Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benoit Mandelbrot

I was in an industrial laboratory because academia found me unsuitable

Buzz Aldrin

I was an outsider. I was the egghead from academia who got in because the rules had changed. While I looked for validation from my fellow contemporaries, I instead found jealousy and envy. I did not find team spirit. This led to dissatisfaction, an unease.

Suzanne Fields

Unless they break through the brass ceiling of academia by writing best-selling books, like Harold Bloom or Alan Dershowitz, or go to Washington to make policy like Henry Kissinger, college professors can only aspire to limited public recognition.

Henry Hyde

Now we have heard from academia ... we're going to have more of the seminar tomorrow, ... But I will listen most intently to see if anybody, anybody, repudiates, rejects, rebuts the facts that have been contained and will soon again be housed in these boxes.

Dave Schmidt

She (Olivo) called me the day before she left (for La Academia USA). She was so excited and her enthusiasm was contagious.

William Safire

What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to the political world by Henry Kissinger and now bandied in the boardroom is colleague. It has a nice upper-egalitarian feel, related to the good fellowship of collegial.

Noreena Hertz

Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf course might lead to the appointment of more women from NGOs and academia and medicine, all of whom are likely to understand such concepts as stewardship and sustainability much better than men picked from the usual hunting grounds.

Veronica Brooks

I think, as a student, it's very easy to get lost in academia and the rigor of school life in general. But it's important to remember that we're within something much bigger and to take time out to enjoy nature.

Seth Shostak

It's hard to imagine anything more interesting than learning how we're woven into the enormous tapestry of existence. Where did our universe come from? How special is our world, and how special are we? We allocate tens of billions of dollars annually to NASA, NSF and academia in search of the answers.

Ben Bernanke

Our understanding of the best practice in monetary policy evolved during Alan Greenspan's tenure at the Fed, and it will continue to evolve in the future,

John Messara

Rest assured Alan would have been watching this race on TV - he was confident for weeks Miss Finland would win.

Peter Mancuso

I think things went comparatively well today (Friday). The market has said and (Federal Reserve Chairman) Alan Greenspan has said that the recovery is another quarter away, that it's going to be the third quarter, not the second, which is what people had been thinking.

Robin Lewis

It doesn't surprise me that Alan Lacy was squeezed down due to the questionable performance of Sears over the years.

Peter Mancuso

I think the stimulation that (Federal Reserve Chairman) Alan Greenspan has given to the economy is starting to take hold. It's going to take us a little while, by the third quarter, maybe even into the fourth quarter, we may see things do better.

Tom Izzo

He'll be out three to six weeks. It's a big loss for us. We're not the most physical team, and he brings a little physicality. And maybe more importantly, he's a guy who can cover people on the perimeter or inside. We don't have many players who are quick enough to do that, like Alan Anderson did.

Bill Dreher

He (Lacy) was dealing with a deceitful department head who sounds like he was hiding some bad news, ... Our feeling is Alan Lacy is being very forthcoming and straightforward with the problems, and is tackling them very aggressively. But we're not convinced that's going to be enough to immediately restore investor confidence in shares.

David Jones

Greenspan is going to have as much influence as anybody has ever had on this critically important decision, ... Politics of Money: The Fed Under Alan Greenspan.

Jeff Lemire

There are so many books I love for different reasons. For superhero stuff, I always go back to Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' or his 'Swamp Thing' run. Those are my two favorites, and there are indie books that I really love, like Eddie Campbell's 'Alec' books and 'From Hell.'

L.K. Advani

Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed the need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by Dr Hegdewar in 1925, did the same work Vivekanand aspired for - making men,

L.K. Advani

Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by Dr Hegdewar in 1925, did the same work Vivekanand aspired for - making men,

Astro Teller

Our goal is not to produce immediate results. We've been tasked with producing long-term results. That means that there's more risk in any individual thing we take on. But we still aspire to a strong return on investment.

Dan Starkey

Our attitude is still great. Our work ethic is great. We aspire to make the playoffs, so we still have a lot to play for.

Jim Taylor

The 2007 Escalade represents the next phase of Cadillac's product renaissance one that was launched by the previous-generation Escalade. Since its inception, Escalade has been an icon the vehicle many discerning customers aspire to own.

Jim Taylor

The 2007 Escalade represents the next phase of Cadillac's product renaissance - one that was launched by the previous-generation Escalade. Since its inception, Escalade has been an icon - the vehicle many discerning customers aspire to own.

Dar Williams

That's what I aspire to, ... Pete Seeger is the one who writes the songs that unite people.

John Parrott

I think it's the venue that every snooker player should aspire to play at.

Rena Sofer

I think that when Michelle Pfeiffer goes out, she's exactly what I aspire to be - she always looks beautiful and sexy, but she never looks like she's trying to be the center of attention.

Pat Schroeder

I would say this year the bloom is definitely off the rose.

Vince Farrell

I think the bloom is off the rose of the very, very richly priced 'new economy' stocks. Many of these are terrific companies, many will be here a few years from now. But I question the prices that they all got to.

Sathya Baba

God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.

Brian Eshenaur

If it stays warm long enough and we start to have trees with young, tender leaves and blossoms, and those get hit by frost, then you could lose your first flush or bloom for the year.

Oscar Wilde

Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.

Gilbert Parker

He was of those who hypnotize themselves, who glow with self-creation, who flower and bloom without pollen.

Clara Hemphill

Let a thousand flowers bloom and we'll see what flourishes.

Martin Scorsese

Many of these names on the Walk of Fame bloom larger than life. They created the grammar of cinema.

Edward McKendree Bounds

The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom and fruitage in prayer.

Frankie Dettori

I couldn't shake Brass Hat off. He was always a threat.

Joseph Brown

He's a trumpet player so having a winds and brass focus is a real treat. He's very passionate and level headed and not the kind of director who throws things at you.

Doug Garrison

Hit television show American Idol is the perfect example of this. Thousands of hopefuls sing their heart out (sometimes very badly) for a shot at the brass ring of fame. Now, it looks like all you have to do is log on to eBay and make a bid.

Gary Wright

I was the first artist, I think, to ever do an all-keyboard album. There were things that resembled it, like Stevie Wonder. A lot of his stuff was on keyboards, but he used brass and he used other things as well. I was the first artist, also, to use drum machines. I was really the one who kind of started that whole thing.

Janet Norwood

He got up and headed, he was going to go to the computer, and I said, 'No, it's not the computer. I could see the big brass buttons reflecting light (through the front door). That's a sight I'll never forget. There's something inside of me that still says to this day, if we just hadn't opened the door.

John Aimers

She connected with the military in a way I know they appreciate, not only the brass but the serving soldiers who saw someone who had made a point of getting to know them.

Fear Vegas

Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape?

Benicio Toro

Let's get down to brass tacks here, man. How much for the ape?

Jason Calacanis

Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.

Peter Kosann

Regarding the remainder of the year ... business continues to break very late. That being said, our diversification of clients using our platform is very strong. We have a lot of irons in the fire.

J. J. Johnson

Reasonable accommodations could be as simple as a (uniquely shaped) pencil, an extra 15-minute break or a special computer screen, and employers don't know that.

Vlade Divac

Relief. Shaq is such a big player. He?s hard to stop. It was a real break for us.

Higinio Velez

Our players, when they play, don't think, I'm going to break my hand. Because the player that has money sometimes thinks, What happens if I break my hand?

Brian Giles

Patterson had a good breaking ball. He was either tough or we weren't very good. He was all right.

Karen Mall

Partner disclosure is where we really have the opportunity to break the chain of HIV infection.

Corin Tucker

Part of this whole Sleater-Kinney 2.0 is breaking the rules. We wanted to tell our story... we feel like we need to stand up for ourselves.

Michael Palmer

Party trips to spring break destinations have been flat or declining since 2000.

Larry Stahl

Our offense, with Coach (Terry) Anderson, has improved every game. He has worked hard with them and the kids have worked hard. We have four kids who can break loose on any play. We're pretty hard to defend.

Tracey Bregman

Paul happens to get there at that time, and he reaches for Lauren. Then the entire ceiling collapses, so everyone thinks Sheila is dead.

Troy Bell

It feels like a mainline jet. The inside height from floor to ceiling is over 6-and-a-half feet, so a tall person doesn't have to scrunch down.

Kenneth Chenault

I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts, the consequences will be immediate and dramatic.

Gavin Dickey

I felt I have a lot more potential in baseball. I've done everything I could possibly try to do to get better as a football player. I've invested hours and hours and hours, and I feel that I may have reached my peak with that sport. In baseball, I feel that the ceiling is higher and I have a lot more room to grow.

Bobby Perry

He was like a teacher in a classroom. He just wanted to get his message across. If we did something wrong, he'd show discomfort and disappointment. It wasn't like he was jumping to the ceiling and raising cain.

Frank Davis

He managed to cut his way through the ceiling of the building, and I'm not sure what he used, ... We consider him dangerous. He had been gone three hours before they found out. We are still investigating what happened.

Everett Dirksen

Mr. President, that whimsical English professor, Dr. Parkinson, should formulate another Parkinson's law relating to the public debt since it so closely parallels his law on bureaucratic growth. Just as spending will always reach and overtake revenues so the public debt will constantly pierce the ceiling and finally go into orbit.

Ed Goren

Of course, there is a ceiling on how high the rating can go. I just can't see it from here.

Michael Robin

When they went back in there, them people in there were a foot from the ceiling on mattresses, ... They couldn't get them out.

Sara Anderson

Our parents kind of looked at different magazines and talked to people they knew and kind of looked at colleges that were ranked high in the Midwest.

Jake Plummer

Passes that I threw in college up the middle of the field that were complete were now intercepted and coming right back at you. It's the quality of players. They don't let you make many mistakes.

Mike Stoops

Sure. You would have liked (more production). Rickey has practiced well and is getting in shape. That comes from playing and not being in the system. It is difficult for junior college players to come in and make a huge impact early on.

John Junker

Sure, it's a challenge, but if you love college football this is something you want to be involved in. Our people are really excited about it.

Joni Finney

States have no idea about the knowledge and skills of their college graduates.

Helen Haugh

State College was small then. You more or less knew everyone.

Jocelyn Price

Stephanie is a great all-around player who will most likely play outside hitter for us. She has solid fundamental skills needed to play college volleyball, and has a good feel for the game. With experience under her belt, Stephanie will become quite a student of the game.

Jon Barber

Some of these (junior colleges) come in and don't even think we should be on the same field as them.

David Atlee

Some of the college towns that we operate in in the Lower 48 do this every year.

Tony Gwynn

Harold is the Pied Piper of Little League baseball,

Rachel Joyce

In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.

Bob Storman

This is turning into a crusade. You're seeing the grass-roots movement that got Harold Washington elected. ... The numbers are going to go up. You're going to have more troops on the street.

Tom Stoppard

As a writer, Harold has been unswerving for 50 years,

Bob Phillips

Patrick Henry should come back to see what taxation with representation is like

Dick Harpootlian

I think Henry has done well in a lawyer job.

William Shakespeare

Lack nothing: be merry. - from Henry IV

George Piggins

Henry is the face. I support him 100 per cent. I hope people listen to what he's saying rather than playing the man.

Dusty Baker

Henry did what he's supposed to do, get him back on track.

Lorde

Obviously I've had this fascination with aristocracy my whole life. Like, the kings and queens of 500 years ago... they're like rock stars. If there was a 'TMZ' 500 years ago, it would be about, like, Henry VIII and Marie Antoinette and all those people.

Tina Brown

A trio of reputations lie at the heart of Henry James's 'The Portrait of a Lady.'

Cynthia Ozick

There was a period... when I used to say, with as much ferocity as I could muster, 'I hate Henry James, and I wish he was dead.' Influence is perdition.

David Tennant

If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

Ann Beattie

That's what I mean; if your writing doesn't transcend the era, then it would really seem to be only of very limited sociological importance.

Niels Christensen

It is more a squaring of positions than suddenly people seeing anything positive about the dollar. Intervention has a limited and short-lived impact. It has not started an uptrend in dollar/yen.

Robert Hurwitz

It allows for Tony winners and other people with limited availability to take part,

Ivan Lathouders

But because of the limited information, we do not really know why that is the case.

Patrick Walsh

His mind will be perfect. He will not have any problems there. He is limited from doing a lot of physical things until he's a little stronger.

Joe Harsel

Historically, this sort of retirement living has been limited to the wealthiest in a community. The way that we do it makes it within the reach of that retired schoolteacher.

Larry Davis

He did very well. It was a limited workout, but there was no soreness and pain.

Tim Palmer

We can make better use of very limited resources to prevent outbreaks of these epidemics.

Jeff Smith

We're on a limited budget. And I think we've spent every nickel of it.

Wim Duisenberg

Our policy is to be as transparent and as predictable as possible,

John Prendergast

Sudan policy has run off the road into a ditch.

Lindsey Tippins

I think administration has said, 'Well, we got to do that because that's what the policy says.' I don't think that's what the policy says.

Lee Fuller

Having a clear, stable royalty policy was of value to independent producers.

Bridgett Williams

The policy they got is just a policy. The students are running the show.

John Whiting

The policy says any new schools being built,

Gideon Ezra

The policy of restraint is over. This is a law-abiding country, and that is how everyone has to behave.

Tessa Jowell

The policy is not wrong and... time will prove it right,

Gary Orfield

The policy is essentially a product of negotiation, of power and discretion, not law.

Pankaj Mishra

Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.

John Barth

If you would learn a thing, straightway declare yourself a professor of it!

Robert Huber

I remained associated with the Technische Universitat Munchen, where I became Professor in 1976.

Walt Whitman

I will not descend among professors and capitalists.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

Stephen Blythe

Releasing it to the public would not be the right thing to do.

Dean Laidley

It is not for public consumption, but we have a lot of work to do this week.

Pat Gillick

He's a blue-collar guy. And he's somebody that the public will like.

Charles Ray

Her public service announcement for us went out all over the nation,

Larry Nixon

He's always done things no one's surprised at, whether it's for publicity or by accident.

Tom Davies

He's going to have to give an explanation somewhere for how it got into his system, ... His public explanation is that he doesn't know how it happened.

Amanda Martin

If anything, we are going to see more and more things shielded from public view rather than fewer; that's been the trend.

Yvonne Johnson

I go for public safety ... for public health.

Dick Bronson

If we're in trouble, this should tell us, and it should be done in a public way.

Estelle

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

Simon Schama

Jews have never, ever, ever wished to be separate, unless they were forced to be.

Armand Assante

I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

Gore Vidal

I don't even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.

Ciara

I don't curse when I talk. Unless I'm mad.

Colleen Murphy

I think it's going to be great. Unless there's a blizzard.

Luke Waddington

I think it's discounted, unless they do something and do something decisive.

Rod Thorn

Unless we get very fortunate, ... we are not going to be a championship contender.

Robert Farmer

Unless they shrunk up over the years, he must not have been a real big fellow,

Mike Easley

We're considering everything right now, ... The most important thing is to see is what Washington does.

Susan Brooks

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget.

Armstrong Williams

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

Michael Bennet

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

David Remnick

Washington as a Surveyor. We should have been clearer.

Seth Greenberg

Deron Washington is a wonderful kid. What he did was wrong and I can't condone it.

Robert Jordan

I tore all the ligaments around my collarbone. I don't know if I will be able to play (against Washington State).

Stephen Greene

For sure, Washington is going to be rowdier.