Famous Quotes & Sayings

What happened to this driver, he was robbed, attempted to flee the scene, and he was shot, I believe.

What are they thinking about now? The fact that J&J is silent on that speaks volumes about what they had attempted to do before -- just to get a good price.

I just looked on the Internet for certain trends and if anything pops out in the games that Michigan State lost. I think when they attempted less than 16 free throws, they lost every game, and they are a great free throw shooting team. I think there was also was a great discrepancy between wins and losses and how their inside player Paul Davis played. When he played well and scored over 18, 19 points, they usually won.

Louis MacNeice

In writing 'A Portrait of Athens' I have attempted - rather impressionistically - to give a panorama of its present. But I have also brought in its past because I sincerely think that there is a continuity.

Thomas Jefferson

I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives...

In 2004 we attempted to meet with the sheriff quarterly and that didn't happen. In 2005, cooperation did improve. ... He met with us monthly and I think that helped.

If there is a tie at (7-6) they will then look at the overall misses throughout the entire meet. Moffat had cleared 7-5 on his first attempt, I attempted and missed, therefore if at the next height we both missed he would win based on having no misses I had to clear 7-6 no matter what if I wanted to win, so I was only given two attempts at the following height because of my decision to pass.

If we attempted to place sand on the beach now, it would be washed out rather quickly.

I have not attempted to hide from it.

insulted by a campaign that has attempted to amend the Constitution, and in too many states we've seen discriminatory amendments that would deny hospital visitation and domestic partnership legislation.

I'll tell you his record -- attempted robbery, robbery, assault, disorderly conduct, sale of drugs, and punching someone during a transaction involving the sale of drugs,

Before this year, she's never attempted a 3-pointer but this season she has hit five or six. When she's open the other players look for her. She's a great kid to have. Tonight she was playing really well. She's so unselfish she usually passes up the shots.

Keiji Fukuda

This has never been attempted before. There is a very good chance that we will fail and that we will not be able to stop it.

As a result, the tractor-trailer unit attempted to avoid collision with the vehicle, it swerved to the right travel lane and then struck the Tacoma and then tipped over onto its right side,

Officers attempted to keep him from going into the house. At that time a single shot was fired and he was shot in the head.

Gregory Benford

The moon's closeness is a huge advantage: To make it habitable, we would first have to bombard it with water-ice comets, a tricky endeavor best attempted with the many resources waiting on and near Earth.

A suicide attacker attempted to enter the police station at 10:30 a.m. When police stopped him, he blew himself up and killed 13 people on the spot besides wounding 13 others.

A suicide attacker attempted to enter the police station at 10:30 a.m. (6:00 a.m. GMT). When police stopped him, he blew himself up and killed 13 people on the spot besides wounding 13 others.

All of us are stunned by these revelations of an attempted cover-up, ... The good news is that the cover-up didn't work.

This day, like all days, holds great potential.Everyone deserves breathing space.Anxiety is nothing more than the attempted unification of opposing forces.Don't let your email dictate your priorities.

This attempted fraud must be punished more severely than as if it were simply another rules infraction.

It's used in serious crimes, such as murder, attempted murder, sexual offences, abductions and missing persons where foul play is suspected, internet luring and child pornography,

Walter Lang

For centuries people have attempted to find the location of the Garden of Eden, placing it in such divergent places as Florida and Babylonia.

attempted to intimidate or harass the owner, her business and her husband.

Tom DeLay

attempted to browbeat and coerce' the second grand jury to change its decision not to indict DeLay so there would be no public record of a rejection.

Stephen Toulouse

Currently this exploit is not publicly available, but we continue to urge customers on older versions of our operating systems to deploy MS05-051 to help protect from attempted exploitation,

Crude oil prices took a jump after the attempted attack. Crude is the biggest factor in determining gas prices, and $2 per barrel in one day is quite a hike.

We have demonstrated that the complainant has a penchant for making false allegations of rape or attempted rape. That has been demonstrated.

Pankaj Mishra

Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English.

The Rehnquist court ... attempted to restore dual sovereignty and the conception that states have functions that cannot be displaced by the federal government.

Madeleine Stowe

The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.

Steve Coppell

The second-half performance reflected what we've been about all season. It was in stark contrast to the attempted exhibition stuff of the first half.

Ron Meyer

We sincerely hope that the governor, the Legislature and others who have attempted in the past to justify unconstitutional voucher programs will now embrace public schools.