Set Quotes

But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.

We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product.

The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you could say that mission is complete.

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are.

Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that set at naught all human values which had been so hardly won and structured in the light of reason for a span of more than a million years?

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals.

I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it.

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.

The environment on set is very encouraging.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

After I did nine years of a television series, I didn't want to do anything really that involved going to a set and being in front of a camera for quite a while. And when I did start to want to do things, I wanted to focus more on film.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders.

Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.

They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I.

Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.

An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show here ankles to to get that job?

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.

It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another.

I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.