E. B. White Certain Quotations

When Ossie wrote 'Purlie,' he knew it would open doors that were usually kept closed. Sheldon made it clear to those of us who had certain characters that pushed the envelope that we were to take them to the edge. And sometimes it's difficult to get to that place.

It's not that there's a certain temperature at which food becomes good or bad. It's just the higher the temperature, the greater the chance of any bacteria that could have gotten into it will grow.

Unless the owner can prove a hardship that prevents him or her from complying with zoning rules, a variance is certainly far from being a sure thing.

It's always been a dream of mine, but certain things won't allow me to chase that dream. It's kind of out of my hands at this point.

I never dreamed I would be doing a Ph.D., ... I never dreamed I would become a professor. I certainly didn't dream I would become a dean or the president of a university.

For 30 years scientists have suspected that gene regulation has played a central role in human evolution. In addition to lending support to the idea that changes in gene regulation are a key part of our evolutionary history, these new results help to define exactly which regulatory factors may be important, at least in certain tissues. This helps open the door to a functional dissection of the role of gene regulation during the evolution of modern humans.

Real world, certain positions come with certain perks, and I'm not opposed to having certain perks as long as there's no hint of impropriety

A lot of my clients do construction, and if they don't get paid they file a lien, which gives them certain security.

In ten years I've watched my son go from being extremely uncertain about where he was headed, to really being a great husband, a great dad, a determined athlete and a good business guy,

Intellectually, we know for certain that we are on this planet for a very brief period, yet we tend to live as if we were going to live forever, as if there were no end to our life or to the lives of our friends and family. This not-so-subtle denial of death persists throughout our lives, unless we are lucky enough to get a dramatic, usually painful and invariably life-changing wake-up call. The moments of our lives are ephemeral gifts, and we can not afford to miss even one of them. Happily, you don't have to wait for a painful wake-up call. You can notice the miracle of your life right now. Awareness is a choice.

In September, I'm certain they will be down.