Famous Quotes & Sayings

Enric Sala

I have touched coral, and it feels hard like a rock, with a little slimy thing on top of it. But it is better to not touch coral, to prevent damaging it.

We are talking about the most prolific and damaging spy in U.S. history. Secrets sold, not only from the FBI where he worked, but also from the CIA, the White House, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency.

Gordon B. Hinckley

My heart goes out to a missionary who does not receive regular mail from home. Generally, a letter once a week is a good rule. But on the other hand, too much mail can be damaging to a missionary's morale.

Pat Conroy

I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.'

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

People talk about the pain of defeat, but I think defeat has a lot of value. I think the wound of victory can be even more damaging than defeat. Very few people really know how to win.

I don't' think we've seen any sign here that there is an urgency to risk damaging the pace of the upturn. Why rush, why panic?

Bill Frist

If accurate, such an egregious disclosure could have long-term and far-reaching damaging and dangerous consequences, and will imperil our efforts to protect the American people and our homeland from terrorist attacks,

Simon Cowell

I find Paula patronizing. It's as simple as that. Paula is more damaging than I am to these contestants because a lot of people just shouldn't be singing for a living.

Doug Larson

The fact that the independent panel wasn't given the document shows how damaging this really was. It shows the department knew about this long before the problems arose publicly.

Her offensive rebounds are what is so damaging to a team. She scores a lot of her points getting offensive rebounds.

It could have the perverse effect of throttling private sector investment, thereby damaging the UK economy - putting the very pension schemes the regulator is trying to protect under even more pressure.

Joel Fuhrman

Hypertension is an important risk factor for kidney disease, but dietary sodium has other damaging effects on the kidneys. High salt intake drives the production of oxygen radicals, leading to oxidative stress in kidney tissue.

He has no damaging reputation involving human rights.

Sherrod Brown

The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.

We can't predict tornadoes until they happen, but we're looking for strong storms with hail and damaging winds (today). It should be an interesting day.

Jose Rizal

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust.

Rupert Lowe

This result directly reflects the very damaging effects of relegation.

There has to be an understanding that further strengthening of the yen at this stage could be damaging to Japan's economy,

I think our main threat today might be some hail, but more damaging winds, not as many tornadoes.

It is disappointing that he is spreading unfounded and damaging claims.

It is damaging to the legitimacy of the confirmation process to suggest the examination of a nominee's record, as well as support for or opposition to a nominee, is in any way religiously motivated,

It is extremely damaging to U.S. national interests.

Jimmy Carter

I would look on such a decision as a violation of mutual commitments made over the years, with a damaging effect on Habitat's reputation and effectiveness,

Christine Gregoire

That would be seen as a confrontation; it would be hugely damaging to the relationship.

Maajid Nawaz

Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large.

Ryan Smith

Pigs are probably one of the most damaging invasive species.

Chris Mullin

All of that has been deeply damaging to the process.

Any time you have a situation where you have grapefruit- sized hail with damaging winds, those are some severe storms.

Saddam Hussein

At the same time things went wrong, damaging the reputation and credibility of the United Nations.

Flip-flopping of laws is more damaging than the government making one statement of where it stands.

Prior to the war, the stock market was at its lowest because people were pricing in a more intense military conflict, which hasn't happened, ... The market has decided that these events weren't nearly as damaging as they might have been to the global economy.

O. J. Simpson

They are simply denying other legitimate water users the resource and damaging the environment. There's no question that we will take action.

It is unclear how much financial infrastructure has been damaged, ... At least temporarily, the financial system could be frozen, further damaging the economy.