Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Draper

What they're trying to do is to create the opportunity for them to be able to develop their land without them having to worry about someone challenging the development based upon the sprawl or the population projection rules, and those are two key concepts that the state Department of Community Affairs and counties use to determine whether a development is appropriate.

Margarita Simonyan

We're going to do international news and are trying to do a Russian angle on them, trying to show what impact international affairs have on Russia and we will also try to show interesting things about Russia, what is happening here, documentaries, interesting people and places, something that might be new to our audience.

Chris Cleave

Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs.

Hermann Eilts

It was the view of the people in the Department of State that the handling of Yemen affairs from Aden was too much of a burden on the then Consul, so an additional officer was named to the American Consulate at Aden to handle Yemeni affairs. I was designated for that task.

Marilyn Monroe

Wouldn't it be nice to be like men, just getting notches in your belt, having affairs with the most atttractive men . . . and not getting emotionally involved.

John Desmond Bernal

Marxists have some way of analyzing the development of affairs which enables them to judge far in advance of scientific thinkers what the trend of social and economic development is to be.

Lloyd Cutler

Later in that administration, I was asked to take a job which I had to turn down as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs because we were just then putting together the merger of two small law firms that became this law firm. I couldn't leave them at that point.

Purnomo Yusgiantoro

Police and the coordinating minister for security affairs have requested support from the military... Once the situation returns to normal, then the police can take over.

Chris Muller

One of the lessons of the Vietnam war is that when politicians dabble in military affairs they tie the hands of our soldiers and prevent them from succeeding.

Steve Manzuik

We've assigned it our 'High' rating, which means the vulnerability allows for code execution,

Henry Hyde

We're meeting with each other, trying to coordinate the managers, we have several as you know, and each has an assigned task, and we're busily preparing our remarks and trying to time them and make sure they are coherent and comprehensive, ... So, just the usual preparation for a trial.

Gary Karr

We found that more than two-thirds of (beneficiaries) were assigned to plans that covered every single one of the drugs they were actually taking. Only 8.2% were assigned to plans that covered less than 70% of their drugs.

Atharva Veda

What little man has to accomplish must be done quickly, at the place that is assigned to him and within the time that is allotted to him. And, man has such a formidable task before him; it is to fulfill it that he has come as man, exchanging for this human habitat all the merit he has acquired during many past lives. The task is no less than the manifestation of the Divinity latent in man.

Dave Taylor

We are aware of Anze's desire to play at least one more year in Europe this coming season, ... He has a very good development situation in Sodertalje and it is quite probable he will be assigned back to Sweden.

Niki Tsongas

Constant and pervasive danger makes agile movement a high priority for all soldiers, whether they are assigned directly to combat or not.

Hermann Eilts

I was initially assigned to the American Consulate in Aden, not as Principal Officer but as a supernumerary officer to handle Yemen affairs. We had no resident diplomatic mission in Yemen at the time. People from Aden went up to Yemen regularly.

Porter Goss

would send the wrong message to our junior officers about taking risks, whether it be an operation in the field or being assigned to a hot topic at headquarters.

Ken Starr

I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Locksley Hall He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse

John Biddle

What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.

Paul Di Filippo

There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people.

Woodrow Wilson

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself

Alexander Pushkin

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us then ten-thousand truths.

John Oldham

Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.

Tony Vecchio

We've always taken a special interest in the health of coastal ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. This fascinating lecture is a way we can educate the public about the importance of our coastal environment and its fragility.

Mike Shula

We're going to put importance on the depth chart through the jerseys. We talked to the guys who have the white jerseys on offense and the crimson jerseys on defense about how you have to fight every day to hold on to those jerseys. We want it on their minds. We want to create an atmosphere that we have more competition that we've ever had.

Robert Morgenthau

What this case shows is, number one, the importance of the federal data bank, and number two, the importance of keeping rape kits,

John Schmitt

Union jobs in auto (plants) has been one of the most importance sources of well-paid employment for African-Americans since World War II.

John Sweeney

Working families need and deserve Supreme Court justices who understand and respect the importance of hard-fought rights and protections, not justices who take an unduly narrow view of the law.

Michael Youash

We're hoping it's going to be considerably more than that. But the main thing to remember . . . is it's not the actual number that's critical. It's the importance of these people's voices being heard.

Bill Lyons

We're honored to be recognized for the second consecutive year by Lotus Advisor Magazine for our technology development work and commitment to the Lotus community. This award acknowledges the importance of issues related to compliance and corporate governance for enterprises in every sector, and we believe our offerings constitute the best technology and services on the market.

Carol Wotton

We want to try to educate them to the importance of reuse.

Katsuya Okada

We want to stress the importance of pension and child-care issues ... The Koizumi government cannot achieve these reforms. We need a change in government,

James Loney

When we were released I was sure I could jump right back into ordinary life and that's what I wanted the most, but I'm afraid no such luck. When I can get through an ordinary day without shaking legs and a pounding heart, I think that will be a sign that I can start to tell my story.

Colin Farrell

When we were kind of forced (by real life sniper murders in the Washington area that were too close to the film's plot) to pull the picture in October (from its Nov. 15 date), he wasn't nearly as big a star as he is today after 'Daredevil' and 'The Recruit.' He's become this hot guy.

Dan Jacobs

When we went to Minnesota, I had 15 people I've never met before in my life come up to me and ask, 'So, this is Missy, eh?'

Allan Ray

When I was on that floor and couldn't see anything, that was one of the first things I was thinking about, I'd probably be blind. I thought I was. I couldn't see anything. Everything was burning. Pretty much, my life just flashed in front of me.

Autumn Reeser

When I was little, I was a voracious reader, and that really led me to acting as well. I loved being transported into someone else's life, and that's what reading provided me. I also really love to entertain people.

Philippe Petit

When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a young wire walker at age 16, I didn't have feelings, I had certainties.

Johnathan Frakes

When I was just acting on the show, I learned my lines, went to sleep, then woke up and went to work. Now it's sort of become an obsession. I like the success. I'm thrilled with the way things have gone-but my life was simpler 10 years ago.

Rachel Tucker

When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!

Elvis Presley

When I was a child, ladies and gentleman, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: "Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bed -- without a song." So I keep singing my song.

Steve McCraw

We've asked for all Texas officials to keep an accurate accounting of costs that are directly related to the relief effort so that we can ensure these are reimbursed." ()

Kristen Kinley

When we have seen the fire reports increasing, we have recalled those vehicles and replaced those switches. Ford has used the basic switch design in a large number of vehicles and the risk of fire related to the switch is much different in those certain populations that we have recalled.

Christa Carone

We found some unexpected problems related to our customer receivables in Mexico, which we announced two weeks ago, and we have launched our own thorough internal investigation. We are fully cooperating with the SEC and will be in a position to provide more information when we release second-quarter earnings.

Samah Haggag

We found it interesting that some states that historically have low rates of bankruptcy have high propensities. I think some of it's going to be related to the economic changes. For states to see that kind of difference, some things have changed.

Sanyo President

We believe we have opportunities mainly in environment related activities.

Cisco Systems

We believe we are in compliance with all of the rules and related guidance as they currently exist,

Chris Stanton

We're going to do some investigating to see if this event was directly related to her employment.

Eric Frankel

We're proud to team with AOL on this first-of-its-kind broadband network. In the near future we will be adding more recent programs and other TV related content from our studio and other producers that you can't find anywhere else on the Web.

Tom Rogers

We're flipping the dynamic. If you are in the market for a product, and you have no idea when commercials related to that kind of product are going to appear, it (traditional ad placement) doesn't help you very much.

Bill Belichick

We've always tried to coach and abide by the NFL rules, whatever they are,

Jerry Sloan

We've always had a rule in the last second or so: get next to your man. We weren't even close to the guy.

Eric Osmer

When it comes down to it, a rule is a rule. I messed up. But, in a way I'm kind of glad it's all over. There is a sense of closure. We can move on.

Debbie Ryan

We're mired in a slump right now and we're digging a pretty deep hole. And the first rule of holes is to stop digging. But that's all we keep doing right now is keep digging and digging and digging.

Leon Brittan

We remain ready to cooperate with the U.S. (officials) in accelerating a (WTO) panel provided that they make clear that they are abandoning the unilateral route and respect the rules and procedures of the WTO,

Ariel Sharon

We respect them (the Palestinians) and have no aspirations to rule over them. They are also entitled to freedom and to a national sovereign existence in a state of their own,

Tony Ross

We respect our employees rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining and we respect all the rules and regulations in all the jurisdictions that we operate.

Adam Ereli

What we're seeing here is an attempt to subvert justice, an attempt to subvert the rule of law by those that are bent on attacking honorable citizens of Iraq who are trying to see that justice is done, whether it be on the prosecution side or on the defense side.

Harley Shaiken

What we're looking at in Seattle is a debate over the rules of the game and how the environment and labor will be treated -- whether they will be debated elsewhere or whether they will become part of the core discussions about trade.

Subra Suresh

We bring to the table expertise in measuring the strength of materials at the smallest of scales.

Andy Smyth

We appear to be the smallest team on the field each week. They're big. They're a very big, physical team.

Gretchen Rubin

Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to keep my habit of daily writing strong.

Eduardo Galeano

The more the technocrats programme it down to the smallest detail, the more the powerful manipulate it, football continues to be the art of the unforeseeable. When you least expect it, the impossible occurs: the dwarf teaches the giant a lesson, and a scraggy, bow-legged black man makes an athlete sculpted in Greece look ridiculous.

Elliot Perlman

I'll be happy if I can gain even the smallest place inside the literary imagination of U.S. readers.

Dr. Hsia

Women who need to take estrogen because of severe menopausal symptoms should take the smallest amount of dose, for the shortest possible amount of time.

Leroy Hood

If you just focus on the smallest details, you never get the big picture right.

Charles Simmons

The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.

Brian Roberts

I was always the smallest guy on the field.

Scott May

What we're really interested in doing is trying to figure out how we can help states and school districts infuse biotechnology concepts into teaching.

Richard Boucher

What this does is it brings a common view, a unified message, a unified position of the United States and Europe,

Wolfgang Bernhard

When we export to the United States, to the NAFTA region, we lose three-digit-million numbers, ... That raises questions about our European production facilities.

Greg Craig

When we have received assurances that Juan Miguel will be able to take custody of his son, but under circumstances that require him to remain in this country for a period of time, we will also be seeking permission for a support group of Elian's classmates, teachers and doctors to come to the United States to help smooth the transition,

Mark Lanier

What a jury is going to get is A, Merck fudged on the details. B, the fudge was in their favor. C, it was on purpose. D, Merck lied about fudging, or at least covered it up. And E, the most prestigious medical journal in the United States of America has called their hand on it and said this is unethical and wrong.

Samah Haggag

We found it interesting that some states that historically have low rates of bankruptcy have high propensities. I think some of it's going to be related to the economic changes. For states to see that kind of difference, some things have changed.

Richard Dieter

What's needed is some growing evidence from the states that they want to ban executing minors. More state governors and legislatures have to weigh in. They need some momentum in the next year or two for the justices to say, now is the time to decide this.

Brahma Chellaney

Unless the United States rolls back its demands, it is almost certain that no formal nuclear agreement will be ready for signature when President George W Bush arrives in New Delhi on March 1.

Leonie Brinkema

Unless the United States demonstrates a legitimate reason why these recordings are essential to an issue in dispute either in the guilt or penalty phase of this case, these tape recordings should not be admitted at trial,

Tony Guerra

Working on this plan for as long as I have and then having the school board give it the thumbs up, really showed me that all of the work hasn't been wasted. I really know the community is going to embrace this training center and the are a kids will be better off for having it.

Charles M. Schulz

Security is a thumb and a blanket. Happiness is a warm puppy.

Charles M. Schulz

Sucking your thumb without a blanket is like eating a cone without ice cream!

William Shakespeare

By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.

Chris Young

There is no pain, just coldness which leads to a lack of sensation. It feels like I stuck my thumb in a freezer.

Caitlin Moran

I’m neither ‘pro-women’ nor ‘anti-men’. I’m just ‘Thumbs up for the six billion

Paul Chappell

With this hand you can clutch objects such as a ball, you can move the thumb out to one side and grip objects with the index finger in the way you do when opening a lock with a key, and you can wrap your fingers around an object in what we call the power grip - like the one you use when you hold a hammer or a microphone.

Paul Chappell

With this hand, you can clutch objects such as a ball, ... you can move the thumb out to the side and grip objects with the index finger in the way you do when opening a lock with a key.

Elia Kazan

I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.

John Davidson

What they say may have an impact tomorrow, but the dominant topic on investors' minds right now starts with an 'I' and it's not Intel. Both businesses and consumers are hesitant to make any moves until there's progress on Iraq.

Joe Gibbs

We're going to have to work our way through that, ... It's going to be a big topic of discussion. We've got Chris here with a short work week, so we've got to do a real good job of evaluating that.

Brian Tunick

With November comparable down 8 percent and the company lowering guidance once again, Hot Topic continues to be on the wrong side of the fashion trend with no near term catalysts in sight. Hot Topic will obviously need to take deep markdowns in order to clear unwanted holiday product.

John Darby

We're aware of Chad's past penalties. Is it a topic of conversation as we meet about the penalty? Yeah, briefly, but it's a lot easier for us to address each penalty situation on its own, with its own merits, but along with that, it's not that much different in the world we live in: A first-time offense for somebody is a lot of the times treated a little softer than somebody that has a history.

Charles Lamb

This is the magnanimity of authorship, when a writer having a topic presented to him, fruitful of beauties for common minds, waives his privilege, and trusts to the judicious few for understanding the reason of his abstinence.

Bob Beauprez

A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

Benoit Mandelbrot

Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today.

Judy Cameron

We've all been told at one point in our lives that we should avoid late-night snacks as they will lead to weight gain. In reality, however, this belief is not based in fact. We conducted a review of previous data on the topic and found no real evidence that this was true.

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

There are certain topics songwriters stay away from because it's hard to go there. I didn't sit down and go, 'I want to write something about my dad now.'

Eric Lander

We're not going to stand up and say that these 14 things make us human, ... But it's not trivial to be able to say, 'Here is an inventory of the most important differences, and now go at it and figure out which of these differences contain the signatures of what is distinctively human.'

E. O. Wilson

We know from Census Bureau surveys that something beyond a hundred thousand uses of guns for self-defense occur every year. We know from smaller surveys of a commercial nature that the number may be as high as two-and-a-half or three million. We don't know what the right number is, but whatever the right number is, it's not a trivial number.

David Riesman

The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality.

Thomas Pogge

The stunning thing about the world as it is, is that we have a tremendously large problem in it: namely, one-third of all human deaths, 80-million every year from poverty-related causes, trivial diseases and so on, and stunningly, nobody is really paying attention to it.

Rebecca Solnit

I feel often that we don't have the right language to talk about emotions in disasters. Everyone is on edge, of course, but it also pulls people away from a lot of trivial anxieties and past and future concerns and gratuitous preoccupations that we have, and refocuses us in a very intense way.

Og Mandino

Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find ''tomorrow'' on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterday's defeats and ignore the problems of tomorrow. This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of your year. The saddest words you can ever utter are, ''If I had my life to live over again. ''Take the baton, now. Run with it! This is your day! Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Howard Hampton

Literally the most trivial thing gets charged to the taxpayer, (and) things that the average person would never think of trying to buy, like a $70 steak,

Terry Wogan

People are not impressed by watching interviewees cry. People recognize chat shows with personalities as the trivial things that they are. They're not designed to be deep. Quite frankly, people in show business don't stand up to in-depth scrutiny.

Rob Daviau

The assumption with Trivial Pursuit is never that one person would know all the answers, because it would be a very short game. The assumption is that one person should know half the answers.

Bob Young

We reject the idea of rejection. We don't have some grizzled editor deciding who or what is worthy of publication. Lulu lets anyone publish their work -- and the world decides on its merits.

Maxfield Parrish

There are countless artists whose shoes I'm not worthy to polish - whose prints would not pay the printer! I'm beginning to doubt my judgment!

David Parry

We stopped for some plays that weren't worthy of being looked at.

William Shakespeare

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

Arthur Helps

To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.

Juvenal

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

James E. Faust

What is worthy or unworthy on the Sabbath day will have to be judged by each of us by trying to be honest with the Lord. On the Sabbath day, we should do what we have to do and what we ought to do in an attitude of worshipfulness and then limit our other activities.

James E. Faust

I know with all my heart and soul that God lives. I believe He will enlighten our lives with His love for each of us if we strive to be worthy of that love, in the holy name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Lester B. Pearson

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.