Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.

Bennett Cerf

An oboe is an ill-wind that nobody blows good.

Benny Hinn

Sometimes I wish God would give me a Holy Ghost machine gun. I'd blow your head off!

Benjamin Tucker

Thus, the same blow that strikes interest down will send wages up.

Bill Gates

The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of say, three, and then have some miraculous storage solution, so that not only over the 24-hour day but over long periods of time where the wind doesn't blow, you have reliable energy. That's a path. But energy storage is hard. That's not a guaranteed path.

Bill Gates

This antitrust thing will blow over.

We'll be back. I don't blow smoke. I tell the truth. I don't think that's the case on their side.

The referendum result is a blow for the constitutional process, but not the end of it, ... It is also not the end of the German-French partnership in and for Europe.

The red tops tend to blow things out of proportion but they will end up red in the face,

Che Guevara

I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on the side of the common people

With the wind blowing like it is and the direction it's blowing in, yeah, I'm very concerned.

We've got mobile homes rolled into mobile homes. We've got mobile homes blown into houses. It's all debris.

We've tried to be realistic. We're not trying to blow smoke at any of the kids. We've been very honest and I hope they understand. They need to know this is where we want to go. It's not an easy road, but we will be rewarded at the end.

Today's vote deals a severe blow to the ambitions of the terrorists and sends a clear message to the world that the people of Iraq will decide the future of their country through peaceful elections, not violent insurgency.

Today's victory means that thousands of Americans will not have their lives cut short because of the pollution that would have blown through this huge loophole.

Today's jet fuel prices are crushing and could prove to be a knockout blow for some.

Yeah, it was blowing up. Nonstop. All my friends from back home. Guys I haven't really heard from in a while. But it was great.

Retief Goosen

You know, tomorrow it might blow a gale and we'll all be moaning at things.

Scott Ritter

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.

Nikki Sixx

When I first started seeing it come together, I was just blown away.

When I first moved to Houston, I had to spend some time figuring out what I wanted to do. The last year has been sort of dormant, but now things have just exploded. It's been kind of crazy how things have just blown up.

We needed the two points that's for sure. There is no question about it, no one is happy about blowing the lead in the third period, but we needed the points. We got the win, and everyone wishes we didn't give up the lead, but we found a way to win the game.

We never go into games expecting a blowout. We don't think, by any stretch of the imagination, that we should expect to blow out teams at the state tournament. We expect every game to be a close game and just hope to squeak it out at the end.

Brandon Roy

We've been getting blown out here all three years since I've been here, even in the win. This has been a tough place to play.

Jason Terry

We came out trying to play our game, but they came out really focused. They had that look in their eyes like it was going to be their night. ... For a minute there, it looked like they were going to blow us out on our home court.

Marcus Johnson

We had to maintain a big lead. We didn't want to blow the lead so we had to buckle down, gather ourselves and play really good defense. And that's what paid off.

We didn't execute on offense, and we didn't execute on defense, and that's what happens. No matter who you play, if you're not doing it the right way, you're going to get blown out in your own building, no matter where you play. It was just one of those days. It's just disappointing.

Peter Gallagher

Two women? God, man. Well, I'm still living. So clearly I must've gotten away with it, when I did do it. But I don't think it's time to blow my cover now.

Oscar Isaac

I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment.

We have had a number of call from Royal fans who seem certain that an announcement is imminent including one young girl who said winning a few quid on his engagement would soften the blow that he would never be hers!

Christopher Paolini

Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.

Gregory Coupet

We could hardly have expected such a match. It's the first time I have suffered such a blow with Lyon. Now, we mustn't get too worried.

Sandra Tsing Loh

Having blown up my own long-term marriage via an extramarital affair, followed by a traumatic divorce, I tend to think of love as less a gently glowing hearth than a set of flaming train tracks you strap yourself onto.