Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've decided that cutting residents' weeds is not a good idea because unfortunately we have a lot of people who get lazy ...

Jesse Jackson

We've cut too much sugar cane, we've picked too much cotton, we've died too young, ... Don't give up now. It's dark, I know. But morning is coming.

We've cut more trees than anticipated, and the appropriations have not kept up.

We've cut down on our errors. That's been the key.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.

You have to cut to do well now and show the investing public that there is a visible cut.

Thornburg Mortgage tries to pass itself off (as active), but 95 percent of its portfolio has been purchased in the open market. They are adamant about not cutting their dividend. I think they can maintain it for another quarter before they cut it.

This time, we have cut off the past (way of doing things), we have got rid of the millstone around our neck and we are moving forwards.

We like Jason Bulger. But we think the way our staff sets up now, one of the strengths is the depth. Cutting him is something we debated, but you have to give up something to get something.

Paul Simon

Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.

We've worked hard with every department to minimize cuts to services. But there's no way around it. These are major cuts, and they are going to be felt throughout the community.

We were working our tails off on defense to stay close. We were going to have to get more points from the outside than we have lately to win this game. But they were switching off a pick with 6?foot?7 and 6?6 kids. Our guards had no shot and they completely cut off our inside game, too.

Paula Deen

We were walking the floor. We weren't cutting the TV off at all just hoping to get a glimpse of him.

Those who would take a 10 to 15 percent pay cut remain a small percentage.

Dick Gephardt

We can talk about targeted tax cuts like we've been talking about, the president's been talking about. Maybe that can be married up with a proposal to raise the minimum wage.

We have been obliged to partly cut off water in some districts, but I hope this is a temporary measure.

We have guys that have 'B' cuts, but they can't go to the meet. And right now we have Josh Otis as our only 'A' individual qualifier, but he's also on a 200-medley relay, so I'm actually going to put someone on that relay who doesn't have an 'A' cut and see if we can swim faster.

We have greatly reduced the number of people we have doing research, we have had to cut way back on field investigation programs, we've had to work smarter with less.

Joey Logano

We qualified 11th and stayed around eighth for most of the race. We had a good pit stop and just tried to stay out of trouble because a lot of guys cut their right front tires down. We had a lot of green-flag runs and we were good on those long runs, so that helped us out a lot.

Ken Paulson

We did a special report explaining our involvement in it, a chronology of our participation. We told the entire back-story that most people didn't know about, how the source got involved, what deals he cut with '60 Minutes.'

When my injury came, that made me want to work harder to be a better player, ... Track was great for me, it helped my speed. Now I can cut better and I'm quick off my feet.

Kurt Vonnegut

there i was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation swamped by unchecked plagues and superstition and illiteracy and hypnotic tv, with virtually no health services for the poor. where to go? what to do?

David Letterman

Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here's a little tip Howard - cut back on the Red Bull.

David Letterman

Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote.

David Bowie

Things have to hit for the moment. That's one of the reasons I'm into video; the image has to hit immediately. I adore video and the whole cutting up of it.

David Einhorn

What do you call a stock that's down 90%? A stock that was down 80% and then got cut in half.

David Benioff

Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.

David Ben-Gurion

Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.

Dave Van Ronk

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

Davey Havok

But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me.

Dave Grohl

At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.

David Ogden Stiers

Every time I hear, Cut. Print, something cold and electrical goes off in my head, because I'm never going to change that film.

David O. Russell

Quite frankly, the bible is filled with advice that you'd never, want to follow. "Don't cut your hair on a rainy Thursday because locusts will eat your farm" kind of thing.