Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isaac Singer

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Shirley Jackson

Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Carry.

Dorothy Gilman

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.

James Dickey

I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please?

Russell Hoban

Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

Charles James

The antitrust division has been left in very good shape by Joel Klein. I've found a number of enforcement issues I'm happy to pursue.

Joe Wilson

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Jonathan Franzen

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover.

Patricia Highsmith

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.

Michael Vick

Regardless of whether or not it's a tough game, division games will be tough. We might as well get used to them.

Kelly Anthony

Paul and Cody are the only players from the Midwest going to Ohio State next year, so that's pretty great. Robby Dodd will be going to a great Division III program, but other than that we're a young group.

Ron Ryan

Our NHL security division has a meeting with every team every year, and they go over a lot of these issues like gambling and undesirable places and things like that. I'm not in it. So, I can't tell you exactly what they tell them.

Marcus Camby

Our goal is more than a division championship. Our goal is more than a division championship. But this is a nice steppingstone.

Thomas Milne

Our goal is to make it to the North Division finals.

Corey Chavous

Right now, nobody thinks we have character, so who cares? It's my responsibility and other guys' responsibility on the team to help guys understand where we're at right now. You're not in a division with an undefeated team. You're in a division where the leader is 2-3.

Phil Garner

Roger is fine. He's fine. He's ready and able to go. . . . You saw him in the last game in the Division Series and he had his spikes on somewhere in the fifth inning. And if it had taken 10 innings or 20, he would have pitched 10 or 20. That wouldn't surprise me at all.

Jerry Carrillo

I'm hoping to turn the television on next March and watch him play in the NCAA tournament. Unless something happens he'll be in a division one uniform playing somewhere next year.

B. R. Ambedkar

Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.

Zygi Wilf

Regardless of what is found in the investigations, we will take the appropriate measures for those who were involved.

Jim Cabucio

Regardless of the outcome of a Friday night game, each Saturday morning, Kyle could be found teaching our youngsters the fundamentals of the game.

John Byrd

re-emphasized all the reasons the jury found him guilty in the first place.

Zachary Abuza

suffered terribly in terms of arrests - more than 300 around the region - including its founding leadership.

John Lasseter

Steve Jobs is like a brother to me and he's one of the founders of Pixar, and when the first iPad came out, I got one right away.

David Pollock

Starting yesterday, we activated our volunteers and found how many and which ones would be available.

Debbie Cox

Someone must have found them and put them there.

Pat Summerall

somehow found out I'd got the liver. But they said they didn't care, didn't want to meet me.

Dennis Hastert

Our problem was an embarrassment of riches. In many cases, we found three or four people qualified to play the role of chairman,

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Carmelo Anthony

Regardless of who they sent at me, I was going to the hole. We won the game, that's the only thing I'm happy about.

John Dingell

People here are happy about her, and that includes me.

Kim Collins

Surprisingly the weather was excellent. I am particularly happy because I haven't been winning much this year.

Lorrin Lee

SUCCESS is a journey, not a destination. Make your life a fun-filled, joyous, and happy journey lived with passion.

Dean Ellis

Steve has been playing really well that the last two games. I'm really happy to see him perform like that.

Thomas Hearns

Some people are going to be happy with my decision, some people aren't, ... But I must live my life.

Doug Stoffel

Overall, I was very happy with our level of play.

Simon Khan

Overall, I'm happy but a little disappointed with this morning,

LaDainian Tomlinson

Out of everybody, people are the most happy he made it. It was long overdue for him.

O. Henry

Our point here is that what we don't want is for people to walk away and say, well, those are yesterday's issues and they have been or will be addressed.

Pradeep Maharaj

Some of the issues they raised are new but many of them have been raised before.

Barry McGuigan

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

Bill Crawford

Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.

Cecil Taylor

The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

Cecelia Ahern

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

Carl Sagan

When you buy a used car, you kick the tires, you look at the odometer, you open up the hood. If you do not feel yourself an expert in automobile engines, you bring a friend who is. And you do this with something as unimportant as an automobile. But on the issues of the transcendent, of ethics, of morals, of the origins of the world, of the nature of human beings, on those issues should we not insist upon at least equally skeptical scrutiny?

Art Alexakis

I've always cared about the world. That's never been an issue. But with learning how to smile, it's been learning how to feel comfortable within my own skin, and to feel accepted, and to feel empowered, and to feel worthy.

John Greenwood

I think there's no understanding whatsoever of what the safety issues are.

Bill Womack

Our left side should be really solid and we should be strong up the middle.

Andres Obrador

Start working. Meet your responsibility, because you still have time left in office.

Ken Gaddy

Our saying is it's not what's in the museum, it's what's left out.

Orlando Bloom

Right where i left you... Not where i left you?

Kurt Busch

Roger told me to stand on the right pedal, turn left and go fast. He doesn't want me to do anything different. Just race hard, race smart.

Phil Garner

Roger's left hamstring is slightly strained. He's the proverbial day-to-day. We'll have to see how he is as we go along,

Bill Dixon

I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.

Dee Smith

Just as one of our spotters to the north called in that he'd spotted a tornado, another one from the south said he saw another one. But they went around and pretty much left us alone.

Tim Moe

Janae was unbelievable. She's realizing she has three weeks left and she doesn't want to go out in three, she wants one more.

Gene Upshaw

Our number has to start with a six.

Jose Ramos-Horta

Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not.

Scott Morris

Surprisingly, there are actually a number of useful resources already working on Linux.

Brendan Wilders

Overall, my putative numbers will come down just slightly.

Tony Batista

I'm here, that's what I can say. I know for sure the numbers are going to come. You just have to wait, but I know at the end of the season the numbers are going to be there.

Barry McCaffrey

So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.

Barry McGuire

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.

B. F. Skinner

If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.

Benoit Mandelbrot

If you look at a shape like a straight line, what's remarkable is that if you look at a straight line from close by, from far away, it is the same; it is a straight line.

Benoit Mandelbrot

There are very complex shapes which would be the same from close by and far away.

Charles James

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

Marilyn Monroe

The only person I know who is in worse shape than I am (on Montgomery Clift).

Ben Kingsley

Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

Alexis Arguello

When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.

Thongchai Jaidee

Let's see how things take shape but I will try to do my best.

Whitey Ford

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.