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The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was called a Code Authority.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about commerce, authority

To steal information from a person is called plagiarism....

To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, intelligence, enemies, people

I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call.

Quote by Austin Peck

Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked if I would come back to the show. Which was awesome.

Quote by Austin Peck about opinion

A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about education, children, bankers, police, being, school

In spite all that, we still don’t really know what this...

In spite all that, we still don’t really know what this dream called Life is, as we don’t know anything of the other one called Death.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about life, dream, death

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What...

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.

Quote by Patrick Jake O'Rourke about advertising, shame, celebrity

Television-a medium. So called because it is neither rare...

Television-a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

Quote by Ernie Kovacs about opinion, television

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

Quote by Charles Babbage about heads

We've been called, and He has blessed.

We've been called, and He has blessed.

Quote by Willie Aames

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about progress, faith, future, people

It started in the U.K. A lot of kids in the U.K. were singing this Kylie Minogue song. The producers called me, saying, This show's huge. The queen clears her calendar. And I said, I'm really interested!

Quote by Paula Abdul

Fundamentally, the land was held in common and...

Fundamentally, the land was held in common and administered by a group of nobles called the alii on behalf of the common good.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, good, good luck

In 1920, a couple hundred thousand acres had been set aside called ''Hawaiian homelands. '' The idea was to rehabilitate Hawaiians by letting them homestead on acreage set aside for them.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about couple, idea

That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a better album, I think.

Quote by Sebastian Bach about nation, people

I'll never forget it. I was still called Victoria Merida, my maiden name. On the first day, I saw my name on the door; I thought it couldn't be for me, so I walked past!

Quote by Victoria Abril about name, past, thinking, day

It's called the movie business because it's a business, ...

It's called the movie business because it's a business, and like any other business, people run to that thing they think they'll make money from.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about affair, money, things, people

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about gifts, influence, character, man, power

By the same token it must follow that the state we now call a small state is in reality a power if it plays such a role in the development of civilization that it marches in the front ranks and wins victories in the fight for law which surpass...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about state, evolution, civilization, fight, reality, law, power

I called the doctor, during writing the book, the psychiatrist who treated me at that time, Dr. Jackson. And I said, Dr. Jackson, whole pieces are missing. I don't understand what happened to me.

Quote by Jim Bakker about writing, time

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