Major Quotes - page 9

Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus. (Elizabeth Moon)
When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter. View quote
Allan Hamilton
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed. View quote
Allen Klein
The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower. View quote
Aly Khan
I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them. View quote
Amanda Plummer
I remember when we had to pick our major freshman year, I chose comparative religion. It came to me out of the blue. I am amazed at how interested I still am in those ideas, especially the way spirituality is expressed in the world and in art. View quote
Amy Brenneman
I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude. View quote
Andrew Greeley
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18! View quote
Angela Lansbury
Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition venue in this part of the world. View quote
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets. View quote
Anita Diament
Grief is perhaps an unknown territory for you. You might feel both helpless and hopeless without a sense of a 'map' for the journey. Confusion is the hallmark of a transition. To rebuild both your inner and outer world is a major project. (Anne Grant)
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss. View quote
Anne Grant
That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing. View quote
Antonia Fraser
Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern. View quote
Antony Hewish
I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of them fans of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, a major champion of positive thinking. But I've got plenty of ancestors who played out more tortured hands. View quote
Ariel Gore
The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind. View quote
Arleigh Burke
Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security. View quote
Arthur L. Herman
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty. View quote
Bill Bixby
I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter. View quote
Bill Ford
It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake. View quote
Bille August
It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there'd be celestial-mechanics jokes. (Billy West)
Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising. View quote
Barbara Januszkiewicz
We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along. View quote
Brit Hume
If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you'll be in about as country a place as you'll ever find. View quote
Bubba Sparxxx
Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes. View quote
Buffalo Bill