Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shawcross

A few weeks before the jubilee began in 2002, Queen Elizabeth died, and the public outpouring of grief and affection, with hundreds of thousands of people queuing for hours to pass by her coffin, showed how widely and deeply loved she was.

Clive Thompson

The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn't explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity.

Jefri Sirait

The police already began posting some officers here today (Friday) to secure vital company assets.

Robert Carroll

The pillars broke off and ripped through the side of the boat, and literally began tearing out the entire side of the boat where people were standing, waiting to get off, ... We all jumped from our seats and began running for our lives in the middle of all this debris, and people screaming and falling over each other.

Ken Goldstein

The overall Leading Economic Indicators began to edge down in July, suggesting the economy was losing steam this summer and would continue to slow down in the fall.

Anne Sullivan

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

David Rabe

I wrestled with my Catholicism for a long time. It took a long time to escape. It began with a sense that it was repressive, stern, judgmental. It was passionate, but it was terrifying. There were individual priests and nuns who were helpful, but the religion was cold.

Noah Feldman

During the boom years of the 1990s, globalization emerged as the most significant development in our national life. With NAFTA and the Internet and big-box stores selling cheap goods from China, the line between national and international began to blur.

Noah Feldman

The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers that, just as Rome changed from republic to empire with conquest of new lands, territorial acquisition would lead to the centralization of political power.

Zac Efron

If I had a daughter, and some guy came home with her, I'd be on him like a hawk. When I meet people's parents, I know my place. It's not that hard.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.

William Kamkwamba

People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no one will help you. The first time I came here, I tried to make sure not to walk by myself, because it would be difficult for me if I got lost. But people will help you.

Virginia Postrel

The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a forgettable green plastic box.

Vikram Seth

If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'

Chuck Palahniuk

My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to get their parents back together. I had that same fantasy.

Yani Tseng

Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.

Yehuda Berg

Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.

Chita Rivera

The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

Nina Easton

Events like Hurricane Katrina and the Minnesota bridge collapse suggest a national infrastructure that has suffered from lack of tending.

Trent Reznor

I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.

Kristen Kovesdy

When I get out of the paint, it opens things up for my teammates. If they collapse on me and we hit other people, we get really great shots.

Mike Wallace

You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.

Bo Burnham

I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?

Werner Herzog

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.

Trey Parker

Out of all the ridiculous religion stories - which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous - the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah, there's this big, giant universe, and it's expanding, and it's all going to collapse on itself, and we're all just here, just 'cuz. Just 'cuz.' That to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever.

Milos Forman

I remember in 1968 when we were in Cannes, in the festival, and we were supposed to be there 10 days, and the second day the festival collapsed because the French, you know, film-makers raised the red flag in the festival and ended the festival.

Julius Maldutis

Unless we see the liquidation or the mass shrinkage of capacity, we're not going to see the industry return to profitability, barring a collapse in oil prices.

Pete Saco

The penalty is extremely difficult. I've been doing this for 13 years and this has to be up there as one of the toughest two or three decisions I've ever had to make. I lost a lot of sleep over the weekend about this. It wasn't fun.

Marc DeForest

We pride ourselves on being truly independent and basing many of our decisions on how our fans will benefit.

Edmund Daukoru

We know we are taking a risk. But it is not a world free of risks. We've taken a decision full of risks.

Chris Liddell

We have made a strategic decision with respect to next year that, given the set of opportunities and the revenue growth potential we see, we're willing to make that trade-off.

Michael Niggli

We have made a strategic decision to invest heavily in natural gas.

Jim Pogue

We have made an administrative decision to waive the requirement that a prescription drug be purchased in the United States or one of its territories.

Julie Salz

We'd like that decision to be left up to medical guidelines.

Paul Browne

We are not lessening our protection of the system because of (the Homeland Security Department's) decision to return to level yellow.

Paul Browne

We are not lessening our protection of the system because of the Department of Homeland Security's decision to return to level yellow,

Errol Morris

What's great about documentary, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of 'documentary.'

Josefa Iloilo

We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration.

Laura Harring

I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.

Bernie Sanders

Citizens in a democracy need diverse sources of news and information.

David Weinberger

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

Wolfgang Tillmans

In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth.

Geoff Brown

There is more diversity in this year's promotional schedule than ever before. While there are a ton of new things each night at the park, fans will be happy to see many of traditional entertainers and themes return, too.

Charles B. Rangel

I am proud to represent New York's 13th Congressional District, which has one of the largest and diverse populations in the country.

Patti Smith

New York is a great city. There is no question of that. It's such a diverse city. I've walked down the city and heard four or five different languages simultaneously. I think that's beautiful.

Carrie Fisher

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

Allison Hine

We prepare for 125 people. We do it (Midnight Run) one night per year.

Yogi Berra

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

Liam Gallagher

You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that we played better the night before or we can play better.

Jim Gilligan

We had a poor offensive night, and we had a poor pitching performance. On the positive side, though, we have (William) Delage going tomorrow. He's been a stopper for us all season, and now he's going to have to do it again.

Walter Benjamin

Any Black person in amerika [sic], if they are being honest with themselves, have got to come to the conclusion that they don't know what it feels like to be free. We aren't free politically, economically, or socially. We have very little power over what happens in our lives. In fact, a Black person isn't free to walk down the street. Walk down the wrong street, in the wrong neighborhood at night, and you know what happens.

Helena Christensen

We can sit all night talking about girls.

Marcus Vick

We got the win, so it doesn't matter, ... But otherwise, the three interceptions made my night terrible. I don't like that at all.

Shivan Barwari

You know youve had a rough night when youre taking shots of pepto in the morning.

Cilla Black

I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.

William Bratton

We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,

John Byrne

Ultimately it's going to be better for the patient. It's going to transform otherwise high-risk operations into lower-risk operations.

Henry Ford

Our policy is to reduce the price, extend the operations, and improve the article.

Mahatma Gandhi

At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation.

Howard Thompson

The proceeds are used for the operation of the Bedouin Shrine Temple and to support our transportation department,

Paul Costa

There is a possibility that we will have to stop operations by the end of the year.

Shamil Basayev

live participant of that operation who is ready to testify.

Kofi Annan

when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.

Tuppence Middleton

I don't think, as an actress, you want to be beautiful. It's actually a disadvantage because that's not where all the interesting parts lie.

Michele Lee

In 'Seesaw,' I played Gittel Mosca, and because it was a musical, I loved it more because I was able to do anything. I was able to use all parts of me that I don't get to use... the comedy and the singing and the dancing.

Bill Stoneman

One of the strongest parts to our organization is depth. It allows us to do a lot of things.

Rob Enderle

LCS and Communicator are not worth a whole lot without the back end. They have to have the back end in place, or the other parts don't move.

Terry Crews

I see a lot of actors that are doing things to please their coaches, their teachers in the past. They say 'No' to parts they should have said 'Yes' to simply because of the opinion of people in their past. I have no one in my past who is judging me and saying, 'Maybe you shouldn't do that.' I'll do it all.

Ken Thompson

We're an International truck dealer, sales, parts and service.

Julie Johnson

Our own rendition of the show is made up of parts of three different scripts of the play.

John Lee Hooker

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop.

Erich Merkle

Someone has to make sure Delphi's parts are not interrupted.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. The new releases are always going to bolster the old releases.

Brooke Burns

I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

Glen Flanagan

We'd keep pulling away and they'd reel us back in.

Brooke Shields

I have bad-mom moments all the time. Sometimes I have the wrong reaction, but I try to remember to pull back and think about it. Even when I make the mistake, I'm able to then go, 'Oh, okay, let's do this again.'

Eddy Curry

Y'all pulled out the old stuff, ... This is the vintage stuff. Throwback. This is crazy, man, crazy.

Jack Lemmon

We're doing very serious stuff. But some of the stuff we pull with each other in between is not serious at all, and also not repeatable.

Jack Lemmon

We're doing very serious stuff, ... But some of the stuff we pull with each other in between is not serious at all, and also not repeatable.

James Augustine

We have to win it to stay in the running. We've been making steps. Hopefully, we can go to Wisconsin and pull it off and play the same way we do here.

Larry Rhodes

We'll do whatever we can do to not go through Cleves, because they'll pull you over and get you.

Pavel Felgenhauer

rescue service isn't working, just as it wasn't working back then.

Tom Ditt

We have 1,500 residents waiting to be rescued from rooftops.

Celine Dion

We need to serve our country, and be there right now to rescue the rest of the people. We need the cash, we need the blood, we need the support, right now we need the prayers.

Peter Sirois

It's simple. We are the search and rescue because we know the trails, most of us are trained in first aid.

Patrick Smith

I don't see it riding to the rescue of Deby.

Fritz Braun

The rescue work is shaping up as very difficult. It is very problematic getting into the hall.

Jeanna Stewart

They rescued my three little kitties. I didn't need a rescue for me, just for them.

Kyle Chandler

I've stopped racing to get to the red light.

George Allen

Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing, and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition.

Kevin Nursick

Vehicles are being stopped and inspected as they should be.

Alastair Reynolds

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

Enrico Colantoni

You know what, I'm a big, big fan of 'Heroes,' but the day they told me that the end of the world was coming, and that day didn't come, I stopped watching.

William Maxwell

My wife has to tell me I haven't said anything all day. I've stopped talking, and I'm totally unaware of it.

Richard Greenberg

I thought if I stopped writing, ... the world would explode.

Vijay Batra

We have stopped work on the footbridge after objections from Pakistani soldiers,

William Patterson

I stopped going to the conferences because most of (us) are all gone.

Jerry Green

We still have old time play time at recess, but we have structured play as well.

A. R. Ammons

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

Laura Puchowicz

We wanted to make the motel better, but renovating the old structure would just have been a humongous problem.

Carl Jung

Our psyche is set up in accord with the structure of the universe, and what happens in the macrocosm likewise happens in the infinitesimal and most subjective reaches of the psyche

Demetri Martin

They say that structure is freedom, and in a sense it is. When you're dealing with multiple constraints, you have to figure out what you can get out of that.

Dave Foley

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

Paul Provenza

We didn't choose the joke because it's filthy! We chose it because of the structure!

Marisa Tomei

You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance.

Paul Muldoon

It seems to me the structure of the Quartets is too imposed

Bill O'Reilly

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in.

Bill O'Reilly

Tide comes in, tide goes out, you can't explain it!

Mariah Carey

Only once in a lifetime love rushes in, changing you with the tide.

Bayard Taylor

And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

Austin O'Malley

Wealth is a tide which flows into one place by ebbing from another.

George Santayana

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations.

Jewel

I say to myself, sometimes the tide is just out. But it always comes back in again.

Pat Conroy

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

Pat Conroy

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.