Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Tulgan

A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards.

Kofi Annan

The permanent mission of Cuba to the United Nations wishes to protest strongly at the arbitrary decision and to state that it disagrees completely with the pretexts given.

Leonard Susskind

I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses.

Michael Winter

Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.

David Hume

The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary.

Oleg Orlov

Only the most outrageous, truly inadmissible limitations on the rights of international organizations were dropped. The bill still provides for widespread and arbitrary repression of Russian and international NGOs.

Francis Gaskins

On the face of it, it looks like it should be shorted -- not bought. It's the most arbitrary pricing I've ever seen.

Michael Parker

There are those that are saying you have to be able to dial back to any arbitrary point in time. From our discussions with the mid-market, that's not exactly something they are looking for.

Kerry Scott

I believe that what has happened in West Tisbury is going to have echoes for years to come around the ways we raise property taxes in Massachusetts. I think Bill Graham has shown us that there are huge flaws - frightening flaws - in the way towns conduct this type of business. There can be nothing arbitrary - and there should be nothing subjective - about the process of taxation. That's been a cornerstone of our government and our society.

B. R. Hayden

We want people to be as up to date as possible.

Kong Quan

We have proposed dates for the next round of six-party talks and are awaiting the response from the other parties.

Jim Rogers

We've seen so much destruction and teardowns of dated homes. We just don't fit in anymore.

Jim Rogers

We've seen so much destruction and teardowns of dated homes, ... We just don't fit in anymore.

Brian Herzlinger

The fact that I won the 1,100 bucks, the fact that her name won me that money -- even though I could have used that money to pay my bills, I thought, 'I'm going to try to get that date with her.' I'm going to take that risk, because if you don't take risks you'll have a wasted soul.

Tove Lo

The fact is, when you date an artist, you have to know that they're going to sing about you.

Carl Levin

We set that date without getting the support of the U.N. We set that unilaterally. And we now are trying hard to get the U.N. involved. But without the support of the international community, that date could really backfire on us,

Landon Liboiron

I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.

Khloe Kardashian

People are gonna comment no matter what. If I dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they're gonna comment. That's just the way it is.

John Spratt

We are pushing the envelope. We are using our troops pretty much to their maximum utility.

Dick Cheney

Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.

Amity Shlaes

If you do a serious presidential bio, you want to supply the reader with maximum material because otherwise you're offending the reader. A president for many people is a serious thing and they want to know everything.

Fausto Bertinotti

We are in the moment of the maximum uncertainty.

James Sinegal

If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs.

Dan Boone

It can be a maximum of 25 percent of what you owe.

Sean Taylor

For us to win we needed to (capitalize). We needed to have maximum possessions.

Daniele Audetto

We have a lot of sympathy and we give him the maximum moral and technical support.

Felix Gonzalez

This is one of the most destructive hurricanes. We are on maximum alert.

Karl Dorrell

Whenever we needed a play made, he stepped up and made a play.

Corey Nakatani

When I needed him in the spot that I needed him, he was there.

Corey Nakatani

When I needed him in spots, he was there for me.

Janet Watson

This was a stepping stone win for us, something we really needed to accomplish.

Cheryl Strayed

I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.

Lorraine Toussaint

I know what it was like to not have a voice, so my daughter has a voice. I veto that voice when needed because at the end of the day I am the grown-up, but I hear her.

Lorraine Toussaint

'Body of Proof' was interesting because... I didn't feel I needed to prove anything in that audition. I didn't over-prepare it, but I was just very relaxed in it.

George Thorogood

The only reason I did it is because I needed a signature piece.

Jane Hirshfield

What lives in words is what words were needed to learn.

Abby Wambach

I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.

Rick Adelman

We're just trying to make sure somebody's on him all the time.

Brooke Adams

With this one I just want to make sure it was OK.

Larry Bloom

When he has time off, he isn't really sure what to do with it. He's a little lost.

Veronica Corpuz

We're going to try and work through this to make sure no more productions will be canceled or postponed.

I. Stone

What we're really trying to do is to make sure when they get to kindergarten, they are better prepared, because for many of them, there is nothing until they get to kindergarten.

Jamie Shea

When we are sure what happened, we will tell you what happened.

John Small

She didn't do the crime, but she sure can do the thyme!

Mike Holmgren

Let's just wait on that and make sure what's written and what's said is correct.

Natalie Coughlin

Ties are pretty rare. I don't think I've ever tied anybody.

Theresa Hamilton

We really want to make this an entire-valley event. We all know someone. We're all tied together. This valley is very interconnected.

Forel Davies

Another title, but we'll probably be tied with Vista, so it's not so great. That tarnishes it a little for me.

Matt Brown

I kind of tied the two together (music and art).