Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maria Martinez

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Reed Hastings

Our outlook for the future reflects the continuing rapid subscriber growth and the increasing impact of the cost advantages and other financial benefits that flow from our market leadership.

Kim Clark

Stanford and Harvard Business School share a common mission: to educate leaders around the world. Over the last several months, as we have explored the advantages of working together, we have become enthusiastic about the opportunity to deliver online an unparalleled management-education portfolio to executives and leaders around the world.

Bob Rice

Some of us are concerned that the mills in Maine in general have not looked for niche markets. Rather, they're competing in commodity markets where the competition is severe and the advantages that we have here in Maine are not fully utilized.

Michael Dell

Our second-quarter results and expectations for strong industry demand in the second half of the year keep us on track toward our goal of 30 percent full-year sales growth. There remains tremendous room for expansion in all product categories, customer groups and regional markets, and the fundamental advantages of our direct model are more compelling than ever.

Jay Shapiro

We'll also discuss the advantages of having a high-speed light rail system. Discouraging cell phone use while on I-95 will be supported too.

David Lewis

Jefferson-Pilot's disciplined pricing strategy and low-cost administrative platform represent significant competitive advantages relative to its peers,

Jeff Morris

The advantages of heavy crude processing and upgrade of the bottoms via high-valued asphalt sales fit our core strategy and our business model well.

Drew Mitchell

That was one of the advantages of getting football out there first. You get a lot of home games.

William Hazlitt

The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation.

Charles Ramsey

It certainly is getting to a point now where it's kind of baffling because we don't have any information one way or another, so we can't really narrowly focus,

Denis O'Hare

Especially when it comes to something like the awards, I find it kind of baffling that 'True Blood' has been snubbed so many times given the incredible range of acting they have on there; I mean, incredible storytelling and the incredible production values.

Barack Obama

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.

Diane Rowland

Choice can be baffling when it's hard to tell the differences between the different plans.

Alex Eckelberry

To many of us, it is completely baffling why there are so many different groups out there.

James P. Carse

The Bible... provides no guide to reading the Bible. In fact, it is full of such inconsistencies, contradictions, lacunae, obscurities, baffling tales, and poetic imagery that to quote it at all is to select from conflicting alternative passages. Every quotation is therefore necessarily an interpretation.

Scott Skiles

It's baffling as much as we work on end-of-game situations that we just took the ball up and turned it over right there. I don't understand it.

Charisse Strawberry

It's a tough disease. It's powerful, baffling and cunning.

Dr. Hines

Spider is New York bound and ready to go. He understands the importance of this fight and is taking it very serious, despite the short notice.

Charles Grassley

Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular.Ê Cutting the home-mortgage interest deduction is an example.ÊBut it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking,

Charles Grassley

Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular.  Cutting the home-mortgage interest deduction is an example. But it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking,

Rick Warren

Our goal is to stay within the boundaries of God's plan for us.

Michael Polanyi

Responsible choice in a convivial setting controls the indeterminate powers of intelligence and sets the boundary conditions for their applications.

Bill Clinton

We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together, or the American Dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.

Carrie Fisher

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.

John Davidson

I think there's also bound to be a lot of hesitation until the election is over,

Charles Dickens

That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

Keith Brooking

He has a lot more power, deceptive power, a lot more than you see on film. He's strong, he has the speed to get outside. I think he got some tough yards inside today. That's for sure.

Cathleen Schine

'What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum.

Greg Rusedski

I thought the first set was really good, especially getting that early break. He's a very deceptive player.

Edmund Mierzwinski

First of all, ... if you just opt out, you're protecting your information from being shared with telemarketers who use deceptive scripts to trick you into ordering junky products. If this decision is upheld, you're also protecting your Social Security number from being shared with information brokers and that might protect you from identity theft and stalking.

Arthur Conan

There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night, and sometimes the glimmer seemed to be far away upon the horizon and sometimes it might have been within a few yards of us.

Arthur Doyle

There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.

John Richter

This was essentially an organization that was willing to be a one-stop-shop for illegal goods. We seized more than $4 million of highly deceptive currency. It's the largest seizure of its kind.

Gary Ruskin

It's deceptive because people think they're talking to a regular person when they're really talking to a shill, ... That's the whole point, that shills have to disclose that they're shills.

Charles Hasse

It's being called the '65 percent solution,' but we regard it as really 100 percent deception. It's a shameful and deceptive effort to distract people from the real issues facing students and schools.

Richard Gephardt

Part of doing this the right way and the successful way is to put together a coalition, ... Sometimes that takes diplomatic efforts as well as military efforts to get that done.

Adam Ereli

Our focus remains on diplomatic efforts to get six-party talks under way as a means of reaching the goal of a dismantlement of the North Korean program and a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.

Joe Wilcox

I would not say this is a sign of great openness. It's more like establishing diplomatic relations between two countries, rather than opening borders.

Haim Ramon

I have many doubts we can reach a joint diplomatic platform, but I think we need to try.

Christopher Dodd

I don't think we've been muscular enough, if you will, at the diplomatic table. I don't disagree that we ought to leave the military option on the table.

Ye Xiaowen

We can establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican very soon if the two principles are accepted. But it is very hard for us to do so if the two principles are violated.

Joschka Fischer

When I heard that yesterday, I was very diplomatic and didn't pull a face. But in my head you could imagine what I was seeing: I saw people sitting around in dreadlocks with joints in their hands, and reggae music playing in the background.

Igor Ivanov

The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.

David Gross

We want to be very clear, and not necessarily fuzz things up with diplomatic language that may get us in trouble down the road.

Atsutoshi Nishida

Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.

Li Zhaoxing

Some people are disappointed with the outcome of meetings, which was not as substantial as they have expected, ... However, we should highly value efforts made by all sides in this process.

Aldrich Ames

Our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union.

Stuart Anderson

On the state level, these efforts will continue.

Kirk Hinrich

Our close-outs have been bad. We haven't been making the second and third efforts that we normally make.

John Kilduff

Remember, the power outages are what bedeviled recovery efforts after Katrina,

Mikhail Gorbachev

It is a worthy reward for his efforts over many years. He is a man who does his job solidly and responsibly.

Mark Rylance

I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove.

Brian Jenkins

I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.

Bella Heathcote

I think there is something about L.A., fortunately: once you get one role people think, 'Oh well, someone employed her, so maybe we can.' I mean, that's my idea of it, anyway. 'She can put one foot in front of the other and say a line.'

James Watson

It is necessary to be slightly under employed if you are to do something significant.

Ken Duberstein

I am for Gov. George W. Bush, but it puzzles me greatly that they haven't employed what you would refer to as your thermonuclear weapon,

Michael Bryant

Freedom-of-information legislation would have to be employed to reveal just how often I read it. I love it. Seth is one of the most insanely hilarious people I know. He's the guy who can have people doubled over in laughter at a funeral.

Jerry Mathers

I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series.

Dennis Campbell

I have been employed at Mounds Schools for the past 23 years as a high school principal, coach, and superintendent and have some great memories of what has been accomplished.

Donna Roberts

The people that are still employed are petrified.

Mark Geragos

We're seeking appellate relief to prevent a lawyer who was employed for the briefest of times from capitalizing on that employment and violating his oath as a lawyer.

Derek Bok

In 1968, the situation at Harvard was not one of which we can be proud. In that year, the proportion of minority persons in salary and wage positions was approximately 3 per cent. Virtually no minority workers were employed on Harvard construction projects.

Alan Foreman

Parliament would be doing a Pontius Pilate to wash their hands of the issue this week.

Anne Mitchell

Parking limits handicap accessibility to your buses. This is especially true in Old Town.

Shinzo Abe

Surveys like this are also conducted by other countries. We should handle this calmly under international law.

Louis Hinnant

Surprised? Maybe. But not upset. This is the NCAA tournament. You don't get to hand pick where you go or who your opponent will be. For us, it's a privilege to be in Utah. It's a new experience.

Chad Campbell

Sure, it's going to be a long day, but I think it will be more mental than physical. We don't have to run around there tomorrow. So, while it's going to be tough walking around this course, we'll handle it.

Kyle Deines

Stay back, stay tall, throw your hands at it and try to take it to right field.

Dick Bennett

Stanford used their inside people well. The big kid, we were simply unable to handle him.

Michael Brown

Some of these kids think this is a game. They somehow got their hands on a weapon. They think they are playing Pac-Man or something and shooting at people.

Jose Vicente

Some low-ranking officers were passing information to the Pentagon . . . handing over secrets of the state.

Evan Harrison

Rob Thomas' Stripped performance is honest and pure.

David Akers

I'm honestly proudest of this kick today. I can honestly say that.

David Akers

I'm honestly most proud of that kick today.

Jeff Flake

We need more honest government. We need a more open process, a more honest process.

C. S. Lewis

Is there a difference between a man who thinks that honesty is the best policy, and an honest man?

Carl Sagan

The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations - in the same time and place, Greece in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. . . . Science thrives on, indeed requires, the free exchange of ideas; its values are antithetical to secrecy. Science holds to no special vantage points or privileged positions. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. Both demand adequate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty.

Bette Davis

They say that in Hollywood one can't be honest, but I think honesty counts in Hollywood just as much as it does anywhere else. I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.

Arnold Rothstein

I prefer to make my living honestly.

Joe Gibbs

I will be honest and say that I've never seen a schedule I like.

Bill Sienkiewicz

Cartooning is an honorable thing

Mike Nichols

I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on.

Action Bronson

I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

Harmon Killebrew

I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations.

Philippe Petit

My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester.

William Shakespeare

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.

Richard Price

I never did any TV before. But this was the most honorable and worthwhile show I could be involved with.

Gurudas Dasgupta

The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement.

Orrin Hatch

It's a thoughtful, decent, honorable decision. He's come down on the side of facilitating life.

Ezra Pound

A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.

T. S. Eliot

I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency.

Christian Camargo

Juilliard is wonderful in that they don't pick just one way of working. They give you a palette. There is method acting. There is a lot of attention to Shakespeare and verse.

George Herbert Mead

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

Matt Kuchar

Going to a one-plane swing method has made me a much more consistent player. Even when I'm not on, I never get very far off.

Michael Keaton

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

Arthur Conan Doyle

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

Lee H. Hamilton

You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence.

Alan Alda

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

Simone Signoret

There are two schools of thought: There are those actors who explain to you that they know exactly how they're going to do the part... And then there is the other method, which is to have no method at all. This is mine.

Beth Henley

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department.

Win Bates

Our morale has been pretty good. Everyone's been supportive throughout our many practices.

Tony Blair

I think there is a proper sense of moral outrage at what Milosevic has done that we should not shy away from but should be proud of feeling.

Chris Johns

Just for morale and confidence, this was a big game. I'd still like to see us score some more goals, but this is a start.

Harry McDonald

I think that you will see the morale lifted,

Daniel O'Connell

Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.

Sela Ward

From a morality point of view, I wouldn't even go near, ... But in terms of making an interesting show, I'm sure they'll have to struggle with it.

Matthew Arnold

The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

Cillian Murphy

He needs the girl. It's that simple. There's no question of morality for him.

Al Gore

Every nation has a moral obligation to safeguard the future.

Peter Bart

Or, if it opens on three screens, it's going to stay on those three screens for much of the summer. He's not going to be pushed around like most studios are pushed around.

Mark Aaron

Our New York flagship store is staffed and open for business.

Tom Peterson

Our middles are very good. We passed really well and that opened things up for our offense.

Anders Igel

Our acquisition strategy is still very much the same as before, but we are opening up our thinking a little.

Chris Cornell

Rock will always have CBGB, whether it's open or closed.

Tom Thompson

We've tested oodles of time, but we're going to do it anyway. We'll pretend like we're open for business.

Tom Thompson

We've tested oodles of time, but we're going to do it anyway, ... We'll pretend like we're open for business.

Heath Miller

I was able to get open and Tommy got me the ball,

Marscilla Packer

I was just trying to get open, and when I got an open look I shot the ball.

Bertrand Russell

I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing. There are others, which, one must suppose, opponents of birth control would prefer.

Joe Solmonese

It certainly, for me, raises the possibility that she's more fair-minded than our opponents are hoping.

Carl von Clausewitz

The only situation a commander can know fully is his own: his opponent's he can know only from unreliable intelligence.

Sam Davis

Obviously, you'd rather play a team that doesn't get after it quite that well on defense. They put a lot of pressure on the perimeter and get a lot of steals from opponents with their half-court pressure.

Justin Trudeau

When I get passionate or worked up about an issue, I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on.

Aberjhani

Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

Kirk Ferentz

When you do things that are uncharacteristic, we had to play well on special teams, and we didn't do that. When you do things that are not characteristic, even subtle things, you have to give your opponents a lot of credit.

Andrew Young

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

Kelly Moylan

Unfortunately, we don't get another shot (at Shawnee Heights). But that's okay. We still have plenty of tough opponents waiting for us.

Peter Ustinov

It is of course, reprehensible to steal from others, but plain stupid to steal from yourself

Brian Billick

I can do the math. You can't trade sevens for three, plain and simple.

Russ Anderson

I have more flexibility, more stamina, I just plain feel better. It's a wonderful thing.

Ann Miller

He was just plain Jim. We always called him Jimmy.

Seth Greenberg

We just have to find a way to make more plays, make more shots. We have to take it over the hump. Plain and simple.

Owen Meredith

One of the sublimest thing in the world is plain truth.

Ezra Taft Benson

The Book of Mormon, the record of Joseph, verifies and clarifies the Bible. It removes stumbling blocks; it restores many plain and precious things.

Brian Billick

We've got a lot of work to do, plain and simple.

Robert Rankin

Yes, I have over the years done a lot of the audio books, which are just plain reading.

Anton LaVey

There are many who would take my time. I shun them.

Anton LaVey

There are many who would like my time. I shun them. There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them. There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them.

Anton LaVey

I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.

Bill Hicks

Speaking of Satan, I was watching Rush Limbaugh the other day.

Charles Baudelaire

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the other towards Satan

Christopher Moore

I've won Satan's lottery.

David Rice

Will do Satan's work for food.

Edwin Louis Cole

God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter.

Craig Ferguson

Oh Satan you're a wily one.

Donna Kelly

the worst two wolves out of the pack.