Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Bledsoe

Anytime somebody picks somebody else over you, it's motivating. The Bills went and picked this young kid to play ahead of me. I don't think it was the right decision. I still don't. I want to go out and prove I can still get it done. The ability to throw the ball effectively, accurately and all over the field is still there. When that goes away, I think you'll see me tip my cap and hand it off to somebody else.

Bryan Whitman

Any sovereign government needs the ability to control their borders. So the role of the (Iraqi) border-control security forces is one that is vital to the overall security of the country.

Kris Hagerman

Any sizable data center has got to have the ability to understand what is going on with its servers. We feel very strongly that every one of the Global 5,000 should have this capability.

Mike Bradford

Ashley brought her all-around game to the gym every night. There really isn't any part of the game that she can't do, and her ability to shoot the three really helped us open up our offense. On the defensive side, she is just a very, very hard worker and that work ethic rubs off on the other players.

Brendan Taman

As he has shown throughout his career, Ron has the ability to get to the quarterback and disrupt what opposing offences are trying to do. Adding Ron will make the defensive line a very interesting group to watch in training camp.

Eric Holland

As far as regenerating parts of the brain that have degenerated, such as in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and others of that nature, the ability to regenerate the needed cell type and placing it in the correct spot would have major impact.

Andrew Feinberg

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Jerry York

As good as Elliott, Parise and Cory are in their games, none of them have the ability that Bishop has to almost be a third defender back there.

F. Stone

As fuel prices go up, airlines have ratcheted back down in terms of their ability to make a profit.

Shamir

As far as influences, I listen to a lot of people like Nina Simone and other androgynous voices, almost to make me feel like I'm not alone.

Pierre Corneille

A service beyond all recompense - Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense

John Milton

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye

Herman Kahn

As for total disarmament, there are almost 50,000 nuclear weapons in the world today; even if they were banned, not all would be destroyed.

Mullah Bakhtiyar

As for the self-determination for the Kurds, this issue did not enjoy the support of Sunnis or Shiites, and we almost gave up this demand,

Robert Gottlieb

As for the once-revolutionary 'Agon,' after more than half a century, its lessons and revelations have been so absorbed into the language of ballet that it now seems almost conventional.

Milton Babbitt

As for the future of electronic music, it seems quite obvious to me that its unique resources guarantee its use, because it has shifted the boundaries of music away from the limitations of the acoustical instrument, of the performer's coordinating capabilities, to the almost infinite limitations of the electronic instrument.

Mike Colter

As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting.

H. Hunt

As a stimulus proposal, it's a non-starter. The economic impact is very, very small -- almost imperceptible.

Tony Stewart

A season's still a season. Let's not reinvent the wheel. We're starting this year with the same guys and the same attitude we did the year before, and the year before that.

Lindy Ruff

As a team, there's nights when you need his enthusiasm, you need that desire to go through anybody. His fearless attitude on the ice is something that keeps other teams on their toes. There's nights you just can't have another player do that. He's full bore, straight ahead, and the first guy there when there's trouble for any of his teammates.

Orlando McGuire

As Cro-Magnon as it sounds, the problem with attitudes is some people have just never had their ass kicked -- and I don't mean necessarily in the physical sense.

Stan Bergman

As always, our main goal is to go out and compete with a positive attitude and to have a good experience.

Juande Ramos

The boys really deserve to be in the final. Not only because of their efforts tonight, but because of their attitude throughout the tournament.

Tammie Adair

The big thing was just getting them to focus. We just want them to take with them a positive attitude and still have their goals and dreams in focus.

Mitchell Moore

Attitude is everything. How you see it is how you treat it. What is our perspective about underage drinking?

Troy Bell

Attitude had a lot to do with it. It had to be a person that when you first met them, you were immediately at ease. And it's real important to sense a high level of enthusiasm about we were doing at the airport.

Source Unknown

Attitude Adjuster: When you smile at someone, nine times out of 10 the other person will smile back and you've made two people's days brighter and better.

Aimee Bender

I developed a prejudice in high school that it was all going to be boring. That kind of teenage, why-do-I-have-to-read-these-goddamn-classics feeling. And then you discover that the classics are classics because they're lively. They don't stick around because they're boring. If they're boring, they go away.

Beth Grant

The fans of 'Speed' are very different from the fans of 'To Wong Foo,' which are different from 'Donnie Darko.' Look at the classics I've been in: 'No Country for Old Men'... 'Little Miss Sunshine'... 'Rain Man' was my first big studio movie! How lucky is that?

Ed Colligan

People underestimate the difference between a great product and just a product.

Charles Bush

Our families are just as important to us as theirs are to them, and there shouldn't be any difference in our medical.

Joel Edgerton

People talk about the difference between working on stage and working on film. I think you could say that there are as many differences between working on low budget films and working on big budget films. You really are doing the same thing, but at the same time you're doing something vastly different as well.

Lori Anderson

People are willing to look for difference and pay more when they find it. Jazz it up and offer something different and people will pay for it.

Jim Kriegh

After you've been doing this for awhile, you can tell the difference between hot rocks and something like this.

Richard Aboulafia

The money makes no material difference to either side -- there is no reason for this strike to be happening.

Tim Ross

Defensively, they're a hard team to keep in front of you. We gave up penetration and we gave up second chances. And I think that proved to be the difference in the game.

Kelly Clarkson

And that's true for most of the people from the show. You don't hear a lot about them afterwards. But I think the difference is that I'd already done stuff. . . . I really know what I want, I know what I want to do and I'm working with great people.

Dave Roberts

A real difference is, there were no expectations before, and now there are. People aren't just satisfied with their team winning a division championship. They expect the Padres and Chargers to do more. Personally, I think that's a good thing.

Craig Lewis

He works hard and he tries hard. He's no-nonsense. He's got a very good way about him. I like his attitude. I like horses and people that give their best, and he fits into that category.

James Trussell

That doesn't mean it's not an important option. Not every method fits every woman. Some women do like it.

Thom Browne

I think guys don't always realize that clothing that fits is actually more comfortable than clothing that doesn't fit. I think guys do sometimes wear clothing that is too big.

Tom Renney

He's a terrific young player who fits so nicely into their scheme. He's just a selfless player.

Clint Hurdle

He has made progress every time he has gone out and played, ... We need to see if he fits with us going into 2006. We're pretty set with (right fielder Brad) Hawpe and (left fielder) Holliday.

Cindy Snead

We will get a lot of players in during the tournament and get a good idea of who fits where in the lineup. In practice you get a good idea, but there is nothing like real-game situations.

Kirk Kaczor

Any time a team shows frustration it makes you feel good because you know you're doing your job.

Richard Hyman

Any idiot can amass intelligence. It is being able to leverage that knowledge. They are good at that.

Henry Stern

Any hill is a good hill, just watch out for rocks.

Raymond E. Feist

Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but that's never my intent. That's an unintended consequence of me just trying to entertain, to write what we used to call 'ripping yarns.'

Chevy Chase

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

James Hogg

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

Vic Rimmer

Ashdown did a good job of maintaining what they had.

Terry Stotts

As good as we were in Seattle over that five-year period, and that five-year period was as good a five-year period as there had been in the history of the league, I don't know if we had a 14-game winning streak.

Greg Zipadelli

As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.

Kelsey Grabiak

No, she was happy for us. She was really excited.

John Schuerholz

The most important thing about that is that when we did that deal, he was happy about it.

Robby Davis

We're happy with the jump we had. We've got work to do, but we're moving in the right direction.

Gary Cole

We're happy to see them. We hope they're here for a long time.

Rene Portland

We're happy to be here (at least) one more night.

Hines Ward

We're happy to be going to the Super Bowl, but we want to win. We plan to go there and win the whole thing.

Jud Honaker

We're happy to be able to help, and we wish them the best.

Randy Nelson

We're happy they're willing to sponsor us since we couldn't get sponsorship here.

Baruch Spinoza

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Arnold Palmer

Tell you what ... I'll wear it at the next tournament I play in.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Mike Lamb

This is one of the most resilient teams I've been on. Whether we get shut out, whether we lose, whether we win this team the next day, it doesn't faze them,

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

Rihanna

I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.

J. K. Rowling

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.

Tracy Anderson

The trick this year is the '1080'. If you can't do that you won't get on the podium. Riders are airing much better.

Gerald Henderson

As a team we understand we can get so many buckets at the rim. We've been working on that, trying to get better at it in games.

Cedric Benson

As a competitor, you want to be out there, making something happen, especially when the team is losing. But my time will come.

Sarah Martin

Our team worked really hard. Well, I told them to work really hard.

Jim Balsillie

No question, we took one for the team here.

Mark Ehlen

Anything that I've said to the team hasn't been effective. I've been mad, I've stomped, I've screamed, I've been encouraging and positive, and nothing matters.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

Jami Finan

It was a long time. Our team could not have wanted it more than anything in the world.

Kenny Rogers

They are a better team than us right now. Those are the facts.

Mark Attanasio

This is the first time the team has had to play with expectations. We'll see how we react.