Reversed Quotes

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(1987) "I would give up everything I do and everything I have if I could make a significant difference in getting the nuclear arms race reversed. It is the number one priority in my life. My work was the main thing in my life for a long time; now I`m beginning to think a little more about what the future will hold and what kind of world my kids will live in."

- Gregory Peck

It was important to us because you want to have a good vibe going in. We`re still going to go out tonight and have a good time; I`m sure (Taurasi) won`t hold it against me. I`m sure she would have tried to kick my butt if the roles were reversed, anyway.

- Sue Bird

I`m an easy target, especially nowadays. You`d be hard pressed to find many in the media or the music business who`ll own up to liking me and my music. Especially in the UK. Although I have met a lot of R&B singers in the States who are very kind about what I`ve done. Generally speaking though it`s just one of those things that cannot be reversed now. One has to be philosophical about it and try to move on.......that`s not easy for me, but I am trying !!! (Speaking in 2004)

- Phil Collins

It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

- Arthur C. Clarke

(on working with Paul Newman on Pocket Money (1972)) I remember "Pocket Money." At the beginning, it was understood that Newman and I would earn the same amount and have roles of equal importance. Well, I`ve never seen a situation so much reversed. It was Newman`s company who produced the film and when they came to show it, Newman had become the sole star and I was nowhere.

- Lee Marvin

It`s a whole new season now. Sacramento is a good team, but they`re a team we know we can beat. Last year the roles were reversed; we were the No. 1 seed, they were the No. 4. They bumped us.

- Chamique Holdsclaw

I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants.

- William Joyce

Obviously, we are never going to be satisfied with a losing quarter but quite frankly we remain upbeat. The loss itself was a result of a $270,000 increase in allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and an unrealized hedging loss -- marked -- to market at the end of the quarter. As of August 31, 2005 the majority of this unrealized loss has been reversed out. However, the coffee market continues to remain extremely volatile. Beyond these two one time events, the quarter was overall a positive considering prices declined by over 20% in roughly a 30 day period.

- Andrew Gordon

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean.

- Richard Morris

Normally, an actress has to work to bring out her male side. In our case, the dynamic is reversed. The actor playing her modelled himself on Sharon Stone.

- Edward Hall

I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.

- Alejandro Urrego

Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

- Alex Ward

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

- Ana Navarro

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston`s community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

- Andrew Combe

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

- Andrew Shields

Boeing has the financial resources to withstand a strike of at least two to three months, and much of the negative financial effect will be reversed once aircraft deliveries resume,

- Anthony Everett

Although a strike will negatively affect financial results, Boeing has the financial resources to withstand a strike of at least two to three months, and much of the negative financial effect will be reversed once aircraft deliveries resume.

- Anthony Everett

Many of these people are sophisticated business people for whom markets have reversed... They don`t need to know how to balance a checkbook.

- Antonio Bandares

The biggest thing is that we out rebounded them. We did a pretty good job on the boards. We pressured the ball with our man-to-man defense and rebounded. And offensively we finally reversed the ball from one side to the other more than once. We had a couple of real good days of practice this week. Hopefully we can build from this and get ready for the rest of the season. Our next three games will be a test of our hard work and if it will pay off. We face T.F. North, Thornwood and Thornton.

- Armon Gilliam

The question is, can this be reversed, ... Does it suggest that prudent use and control of products in the U.S. is an opportunity to do this?

- Arnie Burchianti

The market got way oversold, so a lot of those things reversed themselves. And a strong U.S. dollar and strong U.S. economy have provided a backdrop for global growth.

- Art Ilagan

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

- Theodore Roosevelt

When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it`s reversed.

- Dennis Prager

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.

- Cesar Chavez

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"

- Martin Luther King