Famous Quotes & Sayings

Evan Bayh

Regrettably, the readiness of the Iraqi army is wholly inadequate for the needs. Our own government has said so.

Fred Kaplan

President Bush is going to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. That no longer seems in doubt. The question is: How does he plan to do it? Which troops will come out first? How quickly? Where will they go? Under what circumstances will they be put back in? Which troops will remain, and what will they do? How will they keep a profile low enough to make the Iraqi government seem genuinely autonomous yet high enough to help deter or stave off internal threats? Who will keep the borders secure, a task for which the Iraqi army doesn't even pretend to have the slightest capability? What kinds of diplomatic arrangements will he make with Iraq's neighbors -- who have their own conflicting interests in the country's future -- to assure an international peace?

Matt Daniels

Our overarching goal is to build a national grass-roots army,

Dave Brown

Or I could just hold on with one arm if you like. What do you think?

John Carpenter

Our officer reached out and grabbed her arm just as she was about to go over the edge.

Ken Olson

People need to continue to call the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, ... The support we have received from the community has been great, but we need more help.

Sean Mallon

State lands permitting is finished. And the fully executed document is on the way from the Army Corps, we understand.

Clint Hurdle

Spinning out of his delivery. Most of the times when he misses, it's (to his) arm side.

Mary Shelley

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.

Carrie Fisher

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

Michael Mann

I think they ought to be ashamed of themselves,

Kris Jenkins

I think there are a lot of good ones right now, but I'm not ashamed to say I'm the best.

Camryn Manheim

I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.

Will Rogers

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Richard Bach

Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the world - even if what is published is not true.

Bonnie Blair

I was too embarrassed to say anything to my doctor or even to my husband. I got the courage to talk to my doctor and realized I was experiencing a very real medical problem that happens to many people and is nothing to be ashamed of.

Bobby Julich

I was going full gas in January and I just didn't have any gas left in the tank after a long season, ... Right now, it kind of stings. I wanted to go out on a high note and I wouldn't have even raced if I thought I was going to get 11th, but I have nothing to be ashamed of. It just proves I'm human and I do have limits.

Danton Cole

It felt like a playoff game out there. I thought we played well in the first two periods, then made one or two mistakes. The shoe could've been on the other foot and the guys have nothing to be ashamed of. We learned a lot from this one.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Regardless of who will finally win this race between Law and Justice and the Platform, the road to change will be open.

James Browning

Regardless of what time you change or move or do anything, if it's for a positive effort, it's always a good day to do it.

Ali Larijani

Referring Iran's file to the Security Council won't change the Iranian stance about uranium enrichment. It serves no one's interest.

Roger Enrico

Recent changes in the home video market got us and others in our industry by surprise,

Will Whitehorn

Recent acquisitions coupled with further structural changes being made to the group, will provide a good platform from which to generate further growth in the next financial year.

Scott Reed

Regions is a big contributor to this community, and there have been some changes in the community. We just feel like this would be the time to reassert ourselves.

Karen Finney

President Bush's refusal to recognize that it's time to make a change and fire Secretary Rumsfeld is symptomatic of his administration's incompetent and failed leadership.

Frank Degen

Previously, someone like a plumber, who may have run his office from home and had a secretary there, could not take this deduction because he provided goods and services outside the home. Of course, the IRS realized the inequity there and changed the rules.

Liz Boyd

Our position hasn't changed and we would expect her to veto this legislation just as she did before. It's a divisive piece of legislation. The suburban communities and the city need to work together on these issues.

Adnan Pachachi

People have to be convinced that these two men are in fact killed and are no longer a threat to the peace of the country,

Dick Catri

Somehow, when she was 13, I convinced her parents to let us take her on the road trips. All the rest of them were guys, but she was treated like she had five or six older brothers. She was very good.

Mary Johnson

Some people can never be convinced of the truth.

Christian Wulff

We need a big debate on whether it is responsible to end nuclear power - I am convinced it is not.

Lothar Matthaeus

(I will only return to Germany) once the decision-makers are convinced that I am the right man with my abilities. If not I will stay abroad.

Natan Sharansky

Just as the sceptics were wrong then, I am convinced they are wrong now about the possibility of freedom spreading to the Middle East.

Filippo Luca

Latin American economies have made a leap to quality. We are totally convinced that this time the economic growth will be much more sustainable than it has been in the past.

Mike Bird

I watched it for two hours. My wife looked at it, my parents looked at it. Before long, I was firmly convinced that we were dealing with something real.

Charles Kennedy

Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots - yet couldn't understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her.

Jalal Talabani

stand with the Iraqi people as they move forward with the Democratic process.

Stan Jones

Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend.

Jim Stuart

Republicans have not been doing their share of registering voters. The Democrats should be congratulated.

Benjamin Rush

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

Mitch McConnell

I think there are a whole lot of Democrats who never had any idea what was in this bill, at least this year they are reading it." ()

Thomas Mann

I think was Harry Truman who said, 'If you want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic,' ... The idea that somehow a Democratic majority is harmful for the economy strikes me as fanciful. It's financial fiction.

Tony Leon

I think voters are repulsed by the floor-crossers who took away their democratic mandate and this is an opportunity to make it right.

Bob Graham

It is not always easy for a Cuban-American to be a vocal Democrat in Miami-Dade County,

Nkosana Sibuyi

It is our firm view that the declaration of this day as a public holiday will enable voters to exercise their democratic right to vote as enshrined in our Constitution.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Roger Toussaint

Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.

Steve MacFarlane

Our members know that working for Northwest Airlines, they have to have a strike fund.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Bertrand Russell

Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Lambis Nikolaou

I was the only one of the 104 members who did not vote.

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.

Donald Johanson

Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.

Jeffrey Fieler

Regardless of the (earnings) metric, they're on the right path.

Ichiro Ozawa

I will do my best, regardless of whether I would be running at the top or at the bottom.

Luke Hudson

I didn't want to get better any more just because I was out of the rotation. I wanted to get better regardless of where I was.

Debbie Smith

No one should be doing this to another person, regardless of whether they're students.

Alex Newell

Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing that no one can ever take away from me is my voice, and that is what I really want to do.

Edward Witten

Regardless of any deviations, it was clear I was supposed to end up in math and physics.

Tim Tebow

Regardless of whatever I do, I know what my purpose is: to make a difference in people's lives.

Will Brown

They're going to play regardless of what the score is, and they'll probably play early.

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.

Teri Barbera

Someone has to have seen something. We're hoping.

David Ross

Man, we were weeping, ... I've never seen so much destruction.

John Torchetti

That was a team win, if I have ever seen one. Everyone from the goalie out tonight just competed. That was the word for tonight, compete.

Paul Thompson

That was ridiculous. In 16 years of coaching, I've never seen anything like that.

Warwick McKibbin

I think it's pretty much a continuation of what we've seen but probably a slightly different style.

Paul Cummings

I don't know what to say. I've never seen someone do this, either.

Drew Stafford

I don't know what to say about that, I've never seen that before.

Roger Clemens

I don't know that I've seen anything like it,

Jeff Denham

I don't know that you have the votes here today.

Al Sharpton

Mr. President, read our lips. Our votes are not for sale.

Jerry Bell

We're overwhelmed by it. It was more votes than we expected.

Charles Kennedy

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

Dick Gephardt

one of the most important votes we will take in this Congress.

Sam Craig

Once it's in play (a nomination), you want to try to go out there and get as many votes as you can.

Al Scates

They're very solid. They had a lot of first-place votes this week. We know they are for real.

Jim Mowen

You have to go where the votes are at.

Pete Wilson

We'll have to see who has the votes if it comes to that.

Two Chainz

I had incorrectly, for all of my adult life until 2008, believed the biggest voting myth that exists - that ex-felons cannot vote.

Bart Stupak

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.

Dick Thornburgh

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

Aaron Klein

Lost in much of the national debate about immigration reform is how Democrats ultimately stand to gain electorally with any legislation or executive action that would put the newly legalized residents on a path to voting.

Dennis Prager

Our youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life

Eleanor Clift

It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth.

Alexander Hamilton

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Conan O'Brien

The Republican-controlled House voted to repeal the healthcare bill. If that goes well, they'll see what they can do about this whole 'women voting' thing.

David Barton

You don't have a right to vote, you've got a duty of vote.