Cases Quotes · Page 41

Men make clothes for the women they'd like to be with or in most cases the women they'd like to be.

— Robert Altman

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

— Dalai Lama

Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.

— Bill Maher

I don't even really understand that concept of someone being 'smart' or someone else being 'smarter.' I think that except for the…

— Ab-Soul

People act as though the hybrid could solve all of our problems - which is certainly not the case.

— Martin Winterkorn

I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents…

— Marlee Matlin

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach

State a moral case to a plowman and a professor. The former will decide it as well, and often better than the…

— Thomas Jefferson

The only game [Vladimir] Putin can play is to establish a lifelong dictatorship in the country, at first de facto and finally…

— Garry Kasparov

The television industry claims they are only reflecting society with their programming and have no influence on behavior. If that is the…

— Randall Wright

The person who sits at his or her desk the longest is not necessarily the best. In fact, he or she might…

— Kristina Schroder

I think a lot of people were under the impression that property development was a way of becoming a millionaire in six…

— Sarah Beeny

Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall…

— Henry Petroski

The French had an obvious financial interest in Iraq. That's been documented. They were involved financially in Iraq and in some cases,…

— Curt Weldon

Man, some open doors were not welcoming, and that was so the case here—less hi-how’re-ya, more come-in-so-your-skin-can-be-used-to-make-a-super-hero-cape-for-one-of-Hannibal-Lecter’s-patients.

— J.R. Ward

In the case of European towns, the passing of centuries provides an enhancement; in the case of American towns, the passing of…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she…

— Steve Almond

Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical…

— Saint Augustine

The future seems a little gloomy! Go to bed early, sleep well, eat moderately at breakfast; the future looks brighter. The world's…

— Arthur Lynch

Ancient portraits are symbolic images without any immediate relation to the individuals represented; they are not portraits as we understand them. It…

— George Sarton

People were paid lots of money to make stupid decisions, people in big banks, and when people are paid to be stupid…

— Michael Lewis

Well, start waving and yelling, because it is the so-called Oxford comma and it is a lot more dangerous than its exclusive,…

— Lynne Truss

Both ground- rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without…

— Adam Smith

Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short…

— Sally Ride

We're the generous country, we're the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage…

— Paul Ryan

You get [something] in your body that is the suffering or the problem, and then you [add] a second one, which is…

— Matthieu Ricard

...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this…

— George W. Bush

Neither were you [born yesterday], unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations…

— Anonymous

Mathematicians tend to prefer a worst-case analysis, a kind of paranoia that is especially understandable if you live in Israel!

— Noga Alon

Our riches, being in our brains, die with us... Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The only difference between the women I've dated and Charles Manson is that Manson has the decency to look like a nut…

— Richard Jeni

While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States.

— Robert Tisserand

John Edwards is a tragic case of a man who ran for President when he should have joined the Secret Service.

— Andy Borowitz

Maybe nothing will ever change for us,” he said. “But don’t you want to be around just in case it does?

— Alexandra Bracken

The string of accusations being made against [Donald] Trump are raising new legal questions about some of these cases. Could actually be…

— Megyn Kelly

Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal. In my case, it's accessibility. So all…

— Rachael Ray

Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just…

— Robert Musil

Self Pity is the most miserable party to go to, because, in case you haven't noticed, you're the only one who is…

— Joyce Meyer

Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case.

— Frederick Lenz

People digest and process music differently, and I'm sure that was the case even when I was a kid.

— Ed Droste