Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hume

Battles, revolutions, pestilence, famine, and death, are never the effect of those natural causes, which we experience. Prodigies,omens, oracles, judgments, quite obscure the few natural events, that are intermingled with them. But as the former grow thinner every pagewe soon learn, that there is nothing mysterious or supernatural in the case, but that all proceeds from the usual propensity of mankind towards the marvellous, and that, though this inclination may at intervals receive a check from sense and learning, it can never be thoroughly extirpated.

Antonio Villaraigosa

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

Andrew Demetriou

We always hear talk of clubs trying to sign new members but one of the biggest battles they have is to retain all of their members from the previous year.

Kevin Love

The more downtime we have, the more time you have to play games like 'Ghost Recon Future Soldiers,' so for me it's a fun way to get integrated into video games and for me to have fun with my buddies and team up and go into battle with 'em, kind of like out there on court.

Bonnie Herzog

We're not convinced that the major manufacturers will succeed in getting the $1 billion ...but this battle could lead to another settlement (and) an ironclad partnership between the states and tobacco manufacturers.

Bengie Molina

Like he always is: Tough to hit. Myself, I was horrible today at the plate so I have to give him credit. I think with him you have to battle all day. He's the kind of guy that's going to work quick and try to get you out quick.

Ron King

Like every freshman entering college, he's going to have to mature. He's going to be in battles every day.

James Lancaster

Luckily, Larry chose the school. Kenny Battle had seen him in a summer league and he sent him here. We were fortunate.

Sam Veda

Life has been compared with a battle and rightly so, as each day comes up with a new set of challenges which we must meet. One can just not shy away from the problems if he has to survive. He has to meet to challenges with courage.

Lena Headey

I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.

Romeo Miller

I'm a workaholic, and a lot of girls don't know how to deal with a workaholic.

Romeo Miller

Girls that I use to try to talk to, now they want to talk to me.

Pat Wilders

Many of these girls treat their prom like they would treat their weddings.

Genesis Rodriguez

Girls like to see a guy who takes care of himself. It says a lot about him.

Genesis Rodriguez

Girls really like for doors to be opened for them. Guys should really remember that.

Frank Busch

This was a special meet because these are a special group of girls. The seniors are very special to this team and it is going to be hard to let this group of girls go. I am so proud of this team, and this was a great end to a great season.

Edward Herrmann

I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.

Cameron Russell

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.

Dennis Miller

We are simultaneously the most hated, loved, feared and admired nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra. And the Chairman didn't make his bones laying down for punks...

Alain de Botton

Once I began to consider everything as being of potential interest, objects released latent layers of value.

Albert Jones

When I got there he was laying on the ground. He was hollering and waving his arms.

Tamara Feldman

I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.

Erika Eleniak

I didn't have a pool growing up, and we went to the beach to lay out and get sun.

Bootsy Collins

There's a magical layer of love that's laced, designed to take us to a higher place.

Elie Saab

Voluptuous and enveloping like layers of precious fabrics

Paula Rieker

Mr. Lay said liquidity was fine. Then he strengthened his statement and said, 'In fact, liquidity is strong.

Wu Han

Mozart isn't just pretty and isn't just emotional. There's another layer of inspiration which we all need.

David Remnick

Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that's going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on.

Benicio Del Toro

To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.

Derek Hough

Pressure doesn't exist. We create it for ourselves.

Charles Kelley

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

Darren Kimball

When I look at 2006, I see a lot of the same pressures I saw in 2005.

Carlo Ancelotti

Lyon is a very strong team with solid organization. We put them under a lot of pressure but they responded well. I wouldn't say we have the advantage, I think it is still 50-50.

Lawrence Eagleburger

My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now.

Frank Chumbley

We are going to have to find out who is going to step up when the pressure is on. We are going to have to find that out real early.

Jan de Bont

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.