Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sendhil Mullainathan

Some struggle with medical issues - like insomnia - that make sleep hard. But for many of us, the quantity and quality of sleep come down to a matter of choice. Still, only a few enterprising economists have looked closely at this, and generally, those have assumed that we choose our hours of sleep optimally.

Mark McKinnon

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

We do not have any seniors. In the past, we have always had at least one or two seniors on the team, or that have at least been around a couple of years. We just need for someone to step up and assume the leadership role this season.

We do not assume the men at Duke lacrosse are guilty. Yet we are not surprised they find themselves in this predicament.

We're counting on him to assume a role of responsibility late in the game.

James Nasmyth

Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.

Marcia Cross

Well, it was very odd. And I, I just assumed this is what comes of being 42 and single. I don't know if they just needed to find a reason why I wasn't married.

We had always assumed that embryos created from eggs donated by younger women would not have these defects, ... But just the fact that we are seeing this high rate of abnormality suggests that we should be using (PGD) more.

Milton Friedman

Most economic fallacies derive - from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another

Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I think some of these younger kids will play better Saturday night after getting a taste of playoff action.

We have officers in those areas. We are still trapping. We have to assume that we might not have the bear we want. Until we can positively identify that bear, we are going to assume we don't have it.

We just assume politics is corrupt and a little bit of corruption is the cost of doing business.

Willie Randolph

You kind of flinch a little bit, when you see can see that both of them have a bead on it. When the guys start laying out a little bit, leaning toward the ball, that's when you assume that maybe something nasty could happen. Very scary.

Tony Dungy

You just have to play football. You have to read your keys and believe it, and you can't relax. You have to be on top of your job whether you're front line on the kick returns, on the punt return or fake field goals. It's just part of your job that you have to read your keys, and you can't assume that anything is going to take place.

You just cannot assume the local water is safe. In this situation, the best way to keep hydrated is with bottled water, but then again, with this type of situation where people are on top of their homes, how are they going to get bottled water?

You can assume that every time you make a change to your fulfillment, it's going to get messed up. You should count on losing at least half a month's revenue.

You can assume he's going to be tried

The announcement is hardly surprising, but I wouldn't necessarily regard it as definitive. I don't assume that the Sovereign board can unilaterally make these decisions.

Joe Flaherty

That was sort of the 'Second City' approach, which was try to be intelligent and assume your audience is intelligent. We were influenced by 'Monty Python,' too, which would have philosophers in a wrestling match.

That's the problem with forecast modeling. It assumes current conditions and normal weather throughout the period. That can go out the window.

That's the point of having a CHL (concealed handgun license) in Texas -- potential criminals should assume everyone is (carrying).

Terry Wogan

I was born an optimist, as I always say. If I wake up in the morning with a pain in my chest, I'll always assume it's indigestion. It will probably be the end of me! But it's true - that's the kind of person I am.

Stephen Hawking

My father was a research scientist in tropical medicine, so I always assumed I would be a scientist, too. I felt that medicine was too vague and inexact, so I chose physics.

We'll have a PDA (personal digital assistant) and cell phone for different uses and they should have wireless capability built into them, then we might have a car and we may be carrying a notebook PC. Those will have wireless capabilities built into them so it's very reasonable to assume that we will have more than a few devices that will have wireless capability built into them and of course service providers will have that much more revenue stream so I think the price per service will be reduced significantly just to stay connected.

Those hopes and dreams...one would have to assume that they've got way beyond perhaps where they ought to be, and I think that we've seen a correction taking place as a result of that.

Unfortunately, people assume that if you read poorly that correlates with having a low IQ.

Tim Russert

Those who could not get out were the poor, who rely on public buses to get out! Your website says that your department assumes primary responsibility for a national disaster - if you knew a hurricane three storm was coming, why were buses, trains, planes ... provided on Friday, Saturday, Sunday to evacuate people before the storm?

Ryan Hollins

We can't even think about being in first place, because you saw Washington lost two games last weekend. One game and we're tied. You got to bring it every night, you can't concede any game or just assume that we're going to win it.

Residents and workers still await a proper toxic cleanup and medical response to the World Trade Center attack. That weak track record and the troubling new federal policies described in this report do not bode well for the future. Americans should assume that in any future national disaster, human health and safety may not be protected.

It does not matter what share of the market it covers but how good the composition is, and for someone like MasterCard, it is safe to assume this condition is satisfied.

It does not currently help us in cases of identity fraud when an individual assumes someone else's name by using their Social Security number. We believe companies should not be placed in the role of policing who has proper work documentation.

I tell kids to doubt anything you see online. If you're communicating with strangers, assume they are a 60-year-old man drooling. As savvy as kids are, they tend to be very trusting and naive.

Elaine Pagels

I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A lot of people assume that if you write about early Christianity, you must be some kind of Sunday-school teacher.