Famous Quotes & Sayings

Salman Rushdie

Susan Sontag was a great literary artist,"a fearless and original thinker, ever valiant for truth, and an indefatigable ally in many struggles.

Julia Gillard

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States.

Todd Wagner

Landmark has always had a tremendous commitment to promoting independent film. Having Mercury as such an important and strategic ally in our continued efforts will immediately create opportunities essential to the continued growth and success of independent film.

Joseph Conrad

It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune--the ally of patient Time--that holds an even and scrupulous balance.

Stephen Harper

I think that we should obviously have good relations whenever possible with our closest ally and our biggest customer. I would hope to talk to the president very closely to start us on that track. But that's not going to take us off fighting on specific Canadian interests.

Dutch Ruppersberger

I think president after president has always stood behind Israel. We always will. They're our ally there. And we have to do whatever we can help them to protect their citizens.

James L. Petigru

It does not, surely, require such torrents of blood to satisfy any reasonable man that nothing can be a more impious presumption than for either side to think themselves entitled to count the Almighty as an ally in such a pitiful display of human passion.

John Ullyot

He wanted to make sure our ally was not put out by its treatment in this process.

Jerry Ray

I talked to Reverend James Lawson, that was a close ally to Martin Luther King ... and they all told me it was a bit selfish of me to not want him hooked up,

John Connolly

Stephen is a world class player and has made a fantastic contribution to Australian rugby. He will play an important role leading up to, and during the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Peter Singer

Some of the things that I'm trying to do are to strengthen those other forces, and give them a better chance of having some influence.

Michael Blythe

Some of the risks coming through in the labor market in Australia are still very tight and, ultimately, you would expect that to push up wages and then flow through to inflation.

O. Henry

Our selection reflects that we respect Australian rugby and the Australian team and we all know it will be a hard game at the weekend.

Craig James

Our view is that the Australian share market is overdue for a correction.

Roddy Smith

Our bid is primarily about legacy and development. Obviously we can't compete with England, India and Australia when it comes to money and ground size, but it would be huge in terms of development of our game.

Niranjan Shah

Our basic complaint is if England and Australia can plan regular home series every year, why should we not plan. India is a major force.

Christopher Brown

Rising petrol prices and reduced domestic travel is a concern for regional Australia as few tourists will be passing through country towns, staying in local hotels and contributing to local economies and jobs.

Maurice Gibb

Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it.

Mark Latham

He is trying to exploit their naivete, not knowing all the things that happen in Canberra and all the things their dad would be up to, just as no politician's children would know every single thing that the politician does at work,

Alan Vest

He has been a decent player in the past, having progressed through the Institute of Sport in Canberra but things have not worked out here. Daniel has got an opportunity now to get sorted out with perhaps a Victorian State League team and get himself back to fitness and show another A-League team that he is worthy of a contract for next season.

Judy Horacek

While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it.

John Connolly

We'll definitely look to have a public training session of some description and while it's too early to say where we'll be training, this is certainly something the people of Canberra and surrounding region can look forward to.

John Connolly

We'll definitely look to have a public training session of some description and, while it's too early to say where we'll be training, this is certainly something the people of Canberra and surrounding region can look forward to.

John Henry Carver

In Canberra my vision of what could happen in nuclear physics really depended on the big successes we might have had in the particle physics area.

Judy Horacek

Canberra was my home for many years, and there's a lot to love about it. It has a small population with a strong sense of community and is top-heavy with interesting, highly educated, socially progressive people - the opposite of the stereotypical image of dull public servants.

John Connolly

The Canberra winter should provide the perfect conditions to prepare for the Eden Park Test. Already this year we've looked at spending more time in Test match cities and preparing in the conditions we can expect on match days.

Shinzo Abe

Regarding the abduction issue, the Japanese side said what they needed to say in a considerably firm manner,

Timothy Flynn

KPMG is a better and stronger firm today, having learned much from the experience.

Ivo Sanader

It is not true and I firmly reject it,

Ma Jun

I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.

Kara Swisher

I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.

Michael Arrington

I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner in many other venture funds which have their own startup investments.

J. Taylor

happened to occupy the same law firm office as former Vice President Nixon.

Kevin Blemkin

There are still refinery issues. The market is going to remain firm in the medium-term until we see that the stockpiles are there.

Jim Collins

I feel sorry for Microsoft. If you want to hire a firm that is going to do a job better than any law firm in the country, you go to Keker & Van Nest.

Howard Dean

Some of the generals have said we can withdraw some of the troops. ... We have others saying, we're not going to leave. These people do not know what they are doing,

Chris Masoner

Some people are happy at these schools and some aren't. We think these things are about general feel, and as much as you try to wrap it up in a statistical guide, you can't.

Ken Knutson

Our pitching is generally a year older with some really good arms. We have the players.

Gene Smith

Our student-athletes graduate at a higher rate than the rest of general student population.

Brian Foster

Our start to the season has been generally encouraging,

Michael Jarvis

Our general idea is to provide security and pretty much help over take over for the PD. We are going in under the martial law status. That will be one of our priorities.

Damon Hill

Pipelines in general used to be located primarily in rural areas, but as populations and communities grow and develop, more people are nearby.

Tom Sherman

Really, people are here because of a general interest in the weather - or because they like that stuff. But it's all about what they can do to help their neighbors.

FC Dallas

I think there is a kind of general deference that is accorded the prosecutors,

George McGovern

I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

Jill Abramson

I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'

Timothy Noah

With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation.

Tina Brown

It's almost as if Putin is brilliant, really - he's outfoxing Obama all the time.

Noam Chomsky

Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

John Thune

I think the problem with President Obama - and I like him personally, I came into the Senate with him - is his agenda.

Brit Hume

Insure the uninsured. Effect of Obamacare to date: Uninsure the insured,

Adam McKay

Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

Ben Shapiro

President Obama has continually put off the deadline for implementation of Obamacare thanks to hang-ups in the system.

Barbara Matthews

Right now police officers are trying to keep people off the road.

B. J. Novak

I do not have very much office experience.

Bill Cosby

This happened to the people. The Constitution says of the people, by the people, for the people... but the people who got the office, got into office and forgot about the people.

Carl Sagan

Those who seek power at any price detect a societal weakness, a fear that they can ride into office.

Gerald Smith

The association had directors, officers and, by 1870, had been opened to stockholders.

Terry Shea

The assessor's office respectfully disagrees with some of the court's rulings.

Chan Gailey

I think I'm going to go back to the office and see the trainers,

Michael Procopio

He walked straight into the recruitment office and he said, 'You don't have to give me any of your speeches.' He told them he wanted to sign up, and he wanted to sign up for the infantry.

Dave Miller

He used my office to make phone calls,

Kenneth Langone

Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on - that's how much he revered the presidency.

Kevin Kalkhoven

If people are going to watch oval racing, they're going to watch NASCAR,

Georges Braque

Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.

Theodore Roosevelt

The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us

Vladimir Nabokov

Those Eggheadsareterrible Philistines. A realgood head is not oval but round.

Derrick Kellier

I feel satisfied, it has been a long haul. I have been in Parliament since 1989.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

I don't think that parliament will find the strength to annul its decision.

William Wilberforce

Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?

Edmund Burke

Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation.You choose a Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, heisnotthe Member for Bristol, but heisa Member of Parliament.

Philip Ruddock

If the parliament is sitting it has to undertake business, that's not a question of picking and choosing,

Jack Layton

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.

Jeremy Corbyn

I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.

Kenneth Rexroth

Victorian society was homogeneous without being homogenized. It was, to paraphrase the epigram about Parliament, a society of extreme eccentrics who agreed so well that they could afford to differ.

Dario Perkins

A split parliament would be the worst-case scenario.

Bianca Jagger

The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

Bill Vaughan

Flexibility is indispensable in the talks, .. Only if (the DPRK and the United States) show flexibility, it is possible to reach compromise.

H. Hunt

I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.

F. Lee Bailey

I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

Stephen Pope

He's been the most beleaguered of any archbishop in the United States. It's like a battlefield promotion.

Al Green

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

Beth Robertson

One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.

Allison Hooper

No one else (in the United States) is making it.

Strom Thurmond

New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States.