Famous Quotes & Sayings

William H. Seward

It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it.

Ezra Taft Benson

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

Ed Yourdon

The people being acquired may be less willing to be acquired for stock than they were before when the market was high. The depressed stock prices cuts both ways. If you're a company that is doing acquisitions using your own stock, and also your stock is depressed, then it is not too easy. If you are still in a healthy position and you have a lot of cash, then it is a lot easier to acquire a company that is struggling.

Cynthia Ozick

An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth.

Stewart Butterfield

People sometimes forget how early Flickr came. Facebook didn't add photo sharing till a year after Flickr was acquired by Yahoo.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Alan Cooper

What Microsoft is really good at is endlessly iterating and revving - incrementally improving things that already exist - and those things that already exist are generally acquired from the outside.

Robin Lewis

Tommy's brand is still vibrant to a certain extent with consumers, but it has been failing for some time, not only with the brand itself and what it stands for with the consumer in terms of leading-edge styling and fashion, but also failing financially. The brand is very weak now, but if it's acquired by the right entity I believe the brand can be turned around and can gain its strength back.

Ellen Key

A new principle cannot be put into effect without bringing with it new mistakes. But we may, however, be convinced that the laws of life - to which belongs the law that suffering follows the misuse of freedom - will finally be able to bring everything within its right limits.

Vince Staples

Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.

Bruce Jackson

Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive.

Lewis B. Smedes

Jesus said that we should render to the state what properly belongs to the state, and though he had taxes in mind, we might reasonably infer that giving the state the job of punishing wrongdoers is one way of giving the state its due.

Fred Carter

We are delighted that more students are discovering that FMU is a great place to continue their education. The credit belongs to the faculty and staff for the quality of education offered at this institution.

Lauren Bacall

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

William Davies

The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.

Wanda Sykes

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.

Wesley Clark

I said the rosary, and I said the Our Father, as they call it in the Catholic Church. One of the things I learned in the conversion process was to say the rosary, and I had a set of rosary beads. So I said 'Hail Mary, full of grace.'

Viswanathan Anand

I honestly don't remember when and why I started calling my mom 'Momsi'. These are family things; it starts for some reason. It's not that I just call her Momsi; I call her other things as well!

Constance Marie

Family to me is foundation. It's the people that you can call on whether you love them or hate them. When push comes to shove, they're there for you, and that's kind of how this family is.

Chris Carter

If you look at 'The X-Files' generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not 'mythology' episodes, which tend to be the epic episodes. They deal with the big conspiracies, the search for Mulder's sister. They deal with what I would call the 'saga' of 'The X-Files.'

Don Rickles

I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

Rob Bishop

The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.

Martin Lapointe

The overtime calls hurt the game. It's a big game, a big rivalry. the refs should let us play. I guess this is the new NHL. To lose a game on a cheap penalty is not the way to play hockey.

Constantin Brancusi

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

Cristina Kirchner

There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses.

Erno Rubik

But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.

Nick Hanauer

A thriving middle class is the source of growth in a technological, capitalist economy. Investing in the middle class is the most pro-business thing you can do.

Andrew Mason

I look at being a capitalist businessperson like riding a bike - if I go too slowly, I'll fall over. Or it's kind of like a shark: if I stop swimming, I'll just die.

Ben Shapiro

Capitalism requires individual responsibility and accountability. People are seen as atomized units in a capitalist system - they are either useful, or they are not. They are not seen racially or ethnically or religiously. They consume and they produce, and those are their only relevant characteristics.

Pierre Omidyar

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time.

Robert Kiyosaki

A true capitalist doesn't have a job, because other people and other people's money work for them.

Barbara Tuchman

No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the basis for the rise of the Western capitalist economy and the building of private fortunes-and it was based on the sin of usury.

Ian Clarke

In a capitalist system, if things change, you adapt.

Donna Lieberman

The policy of searching thousands of subway riders daily without any suspicion that they have done anything wrong is unprecedented, unproductive and unconstitutional.

Djimon Hounsou

A lot of times, we also have to live and work. You have to make money to pay rent. In that respect, I don't think you can be so demanding. Those great stories are not the normal stories that come on a daily basis. It's a struggle to land those roles. Everybody is looking for the good parts.

Greg Foreman

When daily you write intensively, one day of laziness subjects you to a suffering of unfamiliar compunction. The words can freeze and the state of privation worsens with idleness. Thus, a day off for a writer is chancy and, in conclusion, solely a luxury of other professions.

Andrew Cherng

Success is not an accident. When you put yourself in the right place at the right time, then you're likely to be more successful because of how you prepare yourself on a daily basis.

Derek Billingsley

We are just all so relieved that nobody got hurt, and no real property damage. We feel real lucky. As far as the daily grind and daily business, we are at a standstill.

John Milton

To know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence

John Milton

To know that which before us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom.

Hootie Johnson

We are pleased that we are able to support these organizations that improve the daily lives of so many people. In Augusta, and nationally, these funds provide needed help.

Alice Carter

We've had daily donations (this year) since Jan. 2. We have that many regular donors.

Susan Glaspell

I'm an American. We've translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and that's getting Americanised.

Leah Ward Sears

I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America.

Christopher Hill

We're not expecting North Korea to become a Jeffersonian democracy, but we do expect them to sit down and talk to us about these issues, to talk to the international community.

Terry Eagleton

Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.

Rory Stewart

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

Condoleezza Rice

to lead the region in promoting democracy, as it has done in pursuit of peace.

Ludwig von Mises

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other benefits from the treasury, democracy is done for.

Ayad Allawi

We are adamant that democracy is going to prevail, it's going to win in iraq and this is where terrorists are trying to hurt us and trying to undermine us.

Hugo Chavez

Well we can try to measure democracy, just as you measure temperature with a thermometer, or pressure with a barometer.

Doug Clark

We do not pick up the rats. It's up to the homeowners to pick up the rats and dispose of them properly.

Jason Kamiya

Our investigation found there was no intent to desecrate the remains, but only to dispose them for hygienic reasons,

Samuel Hopkins

It was right for them to make bond-servants of the nations round them, they having an express permission to do it from him who has a right to dispose of all men as he pleases.

Adrian Plass

It's rubbish to tell people that we can easily dispose of life's huge questions once and for all. We all have times when we're bad-tempered or we grumble. We all have doubts. What's wrong with saying that?

Andy Taylor

It was fairly evident that nobody wanted to do this as a one-off thing. It's too big a part of our life to do it quickly and dispose of it.

David Eisenhower

The future will use and dispose of the memories of people that we knew as history sees fit.

Sergei Lavrov

Russia has every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations.

Mike Delahanty

They can't get into them so they dispose of them.

Philip Hughes

We will dispose of the water in consultation with the local authorities.

William Hurt

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night.

Patrick Anderson

The only sliver of a silver lining is that the tourism industry has held its own.

Philip Schultz

I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.

Peter Gallagher

When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard.

Councilman Banks

We have worked together. We've held up our end.

Connie Clark

We have team rules and every member of our program is held accountable for them.

Don Cooper

You knew who was the boss. That's a refreshing thing now. Here in Chicago, the inmates don't run the asylum. They're held accountable. They know what the rules are.

Walt Smith

We got to play a lot of people, including our 20 freshmen, and they held their own. They usually run the other team's plays in practice, so they are still picking up what we run.

Doug Pritchard

Those who had held them and were guarding them were not present in the location where they were found.

Will Chase

'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote.

Gary Bauer

The polls mean virtually nothing, ... We're not tottering on the edge. Each week we're picking up momentum.

John Anastos

The patients are happier, and we can serve more patients. More patients mean more revenues.

David Selby

And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.

David Wenham

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

David Foster

With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses.

Dev Hynes

'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that.

Nicole Scherzinger

I'm a strong believer in 'everything is meant to be for a reason.'

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

Everyone's struggle is different. Just because I wasn't struggling on the streets, it doesn't mean I don't know what it's like to struggle.

Will Chase

'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote.

David Wenham

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

David Foster

With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses.

Dev Hynes

'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that.

Peter O'Toole

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

Timur Bekmambetov

If I've seen the movie, it means it's an influence on my own filmmaking. Every movie has a reflection in 'Night Watch.'

Gerard Hoeppner

When a ride stops, it really means that our safety systems are working.

Lauren Oliver

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means that I'm drawing from my experiences and observations.

Margaret D. Nadauld

Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile, being the first to make the stranger feel a part of things, being helpful, thinking of others' feelings, being inclusive.

William Henry Moody

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

Nancy Gibbs

Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

Christine Ebersole

There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.

Meles Zenawi

In the urban areas, we have focused on infrastructure roads, telecommunications, power.

James Howard Kunstler

Generations will soon come into their power feeling differently about themselves than we do now, and in their re-enchanted world, they will wonder about us and what we did to their world, and what we thought we were doing.

Alan Cohen

The freest people I know are those who have the least to hide, defend or protect. Naked is powerful.

Nancy Gibbs

Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.

Millard Fillmore

Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.

Nydia Velazquez

Too often, the landlord-tenant relationship is unbalanced with all the power on the side of unscrupulous landlords.

Edward Snowden

I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

Sylvester Stallone

Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I am.

Sam Kinison

Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.

Abu Bakr

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.

Meir Soloveichik

A society that is all self-interest and no comradeship is not a society at all. But a society that is all comradeship and no self-interest is also not a society; it is a sect - or, on the largest scale, totalitarianism.

Keith Waterhouse

Should not the Society of Indexers be know as Indexers, Society of, The?

Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.

Binyavanga Wainaina

I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

Gloria Steinem

A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.