Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Preston

Redwoods flourish in fog, but they don't like salt air. They tend to appear in valleys that are just out of sight of the sea. In their relationship with the sea, redwoods are like cats that long to be stroked but are shy to the touch.

Joe Wilcox

Real was the only protagonist left in the EU case, so the settlement should help with Microsoft's appeal, since the problem involved appears to have been fixed,

Rajesh Jain

Reliance stock was volatile but sentiment appears to be positive. We see strength in Reliance's core businesses of oil exploration, refinery and petrochemicals.

Rajesh Jain

Reliance stock was volatile but sentiment appears to be positive going forward.

David Johnson

President Bush, up until last year, retained strong Republican support and was viewed as the ideological heir to Ronald Reagan. Since last summer, that support has steadily eroded ... Indeed many Republicans appear to be looking beyond the Bush administration and do not identify themselves as Bush Republicans but rather as Reagan Republicans.

Maury Harris

Price pressures appear to be building at crude PPI levels, but the Fed will likely wait to respond until these pressures filter into the consumer price index. We do not expect that to occur until next year.

Anthony Santomero

Our policy appears to be close to neutral now.

Peter Brown

Particles that are micron sized interact with sunlight more efficiently, so it appears that would cause an impact on climate from these particles left in the upper atmosphere.

John Lawson

Pat Harrison appears to be trying to ratchet down some of the ideological orientation of the organization.

Shami Chakrabarti

reflect on the culture of intolerance that he may be promoting in his party and the country as a whole.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

Referendums are not held in an unstable country with unstable society.

King Abdullah

reject any country to have nuclear weapons, especially in the Middle East region.

John Tesh

Pat, the last election was decided by voters who listed 'moral values' as their primary concern. What do you think this means for the country and should we try to mend fences with the liberals?

Taya Kyle

Our main goal is to honor God and to honor this country by honoring and serving those families who serve.

Kit Carson

Our only idea was to get rid of the dross as soon as possible, but at the same time have as much pleasure and enjoyment as the country would afford.

Fidel Ramos

Our leaders must not only make sure that our future is enhanced but also that those who plundered the country must also be punished,

Danny Wuerffel

Our ministry's mission is to revitalize the Desire neighborhood. It was once ranked the worst neighborhood in the country. We may have an opportunity to rebuild it in the way everyone would want it to be.

Jennifer Granholm

Our Michigan troops are sacrificing so much for us serving our country and serving far away from home and family.

Lindsay Sanderson

Regan is going to be a great addition. He's a man and can go to the net. He also has a rocket from the outside. He'll be a big threat to the other teams.

M. J. Rose

Recognize that the great majority of us aren't trained actors and entertainers. Usually, it's not our faces, our bodies, our personas or our stage presence that sells our books. It's our stories, our visions and our voices.

Brian Smith

Reid just had a great tournament. Pinning the No. 1 see and the No. 3 seed - just great.

Anatole France

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

Douglas Laycock

Religion and morality are playing a greater role than they did 20 years ago.

Nadia Petrova

Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.

Tiki Barber

Our quarterback is playing so great right now. You can see how he's improving exponentially each week.

Source Unknown

Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.

Paul Vachon

(Parker) is a great player. She's what everyone said she was.

William Cobbett

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants

Henry Ward Beecher

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.

Joe Paterno

I thought we showed some greatness last night.

Blaise Pascal

All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

Blaise Pascal

It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.

Blaise Pascal

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Blaise Pascal

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.

Blaise Pascal

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.

Blaise Pascal

Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.

Sophia Drossos

Reinforcement of imbalances and lack of saving in the United States is not dollar-friendly.

Calvin Coolidge

Some people are suffering from lack of work, some from lack of water, many more from lack of wisdom.

Rob Portman

Overall, our U.S.-China trade relationship today lacks equity, durability and balance.

Tony Pinto

Our beef, for lack of a better word, is with FEMA, not with the victims.

Rosanne Cahn

Manufacturers are still selling a lot in the United States but their lack of pricing power in the top-line really puts a lot of pressure on them to become more efficient.

Frank Gannon

I think there's a kind of 'buyers' strike,' for lack of a better term,

Bruce Arena

I think there is a lack of respect for our soccer.

Brian Billick

Just a lack of focus, ... We'll work at it, and the next time they won't try to do those things.

Brian Billick

Just a lack of focus. I don't know what to tell you. We'll work at it.

Lillian Carter

Regarding Men: When they stop lookin', They ain't worth havin'.

Jesse L. Martin

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

Jennifer Taylor

People have had that old mentality that (child care) is just like a baby-sitting service.

Saeb Erekat

start thinking in the mentality of a partner.

Raoul Walsh

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

Steve Erickson

Overall I think I'm playing a lot better. I've worked a lot more this year and I'm more confident. I'm mentally stronger.

Kevin Simpson

Over 20 women have called wanting to be a mentor to a young lady.

Nicole Vaidisova

Physically I was well, mentally I was well. I just never got into my rhythm.

Shane Montgomery

Most of the pressure we saw Saturday we had seen before. We just had some mental breakdowns. You see that sometimes in your first game.

John Harris

That was a pretty big 2-iron, especially considering how poor the first two shots were,

Japanese Proverb

He is poor who does not feel content.

Gary Parlin

(Barker) threw very poorly in practice on Tuesday.

Mike Hohensee

I thought he did some tremendous things. I thought he did some poor things. He has a lot of room to grow.

Gerry Byrne

For the record, this is a poor decision.

Unknown

May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies, and quick to make friends.

Augusto Pinochet

I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

Vanessa Ferlito

I torture my mother with all my problems, that poor woman.

Ernie Els

For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.

Herb Sendek

I think it was really a severe injury,

Irving Penn

The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.

Mike Edwards

We've dodged a bullet. It's not as severe as it has been in the past.

Brian Bannister

It's not torn. It's not anything severe. It's really just tight right now. If it was more severe I'd probably be sitting down.

Brian Billick

It's always more severe than it sounds. We'll have to see on the toe.

Mo Ibrahim

African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints.

John Lichtblau

This is a severe but temporary situation. Repairs can be done.

Naomi Klein

Hope has never trickled down, it has always sprung up.

Thomas Carlyle

The all importance of clothes has sprung up in the intellect of the dandy without effort, like an instinct of genius; he is inspired with clothes, a poet of clothes.

Bob Bennett

She has no case, she has suffered no damages, she was never harassed,

Luiz Scolari

We suffered a lot, and when it was over, it was over,