Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tour companies and Thai nationals who want to travel to Nepal (should) increase vigilance and closely monitor the political situation.

Trading is rather quiet this week because of Columbus Day and the Jewish holidays. You often see big swings in prices when the volume is low. Also, gasoline is close to $1.80, which is probably a little overboard in spite of the fall in demand.

Toys 'R' Us will close some of its stores but it's not going away, ... You can't lose sight of how the consumer perceives this retailer. The company has taken a knock but consumers still see it as a powerful brand.

Mike Wallace

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.

Nan Hayworth

The tenor of the comments as we got closer and closer to August got dominated by 'Wouldja please get this over with' and not let us go into default.

Nastassja Kinski

I always have the feeling in these low states that something good is about to happen. That's when I feel the fullest, the rawest, the closest to myself.

Naomi Benaron

When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.

Ellen Greene

I think creating of any sort, whatever line you're in, is paramount - you can be an architect, you can be a banker, you can be anything - I think that when you create, you're closest to God and yourself.

Pope Benedict XVI

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me.

Gisele Bundchen

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

Norman Douglas

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

Peter Jackson

We have lost close friends and relatives to cancer and Parkinson's disease, and the level of personal suffering inflicted on patients and their families by these diseases is horrific.

We played well enough to win today. It's unfortunate, but that's the name of the game. We were close, but close only counts in horseshoes.

We play these games with them all of the time. They are close ones all the way to the end. The fact of the matter is that they made plays down the stretch.

We played with them (Plano West) as close as we could. Our defensive effort was as good as it gets, but we just couldn't hit our shots.

We played a lot of close matches with these kids and I think part of it was due to frustration.

We played a lot of close games, but when things aren't going well, you find a way to lose,

We play Carolina, we always know it's going to be a close game. Come in and step it up.

We promise to resume the water supply after four days. I think the quality will be no problem, because our monitoring department will take a close look at water quality.

We probably should've taken our chances, maybe, force them to make a jump shot. Until we start getting a stop at the end of the game or coming up with a 50-50 ball, you'll have a hard time winning close games.

We probably relied a little too much on the threes. But even when we got close in, we had some shots rim out. We still take a lot of positives knowing that we got outscored 15-1 in the second quarter and the final (deficit) was 15.

We probably got away with a few misses on open shots tonight. We made a lot of big shots when they got close tonight, which helped us quite a bit.

We opened the second half on an 8-0 run and we're down two points, 27-25. And it strayed close like that throughout. Entering the fourth quarter, we're down four. They went into their patented delay; we ran out of gas. We just couldn't get the lead.

Ted Naifeh

When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.

Toby Keith

I play golf with my shirttail out. I own a golf course because it's very, very close to my house, and I don't want to drive 45 minutes to the north side of Oklahoma City to play golf every day. I have race horses 'cause I love horses and it's my hobby.

Tamara Ecclestone

I do think, even though you are a public figure, I do think you should be entitled to your privacy, and I do think that there are things that go on in relationships and behind closed doors that are completely private.

Stewart Butterfield

I learned so much in the year after Flickr was acquired. People forget, but Flickr launched in February 2004. And a year later, the deal was done with Yahoo, and we closed it in March of 2005. It was really independent for a relatively short period of time.

Sela Ward

You do become very close like a family but because you see each other for such an intense period of time on the set everyday. You really don't end up socializing that much.

Tony Tan

Singapore is an international city, and it would be a grave mistake to close our doors.

What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

Virginia Postrel

Kidney donors don't have to be close relatives of recipients, but they do need to have the right blood type. And kidneys from living donors tend to last many years longer than kidneys from deceased donors.

I thought we had enough scrapping points to keep us in the game. They got a lot too, but we got enough to close out the game.

I thought we had it. We closed the gap and I thought things would turn our way.