Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Perkins

So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire. It's been extremely successful.

So you pick out a small lesion in the lung and really focus on it, pinpoint the treatment as opposed to treating a larger area, ... It reduces toxicity and allows you to deliver a very high dose. That's basically where radiation is evolving.

So you have a person who is basically on vacation in Las Vegas for a week and is being paid and not taking vacation time.

One guy spread that thin is basically not having anybody. It just doesn't work.

One guesses with the economy like one guesses with the stock market. There are some basic rules, but it doesn't always wind up the way you like it.

Michael Ward

On down days, when people were selling out of technology, they were looking at the natural resources sector and other basic industries, ... The oil service stocks had a few really good days.

No. We are not. We have no tie-up with Volkswagen in Malaysia. What we manufacture here is basically for us.

No matter how many outlets are out there, one of the basic principles of P.R. still applies: If you don't tell your story, someone else will.

No matter how challenged people are financially, owning a home remains one of the basics -- a first building block in the American dream,

Once the socket is fit to where the patient is comfortable in the socket, then what we do is take the wooden block and start shaping the corners. We start shaping it to look like a thigh, so this is what we start with in the beginning is a basic block.

Ray Brown

Actually, I was starting to feel like my abilities were best suited at tackle, because I'm not as fast as I used to be. As you get older, it's a leg-strength game. I'm able to sort of trick the team and trick this league that I can play inside. That's basically what I got by with - a little guile, a little veteran savvy, and also leaning on my teammates.

The more I looked into the breed, the more interesting they became. They're fun-loving, they love the water and they want to be doing things with you all the time, and that's what we wanted. We just basically were interested in a dog that would be a part of the family and be with us all the time.

Bob Golic

The more comfortable we got chatting, the more I drifted away from giving down-and-distance and the other basic things.

Pete Domenici

the momentum is behind the simple more ... basic findings rather than the detailed ones.

Defensively we were playing scared and weren't coming out and being aggressive. Offensively we had to put a drive together and with Caleb hurt, we had to do some things to be able to move the ball. I wish I could say I had a stroke of genius, but I really didn't. When you look at it, we just kind of went back to basics and ran our leads and ran our option and that put us in good scoring range.

Phil Garner

Definitely saw him more in the strike zone. I saw him down in the strike zone more and then saw him go up (in the zone) when he wanted to go up. That's what you wanted to see. You want to see him within basically the mitt most of the time.

Dealers in the Gulf region were out of business for most of the month of September. Basically the entire state of Texas was impacted.

Nathan Myhrvold

The task of growing is finding these people. A lot of companies are (turning away) from the notion that basic research can be a good investment. Some of the best and brightest are being turned out by their companies,

The system has basically been rigged to protect incumbents and discourage competition.

The tick up in the unemployment rate largely had to do with the fact that we had construction workers who basically had to file because of the rain and the stormy weather. When we have inclement weather like that, construction workers are not likely to work on the site. The majority that filed came from that industry.

The super PACs have brought an element of fear into the equation. The fact that they can bring this money into the campaign, basically ambush you out of nowhere, and you'll have no way to fight back.

Joseph Bruchac

The special skills necessary for being a storyteller are really very simple. I actually talked about them in a book of mine called 'Tell Me a Tale.' Those basic skills are to listen, to observe, to remember, and to share.

Michael Ward

The special prosecutor basically supported what we had told the Board of Elections all along,

Rhett Miller

The songs are depressing, but they sound happy. That's the whole trick, ... This record is more a function of being on the road for basically two years, never having any downtime or privacy. Any semblance of a normal life. So you end up writing these disjointed, disconnected songs.

Pete Carroll

The thing I like is that I'm in charge of everything, so I can structure things the way I like. I get to wear all the hats. There are a few guys in the NFL who have that opportunity, but not many. You basically have to win a Super Bowl.

John Varvatos

The thing about the basics is they don't really change - it's the details and the proportions that change. The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.

Dom Capers

The thing I was the most disappointed in (Sunday) was basically the fundamentals of our team. Our tackling, our blocking, there were far too many penalties right now, it's a gut check and a character check for our team.

Dom Capers

The thing I was most disappointed in was the basic fundamentals of our team. Our blocking and tackling were poor, and we committed too many penalties.

Paris Hilton

I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard, ... Just listening to my father . . . So just basically following that and following my heart.

I've always said this is a small town. I think deep down we all basically want the same kind of thing for the town. It's just seeing through minor differences.

Scott Turow

I've become President of the Author's Guild, and, in part because they thought I had to know what I was talking about and also as a sort of coronation present, they got me an iPad. And I have to tell you, I'm crazy about it. It's got some bugs, but it's basically replaced my laptop. I'm very happy with it.

Bob Hill

I've basically just played since I moved to The Villages. I had played in maybe 20 or 30 games before that.

I've basically just been working hard. I've been getting up in the morning, going to class, or getting up in the morning, going to work out. When I'm done with class, I'm going to the gym. When I'm done with the gym, I'm going to class.