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Men want sex. If men ruled the world, they could get sex anywhere, anytime. Restaurants would give you sex instead of breath mints on the way out. Gas stations would give sex with every fill-up. Banks would give sex to anyone who opened a checking account.

Scott Adams

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.

C. S. Lewis

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

Andrew Jackson

Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat).

Cicero

Some of these errors were just the routine kind of plays. And then we get run-ruled because of it. We're not talented enough to overcome those mistakes.

Todd Fairbourne

Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled?

Pope Julius III

The problem ruled him out for 12 days.

Frank Maloney

Sports became a bonding glue when the old boys' network ruled, There are lots of other networks, like the Pink Network, which is women; the Rainbow Network, which is gays; and the Puke-Stained Network, which is working mothers.

April Masini

Judge Sidney Stein ruled against our office, but we will appeal.

Brad Maione

(Their interpretation) of 233b doesn't excuse them from having to follow any statutes. The judge ruled on that in 2003 at the very beginning of this case - this is a confirmation of his prior ruling.

Maryanne Ingemanson

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

The Ministry of Agriculture ruled out all these kinds of rumors and there is no outbreak and not any human cases.

Dr. Noureddin Mona

Here lies a King that ruled, as he thought fit, / The universal monarchy of wit.

Thomas Carew

Unless a pardon is ruled out by President Bush, the American people will certainly not learn the truth.

Valerie Plame

No hypothesis has been ruled out. The investigators are trying to determine if the accident was due to a technical or human problem. It also hasn't been ruled out whether or not there was a sufficient amount of fuel.

Antonio Rivero

Nobody's ruled out. The girl isn't back in custody and until that happens nobody will be ruled out.

Brendan Roberts

Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen.

Thomas Heywood

I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business.

Colin Baker

I haven't ruled out playing in America. Why not? You don't want to be sat at home twiddling your fingers all day.

Stephen Hendry

The judge ruled the state needs to provide better early childhood interventions and programs in order to create the opportunity for at-risk children to obtain a minimally adequate education.

Bobby Stepp

Doug ruled that the ball was trapped. And the replay shows there's definitely a change in direction. At best, it's inconclusive.

Rich Rieker

That means we need only a quarter of the Democratic members, ... Eleven states have changed their eminent domain laws since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. Why not Connecticut? Why do we need more than three months to study this issue?

Robert A. Ward

It will depend on how much damage is done. We never ruled out coming back to Iowa. But hopefully, this storm will go a little bit better than we think.

Randi Shea

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.

Hunter S. Thompson

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person -- a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose his case. When Adam long ago in Cupid's awful court (For Cupid ruled ere Adam was invented) Sued for Eve's favor, says an ancient law report, He stood and pleaded unhabilimented. 'You sue _in forma pauperis_, I s.

Ambrose Bierce

I still haven't ruled it (F1) out as a possibility. But this year is going to be one of those years when I decide to either keep focused on formula one or decide it is time not to focus on formula one.

Ryan Briscoe

At this point, it appears to be a random act, and while nothing has been ruled out, it does not appear to be drug-related. We cannot say at this point what -- if anything -- was taken from the house. Unfortunately, there is no further description on the men.

Crystal Candy

I do not think this will affect the outlook of foreign investors in the Philippines, because the Supreme Court has also ruled on the same issue already. But police authorities have to move fast and solve this case.

Gabriel Claudio

If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.

William Penn

The governor hasn't ruled anything out, but I would characterize that as a distant option.

Rebecca Rausch

It could have hit the back of the net. I guess that's the way they ruled it. It's a fortunate break for us. It gave us the win. We all know what's on the line here. We kind of blew one here at home on Tuesday. We needed to give everything we had or otherwise we're packing our bags to go home. Nobody here wants to do that.

Jeff Mushaluk

The American courts ruled that money is speech and speech can't be limited in politics because of freedom of expression. We don't have that same sort of aggressive notion of freedom of speech.

Lisa Young

Right now she hasn't ruled out the possibility of racing as early as Wednesday. She's not given up her spot at this point. We're going to have to see how she does tomorrow. It's encouraging that her CT scan and X-rays are normal.

William Sterett

He continues to issue press releases claiming that the court has already ruled that Mr. Noe committed a fraud. That's false.

William Wilkinson

Normally, you buy back a lot of stock when you don't think there's any reason to invest in your own company, ... Parsons hasn't ruled out Icahn's suggestions, but it's clear he wants his flexibility.

David Joy

There's a bunch of interest in him. We're trying to bring it to a conclusion. We haven't ruled out the Bulls.

Mark Bartelstein

The WTO has bluntly ruled that European safeguards should be sacrificed to benefit biotech corporations.

Adrian Bebb

Unfortunately, however, he reported pain and discomfort in the ankle after a light jogging session at Lord's and was subsequently ruled out of the test match.

Dr Peter Gregory

It's not ruled out that some of the passengers were foreigners, and we'll find this out in the process of an expert study.

Rustam Usubov

Vaughan is going home. It's too early to say whether he is ruled out of the series altogether.

Andrew Walpole

All three players have been ruled out of the entire one-day series.

Michael Tissera

The courts have ruled that the conditions in the exemption must be complied with in order to close a meeting.

Pat Gleason

The trial court established a precedent in which gender was ruled a product of one's mind that could change through a medical procedure. But when it was reversed, it was established that being a male or a female is still a matter of law for the legislature to decide.

Mathew Staver

They told me it would be four to five months, ... and they ruled out the World Cup. I didn't want to miss the opportunity, so I rushed it. I would have never done that if I didn't have the World Cup.

Robert Esche

Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly adopted the broad moratorium through an agency-wide rule.

Jim Angell

There are federal judges who have ruled elsewhere in the U.S. the exact opposite of the way this federal judge has, ... this case only affects the area of California in which he [the judge] sits.

Andrew Napolitano

We expect interest rates to remain at 4.5 percent until the end of the year, but another rate cut cannot be ruled out.

Peter Spencer

I know Ms. Derry is happy with this and she hopes that this is the end of it, ... The judge ruled that what the ALJ did was appropriate and that this child should be given the special services.

Timothy Weber

We haven't ruled it in, nor have we ruled it out.

Clint Reed

The AG ruled against them all the way down the line.

A.d. Muller

If he had ruled the other way on this, the case would have pretty much been over. This lays the foundation, now he has overcome in his mind a huge hurdle to class certification.

Paul Gallagher

This is a clear victory, ... The court of appeals found that the injunction is not only warranted, but required. And it ruled in our favor on every legal issue presented.

Hilary Rosen

According to my information, this cannot be ruled out.

Sergei Baburin

The scoring system was changed. Millard protested that they did not know of the change but it was ruled that it was covered. The reason why the protest was heard was because it involved how the points were calculated, not on a judgment call.

Rob Cuff

Rising oil prices are not only affecting current inflation rates but they're also overshadowing next year, ... It can't be ruled out that risks for price developments will deteriorate that much over the medium term that we might have to expect the annual inflation rate to slightly exceed 2 percent.

Otmar Issing

I don't think countries in the region are ruled by constitutions.

Fouad Ajami

A transmission, which cannot be completely ruled out, would only be possible through very intimate contact with an infected animal.

Thomas Mettenleiter

The WTO has bluntly ruled that European safeguards (bans) should be sacrificed to benefit biotech corporations. This will backfire and lead to even greater opposition to genetically modified food and crops. Consumers worldwide will not be bullied into eating GM foods.

Adrian Bebb

It was quite a moment. When he thanked God for the chance to play again, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled the home run unconstitutional.

Argus Hamilton

He has not been ruled out of the entire tour but is going to miss the first Test and is returning home.

Andrew Walpole

Vaughan is ruled out. He is going home.

Andrew Walpole

The department ruled that the building was ineligible for historic designation.

Mark Wagner

For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string.

Spike Milligan

We've ruled out foul play on behalf of any of the passengers. We're looking at it strictly as a possible suicide or an accident.

Andrew Black

Accidents ruled every cornor of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.

David Guterson

Pleased that the judge ruled in favor of the government in four out of five claims.

Tasia Scolinos

We need to know what happened, ... We haven?t ruled out anything, from vehicle malfunction to the driver being at fault.

Tom Byrne

I was over-ruled by the judge.

Andrew O'keefe

No one is more than a sum total of his life experiences. Mr. Wilson is the son of a strict disciplinarian who ruled his home with an iron fist as well.

Chris Harper

We are obviously disappointed that Andy has been ruled out for a further period of time.

Mike Ford

We're pleased that the judge ruled that he remains governor and can continue to sign legislation.

Peter Aseltine

We have never contended that anyone is or is not a suspect. We have not ruled anybody out or anybody in.

Leslie Aaholm

At this point we are going ahead with the project as proposed, but the commission has not ruled out talking to the city.

Craig Quintana

We haven't ruled either of those locations out.

Maureen Johnson

In the longer term, a resumption of dollar weakness and a move to new highs cannot be ruled out. But for the moment, we do not see that on the horizon.

Tom Fitzpatrick

All this suggests that the ECB is in no hurry to hike interest rates. A move in February can effectively be ruled out.

Joerg Kraemer

He established the largest empire ever seen on the continent of Africa. Egypt's 25th Dynasty, which he founded, was actually Nubian, and ruled for nearly a century.

Geoff Emberling

I think the bill is quite clearly unconstitutional. I believe the Supreme Court has already ruled dormitories can be considered domiciles.

Claire Ebel

Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in the Earth's History.

Peter Ward

I'm pleased the court ruled in our favor, ... I am looking forward to taking my case to court and to forcing Jesse Jackson to answer for his actions.

Lee Peterson

The Media is ruled by Satan. But yet I wonder if many Christians fully understand that.

Jimmy Swaggart

We are not focused on any one individual, nor have we ruled anyone out. This is still a wide-open investigation. We're looking at all possible theories and motives. We're not focused on any one area.

Jimmy Lee

In our view, such a bid is unlikely, but cannot be ruled out.

Nicola Facciorusso

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

Juan Ramon Jiminez

There is no need for any of the residents to fear. This appears to be something internal. That's the way we're looking at it. We've ruled out any outsiders. There isn't a criminal on the warpath out there. We are very certain who we're looking for.

Sean Howard

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Plato

An infection of humans, which theoretically cannot be ruled out, could probably only occur with very intimate contact to infected animals.

Thomas Mettenleiter

Our preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team. The possibilities, there are more than a handful right now. We haven't weighed in on any of them at this point, and we haven't ruled any of them out.

Rick Dickson

All options are open and cannot be ruled out.

Salva Kiir

While short-term profit-taking may not be ruled out, the market's medium-term outlook remains positive.

Tom Tang

We are obviously disappointed that Andy has been ruled out for a further period of time. But now he's had the surgery we are pleased that the healing process has begun and we look forward to welcoming him back on the pitch.

Mike Ford

We'll be asking the court to hear new evidence, and I believe the court will do so because we had no way of knowing when charges would actually be laid before Campbell ruled.

Brandon Jackson

The judge ruled in our favor because they could not prove that work was backed up, or that phone calls went unanswered. We don't advocate goofing off. The public should be served. But if there's not work, it's not his fault.

Martin Druyan

The most religious nation in the world is India. The least religious nation in the world is Sweden. We're a nation of Indians, ruled by Swedes.

Jerry Sutton

Because of the economic crisis, Kirchner ruled by decree for two and a half years, and basically because of the crisis, everyone went along with that. Now he's trying to generate his own majority in Congress.

Felipe Noguera

If at some point he's ruled eligible to play, he would have to be in class already.

Scott Stricklin

I am very independent. I try to keep a balance in Chinatown. I am not ruled by anyone else.

Dwayne Hultquist

The state Supreme Court has ruled that vouchers don't fly. This federal rule is just a way around state law, and we would definitely be opposed to it.

Mark Pudlow

Good taste ruled every detail, ... When the curtain rose, we were drawn out of the everyday world into a world of grace and beauty where charming people with not-too-intense feelings played out unreal situations that never reflected the crude realities of life.

Peter Brook

The fire has been ruled accidental. No crime has occurred and no charges will be filed.

Tony Avello

Josh and Alyssa kind of ruled the corner at that end of the track.

Jim Barks

Maybe a connection here is yet to be clearly established, but it is also yet to be ruled out.

Terry Richardson

The current political tension is very serious.... We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

It was a cold night but we slept without fear of being buried under the rubble. Local officials are saying new quakes are not ruled out.

Mahmoud Chaharmiri

We were granted one of them. A major. He was standing outside the courtroom with his granted immunity, and the judge ruled his testimony irrelevant.

Guy Womack

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

Ambrose Bierce

Let the count begin not just of the votes not counted in Miami Dade, but as the court so wisely ruled, of the undercounts in every county. Then every American will know with certainty who has won the presidency.

Bill Daley

The court ruled that the law was content-based because it restricted only sexually explicit adult programming.

David Hudson

We found no evidence ? open liquor bottles or beer cans ? of alcohol or drug use. Their use is not ruled out.

Angelo Bitsis

Should the government give the nod to the agreement, we are worried that we (Indonesia) will never ratify the Rome Statute, which is considered a vital foundation for countries once ruled by authoritarian regimes to move toward democracy.

Usman Hamid

We appreciate them telling the press that they've been ruled out.

Jim Asher

The fact this court has ruled on this law in this way has a message, and our hope is cities will get the point that you can't respond to homelessness by trying to eliminate homeless people.

Maria Foscarinis

We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.

David Russell

European laws apply to each individual country above the laws that have been passed in those specific countries. So it is a possibility that Apple could go to the European courts to have this law ruled unconstitutional according to the European rules. Apple may be headed into a legal battle.

Francois G. Laugier

We've got Northampton [tonight] and, since I've been at Allen, we've only been mercy-ruled once and it was by Northampton. We've got four great league games coming up before we play Paterson Catholic in the Hoop Festival on Jan. 28. Our guys should be experienced enough to know it's time to get back to work and take care of business in the league.

Doug Snyder

How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.

Karl Kraus

We still have not ruled out that possibility. The wait for a donor heart could be long, and we've definitely seen some improvement in her own heart.

Rich Smith

They've already built up part of the project. And that has been done illegally, the courts have ruled. So now you should have to go back and look at - how do you do the environmental review in the light that there's been development that may have disturbed archaeological resources or disturbed wetlands.

Kevin Roe

He was forthcoming, but with that said, he revealed nothing to detectives that's not publicly known. Still, although he is not a suspect, he has not yet been ruled out.

Wayne Shelor

Everything is ruled by the election cycle, ... You don't want to be looking for an administrator at the same time you're trying to focus on getting reelected.

Susan Shaw

I haven't ruled out playing in America.

Stephen Hendry

I believe that there's no argument for saying 'no' once the Supreme Court has ruled on a decision, ... American Morning.

Norman Pearlstine

We haven't ruled anything out.

Benjamin Crump

The referee told me he ruled it a joint possession, That's a good question.

Daniel Matsumoto

We haven't ruled out any factors.

Dwight Mitchell

It's very controversial, but the authorities eventually ruled that they are not Cuauhtemoc's remains.

National Institute

I've heard what the justices asked and then seen how they ruled. I wouldn't declare this a victory until it happens.

Dan Webster

We're not focused on anyone, nor have we ruled anyone out.

Jimmy Lee

It can't be entirely ruled out, but it looks unlikely to me.

Gwyn Hacche

He ruled that there were some flaws in their (the U.S. Forest Service's) decision. We were very happy with the decision.

Laurie Rule

Governor Pataki, you've ruled Ground Zero with an iron fist for too long. You've let corporate elites and other special interest groups dominate what's done here.

Anthony Gardner

In one, the Supreme Court subsequently ruled in favor of the board.

Rolf Sletten

All the matters you raise you've argued before and we have ruled upon (them). There is no reason for them to raised again in these proceedings. We will be hearing the rest of your arguments and submissions tomorrow morning.

Richard May

I thought we played exceptionally well. We had what looked like a perfectly good goal ruled out and must now concentrate on the Uefa Cup.

Nigel Martyn

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

Elizabeth Taylor

I wanted to make a decision before the season but that was before I got into the whole recruiting process. Right now I haven't ruled anyone out.

Josh Marks

Despite the initial progress, it cannot be ruled out that some unsafe coal mines are still in operation, and we will continue to strengthen our supervision and inspection.

Zhao Tiechui

China is a country ruled by law, and anyone violating the law and committing crimes will be punished by law.

Zhang Qiyue

China is a country ruled by law and those specific cases will be processed according to law.

Zhang Qiyue