Famous Quotes & Sayings

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

Probably the earliest fly swatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)

Bob Lilly

I go to the ballgames and I'm talking to the fans, and not the players. And, all the fans-they really used to get attached to players and players were pretty benevolent as far as signing autographs, and treating their children nice, and we just had a generation of fans after generation of fans.

Steve Bietau

You have to do something right to be able to play in a big match at this point in the year. It definitely has some significance attached to it for us.

Chip Greenberg

You'll notice that the program interface resembles a telephone with a video screen attached to it. The keys on the telephone can be tapped with the mouse. It's designed to be user-friendly.

Anthony Wood

I certainly will be looking to continue the path which has been made by my predecessors, especially Minister Farley . . . . I certainly look forward to working with all persons attached to the ministry to ensure the work is carried forward in the most professional way.

Nancy Reisman

I am very fond of Ann Arbor; very attached to the Great Lakes region,

Dan Hill

I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.

Felipe Alou

I don't worry. But I know it's there. I played with Hank Aaron. There was no security attached to Hank and the Braves. I wasn't there when he broke the record but I was there when he was approaching and stuff started happening - hate letters and yelling - and there wasn't speculation about him.

John Anton

Demand is high, but growth will be difficult for 2006. Galvanized sheet is used heavily in consumer durables-especially items such as sports utility vehicles. This sector carried the manufacturing economy during the recession; now it is due to cool.

Jim Tharp

The term gets used a lot, but we do think this is a movie that can be carried by word of mouth,

Buzz Hargrove

(It was) the strategy during the election that was carried out and mandated for me to carry out as the president, and I was suspended for that.

Don Capshaw

The process started back in summer. We've talked about these things and carried them out. Number one was developing a Website where we could put all of our information out there and we've done that.

Jim McCormick

We have positive, enthusiastic learning centers in all our schools and that has carried over to Southern Lee, ... I'm hoping for a large turnout. Even people who don't or won't have children in school will have a very positive experience walking through Southern Lee High School. They will also see how schools have changed. As we consider renovations to Lee County High School, we will be looking at what we've done at Southern Lee." ()

William Boyd

We had positive plays on offense in the end of the second quarter that carried into the second half. We will continue to work to get better.

Scott Bokelman

You get a freshman (Abramson) in there, and he hasn't been around enough to feel the pressure, like the varsity guys do. He just took it to (Chase County) and the other guys started to feed off that, and I think he carried us there for a while.

Maj. Lundy

The crew who were in the vehicle would have been a little shaken up, but they've carried on with their task.

Joe Sakic

We were just trying to get two points, just trying to win a game. There was no sense getting carried away with anything. We just wanted to win a game and that's the most important thing.

Joan Lunden

As a journalist I reported on health stories and certainly knew what I needed to do to be more fit and lower my risk of heart disease, but I wasn't incorporating it into my life, ... The more I learned about eating healthy and staying fit, the better my life became.

Rasmus Lerdorf

As a large collection of male geeks, we don't really know how to encourage/attract these female creatures. We certainly are not doing anything consciously to discourage females from volunteering and helping out.

Richard Baker

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

Jeff Gordon

A year like that makes you hungrier. It's not that we should win a championship every year, but we certainly should be in contention to win races on a fairly consistent basis.

Sarah Brady

A year later, I still certainly feel we need the ban.

Richard Yamarone

As long as there is a perception that higher prices are in the tea leaves, that's a problem certainly for policy makers. And I think that's why the Federal Reserve seems hellbent on raising rates.

Ross Perot

As long as I am helpful to the organization, I am certainly happy to help and participate in any constructive way, ... The last thing I want is all of the things I see in the paper day in and day out about catfights and this and that and the other that have noting to do with fact but make great fiction.

Fiona Sigalla

Real estate investment is certainly a vote of confidence on future activity.

Jennifer Brown

Raising one's own children has certainly lost popularity in the 21st century, but in no way has it lost importance.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Clive Smith

As far as their reasons for hunger striking, it seems to be a myriad of different reasons that they all have, the largest one seems to be like they want to protest their continued (detention).

Don Brash

As expected in November, growth in the economies of our trading partners has continued to be sluggish.

Tom Brady

As a team you're always trying to improve and there's a different identity this year than there has been in the past. We have to find that identity and continue to improve on our weaknesses while maintaining our strengths.

Bob Rosner

The bottom-line definition for me is that a leader is someone with followers, ... and given how tight talent is today, if you don't work to keep your followers, you will not continue to be a leader.

Frank Chumbley

(At several positions) no one has stepped up and said I'm the guy. We are inexperienced. But I like this team if they continue to get better. A lot haven't played in a varsity game.

Anthony Cannon

A win is a win, but we can't be that happy with this one. We just have to continue to get better and better. We can't take anything away from SLU.

Anthony Cannon

A win is a win, but we can't be that happy with this one, ... We just have to continue to get better and better. We can't take anything away from SLU.

Hideaki Kurimoto

Banks' earnings reaffirmed that Japan's economic fundamentals are strong. Selling by overseas investors may continue for another month or so and that is limiting the gains.

Kofi Annan

The secretary-general hopes that the tribunal will uphold the international standards of justice necessary to ensure its legitimacy, fairness and independence.

Jack Straw

There will have to be some way to ensure accountability for what has already been found here,

Christopher Cox

The shareholders own the company. They have a right to ensure that their money is being wisely spent. And that's just as true when it comes to how much executives are paid as it is to how much they're paying for their raw materials and their inventory.

Marsha Wienert

The vision and goal is to ensure our airports are modern, efficient, passenger-friendly and secure.

Philip Nelson

The work here has a potential for hazard. It's important to ensure the safety of our workers and make sure that they are able to respond to emergencies.

Tony McNulty

These are serious allegations and I will ensure that they are fully investigated.

Paul Grod

That's what we were here for, to help ensure they had that choice.

Sue Davis

That's why Fireworks Warehouse works so hard to ensure that everyone follows safety rules, including putting them on our bags.

Hui Liangyu

The mode of operation of the poultry husbandry should also be modified to ensure sustained and healthy development of the sector,

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Tim Anderson

Anything that moves it forward is a good thing, and this looks like it's moving forward.

Ken Goldstein

The significant increase in the leading indicators during the last six months, tempered only by the financially related pause in February, points to forward momentum in this expansion.

Michael Taylor

The temperament is completely different when you walk in the locker room. You look forward to seeing guys. You look forward to getting out there with the guys on the field. After the game, you look forward to seeing the guys too.

Mike Troy

The team?s excited. They know that they won games in states last year and are looking forward to the opportunity to repeat that.

Greg Oveson

The team is getting pumped up and is looking forward to the game.

Liu Jian

The talks will take the resolution process forward and lay a foundation for the future.

Simon Cowell

The Super Bowl's a good analogy. You've got to make people look forward to it once a year.

Jason Vargas

I've never been in a game of this magnitude. I'm looking forward to it.

Yingxi Yu

Technical trends are looking very strong and people find it very risky to go short right now. I think that's why the rally has been continuing.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Chuck Koons

We're looking for what we could do that was ecologically sound.

Eva Simons

Sometimes when I'm dancing and don't put in enough hairspray, I wind up looking like a... what's the animal with needles? Porcupine.

Jeff Bryant

We really don't know our starters yet, or where everyone will play. We're looking for the right combinations.

Robert Wood

We've seen the report and are looking into it.

Robin Wagner

At that particular time, I was looking for something in her that maybe she wasn't ready to give me.

Nick Vujicic

If you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.

Bel Powley

I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.

Farooq Abdullah

I want to become foreign minister of India one day and then President of India.

John Tesh

To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.

Geoffrey Chaucer

And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach

Jerry B. Jenkins

No life is messier than one in ministry

Atharva Veda

The Saint has shown me the Path of God; slave Nanak has implanted devotional worship and the Praise of the Lord.

Bob Djurdjevic

The way I would characterize what I saw today is, they're on a slow path of improvement. It's not a sprint.

Baha'u'llah

Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!

Juvenal

The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]

Demi Lovato

You really need to be careful of who you hang out with and who you listen to. They can lead you down the wrong path.

Brie Larson

Surrounding myself with women of different backgrounds and on different paths and in different stages of their lives has become so valuable to me.

Antonio Porchia

And if you find everything as soon as you look for it, you find it in vain, you look for it in vain.

Claude C. Hopkins

Never be led in new paths by the blind

Daniel Quinn

We're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging.

Jamie Redknapp

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

Deepak Chopra

To love a person is to love their universe.

Anthony de Mello

You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.

Steve Carell

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

Suge Knight

No person ever gave me nothing but God.

Stephen Fry

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

S. E. Hinton

the person in this picture is really me.

Sophocles

To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I'm the messiest person I know.

Kristin Baker

I've matured. I think I work better with the team.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Amanda Hale

I've come to realise I work so much better when I'm going by instinct.

Luis Castillo

This is terrible. Very disappointing. I've got to get back out there. There's so many things I have to work on.

Bryson Sumlin

That's not in the playbook, ... That's just excitement. Everything worked as clockwork.

Boris Yeltsin

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.

Auguste Rodin

Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by little into the entirety. Method will be born in proportion to your interest.

Jane Fonda

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.

Kent McCord

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.