The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
Without David Bowie, popular music as we know it pretty much wouldn't exist.
I can't look at John Prescott without thinking of Les Dawson, and Robin Cook is a caricature of himself.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office.
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
States without the death penalty have had consistently lower murder rates. And national murder rates have declined steadily since 1992, despite fewer executions.
I think, because of the kind of writer I am, I can't do it halfway. I can't do it without dedicating my entire life to it. I have to give it a hundred percent.
Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.
'Apocalypse Now' poses questions without any attempt to provide definitive answers, and the film's profound ambiguities are integral to its enduring magic.
We should prepare our future workforce differently. It isn't just advanced STEM degrees. There are many jobs you can do without advanced degrees.