Famous Quotes & Sayings

Zac Efron

I think the only real knowledge I had before I went to Iowa was what I learned from 'Food Inc'. But once I got there and developed these extensive relationships with the farmers, I realized that we're basically made of corn.

Will Yun Lee

My father was one of the first Tae Kwon Do Masters to come to the states in the '60s. He had one of the first all-African-American fighting teams, and I was basically raised in a karate studio since I was 3. It's part of my blood, competing, and all that stuff was responsible for a lot of me just growing up.

Warren Stephens

It's difficult to make your clients understand that there are certain days that the market will go up or down 2%, and it's basically driven by algorithms talking to algorithms. There's no real rhyme or reason for that. So it's difficult. We just try to preach long-term investing and staying the course.

Vivek Wadhwa

You have to live in Silicon Valley and hear the horror stories. You go and hang out at the cafes, and you meet entrepreneur after entrepreneur who's struggling, basically - who's had a visa problem who wants to start a company, but they can't start companies.

Ben Affleck

I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of 20 or 30 movies. You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.

Scott Olson

The only real configuration work is basically just deciding what policies you want to enforce in your network and configuring our device to help you do that.

Mark Tveskov

The pioneers were basically clamoring to kill off the Indians or have them moved out of here.

Scott Davis

The overall market is down; everything is getting hit, ... The quarter was a solid quarter for them and it was basically in line. But really, people aren't focused so much on the earnings anymore. They are more interested in the merger.

Corey Haim

It basically comes down to that word: Love. I guess that's what it's all about.

William Wirt

He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.

Wendell Mayes

We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.

Virginia Postrel

By giving unusual people an easy way to find one another, the Internet has also enabled them to pool rare talents, resources, and voices, then push their case into public consciousness. The response, in many cases, is a kind of hysteria.

Michael McLachlan

The policy language is specific and clear, and the jury verdict says that. I feel sorry for these people, I really do. This is a case we should have settled a long time ago.

Anthony Lewis

The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.

Norman Ornstein

The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising),

John Danforth

The path is clear for us to get this case to a jury.

Dan Ravicher

The patent office's decision has no preclusive effect on a court, and there are indeed cases where the patent office made a decision in a re-examination supporting a patent and a court later looked at the same exact issue, disagreed with the PTO, and found the patent invalid.

Daniel Webster

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

Bob Nelson

We pretty much provide most if not all of the kinds of jobs they are going to need in slot parlors.

Alan Cohen

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

Alan Cohen

Life is about movement, expansion, growth, and actualizing potential. If you stay in a home, relationship, or job beyond the time it is healthy for you, the universe will prod you with thorns as if to say, “It’s time to move to a broader domain.” If you do not heed the message, the thorns will get sharper and at some point you will have no choice but to fly. When you do, you will understand why a once comfortable situation became uncomfortable.

Dick Cheney

People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them: How do you think I got the job?

Dick Cheney

You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.

Dick Cheney

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

Dick Cheney

My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.

Dick Cheney

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

Arthur C. Nielsen

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

David Axelrod

We know that 10 million more people will lose insurance in the next 10 years if we don't act.

Simon Cowell

I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons.

Ban Ki-moon

The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

Freddy Rodriguez

If an actor is going to be an action hero, do it in a Robert Rodriguez movie, because that guy is going to make you look like a million bucks.

Nandan Nilekani

I'm in politics to make the lives of millions of Indians better.

Kathy Nevill

We need to know what we're up against. We're going to probably have to look at something between $3 million and $6 million.

Ernest Hollings

We can't keep spending $100 million on embassies,

Malala Yousafzai

I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.

Danny Coyne

When I got expelled, it opened up my eyes. It made me realize what I was missing and things I needed to be doing.

Walter Benjamin

I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to Cuba, I'd probably be in some kind of time warp.

Catherine Jones

Yeah, but I'm missing the, uh, the visual component.

Tom Izzo

We just didn't score. It's not the offense. It was just (that) we're missing some shots.

Bruce Bochy

We had our chances. We're just missing the big hit. It was similar to the first game.

Robert Manne

We don't have to go to a glacier in Tibet to find a missing airman, ... We've got some of them in our own backyard.

Charlotte Bronte

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

Alan Hansen

He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.

Alan Arkin

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

will.i.am

I don't want to be on stage when I'm 57, talking about... 'Let's Get It Started.'

Bill Burr

The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.

Peter Chan

We are not making a concert, this is not a stage musical,

Bobby Rahal

At this stage of the game, I am not sure what the hell is going to happen.

Raymond Kelly

We're not at the implementation stage right now.

Denis Leary

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

Ednita Nazario

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright

Bela Lugosi

The stage is near and dear to me.

Michael Collier

We're still in the preliminary stages of getting information.