Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

Stan Magee

There is a lot of wisdom at this table and we all bring something good to the table that will allow us to made a decision amongst ourselves without committing taxpayer dollars to do it.

Paul Bubb

We will begin an immediate search to fill the head coaching position. The timing of this announcement will allow us to move forward with expectations of having a new head coach named before the college basketball season concludes.

Laura Bush

We will ask not only what is legal but what is right, not what the lawyers allow but what the public deserves.

Larry Jones

We had to jump the fence and pass my brother's body over the wire fence , and even then the nurses and guards refused to allow us into the Health Centre saying that there were no doctors on duty. It was only when we started to misbehave that they looked at my brother and said he was dead.

Olympia Snowe

To allow this program to lapse could potentially jeopardize thousands of dairy farms throughout the United States,

Maria LaHood

To allow the Bush administration to evade accountability and continue to hide behind a smoke screen of 'national security' is to do grave and irreparable damage to the Constitution and the guarantee of human rights that people in this country could once be proud of.

Bill Wade

To allow that kind of thing just because a set of recreational users want to take snowmobiles and whatever else into Yellowstone is crazy,

John W. Snow

to allow market forces to set exchange rates, to let the fundamentals of the marketplace drive exchange rate changes.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Norman Cook

The whole British Hip Hop scene basically happened through word of mouth and through people like you sort of spreading the word in different cities.

Daniel Horowitz

You scream, you cry. But I just basically sat with her, and I just told her, 'I love you, and you're beautiful,'

Bobby Shelton

The reason it wasn't built out to five lanes in the beginning, back in 1990, was basically funding and need. There's probably no need at this point for five lanes in each direction. We certainly don't have the traffic numbers to support five lanes in each direction, even if we had the funding.

Bob Taylor

SCRAP has been successful, basically because it gives residents the convenience of getting their materials recycled at a school nearby. They don't have to go a long way.

Michael Moskowitz

Basically there are 25,000 registered voters in the district, about 4,000 will vote in this election, and whoever gets 2,000 votes will win. Can someone who's been on TV get 2,000 votes? We'll see. Am I worried? No.

Mark Fogel

Basically in the fourth quarter the offense just seemed to really click, pretty much that was the difference.

Maurice Drew

But I think I'm a versatile back, someone who can do a lot of different things. I can run, catch, block, return, basically anything you want me to do, I'm going to go out there and do. I'll make plays for you.

Sheryl Swoopes

I was at a point in my life where I am just tired of having to pretend to be somebody I am not. I was basically living a lie. For the last seven, eight years, I was basically waiting to exhale.

Bill Muir

As European markets move farther east, Ukraine becomes cost-competitive with our most competitive places.

Rig Veda

A scholar always treads on the path of righteousness and as result becomes successful.

Bob Kelly

What this means is that Windows becomes the platform for virtualization. Customers will consolidate existing systems to Windows using virtual technology. This is very compelling to our customer base.

Thomas Carlyle

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong

Jerry Glanville

not only important to them, it may be passionate to them. That's what you really need. I can see where it becomes important to another guy every day. I can see where it becomes passionate to a different person some days. When it becomes passionate to 11 players, you're different from the rest of the teams. We're trying to get in that direction.

Peter Porter

The Natural world, in fact, enters us and becomes ,well, becomes really a kind of life, it has a pilgrimage through us.

Rodney Hide

Don Brash must end the speculation over his leadership before it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

James Howard Kunstler

Ever-busy, ever-building, ever-in-motion, ever-throwing-out the old for the new, we have hardly paused to think about what we are so busy building, and what we have thrown away. Meanwhile, the everyday landscape becomes more nightmarish and unmanageable each year.

Terence McElroy

That is not illegal. All bets are off because that becomes part of the package.

Bobby Cremins

Coaching at Kentucky is not something you want to do for 20 years. You'd probably be dead. ... It's such a pressure cooker.

Bobby Frasor

Coach Williams from Day 1 was always preaching how good we could be. We could surprise everyone in America, all the analysts; we could be the darlings of America.

Kristen Blaha

Coach Byrne always comments that I'm like a coach out there. I love to help the underclassmen. I'll help them out by yelling things out. The coach will give instructions and sometimes because they're young, still they'll forget what to do. I'll just yell out reminders and stuff like that.

Lee Humphrey

Coach always does a great job of instilling confidence in me.

Ed Goble

Some people might say the coach should be expected to win championships for the salary you are paying him. These bonuses are market driven. All the other top coaches have them in their contracts, so you need to give your guy one, too.

Jagmohan Dalmiya

The working committee felt that this is not a freak incident. Such things are happening repeatedly. Such onslaught from the coach makes it difficult for the player to concentrate on the game, more so when the cricketer is fighting to make a comeback.

Scott Hodkinson

That's great as a coach to see that because you want to strike early. That's really been big for us.

Roy Williams

That one hurt for a long time, ... It made me, over the course of that summer, sit back, try to investigate myself, try to see if there was something I was doing wrong, see if my goals were right. At that time, I decided my new No. 1 goal was going to be live long enough to coach my grandchildren.

Mat O'Brien

That never gets old as a coach. I know when (Thomas) goes to the mound he's going to throw strikes. There's never a question about that. And if you can do that, more times than not you're going to come out on the right side of things.

Reggie Evans

If you do your normal routine, you tend just to focus on that. You're not really thinking about (the test).

Charlie Bell

By keeping our focus on our customers, McDonald's competitive position is strengthening, ... McDonald's U.S. performance for the month and quarter was particularly impressive considering the hurricanes and heavy rains.

Larry Silverstein

Clearly, there are some issues that need to be resolved. But for today, my focus, like that of all New Yorkers, is on getting the Freedom Tower underway.

Joe Horn

Being for real, it's not about the New Orleans Saints; it's about those people sitting on those cots, trying to find their kids. We love the people around the nation who have poured out their hearts to us. We're going to do what we have to do to win football games. But the game is the game. Afterward, our focus is right back on New Orleans.

Steve Pikiell

His focus wasn't on what is important. Forget about the NBA, he needs to get his degree.

Bill Fisher

Hey, but that is OK. I have to focus on the restaurant, too.

Scott Jackson

Can we be better, absolutely; we can be a whole lot better. We have a lot of talent on our pitching staff. (We have been) solid for the most part (but) we've had our moments. We tend to lose focus at times.

Ramel Bradley

I'm worried about it, and on the other hand I'm not worried about it. We've got six games left to play. We've got to focus on that.

Steve Holcomb

I'm trying to focus on my lines, and see how I can go faster. We'll see what happens during the four-man. We'll be in the mix. We are by no means out of this thing.

Billy Blanks

Where I am today, is where my mind and will put me, where I am tomorrow is where my mind will put me.

Dr. John

In the network's mind there are no limits.

Dalai Lama

External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

Dalai Lama

A mind that is characterized by unrest will not be tranquil even in the presence of great calm.

Dalai Lama

If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.

Dalai Lama

As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing wisdom. We all have the same Buddha nature.

Dalai Lama

Happiness comes through taming the mind; without taming the mind there is no way to be happy

Dalai Lama

Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

Dolly Parton

I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.