Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. Hunt

Joe DiMaggio is a quintessential American icon. And the treasures he accumulated during his storied career reflect many of the milestones in his life. They offer a nostalgic look at his triumphs with the Yankees and clearly affirm his status as the embodiment of the American dream. We are certain this auction will capture the attention of baseball fans worldwide.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish to operate as president on the merits. I think, on one level, we might say that I can affirm that women have the aptitude to do science or to do anything, including being president of Harvard.

Robert Barclay

Lastly, though I affirm that after a man hath arrived to such a condition in which a man may not sin, he yet may sin; I will nevertheless not deny but there may be a state attainable in this life, in which to do righteousness may become so natural to the regenerate soul, that in the stability of this condition they can not sin.

Ann Snyder

It is in this spirit of community that we have decided to forego this traditional celebration at this time. We trust that the generous sponsors and underwriters of the Hometown Heroes Gala will also affirm their commitments and support by helping Interfaith fund its ongoing programs as well as continuing to provide Hurricane relief as long as it is needed.

Robert Collier

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

Hu Jintao

In recent years, China and Canada have had quite some discussions about human rights on the basis of mutual respect, ... We affirm this constructive approach to human rights.

Dan Coats

I'm not going to affirm that. I'll just say he's a serious student of the law.

Dirk Kempthorne

I must wait until the hearing itself before I make comments on specific issues. That's the prerogative of the Senate, that's the process, and so right now this is just an opportunity to say hello again to a number of my former colleagues and affirm that I look forward to working with them.

Bob Goldman

Their motivations have been impugned, often by those with only a remote connection to their father, ... No one should dispute Claudia and John Henry's devotion to their father. In fact, those closest to Ted Williams -- his dearest friends, his doctors and those he chose personally to oversee his estate -- consistently affirm it.

William Korman

I take no issue with why she chose not to work here. But to then insult me by saying I'm not a real lawyer - that's offensive.

Gil Brandt

He chose not to come because he had a paper due the following Monday. The guy has pretty good study habits.

Andrew Morton

Her legacy and testament are the words in her book. I am very proud she chose me to tell her story, ... There is no point in pretending any more.

Kathryn Flicker

He showed no pity. He showed no compassion. He showed no mercy. He deserves none for what he chose to do.

Lanny Breuer

I think it's extraordinarily unfair that in the last minute the government has chosen to intervene.

Hani Durzy

We are extremely gratified that the Supreme Court has chosen to review this case.

Jeff Sprouse

I thought our interior defense was outstanding. They're a great shooting team. You have to pick your poison with great teams. We chose to try to stop them inside and stay out of foul trouble. We know they were going to be shooters but hopefully you can wear them out in four quarters (and) she made a great shot.

Carol Dover

I think a lot of immigrants chose the right path. They went to work.

George H. W. Bush

I was voting for the process that the president posed. There was a right way to do this and a wrong way to do it. And the president chose the wrong way.

Gary Anderson

Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.

Steven Ucherek

I think the closest we've ever been to El Paso is Austin.

Carlos Lee

I didn't get to play in the Olympics so this is the closest I can get. There's a lot of pride playing for your country.

Kelis

In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most musical or the closest to themselves. I think for me it's such a validating moment, you know. I always knew I wanted to have kids, and I've been making music all my life.

Daniel Breaker

I'm the youngest of four, but my closest sibling is 10 years older. I had a lot of imagination. I was running around playing little games by myself. But I never thought I was going to be an actor.

Laura Linney

I found to my surprise that the man who was closest to him when he died had been a good friend to me in the last 10 years of his life. Yet after Delmore died, Milton never talked about him.

Jason LaRue

I played with the guy for parts of eight years. He's one of my closest friends I played with. It's a little strange seeing him on the other side.

Chris Hope

I never played before in an NCAA Tournament, but that's the closest thing I can come to that. Crazy. Emotional.

Esha Gupta

Initially, my father opposed the idea of joining films and did not want me to move out, but now I'm closest to him and have his full support.

Jamaal Lewis

He used to be my roommate last year, so we got a little connection going. A little wink, a little eye contact every now and then - we just kind of feed off each other.

Bob Cummins

The people in country towns seem to have a high level of connection with one another, they have good relationships, the neighbors know their kids and look out for them.

Michael Martinez

We try to establish a connection between the suspect, the victim and the evidence.

Sylvia Earle

We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 years from now there will still be a wild system and respect for what it takes to sustain us,

Robert Siegel

I think until there's a visual connection the impact isn't really the same. Once you have that visual impact you'll never forget.

John McKleroy

It is kind of a connection to Mattoon. I grew up there and I had a lot of friends and acquaintances there. I had a lot of good feelings about Mattoon. It was a great place to grow up.

Pete Carroll

I don't have much connection with the sense of history being made. Somewhere down the road, I'll put sense to it. Right now, I'm in the middle of it, focused on the game.

Lou Ferrigno

He's been a bodybuilder his whole life ... and he's just trying to keep his connection to the industry.

Larry Ceisler

He has to be able to relate what the Steelers mean to western Pennsylvania and, possibly, Pennsylvania. It goes deeper than just a football team. There was a connection there.

Zubin Mehta

I pay my tributes to my dearest friend and the greatest musician of India Ravi Shanker. It has been a long time since we made music together. I will never forget the last time we worked together.

Frank Gifford

As we got older, I told him, 'No longer can I say you're a great father figure. You're my friend, and the dearest one I ever had.' He was extraordinary.

Gerard Hopkins

There lives the dearest freshness deep down things . . . ,

George Hill

Annie, dearest friend: I am not long for this world and I wish to thank you for your kindness ere I go

Carrie Mahon

The smartest, most sincere, unselfish person I've ever met. She was one of the dearest friends I've ever had.

William Cowper

The dearest idol I have known, Whatever that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne , And worship only thee.

Deborah Franklin

She is the sweetest, dearest dog. This would be a good dog for children.

William Wordsworth

O dearest, dearest boy! my heartFor better lore would seldom yearn,Could I but teach the hundredth partOf what from thee I learn.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.

Saint Francis de Sales

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

Ramakrishna

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

John Ortberg

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

Benjamin Haydon

Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation.

Caroline Kennedy

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

Charles Williams

Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.

Lester B. Pearson

I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.

Charles Spurgeon

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.

Theo Zwanziger

We take any disputes of a racist nature very seriously.

William Penn

It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.

Khalil Gibran

Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are.

John Stevens

The District may have legitimate financial concerns, but our role in this dispute is to interpret existing law,

Paul Handley

The easy solution is to live with difference. That's always been how Anglicanism has coped with disputes in the past ... But that is not an easy thing to do,

Curt Johnson

This is a historic moment of resolving a water dispute in a very sensible and practical way.

Chris Avery

That is obviously the most thorny problem. The situation is still brittle, even though the Gate Gourmet dispute is nearly over and BA is back working. There remains the possibility things will erupt again,

Michael Barrett

That is surprising. He's all about efficiency. But he's talked about how he's had to throw more pitches as he gets older, and that's part of it, too. Either way, the guy is 5-0, and you can't dispute that.

Lynn Olson

They just feel that we discharged someone in an unstable condition. And we dispute that because this was an ER doctor decision,

Larry Brown

He keeps telling me he wants to come back. If the doctors give him the OK, we'll do it, but we'll just go day to day. It would be great to have him back, but if not, I'll get to play Steve more and Jamal more and Nate.

George Hamilton

I've gone to skin doctors and they'll say to you, 'We should remove this because it's pre-cancerous,' and I'll say, 'Explain pre-cancerous to me.' I'll listen for about twenty minutes and I'll say excuse me, 'Is pre-cancerous like pre-dead? So you're saying it could turn into cancer but it's not cancer?'

Kelly Nichols

Her kidneys are shutting down. They are doing this surgery to save the kidneys and give the doctors time to find out what is wrong.

Lord Warner

We've been told for some time that we should be more self-sufficient in doctors and not suck in doctors from overseas.

David Oaks

We're opposed to all these techniques because they're inherently intrusive and irreversible, and they give doctors a lot of control. It's like throwing gas on a fire.

Craig Patrick

I think we'll take our time. The doctors said he could be working out in as soon as three days, but we'll monitor it and see how he's doing when he gets back.

Diana Zuckerman

I think a lot of doctors have been slow to change.

Rob Thomas

Today I tattoo politicians and doctors. I even tattooed an 84-year-old man with his late wife's name entwined in a rose. I gave him that one for free.

Rob Wittman

Thousand of Virginia's are losing their coverage, facing skyrocketing insurance premiums and losing their doctors under Obamacare. Employers across the Commonwealth say that the law is preventing or slowing down hiring and growth.

Kurt Fuller

I went to UC Berkeley. I graduated in 1976, immediately moved to L.A. with a degree in English - which did no more for you then than it does for you now - then sold real estate and did theater for nine years.

Rodney Carney

I couldn't live here. The real estate is too high.

Joe Montana

I really took the lead on putting together the real estate fund-to-funds, ... Real estate was always interesting to me.

Lorraine Bracco

I like real estate because I am the boss.

Holly Brubach

I'm really a novice about being a real estate developer.

Xiao Zhuoji

The fees and high profits have pushed real estate running up.

Jackie Peterson

The estate profited unfairly after I made the payments. I'm not looking to profit.

Mayor Slifka

The increase in our grand list is the highest that we have seen in decades. The growth we have seen on the real estate side shows that a lot of people are reinvesting in their properties and that is a great example of the kind of faith people have in our community.

Jaime Punishill

This is all about selling more Microsoft stuff. This is not about turning HomeAdvisor into the No. 1 lender or real estate site. It's about Microsoft trying to find another way to penetrate financial services, where it has struggled in the past.

Bradlee Pelt

Jake knows that he's not John Elway, and I don't think he wants to be. He's Jake Plummer.

Philip Purcell

John and I have never disagreed about the businesses.

John Gartland

John always has a vision, with great, broad-stroked kinds of goals.

Susanne Bier

John le Carre's 'The Night Manager' is a relentlessly exhilarating thriller with profound emotional depths.

Douglas Brinkley

John Kerry only went to prep schools because he had an aunt who had the money to pay for his way into those prep schools.

John Edward

John Kerry has what it takes ... to be president of the United States,

Michael Meehan

John Kerry has a record in the military that he's running on, not from. Everything the U.S. Navy sent to Sen. Kerry, we'll post on the Web site.

Nicholas Burns

John is working very hard, hand-in-glove with Washington on this.

Pete Carroll

John is talking to everybody, all the time. That's the way he handles his business. He's got a marvelous spirit.

Billy Godwin

I personally don't think it could have went to a better candidate.

Jim Schuster

I want to be much more hands-on personally in the strategies and planning for the future.

Dries van Noten

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

Nick Bostrom

I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.

David Taylor

Personally at this time, I'm still not for it. It's just that it's too many unanswered questions for our community.

Della Reese

The way some of them talk, it's as if I was personally responsible for taking it off the air, but there was nothing I could do.

David Davies

Personally I'm gutted for Grant. We get on well and it will be a real shame that he won't be there.

Sarah Richart

One thing I won't personally do is wedding invitations.

Hosni Mubarak

He told me personally -- I didn't release it at that time -- that he is ready to give back the Golan Heights, but he would like to know what is he going to take back in return,

Jeffrey Skilling

I never did that. I don't think I did anything remotely like that.

Stan Wasowski

It is very remote it will rain. Most of it will stay north.

Lynette Willie

There's a lot of use in more remote areas.

Sam Brownback

I enjoyed working with Ted Kennedy.

Sam Harris

I'm the Ted Bundy of string theory.

Allen Wallace

I thought it was a disappointing year in Arizona. Jermaine Williams was the only top-ranked player.