Famous Quotes & Sayings

We didn't handle the elements as well as Loyola did.

We can't separate the fact that this was a sport and somebody (was) injured. We have to look at the elements of the law and take the totality of the circumstances.

Claude Monet

Ninety per cent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in . . . Ruskin's Elements.

We had 200, 300 people sharing three sets of bathrooms -- elementary school bathrooms with no flushing toilets and no running water.

Israel Broussard

I was in elementary school in Mississippi, and when Katrina hit, my mom put me in home school. So ever since sixth grade, I've been home schooled, which was interesting.

Ishmael Beah

I grew up as a Muslim. I went to an Islamic elementary school. Most of my community was Muslim, so I grew up praying five times a day.

Christopher Hitchens

Lovers often invest their first meetings with retrospective significance, as if to try to conjure the elements of the numinous out of the stubborn witness of the everyday.

This seizure confirms that foreign elements were given shelter by some tribesmen,

Howard Rheingold

There is an elementary level of trust that is necessary for community. You have to be able to trust that your neighbors aren't going to look into your mailbox.

fillet out the important elements in a plot.

Michael Chertoff

extremely pleased with the response that every element of the federal government, all of our federal partners, have made to this terrible tragedy.

Martin Scorsese

Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?

Rick Rubin

There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.

We were hoping at one point to sell the (old) elementary school and use that money, but that's a contentious issue now.

I was born in Champaign in 1918. From the neighborhood elementary and intermediate schools, I went to the University High School in the twin city, Urbana.

Michelle ... reaffirmed her status as a member of the 2006 Olympic team. Not every element was performed perfectly, but they were all done at a very high level.

We have a form they use. It's a student application, and they have to tell us why they want to be a part of the mentoring program, and then why they think they're qualified to mentor elementary students.

Bill Porter

Usually the soft elements rank higher than the cost. They may not pick the cheapest. We've seen this in many cases.

We have to push this (test scores) up so it has the same increase as middle schools and elementary schools.

Gary Myers

We do think she is an important element in this case. She was present, and we are thinking she has knowledge.

Jason Mraz

We got there around 7:30 a.m., the kids got in the room around 9:30, did their warm-ups, recorded, and by 11 they were on their way to algebra, ... They were probably the most professional element of the entire album-making process.

We are not threatening, but we want to get more positive elements in the framework.

We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.

One of the key differences is we have that faith element there for those parents looking for a faith-based program.

Peter Thiel

A conventional truth can be important - it's essential to learn elementary mathematics, for example - but it won't give you an edge. It's not a secret.

We have always raised our levels of preparedness when hosting teams with elements of disappointing spectators, but in the Bulldogs case, history proves the problems are Sydney based.

Raven-Symone

I went to public school, elementary through high school. I went to homecoming, to football games, pep rallies, I got detention, I got an F. I've done it all.

Patricia Polacco

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.

Chrissie Fit

I sang throughout school, and it was always my passion. For whatever reason, acting took the front seat, but all of the projects that I've been doing seem to have some sort of musical element to them.

My whole life, I heard, 'Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg.' It's all I heard throughout elementary school.

Joel Edgerton

My whole journey and career has been really interesting, but the one element it never really had was any sense of great momentum.

Albert Ellis

Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis.

Albert Camus

Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it.