Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brendan Fletcher

'Into The Wild' had a great sense of wild, unpredictable freedom that I loved, and 'Unforgiven' is just a great western with characters that walked the line between right/wrong with an ambiguity that felt very true to frontier life.

Nancy Kress

The worldview implied by literary fiction is complex and ambiguous, trying to be faithful to the complexity and ambiguity of life.

Joe Banner

wanted to make sure there was no ambiguity regarding the things we weren't happy about.

John Bolton

We haven't made any decision yet on the specifics, but I think it should be a very strong resolution, leaving no ambiguity that we expect Syrian cooperation.

Hugh Johnson

When it appears as though the governors of the Federal Reserve believe that the end of the rate increases is near, that's very good news for investors. A lack of ambiguity from the Federal Reserve is always a little bit of a shocker.

John Updike

It is in middles that extremes clash, where ambiguity restlessly rules.

Jane Arraf

You could really have divisions in the country that are made deeper by the ambiguity of the constitution.

John Crowley

Men tend to try to struggle to be more rational and reduce things to simplicity more and are more impatient with ambiguity than women are.

Mike Doyle

One is the pin the blame on the media with the references to the tabloid spectacle, ... One is the assertion of full cooperation with the police. One is the carving of a moat around his private life. And one is the use of constructive ambiguity with references to not being perfect but with no explanation for what those imperfections are.

David Kay

I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.

David Suzuki

I fell in love with the elegance and precision of genetic analysis and experimentation to answer profound biological questions.

Steven Sinofsky

Knowledge created a new culture of business derived from the information gathering and analysis capabilities of first the mainframe and then the PC.

Eric Rothschild

When you see 'critical analysis of evolution,' you really need to look at what's behind that. Who? Why? Why is there this need for critical analysis of evolution? Why is there no call for critical analysis of plate tectonics?

Mary MacLane

The book, you understand, was not written for publication. It was the portrayal of my emotions, the analysis of my own soul life during three months of my nineteenth year. I wrote then all the time, just as I do now, but, though the book is in diary form, it is not a diary.

Bill James

None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I'm not saying that at all.

P. J. O'Rourke

I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.

P. J. O'Rourke

We print journalists are victims of economic forces beyond our control. We were as surprised as everyone else was by the sudden collapse of the reliable reporting market. We had no idea that real news and clear-eyed analysis were being 'bundled' with subprime celebrity gossip, 'U.S. Weekly' derivatives, and Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie swaps.

Will Ferrell

I always find it actually funny that the analysis is that the characters I play in comedies are the manchild, the adolescent, characters that refuse to grow up. And yet, if you look back in the history of comedy all the way back to the Marx brothers, that's a big part of comedy.

Leonard Nimoy

This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussion about the subject matter and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books; I'm showing slides and talking about the work.

Protagoras

Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.

Ken Jacobs

We had some lengthy discussion about it with the commissioner .... He had sought further explanation from the umpires in the hearing.

Steve Abrams

We need to have more discussion by the public to see what teachers, administrators and the state of Kansas think about it. That is not likely to occur this year.

Lindsey Tippins

You know, the whole discussion has been turned around.

Ed Wade

We need to take time before we get into a planning period and get into our discussion towards next season.

Henry Fonda

I'd just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I'd just as soon stick to what we're here for, the picture.

Don Schiemann

We didn't really get much of a discussion on it at all. We were more focused in the meeting with him on (other) justice issues.

Carl Francis

We are in discussion with them as to what that language really means.

Ellen Key

War can be prevented only by broad-minded statesmanship - a statesmanship that understands how to enlist people's interests in a leading cause.

Danny Glover

The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone.

George MacDonald

Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," not the Bible, save as leading to Him.

Norman O. Brown

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Larry Hoff

We played well in spurts. I thought our second quarter (20-4) was pretty strong, and we maintained that lead through the end.

Nelson Wolff

We played a quiet role, I think, ... as long as we've got the right leadership there.

Tom Coburn

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

David Chang

The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.

Abraham Lincoln

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.

Tim Lawrence

What you want to do here is study a problem that has been studied and studied and studied to death.

Jeff Altchech

We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ups and downs.

David Bonior

We're not going away, ... These problems aren't going to go away.

Cindy Clough

We still have the same problems we had 30 years ago.

Alfred Eder

Tomorrow our biathletes will have a lot of problems because of this situation. But it is important that they run.

Tom Leach

We have had problems ? some serious, some not so serious. They were the logistical and technical problems we expected.

H. Hart

We just didn't finish. That's been our problem all year.

Jim Clarke

Unfortunately, that's when you'll start seeing problems with a lot of the grasses.

E. F. Schumacher

There is no economic problem and, in a sense, there never has been.

Vince Clarke

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a set of ideas, but miraculously, a song comes out of it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Caitlin Moran

I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.

Stefan Bauknecht

Volkswagen must be completely reassessed. The shares have room to rise.

Madonna Ciccone

I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.

Pat Nixon

I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.

Richard Kovalcheck

We don't have room to not be focused,

Pete Dunn

When you're having trouble scoring runs, you have very little room for error.

Caio Fonseca

My 20s were spent in a room, alone, mixing paints and figuring it all out.