Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.

Wendy Kopp

Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility.

Vivek Wadhwa

Despite what some investors say, older age is an advantage in the startup world. You know more about industries and markets, and have ideas for products that the world actually needs and a better ability to motivate and manage than a kid out of school does.

Viswanathan Anand

Of course, you feel good to play in a familiar environment. I enjoyed Delhi 2000 a lot. But the advantage doesn't work during a game. There, only the moves count.

Ben Carson

Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.

Brent Scowcroft

The policy of detente with the Soviet Union, which was begun by President Nixon in 1972, was broadly seen by 1975 in bad shape, if not in tatters. In other words, were able to take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere to pursue the same goals they had.

Tom Lynch

The overall mission of Fuel Advantage is to bring technology innovators and government incentive programs together in one place, so fleet operators will finally know where to go and who to talk to about saving money on their fuel costs.

Annie Leibovitz

There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject.

Big Sean

I had an advantage because people would post me on blogs because I had co-signs from Kanye West, Def Jam, and G.O.O.D. Music. Everything I put out, the blogs would put up. When I realized that, I used that to my advantage and helped build my following on my own.

David Byrne

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

Francis Lawrence

There are two separate scripts for 'Mockingjay' parts one and two. It's definitely one story, but there are two totally distinct and separate scripts.

Tommy Caldwell

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

Frederick Pollock

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

Eric Hoffer

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its least worthy members

Joe Buck

We had a lot of fun, ... Lou is different and he has a different, distinct voice. It was good to have him in the booth. I hope he comes back.

Joe Negron

In order to be a viable statewide candidate, you have to be able to raise money so you can get your message out. And that is separate and distinct from what happens during session.

Mahatma Gandhi

When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other.

Mahatma Gandhi

Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.

William McDonough

We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

Eudora Welty

To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose.

Lucy Alibar

If you have a perfectionist streak - and who doesn't? - running can kill the perfectionist inside you.

Shel Silverstein

There Is A Voice Inside Of YouThat Whispers All Day Long,"I Feel That This Is Right For Me,I Know That This Is Wrong."No Teacher, Preacher, Parent, FriendOr Wise Man Can DecideWhat's Right For You- Just Listen ToThe Voice That Speaks Inside.

Raymond Carver

It's something that I feel I know about, relationships between men and women. I like to write from the woman's point of view now and again, to get inside her head, to feel what she's feeling.

Marlon Wayans

Sometimes they try to put you inside a box, but I look at my filmography and I've been able to do a lot.

William Williams

Time is a storm in which we are all lost. Only inside the convolutions of the storm itself shall we find our directions.

Hank Greely

Unlike perusing your mail or tapping your phone, this is looking inside your brain.

Franco Tito

We're not really sure how many people were trapped inside. I talked with three survivors and they told me there could be 50 to 70 people inside when the tunnel collapsed.

Patrick Sparks

We play two top-10 teams (this) week. It's in our hands.

Camelia Sams

We play a lot of tough teams out of the district. It's tough, but we need the practice.

Pete Rose

Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.

John Stockton

We could have one of the better teams we've ever had here. I think we're on our way back up.

Shawn Horcoff

We never give up. We wear a lot of teams down.

Andy Athanas

Usually when you see teams do what we've done in two years, it's the same group. These are different kids.

Andre Patterson

We've done it more than most teams I've worked with.

Tom Condon

Those are the two teams we have scheduled so far.

Walter Leger

The other teams have left, and they're still not really back. We haven't left, and we're not going anywhere.