Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Grayling

I think most people will be astonished at the way ministers seem to be using the Queen's Flight as a private taxi service.

Anne Wright

I think he was astonished he won it, ... I wasn't, of course. He considered himself a minor poet, not a major poet.

John Snow

I'm astonished every time I come to see how much has happened since the last time I came, ... the changes are nothing short of breathtaking.

Michael Korda

I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at the variety of books they do buy and the extent to which they are not the big bestsellers.

Kevin Starr

I don't think Hiram Johnson would condemn it, ... but I think he would be astonished at the breakdown of dialogue between the two major branches of government.

Mary Karr

I'm always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me.

Richard Flanagan

In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out.

Asim Jihad

When he came back he was astonished to find that the prime minister issued a letter ordering Dr. Ibrahim to stay 30 more days on holiday because of his disagreement and his threats to resign from office.

Gunter Grass

I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

David Beamer

Our personal reaction was one of relief, because they got it right. When it comes to Sept. 11 and United Flight 93, we don't need another movie. This one got it.

Eileen collins

Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe .

Henry Spencer

On the technical side, Apollo 8 was mainly a test flight for the Saturn V and the Apollo spacecraft. The main spacecraft system that needed testing on a real lunar flight was the onboard navigation system.

Gary Johnson

I think this flight really points out the importance of preventive maintenance for all the watersheds in New Mexico,

Kelly Martin

Lived through people shooting at the helicopters, running up five, six flights of stairs.

Akrivos Tsolakis

I stress that a flight reconstruction of this size has never happened before in Greece and I'm of the impression that the whole scenario of this flight has never happened before in the world.

Jim Hall

I think that progress has been made, and I think that the flights that take off each and every day in the United States are safer as a result of the lessons learned from TWA 800,

Ann Davis

Last I heard, about 12 flights had landed at Reagan National since the restriction was lifted.

John Hotard

He saw ... a plume go straight up and fizzle out. At no time did he feel his flight was targeted.

Nicola Sturgeon

One of Ed Miliband's shadow ministers has said he would never vote for the renewal of Trident.

Lemuel K. Washburn

If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?

Alexander Downer

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Tom Paulin

Teachers are the ministers and priests of culture, its practitioners and its emissaries.

Brian Clough

Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.

Lord Caradon

Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.

Francis Atterbury

The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

Little Richard

No, I've never truly been a minister.

Margaret Thatcher

Advisers advise, and ministers decide.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Tom Watkins

We need more entrepreneurs in private and public life,

Fred Carter

I think there's been even more state championships won by the private schools using (former) public school student-athletes,

Lynndie England

I was used by Private Graner, ... I didn't realize it at the time.

Lynndie England

I was used by Private Graner. I didn't realise it at the time.

Frank Melton

I think if it's a private investment, it's a private investment,

Dana Smith

He is returning to the private sector. Any announcement about his replacement will be made in Washington.

Nick Velasquez

I think that raises questions about what he has done in the private sector. What's he trying to hide?

Shannon Flaherty

His tight schedule deemed these private travel arrangements necessary.

Kathleen Ham

He's been out there 32 years. And I've been in my own private jail.

Anthony Goldbloom

Startup stories are always smoother in the telling than they are in reality. A startup is not one, but a series of 'Aha!' moments, and some which seem like 'Aha!' moments but turn out not to be.

Tim Martin

Really it does seem like it was just yesterday.

Cecelia Ahern

Seeming and being are not one and the same.

Jim Boeheim

I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.

Quinton Ross

That was incredible. It seemed like he made every shot tonight. Every time he got the ball, he made a shot.

Mark Tacchi

That was the first time, other than the medley (relay) that we've put Libby (O'Brien) on anchor. Starting her just wasn't working. When Krissy (Brown) starts, that seems to spark her. We get more out of it all the way around with Krissy starting and Libby on anchor.

Fergal Murray

That?s the one everyone seems to go straight for.

Jim Colborn

I was very impressed. He seemed to get stronger as he went along. He stayed in his delivery.

Jimmy Baron

I was very concerned, but he seems to be fine.

David R. Ellis

No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.

Josh Radnor

It's hard to explaining exactly what happened, but I felt in that moment that the divine, however we may choose to define such a thing, surely dwells as much in the concrete and taxi cabs as it does in the rivers, lakes, and mountains. Grace, I realized, is neither time nor place dependent. All we need is the right soundtrack.

Nathan Thompson

I think using this lumber makes it very unique.

Jon Johansen

Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it.

Ban Ki-moon

We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'

Lucy Liu

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

George Wald

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

Tom Jenkinson

This current round of gigs, I'm just doing it using pure electronics.

Aerin Lauder

I think every woman should be using a foundation, whether it's liquid or compact.

Allison Tolman

It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.

James Rayner

We're still using Windows 98 here. We just need some equipment.