Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Abramoff

In the past two years I've started the process of becoming a new man. I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful over the reckless and hurtful things I have done in my life, especially those which have brought me before you today.

In the realm of local government, growth is one of the most controversial issues, and we see no-growth or slow-growth groups becoming more sophisticated and powerful over time.

Mark Ruffalo

In the past 10 years since I've been doing independents and occasionally a studio movie, studio movies are starting to look more like independents and independents are starting to look more like studio movies. Both of them see that they can make money. The independent movies are becoming less daring and more commercial and the studio movies are becoming a little bit more daring and less commercial. So it's kinda a weird times.

I ran into David over a year ago. I came into town and wanted to congratulate him on becoming commissioner. And then we started talking about Baltimore, and it got me pretty excited.

Alain Resnais

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films.

I never wanted a hit single, ever. I thought as soon as we stopped becoming hungry, we wouldn't play hungry. And that's what happened.

Jaime Lerner

There are three major issues now that are becoming important, not only for cities, but for all mankind: Mobility, sustainability - which is linked to mobility - and social diversity.

Harry Stack Sullivan

What I am, at any given moment in the process of my becoming a person, will be determined by my relationships with those who love me or refuse to love me, with those whom I love or refuse to love.

Mike DeWine

I have seen the cycle of a non-violent, mentally ill offender who is arrested repeatedly and put into the system repeatedly-never being treated for his illness and, as a result, becoming more and more ill.

I can see a trend, executives want to save costs on business travel and connecting people virtually is becoming more affordable,

I don't like being victimized by a machine or by other people's demands on my time. I become resentful by feeling forced or incentivized to live a life I don't want to live. That rage in general prevents me from entirely becoming enslaved by technology.

If he is not distorting the truth, the vice president is scaring the seniors. The vice president is developing a reckless disregard for the truth and that is becoming somewhat alarming.

Michael Redhill

I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I'd learned in acting school still applied.

Ali Liebegott

I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets your hands dirty, is a respectable, necessary thing. But I wanted to write - and writing didn't qualify. Whenever I told my parents I dreamed of becoming a writer, they said, 'Great, but what are you going to do for work?'

Ice fishing has become a fairly high-tech activity, with many winter anglers becoming tech-savvy by using fish locators, GPS units and underwater video cameras. By putting fishing information in an easy-to-access format on the Web, we hope to not only encourage ice fishing but also help anglers be successful and safe while they are on the ice.

Paul Tagliabue

I don't think the negotiations are going very well. Positions are hardening when they shouldn't be. It is becoming an issue in terms of the financial resources some teams have and some teams don't.

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political.

Zach Wamp

I do think that tremendous energy now is put behind the goal of becoming energy independent as soon as possible in this country.

Marc Rotenberg

I don't think cookies should be out there at all, ... but the good news here is that consumers are at least becoming more sophisticated about the appropriate use of cookies.

Rubens Barrichello

I am very happy because I think now the team has a true chance of becoming world champions,

Jack Straw

I am optimistic about Iraq, I think in five to 10 years we will see it becoming stable.

Sushma Swaraj

I am opposed only to any person of foreign origin becoming the Prime Minister.

I don't want to see it go, but it's becoming so hard,

He's maturing. It's exciting to see. He's becoming more of a leader and he wants to win.

Bill Bradley

However, I have serious questions about our policy. We are escalating our commitment without establishing a clear exit strategy. As with Bosnia, we run the risk of becoming bogged down in a quagmire whose end we cannot predict or control,

However, we continue to look for better growth trends in the core (fleet management solutions) business. Full service leasing growth remains the key to the story and we are waiting for accelerating organic growth before becoming more constructive on (Ryder).

F. Scott Fitzgerald

It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.

Everett Dirksen

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

Isaac Pitman

I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author.

Irving Babbitt

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

Becoming truthful, we merge with the True One; remaining blended with Him, we shall never be separated again.

Paul Davies

Becoming part of it, you have something to do about it. All the alumni, some may not catch all your games except the Michigan game. You're playing for them, too, for everyone who's graduated here, everyone who's going to come here in the future.

Becoming organized is not a one-time deal. It is a constant work in progress to keep it clean and organized.