And sometimes, as the old saying goes, it is the thought that counts.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Thousands of young people, who had previously thought of themselves as part of an isolated minority, experienced the euphoric sense of discovering that they are, as the saying goes, what's happening."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

Indeed. Are you saying that this could be used as a formula for making some big profits in the market?

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

(SAYING) He says that we need to protect the earth because this land belongs to us as villagers and as Africans.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

(SAYING) Sow says he would go as far as to say that it is impossible to teach adults.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Saying that President Obama is "calling the plays" as negotiations continue, Majority Leader Harry Reid asserted that Republicans want only the status quo.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Stupid is as stupid does, sir. That's what's leftafter me saying, "When I was in China onthe all-America Ping-Pong team, "I just lovedplaying Ping-Pong with my Flex-O-LitePing-Pong paddle,"

VOA: standard.other

The president has admitted as much, saying that sometimes the Nobel Prize is awarded not to honor a specific achievement, but to give momentum to a set of causes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

One French official is quoted as saying international efforts are about "helping" Haiti, not "occupying" the country, inferring that the United States is assuming too much control over the operation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

After meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Morocco, Clinton sought to deflect that criticism, saying none of her counterparts characterized what she said in Jerusalem as representing a change in U.S.position.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

The state's Republican governor,Tim Pawlenty, widely seen as a potential presidential candidate, refused to certify Franken after the recount, saying that he would wait until the state Supreme Court had ruled.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

"It's time to do what's right for America's working families and put aside partisanship, stop saying things that aren't true, come together as a nation, pass health insurance reform now this year."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Orders for commercial airplanes are expected to be lower this year, as airlines cope with an expected America's Boeing executives in Dubai put on a brave face, saying that fulfilling back orders will keep their production lines busy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

At the same time, the Zimbabwe government's Herald newspaper quoted senior government officials as saying they would like to normalize ties with the EU but that the starting point would be for the EU to admit that the sanctions are wrong.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12