Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chellie Pingree

One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak out politically - to not be constrained by a non-partisan organization.

I was talking to somebody about this the other night. How would you guard us? Do you put a big man on Courtney and hope to double down and cause her to turn it over. But there are so many other people who can score. What do you do?

I wouldn't say there's great cause for concern here. While it may have been a trend, I don't see it happening. ... It's not going to be a continuing trend.

Woodrow Wilson

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail

Woodrow Wilson

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

Robert Nelson

If we ever have a pandemic of avian flu, which is a debatable point, people want to know that they have a drug that will not cause more (harm) than the flu itself. There is no evidence that this will.

Basically, you have to really work on warming up so you won't pull any muscles because it's so cold. And any slipping could cause a fall.

Because of their size and strength they can cause injury. People in other parts of the world who have gotten in the water and tried to disentangle them have actually been killed.

Lauryn Hill

I'm a mess but God is dealing with me every day. That's what all these songs are about: problem, cause and solution.

Imagine you're an archaeologist and you're looking at an inscription, and you say, 'Well, sorry, that looks like it's intelligent, but we can't invoke an intelligent cause because, as a matter of method, we have to limit ourselves to materialistic processes,

I had hoped that foreboding economic circumstances would have caused the ultra-rich to think not just of themselves and increasing their own personal affluence. Unfortunately, however, too many of them lack concern, and without this concern, the divisive imbalance will only worsen with recession.

I hate him. For his own profit he caused so many people to lose their lives.

I had one supplier who had a major, major problem for over two or three weeks, and I think it's caused him a lot of problems.

I give a lot of credit to Coach (Jerry) Farber and his team. They were extremely ready to play tonight. This is a team that is going to cause people fits.

Michael Young

If internal executives are deliberately misrepresenting internally, and then externally the company's position, and if it's material and causes harm to investors, well that satisfies a lot of the criteria for fraud.

Billy Joel

If I need a cause for celebrationOr a comfort I can use to ease my mindI rely on my imaginationAnd I dream of an imaginary time.

Billy Joel

If I need a cause for celebration Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind I rely on my imagination And I dream of an imaginary time.

I find the facilities here great. The teachers I've got to get used to their lingo and they've got to get used to mine. We tend to speak slang and sometimes that causes trouble, but I'm working on it.

I feel for those people evacuated in Cincinnati, ... They say it doesn't cause any long-term illnesses, but who knows. There are a lot of modern diseases doctors can't explain.

I feel privileged to be able to speak for this cause and raise money for it. It'll be a great horse race, but there's more to life than just horse racing ... and this is part of it.

Michael Brown

So, if Isabel comes onboard, hits land with a lot of rain, which we expect her to do, there's a very good chance of flooding and that's going to cause a lot of problems,

She was a champion of the underdog and took on a number of causes. She was interested in people who didn't have as much as others did.

She told all of us the magic is in the chanting and the crystal bowl. And that's what caused everything to work was the energy from the crystal bowl.

She was coming to a jump. She hooked a tip, and that caused her to go into a jump off-balance, and she crashed off the jump.

LaDainian Tomlinson

She went in for a checkup, and the doctors realized there wasn't a heartbeat. We still aren't really sure what caused it. They said it could have been a couple of things.

She went back and forth. A little step caused her to be called out.

She's causes problems because she's 5-10 and can play outside or inside. We've got a lot of set plays for her.

Sexual orientation was the spark, but the fumes of racism caused the explosion.

Some consumers will certainly delay PC purchases until Vista is available, but we expect the delay to shift only moderate volume from the fourth quarter of 2006 into 2007 and will not cause a loss of sales.

She wrestled tough. It was a long tournament with long time periods between matches. That can cause fatigue for any wrestler. She won the important matches.

She had a degenerative disease, which was what caused it,

She attacked. What she did is she got into the lane and caused havoc. She not only created for herself, but for others. Last year, we were able to keep her out of the lane. She's a much better player than she was last year.

Shame on us for creating perverse incentives that cause people to give up private coverage for Medicaid.