Famous Quotes & Sayings

P. J. O'Rourke

Our earliest evidence of government, in the ruins of Babylon and Egypt, shows nothing but ziggurats and pyramids of wasted taxpayer money, the TARP funds and shovel-ready stimulus programs of their day.

Scott Tucker

Of course, we probably should have left them where they were, ... But when we'd bring them home, they'd lay eggs, and next thing you know we'd have baby turtles running around. I love nature and wildlife, and it's always been a part of my family.

During the course of our strategic review, we redefined our business model and sharpened our competitive position, ... We believe that our new financial partners will help us build on this momentum and we look forward to a successful future as a leading toy and baby products retailer.

Destiny is a fighter - she's had to be in order to still be here. When I look at her I can't believe she's the same tiny baby that's in the pictures.

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Earl Wilson

Announcement from the proud parents of a baby daughter. "We have skirted the issue.

(Sophie) rules the house and all of the sudden a baby comes along. At the same time, they like each other.

Seems like the court kind of split this baby right down the middle, ... Gore won a little bit and Bush won a little bit.

Sarah is something else. I saw her baby pictures. I know how far she's come. What a success story.

Joe Carnahan

'Raising Arizona' is maybe my favorite comedy of all time. What's great about it is that as slapstick as it gets, it has great moments of emotion and caring. Them bringing the baby back and Trey Wilson's character. I love that, man.

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

Entwistle stated that he went up to the bedroom, saw blood on his daughter, and saw that both his wife and daughter had been shot. When investigators found the victims, however, the baby's face was covered with a pillow, and there was no immediate, visible evidence that either Rachel Entwistle or baby Lillian had been shot.

There's consumer research on anything you can imagine diapers to automobiles to condoms to jeans to baby formula,

There's consumer research on anything you can imagine -- diapers to automobiles to condoms to jeans to baby formula.

At a parents' night out, a teenage babysitter at church was not being watched. He took an 8-year-old boy outside and fondled him.

Pat Conroy

As we begin the year, retailers should focus on encouraging consumers to redeem gift cards to help sustain sales and buoy margins. Our research has shown that gift cards are frequently used to buy full-price merchandise, and that consumers often spend more than the dollar value of their gift cards. Retailers that quickly begin to identify what gift card holders are buying and stock sufficient quantities of merchandise should reap stronger sales and margins. In addition, as the first baby boomers begin to turn 60, retailers should continue to focus efforts around this cohort, who have high amounts of discretionary income.

A baby sitter is someone you are supposed to trust. In my opinion this is the worst kind of betrayal one person can inflict on another.

A baby sitter is someone who watches your TV set While your kids cry themselves to sleep.

Carl Sandburg

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby. The finest of our precision watches, the most super-colossal of our supercargo planes don't compare with a newborn baby in the number and ingenuity of coils and springs, in the flow and change of chemical solutions, in timing devises and interrelated parts that are irreplaceable.

Jerome Jerome

A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other

About 10 years ago mother helped with a premature baby goat which was about the size of a cat. She would get up during the night and nurse it with a bottle.

Alicia Coppola

This baby comes out of you and there's no handbook. They hand you this child and say, 'Don't kill it. Feed it, clothe it and shelter it.' I never knew what that kind of love was. I remember looking at my daughter for the first time and wondering if that's the way my father looked at me.

They shot him with the baby in the car. I can't believe this ... She is just a baby.

Christopher Wood

This is a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Frankly, I think there was a lot of effort to just get things into the hopper, so I don't know how much thought went into these proposals.

Christopher Wood

This is a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, ... Frankly, I think there was a lot of effort to just get things into the hopper, so I don't know how much thought went into these proposals.

They surprise you when they come back. They actually are different. Some have lost some baby fat, some are stronger, some are taller.

A lot of people don't realize we have the Baby Pantry until they see it.

Al Jefferson

A lot of people compare me to Moses Malone. Somebody actually sent me a DVD of him. I didn't get a chance to watch him in his career. I was probably a little baby or not even born. But I got a chance to watch him (on DVD).

A lot of folks are baby boomers coming in from out of state that now have money they can spend on second homes.

Billy Corgan

A lot of great music got easily dismissed because the baby boomers threw their weight around and we had to listen to Motown 'til our ears bled,

It's not like somebody opened a drawer. That's not the scenario here. This is a 10-ounce baby on a morgue stretcher.

For busy parents who stock up on baby food and other items, if they can't easily find it in Wal-Mart, they don't have time to go back. They'll just go to the competition. It's critical for Wal-Mart stores to be fully stocked and have experienced staff on weekends.

It's only baby if you present it that way. If you say the color and texture will help them learn, they're eager.