Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Perry Barlow

It's widely assumed that you can't compete with free, and that seems like a reasonable thing to think. But this has not been my experience.

Lauren Willig

I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels.

Lapo Elkann

Italy's assets are her style, her beauty, her creativity, her passion, her energy, her technology; and these will be core brand values of all our cars. Fiat as a company has a long way to go and a steep road ahead.

Jane Green

I have long been fascinated by our inclination to assume others we meet have the same moral code, similar values, and yet we can never be sure.

We are concerned about the fact that this value creation could be a risk within a larger group as it is proposed today. Simply because of the value of the assets that are lying on the other side and in the competitors' hands.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

When we reach out to assist the least of Heavenly Father's children, we do it unto Him. That is the essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Clarissa Ward

When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.

Where did they have this money? In a can? Or was it in a mattress or something? I assume that if you are collecting money, you are collecting interest on it.

Muhammad Ali

Whereas the degrees of rationality vary and some minds are distinguished over others, these clerks, if not convinced of what the Pasha has given them, must turn to their associates with the problem, and if all see an excess or shortcoming in the matter, then they should turn to the Pasha and present the requisite information.

Khalil Gibran

When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret.

Noah Feldman

How can you have the religion of the sovereign be the religion of the state if the sovereign belongs to many religions? And it's at that point, I think, historically, that you start to see people saying maybe the state should not associate itself with any religion. Maybe there shouldn't be any official religion.

I don't believe you can reduce the world to a mathematical formula. I start with the world, assume it's complicated, and ask where can I get help from a whole range of disciplines.

Alberto Manguel

Every text assumes a reader.

Albert Einstein

Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.

When there is a contradiction on two different interpretations within one text, that would become an issue, Ultimately, this will be a sovereign decision by the Iraqis, and it's up to the Iraqi National Assembly to decide on the appropriate electoral framework.

When we work with individual charitable organizations, there's often an assumption that Christians support Christian ministries over non-religious organizations. This study conclusively shows that assumption to be false, and that in fact over half of all Protestant churchgoers don?t even give any preference to Christian organizations in their giving decisions. It's critical that Christian organizations really understand this about their target market.

Ray Nagin

We want to bring New Orleans back. Rita set us back about three to five days, but we are very much on schedule, ... We will begin the re-entry plan with business owners and residents of Algiers. Then we will stop, assess our progress, and move on to the previously targeted zip codes.

We want to be associated with partners that portray the NFL in the best light and (with games) based in true reality.

We want to be associated with partners that portray the NFL in the best light.

We want to be able to assess whether there is a profiling situation. This may be, again, one of those law enforcement techniques that promises more than it delivers.

We want to assure you (the Gulf region) that we are at the service of the whole region.

We want to assure the clients of a smooth transition.

We want to assure more representation. If the business community wants its voice heard, it's best to speak with one voice.

Michael Burns

We want to assure everyone - our customers, suppliers, our people and our communities - that Dana is open for business as usual.

We want to assume 100 percent control, and we feel that in the Hispanic community there are a lot of needs that aren't being served.

We want to assist China's soft power; we want to develop a vibrant young cinema in China. The average American has no understanding whatsoever of China. We'd like to create a young generation to tell their stories on a world stage. We can make history as well as make money.

John Howard

We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

Andrew Hargadon

We want this center to bring together the people who devise new ways to save energy, those who finance their development, the manufacturers who make the products, and the industries and consumers who buy and benefit from them. The effective management of energy costs is increasingly important as companies strive to maintain a competitive edge. The center looks forward to helping California businesses measure and mitigate these costs, and manage the competitive risks associated with energy price volatility.

Reese Witherspoon

You don't realize this when you're giving birth but you instantly know it when you assess your life,

Today, people expect wireless services to be as fast, reliable and secure as their wireline connections. Nortel's DO Rev. A and IMS/MMD solutions will help make tomorrow's service aware networks more intelligent, and assist CDMA operators in increasing profit potential by creating new business models and service bundling opportunities to enhance the subscriber experience.

Rupert Sheldrake

Physics is based on the assumption that certain fundamental features of nature are constant.

Saint Francis de Sales

So many have come to me that I might serve them, leaving me no time to think of myself. However, I assure you that I do feel deep down within me, God be praised.

Martha Beck

Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting older. They don't. Emotional pain or numbness are symptoms of living the wrong life, not a long life.