Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Smith

There were numerous counts of lines down and trees into power lines during the weekend. When an entire pole comes down, especially one with this many lines on it, it becomes a multifaceted job that runs into a lot of time.

The requested sale of Aegis-class destroyers becomes more likely.

The requested sale of Aegis (Burke)-class destroyers becomes more likely.

There's a lot of concern that this infrastructure bond becomes the nation's largest thank-you note to his political donors. What we're going to have to watch over the coming months is the influx of campaign money from the builder-developer community.

There needs to be some steps before this becomes a home theater system.

David Quammen

There's a belief in some cultures that if a person experiences good fortune in financial terms and does not share the good fortune, when that person becomes ill with a mysterious fever and dies, people tend to say: 'Aha! It was because he didn't share. It was the spirits who brought him down.'

Mahesh Bhatt

There, life grabs our young man and then it becomes a struggle between (his) heart and his commitment to ideology.

Alyson Hannigan

This is what I always wanted to do in my entire life, so I am not going to sit here and complain that it is so terrible to be in successful movies, because it becomes a trilogy!

You're starting to see this team formulate. If nothing becomes available, what you see is what you're going to get.

Tom Stoppard

You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid.

Kirk Ferentz

You see guys playing in games and the picture becomes a little more clear. Plus, everybody has a little different role in the backfield and each of the guys we have has some different strengths and weaknesses so we'll try to get them in a position that works for them.

Jean Nidetch

You take away the handicap of obesity, and this person becomes someone else. Take a jolly fat man for instance. You talk to him, and his heart is breaking. He wants to be thin.

Virgil

Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do. With such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

You're not going to find a lot of those, and it can be risky if the institution concludes that it's too much about you, not the university. When you look at him, the institution becomes a shadow of him.

Luol Deng

You play hard every night, and it becomes a habit. If we don't play that way, we go down.

This is great, this is a step in the right direction, but as we all know in every other sport, district is when the second season starts. So next week is where it really becomes important that we carry on. This is a good sign in that direction.

Paul Cayard

This is going to be tricky, no question about it. It could be a very tough day on the water if the wind is light and fickle and the current becomes a factor.

I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.

Joel Coen

Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone is going to be, or it becomes important that we're groping toward some kind of story with a certain kind of tone that we both get somehow. But I don't think how that's combined with other elements is ever in any way overtly discussed.

Kelsey Grammer

He becomes the most sought-after lawyer once it is discovered he is actually a rat.

Philip Rivers

For the most part, the feedback I've got is that they're not going to mess with the motion. I think there needs to be a problem before it needs to be fixed, and I don't think there is right now. If there becomes one, I'm going to do be open to do all I can do to get better and make it work.

If it becomes some other type of business, it will be hard to bring it back.

If it becomes a revenue-generating source for the city, with traps that are set up to catch people, we will be back to talk to the commission about that.

Tim Flannery

If humans pursue a business-as-usual course for the first half of this century, I believe the collapse of civilization due to climate change becomes inevitable.

Andy Roddick

I come here wanting to win ... and I think it's great preparation for next week because you are getting into your routine so it becomes second nature.

I certainly hope that people will see this as a wonderful option for the hospital. Hopefully, this becomes an alternative that the people in the community can rally around.

Oscar Wilde

I appropriate what is already mine, for once a thing is published it becomes public property

Carine Roitfeld

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

Henry A. Kissinger

if East Pakistan becomes independent, it is going to become a cesspool. It's going to be 100 million people; they have the lowest standard of living in Asia. They are going to become a ripe field for communist infiltration.

I don't think the team goal has changed. I think there was some convincing. At first you're going to talk about it, but through success it becomes more believable. The kids start to feel like, wow, we're as good as the coaches have led us to believe.

Jeff Pentland

He's got a chance to use a lot more of the field now. He becomes much more dangerous when he does that because it gives him a chance to utilize his speed.

How it is done becomes an issue for those interested in buying equity. The move is there and the willingness is there but the financial capacity is the big issue here. It can be a constraint when it comes to how much you can acquire.

William Shakespeare

How quickly nature falls into revoltWhen gold becomes her object!