The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal "Name the Layoff" contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume… — Dale Dauten Copy Share Image
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
I couldn't remember my name for weeks. I'd be at the theater and hear them calling 'Miss Stanwyck, Miss Stanwyck,' and I'd… — Barbara Stanwyck Copy Share Image
Soundlessly whispering into the void, my lips moving quickly, silently, without ceasing. Calling his name, calling him to me. Even though there's… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
they walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Richard Curtis, the writer and director of Love Actually, is brilliant at many things, but his genius, I submit, is for thrusting… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
River Song: Right, I have questions. But number one is this: what in the name of sanity have you got on your… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Had the white settlers in North America called the natives 'Americans' instead of 'Indians', the early Americans could not have said that… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the silliest thing I ever heard of in… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“The title on the front of the sketchbook was written in bold cursive: 'Libby's Book of Butterflies.' One of the edges was… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
I'll never forget that little apple box I stood on because I couldn't reach the microphone. My name was written on it… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
I am fundraising gold. Democrat donors hate me so much, they hear my name and they run to their checkbooks. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Back in Georgie's attic, he yanks the phone out of the socket and begins scrolling down the names under dialed calls, praying… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And now she was just Gabby, currently staying in a dreamy, magnificent castle in Scotland with a Fae prince who did all… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
In art class at school we learned how to draw tanks and soldiers opening fire at [Iranian leader Ayatollah] Khomeini and his… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
To keep the middle coming back, you can't say some radically conservative or radically progressive things. That's been the bane of organized… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
Woe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty. Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I would like you to drop the ego, to dissolve, to disappear, because only then is there fulfillment. The ego knows only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you see a quote on the Internet just because it has someone's name on it doesn't make it true. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is in the name of Jesus, himself become God, that fanaticism ignominiously condemned to the stake men like Giodano Bruno, Vanini,… — Camille Flammarion Copy Share Image
How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
The band name came about when the original vocalist died when a huge radio fell on his head. He trotted about for… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The moment that I realized my name was going to be said in the same sentence as children and sex, that's really… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot… — Steve Rubel Copy Share Image
Those of us who believe in God and those of us who have dedicated our lives to helping others in the name… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
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