Famous Quotes & Sayings

LeRoy Neiman

'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself.

Suze Orman

Owning a home is a keystone of wealth... both financial affluence and emotional security.

Samuel Johnson

There are minds which easily sink into submission, that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence, and discover no defect where there is elevation of rank and affluence of riches

P. J. O'Rourke

Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples.

Charles Jencks

The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant.

Deepak Chopra

There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world.

Deepak Chopra

Affluence, unboundedness, and abundance are our natural states. We need only to restore the memory of what we already know.

Dennis Prager

For the Left, affluence is won, not earned.

John C. Calhoun

The country is filled with energetic and enterprising men, rendered desperate by being reduced from affluence to poverty through the vicissitudes of the times. They will give an impulse to smuggling unknown to the country heretofore.

Ivan Turgenev

To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice you feel in yourself

Kent Beck

I think it's a combination of technical and social factors that leads to all the defects in deployed software.

Bertolt Brecht

General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

Ashleigh Brilliant

I will stop at nothing to reach my objective, but only because my brakes are defective.

Jane Austen

There is hardly any personal defect... which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to.

Jane Austen

And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.

Chaz Bono

There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate.

Mark Steele

This suggests that while certain genetic factors place an individual at risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis, lung injury substantially contributes to the disease. That finding raises the possibility that an intrinsic inability to repair injured lung tissue may be the fundamental biologic defect that ultimately results in fibrosis and lung collapse.

Alex Pareene

If some modern-day David Brock wanted to defect from the conservative movement and write a tell-all focused solely on the financial chicanery of the entire right-wing nonprofit/think tank/publishing sphere, I would read the absolute heck out of it.

Angeles Mastretta

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be.

Paul Greengard

What this discovery showed was that p11 plays a major role in mood.

Mike Benson

When we built the site for Oceanic Airlines, we wanted to do something that was different from all the other TV show sites. What we discovered was that by creating additional content for this show, we could create a marketing tool that would have fans more invested in the program, and if it was cool they'd share with their friends.

Dan Moore

When we began to think about our clients' interests, we discovered a common passion for motorcycles. Therefore, we created an event that is centered on that common passion. This passion for riding, coupled with the need to learn about the latest models of John Deere equipment has led to our employees, vendors and customers having a fantastic day together.

David Clarke

When we find someone buried in another grave, that is going to be a situation we won't discover until it comes time to dig that grave.

Dimitar Sasselov

When we discover New Earth - a planet we could call home - the question of the 'plurality of worlds' will come front and center, reminding us yet again that we are not the center of the universe.

Doug Hudgins

When we did that, we found that putting a little nitrogen in these molecules explained the troubling molecules. This discovery takes this reservoir of molecules that we didn't think were interesting and transforms all this stuff into something of biologic interest.

Joseph Lowery

When we got to Washington that day and discovered people coming in trucks and buses and on planes, in cars, even some came on bicycles and skates -- we were overwhelmed by that response,

Ellen Burstyn

What a lovely surprise to discover how un-lonely being alone can be

John Clippinger

To move online security to the next level, there has to be fundamental resolve among consumers, government and business to quickly adopt a system where the individual has more control over how information about them is managed and shared. Our aim is to construct an open and widely accessible software framework that puts the individual at the centre of the identity management universe. With this framework in place, it will be easier for society to begin the migration to more secure online environments, where trusted networks can not only be easily formed, but effectively enforced. For in the end, security is not just technological, but social.

Tony Vis

We're mentally tough and we were not going to go away. We got down 10 and could have easily folded the tent on the big stage. The kids just kept fighting and plugging away and got us back into that thing. They put us in a great position at halftime.

Brad Wilson

What we're seeing is a great deal of customization on country and industry levels. When Microsoft was developing its CRM, it made sure that it was built on a Web services architecture so that it can be easily adapted to specific local needs and requirements. We don't ship an out-of-the-box, property-management application, for instance, but those in real estate using the software can easily add apartment information without adding programming code.

Steve Sampson

What a disappointing way to finish the match, especially after creating so many opportunities that we should have put away. It should have easily been 2-1 at halftime. We played to win, we created enough opportunities to win, and we didn't handle the last few minutes of the game very well at all.

Chuck Anderson

We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's an unbelievable athlete.

Chris Rouland

Web sites get hacked so frequently, probably 50 a day, and if a hacker breaks into a Web site, they can easily change the code on the site, so that when users go to the site they think it's a legitimate Web site, and they will get infected.

David Buck

Unless it comes down really hard, it'll be very easy to manage. It'll be easily treatable with salt.

Romeo Dator

We're more or less waiting and seeing, ... Pfizer's dividend is definitely safe. It's the biggest drug company with good cash flow. It could easily buy a biotech company and improve their (research and development) line that way. That's what you're going to see with large-cap companies. They're going to partner up with biotech companies or buy them outright as a way to improve their (product) pipelines.

Yoda

Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice.

Mark Helprin

The thing that strikes you most about being a soldier in a war zone and in action to the small extent that I was, when actually people start shooting, which happened to me a couple of times, everything goes on automatic and there's a feeling of tremendous elevation and even elation.

William Garay

We know about where they are. They were probably at a higher elevation then the water was.

Edward Gibbon

History has scarcely deigned to notice [Libius Severus's] birth, his elevation, his character, or his death.

James F. Cooper

The principal advantage of a democracy, is a general elevation in the character of the people

Bob Gainey

He happened to score the goal in the third period, which is terrific, but I think he brought another presence to our defense, an elevation in our ability to find the open man.

Joe Nolin

Huge volumes of sand have been wiped off the beach. The beach has had a dramatic vertical elevation change. It wiped the beach flat.

Jitin Prasada

Narendra Modi is a bubble. After elevation in his party, his first test was the Karnataka election. He failed miserably in that.

Manuel Miranda

I think the president is going to have to nominate a woman or Hispanic or an African American, and that probably the situation (with Hurricane Katrina) is such that an elevation makes good sense now.

Greg Meffert

Over all, the new flood maps released by FEMA today truly do represent some good news for the city and its rebuilding process. Essentially, these new maps more or less maintain the city to the already previously enforced 100-year flood elevation standards.

Lee Kuan Yew

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

John McEnroe

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur that that would be an interesting, good thing. I'm talking about actual politics, like being a congressman, but then I see how unbelievably nasty it really is, and maybe I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to actually do it.

Joe Marsh

We have no illusions of grandeur here. It's the situation we want to be in. We want to have to go out there and have to earn every single shift. We'll have to do that in this building (the Kohl Center) for sure.

Andrei Sakharov

I worked under conditions of the highest security and under great pressure, first in Moscow and subsequently in a special secret research centre. At the time we were all convinced that this work was of vital significance for the balance of power in the world and we were fascinated by the grandeur of the task.

Elisabeth Sussman

He hung everything that he had done during the residency on the walls and covered the walls floor-to-ceiling with his drawings. So we tried to get the informality and the kind of grandeur of that installation in our installation.

Charles Darwin

There is Grandeur in this view of life,

William Channing

I have expressed my strong interest in the mass of the people; and this is founded, not on their usefulness to the community, so much as on what they are in themselves.... Indeed every man (sic), in every condition, is great. It is only our own diseased sight which makes him little. A man is great as a man, be he where or what he may. The grandeur of his nature turns to insignificance all outward distinctions.

Samuel Gruber

Built in 1763, it is the oldest surviving synagogue in North America. Still in use, the building combines an intimate elegance with Classical grandeur in the best tradition of Georgian architecture. It is also a National Landmark, the highest designation given to an American building.

Charles Spurgeon

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties

Tyrone Marshall

We're more aware of each other now. Guys are looking out for each other. We're doing more things together. That definitely relieves some of the stress and heartache that we've been having over the past couple of weeks. Being able to come out here and play soccer is a step in the right direction. Doug is still in our minds and our hearts.

John Davidson

What they say may have an impact tomorrow, but the dominant topic on investors' minds right now starts with an 'I' and it's not Intel. Both businesses and consumers are hesitant to make any moves until there's progress on Iraq.

Angie Proper

When we broke Lewistown's record, gave them their first loss, our confidence went up. We said we could beat any team if we set our minds to it.

Alonzo Mourning

When we get our minds to playing defense, we can turn any game around. I hope we get to a more consistent level of play.

Christian Olsen

We brought in some great young minds and some older guys who have brought experience. I think overall, we aren't going to miss a beat.

Lovie Smith

We brought in good players, why should we be bad? We never understood that. We had the mindset that we were supposed to be good right away.

Kikuko Takeda

What's on peoples' minds is the possibility of a slowdown of the U.S. economy given the accumulation of rate hikes in the past year and a half and on higher oil prices,

Libby Smith

What's neat is it's at the highest level of women's golf and you can learn so much hanging out at the putting green or the chipping area talking with the veterans, from drills to mindset to attitude.

Ben Nelson

We're going to let the process unfold, make up our minds as we go along. But nobody's talking about those issues that would break up the gang or cause a rule change or a filibuster,

John Strachan

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity.

Ray Anderson

What has been very gratifying is that all my clients and colleagues in the agent ranks have taken a very supportive view. We're all human, and you think, 'I wonder what my buddies on the union side are going to think? Are they going to think I've changed my stripes and now I'm management?'

Don Shaw

We're back on the winning track. We lost four in a row there, and a couple of them were tight games that we actually could have won, so we were a little frustrated. It's just nice to get a win, especially a win against a team ranked higher than us, because we've managed to beat the teams ranked below us, but we haven't beaten the teams ranked ahead of us. So, that's one, and hopefully we can get another one next week, maybe two.

Chloe Sevigny

There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.

Stan Heath

Uno. That's the highest ranked team we've beaten, the best win we've had. There were a lot of heroes.

David Johnson

We are poised for breaking away from our competitors in the food industry, ... This strategic growth plan is designed to vault our company into the ranks of the world's renowned consumer goods companies, in terms of financial profile and market multiple.

Richard Gallagher

We believe that these rankings provide a valuable service to our readers, enabling them to determine how their workplace measures up to the standards set throughout the industry. This year's results again indicate that a sense of personal satisfaction and a strong management team are essential components of a healthy work environment.

Trevor Immelman

There are certain criteria set by the Official World Golf Rankings Board to award world ranking points in a tournament,

Willy Child

There are some good teams. Pine View is ranked in the top five, Mountain View played well in its win over Payson, so it will be tough. Normally, we would have played three games by now. Our kids are really excited to play. They've been working hard. They're all frustrated and ready to get started. We're hoping to get good weather down there.

Yale Hirsch

We've always had periods when something came in vogue, ... This is different because of the Internet. It keeps on going and the riches just keep astounding everybody. All the traders that come up today naturally gravitate toward Internet stocks.

Kathie Hiers

Unfortunately most budget cuts are directed at low-income people. We're overburdened, and I don't know what's going to happen. It's sad that the richest country in the world will not prioritize health care in America.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The moment the Spirit has quickened us to life in regeneration our whole being senses its kinship to God and leaps up in joyous recognition. That is the heavenly birth without which we cannot see the Kingdom of God. It is, however, not an end but an inception, for now begins the glorious pursuit, the heart's happy exploration of the infinite riches of the Godhead.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

I am Thy servant to do Thy will, and that will is sweeter to me than position or riches or fame, and I choose it above all things on Earth or in Heaven.

Chanakya

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

Chanakya

All types of riches should be amassed by all means.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the longest, but the one with the richest experiences

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

The perfect man in Eden therefore was rich, and such riches he might have possessed forever had he continued obedient to his Creator.

Nicolas Roeg

'Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about the richest man in the world who still couldn't be happy. Politically and sociologically, it was out of step.

Tina Gaughan

We're going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at them (tonight) and see what works. They have a lot of juniors and seniors and have been in the playoff environment before. It's going to be a really tough game for us. We really have to play well.

Travis Plunkett

We're going to see people in a debtor's prison without walls, ... They'll essentially slip through the safety net, hit the ground and then sink into an underground economy.

Woody Harrelson

When we did the press conference in the range there was this interesting-looking guy who asked, 'So, you played a mass murderer, a pornographer and now a lawyer -- is there any depth to which you will not sink in your roles?' I thought it was really funny, as if the most extreme of them was a lawyer,

Ben Martinez

We're beside ourselves ? all of us are stunned. We can't comprehend what happened. It won't sink in.

Joe Sinagra

We are at sea in a sinking ship, our citizens are treading water to stay afloat, and now New Jersey government wants their life jackets.

Hanya Yanagihara

Where most of the country is, well, hot - from the bone-baking dry heat of the desert to the flesh-melting humidity of Kerala in the south - Kashmir is cool: so cool, in fact, that in the winter, the temperatures can sink to sub-zero.

Lyle Kessler

As for Philadelphia, you know what it is like? Sink holes. You stand in the earth and it opens up and you're sucked down. I'm never going to escape Philadelphia.

Tony Pedregon

There is no one better to beat than John Force because when you beat him you beat the best, ... I've won a lot of races before, but never as a team owner. I think it's just starting to sink in. I put a lot of pressure on the guys after Indy, and for them, they worked great this weekend in the heat, under the gun, they pulled through and they got it done. I appreciate that because it proved to me that they're tough, they're strong and they're with me.

Stephen Baker

Would you let the sink back up for a week before you call the plumber? No, you'd get it fixed. It's the same thing with PCs. They're a much more integral part of our lives than they had been in the past.