Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even the incurable optimists, as some of us are, are deeply worried. Six years down the line in the attempt to build democracy this is what we get: violence in the land, and a government in breach. The only thing happening is politics. It is motion without movement.

Sarah Mlynowski

Even though I knew my way around Facebook, Twitter terrified me. RT? OH? Hootsuite? Huh? My Twitter-savvy friends attempted to explain what a hashtag was, but, still mystified, I signed up for an online Twitter 101 class. Yes. I'm geeky like that.

Bill Gates adamantly denies ever making such a comment. This is just another attempt to deflect interest from the real issues in this case.

Bill Gates adamantly denies ever making such a comment, ... This is just another attempt to deflect interest from the real issues in this case.

Black Males Left Behind. One reason for maintaining optimism is that so few serious attempts to help poor fathers have been made.

Everybody experiences stress. The key is how effectively people deal with and manage stress. People who turn to comfort food or smoking are starting a vicious cycle. Their attempts to reduce stress can actually lead to health problems that result in increased stress.

Pablo Picasso

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?

Everyone's gone out today, attempting to carry on their normal activities. We're just carrying on with our scheduled activities.

It's one more attempt to create a theocracy.

Don Catlin

It's obfuscation. There is no attempt to be clear and concise and to describe the product for what it is.

It's the kind of information necessary for a trial like this. They are attempting to make a link.

It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is.

It is yet one more example of how extremist groups in various parts of the world are attempting to gain political benefits through drawing attention to their rather misguided causes through the killing of innocent people.

'Winnie The Witch' transgresses all cultural boundaries. Amusingly, there have been attempts to deconstruct the meaning of the books - that Winnie represents society and Wilbur the disabled - but I think it's just a great story.

James Goss

HBO took an early lead and Showtime has had to catch up. You can attempt to be the first choice but, with Showtime, they may want to attempt to be the most interesting second option.

Her charges are completely false. It's a misleading attempt to shift the focus off her involvement in the largest congressional bribery scandal in history.

He (Paris) tells us he got into some waves in a wake. He attempted to steer out of it and in doing so the boat pitched over on its side,

Rebecca MacKinnon

Google attempted to run a search engine in China, and they ended up giving up.

For the Ku Klux Klan to now attempt to engage schools is a new and scary development in Michigan. Schools are a breeding ground for racism. This has to be stomped out right away.

If it happens, this is a huge deal. It would be unprecedented for either Airbus or Boeing to have a production line in another country. It's an attempt to buy market share and keep Boeing from selling further to China.

If it happens, this is a huge deal -- it would be unprecedented for either Airbus or Boeing to have a production line in another country. It's an attempt to buy market share and keep Boeing from selling further to China.

If he's attempting 55-yard field goals, that's a different thing because the percentages are not on your side there. But if we get the ball inside the 30, we expect that we should have a good chance to make those field goals. Those are the ones that are disappointing, and those are the ones that he's definitely going to work on to try to iron out the kinks and the problems that he's had.

I built up an excellent relationship with Jon when I was at Hawthorn and it's no secret we attempted to recruit him once before,

Mario Monti

I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to trigger political intervention. This is out of place in an anti-trust case and has no impact on the Commission.

I can't think of anything more scary than a woman with a scarred uterus attempting a vaginal birth at home. I'm sure it's happening, and I'm sure some women have already died because of this, and some babies have died.

I do this to make myself a little numb to the effect of a warm body hitting 27-degree water. It's an attempt to lower the core temperature of my body.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body. And every time I did, something went wrong. I felt misshapen, just not natural any more.

I attempted to take a required math course during my first semester, dropped the class after having difficulty understanding my professor.

Andre Agassi

I attempted to play in Shanghai with an injury that was not fully healed and it set me back substantially.

I attempted to liberate some sunglasses from the corner drugstore. It wasn't a good idea. So they came charging out of there with ball-bats. I guess they thought I was a pretty vicious individual.

I attempted to do yoga in German, and it was not particularly successful. So at that time, I started thinking about the idea of just movement and how I could move to de-stress.

I attempted to do everything successfully. It was taxing, but I didn't think about it at the time.

Mindy McCready

I attempted to commit suicide after I found out I was pregnant,