Famous Quotes & Sayings

For many people they don't have a choice. They take the 4 and the 5 and they have to go through Midtown. If you can take the local, the No. 6, that's a good idea and you definitely have to give yourself extra time. The Transit Authority says there'll be delays of 10 minutes, which always means to me that it will be a lot longer than that.

Force protection is the job of unit commanders in Bosnia and elsewhere, and they have the authority to take steps that they think are appropriate to match the threat they face.

I hope the sports authority doesn't take it for granted that when they run this deal up the flagpole we're all going to salute,

Ariel Sharon

I have outlined to Gen. Powell the steps I will take if calm is restored in order to ease the economic conditions of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian Authority territories, ... One thing will be clear. Israel will not be negotiating under the pressure of terror and violence.

I'm sure we'll continue to be in contact with the authorities as they deal with a very difficult situation. The meeting yesterday was in a sense a six-month review. I think the operative note is that the board decided not to restore Zimbabwe's voting and related rights and not return any signing eligibility to use the resources of the Fund.

that's one of the reasons the Development Authority was off track so far. You didn't know what they were doing.

That includes all passengers, vehicles, trains and trucks and excludes all other commercial vehicles that are only authorized by the Minister of Interior,

It's sort of like an unlimited buffet but you have to limit yourself. What the trade show allows you to do is compress meeting with sales reps and authors into a couple of days.

It's not for third parties to come in and digitize copyrighted works of 10s of thousands of authors and decide what they'll do with it.

Sam Perkins

The board has authority to enforce its regulations any time there's a violation.

The board cannot be expected to surrender its authority to another branch of government; there is a fundamental issue of separation of powers here.

The big question in our minds is over who has authority.

The big problem for me here is they're nailing these low-level guys. A vigorous defense is that this stuff was authorized from the top.

The Big Moo is a book that's not just about breaking all the rules -- it's about changing the game entirely. We want to help people start a movement in their organization -- to stop trying to be perfect and start being remarkable. The goal is to make the book's wisdom, its practical application, its fun, and its authors accessible, while raising millions for charity.

Patricia Cornwell

It's criminal if successful authors don't support literacy. I challenge them all to write a check.

Chris Van Allsburg

I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris.

I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.

John Searles

I've gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I've found myself sitting next to still more writers who I met on Twitter, too.

Gayle Forman

I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.

Rhys Ifans

I've done a lot of Shakespeare onstage, and I'm not convinced that the Earl of Oxford was the author of all those works, but I am convinced that the Stratfordian William Shakespeare was not. My feeling is that it was an amalgamation of many writers, in the same way that most films are a collaborative endeavor.

Benjamin Franklin

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors

There's a level of authority that's already available in the case of a public health emergency, but this would expand (the state's) authority.

There may be 11, but I don't know. Whatever number (there is) has been shared with the Mundelein authorities.

This many deaths scream (for) investigation by everyone with authority to do so.

They have made loans. The loans have to be serviced. The broadband authority needs to fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities.

There's billions of dollars of investors' money at stake here, ... The national financial press will be focusing on this. And for the author of the story to be away on holidays when it's released just is wrong.

Keith Richards

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

William Williams

In the imagination, we are from henceforth (so long as you read) locked in a fraternal embrace, the classic caress of author and reader.

Mark Romanek

In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he wrote part of the script himself - is clearly more the author of the movie.

Intentionally using the quotes of others without author attribution is plagiarism and contributes to illiteracy.

Richard Holbrooke

in no way infringes on sovereignty (or) authority of countries, but shows the collective will of the Security Council.

INS and, to a large extent, Juan Miguel, would like to see the issue framed differently: Who is legally authorized to speak on behalf of Elian?

In principle, one authority such as EASA is desirable. But this only delivers benefits if the national authorities scale back their activities, and provided that everybody is clear on who is doing what. In that respect there is still some work to be done.