Famous Quotes & Sayings

Simon Winchester

The San Francisco earthquake was not caused by God,

The route that was chosen, we believe, for various reasons, was safer and resulted in less congestion. We also wanted an open, park-like setting for an end point. Had we put them downtown, it would have caused more traffic problems.

The root causes remain to identify and that will continue to be our focus. We're looking at all of the decisions that led up to this accident.

I've tried to tell them to just stay away from Lewis and he will stay away from you; this has caused complete havoc for me.

I've never seen Ivan dunk. I'm so proud of him. He's been working so hard. He caused the spark. He played awesome.

It would be pure speculation at this point to say anything about the cause of the accident.

It was a lazy pitch caused by lazy defense.

These results do not support previous notions that a low-fat diet is the cause of the obesity epidemic. This pretty much shows that certain things we do now are healthful, such as low saturated fat intake.

These residents are frightened. They woke up one day and found out that they are living in a toxic waste dump. They have learned that they had been drinking water that can cause cancer. They are rightfully scared for their well-being and for the well-being of their children.

These would have gone off. They weren't duds. They would have caused serious harm had they exploded.

These would have gone off. They weren't duds, ... They would have caused serious harm had they exploded.

These were huge bombs, ... They were designed to cause maximum devastation and loss of life.

These dams are not needed. The damage they would cause is not justified.

Larry Wall

The storm caused the Gulf of Mexico to be evacuated.

The storm caused serious damage to 300 of our families' homes, including our general manager's.

The storm and the flood caused a major cultural change.

Cappie Pondexter

The stats are pretty much even. The fact that they're big probably caused us problems.

The situation was what it was. It didn't cause me to stop being friends with him.

I shall be the cause of confusion and destruction of all these people.

is going to cause controversy with the U.S.

It would have the effect of preventing anything that would cause instability, anything that would put us on the road to confrontation.

It would be highly unusual for this to be caused by human error. Eighty to 90 percent of reactor incidents are due to system problems.

It wouldn't have been missed (in pre-flight). They check tires before in a walk-around. A tire can hit something in the runway to cause it to go flat, (but) it is not common.

Gene Robinson

I understand that my election and consecration has caused problems around the communion and I'm trying to be as sensitive to that reality as I can.

I understand that he's wrestling with a substantial deficit. But the deficit he's wrestling with is not caused by the government of Canada,

I understand that fans get very involved in games, but there's dos and don'ts. Don't get upset to the point where you cause violence to anybody.

Tommy Thompson

I understand the yelling and screaming. They (the activists) would serve their cause much better if they would try and get other countries to contribute to the Global Fund (the United Nations Global Fund to fight AIDS) like the United States.

Kofi Annan

I urge you to pursue with even greater determination this people's crusade that Princess Diana did so much to promote, ... has robbed our global cause of one of its most compelling voices.

The worst situation is a panic situation. There is no reason to panic. There is no transmission from human being to human being through a mutation that could cause a pandemic.

The wind is the question. It wouldn't take much to cause visibility problems.

The wind actually caused the vehicle to twist and I lost it. I turned around and ended up in the ditch. I'm lucky.

The widespread contamination of fish with mercury has given its reputation as 'brain food' a new and disturbing connotation. Mercury is toxic to the developing fetal brain, and exposure in the womb can cause learning deficiencies and delay mental development in children.

Jim Haslett

The whole thing was a great cause and the NFL did a great job of raising money for the Gulf Coast,