Famous Quotes & Sayings

I, pro. In grammar it is a pronoun of the first person and singular number. Its plural is said to be ""We"", but how there can be more than one myself is doubtless clearer the grammarians than it is to the author of this incomparable dictionary. Conception

In view of the concerns raised by federal, state and local officials over this approval, the Port Authority must ensure that a full and comprehensive review of this matter is complete.

In those places where the Palestinian Authority fails to deal with terrorists, we will have to do it - and we can't wait.

'Into the Blizzard' follows the author as he traces the footsteps of the Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War: where they trained in Scotland, where they fought in Gallipoli and where they died at the Battle of the Somme in France.

Bryan Brown

I offered to do the legal work on that contract. The authority declined to have us do the work for them for free. So the first time I saw the contract it was a done deal.

In the past, I stayed with friends, a couple of bad friends. The (Metropolitan Regional Housing Authority) said they would contact me when something became available.

If you've written it yourself, it's more authority over the piece. I think this is one of the most valuable experiences they will have educationally.

Rod Smith

If you want to fix the schools, pay the teachers better, recruit the best and the brightest back into the classroom, give them the authority to run the classes, educate them so that we're doing something besides becoming just an FCAT test center.

Colin Channer

If you're an author and someone is booking you a flight, they should check with you before they buy the ticket to make sure when you want to arrive.

Robert Gottlieb

In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a format that will bring forth many new writers to publishing.

I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.

Kevin Bleyer

To be sure, the hard-to-come-by interview - the 'get' - isn't an uncommon phenomenon here at 'The Daily Show.' We've had high-profile dignitaries, low-profile indignitaries, stars you've heard of, authors you should have read.

I cannot and do not understand how we can go forward unless we know that we're going to be able to do our job, ... unless we are seen by others to have the necessary authority to make the decisions.

Michael Gartner

I can speak with authority on any subject in 13 paragraphs,

I do know that some MPs give authority to another MP to put their name on such a motion. But I can't think of any member who would do so in this instance. I will look into the matter. That's the best I can do and I will continue watching Big Brother in my spare time.

Dimitri Simes

Color revolutions succeed when the authorities are not only authoritarian but also lack self-confidence ... Until President Lukashenko loses popularity in Belarus, I don't think his regime will have any serious problems.

He also calls on the Government of Lebanon to extend its authority over all of its territory in accordance with Security Council resolutions.

Julia Quinn

I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.

Jane Goldman

I don't tend to be a nitpicker when I'm watching movies, so as long as something is true to the spirit of the original, that's very much what we got for. You try to never do something that the original author wouldn't have done themselves.

Scott Turow

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

Maria Semple

I always write authors after I read their books. I've been doing it for years. I write a formal letter and send it to them in care of their agent. My mother always taught us to write thank you notes, and if an author puts themselves out there, they like to hear that their book connected with someone.

I believe in the word of the U.S. authorities. They have expressed themselves clearly in the proper relation. Let's hope that they will find a way to simply convert its words into actions.

Abraham Lincoln

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

James Gunn

I feel a bit like Ellen Glasgow (I think it was) who said that she was the master and characters did what she said. I'm envious of authors whose characters become so real to them that they take off in their own directions, but my philosophy of teaching, as well as writing, is to demystify the process.

I don't think the state of North Dakota has the authority to collect the tax to begin with. I think they're in violation of our sovereign rights, and of federal law.

However, in the event of a disaster when minutes count, we have the authority to do what it takes to move quickly.

Jeanne Shaheen

However, under New Hampshire law, Secretary Gardner has the authority to set the date of the primary. Secretary Gardner's decision will stand, and we must now focus our efforts on protecting our primary.

However, the Turnpike Authority will certainly work with the administration and the Legislature on any proposals that may benefit the state.

However, China's police authority would not sit by and be apathetic and indifferent to law-violating behaviors or content on the Internet.

Albert Camus

How many crimes committed merely because their authors could not endure being wrong!

Isaac Watts

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.

Home rule gave city and county councils the authority to redistrict themselves, but it did not do that for school boards. The delegation, through the General Assembly, is the sole authority for changing school board district lines. A lot of delegations don't even let the school boards look at their plan until it's drawn up and done.