Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Blaine

When I was about 19, I shot a tape of me doing magic just to people on the streets, and I would edit together all the reactions and I kept pushing this idea, and then ABC came on board and made my first show.

Ted Koppel

He and I joked the last time I went up to visit just a few days ago that between the two of us we'd put in 83 years at ABC News. ... He was a warm and loving and surprisingly sentimental man.

Roone Arledge

He brought us instant stature, instant integrity, instant quality that ... defined the early struggling days of ABC News.

Al Michaels

For the last few years, we at ABC have been lobbying for a... flexible schedule... which would allow us to select a game of importance in the latter part of the season. We'd like to think that progress has been made in this area, but one of the problems is that the other television partners, FOX and CBS, would lose one game from their inventory. Neither of those networks want to lose a game, and I can certainly understand their reasoning.

Michael Eisner

If I had told you a year ago that a single innovative quiz show would be a catalyst to bring ABC back to dominance, you would probably thought I was sprinkling a little too much pixie dust,

G. H. Hardy

Clearly, our job here at ABC is to protect the rights of the open-shop (nonunion) contractors to compete in this market. But it is an empirical fact that the overwhelming majority of canceled projects fall into this category.

Josh Holloway

I know that the work is good and they're excited over at ABC and Disney and it's getting some really good feedback. It's not just a little, insignificant kind of role. It's meaty, which is good.

Aja Naomi King

I think it's well-known that I love all things ABC and Shonda Rhimes - I'm a huge 'Scandal' and 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.

Jeffrey Schneider

Despite being private communication between two colleagues, the e-mails caused great embarrassment to ABC News, and the sentiments expressed in them were outrageous. Green has expressed his regret and ABC News has made it clear to the White House and to Secretary Albright that this is not the way we do business.

Dan Colen

As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.

Konrad Adenauer

The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Dwight Phillips

I wanted to break the world record, but the conditions did not allow that.

John Fair

Sales move too fast for us to allow that.

E. Hicks

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Bruce Betts

Pulse lasers allow the sending of very bright light very far, very quickly.

Tom Reynolds

The same thing is true with demand on our water. We're being very careful to monitor our water system as best we can to make sure that we're not going to demand more than we can provide. And then we have to take into consideration as we're doing our wastewater-management program that we do it to allow for this growth rather than just do what is necessary to get by right now. We have to look down the road further to include a growth factor - so that we don't have to do this every 10 years.

Thomas Taylor

The ruling by the attorney general will allow the board to maintain a level playing field for all members.

Frank Beamer

I've seen those knee braces save a bunch of knees. There's no question in my mind that Reggie Butler would be operated on right now if he hadn't had that knee brace on. It was a tough blow right to the knee, but the brace didn't allow the knee to bend to where something would be completely torn.

Phil Klay

People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.

G. H. Hardy

Anything we can do to help impart knowledge of our Constitution is important. If we spent a day recognizing, say, presidents or particular people, this certainly is the one thing we share in common - our Constitution. It's the thread that holds us all together.

Rodrigo Rato

oil prices have become certainly a threat to the world economy.

Tom Stoppard

Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I hadn't really thought of them as being philosophical questions, but one rapidly comes to an understanding that philosophy's only really about two questions: 'What is true?' and 'What is good?'

Marc Berman

Pulling a stunt like this (which is certainly not a first) shows a lack of respect for the audience.

Brad Rubin

The salaried workers are certainly going to be touched by this. By how much, it's difficult to say.

Jerry Colangelo

I've spoken with Shawn some time ago and he certainly indicated he wanted to be a part of this thing. He's the kind of individual and player who personifies what you want to represent you.

John Buckingham

These companies have tremendous financial ratings, and certainly their dividend is secure. These are slow, stodgy stocks that are going to reward you.

John Barth

These commodity costs are still something we're wrestling with, but it also gives us opportunities to have different discussions with our customers than certainly we could have had a year ago. We're in a very good position to continue to invest in that business.

James Flecker

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Tom Herrion

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Marco Polo

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.

Rick Woodard

The thing I'd like for us to work on is getting better quality shots. I'd rather us get fewer shots that go in than to take more shots that don't. I'd rather have quality than quantity.

Jan Popa

A few personal photos are OK, but it's pretty hard for people to walk by a wedding picture without looking at it.

Karen Evans

A few of the service providers did not do what they said they were going to do.

Meghan Coward

Sometimes Molly will fly out to L.A. for a few days, raid the gallery scene there, and come back with a list of names and try to lure them down here.

Craig Barlow

Saturday is moving day. You don't win a golf tournament on Saturday, and by all means I'd like to have a few holes over, but I'm in great position.

Richard Wagner

Quite a few said they would sit out in the back yard or go to a pool in order to maintain their tan,

John Bolton

We're looking forward to Monday, ... We are prepared to be flexible on format and process.

Lesley Nicol

As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

Bruce Lee

Have no rigid system in you, and you'll be flexible to change with the ever changing.

Guus Hiddink

We have picked a squad that is flexible and will be able to adapt,

David Gross

We think that that's inappropriate, ... The genius of the Internet is that it has been flexible (and) private sector led.

Kenneth Relihan

It is kind of a flexible kind of situation.

David Cole

They have moved from a rigid culture, to a much more lean and flexible company.

Gord Ash

We don't know where; we don't know when. That's one of the flexible parts of the equation. Obviously, you'd like it to be at higher levels because of the competition, but you don't want him pitching in 35-degree weather.

Scott Tepper

Astrakhan is one of the most important trends in the store for fall. It is a natural progression from all the fox and mink we've been seeing for years.

Jesse Ventura

I'm not allowed on FOX, and I'm not allowed on MSNBC.

Phil Leigh

I guess they feel they don't want to be a leader. They want to be a follower. Eventually, it could hurt Fox if they don't make moves soon to join the bandwagon.

Kirby Heyborne

I'm on a new sitcom on Fox (Ch. 13 locally), and I have really long hair. It's hilarious. It's called 'Free Ride,' a single-camera comedy. There's no live studio audience.

Bill Richardson

We're going to talk about positive issues. We're not going to be bashing the president at every turn, ... Fox News Sunday.

Michael Bennet

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

Scott Robinson

A point for us is good but we made some mistakes out there and I thought this was a game we could have won. Normally in three-on-three someone scores after a game like this but we'll take the positives and move on into the new year.

Brian Buchanan

And then I see them at the games, and they just go, go, go. I never hear them complain. Heck, they're always so happy to be there. And it reminds me how lucky we are to have them.

DeShawn Stevenson

So we've got to go out there and play every game like it's a playoff game and play together like we're doing. We're doing a good job.

Charlie Kemppainen

Ryan has had a very good season. He could always shoot, but he's improved his overall game a lot.

Andy Robinson

Rugby is a physical game and sometimes it erupts but we are not condoning it and it's disappointing,

Dean McAmmond

Sanford was phenomenal. He kept us in the game and he's been doing that of late. We should have come away with two points.

Richard Segal

There will be two new products next year. In the first half there will be a person-to-person skill game and in the second half there will be another more akin to casino.

George DeLeone

The rule is different in the NFL. And is drastically different this year (in the NCAA). Last year it was the same (as the NFL). This year, the way that rule is interpreted in the game Saturday at Vanderbilt - the rule is drastically different.

Andrew Chesley

That's No. 1. It's probably impossible to overstate the importance of getting the Measure K renewal program.

LL Cool

To he who much is given, much is required. That's the importance of this day,

Andrew Luck

Whether I'm on or off the field, I know the importance of getting enough sleep and starting the day with a wholesome breakfast like oatmeal made with milk and fruit.

Mike Degory

If we're going to take back the Swamp, it's going to start Saturday. We know that and understand the importance of this game. We're not overlooking it.

Kevin Johnson

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

Rob Neyland

That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.

Atharva Veda

See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Michael Redd

I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them.

Shane Olivea

This is probably the worst performance we've all played, together, in the last two years.

Brooks Bollinger

This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game.

Brian Tracy

Do your own market research; ask your last ten customers exactly why they bought from you.

Jane Jacobs

A region is an area safely larger than the last one to whose problems we found no solution.

Channing Tatum

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

John Morley

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least

Rashad Anderson

People say we may lose this tournament because of lapses. It's not happening.

Larry Nicks

Originally, we were going to lose tennis but we're one of two schools with tennis courts. So we may end up with tennis and give up something else.

Carmelo Anthony

You're kind of embarrassed when you lose like that.

Ingrid Seward

The only power they have is by the respect that the people have for them, and if people lose that respect they have nothing.

Sandra Gordon

The people of New Orleans have lost so much; we don't want to lose this.

Bob Hamley

You find out more about people when you lose than you do when you're winning. We're trying to find our identity.

Jay Hakkinen

There's just rules to what you're doing. No matter what's happening, you need to be aware, and if you lose that awareness, you shouldn't have a rifle in your hand.

Luke Donald

I don't think you win or lose this tournament off the tee. I mean, it's all around the greens.

Annie Golden

If you are a singer and you lose your voice, you realize that you have other skill sets when that is taken out of the equation.

Jacques Chirac

A new resolution is neither useful nor necessary,

Bhagavad Gita

There is neither Self-knowledge nor Self-perception to those whose senses are not under control. Without Self-perception there is no peace; and without peace there can be no happiness.

Matthew Felling

That was really a retelling of an old tale at that point, and that's not what most people turn to news networks for.

Andrew Heyward

Each of the networks is in a period of transition. It is extraordinary.

Shari Brill

They need Thursday to be their strong night, ... Thursday was such a strong night for them so long that they used to get by without winning any other night of the week. The other networks used to roll over.

Bob Hazel

Teachers have enough problems as it is. It's sure not positive.

Kurt Woerner

These weren't short-term problems. Some of those violations must have been there for years.

Richard Langford

Conceptually, I don't have any problems with this idea. It's just a question of where do we start and how do we get there.

Valentino Castellani

We are very satisfied and committed. We don't have any structural problems. Everything is working. ... We will have always some small problems to solve. What is important is to solve them quickly.

David Filo

You'll run into problems where governments don't share those values. Long term, these values will win out.

Bob Bowlsby

I never would have taken the first step if I thought I was going to risk problems at Iowa. That was an important part of this process.

Russell Crowe

If there are any problems and you do get up here and go on too long, ... Then 'hello' to my little friend.

Roy Halladay

I had some time off to rest and haven't had any problems ever since then. It's kind of disappeared this winter so that's nice.

Jon Heacock

I know they are special team problems, but they are important ones.

Lindsey Williams

The talks have been constructive. We have had progress.

Kofi Annan

Africans are making important progress on all fronts,

Arthur Conan Doyle

The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time.

Daniel H. Pink

But in the end, mastery involves working and working and showing little improvement, perhaps with a few moments of flow pulling you along, then making a little progress, and then working and working on that new, slightly higher plateau again. It's grueling, to be sure. But that's not the problem; that's the solution.

Booker T. Washington

An inch of progress is worth a yard of complaint.

Thomas E. Mann

Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path.

Thomas Reed

If human progress had been merely a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia today.

Robert James Graves

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.

Swami Vivekananda

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

Stefan Hell

Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few.

Ann Cleeves

Television is much more collaborative in many ways than prose.

Jane Fonda

When I was in my 40s was I simply produced my own movies because no one offered me anything. But certainly after 50 it's hard for a woman, which is why television is such a welcoming thing.

Diane Abbott

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

Bob Dylan

I can't stand to see myself on television.

Dirk Benedict

Movies are movies, television is television.

Clint Walker

Boy, after doing television for all those years, doing all those scenes-rush, rush, rush-what a pleasure.

Criss Angel

I am a street performer as much as I am a stage performer. Yes, I have a television show, but every trick, every 'Mindfreak' you see, I can do live.

Dan Harmon

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

E. B. White

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

John Mushtare

As I understand it, we're going to need a lot of help. We need to win out and get some help.

Lori Chappell

You really have to see the grounds to understand how populated they are.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

Brad Pitt

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

Charles Jencks

In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.

Damon Lindelof

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

Bodhidharma

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

Albert Einstein

Relations between pure and applied mathematicians are based on trust and understanding. Namely, pure mathematicians do not trust applied mathematicians, and applied mathematicians do not understand pure mathematicians.

Albert Einstein

The most difficult part about understanding something is that we understand it all.