Famous Quotes & Sayings

Leslie Jamison

You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.

This is a worst-case scenario. We feel strongly this project will not generate the number of trips the county thinks it will.

Samuel Alito

This is a way for me to make a contribution to the country and society.

Orrin Hatch

This is a situation where if we don't do what we should here, we will be foregoing the leadership and research throughout the world, to make a difference in the lives of over a hundred million people in this country and millions more world wide,

This is a safety issue. This is a safety issue for all residents of the county and residents of the city.

This is going to be a debate about the future of the country and the future of the party and I am not having it hijacked by anything else.

This is football country. The only reason your parents had you was so you could play football.

Pablo Mastroeni

This is definitely the pinnacle of my career. The first time around was amazing, but it keeps on getting better. We have a tough group, but I think we have the talent to come out of the first round. In the World Cup there are no small opponents, and every game will be the most important one. It is simply a privilege to be able to play for my country and all American and Rapids soccer fans.

This is an incredibly oil-rich country, and eventually money and resources are not going to be a problem. The long-term goals we're pretty confidant Iraq can meet as long as it gets enough of a head start.

This is a new program and I think it is one that is needed in the county to train our young people.

This is important to democracy, because if voters can't trust that their votes are being counted and election officials don't have a paper record that they can go back and review during recounts, then we're lost.

Janet Reno

This is important, ... because too often a criminal will flee a country and return to his or her homeland, hoping to escape justice if extradition is not possible. Now, that will change.

This is huge (to win) on the road. Obviously, we have to play (East) again, but with it being at our place, you'd like to think that counts for something.

Sander Levin

This is great news for 12 Michigan communities who are able to take part in this comprehensive anti-drug prevention program, ... I am pleased to have co-authored this legislation and grateful to be able to watch it help hundreds of communities around the country and in my home state of Michigan.

This is great exposure for James and for our institution. It was no secret that James would be on this list since he was selected in the professional draft after last year. Getting a degree was one of his main priorities and that was obvious by him being one of the few juniors in the country to turn down the money of professional baseball.

Keith Urban

This is good for all of us, ... This is good for a lot of New Yorkers that are starved for their country music.

This is a pressure cooker and people are not going to tolerate another five years of not knowing who they are, what country they live in and what their future is.

Danny Davis

This is a part of the County Wide Transportation Plan.

John Motson

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these players. Well, twice in a lifetime if you count the first match.

James Coburn

This is a totally unfunded mandate. Counties were eligible for grant money, but everyone else is left out in the cold.

Phil Hill

This is a total lack of respect for our country and our natural resources. It's sick. What has the world come to?

Tom Daschle

This is a time for our country to be united, even though we're divided on other matters,

This is a step back. Instead of seeing more diversity (on the court) at a time of increasing diversity in the country ... we're seeing less.

This is the first report in the country that will actually identify real payments.

This is the first line of defense. It is the drug many countries are stockpiling, and the plan is to rely heavily on it.

This is not anything that people couldn't have gotten before. It's just that they would have had to go to all 95 counties to do it.

This is not the opening of the floodgates, but it is a start. It is quite a significant move since some of these people have been out of their country for 20 years.

James Ellroy

And the only forms of socialism in the world that were then getting results - malign ones, as it was - were the Fascist and Soviet republics. Fascism is a form of socialism - you rebuild the country, you find a scapegoat, and you go from there.

Jaromir Jagr

Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.

Jared Sparks

Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete history of his country during the long period in which he was the most prominent actor.

Jared Sparks

If the title of a great man ought to be reserved for him who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory and durable prosperity of his country; who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle--this title will not be denied to Washington.

Jared Polis

We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite our differences, but in celebration of them.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Poland is a sovereign state. We want the same rights as all other EU countries. Nothing more, but nothing less, either.