Famous Quotes & Sayings

Audre Lorde

What I leave behind has a life of its own.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

When I was a young guy, when I first started with G.E., Jack Welch sent us all to Japan because in those days Japan was gonna crush us. And we learned a lot about Japan when we were there. But over the subsequent 30 years, the Japanese companies all fell behind. And the reason why they fell behind is because they didn't globalize.

Manny Acta

We had a window up until yesterday and it's just been shut. We support his decision, stand behind him - family comes first. And we're going to have to move on with what we have.

Bob Hill

When the minutes behind him aren't what they need to be, I don't have much choice.

Kylie Minogue

The point of my job is to entertain and make it look easy, so I guess it's the parts you don't often see which make me feel proud. All the behind the scenes work, the fears and insecurities I have to face and overcome to improve myself as a person and performer, all of the people who believe in me and encourage me.

Thomas Dolby

Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together.

Thomas Dolby

The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians and not by entertainers. I felt I needed to grab hold of it and try and push the envelope as much as I possibly could right now.

Tina Brown

The women of Afghanistan, left behind as their men fought, did what the women of World War II did - used their wits and resourcefulness to preserve some semblance of civilization.

Brad Kullman

We're glad to have it behind us. I hate going through the hearings. We're glad we got it done with Felipe.

Alanis Morissette

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s and early '70s.

Wang Jianlin

I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier.

Doug Harvey

I must admit, I was born to officiate; I was made to officiate. I miss it. I knew why I was doing it. God made me to umpire.

O'Shea Jackson, Jr.

Ice Cube's the coolest dad. A lot of parents - a lot of kids do not think their parents are cool. Oh, no. My dad's cool... You know, I was born in 1991. That's when 'Boyz n the Hood' came out. So I've always see him on TV. I don't see everybody else's dad, you know. So I've always had a sense of, you know, he's cool. He's in the light.

Tyra Banks

I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them.

Marc Faber

The entire political elite has mismanaged the Indian economy for the last 50 years. You cannot solve a crisis that is borne as a symptom of mismanagement in just five minutes or in a week. It will involve significant sacrifices and pain, and I doubt that in India there is the political will to face the music.

Danny Peitz

We're not born to be wild, but we want him to take us on a magic carpet ride.

Bubba Sparxxx

Man, I'll tell you as far as creatively speaking man, there is stuff that is unique and different about every person that is born into this world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do... within the limits of his comprehension.

Audre Lorde

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

Charles Kettering

We work day after day, not to finish things; but to make the future better ... because we will spend the rest of our lives there.

Blaise Pascal

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.

Octavio Paz

Our judgment and moral categories, our idea of the future, our opinions about the present or about justice, peace, or war, everything, without excluding our rejections of Marxism, is impregnated with Marxism.

Takeshi Uchiyamada

Some people say hybrid vehicles such as the Prius are only a bridge to the future ... but we think it could be a long bridge and a very sturdy one. There are many more gains we can achieve with hybrids.

Tony Dungy

Like '94 with Warren Moon and Joe Montana, you'll see two future Hall-of-Famers in Saturday's game.

Alexandra Robbins

...make sure you are still living in the present, rather than for an uncertain future.

Jam Master Jay

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!

Bernard Kouchner

Let's talk about the future, not about the past. Next time I will be sure that they will not tell me that there is a Serb side and an Albanian side. Here's a hospital that will reach through this bridge.

Jaswant Singh

this was not a matter for any international initiative or intervention.

Bertolt Brecht

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

Charles de Gaulle

Never relinquish the initiative.

Dan Barker

The 9/11 terrorist attack was a faith-based initiative.

Steve Kennedy

On the levy, I personally feel it ought to be a November levy and it ought to be done by initiative petition instead of us standing up here voting for it. You have to get 363 signatures to start the process.

Paul Wolfowitz

If we don't make it at this meeting it's not a time to give up. It's a very promising initiative not only for the poorest as such but for the whole development community.

Bill Young

I find it interesting that some people would position the sales tax initiative with this. It's simply not true.

Gray Davis

If that initiative were to pass, investment would be withheld, and it would take years and years longer before we had a surplus of power.

Dean Boyer

We want this initiative to be seen as reasonable and fair. Our initiative treats all property owners the same, and we wanted to pick a reasonable period of time.

Darren Benitez

Lesson for me: no leave things in the car, trust nobody.

William Stafford

Leave sound in an emptyhouse in its own room there. . . .

Deion Branch

Leave it up to him, and he comes through perfect every time.

Dan Harel

We are here to evacuate, and we will not leave until it is empty.

Lynsey Addario

Every story takes its toll on me and leaves an impression on me.

Ayn Rand

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

Tom Tancredo

He can fight terrorists overseas, but he leaves our borders so they can come in here and do their thing.

Elias Koteas

I can't stand to watch anything that I'm in. I tear it apart. The worst thing you can do is leave me alone and let me watch what I'm in. It's abusive.

Granth Sahib

one does not even know how long you will stay here; you have no hint of when you shall leave

Todd Simmons

We have never had a problem with the nuclear reactor and it has been here for 38 years.

Alan Sugar

If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too.

Jane Jacobs

While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

Ban Ki-moon

Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.

Ban Ki-moon

Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

Charles Bass

U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.

Carl Crawford

Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas.

Joey Skaggs

Celebrations of anniversaries of disasters, such as nuclear power plant meltdowns or political assassinations, provide opportunities, as do holidays.

David Brooks

President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election.

Al Franken

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

Al Franken

I want a president who can handle a cream soda.

Al Gore

I don't have the illusion that there's any position or role in the world with as much potential for bringing about change as that of president of the United States.

Al Gore

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

Jan Brewer

President Obama and Hillary Clinton, every time you disagree with them it doesn't matter which subject it is, you're a bigot or you're a racist.

Augusto Pinochet

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

Vladimir Kozhin

The public can and should speak up, but the president will make a decision, because this is a unique compound.

Calvin Coolidge

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them.

Mitt Romney

Let me put it very plainly: If we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished.

Mitt Romney

I care about 100 percent of the American people. I want 100 percent of the American people to have a bright and prosperous future.

Kevin Watkins

If this summit fails, there really is no way back.

Kofi Annan

This summit must be a summit of solutions,

Ludwig Gaines

This summit is the culmination of that suggestion.

Jose Insulza

This is not a summit about the FTAA,

Walter Bagehot

Nations touch at their summits.