Famous Quotes & Sayings

In this very complex, globalized world, despite the power of the United States, we cannot go it alone, ... We do have to work through multilateral institutions. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses. The United Nations has both.

Jimmy Carter

In the world at large, we cannot lead if our leaders mislead,

In the end, man is an event which cannot judge itself, but, for better or worse, is left to the judgment of others.

Eddie Jordan

In the current climate, I'd rather be a 50 percent part of something that's winning than 100 percent of something that cannot win.

David F. Houston

In some sections, where experience has demonstrated that the cereals, except rye, cannot be relied on, buckwheat is a crop of considerable importance.

In some cases, this will provide a solution for councils. The public forgets that we have a statutory obligation to deliver education for every child, and some kids just cannot thrive in a mainstream school.

John Burroughs

In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth

Boris Yeltsin

In Russia, we are shaken by the NATO bombardment of the embassy of the Chinese People's Republic in Belgrade. This is an open outrage, and there is not and cannot be any justification for it,

In response to his request they've reviewed all of his information, and that they cannot ensure his travel will always be delay-free.

In other words, another RBNZ tightening cannot be dismissed yet. It is spending, not production, that is the target issue at present. And the factor that will determine whether another tightening is required.

Inquest cannot be done because we have not been arrested. We remain under the protective custody of the speaker, pending the serving of appropriate warrants of arrest.

Inquest cannot be done because we have not been arrested.

Investors cannot make a decision given the long weekend for foreign investors and uncertainty hanging over on Wall Street when trading resumes.

Melanne Verveer

Investments in women are positively correlated to growth, prosperity, stability, democracy, health - and vital to our national security. We cannot write off the talent of half the world and expect to confront our challenges.

In the second half of 1999, we'll clearly see probably 10 to a dozen large Internet companies that are profitable, and, at that point, if some of the smaller companies cannot demonstrate clear progress toward profitability, then you would see the premium going towards those that are profitable and away from those that are not.

In the perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense.

In the longer term, a resumption of dollar weakness and a move to new highs cannot be ruled out. But for the moment, we do not see that on the horizon.

In the light of this common mission, we cannot not denounce and combat with decisiveness the hate and incomprehension, the injustices and the violence that continue to sow worry in the soul of men and women of good will.

Grover Norquist

In the old days, George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse doorway and told children they could not come in. Today, the foes of school choice stand in the doorway and say to the grandchildren of George Wallace's victims, 'You cannot get out'.

Michael Morpurgo

I really can't write fantasy. I cannot invent a world which does not exist. And I can't read fantasy either. As soon as I realise I'm reading a book that hasn't got its roots in a reality I can comprehend, I switch off.

I really cannot wait. I love playing in Tallahassee. They get rowdy, and we get rowdier.

Henry Ford

If you think you can do a thing or that you cannot do a thing, in either case you are right.

George Orwell

If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy. You cannot speak any of the necessary dialects, and when you make a stupid remark its stupidity will be obvious, even to yourself.

Sathya Baba

If you strive to find your Self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain, because the mind cannot give you the Truth. You are that Self. All else is illusion of the mind's creation.

B. F. Skinner

If you start saying what (events) units of the university can and cannot sponsor, it's going to lead to censorship.

If you return today we cannot guarantee enough fuel and we cannot guarantee public safety." ()

If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today.

John Edwards

If you want to beat me up, feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself.

Ted Strickland

In my judgment I can tolerate the inconvenience of an unwanted phone call, but I cannot tolerate job loss. Job loss in my district is devastating.

In fact, if Desperadoes still cannot decide on a new musical director, they have several Bradley arrangements in the can and can play one of them for Panorama 2006.

When there has been a problem in your marriage, you cannot forever go on thinking, 'I am the most terrible person in the world and he is the most wonderful person.' You cannot live in a marriage that is unequal, because after a while, you are just worn out.

John Burnside

I realised I'd spent a lot of time in my poetry trying to find a way of talking about that whereof we cannot speak.

J. William Fulbright

I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as the y seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive.