Famous Quotes & Sayings

Craig Kelly

While I will always have the utmost respect for the superhuman out-of-bounds freestyle and extreme stunts that seem to continually progress beyond our imaginable limits, my highest appreciation goes out to the simple rider who's out there just for the experience.

Blaise Pascal

In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.

David Nicholls

Of course you should study whatever you want. The written appreciation and understanding of literature, or any kind of artistic endeavour, is absolutely central to a decent society. Why d'you think books are the first things that the fascists burn?

Bernard Hunter

Following a period of rapid price appreciation it is not unusual to see physical buyers withdraw and wait for signs of stabilization or a correction before returning to the market.

A. Balasubramaniam

In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.

Edward Wilson

Earth is a little-known planet. We have little appreciation for what we're doing. ... We are flying blind,

Billy Collins

Besides the aesthetics, besides teaching an appreciation of T.S. Eliot, a basic need is fulfilled when you teach English at CUNY.

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

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.

Bill Richardson

And the president is basically saying, on Social Security, 'This is my issue. This is my proposal. Take it or leave it.'

Bob Hill

I've basically just played since I moved to The Villages. I had played in maybe 20 or 30 games before that.

Terry Gilliam

The musical, Hair, was at the time very smart because it got to that basic element of this dividing line in society... which was hair.

James Pasheilich

The M.O. was basically the same. They wore masks and had guns. They demanded cash. They usually were looking for the safes.

Jonathan Evison

After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and do publicity for free just because I like a book. Some people think of it as hubris or careerism, but I love to champion books. You can't use your whole sphere of influence just to help yourself.

Paul Pinegar

After a loss like that, you think of everything you could've done to maybe have changed the outcome, ... That's a game we should have had and were in position to win. We know the BCS run is basically out of reach. We just have to have a short memory from here out.

Bob Stiles

After Opening Ceremonies, we've gone to every venue as it opened, my team. We've helped them open on their first days. Now we're basically firefighters if there's something going on.

Peter Green

Sales were light and that's giving people a reason to take some money off the table after the great run we've had. SAP is hitting other tech sectors besides software because it's a high-tech bellwether that's being hit by something real.

Carl Laundrie

This is one of the initial steps in the direction we'd like to take (with the airport). Besides the restaurant, this is the first significant non-aviation business on the county-owned property at the airport.

Carl Shapiro

This is pretty much everything that the plaintiff had been looking for. This points to a strong remedy and not a slap on the wrist, though there are other strong remedies besides breakup.

Mahendra Dassanayake

The way the optics in this system work together has not been seen before in the exterior lighting world. Besides being a beautifully designed light, the system allows drivers to take corners and curves more safely n and consume less energy while doing so.

Matt Osborne

We didn't want to be stagnant. We wanted three or four guys besides Zack taking shots.

Buck Showalter

Edison and Juan both struggled today. We've got some other options besides those guys.

James Maslow

Besides writing music and surfing, I like to simply chill with my friends. Watching movies and going out to eat are often my prime choices for a day off.

Pat Mitchell

Besides us, I'd say Starmount has to be up front because of its tradition. They were young last year, and they should be good this year. They got some good skill players up from JV. North Surry and Ashe County also should be in the top half of the conference.

David Murangari

Besides the shortages of foreign currency, the sector is also facing problems relating to insufficient revenue generated from the sale of gold through the official system.

Sergei Yastrzhembsky

Really, and this can be said now, Kenneth Gluck was threatened with the sad fate of the beheaded English hostages,

Charles McCabe

Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.

Robert Fitzgerald

The test of a given phrase would be: Is it worthy to be immortal? To ''make a beeline'' for something. That's worthy of being immortal and is immortal in English idiom. ''I guess I'll split'' is not going to be immortal and is excludable, therefore excluded.

J. M. G. Le Clezio

I've always felt very much from a mixed culture - mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.

John Terry

After I finish playing, maybe I will sit down and watch it properly, but I don't think I will be able to until I retire or until I win it.

Paul Parker

Some will say that tele has lost its soul with the new gear. My feeling is that if people don't want to use the big stuff, they don't have to.

Frank Clarke

It would be better for our association and the English game as a whole if we had an English manager,

Charles Reade

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

Gordon Banks

At that level, every goal is like a knife in the ribs.

Mike Wallace

I feel fulfilled when we've revealed a person.

Donna Kelly

They've been so nurtured, they've been so relaxed, ... They've been so spiritually fulfilled that they just stop in their tracks.