Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mythology contains a rich history of legendary weapons, most famously 'Excalibur,' weapons that could only be used by the pure of heart.

National parks are national parks because they contain things that are unique on the national level. One of the components, the night sky, will be eroded away.

Janet Frame

My memory of myself contains now myself looking outward and myself looking within from without, developing the view that others might have of me.

Log files contain valuable information about the configuration of networks.

I think he's similar to (Daniel) Horton, from Michigan. He plays like him. I know he's going to take a lot of tough shots. You've got to be there to contest, don't give him any open looks. He's a scorer, and a big-time player in his conference. We have to go out there and try to contain him.

It'd be great to go 3-0. We have to contain their quarterback. He's quick and likes to run the option.

It is difficult to imagine more extreme race hatred than was contained in the material which was seized during this meticulous inquiry.

it is no longer indisputable ... that the missing tapes contain crown jewel information about the nation's nuclear weapons program.

Law enforcement is in total control of the situation. It is a hostage situation. It's contained to one room of the hotel. Our guests and employees have been evacuated from the immediate area.

Patrick is a key. You can't stop that kid, but if we can contain him, then I think we'll be in pretty good shape. He's a 6-5 guard. He does everything. He's impressive.

We're seeing lower wind, higher humidity, overcast skies with the potential of rain. That should help contain the fire to make it easier to put out.

We're not good enough to match up with those guys one-on-one. We have to rely on solid team defense to contain those guys.

Mark Mothersbaugh

'To Kill a Mockingbird' represents Hollywood at its very finest, when a popular film could truly contain a message. It has one of the most moving scores of all time.

Peter Thiel

Spiraling demand for resources of which our world contains a finite supply is the great long-term threat posed by globalisation. That is why we need new technology to relieve it.

Chris Mooney

We couldn't contain Dean. A couple of times we played very good defense on him, and he made really hard shots.

We can't let Kelley get to the outside. We have to contain him. He will probably get 20?30 touches, and rightly so.

We know that there has been some excellent work by governments and nongovernmental organizations in the wake of the tsunami -- the speed and scale of the response meant that lives were saved and many predicted outbreaks of epidemics were contained -- but it is not enough.

We have the same feeling, the same strategy on how to contain nuclear proliferation.

We have the names of the officials who gave the orders and those who executed them. Everything is contained in these documents,

We had to stop the run, keep (David) Johnson contained and not let them hit the long bomb. Today, it went well. The way I look at it, we're 4-0 and two more wins we're in the state playoffs. If we keep winning we'll make the Prep Bowl, but I don't look forward to playing them again.

Using the term multi grain or seven grain doesn't necessarily mean that a product contains whole grains.

Pierre de Fermat

But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it.

Simon Schama

We find a way (in each country) to contain our differences of opinion without annihilating one another.

We finally stepped it up in overtime and contained them pretty well.

We are trying to contain the environmental damage.

We played pretty solid defense and did a good job of just containing them and keeping them in front of us.

We'll try to limit Andrea Moore as much as possible. She's a good player, but we think if we can contain her we should match up pretty well at the other positions. Hopefully, we'll be able to get them on the boards.

Most of it was contained in our containment system, but some entered into the channel.

We just couldn't tackle him. We felt pretty good going in at the half, but we just couldn't contain him.

John Smoltz

The anticipation is what kills me, ... I have more fun in these games than I have in any game I pitch. The issue's going to be will I be able to contain that adrenaline. I learned how to do that in my latter years.

That was what the players were saying - 'We have to get stops,' because they were kind of having their way with us there for a little while. So, they just buckled down, and we started switching everything. ... We just put a smaller lineup out there on the floor and switched everything and hoped that we could do a better job containing them.

Dick Bennett

We have not contained point guards at all.

Frank Robinson

We haven't completely shut him down, ... But we contained him.