Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Liu Jianchao

Recently, there were some developments of the Iranian nuclear issue. We expressed our concern. ... We hope the parties should exercise restraint and not take any actions that lead to further escalation so we can solve the question properly through dialogue and diplomacy.

Maurice Hinchey

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

John Hamre

Recent events where criminals were able to become customers have led us to take this strong action in order to regain the trust of consumers that their information is being used only for their benefit, or the benefit of society at large.

Kristen Kinley

Recall numbers vary from year to year, and they don't necessarily rise consecutively year after year, and they aren't in the case of Ford. This was a hit to our recall volumes, but the number of actions was down.

LeBron James

Record-wise and going into the playoffs, we can't improve. I'm trying to get as much rest as I can. I don't want to try to force the action by playing on an ankle that's not 100 percent.

Adrian Foster

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.

Gary Chase

Recent price action in airline shares has created some price disparities that we believe investors should exploit.

Charles Holliday

Recent movements in long-leading economic indicators and in raw material prices offer hope that an end to the spreading global downturn is in sight, ... Despite that, we continue to take actions necessary to emerge from these difficult times as a much stronger company.

Duane Ackerman

Reducing workforce is the toughest business decision a company has to make. We have worked hard to avoid it, but many companies our size and particularly our competitors operate with lower overhead and fewer management layers.

Jewel

Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.

Carol Bellamy

recognizes that economic sanctions are an instrument intended by the international community to promote peace and security ... but our concern is that whenever sanctions are imposed, they should be designed and implemented in such a way as to avoid a negative impact on children.

Mark Stahlman

Previous management understood what needed to be changed, but they were unable to make it happen, ... To actually make these changes is a massive challenge. It can't be done quickly. There will be people who will resist. There's no avoiding a good deal of internal conflict.

Robert Wood

Our research shows that for some children, however, lifelong avoidance of these nuts, found in countless food products, may not be necessary.

Doug Smith

Parking was totally disorganized on Monday. We left extra early (Tuesday) to avoid another rush.

Shinya Yamanaka

Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible.

Nancy McBride

Our message is that children should recognize and avoid certain situations, rather than certain people.

Juan Lubroth

People need to be informed about the importance of basic hygiene notably washing hands after touching poultry and disinfecting boots or shoes before entering or leaving a poultry farm. They should also be aware of suitable farming practices such as ensuring that poultry are roofed-in to avoid any contact with wild birds and not mixing chickens with other species, such as ducks.

William Jenkins

Regionalism presented some obstacles in the past, ... But the boundaries are beginning to disappear and we have this wonderful, intellectual synergism.

Bill Daly

Our partnership with NASN represents a significant step by the league to re-establish its relationship with its existing European-based fans, as well as begin the process of developing new ones.

Brendan Gilfillan

Our park system is a vital system that needs to be preserved but to be sure in the long run that we have the resources to preserve it ... we have to exert fiscal restraint and begin fixing our chronic budget shortfalls.

Walter Pater

Or if we begin with the inward world of thought and feeling, the whirlpool is still more rapid, the flame more eager and devouring.

Jerry York

Patrick had a very productive career here at BC and we wish him all the best as he begins his professional career.

Nicholas Burns

Part of the purpose of my visit to Delhi this week is to work with the Indian government on a plan that would separate the civil and military nuclear states of India over the coming years, ... Once that plan has been clearly enunciated and once it has been committed to by the Indian government and we begin to see its implementation, it will be a short time before the U.S. Congress enacts the necessary legislative changes to bring this into being, and that will be a welcome moment, indeed.

Fran Foley

Part of the plan from the beginning was to take pressure off the draft. The plan is coming together.

Jay Grymes

Parts of the state have been suffering for quite some time. In the southern third of Louisiana, the dry spell goes back to the beginnings of 2005, and even sections of northern Louisiana have been dealing with dry weather over the past 12 to 15 months.

Pauline Flynn

Peace is possible. It begins with a vision or dream and comes through persistence, hard work and belief in ourselves.

Harry Reid

President Bush has dropped the equivalent of 100,000 dirty bombs on America, ... All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the people of Nevada and indeed all Americans, but because the president's decision threatens American lives.

Zhang Qiyue

Our position on this question is clear; NATO must immediately halt the bombing of Yugoslavia as a necessary precondition for solving the Kosovo crisis. The bombing should stop before the Security Council discusses this issue.

Tadatoshi Akiba

Passing on to younger generations the memories and the will of those who suffered the bombing is the most important step for humankind to survive in the 21st century,

Jim Cavanaugh

Our bombs don't work. But without these agents' hard work, we could very easily have ended up working a bombing fatality.

Aftab Sherpao

It is a very unfortunate incident. I can confirm that 40 people have died in the bomb blast.

David Letterman

Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?

Roger Entner

The application of prepaid phones for nefarious reasons, is really widespread. For example, the terrorists in Madrid used prepaid phones to detonate the bombs in the subway trains that killed more than 200 people.

Mary Jo White

The 1993 Trade Center bombing was obviously frightening. It could have been much worse than it was.

Roustam Tariko

I was proud of my Soviet country, of wearing Young Pioneer uniform, bombarded by my mother's Communist propaganda.

Carla Peterson

Rebecca wears her heart on her face. She has been working on that skill for awhile. She has competed with it before. Everything came together for her with that.

Deon Thompson

Reggie really sparked us off the bench. He came in with his head focused on helping us win this game.

George H. W. Bush

President Bush, testing the mic at the GOP convention:'Four score and seven years ago. We have come here to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place. ... My fellow members of the press corps, especially the camera man, tax relief is on the way ... don't spend it all in one place.'

H. Hart

Our players left everything on the field. When they came off the field, they were spent. I was watching them come through the tunnel going to the locker room. I just really hurt for them because the effort was just terrific. It was like two heavyweight fighters through the overtimes refusing to go down.

Ken Stringfellow

Our relationship, musically and friendship-wise, came to a halt for a couple of years, ... Slowly those doors opened again, and we had an opportunity to do some shows in Spain and took the chance to experiment over the course of a year or so. I spent some time repairing my friendship with Jon, and then we were probably open to anything at that point.

Eve

Originally, after 'Tambourine' came out, another record was supposed to come out, but I had issues with my record label at the time, which was Interscope. We couldn't agree on a record, so that took some time. I had to leave them and find a new label.

Joe Kuhn

Parker kept us in the game prior to halftime. He came out and hit a couple of big 3s for us during the first half. We might have been out of it early were it not for Dustin.

Barry Trotz

Parker came over the glass, and your first reaction is one of disbelief. Witt turns around, and his first reaction is to swing back. I don't like that trade-off. ... Parker is a marginal player for San Jose, and Witt is really starting to do some good things for us.

Doug Scheidt

Park did a great job. They came out really ready to play and I thought coach (Josh Wolf) did a really good job of having them just enough fired up, but just enough under control and calm. I thought they exhibited that in the game, and we didn't.

Felton McClellan

Regardless of the fact that we lost everything materially, we are so blessed.

Rachel Laws

Regardless of the fact that it's Senior Day, we have to win our last home game because we haven't been winning lately and we really want to stop this streak.

Katsuya Okada

Our policies weren't wrong, but I have to reflect on the fact they did not get across.

Jim Mott

Part of it is losing to Herkimer and part is the fact that we're 1-3 now and really need a quality win. Hopefully the kids are mad and will come back ready to work tomorrow.

Michael Lynton

Part of this is the fact that the movies may not have lived up to the expectations of the audience, not just in this year, but in years prior,

Mark Shapiro

Part of what makes Peralta even more valuable to us is the fact that he plays up the middle.

Steve Johnson

Our load factor (the percentage of seats filled in October last year) was only 56% of what they offered. With that as one of the arguments, you'd look at providing fewer seats.

Andy Kopplin

Our No. 1 goal is to get that money out as expeditiously as possible. The limiting factor will be the number of contractors available.

Willie Geist

People know the facts of a story just as well as the people on TV do, and they have more platforms to hold the media accountable when they don't get it right. We are a world full of media experts. That's a great thing.

Mike Blouin

People here take primaries seriously. These are the folks who make the party work.

Gene Taylor

Some of the folks from Louisiana may have gotten greedy in some of their requests,

Dave Foreman

Some of our local folks are not the type to step right up and say help me. They're the type to say never mind, we take care.

Lynn Ford

Our weather folks are telling us we're going to get some rain, but the problem is it will be isolated. What we really need is sustaining rain, one of those long rains you like for your gardens.

Frank Baum

Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.

H. Hunt

We need some residential properties that will provide housing for folks who aren't making million-dollar incomes.

John McGary

I think there'll be a little more pressure on the governor's folks and Senate Republicans to move in our direction.

Scott Ishikawa

I think the racetrack has been a great outlet for folks who do want to race in a safe manner, rather than on the freeways.

Paul Swangard

That's what folks thought Kobe could become. It was such a shock to the system what happened in Colorado.

Dick Pound

reforms which will prevent this from happening again.

Ray Lovell

Part of what's happening is to double-check these places because we need to find what needs to be done for remediation.

Dennis Moore

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

Chris Tollefson

It is a success story in the history of conservation. And it's nice that it's happening to a species that means so much to this country.

Brad Smith

That was one of the things that made us sit and think. (Now) it will be transparent what is happening and why.

Stevie Hinnant

That's the same thing that's been happening to us. We've hit it hard several times and it didn't get through. I know how (O'Neal) feels.

Jose Vidro

Last year, I thought it was over with, ... But it keeps happening again. ... This is a pain that doesn't want to go away.

Cary Fukunaga

Literally, I don't have a television. So I don't really know what's happening pop-culturally. I read the 'New York Times.' And there's one worldwide cabin blog that I look at.

Ike Turner

Like rapping man, you've got to be so super-creative to come out with the stuff that's happening in your head.

Lorraine Bracco

I think it's so original. I think there are so many layers to it that people are really enjoying.

Alain de Botton

Once I began to consider everything as being of potential interest, objects released latent layers of value.

Kevin Cook

Many layers and things take time to trickle down,

Walter Kirn

You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply can't in a movie. A movie really has to choose its battles.

Ian Mcewan

Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.

Dan Kennedy

There are layers upon layers upon layers here.

David Bowie

I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.

Bootsy Collins

There's a magical layer of love that's laced, designed to take us to a higher place.

Elie Saab

Voluptuous and enveloping like layers of precious fabrics

Keith Burns

Starting at middle linebacker is not going to be that much different for me.

Brian Green

Ours (areas of surveillance and traps) are pretty much out in the middle of the sticks.

Amy Vanderbilt

Our crews have reported that someone did make it up to Logan Pass and they described water running down the middle of the road with standing water in many places.

Mark Vogt

Our zone took away her touches in the middle for a while, but that kid's a player.

Susan Hansen

We (NRCS) went to Wiley, Alta Vista and Lamar Middle School to speak to sixth graders about conservation practices.

David Howell

It is a pretty stern test, ... You have to keep it down the middle because of the rough.

Davey Lopes

That was right on the middle of the plate. That's what he told me to say.

Victor Martinez

That's what everybody's saying. It's hard, because it's the middle of spring training and you're trying to get ready for the season. I don't know how they're going to do the next one.

Henry Winkler

I think this is the most important depository in the Middle West.

Paul Anderson

We never thought or suspected that these plants would have a problem. Somebody should be doing time for this; that's the way I look at it.

David Cole

I think the Moraine plant is probably going to continue, and get considerable investment.

Mark Wiley

I wouldn't be putting out young plants just yet.

Jim Leonard

There aren't very many hydro plants we can upgrade left.

Vince Green

When they say plants are closing, they're going elsewhere. And it's not just China; it's Tennessee, Texas, more business-friendly states.

Scott Baker

Obviously, because of when this all happened, securing power was a concern. However, I think the time of the peaker plant has passed.

Mark Ploger

The plants are in a weakened state. Moisture is the key. We need rain.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Plants live; how much they feel and enjoy, who shall say?

Gene Detroyer

What we have to do is get the plant inspected.

John Lemme

Live each day as if it's a precious Gift, because it is.

John Gotti

I ain't seen her in seven years, but she's a doll, a precious little kid.

Judy Cornett

She worked backstage, and she was so precious to all of us. This is my first show without Pat.

Pema Chodron

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Unless you have a real sense of precious things under threat, there would be nothing sad about time being limited.

Lord of

My Precious - Gollum and the One Ring

Arthur Schopenhauer

Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.

David Duval

Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.

Arthur Golden

Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.

Bob Elliston

Our old surface required significant repairs during the off-season. That's a process that can take several weeks. We don't have to do that now. The surface maintains its uniformity.

Eric Stoltz

Roger visited us and got to know and spend time with Nestor before he died. That's an important part of the process of portraiture. And, of course, we have thousands of photos.

Carl Rogers

Life, at its best, is a flowing, changing process in which nothing is fixed.

Valery Nesterov

It is an unpleasant episode, but the IPO preparation process is not going to stop because of it.

Stephen Moore

It is an ugly bill. This is the legislative process at its worst.

Vince Dooley

I think we all realize that the more subjective the process is, the worse things are for everybody. I think it would be proper to come up with something more definitive.

Jim Robb

I think this will keep that process on hold.

Lloyd Dobens

It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how well they all work together.

Alberto Fujimori

It is my purpose to remain temporarily in Chile, as part of the process for my return to Peru,

Torin Francis

He just has a good, sensitive game. And I think with time he's going to keep getting better and better.

Xosha Roquemore

I'm sassy, even though I hate that word! I'm sensitive and cry real easily.

Dennis Farina

We keep monitoring ourselves, censoring ourselves, being too sensitive to this, too sensitive to that. We can't keep doing that.

Ben Howland

We were really sensitive to him shooting threes.

Peter Thomson

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn

Bob Dylan

Either I'm too sensitive, or else I'm gettin' soft

Deborah Kerr

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

Dianna Agron

Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it’s better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it’s hard to keep going.

Bette Midler

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

Tom Daschle

I think that it is important for us to have an independent commission, as I've said now on several occasions, but it truly should be independent,

Rob Kardashian

I won state cross-country competitions several times during high school.

Reinhard Selten

I did several types of work about several investigations of application of game theory to international relations.

Hilary Clinton

he could have made that statement several weeks earlier, in time for the holidays.

Edward Gramlich

I think it is more than several weeks for me!

Brian Archer

It could be several weeks before we know the damage,

Matthew Lillard

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

Mayor Hassig

There are several threads here of futures you can choose.

Luiz Scolari

There are several teams, and one of them could be Corinthians.

Elaine Elliott

Langhorne pretty much had her way. We are what we are in terms of our size. We're not talking about shutting her down.

Conan O'Brien

Donald Trump has come out in favor of shutting down Planned Parenthood. However, experts say, if he really wants Planned Parenthood to go under he should turn it into a Trump property.

Richard Sherman

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

Richard Engel

Israel is shutting out the Arab world and shutting itself in.

Elias Levy

They're not getting infected, but they're still shutting down.

Khaled Hosseini

Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.

Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

E. O. Wilson

Springtime is the time for gazing at galaxies.

Adam Carolla

spontaneous, clever, specific, oblique and at the same time very human.

S. Walker

That could be a possibility. I'm thinking, hopefully, we can get something worked out. As of right now, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

Charlie King

Right place at the right time is all I can say about that one.

Gil Brandt

Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.

Boy George

Most psychiatrists or analysts are a waste of time

Bob Rose

We need solidarity. This is a union town, and it's time to show that.

David Olsen

What most residents are getting right now are the truck lanes of the Internet.

David Hunter

We're just getting one truck (of fuel) a day,

Mike Schmitt

I think we were all pretty let down when we didn't find anything in the truck itself.

Hank Smith

We keep some on the truck at all times.

Lee Smith

Without these trucks here, I don't think we would have made it.

Tom Baxter

What is that truck doing here. That just infuriates me.

Donald Trump

Obamacare is a total disaster. And not only are your rates going up by numbers that nobody's ever believed, but your deductibles are going up, so that unless you get hit by a truck, you're never going to be able to use it.

Ally Carter

The Bagshaw's blew up an armored truck one,' Gabrielle offered.

Barry Levinson

I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.