Famous Quotes & Sayings

Trent Lott

In the summer of 2002...the President began lobbying for an open-ended resolution empowering him to wage war on Iraq.... Bush had made clear his intentions to wage war on Iraq in several of our private meetings.

Kate Christensen

In the winter of 2012, as my fiftieth birthday approached, I began to write what turned into my autobiography, a look at my own life through the lens of food.

John Leo

Instead of the traditional emphasis on the sanctity of life, bioethics began to stress the quality of life, meaning that many damaged humans, young and old, don't qualify for personhood because their lives have lost value.

Omar Bongo

In other words, the fundamental values (freedom, justice, equality of rights) began to be respected by France and the United States in the 1950s-1960s, after decolonization and assuring civil equality between Blacks and Whites.

Graham Nash

I plowed myself into listening to about 98% of everything that was ever recorded in the past 20-odd years-I began to fall back in love with why I love David and Steven in the first place. It put us back in touch with what our strengths were, and it was a thrilling process.

Ike Skelton

In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded.

Investors remain skeptical of the rally that began in April. Therefore, the rally could restart.

In the beginning, even before we had a chance to have serious talks, they began making preparations for a labor dispute.

In order to do business with people in Asia, one must have a relationship. That began the relationship.

In 2009, I began creating 'Waterworks' with the new vernacular coming from the 'Signs of Life' work in Las Vegas.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

In 2007, Lindsay Lohan seemed to be on top of the world, a bona fide star who had her pick of acting gigs. But it wasn't long before the veneer cracked, and Lindsay's life began to shatter.

I had decided to buy in on the complete good-eating-habit program, and after surgery, I began losing one-half pound to a pound per day,

Kevin Barry

I think the language as spoken in Limerick and Cork has not really been written; 'City of Bohane' is a combination of the two. Bohane is a little kingdom. When I began writing it, I realised that it was in the future and that it was a place that didn't care about anything that happened outside it.

John le Carre

I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote about butterfly collecting, you used another name.

Jen Lancaster

I began writing fiction when I started running out of material in my own life.

Leslie Banks

I began writing after my child was seriously hurt in a daycare center accident, and I wanted to come home to be with her during her recovery.

Caleb Landry Jones

I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism' that changed my life: with what I earned, I left Texas and moved to Los Angeles.

George Harrison

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began to stop touring. Having Indian things so much in my head it was bound to come out.

I began to understand how we are built; we're built to be natural-born liars. Nature has fashioned us like nature has fashioned so many organisms.

David Livingstone

I began to understand how we are built; we're built to be natural-born liars, ... Nature has fashioned us like nature has fashioned so many organisms.

Joyce Banda

I began to think about those that were in my situation that were not able to walk out of an abusive marriage, or maybe those that did not know where to go, that were in a single headed marriage, or widows. I was thinking what it was I could do to reach out to them.

I began to see that this wasn't simply an odd man, an odd writer. What he discovered writing 'In Cold Blood' embodies what a lot of people go through. He struggled with who he was.

Jenny Holzer

I began to see that the short texts I was writing were poster material.

Al Michaels

I began to realize more and more how much I was going to miss being with those people. That's my family, that's my broadcasting family.

Roald Dahl

I began to realise that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms, and they took their inventing very seriously.

Peter Shaffer

I began to read everything I could about Mozart, who I've always felt, I suppose, to be the greatest of all composers. I still think so.

I began tailoring my books to cater to one or another universe of readers. I found it incredibly boring; and frankly, it felt stultifying. I'd previously been in advertising. I felt if I was going to create something to fit a specific market, I might as well have stayed with advertising.

I began studying geography because I wanted to learn more about the world I live in.

Martha Stewart

I began raising chickens primarily for their eggs, but over the years, I've also grown fond of caring for them and learning about their many different breeds and varieties.

I began praying as soon as he hit the field.

I began playing the flute during the summer before my sixth grade year when I was 11 years old, and instantly fell in love with it.

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories.

I began my career at Teledyne, where I worked on various navigation systems, including Inertial, Doppler radar, and other conventional radio navigation systems.