Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cobi Jones

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

Elia Kazan

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

B. C. Forbes

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

Avi Rubin

As new generations [of computers] come out, usually there are increased complexity and features, [that lead to] increased security problems. Plus, other industries have shown that every new generation has its own set of security problems.

She (Daly) never said anything specifically about Jacquie or Heather, we kind of just talked about general stuff.

Shannon already was a pretty skilled player. That comes from her father. But she's improved so much since she's been here. She's our general and makes our offense go.

Sir Edwin Manton was one of the most generous benefactors in Tate's history,

Minority health in general is worse than white health.

Most water professionals think people use too much water in general and irrigate their lawns too much in particular. But we think the state is being unreasonable in their requests.

Bruno Bettelheim

What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to generation.

Archie Shepp

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

Ayelet Waldman

Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?

We have zeroed in on a number. In general terms, we're talking about $25 million.

We've seen responses that these genetic problems are being eliminated.

Liz Ellis

The real beneficiaries will be the next generation of netballers and other professional sportswomen.

Marie Brennan

When I'm working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge.

Deepak Chopra

In our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.

Martin Chalfie

What I am primarily is a neurogeneticist: I use genetics to study problems in neurobiology. The one problem I study primarily... understanding of the sense of touch.

When things go to 50%, in general there's still a pretty good selection. More than 50%, and you may get a good price on something, but it might not be what you want.

Low risk is something we generally recommend that users can ignore. Medium risk is something we quarantine, and high risk is something we automatically remove.

Lord Byron

Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.

Scott taught me a lot on general high jumping stuff, using my forearms and trying to keep me relaxed. He taught me how not to always be in such a hurry and missing stuff.

She was very much a small-town girl. I always knew that she'd be successful and happy in her life because she's generally a happy person, someone who always looks at things in a positive way. She's great with people. I'm not surprised at all that she's back home.

She was very generous, also. She had a very generous soul.

Mike Doyle

She's very outgoing, pleasant, and generally likes what she's doing.

Deborah Eisenberg

I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

Barack Obama

The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.

Nikki Reed

What is important is to treat everyone like an individual and learning not to generalize autism. With autism, people make assumptions, but it's very broad, and everyone's so different. You have to treat each person as an individual.

Ethan Zuckerman

People generally pay attention to what they already know about and what they care about.

Erin O'Connor

Someone once referred to modeling as being like winning the lottery gene pool. It's such an odd way to put things, but what is different about modelling is that the industry often picks you.

Christopher Darden

That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.

Laura Leighton

I was on 'Melrose' at a time where we had to all go home and be there at the same time when the show was on, or set your VCR. But that was a big thing, and people of my generation still talk about that. They remember where they were, at what point of their lives that show came, and then talking about it the next day.