Famous Quotes & Sayings

We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself.

Taraji P. Henson

When I meet a person and that chemistry is there, I cannot hide the electricity. I need to learn more about him, and once I feel safe, I'm gone, I'm in love, and I give it my all!

Beeban Kidron

Parents cannot be in the same physical space as their children at all times.

David Hewson

The English Channel is such a narrow little puddle, you cannot help wondering why no invader has succeeded in crossing it since 1066.

I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.

Don Young

You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs.

Philippe Falardeau

I would love to write a script where the main character is a woman. I know I can direct a film where the main character is a woman. I cannot write that film.

We cannot get serious about helping the private sector create quality jobs without focusing first on the main drivers of our economy - the American middle class and those struggling to enter it.

Octavio Paz

Words are things, but things which mean. We cannot do away with meaning without doing away with signs, that is, with language itself. Moreover, we would have to do away with the universe. All the things man touches are impregnated with meaning.

Theories cannot claim to be indestructible. They are only the plough which the ploughman uses to draw his furrow and which he has every right to discard for another one, of improved design, after the harvest.

Mark McKinnon

The GOP cannot expect to win the presidency in the future by simply relying on running up big numbers with white voters.

You cannot separate sexuality from cheerleading. It is inherently what it is - growing up with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and all of that stuff.

To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.

Oriana Fallaci

A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.

Steve Jobs

We have had a phenomenal response to this product, ... We cannot keep up with demand.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

We have an increase of population of 500,000 people a year, ... That means 5 million more people in 10 years?. If we cannot provide for the people already now, with 37 million, how can we provide for 42 million?

Arnold Schwarzenegger

We have a massive weight that we must lift off our state, ... Alone, I cannot lift it. But together we can.

We have always been opposed to politicizing the human rights question, ... Practice has proved that confrontation cannot solve the problem.

We know that there will be a number of individuals that cannot be released because of a high degree of certainty they would return to the battlefield. We're looking for ways to share that responsibility with our coalition partners.

Sergey Lavrov

We have to wait until three presidents discuss the final text which is on the table, and as far as I am concerned I cannot vote tonight (Wednesday) until I hear from my president,

Rebecca MacKinnon

Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms.

Sam Rayburn

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

Rick Perry

Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's stop trying to curry favor with them.

Marquis de Lafayette

The continental troops have as much courage and real discipline as those that are opposed to them. They are more inured to privation, more patient than Europeans, who, on these two points, cannot be compared to them.

Peter Singer

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

Peter Singer

The price we are willing to pay for safety cannot be infinite. It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the more we spend on safety, the less we will have for our other goals.

While I have the greatest respect for the Supreme Court's members, I cannot claim familiarity with any particular judicial philosophies the justices might possess.

I do not need any cheerleaders at my moot court. And I cannot imagine walking into that Court without the preparation of a few vicious moot courts; it is critical to the development of my thinking.

Patrick Ness

A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

Marcus Samuelsson

I cannot stress a greater importance than to teach the young generation about the risks of unhealthy eating. A great way to pique their interest in nutrition is to involve them more in the cooking process. They not only will learn to cook for themselves, but also develop a lifetime of healthy habits.

Marco Rubio

You cannot do anything without God. It's a profound and elemental truth. Not, you cannot do most things without God. You will not be able to do anything that you want, truly, in fulfillment, without God.

Mstislav Rostropovich

Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.

Mark Pocan

As we celebrate the considerable progress we've made toward full equality in our military, we cannot forget about those who continue to suffer because of the discriminatory policies of our past.