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Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show] -- Yogi Berra
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.] -- Martial
[Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem ... -- Lord Kelvin
This is not a must-win; World War II was a must-win (Referring to the Super Bowl) -- Marv Levy
Referring to Palestinian refugees: "We must do everything in our power to ensure that they never return. -- David Ben-Gurion
He is the light in my life and the rock beneath my feet. (Referring to the Lord Jesus) -- Kimberly McRae
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. [Referring to the theory that over-production caused the Depression] -- Winston Churchill
Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions. -- Antony Jay
Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early. -- Yogi Berra
Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. -- Bo Bennett
[Referring to a glass of water:] I mixed this myself. Two parts H, one part O. I don't trust anybody! -- Steven Wright
These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians. -- George Foreman
(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them? -- Victor Borge
It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.] -- Winston Churchill
This week's winner for best comedy line about the war is New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer. Referring to - well, it doesn't really matter what he was referring to... -- Ann Coulter
Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence. -- Larry Ellison
I find it disturbing that one anthropologist's readings of transcripts are being listened to more seriously than 40 senior health service clinicians.[Referring to Jean La Fontaine's 1994 research paper for the DOH] -- Valerie Sinason
But are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid? [Referring to Gothic novels, fashionable in England at the beginning of the 19th century, but frowned upon in polite society.] -- Jane Austen
[Referring to FDR] If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he needs so sorely, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House yard come Wednesday. -- H. L. Mencken
I saw them; there is nothing beautiful about them, just that they are a little higher than the others. Referring to one of the oldest and loveliest groves of redwoods, showing insensitivity to their magnificence. -- Ronald Reagan
Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.[Referring to studying fossil remains of the weevil, largely unchanged to the present day.] -- Jean-Henri Fabre
Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.[Referring to studying fossil remains of the weevil, largely unchanged to the present day.]" -- Jean Henri Fabre
[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the library, including motion pictures, photographs, recordings, posters and other historic objects which collectively far outnumber the books] -- Daniel J. Boorstin
I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about the Sun; which at length was established as clear as daylight by numerous other observations. Referring to his pioneering telescope observations. -- Galileo Galilei
For over five years this man has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire. Unfortunately he again and again finds hirelings who open the gates of their country to this international incendiary. (Referring to Winston Churchill) -- Adolf Hitler
The Dark Ages may return-the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of Science; and what might now shower immeasureable material blessings upon mankind may even bring about its total destruction. Beware! I say. Time may be short. Referring to the discovery of atomic energy. -- Winston Churchill
[Referring to the birds:] Nat listened to the tearing sound of splintering wood, and wondered how many million years of memory were stored in those little brains, behind the stabbing beaks, the piercing eyes, now giving them this instinct to destroy mankind with all the deft precision of machines. -- Daphne du Maurier
When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to. -- Angela Davis
Good things come, and I'm not just referring to riding the buses. -- Lionel Blue
My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery. -- Miranda Leek
For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe. -- Mark Skousen
Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s. -- Jean Reno
For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US? -- Fredric Jameson
The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. -- Christopher Nolan
It's weird, It's really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new 'Friends', which I can't really even wrap my head around. -- Lizzy Caplan
Moderate Republican' is simply how the blabocracy flatters Republicans who vote with the Democrats. If it weren't so conspicuous, the 'New York Times' would start referring to 'nice Republicans' and 'mean Republicans' -- Ann Coulter
Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word 'modernity' if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China. -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, Sarah Palin tweeted, 'Obama lies; freedom dies.' She's referring, I guess, to the freedom to go without health care when you're sick. -- Richard Trumka
From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer. -- William Ames
When I speak of 'cycles,' I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate. -- Brian Ferneyhough
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach. -- Antonin Artaud
People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth. -- Raoul Vaneigem
Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. -- Sherwin B. Nuland
Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man. -- David Bowie
I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate effort - again, referring to Fox Broadcasting - to inject the race issue into it. They have actually called Obama a racist on television. -- Jimmy Carter
The core distortion of the War on Terror under both Bush and Obama is the Orwellian practice of equating government accusations of terrorism with proof of guilt. One constantly hears U.S. government defenders referring to 'terrorists' when what they actually mean is: those accused by the government of terrorism. -- Glenn Greenwald
It always seemed to me ironic that the McCain campaign kept referring sneeringly to Obama's meager resume - 'a mere community organizer!' - before he entered electoral politics. It was Obama's experience as a community organizer that proved such a killer app when he applied that skill to the Internet. -- Tina Brown
A chief justice's authority is really quite limited, and the dynamic among all the justices is going to affect whether he can accomplish much or not. There is this convention of referring to the Taney Court, the Marshall Court, the Fuller Court, but a chief justice has the same vote that everyone else has. -- John Roberts
Having travelled to some 20 African countries, I find myself, like so many other visitors to Africa before me, intoxicated with the continent. And I am not referring to the animals, as much as I have been enthralled by them during safaris in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Rather, I am referring to the African peoples. -- Dennis Prager
God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America, 'He, He, He.' Every time I hear that it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide I still hear females referring to God as 'He.' -- Patty Griffin
Homemade' sounds much better when not referring to tattoos. -- Dov Davidoff
Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God. -- C. S. Lewis
When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
God himself is referring to Jesus as light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom -- Sunday Adelaja
I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale. -- Charles Francis Richter
The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music. -- Christian Scott
Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos. -- J. D. Salinger
People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous. -- Kathie Lee Gifford
When I said there was only one Judy Dench, I was, of course, referring to myself. -- Carl Barat
Women" he said in disgust. I wasn't sure whether we was referring to me or nuns. -- Janette Rallison
Each of them is a book through which other books dream. (referring to Nodier's SMARRA and TRILBY) -- John Clute
I urge the media to start referring to climate skeptics as what they really are: climate assholes. -- Bill Maher
He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) -- C. S. Lewis
When I said 'we', officer, I was referring to myself, the four young ladies, and, of course, the goat. -- Dennis Miller
...victims of violent crime are not always believed...[referring to victim testimony at serial killer and pedophile Marc Detroux's trial] -- Natascha Kampusch
When somebody talks about home, you have to listen carefully so you know exactly which one the person is referring to. -- NoViolet Bulawayo
If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows (referring to "trickle down" economics). -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over? -- Stephenie Meyer
Heard someone say children are god's gift to the world. What world are you referring to? And what's your definition of gift? -- Dov Davidoff
Isn't it strange how someone can be both human and divine at the same time? I am referring, of course, to myself. -- Thom Yorke
People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver. -- Barbara Billingsley
The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.' -- Eric Sevareid
I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals. -- Mike Gordon
Your weapons-master appears to have an actual, beating heart," she said to Raphael. "Who knew?" "Jessamy." "I concede that point." Elena referring to Galen -- Nalini Singh
If you call yourself a non-believer, you're referring to disbelief in something, and you're acknowledging that there is something to believe in or not. -- William Friedkin
People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement. -- Andrew Bernstein
I think the best approach is not to be too much like the thing that they are referring to, see it as a guide. -- Michael Craig-Martin
We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it. -- Gregory Bateson
Saltwater heals, healing referring to its various forms; tears, cleanses and heals the soul; sweat, cleanses through labor; the ocean, heals in all its forms. -- Rabindranath Tagore
The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers. -- Steve Maraboli
Here I am referring to the types of books that thirtyish women devour at private swim clubs, often to the dismay of their drowning children. -- Joe Queenan
The argument could be made that the word hero is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers. -- Steve Maraboli
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning -- Charles Dickens
I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton) -- Ronald Reagan
For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, arent we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US? -- Fredric Jameson
If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards. -- Martha Reeves
Funny the only two times we use the phrase "seeing someone" are when we are referring to being in a a relationship or getting psychological help. -- Deb Caletti
I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget. -- Bianca Jagger
When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria. -- Cybill Shepherd
If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
I liked my teacher very much and after some years of mediation, I began to teach meditation, referring all things that I didn't know to my own teacher. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as 'consumers.' OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings. -- James Howard Kunstler
We're going to find out who did this and we're going after the bastards" [referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon] -- Orrin Hatch
You left me." Not realizing until I've said my final good-bye and closed the door behind me, that he's not referring to the past. He's prophesying our future. -- Alyson Noel
My greatest concern is that Mitt Romney seldom addresses the social issues publicly... I'm referring to the sanctity of human life, the traditional definition of marriage, and religious liberty. -- James Dobson
I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing. -- Kenneth Goldsmith
But women do not say 'We', except at some congress of feminists or similar formal demonstration; men say 'women', and women use the same word in referring to themselves. -- Simone de Beauvoir
He doesn't need my help coming up with pranks. He's got too many ideas of his own. - Daja referring to Briar in their first year at Discipline cottage -- Tamora Pierce
Fascist is not just an epithet. Fascist is a proper noun that means a specific thing. It`s a real thing. It`s not always referring to ancient history. -- Rachel Maddow
Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence. -- Jacques Barzun
Some pretty senior young individuals in and around the Cabinet should share the responsibility for talking up an election and referring publicly on the radio to where the risk lies. -- David Winnick
My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs. -- Kirsten Gillibrand
I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and I'm always referring to them in my work. -- Melissa Etheridge
In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included "¦ all these techniques should be studied referring to basic kata -- Gichin Funakoshi
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I donâ??t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again. -- Duke Ellington
There are also fundamental issues related to what the current leader, President [Barack] Obama, said. I am referring to his idea about American exceptionalism. I am skeptical about this idea. -- Vladimir Putin
The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord. -- Charles Spurgeon
By the way, I've decided to start referring to myself exclusively as 'Daddy.' Everytime Daddy would otherwise say 'I' or 'Me,' Daddy is now going to say 'Daddy. -- John Green
When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person. -- Sakyong Mipham
To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I need indisputable proof of anything I'm asked to believe. -- W. C. Fields
That's sad," said Montag, quietly,(referring to The Hound) "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know. -- Ray Bradbury
There must be something in oneself which is essential. Therefore I refrain from referring to a landscape or certain objects when speaking of a picture. The hand is cleverer than the mind. -- Douglas Portway
It's weird, It's really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new 'Friends', which I can't really even wrap my head around -- Lizzy Caplan
It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can be, interchangeably, victim or torturer. -- Gore Vidal
We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging. -- Marina Abramovic
Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle. (Sandry to Daja, referring to her conversation with Tris.) -- Tamora Pierce
Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says ï¿½peacemakers.ï¿½ He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life. -- Jim Wallis
Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation. There is no legal basis for referring Iran to the Security Council. But if that were to happen Iran is not afraid. -- Hamid-Reza Assefi
[In the Flash my character] is not even CSI, it's forensic, talking about the stratum corneum...Yeah, I was referring to my Latin book often to make sure I pronounce things correct. -- Tom Felton

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