Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are on the city's schedule as to when they can inspect the new high school. We are here to assist them in any way it may need.

Ha-Joon Chang

When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.

It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.

Helge Ingstad

It was very clear that this was a very, very old site. There were remains of sod walls. Fishermen assumed it was an old Indian site. Bu Indians didn't use that kind of buildings and houses.

Hugh Carey

A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.

Yanis Varoufakis

Every non-Marxist economic theory that treats human and non-human productive inputs as interchangeable assumes that the dehumanisation of human labour is complete. But if it could ever be completed, the result would be the end of capitalism as a system capable of creating and distributing value.

Tina Brown

To people I know in the bottom income brackets, living paycheck to paycheck, the Gig Economy has been old news for years. What's new is the way it's hit the demographic that used to assume that a college degree from an elite school was the passport to job security.

Timothy Noah

Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse.

Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.

Glenn Ford

I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn't make it to the play. I didn't think anything of it.

Gina Bellman

Not surprisingly, there is a cultural divide between American and British actors regarding the self-promotion associated with new media.

Donald Trump

I built a great company, one of the - some of the most iconic assets in the world, $10 billion of net worth, more than $10 billion of net worth, and frankly, I had a great time doing it.

Wentworth Miller

I think it's a very dangerous game to play when you assume that just because someone's an entertainer, they're automatically a role model. Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself. They're just doing their own version of entertaining.

Wentworth Miller

I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out.

Will Rothhaar

Both of my parents are actors and directors and whatnot. My dad loves really solid, old school, Broadway musicals, and one of them is 'Assassins' by Stephen Sondheim. All of the successful or non-successful assassins that have ever existed in the United States come together, and they talk about their killing or attempts through songs.

As we take our places in the General Assembly and at the Council meetings, let us begin all our work in the name of God, for the solution of all our problems is a spiritual one.

Abraham Lincoln

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

Adam Phillips

I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?

We started with the assumption that it was a software-related problem, but we are looking at both equipment and software, and we just can't pinpoint where it is.

Alberto Manguel

Every text assumes a reader.

Albert Einstein

Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.

Roger Staubach

We'd love to emulate what he's done. He has a history of doing it right, and we're fortunate to be associated with him.

We want to congratulate Fred on a tremendous basketball career. Fred is going to be an outstanding asset to this organization whether it be working with the basketball staff, or using his business skill set to help us on the corporate end of things.

We were all under the assumption that everything was put to bed over this.

Jason Reitman

We were about 30 minutes into our screening when I noticed a scene was missing. I assure you it was a projectionist, not Tom Cruise.

Mathias Eick

We were able to make an assessment that we did not have to make any changes and our observers stayed.

We definitely were not prepared, but I guess we were prepared the best we could. I obviously wasn't able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Colorado because we didn't give them a fair fight.

We don't know yet what the long-term effect will be. You can assume the others will need to respond quickly to this news.

We don't know the extent of those problems, but we're doing that assessment now to make sure that people are safe.

We don't know if Whirlpool would remain in the floor-care business if it bought Maytag. But assuming they spin us off, we're still better off away from Maytag.

We don't know how much of (the trustee's) report was the independent assessment of the experts and how much was a result of the Commission's influence.

We don't know exactly what their next move will be, but we assume they will return to the hunting grounds.

We don't intend to assemble airplanes during this strike, yet we will continue focusing on support for our customers and their in-service fleets.