Famous Quotes & Sayings

In California alone, scientists estimate a pandemic could cause approximately 35 percent of the population to become ill.

John Jackson

In Burton, we've always had a strong champion. I'm puzzled by the calls for his resignation.

Stanley Hauerwas

In a world of deep injustice and violence, a people exists that thinks some can be given time to study. We need you to take seriously the calling that is yours by virtue of going to college.

Including, as in most NFL games, some tight plays that produced disagreement about the calls made by the officials.

Initially, when this thing first hit, and everyone suddenly realized what kind of tragedy was down there, people were calling me like helter skelter, ... asking, 'Can we do this? Can we do that?' And, we were saying, 'Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.' Then, we took more control over it.

Richard Baker

In Louisiana we call this putting the fox in charge of the hen house,

Inmates called out to the guards saying that a prisoner was ill and had to be taken to the infirmary. When three guards entered the cell to escort the prisoner to the infirmary, three inmates opened fire with .38 caliber revolvers.

In marriages sometimes, maybe you could call it division of labor. One person takes responsibility for doing the taxes for both. How many of you are in a relationship like that, where one person prepares the taxes for both?

Jackie Speier

In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.

In a lot of ways, it is a tribute to him that there are a lot of clubs that have been interested in him since we picked him up from the Yankees. But we have repeatedly said and acknowledged that we have received calls for him but they have not been past the initial inquiry stage.

In a lot of cases, customers wait and see if their power comes back on. We'd rather have them call right away.

In all the years I've been doing victims' advocacy, I've never had a victim call me and say they were relieved and gratified that the man that sodomized them is supposed to pray more now.

Chris Bosh

I'm nervous. I just hope they call my name. I don't talk much about it. I just wait.

I'm mystified why he wasn't able to put down a better result. He wasn't skiing at the caliber that he can.

Andrea M. Ghez

I'm interested in finding whether or not there is a really massive, what we like to call 'super massive' black hole at the center of our galaxy. And the reason this is interesting is that it gives us an opportunity to prove whether or not these exotic objects really exist.

I'm in shock. I'm in awe. These guys I've been honored to coach have kept surprising me and surprising me and surprising me. This is the greatest turnaround in Cal State Fullerton history.

Jose Antonio Vargas

I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.

Rob Schneider

I mean, 'Ocean's Twelve' went there for a week and pissed off everyone. They were shooting in windows and people would call the police, but the police would go, 'Oh, George Clooney, can I have a picture?'

I know they've got to call things tighter and we have to adjust. But this is a contact sport. There's a fine line there. We don't want to drive fans away because of all the whistles and penalties.

I know this was obviously before your time but, way back when, recordings were done on these things called vinyl records. We, in the industry, use to call these recordings '45's'.

I know we will need personal hygiene items and international telephone calling cards to keep in contact with our families.

I know we're all getting these telephone calls and I understand the public would like something done. But I personally would like things to settle down before we . . . start monkeying around with something that we don't understand the long-range consequences.

I know them all by their call now.

Lance Berkman

I knew I hit it good, but I wasn't thinking home run. The whole time I was wondering if it was going to be fair or foul. I kind of watched and at the last minute it straightened out and died in the corner. The guy reached his glove out and caught it, and I knew they were going to call it at least a double.

I knew from the first phone call with Jaime that he was going to be the person I could put a lot of faith into, and responsibility.

Don Bluth

I knew nothing about sci-fi. We took it. I figured, space hardware, everybody's seen, and you can call in Industrial Light & Magic and all the pros in the world.

Steve Young

I knew the second he knew he wasn't going to be on the field making an impact that he would call it a career. But it seemed like he would never retire. I thought he'd be George Blanda out there catching passes at 45.

I knew that once he saw in the third or fourth day that things weren't moving as fast as they should, that I was going to get a call from him.

Bob Johnson

I like knowing that I'm helping others. I call it front-line service. You know that you're directly helping someone with your efforts.

Chick Corea

I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow.

I like many things. The American people are more calm than Italians.

I just want to show them that if something happens in April, I?m a guy they can call upon. I want to show them I have a good work ethic and I can handle the position.

John Perez

I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.