Famous Quotes & Sayings

Prince Charles

I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants.

Gore Vidal

Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, 'Well, so-and-so will like this,' which you do when you're younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.

Caleb Cushing

If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.

Trent Reznor

We know we cannot stop all ticket reselling, but if we can redirect some of that unauthorized margin to a good cause like the Innocence Project, it makes me feel like we have done something worthwhile.

We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands.

Teresa Heinz

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

Steven Sinofsky

No matter how you look at it, one person cannot be evaluated and paid in isolation of budgets.

The vast majority of debt that Anglo maintains is owed is strenuously disputed. However, I cannot now pay those loans which are due, following Anglo taking control of the Quinn Group of companies, which I and a loyal team spent a lifetime building.

Scott Weiss

As a decision maker, you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. As the CEO, however, you cannot rely solely on this information. You also need to 'dip' down into your organization and learn directly from employees at all levels and virtually all skill sets.

Vladimir Putin

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic principles taken around the whole world.

Trey Anastasio

I cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself '.

Troy Polamalu

My joy in my life comes from my strength in my life and in my experience with God. That cannot be separated from football. It is all the same to me. It is one. I am one with it.

Thomas Hardy

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

Thomas Mann

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

Torsten Wiesel

I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov.

Jackie Speier

To me, this kind of malfeasance or nonfeasance is precisely what the public cannot tolerate.

We're excited about banks. This is very much a consolidation story. The government has told Lloyds TSB it cannot increase market share in the UK through consolidation. It now needs to look to Europe.

We're excited about banks, ... This is very much a consolidation story. The government has told Lloyds TSB it cannot increase market share in the UK through consolidation. It now needs to look to Europe.

We're driving the cost. You cannot generate healthy profits if you don't get the volume in the low end.

William Finnegan

For billionaires who cannot buy good press, there is the option of buying the press.

William Henry Hudson

You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.

William Empson

The heart of standing is you cannot fly.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

William Davies

But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near. . . .

W. G. Sebald

To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. But it is something you cannot possibly escape: your psychological make-up is such that you are inclined to look back over your shoulder.

Allen West

Part of Obamacare eliminated the private sector financial market that engages in giving college student loans. I mean, now the federal government has taken over college student loans, so I sit back and strategically look at this and say this just cannot be happening.

Allyson Schwartz

The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an emergency that happens in this country that we cannot budget for. Katrina is an example.

Daniel Barenboim

Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.

Alan Greenspan

Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living. That surely cannot be our goal.

Alan Greenspan

The problem is you cannot have free global trade with highly restrictive, regulated domestic markets.

Alan Greenspan

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

Anna Netrebko

I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I am now never in Russia; I am Austrian citizen. But definitely I am Latin!