Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pat Paulsen

I will not claim I will solve all the world's problems by myself. If I did, I'd have to run as a Republican or a Democrat.

We are glad parish has stepped forward to claim what is rightfully theirs. I hope they put the money to good use.

Amos Oz

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.

Bob Dylan

Up on Housing Project Hill It's either fortune or fame You must pick one or the other Though neither of them are to be what they claim

Karan Johar

I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.

Walter Martin

Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had.

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

E. O. Wilson

We don't have open and honest discussions about the sexuality in our communities, and what we get out of that is people being unable to claim the truth of their lives.

Yahya Jammeh

Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.

Colin Morgan

From what I've read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even French? All these countries have got a big claim on him and Camelot. That's why the Arthurian legends are so popular - because they are such good stories.

John Danforth

We were all set to get a U.S. government plane, ... fly Bashir and Garang to Washington for the State of the Union and claim the success of the Naivasha peace talks -- that was nine months ago, there is no reason why this is dragging on.

Robin Leach

I have met some very strange people and some very strange cats - and I'm not talking about jazz greats. I'm talking about animals that people claim have come from outer space, and boy, they're weird!

Bernard Beckett

The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes.

Vicky Hartzler

I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.

New claims during the survey week are broadly similar to where they have been for the last two months, when payrolls fell, ... Continuing claims have been ratcheting steadily higher. Labor market weakness remains.

Michael Shermer

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no one can legitimately claim special status by faith membership.

One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play it correctly, and it will give forth the beauty; play it falsely, and it will give forth the ugliness. Life is not at fault.

One is that they claim there are opportunities out there that are too good to pass up.

Peter Mandelson

Of course, there's an investigation following claims of dumping,

William Shenstone

Of all that gives politeness birth, Of all that claims to please, In motion, manners, or in mirth, The surest source is ease.

No one has claimed Bubba Jenkins is a threat, that he's a dishonest person or that he's a disruptive person.

Juliana Hatfield

My dad claims that he was able to trace us back to the West Virginia Hatfields. When I look at the old pictures, the patriarchs have kind of a physical likeness to some of the men on the father's side of my family. I want it to be true.

John Key

I have quite a strong sense of wanting to sort of, wanting to help others. I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

There are no Muslim terrorists. There are terrorists. There are criminals who claim to be Muslims. We all know that the vast majority of our Muslim friends and neighbors are as horrified and disgusted at what has happened as we are.

There are some irresponsible claims out there. A group of silicon vendors wanted to halt after draft one.

There are going to be all sorts of claims that are not settled for a long time.

I am very proud to claim Mrs. Parks as a resident of Michigan and to help lead the effort to honor her in this way, ... Rosa Parks was a great woman of immense courage and historical importance. I can think of no one else who deserves this honor more.

David Bennett

Basically, we're claiming that we've opened a new window on the galaxy.

Vijay Mallya

I'm always claiming that 24 by 7 isn't enough. ... I love challenges,

Monorails have their own fan club, which claims more than 2,500 members who swap monorail toys and trinkets. Modern light rail can claim no such devoted fan base.

My goal is to have this be the first annual. And we're claiming it as the inaugural year, and we're giving away a lot of awards.

Nobody has ever claimed that this was going to be something that is easy. But, one only has to spend a few hours in Iraq to really understand the dedication and how committed the Iraqi people are to making this work, too.

Given credible claims from observer groups and the opposition political parties, there must be an impartial judicial process.