Famous Quotes & Sayings

Guido van Rossum

I think the real key to Python's platform independence is that it was conceived right from the start as only very loosely tied to Unix.

Julia London

It generally takes me about nine months from the point the book is conceived to the point my editor sends it off to be typeset.

Dick Cheney

It is hard to conceive that my life would have turned out this way had I not returned to my roots and the University of Wyoming,

Jeffrey Thomas

I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.

Laurent Fabius

I have always conceived of the construction of Europe as a movement which permits slowly and surely an upwards social and economic harmonisation.

Bertrand Russel

God is a reality of spirit... He cannot... be conceived as an object, not even as the very highest object. God is not to be found in the world of objects.

Kim Stanley Robinson

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.

Fred Savage

I wouldn't say they are his worst nightmare. But I don't think he really would have been able to even conceive of a family like this.

Napoleon Hill

What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

James Redfield

Spiritual consciousness is, on the whole, very adventurous and all about pursuing our deepest, most fulfilling dreams.

Carl Safina

To save the seas, we can eat sustainably and be conscious of the seafood we eat.

Antoine Rivarol

True felicity consists of its own consciousness.

Sylvia Forster

I think they are a little more conscious about eating right. I know the kids are because I hammer it into them.

Will Scheffer

I think there was a conscious decision to give our show a spare look.

Don Shaw

Jeremy is very conscious of the responsibilities of the setter position. He is looking forward to the opportunity of being in that role full-time.

Marie Lu

I write the story as it comes to me - YA is my natural voice, not a conscious choice.

Leonard Mlodinow

Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought.

Minnie Pearl

I think Elvis loved his fans-I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.

Greg Oden

Our relationship is real. It's no fake. He's down to earth, and I'm down to earth. We'd never have a falling out over money.

Rob James-Collier

Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?

Kenny Perry

Somehow, I've got to come back to earth here.

Marcus Aurelius

Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee

Richard Allen

Most seismologists are surprised, and frequently skeptical, that you can predict the magnitude of an earthquake before it has ended,

C. S. Lewis

You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.

Carl Sagan

Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the pretension that humans constitute some sort of biological aristocracy among the beings on Earth.

Carl Sagan

If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go

Shaukat Sultan

It is a national tragedy. This is the worst earthquake in recent times.

Jim Calhoun

Regardless of our success over the years, whatever it may be, Providence has always played us close. Providence has given us a lot of problems.

Richard Hartley

Previously, I wouldn't have given us a good grade at all. But since we have (business manager Renee Hinton) in place, we're doing a much better job. I don't know if I'd give us a letter grade.

Wang Jian

Our research showed that about one-fourth to one-third of the tickets to a performance are given to government organs without charge.

Jerry Rickrode

Our mental psyche has not been real strong. But I'll say the guys haven't given up on it. We're working hard and trying to make adjustments.

Margaret Keane

Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.

Eric Smith

Some of the requirements had given us very challenging manufacturing tasks.

Chris Klein

Our problem is holding that lead and making Houston or any other team panic when they're a goal down. We've twice now given up that lead too quickly.

Patrick Manteiga

Our staff has given them some break. This is just a group without a lot of money.

Robert Sasaki

Our scenario in 1999 is that 10,000 on the Nikkei is a given - 8,000 is possible. We think that if the market goes to 8,000 it's good. It's not going to stay there for very long.

Andy Roberts

Our replacement technicians are highly trained and experienced mechanics.

Steve Clarke

Swansboro-Richlands always, since I moved here, has been highly competitive and a physical soccer game,

Mark Schlosser

It is amazing. It says what kind of people are living in this town. It just speaks highly of them.

Robert O'Meally

Jazz is a highly disciplined music that is very impatient with people who don't play, well, any sort of lazy imitation that can go with it.

Richard Kite

It is highly uncharacteristic for there to be legitimate pedestrian traffic in that area.

William Gaillard

I think people should keep in mind that these are not highly paid people, they're not like the players or the coaches.

Marc Guggenheim

I think 'Green Lantern' has the potential to be a very highly regarded superhero movie. We're approaching it with such respect and such care.

Alberto Melloni

He is the most highly ranked member of the Curia that the U.S. has ever had.

Casey Hampton

I was joking with Hines about that. I was like, 'Man, this is kind of like a consolation prize. With the MVP, it doesn't really matter what people think of you on other teams, it's about what your teammates think of you, and obviously our teammates think very highly of us.

Yuri Andropov

peace for ourselves and for all the people of the planet.

Rick Daniels

We've tended to be passive and reactive when it comes to recruiting companies. We've got to start being active and make ourselves stand out.

John Brady

We never really got ourselves into a rhythm on offense. It seemed like to me we were always struggling offensively to get something accomplished.

Martin Parr

The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.

Dennis Golden

That was frustrating, but there's nothing we can do about that. We just had to pick ourselves up and go right back at them.

Stephen Colbert

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

Kate Beckinsale

There's such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can't compare yourself to people in magazines.

Charles Pierce

I would say we have probably transformed ourselves from a small to a medium-sized institution.

Justin Doellman

Basically, it's our defense. In the past two games, we weren't ourselves out there.

Frank Herbert

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.

Katherine Harris

God is the one who chooses our rulers

C. S. Lewis

All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary

Dan Wheldon

I think Jenson somewhat screwed me up there,

Cameron Diaz

You screw me, I screw you back. I'm a lady like that.

C. S. Lewis

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

C. S. Lewis

Suspicion often creates what it suspects.

C. S. Lewis

When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.

Kevin Towers

No, I'm just superstitious. Very superstitious, ... The way I look at it, he's been successful. We've been successful. I've been successful. So why screw with it?

Brandon Thomas

There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.

Tyra Banks

Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.

Bergen Evans

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.

Scott Lewis

I didn't give my trust to my guys,

Chris Duhon

If only we had an answer. Trust me, we don't know.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Jack McConnell

I don't trust him. He has wandering eyes!" ()

John Hill

I'd trust her with my wife and with my life,

Tim Duncan

I got a lot of (grief) for that, too. Trust me, I'm getting my share.

Charles R. Swindoll

We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.

Charles Spurgeon

Faith and works are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith.

John Nersesian

Rebalancing doesn't work every time. It works over time.

Mac McCabe

Our participants can work just as well as you or I.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Jim Coyne

Some of the work is in dispute. Hopefully, it will be settled.

David Frum

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox.

Barry Ritholtz

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.

David Burnett

Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with.

Bill Cosby

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

Big Pun

I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery.