Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth L. Pike

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

Daniel Bell

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

Talcott Parsons

Knowledge is held to be an entirely quantitative affair. The one important thing is to have observed what had not been observed before.

Kelly Miller

The Engineer Corps is charged with all construction, including light railways and roads.

Kelly Miller

The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers.

Talcott Parsons

Moreover, the structure of a theoretical system tells us what alternatives are open in the possible answers to a given question.

Talcott Parsons

Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.

Talcott Parsons

Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.

Talcott Parsons

In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.

Richard Robinson

Record-breaking sales of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince drove significantly higher results in children's book publishing and distribution and for the company overall,

Robert Molleda

Relative to most of the country, it's still rather mild, but when people book Florida vacations, they're not expecting temperatures in the 40s.

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Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it? / Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.

Wayne Dellinger

Part of the reason I wrote the book was that so many people were leaving their jobs (to invest in foreclosed homes), and they had no idea of what they are doing.

Oprah Winfrey

passports to new and exciting worlds... and I know that I would not be the person I am today had it not been for my love of reading.

Malorie Blackman

Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.

Gunter Thielen

Our major acquisitions and joint ventures ... will be shown on the books for the second half of the year,

Martin Luther

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time.

Andreas Scheuerle

Order books are full and people are operating closer to capacity, so that companies are building up employment again.

Bob Bennett

Our position is this is a baseless, frivolous case we have no intention of settling.

Jeff Kagan

Parents will love this feature. Kids will find it a mixed bag. They like the protection it provides just in case they get in trouble and need help, but some kids may not like their parents knowing where they are every minute.

Peter Misek

Patent law and case law do not intersect until the very end.

Paul Matthews

Part of this case rests on the tiny shoulders of that 5-year-old,

Joe Browne

Our main goal now is to get it cleaned up and that is our next project. I am going to meet with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Now that the criminal case is resolved, we are hoping we can get them to be a little more responsive to helping Grayson County get that cleaned up.

Rick Santorum

People know what I stand for and why I stand for it, ... I don't think that's the case with my opponent.

David Poile

Our defense was OK, but OK isn't good enough for the NHL, and OK doesn't get you to the playoffs. So it's probably a classic case of possibly taking a step back to take a couple of steps forward. I think if we can just get this younger group the chance to gain some experience, in time they could actually be better than the veteran crew that we had last year. It's a risk, it's definitely a gamble, but we've cleared the deck to get these younger guys a chance.

Hun Sen

Suspension is possible only if the case has not yet entered its investigation phase. So neither suspension nor withdrawal (of the cases) is possible.

Gabriel Claudio

Such is not the case in the Philippines where there is far greater optimism on the part of Filipinos than their counterparts in Thailand.

John Potter

Regardless of where they are, we'll move their mail to them, ... My message to everybody is, if they are relocated, please inform us.

Nile Easton

Our plows get stuck in traffic just like everybody else because we're just idling with the rest of traffic.

Rich Rodriguez

Pat's got a different gear and I think everybody saw that.

Alfee Reft

Passing a float-serve is not easy, and he has a good one. We know he has a good serve. Everybody knows he has a good serve. But you can't come into a game letting that be your whole mentality. You have to focus on all aspects.

Mark Peterson

Paul Warner's a great guy. Everybody likes Paul Warner. But he votes wrong every time it comes to family issues. He says it has to do with limited government and that ideology. His ideology gets in the way of families in our neighborhoods.

John Grahame

Our main goal down the stretch here is to have that consistency. Everybody played well and intense.

Tyleen Tausaga

Our lineup is, like, mean. (Batters) 1 through 9 can hit. So if everybody hits on the same day, we should be unstoppable.

Frank Michalowski

Our No. 1 goal is to get as many as we can to state. Second, we want everybody to get a personal-best or season-best times.

Kerwin Forges

Our league is pretty deep. Everybody's got a good team. Everybody plays hard. It comes down to who plays the hardest.

Steve Matlock

Our reorganized sales management team is 100 percent focused on providing dealers with the support they need to be successful in their businesses.

Elliot Hovey

Our race on Saturday was the most focused and well-executed race this year. Every race we've been getting better and better.

Edouard Michelin

Our operating income is showing progress. Yet, it does not reflect the group's growth potential. That is why in 2006, we will strengthen our focused growth strategy and strengthen our cost-reduction efforts.

John Mesenbrink

Our kids were very focused and very tenacious today. Our guys had 12 pins for the day. I thought our seniors really did well. All three of those guys did great jobs for us.

Dick Armey

stay focused on the singular question: Is taxing marriage appropriate?

Rodney Taylor

Our pitcher wasn't focused -- we had too many walks, and hitting-wise, we weren't there. It's one of those games where you get away as quick as you can.

Paul Rozak

Our girls really played well, especially the four minutes in the fourth quarter. They (Assumption) have a really nice team, very similar to us because of their versatility inside and out. We needed our rebounding tonight and that was what we focused on for this game.

Kevin Boyd

Our game has to be focused on us. Most of what we're trying to do is to get better every game.

Ron Averill

I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.

Michael Carter

Recount or no recount, there's going to be a government without a strong mandate or much flexibility.

Sitaram Yechury

Parliament has to urgently and immediately take up the issue. It is up to the government to see how they do it. Parliament will have to enact the law. Eventually, even it (ordinance) will have to come to parliament.

Samir Acharya

Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands.

Kathleen Blanco

State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before,

Roger Launius

Our position would be that it is, and always has been, government property.

Takeo Hiranuma

Our task is to make sure the government does not submit the bill.

Barry Goldwater

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

B. R. Ambedkar

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

B. F. Skinner

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

Aniela Orr

It governs their lives. They worry about how long they'll be out.

Rory Stewart

I have not met, in Afghanistan, in even the most remote community, anybody who does not want a say in who governs them. Most remote community, I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

Joel Gallen

It wasn't that same unified, universal thing, ... Nobody governs this sort of thing. If other people want to do their own thing, they can.

Edward Kennedy

I think the Vice-President ought to re-read the constitution.

Patrick Perry

Life's been good, my wife's been wonderful, and 20 years I thought we ought to celebrate.

Ruth Rendell

It doesn't matter what kind of book you write - you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance.

Richard Richards

I still think they ought to give it back,

Lady Bird Johnson

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

Wally Snyder

I had wanted them so much to be like the other kids. There was no reason for them not to have the kind of things that they ought to have.

Christine Gregoire

I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.

Val Guest

At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow.

Evel Knievel

Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel.

Tom Epperson

Regina just couldn't do anything about her power. She was a very powerful player.

Mark Goodman

Stay off the roads. Stay away from water. (There) could be live power lines.

Jesse Schultz

Our power play just isn't getting us any goals.

Don Lucia

Our power play has got to get better.

Dave Tippett

Our power play got us back into the game. And we pushed in the third and got the ones we needed.

Dana Taylor

Robby is fast, very powerful and has a quick shot.

Lamar Odom

Right now you have a lot of power forwards who have small-forward athleticism and abilities,

Becca Fitzpatrick

You belong to the biblical race of Nephilim. Your real father was an angel who fell from heaven. You're half mortal." The boy's dark eyes lifted, meeting Chauncey's. "Half fallen angel." Chauncey's tutor's voice drifted up from the recesses of his mind, reading passages from the Bible, telling of a deviant race created when angels cast from heaven mated with mortal women. A fearsome and powerful race. A chill that wasn't entirely revulsion crept through Chauncey. "Who are you?

Barry Lopez

The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you

M. Wolfe

States can do as little or as much as they want.

Steve Lyle

Other states have called us, and are taking a look at it.

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Donna Brazile

I'm not about waiting anymore. All the states, especially the states that have been ignored, all the constituencies and communities that have been ignored, have a part in this process.

Shyam Saran

This was not something that the United States wanted,

Alan Dershowitz

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.

Elizabeth Bowen

writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility.

Sammy Sosa

I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.

Barack Obama

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

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.