Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Toobin

One of the toughest issues here is how much you disclose about the character and history of the accuser in the Bryant case. At some level, it's relevant to her credibility, which is an important issue in the case. But there are also boundaries of fairness and good taste that need to be considered.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Conscience is its own readiest accuser.

John Fitzpatrick

From the defense standpoint, I think that's some crucial information that really can be used to bolster their claim that the accuser has a less-than-honorable motive in bringing the charges. As a defense lawyer, that's something I would want to investigate completely to see if she's crying wolf. If she's crying wolf in 1996, then potentially she could be crying wolf in 2006.

Sophocles

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

Rodney Melville

credibility of the accuser is central to the case.

Bob Ekstrand

The clear gist of what they were looking for was to find out who was at the party and who wasn't. That's really odd, given that the accuser claims to have identified two people. The accuser maybe picked someone out of a photo lineup who wasn't even in this state at the time. ... All they've got is an ID. If this woman fingered someone who was flying over the state of New York when this party was in progress, how embarrassing would that be?

Chuck Sherwood

This has upset a lot of people's lives, and it will continue to do so. This is a bad thing, one way or another, whether the players are telling a lie or the accuser is telling a lie. This has turned everything upside down.

Khanderao Kand

It's like appointing the accuser as the prosecutor, judge and jury.

Antonio Tabucchi

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

Jim Anderson

We recommend that you go through a licensed Wisconsin dealer because then you have protection if any claims come of it after your purchase such as being misrepresented as a clean vehicle rather than a prior salvage vehicle.

Ronnie Musgrove

Conservatives are telling elected leaders that expansion of Medicaid comes at a moral - or more overtly, a political - price. At what price are they willing to go back on years of proclaiming 'socialized medicine' as the slippery slope to 'rationing of health care,' 'death panels' and other claims far too gruesome to mention in polite company?

Ray Takeyh

Libya ... claims to defy international norm, yet at the same time it is hostage to international markets. Libya has nothing more than gas and oil and these are export products,

S. Jay Olshansky

The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the contrary that by now should sound familiar.

Elihu Root

The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything.

Stephen Katz

We're here to inform Jewish people of Jesus' claims to be our messiah, ... People can decide for themselves. We're here because we think there are Jews who want to know.

Source Unknown

One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play it correctly, and it will give forth the beauty; play it falsely, and it will give forth the ugliness. Life is not at fault.

Peter Mandelson

Of course, there's an investigation following claims of dumping,

David Duke

Our clear goal must be the advancement of the white race and separation of the white and black races. This goal must include freeing of the American media and government from subservient Jewish interests.

Bob Nicholson

Wayne has dealt with the media before. I think he's made it very clear where he is in this situation. He has not been involved. So there's no reason for Wayne not to be here. If Wayne didn't come that's not right. We want Wayne Gretzky to be here.

Kevin Williamson

I don't want to give too much of it away, because I haven't cleared it with Bob, but the treatment is twenty years, and she, in an effort to protect herself faked her death and did a series of things regarding Dr. Loomis, who has died, because Michael Myers was after her.

Bruce Baird

Whenever you're dealing with a small town, you have to look at all of your options, and it wasn't always clear that Vineyard still wanted to be a town.

Tommy Thompson

There is no greater example of government overreach and unrestrained liberalism than 'Obamacare.' It is so deeply flawed and such a clear and present threat to our economic stability that there is no way to fix it.

Terry J. Lundgren

My father was clearly a mentor. He told me if you work 10 years and you worked 40 hours a week, then you had 10 years experience. But if you worked 10 years and you worked 60 hours a week, then you had 15 years' experience.

Twyla Tharp

I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities.

Tim McGillivray

We're looking at some ways to make it a little more clear and a little easier for people.

Salmon P. Chase

What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly.

Arnold Palmer

In my early days of flying, if you flew on instruments, you were inevitably going to fly in thunderstorms. That was just a part of the business of flying.

Deb Caletti

I felt a constant, low-flying desperation, the kind you feel when you are trying, trying, trying to get something you will never, ever get.

Burt Rutan

The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.

Brandon Routh

One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention.

Josh Sharpless

My front shoulder was flying open, so I knew I was rushing my delivery.

Beckie Rolbiecki

She has one more move and she was off the bars. It's one of those things that happens. It's just if and when. I'm sure it scared her. She'd never been flying like that before.

P. J. Harvey

So it's really doing the necessary groundwork for flying an orbiting space station.

E. Hurley

She's flying back and forth to Iraq and I don't like it,

Rosevelt Colvin

We knew what was at stake when we stepped out on the field. Guys were flying around making plays.

Sathya Baba

Wealth that you hoard is not yours; wealth that you have given is really yours.

Billie Jean King

Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.

Cammi Granato

When I have given what I have given to the program, it is hard to just sit with this.

Rhonda Britten

When I am true to myself, others are given permission to do the same.

Timothy Noah

The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat.

JoAnn Gurenlian

We're given the opportunity to qualify, ... If we can pour it on in the next two weeks, then we'll be in great shape.

Kevin Mitnick

Anything out there is vulnerable to attack given enough time and resources.

Thomas p Kempis

Let Your name be praised, not mine: let Your work be magnified, not mine. Let Your holy name be blessed, but let nothing of man's praises be given to me.

Gabrielle Zevin

Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book, but it's not something that somebody who has never read a book before should be given as an example of why you'll really love to read, necessarily.

Ben Wolcott

We have identified the individuals, and they will be getting a bill.

Greg Chappell

We have identified some bowlers, but at this stage we haven't been able to use them for various reasons.

Helen Arnold

We have identified 30 service personnel 29 men and one woman who could use our services.

Lisa Holden

Morano identified the need for this training program in December, largely in part because of the incident involving officer McDermott and officer Diaz.

Chris Noth

Mr. Big has been sticking to me, and that makes me uncomfortable. I know it's meant well when people stop me in the street and say, 'Hey, Mr. Big!' But I don't ever want to be identified by any part I've played once it's over.

Craig Manning

We are getting better with every match, and performing better with every match. We have identified some things that we can do better, and we know what we can do to improve.

Neil Cross

The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.

Chris Buck

I think what I reacted to so strongly when I first saw 'Pinocchio' was that I identified with the character so strongly. The movie takes you on a whole journey, a rollercoaster of emotions, and that sometimes means some very scary places. But in the end, it comes out okay.

Joel Kinnaman

I always identified myself as non-Swedish. I was never discriminated against, because I looked Swedish and speak without an accent. But I had an outsider's perspective.

Michael Holland

When the market refused to acquiesce (to Cisco's news), that was uncharacteristically resilient of this market, ... People are now looking for reasons why the market isn't doing more.

Bob Tipton

We're going back and looking at some of these older intersections and seeing if they're warranted or not.

Paul Mott

We're looking at what makes the most sense.

Rick Laws

We're looking at what a market has to do to seek and find equilibrium. Those sales had to slow; otherwise sellers wouldn't get the message.

Daniel Perry

We're looking at video now from different stores, and his pictures come up several times. So it's possible he's been doing this for a while and just now getting caught.

Hector Garcia

We're looking at this as an opportunity to start over.

Chris Henson

We're looking at the things we can do to improve.

Trina Patterson

We're looking at the long run, and the long run is that this team is going to be better in the future.

Silvio Berlusconi

We're looking at the accounts, ... There are situations where we will probably need to intervene.

Dana Stabenow

Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.

Donald Trump

Let's see how Buchanan does and then maybe we'll step in,

Adam Katz

This was not a money issue. Was the money fabulous? No. Was it part of the decision-making process? Absolutely. . . . But by no means was it the only thing involved. In the end, the money was a secondary, maybe even a tertiary consideration.

John Cassavetes

I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes.

Paul Moore

The reading process, and being concise, is just as important. To really vet the content, a software product was just not going to do it alone. Maybe a combination of things is the answer.

Tom Shales

Maybe it's the hair. Maybe it's the teeth. Maybe it's the intellect. No, it's the hair.

Sue Monk Kidd

I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

Sharon Salzberg

I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness as a force, as a power.

Chris Farley

My first vision for this race was that maybe 500 people would show up. So thank you guys. This is awesome.

David Remnick

The Communist Party apparatus was the most gigantic mafia the world has ever known.

David Horowitz

A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination.

David Icke

Many Jews are not Zionists and many non-Jews are. Zionism is a political movement, not a race. To say Zionism is the Jewish people is like saying the Democratic Party is the American people. Jewish people who oppose Zionism, however, have been given a very hard time.

David Brooks

Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party. He is very plausible as someone who could sit in and be president.

David Brooks

It's hard to imagine a party that is not corrupted by hatred.

David Brooks

The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.

David Brooks

The public is not only shifting from left to right. Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular over the past year. . . . A year ago, the Obama supporters were the passionate ones. Now the tea party brigades have all the intensity.

David Brooks

Parties that are majority parties are incoherent parties.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions.

David Hockney

With chemical film, it was possible to alter photographs, but you had to be an expert. That's not true any more. The LA Times fired a photographer at the beginning of the Iraq War for editing two shots together. Photography is crumbling. Certainly it is for the newspapers a bit now, isn't it? There will be painting again, absolutely!

David Hockney

...all along I've had an ambivalent relationship to photography - but as to whether I thought it an art form, or a craft, or a technique, well, I've always been taken with Henry Geldzahler's answer to that question when he said, I thought it was a hobby.

David Hockney

I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.

David Hockney

There is nothing wrong with photography, if you don't mind the perspective of a paralysed Cyclops.

David Hockney

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era.

David Hockney

All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.

David Hockney

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

David Hockney

I think probably something big can be done with cameras, I'm not saying, er, I'm saying chemical photography's finished, that means you can't have a Cartier Bresson again, you need never believe pictures.

David Hockney

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.

Kate Winslet

Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.

Chris Masoner

Since then, we just picked it up, and hopefully, we just don't look back.

Mike Scioscia

We're seeing a steady progression with Bart, but Escobar is going through the roof. He's ready. He's really picked it up.

Gary Barnett

But we've sputtered at times on offense, especially in the red zone. But at the end of the half, we picked up things there.

Denise Marshall

I wish I could have picked all of them.

Louie Perez

We ran with them in the first half. We picked up fouls and we couldn't press.

Curtis Withers

I don't think our team was ever cocky. But you kind of get casual. When we went to the Wyoming tournament, we were picked to win, and we kind of got casual.

Joan Rodgers

We still don't know how they picked our house, but it was very scary.

Don Ho

I kiss grandmas because they're clean. I haven't picked anything up from a grandma yet.

David Hume

...interest is the barometer of the state...

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.

Micah Rasmussen

We're just going to let the governor's statement stand.

Sammy Sosa

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

Mallory Ortberg

There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'

Eric Maskin

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

Jessica Smith

We have so many fatalities in our state from impaired drivers. This is another tool to get them off our roadways.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Susan B. Anthony

Better lose me than lose a state.

Kate Winslet

I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.

George Granville

Of all the plagues with which the world is cursed, / Of every ill, a woman is the worst.

Hilary Swank

She was a woman very out of her time,

Oriana Fallaci

The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.

Ian Gray

It is not so far-fetched for a 63-year-old woman to be with an 18-year-old boy.

Nick Kirby

You'd think a 40-something-year-old woman would have better sense than that, but she didn't.

Peter Stringfellow

You're only as old as the woman you feel.

Laura Marling

Womanhood is something you dont consider until it hits you.

Traci Bingham

He said she was beautiful. And that he'd never been with a woman so beautiful.

Ron Wood

Mick says, Would you join the band? I say to him, Mick, you know I'd be there in a New York minute.

Erik Estrada

I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor.

Jack Reynor

My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline.

Michael Musto

My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special.

Nas

N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.

Antonio Sabato, Jr.

I'm a Laker fan, always have been. And the New York Yankees, for sure.

Josh Pais

I live mostly in New York, but I teach in both New York and L.A.

Cathy Elkies

For us, it was really about the story of the Plaza. It is such a New York institution.

Gina Rodriguez

I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.