Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Wolfe

Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach.

Jason Chaffetz

I've always viewed Mitt Romney as a very conservative person.

Jared Diamond

I personally am not conscious of my accent.

Jared Diamond

Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.

The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Janet Jackson

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

Janet Jackson

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.

Jane Wagner

... it's hard to be politically conscious and upwardly mobile at the same time.

Loretta Napoleoni

Multiculturalism may well be our saviour, wresting us out from the straitjacket of our history, thrusting the old continent into an environment where other ethnicities, less cynical and more positive, will play a big role in its future.

Loretta Napoleoni

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

Lizzy Caplan

I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money. I had done network sitcoms. I had a nest egg.

Lisa Randall

People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously understanding the world with a deliberate intellectual exclusion that leads them to mistrust scientists and, to their detriment, what they discover.

What we're doing is looking for a fair and reasonable return. He's a guy that's under a long-term contract with us, a targeted player, a terrific player. We're just not going to do something for the sake of doing something.

What we're devising and considering now ... is consistent with international standards.

What we're dealing with is officers on street patrol, which is more effective and more consistent with the Constitution, ... We'll have to see how it is implemented.

What we're being told is the potency is greater than ice. That's a little concerning. It's going to be harder to identify because it can be concealed more easily. They say it looks like maple syrup.

Jeanne Shaheen

What we really need to do is move this process back, ... As much as we all support diversity . . . the more states in a window, the more it will contribute to the frontloading of the process.

What we really need to do is hang together, as we have in this convention through this difficult time, and find a way through this.

What we really hope is that schools will one of their neighboring schools on this list and contact them to find out what steps they have taken to help them reach this level of achievement.

What went on last year I don't think weighs as much on the players as it might on the fans. Frankly, even on the soccer side, this is an important game for us in terms of getting some points, playing well at home in front of our fans and continue this thing so people feel it's definitely different than last year.

What we need to see are concrete measures aimed at getting the bureaucracy to pursue this objective, otherwise all this will be just more rhetoric.

What we need is something concrete to say whether we're at risk. That's the issue.

Jacques Chirac

what we need, at the very least, is to reexamine conditions of the embargo.

What we look for is consistent growers where the earnings haven't disappointed, ... We have a few of those in mind, some of the traditional growth stocks. General Electric is a good example.

what weight the fight was contracted for and if that was his weight. And if not, why it was contracted.

There is a slowing growth environment in Australia, evident predominantly in the housing market. There is also continued narrowing in the interest rate differential.

James Forrestal

There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country.

There is a seasonal cyclicality to that. The March quarter isn't going to be as high as the December quarter. Customers have to do some digestion, and by time Dec. 31 rolls around I'm fairly confident they'll exceed 1999.

There is a risk consumers will take the president's remarks as an indication that the situation is more serious than expected.

Luke Young

There is a real strength in depth and when we see the finishing line we will be looking to push on this year. There has been no excuse for what we have done in previous years but we are better equipped this season than any to continue this run.

There is a question of steady increases or taking a pause. I think this data supports a pause, but we still have two more employment reports to consider before the December FOMC meeting, so it's not over yet,

There is a question as to whether they have full confidence in their own evidence.

There is a process in place by which we evaluate our roofs. Our roofing consultant doesn't think it's abnormal, he would tell us if anything is going on; there's nothing wrong with the metal roof.