Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Gibbon

To maintain the harmony of authority and obedience, to chastise the proud, to protect the weak, to reward the deserving, to banish vice and idleness from his dominions, to secure the traveller and merchant, to restrain the depredations of the soldier, to cherish the labors of the husbandman, to encourage industry and learning, and, by an equal and moderate assessment, to increase the revenue, without increasing the taxes, are indeed the duties of a prince . . .

The assumption that humans could be a reliable back up for the system was a fallacy!

We actually got several of the sexual predator and sexual assault cases down in Provo last week.

We always felt we had a case geographically and politically, but what we couldn't do is assume it was going to happen.

Hugh Douglas

We always assumed he was coming here. When we found out, it was like, 'Wow!' But nothing surprises me anymore. It's a business.

We also want to express our thanks to the two Chambers of Commerce and the SBA District Office officials for providing the space for the Disaster Loan Assistance Centers. The many courtesies extended to our staff have been greatly appreciated.

Bill Nye

I understand that you take the Bible, as written in English, translated many many times over the last three millennia as to be a more accurate, more reasonable assessment of the natural laws we see around us than what I and everybody in here can observe. That, to me, is unsettling.

We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then.

Paul Tagliabue

We have to have a sober assessment of what kind of rebuilding and defending new investment of the Superdome if any makes sense. These are all complicated decisions.

Fidel Castro

We have no objections at all to the three officials visiting us, to know their assessment and exchange views on these matters, ... We won't close the door.

We have no intelligence or evidence that indicates that he (Bin Laden) is dead or incapacitated, so our working assumption is that he is still alive.

We have no indication that he has left this immediate area, so we make the assumption that he is still afoot or ... holed up somewhere in this area,

Tom Daschle

We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered,

Ken Hitchcock

Whenever there's something in the stomach, you get nervous but I've been assured it's nothing. I'm still going to be nervous until Peter is back on the ice playing pain-free.

When he dropped his hands to his waistband, the officers are trained to assume he's going for a weapon. That's what the punches were about. Officers who don't assume a suspect is going for a gun end up dead.

We want people to understand that this deadline is only for new disaster applications. If they have already applied, their cases will continue to be processed. Mississippians who need assistance need to register with FEMA before the deadline.

We want motorists to be aware of the high crash risk from drinking and driving associated with holidays and encourage them to think twice about getting behind the wheel if they have been drinking.

We want it to be an asset to the community. The design is unlike anything in the state.

We want him and every one of those associates to know there's nothing we won't do to catch him.

Richard Blumenthal

We want every asset available to bring some justice to victims,

We were assured that this is the beginning of a long, slow, thorough process.

We were assured that that information would go to the mayor.

We were assuming a transition between IPv4 and pure IPv6. The good news is that there is also a transition path from NAT and RSIP to IPv6.

We were trying every way we could because we're so assured of our market here.

Tim Salmon

We were totally in Chicago's position. We led the whole way, and for a long time, it was just assumed that we were going to play in the postseason.

Charlotte Bronte

Out of association grows adhesion, and out of adhesion amalgamation.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Woman" in the abstract is young, and, we assume, charming. As they get older they pass off the stage, somehow, into private ownership mostly, or out of it altogether.

Charles Schumer

...the only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers...

Bill Ackman

Short-term market and economic prognostication is largely a fool’s errand, we invest according to a strategy that makes the need to rely on short-term market or economic assessments largely irrelevant.

Bob McDonnell

I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Bill Watterson

What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?

Norman Finkelstein

Mainstream Jewish intellectuals became 'pro'-Israel after the June 1967 war when Israel became the U.S.A.' s strategic asset in the Middle East, i.e., when it was safe and reaped benefits. To credit them with ideological conviction is, in my opinion, very naive.

Natalie Massenet

It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.