Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.

Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims.

Kevin Nash

I'm a Detroit kid who grew up with that assembly line mentality: You go to work to make money.

Jesse Jackson

When journalists and politicians speak of a dwindling middle class that's under economic assault and a poor community that's getting bigger, they're talking about Ferguson. Independent of the racial demographics and dynamics of Ferguson, Missouri, there's a 'Ferguson' near you.

Jim Butcher

I didn't know this before, but as it turns out, Tyrannosaurs can really haul ass.

Evo Morales

I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.

Kirsten Dunst

I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that.

Jules Verne

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.

Murray Rothbard

After the Volcker Fund collapsed, I got another grant from the Lilly Endowment to do a history of the U.S., which I worked on from 1962-66. The original idea was to take the regular facts and put a libertarian assessment on everything.

Milton Berle

Sir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one?

Milton Friedman

Theories can be based on any assumptions, however bizarre.

Gertrude Stein

Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I claim that all those who think they can cherry-pick science simply don't understand how science works. That's what I claim. And if they did, they'd be less prone to just assert that somehow scientists are clueless.

I can't describe what an asset it is. You want a receiver that doesn't make movements that confuse you about where he's going -- that's kind of like trying to hit a gnat. You want a guy who's smooth. You want a guy who you understand where he's going, you kind of got his body language, and a veteran guy where you know that if you throw it, he can make a play.

David Price

I can stand here and tell you in full assurance that our Lorie is home and that's because of Jesus' unfailing love,

Tim Johnson

I can see how it could have raised questions. But I can assure you it was coincidental.

I don't like to make predictions, but the only thing I can assure everyone is that we will give our best to bring the people a great show. Everything else will be left up to what happens on the field.

Randy Carlyle

I don't like to individually make comments about players, when it's from a negative point. The assessment I look at is, he wasn't as sharp as he needed to be and our team wasn't as sharp as it needed to be.

Chris Van Allsburg

I don't like to get scared - it's not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are scary things in my books, they aren't very scary.

Gwen Stefani

I don't like to assume anything; I'm just learning, The top is the Chanel dress that I wore last year.

Frank Beamer

I don't mind saying it. Probably the biggest holdup right now is my assistant coaches. I feel strongly I've got a great staff. If you look at Bryan Stinespring and Bud Foster and Jim Cavanaugh, and I could go on down the line. If you see what they mean to this program, then they need to be paid well.

I don't own the personal hubris to assume that any book I'm writing is going to get published,

Pat Robertson

I do know the .com bank would be a hot initial public offering if they wanted to do it, ... I think they could be assured that with me it would be a runaway success.

I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man!

John Tinker

Comcast's other leading asset is QVC, the country's leading electronic reader over cable today. That's a tremendous building block that can be used as the Internet opens up and electronic commerce emerges perhaps as one of its biggest applications,

Adam Hughes

Color always vexed me because I would fight with the media I was using. I love coloring in Photoshop, and it's freed me to pursue ideas and techniques I wouldn't have otherwise attempted. Since I get to take an assignment from concept to final execution, I have more freedom in my idea-making processes.

I believed then, and I believe now, that people who will not surrender their principles to assure their popularity can get things done,

Viktor Yushchenko

I believe a dialog with each side is my most effective assistance to the sides holding negotiations on the coalition.

Keith Miller

He can do as many as he wants, but he's being very careful. He is being very careful who he lends his name to; he won't be associated with just anybody.

Joe Royle

He came back and proved a point. When he plays like he did today, with all his running, he is a great asset to us.

Hearts was the pinnacle of my career. After I left, it really was downhill. Hearts is the club I always associate myself with, and I'm proud to have played for them.

Heartburn during this time of year is frequently caused by stress associated with the holidays combined with the typical indulgences at parties.