture - fans of all ages. The scholarly, the curious, the disbelievers write and ask how? why? when? what for? did you fly? melt? scream? cackle? appear? disappear? produce? sky-write? deal with monkeys? etc., etc., etc.

Eddie Guardado

You want to look for bright spots. If you're a fan who knows the game, I think you'd have to say we're better. I know I've had guys from other teams ask me, 'What's wrong over there? That's a good lineup. We haven't hit consistently. We haven't pitched consistently. And we haven't done both in the same games consistently.

Ichiro Suzuki

You want to know the color of my underwear, too? ... You guys are starting to ask questions like the Japanese writers used to.

Dan Boyle

You want to have a game plan, but you need to see what they give us. We need that big power play goal. On a scale of 10, if you asked what our confidence is on the power play, you won't get a lot of eights, nines or 10s.

You won't need a ticket and you won't be asked to give any money; we just want you to come and see what it's about. We want to get as many people there as possible. This is going to be a great event, and everybody's going to love it.

Joe Girardi

You've got to learn how to play this game. And a lot of our guys are being asked to learn this game at this level. That's what you have in young players. They are smart kids, they are going to learn.

You've got to ask yourself, will we have another 100-to-150 basis-point decline in mortgage rates? ... I would say that's a stretch, so it's not going to be a reliable source of funds for consumers -- we'll need to see the economy turning around.

Clint Eastwood

You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?

Percy Ross

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful -- and neglected -- secret to success and happiness.

You've asked one person to do too much. As a result we don't have good planning, ... Because of the way it has functioned in this town, we haven't had long-term planning to determine how we preserve our island character and charm.