Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Hamel

I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists.

We leave to the proper authorities the prosecution of those who would be found liable for the Ultra stampede as well as the implementation of the corrective measures to prevent a repeat of this tragedy, based on the recommendations of the fact-finding board.

Jane Birkin

I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies.

There are many traditionally published authors who have hated the cover their publisher's decided on. Or the title or the marketing or the advertising. But there was nothing they could do about it.

Enrico Caruso

I know that I am a singer and an actor, yet in order to give the public the impression that I am neither one nor the other, but the real man conceived by the author, I have to feel and to think as the man the author had in mind.

Isabel Allende

Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!

Hillary Clinton

Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Without those disclosures or your authority to make inquiry of grand jury members, we cannot go forward on that matter.

With book publishing, when I say Fulcrum, you might know that we publish books, but you would be hard-pressed to pick titles or authors from our list. It's tricky from the marketing side to think about building a brand, and we do so by picking authors and titles that we believe will be successful.

Joel Sternfeld

With a photograph, you are left with the same modes of interpretation as you are with a book. You ask: 'What do we know about the author and their background? What do I know about the subject?'

The question of whether or not Congress has the authority to federally recognize a Native Hawaiian governing entity is an issue that has yet to be ruled on by the courts,

Dav Pilkey

Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.

Bryan Burrough

There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the nonfiction author wants it told accurately.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

We have shared our view on transparency with the European Commission and the U.K. 's Financial Services Authority.

Michael Howard

We have seen the slow seepage of his authority turn into a hemorrhage.

We have seen indications that someone is trying this technique out. Basically, we have seen code that is stuffing a key in the registry with a huge length. Yet, the author still doesn't have it working.

This sends a strong signal that the FTC is on the beat. They have the authority to help establish some (legal) precedents that will help steer the market toward better practices.

This was a legal grow for people who are authorized to receive medical cannabis, and it was not an excessive grow,

This region has several benefits. You can get extensive funding from the European Union, the German government and state authorities.

David Vitter

The person would have no authority the government doesn't already have. It would be someone who could cut through the red tape.

The person with the institutional authority is always the 800-pound gorilla. People who go to work thinking they'll out-wrestle the big monkey will lose every time.

James Laughlin

We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment. We have quite a correspondence with them at all times. They play a very important role, the authors in the firm, because so much of the material we publish is suggested by them.

The government doesn't have the authority to exclude people from the country, invited scholars, simply because it doesn't like what they have to say.

Ashwin Sanghi

An author entices the readers with their words, and it is painful for them to even lose a sentence. But films and books are two different mediums and should be dealt differently. What works in a book might not work for a film. When I saw 'Anna Karenina' on screen, I didn't like it at all, whereas 'The Godfather' was legendary.

Arthur Smith

The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.

John Shelby Spong

There is no way that the Fourth Gospel was written by John Zebedee or by any of the disciples of Jesus. The author of this book is not a single individual, but is at least three different writers/editors, who did their layered work over a period of 25 to 30 years.

Jeff Sessions

Yes, you have some have some complainers in the Congress, but we voted to send our soldiers to this effort. Nobody else authorized you to go; we voted to support it, ... And I would also note that terrorists aren't happy with you either.

We want to use television in a way that will provide a different understanding of the value of books and authors and hopefully ignite general interest in reading more.

We are energized at the prospect of working together with them to expand our small-balance commercial mortgage loan program. We view this partnership as a validation of our efforts to provide a simplified and streamlined process to originate small balance commercial mortgage loans. It really is a partnership because we aren't in the direct origination business. We don't compete with our authorized lenders.

Bill Stern

The Ports Authority opposes this bill. It interferes with, and is inconsistent with, the Supreme Court's ruling.